Investigation underway after more than $8,300 worth of flooring stolen from Lancaster County business, troopers say
WE’LL HELP YOU PLAN YOUR COMMUTE. GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. IT’S 430 ON THIS MONDAY, JANUARY 5TH. GLAD YOU’RE HERE. I’M MATT BARCARO I’M CAITLIN SMITH AND WE’RE JOINED BY METEOROLOGIST MIKE SUSKO THIS MORNING. THANKS FOR BEING WITH US. GOOD MORNING GUYS. HOPEFULLY YOU BOTH HAD A GOOD WEEKEND SO FAR. YEAH PRETTY GOOD. AND THE WEATHER IS NOT TOO COLD OUT THERE. OR MAYBE I’M JUST FEELING THINGS WEIRDLY THAT HAPPENS SOMETIMES. YEAH. NO, I WOULD SAY IT’S SEASONABLE. WE’RE IN THE UPPER 30S WHERE WE SHOULD BE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR, AND TODAY IS GOING TO BE VERY SIMILAR. NOW, AS WE GO INTO YOUR MONDAY, WE COULD SEE A FEW OF EARLY MORNING FLURRIES. SO DON’T BE SURPRISED I WON’T ACCUMULATE. BUT IF YOU LIKE WARMER WEATHER, GOOD NEWS. AS WE HEAD INTO THE MIDDLE PART OF THE WEEK, WE’RE GOING TO BE MAKING A RUN FOR THE 50S AND FOR A FEW DAYS ACTUALLY FOR IT TO LIVE. LOOK OUTSIDE EPHRATA THIS MORNING. GOOD MONDAY MORNING TO YOU IN LANCASTER COUNTY. HERE’S A LOOK AT THE TEMPERATURES. WE’RE IN THE 20S FOR THE MOST PART. CHILLY 19 THOUGH IN YORK. EVERYONE ELSE, THOUGH, 23 IN GETTYSBURG AND CARLISLE, AS WELL AS HARRISBURG AND 25 IN LANCASTER. STORM TRACK LIVE RADAR SHOWING SOME CLOUDS AROUND THIS MORNING. AND OFF TO THE WEST YOU CAN SEE SOME SNOW SHOWERS BY PITTSBURGH. WE’LL BE WATCHING THAT MOISTURE MOVE IN HERE AS WE HEAD TOWARDS SUNRISE AND A FEW HOURS AFTERWARDS. SO AGAIN, A FEW FLURRIES POSSIBLE FOR YOUR MORNING COMMUTE. YOU CAN SEE RIGHT AROUND THE EIGHT 9:00 HOUR HERE. WE COULD SEE SOME OF THAT COMING THROUGH THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY, BUT THAT’LL BE IT BEFORE WE END UP WITH A MOSTLY SUNNY TO PARTLY OR EXCUSE ME, PARTLY CLOUDY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY AFTERNOON HERE WITH A HIGH OF 38. AND WE WILL SEE AN UPTICK IN THOSE TEMPERATURES LATER IN THE WEEK. GUYS, WE’LL SHOW YOU THAT WHEN THE 50S GET HERE IN A BIT. ALL RIGHT. THANKS, MIKE. THE OUSTED PRESIDENT OF VENEZUELA SET TO APPEAR IN COURT IN NEW YORK TODAY. THIS FOLLOWS THE U.S. STRIKE IN THAT COUNTRY. ON SATURDAY, U.S. FORCES BROUGHT NICOLAS MADURO AND HIS WIFE TO AMERICA TO FACE CRIMINAL CHARGES. MILITARY LEADERS SAY 150 AIRCRAFT LAUNCHED FROM 20 BASES AS PART OF THIS OPERATION. THEY SAY THE MILITARY HAD BEEN WATCHING MADURO FOR MONTHS. HE IS SCHEDULED, AS MATT JUST MENTIONED, TO BE IN COURT IN NEW YORK CITY TODAY ON NARCO TERRORISM CHARGES. THE CASE IS IT’S INFALLIBLE. AND WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT CHRISTOPHER SALAS IS OUTSIDE THAT COURTHOUSE WITH A PREVIEW OF TODAY’S HEARING. CHRISTOPHER. TODAY, THIS NEW YORK CITY FEDERAL COURTHOUSE IS EXPECTED TO BE THE SCENE OF A RARE AND HISTORIC MOMENT. NICOLAS MADURO AND HIS WIFE WILL BE TAKEN FROM THE BROOKLYN JAIL, WHERE THEY’RE CURRENTLY BEING HOUSED, AND THEY WILL GO BEFORE A JUDGE. IT IS EXPECTED TO BE A SPECTACLE. IN FACT, TAKE A LOOK AT THIS RIGHT HERE. PEOPLE ARE PAYING OTHERS TO WAIT IN LINE FOR THEM OVERNIGHT SO THAT THEY CAN BE THE FIRST INSIDE OF THAT COURTHOUSE. WHEN MADURO POTENTIALLY ENTERS A PLEA TO CHARGES AGAINST