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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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News Feed

Image for Lancaster County employee charged with attempting to obstruct federal investigation of Iranian national living in U.S. illegally
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Created Apr 10, 2026 / Updated Apr 15, 2026
A clerk specialist in the Lancaster County Prothonotary’s Office has been charged with improperly using his position to access and share the personal information of a subject of a federal law enforcement investigation. Lucas Keener, of the 400 block of West Marion Street in La...
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Image for Penn Township man charged with intentionally striking juvenile bicyclist during road rage incident waives preliminary hearing
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Created Mar 31, 2026 / Updated Apr 13, 2026
A Penn Township man charged with intentionally striking a young bicyclist during a road rage incident on a Mount Joy Borough street will have his case proceed to county court after waiving his preliminary hearing. Richard K. Parmer, of the 400 block of Thrush Drive, waived his...
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Image for Mountville man charged with selling cocaine, oxycodone waives preliminary hearing
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Created Mar 26, 2026 / Updated Apr 10, 2026
A Mountville Borough man charged with selling crack cocaine and oxycodone following a monthslong Lancaster County Drug Task Force investigation will have his case proceed to county court after waiving his preliminary hearing. Jaleel Yaseem Corley, 29, waived his preliminary he...
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Image for Ephrata teen charged with firing gun at residence waives preliminary hearing
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Created Mar 25, 2026 / Updated Apr 9, 2026
An Ephrata teenager charged with unleashing a hail of gunfire on a family residence in an early morning shooting will have his case proceed to county court after waiving his preliminary hearing. Trevor Aiden Losch, of the 800 block of Clearview Avenue, waived his preliminary h...
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Image for Manheim man charged with breaking infants' bones waives preliminary hearing
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Created Mar 25, 2026 / Updated Apr 8, 2026
A Manheim Borough man charged with severely beating two six-week-old infants, leaving them with multiple broken bones and other injuries, will have his case proceed to county court after waiving his preliminary hearing. Dillon McCarraher, 23, waived his preliminary hearing bef...
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Image for Chester County man charged with beating woman and baby has case proceed to county court
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Created Mar 25, 2026 / Updated Apr 7, 2026
A Chester County man charged with beating a woman and her baby in a Lancaster Township home will have his case proceed to county court following a preliminary hearing. Judge Mary Sponaugle ruled March 17 that the case of Dajzhon Williams-Toney, of Coatesville, could proceed to...
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Image for Mexican national living in U.S. illegally charged with violently raping woman at Strasburg hotel has case proceed to county court
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Created Mar 25, 2026 / Updated Apr 6, 2026
A Mexican national who told police he was living in the United States illegally and charged with violently raping a woman at a Strasburg hotel will have his case proceed to county court following a preliminary hearing. Judge William Benner ruled March 4 that the case of Jose L...
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Image for Judge sentences city man to up to 39 years in prison after being found guilty of shooting man to death in 2023
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Apr 1, 2026
A judge sentenced a city man to 19 to 39 years in state prison yesterday after a jury found him guilty of shooting a man to death in the parking lot of a downtown bar. Before handing down the sentence on April 1, Judge Jeffery Wright told Terrance Tyrone McCain, Jr. that ...
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Image for York County man sentenced up to 27 years in prison after pleading guilty to killing 1-year-old, injuring others in wrong-way crash
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Created Mar 24, 2026 / Updated Mar 31, 2026
A judge sentenced a Red Lion man to 12 to 27 years in state prison after he submitted a non-negotiated plea to killing a 1-year-old and seriously injuring six others in a head-on crash while driving into oncoming traffic. Judge Jeffrey Conrad handed down the sentence to M...
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Image for Chester County man sentenced up to 100 years in prison for murdering missing East Drumore Township man in 2024, shooting gun at Quarryville home
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Mar 31, 2026
A Lancaster County judge last week sentenced a Chester County man to 43 to 100 years in state prison for murdering an East Drumore Township man who had been cooperating with investigators looking into a non-fatal shooting and separately for firing a gun into a Quarryville Boro...
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