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Print Edition Highlights - April 20, 2023
Marie Chomicki
Eleven men – many of them local – were taken into custody and charged with prostitution and related offenses following a joint human trafficking investigation in Cumberland County.
The Cumberland County District Attorney’s office, Pennsylvania State Police, Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department and Hampden Township Police Department joined forces to target the sex buyers and make the arrests.
In this phase of the year-long sting, Operation Impact Demand 4, investigators used undercover officers to meet men in a hotel in South Middleton Township, according to investigating officer Detective Gordon Goodrow.
There have been 36 individuals arrested so far, Cumberland County District Attorney Sean M. McCormack said.
“Every single dollar that a sex trafficker makes comes out of the wallet of a sex buyer. They are the ones driving sex trafficking by putting money into the hands of the sex traffickers who exploit the women and men trapped in this existence. We are going to continue these operations – so buyer beware,” McCormack said.
Jonathan Almodovar, 29, York; Haitham Alnaimat, 35, Mechanicsburg; Vanish Amin, 23, Mechanicsburg; Tyler Bailey, 25, Carlisle; Bryant Heckman, 29, Mercersburg; Steven Howell, 48, Enola; John Martin, 70, Carlisle; Thomas Reifsnider, 55, Hanover; Derrick Sanders, 27, Annville; Donte Traynham, 26, Philadelphia and Christopher Weller, 56, Gettysburg, were arrested.
Charges were filed April 18 at District Court 09-3-03, State Street, Camp Hill. Preliminary hearings will be scheduled at a later date.
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Curt Werner
Nearby homes lost power and the road was shut down for several hours after a pole-mount transformer collapsed onto the roadway after being hit by a truck, in the 1900-block of Rt. 194, Washington Township Tuesday afternoon April 18. The distribution lines fell, ensnaring a driver of a van who was behind the truck. In photo, a Met-Ed crew works to remove the utility pole. Burning wires caught brush on fire, but the flames were quickly put out. Northeast Adams Fire and EMS Co. 32, Dover Township Fire Co. 9, EMS and fire police were on the scene. There were no reported injuries.
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MONAGHAN TOWNSHiP
Carolyn Hoffman
Monaghan Township supervisors learned at the April 10 session that the appeal about a potential wedding and events venue along Andersontown Road has been assigned to Court of Common Pleas Judge Christopher Menges.
The attorney for the plaintiff requested oral arguments in the case and that will be allowed, though no new testimony can be presented. The case will be based on the existing record from the October 2022 hearing.
It was unknown at the time of this meeting when the case will be scheduled, as that is dependent on the judge’s calendar.
In other activity at the session, supervisors are planning a “community day” event for August. The family-friendly activity will be scheduled after the annual National Night Out, and plans include food, activities, and informational tables presented by the fire company, township and other local officials.
The engineer reported that the speed study done at the intersection of Elicker and Mt. Airy Roads found that additional signs or a blinking light could be placed at what is nearly a blind intersection. The engineer and the road crew will collaborate to determine what signs could be the most useful and return with a recommendation for the May meeting.
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Jason Riggins and Nate Shuff, friends since they were kids, co-own R&S Fence Co. located on N. Second Street in Dillsburg.
Co-owners of R&S Fence Co. Jason Riggins and Nate Shuff were friends before they were partners.
“We’ve known each other since we were kids. We grew up in church together. Our dads were pastors at the same church,” Shuff said. In the early 2000s, Riggins and Shuff were subcontracting for a mutual acquaintance who had a fencing business on the side. He offered them his company as he was ready to retire from it, but the pair instead made the decision to go into business on their own.
Even though they didn’t buy his business, the acquaintance sold them his truck and tools and gave them many leads. In January 2006, they incorporated the business, which is now 17 years old. Through word of mouth and ads in local newspapers, they quickly got enough work to keep them busy. Eventually they got to the point of needing to hire their first employee who remains with them to this day.
As the business continued to grow, more crews were added, and the pair removed themselves from installation in order to run the day-to-day operations. The business was initially run out of Riggins’ home, where a gracious neighbor even allowed for the use of his property to store some of their equipment on it.
To expand and be able to store materials, R&S purchased space at 150 North Second Street in Dillsburg in 2011. Previously they had been purchasing materials job by job. This new location allowed for more storage so that they could be prepared for more jobs in addition to having more office space to employ additional staff.
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Spring foliage abounds at Dills Tavern, site of the Dills Celtic Festival to be held this weekend.
Celebrate Dillsburg’s origins at Dills Celtic Festival
More than 275 years ago, Scots-Irish settlers like the Dill family established homes, farms and businesses in areas west of the Susquehanna River as part of a new American Dream. The community of Dillsburg grew from those humble beginnings, when Northern York County was still “the frontier.”
On Friday, April 21, from 4:30 to 9 p.m. and Saturday, April 22, from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., Dillsburg will celebrate that legacy at the Dills Celtic Festival, held at the Historic Dills Tavern. Sponsored by the Northern York County Historical And Preservation Society (NYCHAPS), the event promises two days of Celtic culture and fun for the entire family.
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