Hancock Police report the following arrests and incidents from the week of Monday, February 23, through Sunday, March 1: February 23 Undesirable, first block Blue Hill Road. Subjects left before police arrival. Service to advise, 100 block West High Street. Subject advised. Traffic enforcement, Hancock area. Two stops. Domestic, 12000[Read More…]
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Hedgesville man arrested in Fulton County
Pennsylvania State Police are investigating a domestic incident from February 26 on Mill Hill Road in Warfordsburg. According to police, around 12:40 a.m., on Thursday, February 26, troopers from the McConnellsburg barrack responded to the residence on Mill Hill Road for a verbal domestic that became physical. Police said Armani[Read More…]
Hancock Police Report
Hancock Police report the following arrests and incidents from the week of Monday, January 26, through Sunday, February 1: January 26 Traffic enforcement, Hancock area. One stop. Summons attempt, 200 block Virginia Avenue. Summons served on Dakota Garrett Deshong, 32, of Hancock, for theft. January 27 Alarm, 200, block Hancock[Read More…]
Additional arrests made in fatal Clear Spring fire
by Geoff Fox Two more people have been arrested in connection to the November 2025 house fire that claimed the lives of three Clear Spring residents. The recent charges have now brought the number of suspects involved in the deaths up to five. Investigators from the Maryland State Police Homicide[Read More…]
Hancock Police Report Jan. 5-11
Hancock Police report the following arrests and incidents from the week of Monday, January 5, through Sunday, January 11: January 5 Missing person, 100 block Franklin Street. Subject found safe and returned home. Service to advise, first block Blue Hill Road. Subject advised. January 6 Service to advise, Hancock area.[Read More…]
Hancock Police Report Dec. 15, 2026-Jan. 4, 2026
Hancock Police report the following arrests and incidents from the week of Monday, December 15, 2025, through Sunday, January 4, 2026: December 15 Check well-being, 100 block West Main Street. Subject gone, unable to locate. Drug violation, 200 block Quaker Creek Drive. Information taken. Check well-being, Widmeyer Park. Subject checked[Read More…]
Hagerstown man arrested, charged with causing the death of Kenneth Appel in May crash
by Geoff Fox After a grand jury handed down indictments at the end of December, Maryland State Police arrested a Washington County man on charges connected to a fatal two-vehicle accident in Allegany County in May 2025. The indictment came on December 31. According to a release from the State[Read More…]
Hancock Police Report Dec. 8-14
Hancock Police report the following arrests and incidents from the week of Monday, December 8, through Sunday, December 14: December 8 Property damage accident, first block East Main Street. Information exchanged. Property damage accident, 100 block East Main Street. Information exchanged. Service to advise, first block Blue Hill Road. Subject[Read More…]
Friday night ATV accident in Southern Fulton claims life of Hancock woman
by Geoff Fox A 36 year old Hancock woman was killed in an ATV accident in southern Fulton County late Friday night, December 12, on Negro Mountain Road. According to Pennsylvania State Police, Holley Elizabeth Appel was the named victim of the crash. Police reported that the accident occurred just[Read More…]
Hancock Police Report Nov. 17-23
Hancock Police report the following arrests and incidents from the week of Monday, November 17, through Sunday, November 23: November 17 Service to advise, 200 block Quaker Creek Drive. Subject advised. Assist ATCC, 100 block West Main Street. Violation of sales. Check well-being, Pennsylvania Avenue. Unable to locate subject, gone[Read More…]
