California man charged with homicide after body found under blanket in Londonderry Township
GOOD MORNING. IT IS 655. TIME FOR WGAL NEWS 8 TO GO. AND WE BEGIN WITH CHRISTINE. ON THIS MEMORIAL DAY, WE ARE STARTING OUT DAMP AND DREARY, KIND OF LIKE THE PAST FEW MORNINGS, RIGHT? IT IS WET OUT THERE. SOME SPOTS ARE STILL SEEING RAIN, OTHERS ARE SEEING DRIZZLE. AND WE ALSO HAVE SOME REDUCED VISIBILITY VISIBILITY DOWN TO A QUARTER MILE. RIGHT NOW IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, ONE OF OUR LOWEST SPOTS, ABOUT A HALF MILE, IS HOW FAR YOU CAN SEE IN FRONT OF YOU IN LANCASTER COUNTY AND EVERYWHERE ELSE. ABOUT A MILE OR TWO. TEMPERATURES UPPER 50S AND HOLDING STEADY. BUT ONCE A COLD FRONT COMES THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS, THE STEADY RAIN WILL BE OVER. THE SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL END AND WE’LL GET IN SOME DRIER AIR. THAT’S GOING TO HELP TO ERODE SOME OF THE CLOUD COVER AND BOOST OUR HIGHS INTO THE 70S THIS AFTERNOON. SO MORNING RAIN IS JUST THE WETTEST PART OF THE DAY RIGHT NOW. THAT SHOULD BE ENDING. JUST A STRAY SHOWER LATER ON IN A HIGH OF 76 FOR TONIGHT. SOME CLEARING AREAS OF FOG SETTLE IN AGAIN AT 58 DEGREES. AND TOMORROW. LOOK AT THAT. HIGH. WE’RE UP NEAR 80. MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE AND A STRAY SHOWER. I’LL SHOW YOU A BETTER CHANCE OF RAIN MIDWEEK. COMING UP. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. RIGHT NOW WE ARE LOOKING GOOD. NO BIG ISSUES THAT I’M SEEING ON THIS MEMORIAL DAY TRAVEL DAY. A MIDDLE PAXTON TOWNSHIP DAUPHIN COUNTY. THIS IS NORTHERN DAUPHIN COUNTY LOOKING GREAT. IT LOOKS A LOT BETTER HERE ON 22322 ALLEGHENY STREET THAN REALLY THAT I’M SEEING HARRISBURG, FOR EXAMPLE, OR THE SOUTH BRIDGE. IF YOU’RE TRAVELING CAMP HILL TO HARRISBURG THIS MORNING, FOUR MINUTE DRIVE ON 83. IF YOU’RE HEADING NORTH ON 81 TO HARRISBURG FROM CARLISLE, A 20 MINUTE DRIVE THERE FROM LEBANON, 37 MINUTE DRIVE TO HARRISBURG AND LANCASTER TO HARRISBURG IS JUST UNDER A 30 MINUTE COMMUTE. THE YORK COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SAYS A POLICE ARRESTED A PERSON AFTER A SHOOTING. OFFICERS SAY THIS HAPPENED LAST NIGHT ON LOCUST POINT ROAD IN CONEWAGO TOWNSHIP. THERE ARE NO REPORTS OF ANYONE BEING HURT. HERE’S A LIVE LOOK AT THE FIRE STATION ON MANOR STREET IN COLUMBIA. LANCASTER COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL SAYS THAT’S WHERE TOMORROW’S MEETING WILL BE. THEY SAY THEY DO EXPECT A LOT OF PEOPLE TO ATTEND BECAUSE OF PLANS TO DISCUSS THE FUTURE OF THE FORMER MCGINNIS AIRPORT PROPERTY OFF MANOR STREET. THE BOROUGH STARTED LOOKING FOR A DEVELOPER BACK IN FEBRUARY, AND NOW THE COUNCIL IS CONSIDERING A BID TO BUILD RESTAURANTS AND SMALL SHOPS THERE. AN AI DATA CENTER WAS AMONG THE OPTIONS, BUT BOROUGH COUNCIL MEMBERS SAY IT WOULD PROBABLY WOULD NOT GET THEIR VOTE. TOMORROW’S MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR 7:00. NOW FOR A CHECK OF GAS PRICES TODAY. THE STATE AVERAGE FOR A GALLON OF REGULAR IS FOUR. 61. THE STATE AVERAGE ON MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND LAST YEAR WAS 3.31. SO YOU’RE PAYING $1.30 MORE PER GALLON THIS YEAR. THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY ADAMS COUNTY HAS THE HIGHEST PRICE ON AVERAGE FOR GAS. ALL THE COUNTIES, THOUGH, ARE BELOW THE STATE AVERAGE AS OF TODAY. NEWS 8 CREW SAW SOME GAS AS LOW AS 3.92 PER GALLON ON PROSPECT ROAD NEAR MOUNTVILLE. LANCASTER COUNTY TODAY FOR MEMORIAL DAY. RED ROSE TRANSIT. LEBANON TRANSIT AND RAPID TRANSIT WILL ALL BE CLOSED WITH ONE EXCEPTION. RAPID TRANSIT’S GETTYSBURG FIXED ROUTE SERVICE WILL BE RUNNING AS NORMAL. MECHANICSBURG HAS A NEW ROUTE FOR TODAY’S MEMORIAL DAY PARADE. IT STARTS AT 10:00 THIS