Published July 3, 2009, 8:21 PM EST

by RYAN ROBINSON

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - Lancaster County Drug Task Force officers said they apprehended three suspected drug dealers in the city on Thursday.Police said they seized 26 pounds of marijuana, eight packets of heroin, a gun, $5,884 cash and various suspected drug paraphernalia.Joseph A. Suggs, 21, and Mayra Iv......

Published July 3, 2009, 8:21 PM EST

by JANET KELLEY

LANCASTER COUNTY,Pa. - Manheim Township police said they arrested a Reading man early Friday after a brief chase by car and on foot.Cory C. Rodriguez, 18, was charged with receiving stolen property and fleeing or attempting to elude police, police said.A 17-year-old West Lawn boy, who was with Rodriguez, ......

Published July 3, 2009, 8:21 PM EST

by STAFF REPORT

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - A Conestoga woman called state police on Thursday, telling them that her ex-boyfriend had abducted her 2-year-old child.But state troopers quickly figured out that Christiana Nicole Leakway didn't have any children.And her motive for reporting the abduction, troopers said, was t......

Published July 3, 2009, 8:21 PM EST

by JANET KELLEY

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - A tiny tan Chihuahua puppy "with droopy ears" has apparently found a new home — but not legally.The puppy was reported stolen Wednesday afternoon from PJ's Pet Shop, 109 Doe Run Road, Manheim.Niki Hilt, co-owner of the pet store, said Friday she had just brought ......

Published July 3, 2009, 12:17 AM EST

by LARRY ALEXANDER

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - A Lancaster County man is among a dozen people being charged by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission with the illegal sale and possession of native reptiles.Paul Cooper of Lititz faces seven charges, said Jeff Bridi, the commission's assistant director of law enforcement.Th......

Published July 3, 2009, 12:16 AM EST

by TOM MURSE

LANCASTER, Pa. - A burglar or burglars stole computer equipment from Pep Boys Automotive in the Red Rose Commons shopping center earlier this week, but company officials say no sensitive customer data was stored on the machines."Pep Boys understands the sensitivity of customer data," Alex Spooner......

Published July 3, 2009, 12:07 AM EST

by RYAN ROBINSON

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - After allegedly being caught red-handed breaking into a vehicle in East Lampeter Township, two Lancaster brothers now face additional charges in another municipality.Manheim Township police have charged Erle Carrion-Cruz Jr., 28, of East King Street, with one count of theft from a vehicle,......

Published July 2, 2009, 10:08 AM EST

by JANET KELLEY

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - A former Manheim Township policeman was sentenced Wednesday to 10 to 19 years in prison for sexually molesting and propositioning teenagers while working as a police officer in Perry County.Robert J. Pavlovich Jr., 41, was convicted in October of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, ind......

Published July 2, 2009, 12:26 AM EST

by JANET KELLEY

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - In shooting one man, John C. Coulson Jr. saved the life of another, the Lancaster judge was told.But Coulson, a 60-year-old Vietnam veteran, was not allowed to possess a gun, let alone shoot it.On Wednesday, Coulson was sentenced in Lancaster County Court to 5 to 10 years in state p......

Published July 2, 2009, 12:11 AM EST

by CINDY STAUFFER

LANCASTER, Pa. - A shooting and a stabbing happened in Lancaster city Wednesday within about eight hours.Both victims survived, though the shooting victim was in critical condition.Police did not identify either victim.Police learned of the shooting about 5 a.m. after a 48-year-old man drove ......