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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 Attorney...
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News Feed

Image for East Petersburg man charged with breaking into dozens of vehicles waives preliminary hearing
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Created May 22, 2026 / Updated May 27, 2026
An East Petersburg Borough man charged with stealing thousands of dollars’ worth of items from more than 40 vehicles he broke into will have his case proceed to county court after waiving his preliminary hearing.  Logan Anthony Mesteller, of the 2400 block of Franklin Dri...
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Image for West Hempfield Township couple charged with abusing nearly 100 animals waive preliminary hearings
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Created May 19, 2026 / Updated May 26, 2026
A West Hempfield Township couple charged with neglecting nearly 100 animals they kept inside their home will have their cases proceed to county court after waiving their preliminary hearings earlier this month.  Jessica Lynn Drexler, 44, and Andrew S. Culp, 42, waived the...
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Image for Commonwealth secures guilty verdict of Dauphin County man for sexually assaulting girl at Elizabeth Township home following jury trial
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Created May 20, 2026 / Updated May 22, 2026
A Lancaster County jury convicted a Dauphin County man of sexually assaulting a young girl at an Elizabeth Township home years ago following a three-day trial last week. The jury found 31-year-old Kyle Andrew Wiebner, of Lower Swatara Township, guilty on May 15 of aggravated i...
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Image for Lancaster County employee charged with attempting to obstruct federal investigation of Iranian national living in U.S. illegally waives preliminary hearing
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Created May 11, 2026 / Updated May 21, 2026
A clerk specialist in the Lancaster County Prothonotary’s Office   charged with improperly using his position to access and share the personal information of a subject of a federal law enforcement investigation will have his case proceed to county court after waiving his ...
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Image for City man sentenced up to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to attempting to meet underage girl for sex in vigilante sting
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Created May 7, 2026 / Updated May 20, 2026
A city man was sentenced to two and a half to seven years in state prison after he pleaded guilty this month to attempting to meet a young girl he met online for sex, only to find himself caught in a vigilante predator sting. Judge Jeffery Wright sentenced Daniel Hackel, of th...
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Image for Commonwealth secures guilty verdict of city man for phony crime report following jury trial
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Created May 6, 2026 / Updated May 19, 2026
A Lancaster County jury convicted a city man of falsely reporting a crime to police following a two-day trial this month. The jury found Dexter Verdine Smith, of the 100 block of North Plum Street, guilty on May 5 of two counts of making false reports to law enforcement, one c...
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Image for Judge sentences Elizabethtown man up to 100 years in prison after being found guilty of raping children
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Created May 6, 2026 / Updated May 18, 2026
A judge sentenced an Elizabethtown Borough man to 46 to 100 years in state prison this month after a jury had found him guilty of raping and sexually abusing four young children more than a decade ago. Judge Jeffery Wright handed down the sentence to Robert E. Anderson, 55, on...
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Image for City man charged with shooting bystander in head during gunfight waives preliminary hearing
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Created Apr 29, 2026 / Updated May 15, 2026
A Lancaster city man charged with shooting a bystander in the head during a gunfight that allegedly evolved out of a botched drug transaction will have his case proceed to county court after waiving his preliminary hearing.  Noel “Los” Robles, of the 400 block of Euclid A...
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Image for City couple charged with injuring infant during fight waive preliminary hearings
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Created Apr 28, 2026 / Updated May 14, 2026
A Lancaster city couple charged with severely injuring a 3-month-old baby during a fight will have their cases proceed to county court after waiving their preliminary hearings.  Kimberlyn Videa-Dubon and Luis Reyes-Pagan waived their preliminary hearings before Judge Adam...
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Image for Lancaster Township man charged with taking part in shooting that mutilated boy's jaw waives preliminary hearing
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Created Apr 28, 2026 / Updated May 13, 2026
A Lancaster Township man charged with taking part in a shooting in a city park that mutilated a boy’s jaw will have his case proceed to county court after waiving his preliminary hearing.  Keyshawn Williams, of the 400 block of South President Avenue, waived his prelimina...
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