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Multiple officers honored for efforts in drug diversion at I...

Twelve police officers and two departments across Lancaster County were honored Friday night for their efforts in helping people strugg...
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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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News Feed

Image for Commonwealth secures guilty verdict of York County man for attempting to shoot State Police trooper to death following jury trial
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Nov 12, 2026
A Lancaster County jury convicted a York County man of shootingand seriously injuring a Pennsylvania State Police trooper following a three-day trial. The jury found Alfredo Maldonado-Gonzalez, of Dallastown Borough, guilty on Oct. 12 of the attempted murder of a law enforceme...
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Image for Dauphin County man sentenced up to 17 years in prison after pleading guilty to raping, sexually abusing Ephrata Township girl
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Created Oct 27, 2026 / Updated Nov 10, 2026
A Dauphin County man was sentenced to seven and a half to 17 years in state prison after he pleaded guilty to raping and sexually abusing a pre-teen girl at her Ephrata Township residence. Judge Dennis Reinaker sentenced Evan Michael Gusherowski, of South Hanover Township, aft...
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Image for Judge sentences city man up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to illegal straw purchase of handgun
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Created Oct 22, 2026 / Updated Nov 9, 2026
A judge sentenced a city man to five to 10 years in state prison after he pleaded guilty to conspiring to illegally purchase a handgun he wasn’t legally allowed to possess—a practice that is sometimes referred to as a “straw purchase.” Judge Jeffery Conrad handed down the sent...
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Image for Millersville man charged with photographing himself raping 11-year-old waives preliminary hearing
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Created Oct 22, 2026 / Updated Nov 6, 2026
A Millersville man charged with photographing himself raping an 11-year-old girl will have his case proceed to county court after waiving his preliminary hearing.  Garrett Takoda Miner, 30, waived his preliminary hearing before Judge Joshua Keller on Oct. 14 on charges of...
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Image for Commonwealth secures guilty verdict of Lancaster Township couple for severely beating woman following jury trial
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Created Oct 23, 2026 / Updated Nov 5, 2026
A Lancaster County jury convicted a Lancaster Township couple of severely beating a woman during a street fight following a three-day trial. The jury found Antonio Valentino Farrell, 37, and Damaris Ramos-Almodovar, 40, guilty on Oct. 22 of simple assault. Ramos-Almodovar was ...
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Image for Judge sentences city men to life in prison after being found guilty of shooting man to death in bar
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Nov 4, 2026
A judge sentenced two city men to identical sentences of life in state prison without the possibility of parole, plus an additional 40 to 80 years of incarceration yesterday after a jury found them both guilty earlier this year of shooting a man to death and injuring another i...
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Image for City man sentenced up to 16 years in prison after pleading guilty to stabbing man outside Islamic Community Center
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Created Oct 21, 2026 / Updated Nov 2, 2026
A city man was sentenced to eight to 16 years in state prison after he pleaded guilty last week to stabbing a man and injuring another in an ambush outside the downtown Islamic Community Center. Judge Jeffrey Conrad sentenced Mohammad Arif Abdul Rashid, of the 500 block of Nor...
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Image for Lancaster city man sentenced up to 18.5 years in prison after pleading guilty to filming self raping unconscious woman as she died of drug overdose
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Created Oct 22, 2026 / Updated Oct 30, 2026
A Lancaster city man received an aggravated range sentence of to six to 18-and-a-half years in state prison after he pleaded guilty last week to raping an unconscious woman as she died of a drug overdose and filming himself in the act. Judge Dennis Reinaker handed down the sen...
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Image for Plain community's ‘roadblocks' prevent effective prosecution of Strasburg Township man who pleaded guilty to assaulting multiple women and child in phony chiropractic service
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Oct 29, 2026
A Strasburg Township man who falsely claimed to be a chiropractor was sentenced to 10 years of probation after he pleaded guilty yesterday to assaulting multiple women and a child—a resolution that came about due to efforts from members of the Plain community to shield him fro...
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Image for City man charged with charging toward judge during courtroom hearing
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Created Oct 27, 2026 / Updated Oct 28, 2026
A city man has been charged with flipping over a table and charging towards a Lancaster County magisterial district judge in the middle of a courtroom hearing last week. Fletcher Morton, of the 600 block of East King Street, was charged with one count each of aggravated assaul...
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