When: Manheim Borough Council meeting, May 11.
What happened: Council approved a request from Christina Street for her Cadet troop to collect donations for community organizations from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 22 in Market Square.
Details: Street said the troop, which meets at Salem United Methodist Church, is working on its silver award. They are planning to collect canned goods for the Manheim Central Food Pantry, water and sports drinks for the Manheim Fire Company, pre-packaged snacks for Teen Central, used printer cartridges for the Manheim Community Library, toys for Northwest EMSâ Toys for Tots toy drive and funds for the Manheim Borough Police Department s K-9 unit. She said the scouts have made videos about the mission of each organization. Videos will be posted on the Little Town of Manheim Facebook page prior to the collection date. Street said scouts will be stationed at the gazebo in Market Square to collect donations.
The Lancaster County Drug Task Force arrested a city man who was already facing trial on drug and weapons charges during a raid Thursday morning that turned up cocaine, marijuana, a gun and more than $10,000 cash.
As a result of Thursdayâs raid, Steven Gonzalez Morales, 20, was charged with drug and a weapons charge. He was being held at Lancaster County Prison unable to post $10,000 bail.
Steven Gonzalez-Morales, 20, of the 600 block of Poplar Street, was charged May 6 with felony drug possession with intent to deliver, possession of a stolen handgun, and possession of drug paraphernalia after police seized marijuana, cocaine, $10,000 in cash, and the gun when executing a search warrant, the district attorney said.
Updated: 6:37 AM EDT Mar 16, 2021 Lancaster County District Attorney Heather Adams has released drug forfeiture records associated with the Lancaster County Drug Task Force. Records released Monday include all receipts and expenses for each account related to the DTF between July 2018 through June 2020 and can be found here. Adams said there are four accounts associated with the DTF:Forfeiture Account – monies received from court-ordered forfeiture of cash or property.Office of Attorney General Account – funding received by the state via the Office of Attorney General to counties who operate a local Drug Task Force.Federal Equitable Sharing Account – shared federal forfeiture from the Department of Justice for participating agencies in joint investigations.Municipal and County Contribution Account – donations received from municipalities and the County of Lancaster.The DTF is the lead agency in Lancaster County dedicated to halting the flow of illegal drugs into t
Fatal overdoses in Lancaster County soared to 146 in 2020, a 40% increase from the previous year that officials are attributing to COVID-19.
Lancaster Joining Forces, which was formed in 2017 with the mission to reduce deaths from opioids and heroin, said the pandemic has ushered in many of the triggers for addiction and relapse including mental health distress, social isolation, changes in daily routines and access to treatment and support services.
âWe had been tracking the numbers all along and sensed that they were going to be higher than in the recent past,â said Alice Yoder, executive director for community health at Lancaster General Health and co-chair of Joining Forces. âYet seeing the final numbers is heartbreaking because these are people behind these numbers.â