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A two-alarm fire destroyed a Manheim Borough home Friday night.
No injuries were reported in the blaze, which broke out at 205 S. Charlotte St. at 11:09 p.m. Brandy Rhodes, deputy fire chief with Manheim Fire Co., said the residence was owned by Bill Pogue. Rhodes said Pogue lived at the house with his wife, Carol, and their two children.
Fire crews from Manheim, Penryn, Lititz, East Petersburg, Mastersonville, Mount Joy, Brunnerville, Brickerville, and Mountville responded, along with Manheim EMS, Manheim Borough police and the state fire marshal. Firefighters arrived to find "heavy smoke from three sides" of the two-story house, said Rhodes. An attached building housing a vehicle was also destroyed. The house is next to the Cat's Meow restaurant.
Rhodes estimated damages at $360,000. "It's a total loss," he said. The cause of the blaze remains under investigation, Rhodes said.
South Charlotte Street, Railroad Avenue, New Charlotte Street and Steigel Street were closed during the fire. Firefighters also had to deal with icy roads.
The Red Cross is assisting the family with lodging, food and clothing.
INSTITUTIONAL VANDALISM: Jaffred Acosta Perez, 26, Brooklyn, N.Y., was arrested in the 500 block of South Plum Street for public drunkenness and open container at 9:27 p.m. Friday, police said. At the city police station, about an hour later, Perez yanked a fire sprinkler from the ceiling of a holding cell, setting off the sprinklers and fire alarms and causing flooding in the cell block, police said. Perez was charged with institutional vandalism and is being held at Lancaster County Prison on $100,000 bail.
ASSAULT/RESISTING ARREST: Police said they were called to Vicki's Place, 701 S. Prince St., at 12:27 a.m. Saturday after Jose E. Silva, 38, Lancaster, attempted to punch another person.
Silva resisted arrest. It took four minutes and eight officers to arrest Silva and control the scene in the crowded bar, police said.
Silva was arrested for aggravated assault and resisting arrest. He was later released on $50,000 bail.
CRASHES: West Hempfield Township police responded to a two-vehicle crash that happened at 6:30 p.m. Thursday.
Police said Gerardo Jimenez, no age reported, Columbia, was stopped at a red light at Columbia Avenue and 16th Street when his vehicle was struck by a pickup truck driven by Greg Riehl, 22, Elizabethtown. No injuries were reported. Police said Riehl was cited for a safe speed violation.
•A car driven by Robert H. Reese III, 44, New Holland, struck a telephone pole in the 500 block of Airport Road, Earl Township at 11:28 p.m. Friday, police said.
DUI: Two people were arrested for driving under the influence during traffic stops Saturday morning.
State police at Lancaster reported that Christina Marie Highfield, 26, New Holland, was pulled over for a vehicle code violation at 12:28 a.m. at Route 30 and North Kinzer Road, Paradise Township. She was found to be under the influence of alcohol and arrested for DUI, police said.
At 2:06 a.m., police stopped Chase Maverick Coleman, 24, Holtwood, for a vehicle code violation on Oakview Road, south of Route 30. He was found to be under the influence of alcohol and arrested for DUI, police said.
•Jamie Lee Barnes, 27, Paradise, was arrested for driving under the influence at 2:43 a.m. Saturday at Route 741 and White Horse Road, Paradise Township, state police at Lancaster reported.
•Anthony Eugene Johnson, 28, Leesport, was charged with driving while intoxicated after being stopped for a traffic violation on Route 222 North near Route 322 Saturday at 2:33 a.m., state police said.
•Jason Michael Blanski, 21, Reading, was charged with driving while intoxicated Friday at 2:45 a.m. after being stopped for a traffic violation on Route 222 North, state police said.
PUBLIC DRUNKENNESS: Gary R. Fultz, 21, Birdsboro, was arrested for public drunkenness in the first block of North Charlotte Street at 2:27 a.m. Saturday, police said.
TOOLBOX FOUND: State police at Lancaster reported that a gray plastic toolbox with various tools, possibly roofing tools, was found at Lincoln Highway and South Belmont Road around 9 a.m. Friday. Anyone with information should contact Cpl. Timothy Good, 290-1993.
VANDALISM: A vehicle was "keyed" in a parking lot in the 400 block of Custer Avenue, New Holland Borough, during the overnight hours Thursday, New Holland police reported.
THEFT/CRIMINAL MISCHIEF: A red Mighty Mack wood splitter, 18 metal "C" clamps and a Stihl chainsaw were stolen from a home in the 100 block of Fox Hollow Road, Martic Township, overnight Friday. A pool liner was also cut. Anyone with information is asked to contact state police at Lancaster, 299-7650.
BURGLARY: Someone entered a home in the 100 block of Sadsbury Avenue, Sadsbury Township, Wednesday and took meat from a chest freezer, state police said.
RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY: Robert Bleecher, 59, Lancaster, was charged with receiving stolen property Friday, East Lampeter Township police said. An officer saw a stolen license plate on Bleecher's pick-up truck, parked at the Number One Chinese Restaurant, 1620 Lincoln Highway East, at 9:24 p.m., police said. Bleecher was arrested when he returned to the truck.
HARASSMENT: Edwin Pagan, 27, Lancaster, was arrested for harassment and summary warrants following a domestic dispute in the 600 block of Hebrank Street at 3:30 a.m. Saturday, police said.
WARRANTS: Ruth E. Gonzalez, 30, Lititz, was arrested on summary warrants at 12:17 a.m. Saturday, police said.