HIM THAT INCLUDE NARCO TERRORISM, DRUG TRAFFICKING, AS WELL AS WEAPONS OFFENSES, PROSECUTORS LAID OUT THE CASE AGAINST MADURO IN A NEWLY UNSEALED INDICTMENT, SAYING THAT HE AND HIS SONS RAN A CORRUPT, ILLEGITIMATE GOVERNMENT THAT WAS FUNDED AND FUELED BY A DRUG OPERATION THAT FLOODED THE UNITED STATES WITH DRUGS. MADURO HAS LONG DENIED THOSE ALLEGATIONS. NOW, TODAY’S APPEARANCE IS EXPECTED TO LARGELY BE PROCEDURAL. IT’S AN ARRAIGNMENT. WE WILL BE THERE WHEN MADURO ENTERS THOSE COURTROOM DOORS AROUND NOON IN NEW YORK CITY. I’M CHRISTOPHER SALAS NOW, BACK TO YOU. THANKS, CHRISTOPHER. AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY, REACTIONS TO MADURO’S CAPTURE HAVE BEEN MIXED. I DON’T NO BLOOD FOR OIL. THESE ARE PROTESTERS WHO GATHERED ACROSS THE STREET FROM THAT METROPOLITAN DETENTION CENTER IN BROOKLYN, WHERE MADURO IS BEING HELD. THIS PROTEST HELD YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. AND HERE IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY IN LANCASTER, PROTESTERS WERE IN PENN SQUARE FOR WHAT THEY CALLED AN EMERGENCY PEACE RALLY. THE GROUPS INDIVISIBLE LANCASTER TOGETHER AND ALSO INDIVISIBLE MANHEIM TOWNSHIP, ORGANIZED THAT RALLY YESTERDAY. THEY SAY THEY WANT TO BRING ATTENTION TO CONCERNS THAT AMERICAN CITIZENS HAVE. THEY’RE JUST GETTING US INTO ONE DISASTER AFTER ANOTHER WITH WITH NO PLAN. AND THEN THEY TAKE CREDIT WHEN THEY KIND OF PULL BACK AND SAY THEY SOLVED IT. SO THERE’S A LOT GOING ON AND IT’S DISTRACTING AND CONFUSING. AND WE’RE HERE TO SAY, LOOK, THE MAIN THING IS WE ARE A DEMOCRACY. WE NEED TO STAND UP FOR WHAT WORKS FOR THE 99% AND NOT WHAT WORKS FOR THE 1%. OVER THE WEEKEND, PROTESTERS ALSO GATHERED IN FRONT OF THE WHITE HOUSE IN TIMES SQUARE AND IN OTHER STATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, HOLDING THOSE NO WAR IN VENEZUELA SIGNS AND ALSO SIGNS THAT READ HANDS OFF LATIN AMERICA. MANY VENEZUELAN COMMUNITIES IN THE U.S., THOUGH, ARE CELEBRATING THE CAPTURE OF PRESIDENT MADURO IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA. DOZENS PEOPLE SEE HERE WAVING FLAGS, CHANTING AND SINGING THE VENEZUELAN NATIONAL ANTHEM AFTER HEARING OF THE NEWS ON SATURDAY MORNING. PEOPLE IN THE CROWD CALLED THE MOVE THE FIRST STEP TOWARD A FREE AND DEMOCRATIC VENEZUELA. AND IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY, PRESIDENT AND CO-FOUNDER OF THE HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN LANCASTER COUNTY, ESTHER WOODY, SAYS THAT THE INITIAL REACTIONS THAT SHE HAS SEEN FROM THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN CELEBRATORY, BUT SHE SAYS SHE IS HEARING FROM PEOPLE LIVING IN VENEZUELA WHO ARE FEELING UNCERTAIN. THEY’RE ALL WATCHING RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, SEEING WHERE THIS IS GOING TO GO BECAUSE YOU HAVE ALL THESE OTHER LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES THAT ARE RIGHT THERE. SO THEY’RE WATCHING. WE HAVE TO WATCH IN THE NEXT COMING WEEKS WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN IN VENEZUELA. BUT ACTUALLY OUT HERE IN LANCASTER, I DON’T SEE ANY EFFECTS. AS FOR WHAT COMES NEXT WITH PRESIDENT MADURO IN THE UNITED STATES, PRESIDENT TRUMP LAYING OUT HIS PLAN FOR VENEZUELA. WE’RE GOING TO RUN THE COUNTRY UNTIL SUCH TIME AS WE CAN DO A SAFE, PROPER AND JUDICIOUS TRANSITION. WE’RE GOING TO HAVE OUR VERY LARGE UNITED STATES OIL COMPANIES, THE BIGGEST ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, GO IN, SPEND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, FIX THE BADLY BROKEN INFRASTRUCTURE, THE OIL INFRASTRUCTURE, AND START MAKING MONEY FOR THE COUNTRY. