State police have charged a Manheim Township man with assaulting two minors along the side of a road in Leacock Township in 1997 after processing DNA evidence left at the
A Little Britain Township man repeatedly sexually assaulted a woman as she was unconscious, then attempted to injure himself while speaking with investigators, according to state police.
Raymond Barkeley Baylis, 65, was charged with seven counts of aggravated indecent assault without consent, sexual assault and indecent assault on an unconscious person.
Those charges stem from a series of sexual assaults that took place between January and May at a residence in the 100 block of Short Road, according to an affidavit of probable cause.
The first assault took place in early January, when the woman, Baylisâ tenant since July 2020, agreed to watch a movie with him after he continuously asked her, police said. The woman later awoke to find Baylis assaulting her.
A Quarryville man nearly struck a police officer with a vehicle as he was attempting to avoid arrest, then led authorities on a high-speed chase that ran a horse and buggy off the road, according to Quarryville police.
Larry Lee Adams, 40, was charged with fleeing or attempting to elude an officer, five drug charges and a traffic violation.
The chase began at around 12:30 a.m. Wednesday in the 300 block of Buck Road, or Route 372, according to an affidavit of probable cause.
Officers initially spotted Adamsâs Jeep parked near the Quarryville Library Center and determined that he had a warrant for his arrest for a traffic violation, police said. Adams quickly drove away when an officer approached the vehicle on foot, nearly striking the officer in the process.
Two women have been charged in the overdose death of a Little Britain Township woman in 2019, according to Pennsylvania State Police.
Kenda Rochelle Hess, 35, of West Nottingham Township, Chester County, was charged with manufacture, delivery or possession with intent to manufacture or deliver; drug delivery resulting in death; aggravated assault and involuntary manslaughter; and Johanna Kim Demanche, 27, of Hallam, York County, was charged with manufacture, delivery or possession with intent to manufacture or deliver; drug delivery resulting in death and two counts of conspiracy.
Those charges stem from the death of Tessa Dietz, who was found unresponsive after an apparent overdose in the 300 block of Nottingham Road in Little Britain Township on Dec. 29, 2019, according to an affidavit of probable cause. Attempts to revive Deitz with Naloxone and CPR were unsuccessful.