Police arrested Iraida Rodriguez-Velez, no age given, of Lancaster, following a drive-by shooting outside the Prince of Subs restaurant in the 100 block of South Prince Street, just before 11 p.m. Friday, city police said.
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According to police, Rodriguez-Velez circled the block several times before stopping in the center of the street and firing a .32 caliber handgun from her vehicle.
No one was hit.
Police said Rodriguez-Velez fled the scene before they arrived. They found her car parked in the 400 block of South Duke Street and learned her address from its tags. They arrested her at her home.
She was charged with aggravated assault, recklessly endangering another person, and "person not to possess firearm," police said.
Police searched the restaurant inside and out, and found no marks from a bullet, said an employee, Rolando Castillo.
He did not hear the shots because the restaurant was so busy, he said.
"We just give God thanks that no one was hurt."
RACIAL INCIDENTS: A 16-year-old Bowmansville boy was arrested by New Holland police Friday morning at Garden Spot High School, 669 E. Main St., after a racial incident and fight.
Police were notified by school security that the boy, a 10th-grader, approached another student, used a racial slur toward him and then punched him in the face, police said.
Police arrested the 16-year-old and filed charges of ethnic intimidation and simple assault through Lancaster County juvenile authorities. The juvenile authorities also approved committing the boy to the Lancaster County Youth Intervention Center.
•In a separate incident, Nelson Colon Jr., 26, Lancaster, was arrested for striking a 35-year-old man in the head once with a hammer, police said. Police received multiple calls just before 10 a.m. Saturday to report the fight in the 600 block of Lehigh Avenue.
Colon used a racial slur and began swinging a hammer toward the man's torso. Colon then struck the victim in the back of the head, police said.
The victim suffered a "small contusion," police said.
Colon was charged with ethnic intimidation and aggravated assault, both felonies, police said.
CAR HITS TRACTOR TRAILER: A 17-year-old Ephrata girl traveling southbound in the 900 block of Schoeneck Road, West Cocalico Township, hit a northbound tractor trailer when she lost control of her Toyota sedan, East Cocalico police said. It happened about 7:30 p.m. Friday.
The teen was freed by Denver Rescue. She was taken by ambulance to Lancaster General Hospital.
Two 17-year-old Ephrata boys were passengers in the sedan and suffered critical injuries. Both were airlifted, one to Reading Hospital, the other to Lancaster General Hospital.
The tractor trailer driver — a 50-year-old Landenberg man — was not injured.
Schoeneck Fire Company and Fire Police, Sky Care, Penn Star, Reamstown Ambulance, Medic 4, Medic 12, and Ephrata Ambulance responded.
CRASH SENDS MOTHER, DAUGHTER TO HOSPITAL: A mother and daughter were taken to Lancaster General Hospital late Saturday morning after their car collided with a pickup truck. The driver of the pickup was not injured.
Police said the truck was traveling southbound on Fruitville Pike heading into Lancaster city when the driver of the car, whose riders included his wife and two children, 12 and 13, tried to turn west onto Keller Avenue
The passengers' side of the car was smashed and had to be pried open with pneumatic tools. The front of the truck was damaged and leaking oil. Manheim Township firemen spread an absorbent substance over the spill.
According to Manheim Township Police Officer Andrew Dobish, the mother and daughter were taken to Lancaster General Hospital for minor lacerations and bruises.
RESISTING ARREST/DRUG CHARGES: Gary B. Wike, 55, of Hopeland, resisted arrest when police served him with a bench warrant at 1 p.m. Thursday for parole violations, Clay Township police said. A small amount of marijuana and a pipe were found on him. He was taken to Lancaster County Prison for the warrant and will be charged for resisting arrest and minor drug possession, police said.
MULTIPLE DUI INCIDENTS: Several incidents of driving under the influence were reported early Saturday morning:
West Lampeter police arrested two women within five minutes for driving under the influence and speeding around 2:30 a.m.
Officer Thomas Murray reported that police were conducting a speed detail in the 1900 block of Willow Street pike when he timed a vehicle going 51 mph in a 35 mph zone around 2:23 a.m. When the vehicle pulled over, Murphy said he found Dianna Miller, 24, of the 8000 block of Hickory Hill Road, Oxford, to be intoxicated. Her blood alcohol content registered 0.17, Murphy said.
About five minutes later, Officer Craig Parduski pulled over Alfreda Mattia, 49, of the first block of Refton Road, Willow Street. Mattia was traveling at 61 mph, police reported. Her blood alcohol level was reported at 0.20, police said.
Murray said Saturday that both women will be charged. In the same speed detail, police issued seven speeding citations and two warnings, Murray said.
•State police at Lancaster reported that Miguel Mares Reza, 26, of Coatesville, was arrested for driving under the influence at 2:21 a.m. on Route 30, near Ambassador Drive, Paradise Township.
Police said Reza was pulled over for erratic driving, and subsequently arrested.
•Earl Lewis Groff, 79, Martic Township, was stopped by state police at Lancaster at 12:17 a.m. on Frogtown Road, east of Route 324, Martic Township for traffic violations and was subsequently arrested for driving under the influence.
•State police at Lancaster arrested James Richard McCoy, 56, Nottingham, for driving under the influence at 1:31 a.m. on Route 272 at Little Britain Road South, Little Britain Township.
