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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 New Holland man sentenced to state prison after pleading guilty to injuring 7-year-old in wrong-way DUI crash
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Created Jul 13, 2026 / Updated Jul 23, 2026
A New Holland man was sentenced to one and a half to five years in state prison plus four years of probation after he pleaded guilty this month to injuring a young girl and endangering two other children when he crashed head-on into another vehicle while driving drunk. Judge D...
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Image for Commonwealth secures guilty verdict of Providence Township man for attempting to set neighbor on fire with makeshift flamethrower following bench trial
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Created Jul 13, 2026 / Updated Jul 22, 2026
A Lancaster County judge convicted a Providence Township man of threatening his neighbors with a large stick and attempting to set them on fire using a makeshift flamethrower following a single-day bench trial. Judge Dennis Reinaker found Stanley Walden, 41, guilty on June 29 ...
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Image for East Hempfield Township man charged with stabbing sister to death, injuring brother
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Jul 21, 2026
An East Hempfield Township man has been charged with stabbing his sister to death and injuring his brother during a bloody knife attack in his home Monday morning. Bryan Emeric Adolph, 26, was charged with criminal homicide, two counts of aggravated assault and a single count ...
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Image for Man charged with raping, sexually abusing boy at Ephrata residence has case proceed to county court
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Created Jul 13, 2026 / Updated Jul 20, 2026
A man charged with raping and sexually abusing a young boy years ago at an Ephrata Borough residence will have his case proceed to county court following a preliminary hearing.  Judge Torrey Landis ruled June 15 that the case of Gustavo Fernandez-Barbosa, whose current ad...
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Image for Police Investigating Homicide in East Hempfield - Suspect in Custody
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Jul 20, 2026
On July 20, 2026, at approximately 10:34 a.m., Officers with the East Hempfield Township Police Department were dispatched to a residence in 1100 block of Persimmon Dr., East Hempfield Township for a report of a stabbing.   Upon arrival police encountered 2 victims, a 24-...
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Image for UPDATE:  Fatal Shooting in Columbia Borough, Investigation On-going
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Jul 19, 2026
Officers with the Columbia Borough Police Department and Detectives with the Lancaster County Detectives Office continue to investigate a fatal shooting that occurred in Columbia Borough this weekend.  The shooting occurred in a residence in the 900 block of Plane Street ...
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Image for Judge sentences Providence Township man up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to killing man, injuring woman in Christmas Day DUI crash
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Created Jul 8, 2026 / Updated Jul 17, 2026
A judge sentenced a Providence Township man to eight to 20 years in state prison after he pleaded guilty earlier this year of killing a man and seriously injuring his elderly wife after crashing into them head-on while driving under the influence of drugs on Christmas Day. Jud...
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Image for Judge sentences Virginia man up to 15 years in state prison after being found guilty of assaulting young girls two decades ago
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Created Jul 6, 2026 / Updated Jul 16, 2026
A judge sentenced a Virginia man to three and a half to 15 years in state prison followed by three years of probation after a jury found him guilty earlier this year of assaulting two young girls at two different Lancaster County homes more than 20 years. Judge Jeffrey Conrad ...
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Image for Judge sentences county men who pleaded guilty to abusing children to state prison
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Created Jul 6, 2026 / Updated Jul 15, 2026
The Commonwealth secured lengthy state prison sentences for two Lancaster County men who pleaded guilty to unrelated child abuse crimes. Judge Todd Brown   sentenced Samuel S. Beiler, of the 700 block of Doutrich Drive in Salisbury Township to eight to 16 years in state p...
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Image for Nanny charged with physically abusing Brecknock Township infant waives preliminary hearing
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Created Jul 2, 2026 / Updated Jul 17, 2026
A full-time nanny charged with physically abusing a 7-month-old Brecknock Township girl will have her case proceed to county court after waiving her preliminary hearing.  Tiffany Lynn Cooper, of West Pottsgrove Township, Montgomery County, waived her preliminary hearing b...
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