Dan Nephin

2 weeks ago | lancasteronline.com | Dan Nephin

An East Donegal Township woman helped her teenage daughter get an abortion at home last year and they buried the remains in their backyard so her husband wouldn’t find out, according to police. Susquehanna Regional Police charged Shannon Noelle Jones, 50, on Wednesday with endangering the welfare of children, corruption of minors and criminal conspiracy to conceal the death of a child.

2 weeks ago | lancasteronline.com | Dan Nephin

A teenager police said buried her fetus in an East Donegal Township backyard and her mother have been charged with concealing the death of a child and related offenses. Susquehanna Regional Police charged Shannon Jones, 50, on Wednesday with endangering the welfare of children, corruption of minors and criminal conspiracy to conceal the death of a child.

2 weeks ago | lancasteronline.com | Dan Nephin

An Ephrata Township man who passed out and smothered his infant son after drinking and smoking marijuana will spend up to nearly two years in Lancaster County Prison. Timothy Ray Walton, 31, pleaded guilty Thursday to involuntary manslaughter and endangering the welfare of a child before Lancaster County Judge Dennis Reinaker. Reinaker sentenced Walton to nine to 23 months in the county prison, followed by five years probation.

2 weeks ago | lancasteronline.com | Dan Nephin

A state law that makes it a crime to harm or kill an unborn child would limit what criminal charges could be filed against an East Donegal Township teenager police say buried her fetus’ remains after using an over-the-counter abortion-inducing drug. LNP | LancasterOnline is not identifying the teenager by name because no charges have been filed and she was younger than 18 at the time of the incident in March.

3 weeks ago | lancasteronline.com | Dan Nephin

A recent Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling says people accepted into the Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition program to resolve a first DUI charge can’t be hit with harsher penalties for a subsequent DUI offense. ARD is a court program for first-time offenders of generally nonviolent crimes that allows them to avoid a conviction and seek expungement upon completion of program terms, which includes court supervision. The ruling involved an Adams County man who got ARD for a DUI in 2012.