A Lancaster County man has been charged in connection with the death of his 3-month-old son.Rolston Sturkey, 30, was charged with involuntary manslaughter, endangering the welfare of a child and drug offenses.According to court documents, Sturkey smoked marijuana while taking care of his son last September in an apartment in Lancaster Township.Sturkey told police he made a bed out of blankets on the floor and laid the infant down about six inches from his chest, the criminal complaint alleges. Sturkey said that when he was awakened the next morning, the baby wasn’t breathing.Investigators said the infant died of asphyxiation as a result of co-sleeping with Sturkey.
Lancaster got about an inch of rain Thursday, rainfall a short break from dry weather
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Lancaster gets about an inch of rain Thursday, rainfall a short break from dry weather
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Rick Deppen hoped things would be different, but when he saw last weekendâs forecast â sunny, dry and windy â he all but knew there would be wildfires.
Local weather conditions were nearly perfect for dry debris to ignite and for gusty winds to fan the flames, carrying embers from place to place, according to Deppen, who manages a state wildfire program for a nine-county region, including Lancaster.
And Deppen assumed volunteer firefighters throughout the region likely expected the same, especially Sunday when fire-favorable weather conditions were ideal. They see it almost every spring, he said.
âA lot of the guys will just go to the department and sit and wait because they know there are going to be fires,â said Deppen, an assistant forest manager at the state Department of Conservation and Natural resources.