LANCASTER – A Lancaster County judge sentenced a man to one year less a day to two years less a day in county prison and five years of probation after he choked a Lancaster EMS worker. 33-year-old Rashaun Sligh of Lancaster pleaded guilty to aggravated assault, evading arrest or detention on foot, resisting arrest, use or possession of drug paraphernalia, and public drunkenness. Sligh choked a Lancaster EMS captain as he was rendering aid to him near the intersection of South Water and West Farnum Streets in Lancaster in November 2025. First responders responded to the intersection after Sligh was found unconscious on the ground. As the EMS worker began rendering aid, Sligh suddenly grabbed him by the throat and began choking him. A bystander had to help the victim in freeing himself from the chokehold. Police tried to stop Sligh as he fled. Two officers subdued Sligh in the first block of South Prince Street where he continued to physically fight arrest, requiring an officer to use a stun gun. After the arrest, Sligh appeared disoriented and under the influence of a controlled substance. In a subsequent search, officers found glass crack pipes and a marijuana grinder in Sligh’s possession.
RASHAUN SLIGH