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Welcome from DA Heather Adams

Welcome to our virtual newsroom on the CRIMEWATCH Network. This site is designed to build collaboration between criminal justice groups and ...
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Lancaster County DA's Human Trafficking Task Force: 2025 in ...

District Attorney Heather Adams launched the Human Trafficking Task Force four years ago on January 11, recognized across the U.S. as Nation...
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Our Mission

The Lancaster County Office of the District Attorney is dedicated to achieving justice and protecting the safety of our community. We thorou...
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The Role of the District Attorney's Office

Have you ever wondered what the role of the District Attorney’s Office consists of, in addition to prosecuting criminal cases?District Att...
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Lancaster Safety Coalition pictures help convict Salisbury T...

Images from Lancaster Safety Coalition cameras showing a February knife attack helped convict a Salisbury Township man of the stabbing.Judge...
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District Attorney Heather Adams Announces Lancaster Law Enfo...

The Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office announces our Lancaster Law Enforcement series, which will begin Monday, January 9, 2023, ...
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Boys and Girls Club and Safety Coalition Among Six Organizat...

Lancaster County District Attorney Heather Adams has announced that six community-based drug and crimefighting programs in Lancaster County ...
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Lancaster County's C.A.S.E. Provides Multiple Resources in P...

Lancaster County’s C.A.S.E., or Campaign Against Sexual Exploitation, has a mission to engage the Lancaster County community in protecting...
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District Attorney Heather Adams Announces Virtual Victims of...

The Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office announces our Victims of Homicide Remembrance Quilt project on this National Day of Rememb...
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National Dog Week: Tresi, Courthouse Companion Dog, Makes A ...

Attending court proceedings can be stressful, especially for witnesses and victims.That’s where Tresi, Lancaster County District Attorneyâ...
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Image for Lititz woman charged with hitting woman with car, yelling ethnic slur waives preliminary hearing
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Created Jul 21, 2026 / Updated Aug 12, 2026
A Lititz woman charged with intentionally crashing into a vehicle, hitting a woman with her car and yelling an ethnic slur will have her case proceed to county court after waiving her preliminary hearing.  Leanne R. Stoltzfus, of the 300 block of North Broad Street, waive...
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Image for Commonwealth secures guilty verdict of New York man for sexually abusing multiple children following jury trial
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Created Jul 17, 2026 / Updated Aug 11, 2026
A Lancaster County jury convicted a New York man of repeatedly sexually abusing multiple young girls for years following a four-day trial. The jury found Dennis Iluminado Martinez, of Brookyln, guilty on July 16 of more than 50 sexual offenses including two counts of rape of a...
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Image for York County teen charged with stealing AR-15 at gunpoint waives preliminary hearing
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Created Jul 13, 2026 / Updated Aug 10, 2026
A York County teenager charged with stealing an assault rifle at gunpoint in a Lancaster city parking lot will have his case proceed to county court after waiving his preliminary hearing.  Wyatt Allen-McKinney, of Red Lion Borough, waived his preliminary hearing before Ju...
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Image for Millersville teen charged with firing gun during city shootout waives preliminary hearing
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Created Jul 13, 2026 / Updated Aug 7, 2026
A Millersville teenager charged with firing a gun during a shootout in a Lancaster city neighborhood will have his case proceed to county court after waiving his preliminary hearing.  Chance Celotti, of the 100 block of North Prince Street, waived his preliminary hearing ...
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Image for Commonwealth secures guilty verdict of Philadelphia truck driver for killing father and two children in distracted turnpike crash following jury trial
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Created Jul 13, 2026 / Updated Aug 6, 2026
A Lancaster County jury convicted a Philadelphia commercial truck driver of killing a father and his two children in an early morning crash along the Pennsylvania Turnpike while he was distracted by his phone behind the wheel following a three-day trial. The jury found Santos ...
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Image for Lancaster Township man charged with raping 10-year-old waives preliminary hearing
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Created Jul 13, 2026 / Updated Aug 5, 2026
A Lancaster Township man charged with raping a 10-year-old boy will have his case proceed to county court after waiving his preliminary hearing.  Steve Anthony Jones, Jr., of the first block of Baron Drive, waived his preliminary hearing before Judge Mary Mongiovi Sponaug...
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Image for East Hempfield Township man charged with stabbing sister to death, injuring brother has case proceed to county court
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Created Jul 30, 2026 / Updated Aug 4, 2026
An East Hempfield Township man charged with stabbing his sister to death and injuring his brother during a bloody knife attack in his home will have his case proceed to county court following a preliminary hearing last week.  Judge Brian Chudzik ruled July 29 that the cas...
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Image for City woman charged with fatally injuring mother during argument has case proceed to county court
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Created Jul 30, 2026 / Updated Aug 3, 2026
A Lancaster city woman charged with pushing her 63-year-old mother into a wall, causing her to fall down a flight of stairs to her death will have her case proceed to county court following a preliminary hearing last week.  Judge Joshua Keller ruled July 29 that the case ...
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Image for Four others charged in relation to Columbia shooting that killed teen
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Created Jul 31, 2026 / Updated Aug 3, 2026
An adult and three teenagers, one of whom is a juvenile, have been charged with firearms and evidence tampering and hindering offenses in relation to a shooting inside a Columbia Borough apartment that left a 17-year-old dead. Bryant Ramos, of the 2200 block of Oak Hollow Driv...
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Image for Judge sentences city man to life in prison after being found guilty of shooting man to death
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Jul 30, 2026
A judge sentenced a Lancaster city man to life in prison without the possibility of parole yesterday after a jury found him guilty earlier this year of shooting a man to death. In handing down the sentence on Wednesday, Judge Merrill Spahn told Ta’jhon Zephaniah Veal, 22, that...
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