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Police in East Earl Township have charged a third man in an April 2021 barn fire that cost more than $500,000 in damages and destroyed farming equipment.
BURGLARY EAST COCALICO TWP.: Nathan R. Carpenter, 18, of Ephrata, and three juveniles were charged with burglary and criminal mischief after breaking into a park pavilion and starting several small fires, causing $3,900 in damage, at Reamstown Park in the first block of East Church Street at 4:27 p.m. on April 18, police said. DISORDERLY CONDUCT EAST COCALICO TWP.: Frank Brown, 40, of Stevens, was charged with disorderly conduct and public drunkenness after knocking over merchandise and stealing $188 in lottery tickets from a Phillips 66 gas station at 2194 North Reading Road at 9:48 p.m. on ...