LANCASTER – A Lancaster County man will spend 33 to 66 months in state prison after being sentenced for nearly running over a Caervarvon Township Fire Police lieutenant in 2023. A judge handed down the sentence to 65-year-old Craig Godfrey of Pequea Township. A jury convicted Godfrey of aggravated assault by physical menace and recklessly endangering another person on Sept. 10 following a two-day trial. Godfrey, who was driving an 18-wheel tractor-trailer at the time, encountered fire police Lt. Timothy Cunningham at the intersection of Conestoga Creek and South Red School Roads in Caernarvon Township the morning of June 3, 2023. Cunningham attempted to direct Godfrey’s vehicle around the scene of a large barn fare on South Red School Road, but Godfrey insisted on driving his truck through the closed portion of the road. Godfrey repeatedly lurched his truck toward Cunningham, who had to repeatedly back away from the truck’s advance. Godfrey ultimately drove at Cunningham, requiring the lieutenant to physically push himself away from the truck to avoid being run over. A portion of the incident was captured on Godfrey’s dashboard camera.
CRAIG GODFREY