•Also, New Holland police found Melvin D. Byrnes, 59, of the 100 block of Mentzer Avenue, asleep behind the wheel of a vehicle that was sitting at East Main Street and Tower Road at 9:34 p.m. Wednesday.
Police said the vehicle's engine was running and that the vehicle was in gear. Byrnes was found to be intoxicated and taken to Ephrata Community Hospital; his blood alcohol content registered in the 0.17 to 0.22 range, police said. Charges of driving under the influence and careless driving were filed Friday, police reported.
•Justin Carman, 19, of Ephrata, was arrested at 10:51 p.m. Friday on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol, following a crash, Clay Township police said. Carman was southbound on Kleinfeltersville Road when he lost control of his vehicle and slid off the road into a tree, police said.
•Megan Denise Cloonan, 25, of East Petersburg, was charged with driving while intoxicated Saturday, state police at Ephrata said. Cloonan was initially stopped on Route 772 at Milton Grove Road for a traffic violation at 2:30 a.m., police said.
TREE DOWN: A "very large old tree" came down on Chesapeake Street, between South Queen and East Strawberry streets, around 5:30 a.m. Saturday, Capt. Ed Haubert, of Lancaster City Fire Department, reported.
The tree was uprooted, took some electrical wires down with it, and rested across both lanes of the road, Haubert said. No injuries were reported. The cause was likely the recent bad weather, Haubert said.
CRASH: State police at Lancaster said that Juan M. Rodriguez Jr., 23, was traveling west on Route 340, near North New Holland Road, Leacock Township, at 4:57 p.m., Thursday, when the rear end of his vehicle slid on the wet roadway, causing Rodriguez to lose control. His vehicle struck a ditch and a wire fence before coming to rest facing north. Rodriguez was not injured.
BURGLARY: A burglary was reported at Conestoga Valley Community Pool, Main Street, Leola, around 1:45 p.m. Thursday, East Lampeter Township police reported.
About $77 in food items were taken or eaten on the premises.
LIQUOR LAW VIOLATION: The Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement charged The Brickyard Restaurant and Sports Pub, 415 N. Prince St., with a liquor law violation Thursday for noise coming from the restaurant over several dates.
According to State Police at Lancaster, the Bureau stated that on April 25, May 1, May 2, May 3 and May 5, the Brickyard used a "loudspeaker or similar device" on the inside of the restaurant that could be heard outside, in violation of the bureau code.
EAST LAMPETER THEFTS: East Lampeter Township police reported two thefts from vehicles, both in the 2100 block of Old Philadelphia Pike:
•A Tomtom GPS unit, an XM satellite radio receiver and a Maglite flashlight, total value $615, were stolen from an unlocked GMC truck at 8:14 a.m. Wednesday.
•An iPod Mp3 player, jewelry and a black purse, total value estimated at $340, were taken from a vehicle parked in a driveway. That theft happened between 9:13 p.m. Tuesday and 7 a.m. Wednesday, police said.
STOLEN BEER: Jonathan Allen Reveron, 18, of Penn Grant Road, was observed by an employee at Lincoln Beverage, 2217 Lincoln Highway East, running from the store carrying a case of beer at 8:33 p.m., Wednesday, East Lampeter Township police reported.
Reveron was found in a vehicle in the parking lot with a case of beer. He was charged with summary retail theft and underage drinking, police said.
COPPER WIRE TAKEN: State police at Lancaster reported that copper wire, valued at $300, was taken from a property in the first block of Fairmont Road, Little Britain Township, between Thursday and Friday. Anyone with information may call police at 299-7650.
NEW HOLLAND THEFTS: New Holland police investigated the following thefts:
•Between Wednesday and Thursday, a flat screen television and DVD players, valued at $1,800, were stolen from two vans at Little Stream Auto Rentals, 505 E. Main St.
•An XM radio and a Kodak Easy Share camera, valued at $140, were taken Tuesday or Wednesday from a vehicle in the 200 block of West Fulton Street.
•Several rings, value unknown, were stolen from an apartment in the 100 block of East Franklin Street between 7 a.m. and 11:30 p.m. Wednesday, police reported.
VEHICLES STOLEN: Eric S. Boley, 23, of Gap, was charged with theft for allegedly taking a motorcycle that belongs to a 30-year-old Gap man, state police at Ephrata said. He took the motorcycle from a storage shed between May 1 and June 5 and sold it to a friend, police said. The motorcycle has been sold several times and has not been recovered, according to police.
•A red and black 2003 Honda CR 125 R dirt bike was stolen from a shed in the 1100 block of Marticville Road between noon and 3:15 p.m. Friday, state police at Lancaster reported. Anyone with information may call police at 299-7650.
•A 1997 silver Honda Civic, Pennsylvania registration GRH3067, was stolen from a driveway on Krystle Drive on Tuesday or Wednesday, East Lampeter Township police reported.
•A 1990 Kit Travel Trailer was taken from a parking lot with numerous other campers and trailers in the 400 block of North Clay Road during the past month, Clay Township police said.
CASH TAKEN: State police at Lancaster reported that money was stolen from a cash box at ABC Woodcraft, 1698 Georgetown Road, Bart Township, at 12:55 p.m. Friday.
A white SUV was reported fleeing the scene after the robbery. Anyone with information may contact Trooper Jonathan Potoka, 299-7650.
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