Tag Archives: Ryan Yoder

Felon Drops His Gun…Down His Pants

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On September 14th, Officer Ryan Yoder and Kevin Golinsky were on patrol in the 500 block of Lafayette Street, and observed a car with extremely heavy window tinting. After stopping the car, officers noticed that the driver was shaking, sweating, and extremely nervous.

As the investigation continued the driver, an adult male, attempted to run from officers who noticed that he was armed. He was bravely pursued and caught nearby. Officers searched the man afterwards and found that a stolen handgun had fallen down the leg of his pants.

Thank you to these officers for removing an armed convicted felon from our streets!

Backwards Pursuits Send Perpetrators Back to Jail

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Three males were charged after the driver of their vehicle rammed a police car and tried to escape while driving in reverse.

On August 27th, Officer Ryan Yoder observed a vehicle that had previously been involved in criminal activity, including fleeing from officers. Acting on an inspection violation, Officer Yoder stopped the vehicle in the 700 block of Manor Street. As the stop occurred, two occupants began to walk away from the vehicle. As Officer Yoder was making contact with these two individuals the driver, a juvenile male, rammed into Officer Yoder’s car and left the parking lot.

Officer Yoder immediately pursued the car as it backed out onto the street. As Officer Yoder was leaving the parking lot, the driver accelerated forward rapidly and struck Officer Yoder’s vehicle again. The driver again began to drive, in reverse, away from Officer Yoder.

Seeing an opportunity to protect countless individuals driving and walking in the area, Officer Yoder was quickly able to disable the fleeing vehicle and contain it safely. The driver began to exit the vehicle, with a stolen handgun in his hand, as Officer Yoder approached. Fortunately for all, the driver dropped the handgun while trying to get out of the car. Officer Yoder quickly seized the handgun and the driver was placed under arrest with the assistance of responding officers. A later search of the car yielded a second stolen handgun.

Through a thorough investigation and with the help of numerous other members of the Lancaster City Police, the two fleeing passengers were quickly identified. Evidence linking both of these individuals with possessing the seized handguns was also located by Officer Yoder. All three occupants were charged with various firearms and stolen property offenses. The driver was also charged with a number of assault, drug, and fleeing offenses as well.

Great work by Officer Yoder in finding and apprehending these dangerous people! Our city is that much safer with your actions!

Man Wanted for Gun Possession Arrested for Gun Possession

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On May 21st Officer Ryan Yoder discovered an unregistered vehicle driving in the area of S Prince Street and W Farnum Street. Officer Yoder stopped the car and made contact with the driver, an adult man. During the course of the interaction, Officer Yoder noticed signs that there were drugs inside the car and found that the man was wanted through York County. The warrant, related to a prior arrest for illegally possessing a handgun, was verified and the man was arrested.

After the arrest, Officer Yoder discovered that the man had an empty handgun holster with him. Curious to why the holster was empty, and using all of his observations to that point, Officer Yoder was granted a search warrant for the car. Upon searching the car, Officer Yoder was able to locate the man’s illegally possessed handgun as well as his 32 grams of crack cocaine and drug packaging materials.

Thank you Officer Yoder for putting this dangerous individual behind bars as well as removing a handgun and $3,200 worth of drugs from our community!

Lancaster City Police Ring in Spring 2022 With Five Guns

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It was a beautiful Spring weekend in Lancaster City and the officers of the Lancaster City Police were out and about doing what they do best–keeping the City safe!

Officer J Hatfield kicked off the weekend just before 1 AM on March 19th. Responding to an active disturbance, Officer Hatfield watched as an adult male took a handgun from the inside of a car, put it in his waistband, and went to leave the area. Officer Hatfield immediately followed after him and bravely kept pursuing as the male removed the handgun and threw it over a fence. The man, a felon unable to possess a firearm, was quickly caught and his handgun was retrieved.

About half an hour later, Officers Ryan Yoder and Matthew Deibler took action when they saw a group of juveniles meandering about the 100 block of Locust Street. When officers went to speak with them, the group scattered in separate directions. As he was being pursued by Officer Yoder, one of the juvenile males removed a handgun from his waistband and threw it to the ground. He was arrested shortly after and found with a significant quantity of marijuana, crack cocaine, and heroin as well as just over $1,400. 

At about 2:30 AM on March 20th officers responded to the 200 block of E Liberty Street after receiving a report of a group of people breaking into parked vehicles. As Officer Jonathan Reppert was in the area he saw a group of juvenile males running from the area. Officer Reppert chased one of the males and quickly saw that he was armed with a handgun. Officer Reppert courageously chased the male through several dark alleys. Knowing that the male was trying to hide, Officer Reppert coordinated responding officers around the area to prevent the male from escaping. The plan worked as the male was unable to escape the watch of Officer Reppert and ran himself into being captured by Officer Tyler Chubb. After the arrest, Officer Eric Erb looked into a nearby yard and found the male’s discarded handgun. Officer Benjamin Strausser located a second handgun which had been thrown by another individual during a separate foot chase.

A little over an hour later, a convicted felon thought it was his lucky day as he found a handgun laying in the street. Unfortunately for him, a citizen watched the adult male conceal the gun and immediately called the police. Officer Eric Erb was able to locate the male and directed Officers Benjamin Rothermel and Grant Gale to him. The handgun was found, discarded by the male, several feet away. Upon his arrest, the male was also found to have a quantity of heroin.

These are just four examples of the great work our officers put in every day. Thank you to all of our officers for your hard work and courage. Lancastrians will have an easier time taking in the fresh spring air knowing that these guns, drugs, and criminals are off of the streets.

Officers Take Two Guns From The Streets

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On the night of February 13th 2022, two illegally possessed guns were removed from streets of Lancaster by our officers.

Shortly before 9 PM, Officer Ryan Yoder was in the area of New Dorwart and Fremont Street. Using his training, experience, and keen sense of illegal activity, Officer Yoder was able to interrupt a drug sale occurring inside a vehicle. As he approached the vehicle some of the occupants fled. Staying with the vehicle, which still had several people inside, Officer Yoder was able to provide information on the persons who had run away to his fellow officers.

Officer Randall Myers and Charley Darkes-Burkey were able locate one of the fleeing persons, a juvenile male. The male surrendered immediately and announced that he was armed. Officer Myers was able to quickly and calmly disarm the male and retrieve the illegally possessed handgun from their waistband.

About one hour later, Officers Tyler Chubb and Harry Valverde stopped a vehicle in the 200 block of Beaver Street for summary violations. Officer Chubb spoke with the driver, an adult male. During his conversation with the driver, Officer Chubb realized that the male had illegal drugs with him. While continuing the investigation, Officer Chubb had the male step out from their car. During a check for weapons, the male attempted to run from Officer Chubb. After a very short foot-chase the male was apprehended and his illegally possessed handgun, which he had hidden inside his fanny-pack, was found.

This is a result of fantastic pro-active police work by these officers. Thank you to all involved for making Lancaster City a safer place to be!