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO AND SECRETARY OF DEFENSE PETE HEGSETH WILL BE PART OF THE TEAM THAT WORKS WITH THE PEOPLE IN VENEZUELA. ON THE TRANSITION OF POWER THERE. MEANWHILE, VENEZUELA’S CURRENT. THE TOP COURT THERE GAVE THE CURRENT VICE PRESIDENT, DELCY RODRIGUEZ, ACTING PRESIDENTIAL POWERS. AND MARCO RUBIO DID DISCUSS HIS ROLE IN THIS TRANSITION ON NBC’S MEET THE PRESS. THIS IS A TEAM EFFORT BY THE ENTIRE NATIONAL SECURITY APPARATUS OF OUR COUNTRY, BUT IT IS RUNNING THIS POLICY, AND THE GOAL OF THE POLICY IS TO SEE CHANGES IN VENEZUELA THAT ARE BENEFICIAL TO THE UNITED STATES, FIRST AND FOREMOST, BECAUSE THAT’S WHO WE WORK FOR, BUT ALSO, WE BELIEVE, BENEFICIAL FOR THE PEOPLE OF VENEZUELA WHO HAVE SUFFERED TREMENDOUSLY. WE WANT A BETTER FUTURE FOR VENEZUELA. WE ARE NOW HEARING FROM VENEZUELA’S ACTING PRESIDENT, DELCY RODRIGUEZ. SHE SAYS SHE WANTS TO COLLABORATE WITH THE UNITED STATES, SAYING VENEZUELA WILL PRIORITIZE MOVING TOWARD A, QUOTE, BALANCED AND RESPECTFUL INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS WITH THE U.S. SHE SAYS THE VENEZUELAN PEOPLE DESERVE PEACE, NOT WAR. HOWEVER, SHE HAS CRITICIZED MADURO’S REMOVAL AND HAS DEMANDED THAT THE U.S. RETURN HIM. THE UNITED STATES, THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL IS SET TO HOLD AN EMERGENCY MEETING TODAY ON THE SITUATION IN VENEZUELA, ACCORDING TO REUTERS. THE MEETING WAS REQUESTED BY COLOMBIA AND BACKED BY RUSSIA AND CHINA. THE GROUP HAS MET TWICE IN DECEMBER AND OCTOBER OVER THE ESCALATING TENSIONS BETWEEN THE U.S. AND VENEZUELA. THE U.N. SECRETARY GENERAL, ANTONIO GUTERRES, SAID SATURDAY THAT HE WAS DEEPLY ALARMED BY THE RECENT ESCALATION THAT THE U.S. ACTIONS IN VENEZUELA SET A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT. ALSO TODAY, MEMBERS OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WILL BRIEF SELECT MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ABOUT THAT MILITARY OPERATION IN VENEZUELA. SOURCES TELL CNN THAT ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS WILL BRIEF THE CHAIRS AND RANKING MEMBERS OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE FOREIGN RELATIONS, ARMED SERVICES AND INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEES. SOURCES SAY DEFENSE SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH, CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF GENERAL DAN CANE, ATTORNEY GENERAL PAM BONDI, AND SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO, AS WELL AS CIA DIRECTOR JOHN RATCLIFFE, WILL HOLD THAT BRIEFING. AND STILL AHEAD HERE ON NEWS EIGHT TODAY, THIS MORNING, OUR COVERAGE DOES CONTINUE OF THAT VENEZUELAN STRIKE AND THE CAPTURE OF NICOLAS MADURO. AHEAD AT 530, YOU WILL HEAR FROM LAWMAKERS AS CONGRESS IS STILL SPLIT OVER THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S ACTIONS. IT IS 438 RIGHT NOW. OTHER NEWS WE’RE