Tiffany Jo Speziali, 42, of Manheim, was charged with simple assault and terroristic threats.
Speziali came to police at 5:50 p.m. on May 11 claiming she had been assaulted earlier in the day, according to an affidavit of probable cause. Speziali was bleeding from minor injuries, which she claimed were from being cut by the man.
Speziali told investigators she had confronted the man, who she claimed had threatened suicide in the past, with a claw hammer as he entered his home and asked if he wanted her âto put him out of his problems,â according to the affidavit. Speziali held the hammer above her head as if she intended to hit him with it, asking him âHow do you want it?â
A Lancaster man has been charged after breaking a womanâs eye socket during an assault, according to Lancaster police.
Tony Neal Davis Jr., 20, was charged with aggravated assault, strangulation, simple assault and harassment after pushing the woman to the ground and kicking and stomping on her face, fracturing her orbital bone in her left eye, during an assault in the 100 block of North Marshall Street on April 23, according to an affidavit of probable cause.
Davis also wrapped his arm around the womanâs neck in a chokehold, preventing her from breathing and causing red marks around her neck, police said. Davis also scratched the womanâs arms.
A Lancaster man knocked a 17-year-old girl unconscious and then led authorities on a foot chase wearing only underwear when they tried to arrest him, according to Manheim Township police.
Marc A. Nazario, 22, was charged with aggravated assault, escape and resisting arrest after punching the girl and shoving her down a set of concrete steps, causing her to strike her head on the sidewalk, during an argument at around 4:25 p.m. Saturday, according to an affidavit of probable cause. The affidavit did not state where the incident occurred.
Officers arrived to find the girl dazed, with no memory of what had happened, police said. Witnesses told investigators that the girl lost consciousness before Nazario pulled her back into the residence.
A man who was arrested last June during a protest at the Lancaster police station â and who prompted the countyâs president judge to notify the public that the man said he had COVID-19 â has pleaded guilty.
Julio Torres, 23, had been charged with riot, aggravated assault, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct for his involvement in a June 1 protest following social justice demonstrations in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
Police said Torres threw objects at them and threw a barricade into the street.
He is serving a sentence of four years of probation after pleading guilty in January to aggravated assault â a second-degree felony â and misdemeanor charges of resisting arrest and disorderly conduct. The riot charge, a third-degree felony, was dropped.
Lancaster County criminal justice officials are hoping to restart criminal jury trials in order to clear a growing backlog caused after most court operations were suspended in the face of the pandemic.
President Judge David Ashworth said that courtrooms 12 and 2 are currently being fitted with plexiglass to allow safe jury trials to commence.
Prior to the most recent suspension of trials on Jan. 5, jury trials had briefly started back up in Courtroom A, as well as in room 102/104 of the Lancaster County Government building. Ashworth said 8 trials were completed.
But for 2020 overall, the total number of jury trials was down over 60% as compared to the prior two years.