John Stine sits inside a hand-constructed late 1800s jail cell. Bunks in the cell come from the old York County Prison on Chestnut Street. These are some of the artifacts displayed in the Police Heritage Museum. Stine has been a driving force behind the 3,400-square-foot museum. Background posts: Longtime district justice: 'You can wait for the book', Witman among York County's most notorious crimes and For the Hoses, law enforcement is all in the family.
Curtis D. Sowers was a motorcycle officer in North York Borough.
But he was on foot on a detail to nab a suspect, Jacob Troup, in May 1929.
As part of the detail knocked at the front door of Troup's Newberry Township home, Troup readied himself near the rear door.
Here's an account of what happened next: ... .
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