Published November 21, 2009, 12:02 AM EST

by LARRY ALEXANDER

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - A Manheim man crashed his car into a Lititz playground Thursday, then kicked police officers trying to arrest him.Kevin Sean Lovendoski, 51, of Gish Road, Manheim, lost control of his car as he tried to negotiate a turn at West Second Avenue and South Spruce Street on Thursday, police said......

Published November 20, 2009, 9:21 PM EST

by JANET KELLEY

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - Four years ago, Ricky Kenneth Goodin was charged with sexually assaulting a young girl.He pleaded guilty, was placed on probation and registered as a sex offender under Megan's Law rules.Now, Goodin has been arrested again, police said, for allegedly sexually assaulting another ......

Published November 20, 2009, 1:23 PM EST

by RYAN ROBINSON

LANCASTER COUNTY, PA - An Elizabethtown couple has been charged with insurance fraud, police reported today. William B. Warren III, 29, and Tabitha Warren, 26, both of the 200 block of South Market Street, told police their vehicle was stolen from a street near their home overnight Aug. 10, Elizabethtown police said.......

Published November 20, 2009, 9:30 AM EST

by STAFF

LANCASTER COUNTY, PA - Eight counterfeit bills were passed during vehicle sale transactions at the Manheim Auto Auction, police reported today. Six $100 bills, a $20 bill and a $10 bill, all bogus, were passed during three separate transactions on Wednesday, Penn Township police said. The counterfeit cash was se......

Published November 20, 2009, 8:08 AM EST

by CINDY STAUFFER

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - The Lancaster County Prison Board heard a proposal Thursday for a $24.5 million work-release facility that would house almost 400 prisoners.The purpose of the facility, it was told, would be to house and train eligible prisoners who would work in community jobs.Those jobs would prov......

Published November 20, 2009, 12:02 AM EST

by JANET KELLEY

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - A Manor Township man — in jail, police said, for assaulting his girlfriend — has been charged with setting fire to the same woman's home a year ago.Jason D. Malles, 28, of Stonecreek Road, was charged this week with arson and risking a catastrophe for allegedly setting fire......

Published November 20, 2009, 12:01 AM EST

by JANET KELLEY

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - Calling the crime "despicable," a Lancaster County judge sentenced a city man to eight to 20 years in prison Thursday for raping a child.Todd James Gilbert, now 22, told Judge Dennis Reinaker that he — the judge — didn't know all the facts of the case."You were 19 and sh......

Published November 19, 2009, 9:11 PM EST

by RYAN ROBINSON

LANCASTER, Pa. - A 14-year-old city boy was robbed on his way home from school on Tuesday, police said.Two robbers approached the boy from behind while he was walking west along Green Street, near Ann Street, police said. It was about 3:30 p.m.One of the two robbers grabbed the boy's cell phone from......

Published November 19, 2009, 8:41 PM EST

by RYAN ROBINSON

LANCASTER, Pa. - City police arrested three alleged street-level drug dealers Wednesday night after they sold an undercover officer crack cocaine, police said.James Kirby Carmichael, 46, of 614 Manor St., sold .4 grams of cocaine to an officer in the 500 block of South Duke Street at about 7:30 p.m., polic......

Published November 19, 2009, 12:42 PM EST

by RYAN ROBINSON

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - City police and the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force are seeking information on the whereabouts of  a suspected drug dealer, police said.Shamari Lee Smith, 20, is wanted on several charges including possession with intent to deliver cocaine, fleeing or attempting to elude a poli......