FOLLOWING THIS MORNING. TODAY MARKS THE START OF TERMS FOR NEW AND RETURNING MAYORS IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY LARGEST CITIES IN NEW YORK. SANDY WALKER WILL BECOME THE CITY’S 26TH MAYOR. SHE’LL BE SWORN IN AFTER RUNNING UNOPPOSED IN LAST NOVEMBER’S ELECTION. JIMMY ARROYO WILL BE SWORN IN AS LANCASTER’S NEWEST MAYOR AND THE FIRST LATINO MAYOR OF THE CITY. HE’S A DEMOCRAT. HE WON 84% OF THE VOTE ON ELECTION DAY, AND AHEAD OF HIS OFFICIAL INAUGURATION, HE HAS BEEN PLAYING A ROLE IN HELPING SELECT THE FINALISTS FOR THE NEXT LANCASTER CITY POLICE CHIEF IN HARRISBURG. MAYOR WANDA WILLIAMS WILL START HER NEW FOUR YEAR TERM TODAY AFTER SHE WAS REELECTED. AND IN LEBANON, MAYOR SHERRY CAPELLO WILL BE SWORN IN FOR HER FIFTH TERM. AHEAD AT 5:00 THIS MORNING, NEWS EIGHT’S GABRIELLE THOMAS WILL JOIN US LIVE WITH THE PLANS THESE LEADERS HAVE FOR THEIR CITIES IN THEIR NEW TERMS. YORK’S FIRE CHIEF, WILLIAM TROOPER JACQUES, IS RETIRING AFTER MORE THAN THREE DECADES OF SERVICE IN FIREFIGHTING. YORK MAYOR MICHAEL HELFRICH SAYS THAT SLAGER WILL STEP DOWN LATER THIS MONTH. HE BECAME ACTING FIRE CHIEF IN MARCH OF 2021 BEFORE BEING OFFICIALLY SWORN IN THAT JULY. SO BACK IN, I LOOK AT IT AND I’M JUST GLAD THAT I WAS A PART OF IT, TO WORK WITH SOME OF THESE THESE GUYS. AND THAT’S KIND OF REALLY WHAT I TOOK OUT OF IT WAS JUST BEING ABLE TO TO WORK WITH SOME OF THESE PEOPLE THAT I REALLY LOOKED UP TO AND ADMIRED. HE IS A FOURTH GENERATION YORK CITY FIREFIGHTER. THE MAYOR SAYS DEPUTY CHIEF ADAM SMITH WILL SERVE AS ACTING FIRE CHIEF WHEN SLA
Investigation underway after more than $8,300 worth of flooring stolen from Lancaster County business, troopers say
Updated: 5:15 AM EST Jan 5, 2026
An investigation is underway after thousands of dollars’ worth of flooring was stolen from a Lancaster County business, according to Pennsylvania State Police. Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8 Today.Troopers said $8,369.82 worth of “Shaw Flooring Springfield Oak Cortec Vinyl Plank Flooring” was stolen from Martins Flooring on Dwight Road in Brecknock Township. The theft was reported around 11:30 a.m. on Dec. 3, according to police. No suspects have been identified at this time. The incident remains under investigation by the Pennsylvania State Police Lancaster Station. Stay with WGAL for updates as we learn more. See news happening? Send us your photos or videos if it’s safe to do so at https://www.wgal.com/upload.
BRECKNOCK TOWNSHIP, Pa. —
An investigation is underway after thousands of dollars’ worth of flooring was stolen from a Lancaster County business, according to Pennsylvania State Police.
Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8 Today.
Troopers said $8,369.82 worth of “Shaw Flooring Springfield Oak Cortec Vinyl Plank Flooring” was stolen from Martins Flooring on Dwight Road in Brecknock Township.
The theft was reported around 11:30 a.m. on Dec. 3, according to police.
No suspects have been identified at this time.
The incident remains under investigation by the Pennsylvania State Police Lancaster Station.
Stay with WGAL for updates as we learn more.
See news happening? Send us your photos or videos if it’s safe to do so at https://www.wgal.com/upload.