On Sunday, March 17, 2019 at 0500 hrs; Officer Ben Johnson was called to respond to Lancaster General Hospital to take a report of a domestic assault which occurred earlier in the morning at the Lincoln West apartment complex. The victim, a 20 year old female, reported an assault by Manuel Ortiz, Jr while at her residence. Victim sustained non-life threatening injuries as a result of the incident. As a result of the investigation, Officer Johnson obtained an arrest warrant for Ortiz for the following offenses; Aggravated Assault (F1) (domestic violence related); Strangulation (F2); Intimidation of witness or victim (F3); Unlawful Restraint (M1); Terroristic Threats (M1)
Please contact our office if you have information on the whereabouts of Ortiz
Ortiz is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a Court of Law
