Incidents

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Incident
May 25, 2023
At approximately 2:24 PM emergency crews were dispatched to the Ephrata Borough Authority’s wastewater treatment plant at 405 South Reading Road, Ephrata Borough for a person who fell a significant distance. Arriving units found that a contractor working on a rehabilitation pr...
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Incident
May 2, 2023
  Ephrata Police were called to the Ephrata Walmart, 800 block of East Main St, (US 322) for a cardiac arrest.   Report received was of a male found unresponsive in a vehicle.      Ephrata Police and emergency personnel arrived and located a ...
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Incident
Created Dec 27, 2022 / Updated Jan 4, 2023
UPDATE- 01/04/23 **After requesting assistance from the public regarding witnesses or video, the Ephrata Police Department received additional footage related to this case. On January 3, 2023 footage from December 25, 2022 at approximately 12:25 AM was obtained which clearly s...
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Incident
Dec 27, 2022
***UPDATE-ROAD OPENED*** 12/27/22 at 7:40am ROAD CLOSUREWater Main BreakThe First Block of Bethany Road between US 322 (East Main St) and East Fulton Street in Ephrata Borough will be closed until approximately 0800hrs 12-27-22 due to a water main break.The Ephrata Borough Pub...
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Incident
Dec 22, 2022
Ephrata Police are investigating an attempted theft of an air conditioning unit on 12-21-22 at 0730hrs at the Adamstown Carwash in the 3000 Block of N. Reading Road (PA Rt. 272) , Adamstown Borough.   Adamstown Carwash owner reported he discovered an outsid...
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