The driver of a Lebanon Farms Disposal truck was arrested Friday afternoon for suspicion of driving under the influence after he backed over a fence at the rear of a home in the 200 block of North Church Street, Mountville, Manor Township police said.
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The incident happened just after 3 p.m., police said. The driver, Anto Kezic, 46, Harrisburg, was taken to Lancaster Regional Hospital for a blood alcohol test. Charges against Kezic are pending, police said Saturday night.
The truck's loader, Kelly Custer, 19, Sinking Spring, was cited for underage alcohol consumption.
Police said they confiscated a bottle of whiskey from the truck.
DISORDERLY WOMEN: City police had their hands full with two arrests involving young women Friday night and early Saturday.
Police used mace on a 17-year-old girl Friday after a 9:21 p.m. incident in the 200 block of North Water Street.
Police said the girl was seen bringing alcohol into a business in the block and drinking. She was asked to leave by employees and became involved in a disturbance out front.
Police arrived and were in the process of arresting the girl when she attempted to get into a vehicle. She was pulled away by police and taken to the ground where she continued to resist, according to police; she was then sprayed and taken to the police station for decontamination and booking. The girl refused medical treatment, police said, and her parents were notified.
Charges of resisting arrest, underage drinking, and criminal trespass will be sent as a summons, police said.
Later, city police reported that Maria M. Nogueras, 21, of the 500 block of Woodward Street, was involved in a fight with another person in the 200 block of North Christian Street at 1:27 a.m. Saturday and refused to leave the area.
Police said Nogueras was "consistently combative and aggressive, and attempted to break through several officers and citizens to continue the assault." Nogueras also showed signs of intoxication, police said. She was tasered, then arrested and held at the city police station until sober, police reported.
Nogueras was cited for disorderly conduct, criminal mischief and public drunkenness, police said.
DUI INCIDENTS: Lawrence John Bamford, 32, of Coatesville, was arrested for driving under the influence following a traffic stop on Route 30, west of Newport Avenue, Salisbury Township, at 2:54 a.m. Saturday, state police at Lancaster said.
•Carlos Hernandez-Ortega, 33, no address given, was arrested for driving under the influence and other traffic violations in Rapho Township, just before midnight Wednesday, state police at Ephrata said.
Police received a call that an erratic driver entered Route 283 from Route 772 on the wrong ramp and was headed westbound in the eastbound lane. Northwest Regional police stopped the vehicle, which was traveling 20-25 miles per hour. They held Hernandez-Ortega until state police arrived.
•Lauren Kate McCune, 21, no address given, was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol after she was stopped by Millersville Borough police for driving erratically in the 2000 block of Millersville Pike at 2:34 a.m. Saturday. Her blood alcohol content was 0.146, when measured at the police station, police said.
•Victoria Beck, 41, no address given, was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol after she was stopped by Millersville Borough police at the intersection of Blue Rock Road and North Duke Street in Millersville.
According to police, she was "speeding and driving erratically" at 4:49 a.m. Saturday.
ACCIDENTS: Noah Doughty, 20, of the first block of Apricot Avenue, fell asleep while driving east in the 2200 block of New Holland Pike, coasted off the roadway and struck a guardrail at 7:20 a.m. Saturday, East Lampeter Township police said. No injuries were reported. The car was towed.
ARRESTED: William T. Logan, Jr., 21, no known address, was sent to Lancaster County Prison on Saturday for violating parole, Ephrata police said.
Logan was found trying to take a car stereo out of a vehicle parked in the alley behind the 100 block of Grant Street at 4:50 a.m., police said.
Stolen tools were also found in the alley between Grant Street and Lincoln Avenue, and a witness said Logan was also seen entering a storage shed in the area. Anyone with information or missing tools to report is asked to contact police at 733-8611.
CHECKPOINT: Rose McNee, 19, of the 1000 block of Glenn Road, was cited with underage possession of alcohol during a checkpoint which was conducted from 11 p.m. Friday to 3 a.m. Saturday, East Lampeter Township police reported.
The checkpoint was conducted in the 1800 block of Lincoln Highway East. State police at Lancaster assisted.
COUNTERFEIT: A couple shopping at the Rockvale Outlets, 35 South Willow Drive, passed $100 counterfeit bills at two stores Wednesday, East Lampeter Township police said. A 5-foot-8-inch male with dark hair and a tattoo on his right bicep, and a 5-foot-5-inch white female with brownish-blond hair passed the bills at the Peddler's Alley and Under Armour stores, police said.
CRASH: A car crashed into a house in the 600 block of East King Street just after 10 p.m. Saturday after a police incident.
City police were called to a fight at East King and John streets; when they arrived a car pulled out and struck a parked car, possibly in an effort to flee the scene. The driver, a male, would not stop for police; at East King and Marshall streets he lost control and hit the house, causing minor damage. The man was seen being treated in an ambulance.
DRUG CHARGES: Shawn M. Landis, 46, Quarryville, was charged with possession of cocaine, Xanax and drug paraphernalia Friday, Lancaster city police said.
RECOVERED: East Lampeter Township police recovered a stolen van parked in the first block of Rose Avenue at 7:50 a.m. Saturday.
The 1993 Ford van was taken from Evans Burial Vault Company, 1500 Graybill Road, Leola, Friday night, according to police.
RETAIL THEFT: A woman tried to leave Wal-Mart, 2030 Fruitville Pike, with $169 of merchandise in her purse without paying for it at 12:42 p.m. Thursday, Manheim Township police reported.
When an employee tried to detain the woman, she fled without the purse. Police are investigating the incident.
•Justin M. Vega, 24, Lancaster, was arrested for retail theft at 7:33 p.m. Thursday after a K-Mart employee saw him leave the store with an $8 television remote without paying for it, Manheim Township police said.
•Lancaster city police reported two men were arrested for retail theft Friday at Weis Markets, 1204 Millersville Pike, in two separate incidents. Angel A. Rivera-Nieves, 47, of the 600 block of East Chestnut Street, attempted to leave the store at 12:10 p.m. without paying for $314.72 worth of groceries.
Rivera-Nieves was arraigned before Magisterial District Justice Mary Sponaugle and committed to Lancaster County Prison. A few hours later, Joseph P. Dolderer, 43, of the 800 block of South Lime Street, was arrested at 4:30 p.m. after taking $15.57 worth of merchandise and running out of the store without paying. Dolderer was charged and released.
THEFT: Elliot D. Shepherd, 44, Lancaster was charged with theft after taking two flat-screen televisions, worth $2,198, from a home in the 1900 block of Harrington Drive May 10, Manheim Township police reported Saturday.
Shepherd used a hidden key to enter the home, police said.
UNDERAGE DRINKING: Jeffery Trimble, 18, no address given, was arrested for underage drinking Friday evening. He was found to be intoxicated; the incident happened in the first block of Manor Avenue, Millersville.
WARRANTS: Justin G. Lewis, 21, Lancaster, was arrested for outstanding warrants during a traffic stop in the 1500 block of Lititz Pike at 1:02 a.m. Friday, Manheim Township police said.
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