MORNING AT SAINT JOSEPH’S SCHOOL PARKING LOT. IT WILL GO DOWN FILBERT STREET AND WEST ON MARBLE STREET TO THE MECHANICSBURG CEMETERY. AFTER THE PARADE, A CEREMONY WILL BE AT THE CEMETERY AT 11:00. ALSO TODAY IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY. CAMP HILL BOROUGH IS ALSO HOLDING ITS MEMORIAL DAY PARADE THAT STARTS AT 930 AT TRINITY TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH ON MARKET STREET. THEN IT’S GOING TO HEAD OVER TO NORTH 24TH STREET TO THE BOROUGH BUILDING ON WALNUT STREET. SEVERAL BANDS ARE TAKING PART, INCLUDING THE CAMP HILL HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND, THE RAMBLIN RAMPARTS BAND AND THE NAVY BAND WOODWIND QUINTET GETTYSBURG’S PARADE STARTS AT 2:00 AT LEFEVRE STREET. IT WILL GO DOWN EAST MIDDLE STREET AND BALTIMORE STREETS TO THE NATIONAL CEMETERY. THEIR CEREMONIES HAPPENING THERE AT 3:00, THE GETTYSBURG VETERANS MEMORIAL DAY COMMISSION SAYS U.S. INTERIOR SECRETARY DOUG BURGUM, WHO OVERSEES ALL NATIONAL PARKS, WILL BE AT THE CEREMONY. AND OUR FORECAST FOR THE MEMORIAL DAY PARADE AND CEREMONY IN GETTYSBURG LOOKS GOOD THIS AFTERNOON. DRYING OUT. MIGHT EVEN SEE A PEAK OF SON OR TWO, WHICH WILL HELP TO BOOST OUR HIGHS INTO THE 70S. SO ASIDE FROM A STRAY SHOWER AROUND LATER TODAY, I DO THINK THE SECOND HALF OF THE DAY WILL BE DRIER. THIS IS THE WETTEST PART RIGHT NOW. HERE’S A LOOK AT THE TEN DAY FORECAST. TOMORROW’S HIGH IS 80. A LITTLE BIT WARMER. THERE WE GO WITH 78. AND MORNING RAIN ON WEDNESDAY WHICH COULD BE MODERATE OR HEAVY AT TIMES. AND THAT WILL TAPER TO SCATTERED SHOWERS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. NOW THAT’S THE LAST TIME I’LL SAY RAIN FOR A WHILE BECAUSE THE REST OF THE TEN DAY IS DRY AND PLEASANT. HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL BE COMFY. LOOKING NICE AS WE ROUND OUT. MAY LOOK AT ALL THOSE 70S. DE
California man charged with homicide after body found under blanket in Londonderry Township
Updated: 2:41 PM EDT May 25, 2026
A California man is charged with homicide after a body was found on the side of a South-Central Pennsylvania road over the weekend, according to Dauphin County District Attorney Fran Chardo. Ilia Romanchenko, 25, of Roseville, California, is charged with criminal homicide and abuse of a corpse. Romanchenko was arrested in Florida and was suspected of trying to flee the country, according to Chardo.Body found under blanketPennsylvania State Police said the unidentified man was found around 10 a.m. Saturday.He was discovered under a blanket off the southbound shoulder of State Route 441 in Londonderry Township.Officials described him as a white male.He weighed about 210 pounds.He had dark brown hair, facial hair, and brown eyes.He was wearing black shorts and a black Oakland Raiders shirt.Police believe he was in his 30s or 40s.
LONDONDERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. —
A California man is charged with homicide after a body was found on the side of a South-Central Pennsylvania road over the weekend, according to Dauphin County District Attorney Fran Chardo.
Ilia Romanchenko, 25, of Roseville, California, is charged with criminal homicide and abuse of a corpse.
Romanchenko was arrested in Florida and was suspected of trying to flee the country, according to Chardo.
Body found under blanketPennsylvania State Police said the unidentified man was found around 10 a.m. Saturday.He was discovered under a blanket off the southbound shoulder of State Route 441 in Londonderry Township.Officials described him as a white male.He weighed about 210 pounds.He had dark brown hair, facial hair, and brown eyes.He was wearing black shorts and a black Oakland Raiders shirt.Police believe he was in his 30s or 40s.