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A second arrest has been made in a narcotics case that began last December with the shooting of a Lancaster drug dealer.

Omarr John Oree Sr., 60, of the 600 block of Park Avenue, was arrested at his home on April 5 without incident.

He has been charged before Magisterial District Judge Janice ...

The crow snowbirds arrived back in Lancaster early this year, beating the Thanksgiving rush. But they're mostly all here now, 10,000 to 15,000 strong, and volunteers are once again setting off bangers and screamers to herd them to roosting areas that both the crows and people can countenance.

Whi...

A local crack cocaine dealer with a reputation for carrying guns will be off the streets for more than 15 years.

A federal judge sentenced Anselmo "Boo Boo" Rivera to 15 1/2 years in a federal prison, followed by eight years of parole, for dealing crack cocaine here.

Rivera, 27, was caught by ...

A melee erupted in Lancaster County Court on Thursday when a convicted killer told his victim's family that police were to blame for her death, not him.

A jury last week convicted Yaquan "Squeeze" Williams of first-degree murder for gunning down Mary Johnson, an informant who was helping police i...

It was as close to a television cop show as it gets in Lancaster County Court Friday morning.

A color video recording, filmed from inside a city police cruiser, showed the arrest of Yaquan "Squeeze" Williams hours after Mary Johnson was found gunned down on Chester Street.

Detectives described...

Yaquan "Squeeze" Williams made Mary Johnson a promise, the prosecutor said: if she was "snitching" to police, he would kill her.

Hours later, Johnson was shot to death on a city street.

Williams, 30, of Lancaster, is now on trial in Lancaster County Court, charged with criminal homicide for th...

A Lancaster County jury will have to decide if Yaquan "Squeeze" Williams is guilty of criminal homicide.

And if the jury decides Williams is guilty of first-degree murder, it will then have to decide whether to sentence him to death or life in prison without parole.

Those tough questions, alon...

Three people are in jail following raids by local police and drug enforcement officers earlier this week.
On Wednesday, detectives of the Lancaster County District Attorney's Drug Task Force, Manheim Township police and Lancaster city police arrested Francisco Vazquez-Galarza, 23, and Marianela...

Yaquan "Squeeze" Williams was clear in his message to the police informant: "If you're snitching, I give you my word, I'll kill you."
That was the threat delivered to the informant, Mary Johnson, by Williams, Johnson told police.
The following morning — Jan. 23, 2...

The National Rifle Association surely never gave John McBeth a thought — or even knew he existed — during his nearly three decades of public service in Akron Borough.
The 63-year-old printer volunteered on the planning commission and borough council before being elected mayor of the nort...