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Readers react: Wife of charged double-murderer shouldn't keep $5,000 bail

In a recent poll, 91 percent of over 1,400 readers think the wife of a charged double-murderer should have to forfeit $5,000 she posted as bail on a prior charge.

 

Driver high on weed and cocaine drove against traffic for 16 miles on Route 222, police say

Willie James Morant, allegedly high on weed and cocaine, drove against traffic on Route 222, veering around 18 vehicles while fleeing police, who fired shots and deployed "stop sticks."

 

Mother of man shot in Lancaster: ‘You are not supposed to bury your son’

Family of Julio Garcia Camacho pleads for help to arrest his killer and creates online page to raise funds for his four children.

 

Shots fired, car struck in Lancaster city

Police said three shots were fired Wednesday night in the 600 block of West King Street.

 

Judge: Wife of accused double-murderer might not get bail money back after all

A day after allowing the wife of a charged double-murderer to keep her $5,000 bail money, a Lancaster County judge says new facts have come to light and he wants to hear more about the case.

 

3 DUIs in 4 months cost Lancaster woman up to 7 years in state prison

Melissa Weicksel, 41, jailed 2.5 to 7 years for three separate DUI charges in four months in 2012. Police allege she drove under the influence of prescription drugs and cocaine.

 

Two-car crash in city closes lanes at Lemon and Water

All lanes are blocked at North Water and West Lemon streets in the city after a two-vehicle accident at about 2:30 p.m.

 

DA doesn't want wife of accused double-murderer to get her bail money back

The wife of a man charged in a double murder was allowed to keep money she posted as bail on prior charges against her husband. That doesn't sit well with District Attorney Craig Stedman.

 

Asked why he allegedly lit car fire in city, suspect says, ‘Because I was bored’

Police say a man lit a minivan on fire in Lancaster city and watched it burn out of boredom.

 

Lancaster dad calls on Pa. lawmakers to adopt new school funding formula

John McGrann, a Lancaster parent and former city school board member, is slated to speak at a rally for funding reform in the state Capitol at noon. 

 

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