By JOHN M. HOOBER III, Staff
A group showed up in East Petersburg Community Park on Monday night to settle an ongoing feud, Manheim Township police said.
A fight broke out shortly after 6 p.m Some of the participants had baseball bats.
Justin Lee Eckman, 21, of 5710 Main St., East Petersburg, who was arrested late Tuesday morning, had a stick and chased after several people, swinging the stick at them, police said.
An East Petersburg park guard and a state constable witnessed Eckman's actions, police said. When Eckman tried to flee from the park, he struck the constable with his vehicle. Then he sped away in reverse on Pine Street, and his vehicle struck a sign, police said.
The constable was not hurt. Manheim Township police, who patrol East Petersburg, charged Eckman with simple assault, recklessly endangering another person, disorderly conduct, and a hit-and-run violation.
Eckman failed to post $25,000 cash bail on the charges, which were filed by Officer Thomas Miles, and he was committed to Lancaster County Prison, police said.
Police are still investigating the fight and had no other suspects as of this morning, department spokesman Sgt. Thomas Rudzinski said.
In other police incidents:
• Burglars broke into the Prospect Aggregates firm at Quarry and Prospect roads in West Hempfield Township on Saturday night, township police said.
The intruders vandalized several offices and drove two company trucks through a security fence, Officer Brian Stutzman said.
The trucks were found abandoned a short distance away in fields. A company safe also was found there, police said.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact West Hempfield Township police at 285-5191 or Lancaster City/County CrimeStoppers at 1-800-322-1913.
• Lancaster police investigated a Monday afternoon robbery at 170 E. King St., which is the location of the Golden Eagle Tavern and Chinese Restaurant.
A 53-year-old woman was robbed at gunpoint at 4:18 p.m., police said.
The robber, who got between $250 and $300, was described as a man in his mid-40s. He had a handgun and rode a white bicycle, police were told.
The robber was about 6 feet tall, and had a beard and goatee. He wore shorts, a white T-shirt, and had a white do-rag covering on his head, police were told.
• East Cocalico Township police said vandals punctured 13 truck tires on trailers owned by Summers Trucking, 125 Denver Road, Denver, last weekend. Damage was estimated at $2,000.
Staff writer John M. Hoober III can be reached at jhoober@LNPnews.com or 481-6027.
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