Joshua Selig Boyer charged with aggravated assault after Ephrata stabbing
An Ephrata man was charged after a reported stabbing on Cloverbrook Drive left a victim with non-life-threatening head lacerations.
On July 21, 2026, at 9:23 p.m., Ephrata Police responded to the 500 block of Cloverbrook Drive for a male who had been stabbed in the face following a disagreement between two males who knew each other. The victim suffered multiple lacerations to his head that are not considered life-threatening and was taken to Lancaster General Hospital. On July 22, police charged Joshua Selig Boyer, 42, of Ephrata, with one count of aggravated assault; an arrest warrant issued by MDJ Landis led officers to locate Boyer at 12:53 p.m. in the parking lot of 423 N Reading Rd, where he was taken into custody, arraigned by MDJ Heisse and committed to Lancaster County Prison in lieu of $150,000 cash bail. Boyer is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.