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Three candidates who are running for two available positions on the York County Court of Common Pleas all appeared set on Tuesday to advance past the primary to appear on the ballot in November.
At 12:10 a.m. on Wednesday, with 157 out 161 precincts reporting, Steve Stambaugh, 57, of Spring Garden Township, the owner of Stambaugh Law PC, earned 28,627 votes (41.4%), while Joe Gothie, 48, of Manchester Township, the owner of Gothie Law Firm PC, received 25,695 votes (37.1%) in the Republican primary, according to unofficial election results from the York County Department of Elections and Voter Registration.
Meanwhile, Suzanne Smith, 54, of West Manchester Township, an associate at Pugh & Cutaia PLLC, got 14,862 votes (21.5%) on the Republican ballot. She was the top vote-getter, though, on the Democratic line with 16,864 votes (61.3%), unofficial election results state.
“I’m happy with my results,” Smith said. “It was an interesting survey. I think they tried to capture more information.”
Smith noted that members filled out the survey after, instead of before, the bar association held its judicial forum. Candidates could provide information about their qualifications as well.
If people are looking for a surgeon, she said, they’re going to reach out to other surgeons and people in the medical field for an opinion.
“Lawyers have a vested interest in having a judge who’s qualified and competent and has the proper temperament and integrity,” Smith said. “Basically, all the categories that the bar poll covers.”
Police release new images of what York County homicide victim John Doe might have looked like
Updated 9:08 PM;
New DNA technology has revealed that an unidentified homicide victim whose skeletal remains were found in West Manchester Township in 2013 is primarily Black and could have relatives in North Carolina, according to police.
Investigators previously thought John Doe was white, perhaps Hispanic, but the DNA Doe Project determined he is of 75% sub-Saharan African descent, West Manchester Township Police announced Wednesday.
“This means our victim was black and may have had a Caucasian great-grandparent or great-great-grandparent in the family line,” a police news release states. “Results based on this new information are showing in the genealogy websites of distant family in the North Carolina area and surrounding states.”
Sgt. Lance Krout doesn t like the phrase cold case.
The case he has been working on for nearly eight years - ever since the skeletal remains of a man were found in West Manchester Township in November 2013 - isn t cold. He has been working it hard all of those months.
Sometimes, he said, leads don t pan out, or leads evaporate, but it hasn t been chilled in a cabinet or cooled on the back burner. I ve been working on this for eight years constantly, Krout said. We did not let it get cold.
Recently, Krout, a veteran of the West Manchester Township police department, got a pretty significant lead, thanks to DNA evidence and databases intended to assist people in tracking down their ancestry.
West Manchester Twp. police release new images of what homicide victim John Doe might have looked like
York Dispatch
Anyone with information about the man s identity is asked to call West Manchester Township Police at 717-792-9514 and ask for Sgt. Krout.
New DNA technology has revealed that an unidentified homicide victim whose skeletal remains were found in West Manchester Township in 2013 is primarily Black and could have relatives in North Carolina, according to police.
Investigators previously thought John Doe was white, perhaps Hispanic, but the DNA Doe Project determined he is of 75% sub-Saharan African descent, West Manchester Township Police announced Wednesday.