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Columbia man charged in Pittsburgh homicide sentenced up to 35 years in prison for 2023 Columbia carjacking | Local News | lancasteronline.com
JACK PANYARD | LNP Staff Writer
A Columbia man charged with shooting a man to death in Pittsburgh in 2022 will spend up to 35 years in prison for his role in a 2023 Columbia carjacking.
Lancaster County Judge Jeffery Wright sentenced Sammie Edward Lane Jr. to 15 to 35 years in state prison Wednesday in the carjacking case.
During Wednesday's hearing, Assistant District Attorney Chris Miller argued that Lane, 37, who has 10 previous criminal convictions, keeps escalating his offenses. He has convictions on charges of burglary, drug possession, and escape going back to 2006 across five counties.
"His history shows you exactly what he's going to do again, this crime or worse," Miller said. "How long are you going to put him away so he just can't do this again?"
Lane was convicted June 13 of robbery, simple assault and related charges in the carjacking case. Lane, Destiny Delgado-Diaz, and Alexander Ethan Delgado-Diaz, lured a man to Columbia on Dec. 31, 2023, strangled him, threatened him with a handgun and stole his Dodge Durango SUV and items he had in the vehicle.
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https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/lancaster-county-man-charged-in-pittsburgh-homicide-sentenced-up-to-35-years-in-prison-for/article_a0c41c7a-94b5-4acf-85b4-47edfd824ef3.html Neighbors evacuated in Lebanon County after police find safe with 14 homemade explosive devices: DA [update] | Community News | lancasteronline.com
Police in Lebanon County on Tuesday cracked open a safe containing more than a dozen homemade explosive devices, including one rigged for remote detonation, according to the county district attorney.
The Tuesday incident started after a woman went to a Berks County police station regarding a violation of a Protection From Abuse (PFA) order against Timothy Shaeffer Jr., of Columbia.
The woman told investigators Shaeffer had a safe in Newmanstown, Lebanon County containing several explosive devices. An unknown number of children live in the home, the DA said.
The woman also showed police a remote firing system she said was hooked up to the explosives.
After Berks County police notified Pennsylvania State Police, troopers were sent to the home at 11 Central Drive, where residents within a quarter-mile were evacuated.
A resident of the Newmanstown home told police Shaeffer previously said the safe contained explosives.
Investigators eventually x-rayed and opened the safe, finding 14 explosive devices "of varying capabilities" and personal belongings of Shaeffer, the district attorney said.
One of the explosives had an advanced wiring system that appeared to be connected to the remote detonator the woman showed police.
During questioning, police say Shaeffer admitted to them that he owned the safe.
Lebanon County District Attorney Pier Hess Graf consulted with state police and the FBI before charging Shaeffer with weapons of mass destruction, risking catastrophe and recklessly endangering another person.
Tuesday, September 9, 2025
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