A new law went into effect last month for Pennsylvania drivers prohibiting the use of handheld cellphones while driving. Effective June 5, the state of Pennsylvania began the “Paul Miller’s Law” that prohibits the use of handheld devices while driving, but also while stopped temporarily due to traffic, a red[Read More…]

Hancock Police report the following arrests and incidents from the week of Monday, July 7, through Sunday, July 13 July 7 Alarm, 300 block North Pennsylvania Avenue. Accidental. Service to advise, 100 block High Street. Subject advised. Undesirable, 100 block Limestone Road. Subjects removed from the property. Warrant service, 100[Read More…]

Hancock Police report the following arrests and incidents from the week of Monday, June 30, through Sunday, July 6: June 30 Undesirable, 200 block West Main Street, check welfare on dog. Dog seemed ok. Suspicious person, 100 block West Main Street. Subject advised not to trespass on properties. Service to[Read More…]

Hancock Police report the following arrests and incidents from the week of Monday, June 23, through Sunday, June 29 June 23 Community policing, first block West Main Street, summer camp at Martha’s House. Suspicious person, Widmeyer Park, subject was advised. Service to standby, 200 block Dale Street, civil issue over[Read More…]

by Geoff Fox The Humane Society of Washington County and Hancock Police are looking for information regarding an animal cruelty case in town last Wednesday. The Humane Society Field Service received reports of a light colored cat whose legs were partially bound and had a firecracker tied to its tail.[Read More…]

by Geoff Fox Town officials have approved Flock Cameras, but they will not be replacing the existing cameras that have been keeping an eye on Hancock for about a decade. Instead, the new cameras would be for police purposes only and have license plate readers installed as well as other[Read More…]

Hancock Police report the following arrests and incidents from the week of Monday, June 2, through Sunday, June 8: June 2 Warrant attempt, 100 block East Main Street. Subject turned themself in. Traffic enforcement, Hancock area. Two stops. Lost/found property, Widmeyer Park. Samsung cell phone at police department. Disorderly conduct,[Read More…]

by Geoff Fox Hancock Mayor Roland Lanehart Jr. said he, Town Manager Mike Faith, and Police Chief Rich Miller recently had a Zoom meeting with Flock Safety in regards to the town’s camera system. “As everyone knows, most of our cameras around town don’t work,” the mayor said. “Right now,[Read More…]

by Geoff Fox The founder and host of the East Coast Sturgis motorcycle rally in Little Orleans was killed in a motorcycle accident in west of Hancock on Monday evening, May 19. According to Maryland State Police, just before 8 p.m., troopers from the Cumberland Barrack responded to the area[Read More…]