Lancaster, PA
Police & Fire
Police: Shots Fired During Child Custody Exchange In Central PA, 2 In Custody
Two people were in custody and one person hospitalized after gunfire broke out during an arranged child custody exchange in Lancaster County, authorities said. Rashaun Taylor and Thalia Ortiz, both of Reading, were arrested shortly after police issued a Be On The Lookout "BOLO" alert Sunday night, the Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Department said. Witnesses told police that Ortiz and Taylor arrived at a home on the 2000 block of Lawnwood Court in East Petersburg sometime around 8:20 p.m., for an arranged child custody exchange, police said. An argument betw…
Cornwall-Mount Gretna, PA
News
Coroner IDs School Bus Driver Who Died After Crash In Lebanon County
A school bus (van) crash in Lebanon County has become a fatal accident, after the bus driver died from his injuries, according to Pennsylvania State Police. Larry Schauer, 72 of Lebanon, died at a local hospital from injuries he sustained in the crash on Thursday, according to the Lancaster County Coroner. Schauer was driving a school bus carrying five children, ages 7 through 11 on their afternoon route home, when a Kia SUV hit the school van along Route 501 in Heidelberg Township, according to police. The driver of the SUV was a 29-year-old man. He was traveling north when he crossed i…
Cornwall-Mount Gretna, PA
News
Coroner IDs School Bus Driver Who Died After Crash In Lebanon County
A school bus (van) crash in Lebanon County has become a fatal accident, after the bus driver died from his injuries, according to Pennsylvania State Police. Larry Schauer, 72 of Lebanon, died at a local hospital from injuries he sustained in the crash on Thursday, according to the Lancaster County Coroner. Schauer was driving a school bus carrying five children, ages 7 through 11 on their afternoon route home, when a Kia SUV hit the school van along Route 501 in Heidelberg Township, according to police. The driver of the SUV was a 29-year-old man. He was traveling north when he crossed i…
York, PA
Obituaries
York County Man, 31, Dies In Crash On Rt. 30 In Lancaster
A Windsor Township man died in a crash along Route 30 in Lancaster on Sunday, say East Hempfield Police. Albert Gilbert Meier Acosta, 31, was travelling Westbound on Route 30 in Lancaster near Rohrerstown Road in a Mini Cooper when he struck a disabled Chrysler 300 parked along the shoulder, according to police. Police arrived on the scene of the crash at approximately 9:26 p.m. The impact of the Cooper into the Chrysler caused the Chrysler to catch fire. The westbound lanes of Route 30 were closed until 2:45 a.m. Acosta was transported to Lancaster General Hospital where he died. The f…
Lancaster, PA
Police & Fire
Motorcyclist Airlifted To Hospital After Sending Police On Chase In Lancaster
A motorcyclist was airlifted to a hospital following a police chase in Lancaster County on Friday, say Pennsylvania State Police. Ryan Alexander Stephanic, 27 of Lancaster, sent police on an approximately six mile long chase from Route 30 and along New Holland Pike while traveling 75 mph in a 40 zone around 2:55 a.m., say state police. The pursuit ended when he turned into the Dart Container Corporation parking lot, where he crashed his motorcycle. PSP officers on the scene provided treatment until he was airlifted to Lancaster General Hospital. An investigation is ongoing, says PSP.
Lancaster, PA
News
Arrest Made In Deadly Mountville Shooting
A woman has been charged in last Friday's deadly Mountville shooting, West Hempfield police said. Cherrelle Alish Byrd, 34 of Mountville, was in an argument with Richard Williams on the 400 block of Hillsdale Drive when they found the victim -- Richard Williams -- with a single gunshot wound, police said. Williams later died at Lancaster General Hospital. Byrd was arrested for criminal homicide at 4:25 a.m. on Saturday. She was remanded to Lancaster County Prison in lieu of $75,000 bail. Byrd’s preliminary hearing is scheduled for 9 a.m. April 28.
Scarsdale, NY
Business
Scarsdale Physician Joins NewYork-Presbyterian Medical Group
NewYork-Presbyterian Medical Group Hudson Valley welcomes Dr. Jennifer Park, a board certified Family Medicine physician from Scarsdale. Dr. Park provides a range of primary care services to NewYork-Presbyterian Medical Group Hudson Valley’s growing network of primary and multi-specialty care physicians. Park joins the medical group’s internal medicine practice at 22 South Division St. in Peekskill and is affiliated with NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital. After earning her medical degree from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Dr. Park completed her residency at Lancaste…
