Tuesday October 11, 2011
2011 Farmers Fair Queen Crowned
Photo by Mark Ryder
Pictured center is 2011 Farmers Fair Queen Karley Ice along with First Runner-Up Leah Ilgenfritz on left and Second Runner-Up Kim Bartol on right. Ice was crowned Monday evening after her performance of a poem inspired by Dr. Seuss as her “World Changer” the theme of this year’s pageant.
Monday October 10, 2011
Man dies in two vehicle crash
Photo by Curt Werner
Rescue volunteers and Pennsylvania State Police investigate a fatal accident in Warrington Township on Old York Road near the Squire Gratz intersection Monday morning. The driver of the Chevy, Mary Dietz, 59, was taken by helicopter to an area hospital. The other driver, Jeffrey Kreitz, 20, was pronounced dead at the scene.
A Dillsburg man is dead following a two-vehicle crash in Warrington Township, according to Pennsylvania State Police.
Jeffrey Kreitz, 20, was driving a Saturn sedan northbound on Old York Road near the Squire Gratz intersection when for unknown reasons he crossed the center double yellow line and struck a southbound Chevy Impala shortly after 6:20 a.m., police said. Kreitz was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the other car, Mary Dietz, 59, was taken by helicopter to an area hospital. Dietz was heavily entrapped between the seat and the steering wheel, Wellsville Fire Company Asst. Chief Andy Slothower said. Assisting at the scene were rescue units from Wellsville Station 66 and Dover Borough Station 6; Dover, Dillsburg and Dover Medic 98 ambulances and fire police from several nearby companies. Police said both drivers were wearing seatbelts.
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Thursday October 6, 2011
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Photo by Curt Werner
Volunteers work to free the passenger after the car he was in left the roadway and hit a tree in Franklin Township.
Single vehicle accident claims life
A woman was killed after she lost control of her vehicle while traveling south on Route 15 near the Scotch Pine Road intersection, drove off into the grass, became airborne, and crashed on the driver's side into a tree Thursday morning around 10:00 a.m. A passenger was airlifted to a local hospital.
Karen Roethlein, 65, of Palmyra was pronounced dead at the scene.
A witness said the car started to swerve before it left the roadway and did not appear to be speeding.
Both north and southbound lanes of Route 15 were closed for several hours as volunteers from Dillsburg, Franklintown, York Springs and Wellsville fire companies worked to free the driver and passenger and accident reconstruction teams from Northern Regional Police and Pennsylvania State Police investigated the scene.
Route 15 is shutdown to airlift the passenger of the single vehicle accident.
Print Edition Highlights - September 22, 2011
Cravers found guilty
Defense attorneys seek time served
By Marie Chomicki
_---A jury has found a Dillsburg couple guilty of causing the death of their 7-year-old adopted Russian son, Nathaniel Craver.
_---The verdict was split. After spending the past 19 months behind bars in York County Prison, Michael and Nanettte Craver, of Blair Mountain Road, were found guilty of involuntary manslaughter and two counts of endangering the welfare of children and conspiring to commit the offenses. However, they were found not guilty of first- and third-degree murder and conspiring to commit the offenses.
_---Common Pleas Judge John S. Kennedy set bail at $50,000 each following closing arguments on Friday, Sept. 16. After hearing nine days of testimony, the jury reached the verdict in two hours. Sentencing is set for Nov. 18 at 2:30 p.m. The defense team of five attorneys is seeking time served for the Cravers. Standard minimum sentencing range for involuntary homicide is nine to 16 months in prison.
_---“They (the Commonwealth) didn’t say who committed the crime. They have no theory. They didn’t have any evidence of either one,” Gerald Lord said following the verdict. Lord represents Nanette Craver.
It will be “incredibly hard to build their lives,” Lord said. “They lost everything - their house, their jobs.”
_---_---_---_---_---Nanette and Michael Craver
_---_Nathaniel Craver
See the September 22, 2011 edition of the Dillsburg Banner for details.–
