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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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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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Image for New law adds AI-generated child porn, hazing to Pennsylvania's mandatory reporting law
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Oct 27, 2026
Legislation signed into law last week closes two gaps in Pennsylvania’s mandatory reporting law that Lancaster County District Attorney Heather Adams called on the state legislature to close following major cases. The bill, signed into law by Gov. Josh Shapiro last Thursday, r...
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Image for West Donegal Township man sentenced to state prison for DUI
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Created Oct 20, 2026 / Updated Oct 26, 2026
A Lancaster County judge sentenced a West Donegal Township man to one to two years in state prison after he pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of alcohol Judge Dennis Reinaker sentenced Steven C. Radtke, of the 1800 block of Rhoda Avenue, on Sept. 4. Radtke had plea...
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Image for Judge sentences Philadelphia truck driver up to 12 years in prison after being found guilty of killing father and two children in distracted turnpike crash
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Created Oct 19, 2026 / Updated Oct 23, 2026
A judge sentenced a Philadelphia commercial truck driver to three years minus three days to 12 years in state prison after a jury found him guilty earlier this year of killing a father and his two children in an early morning crash along the Pennsylvania Turnpike while he was ...
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Image for Susquehanna Regional Police chief charged with stealing thousands of dollars in falsified payroll records scheme
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Oct 22, 2026
The chief of the Susquehanna Regional Police Department has been charged with falsifying records to steal thousands of dollars from the department for hours he didn’t work. Anthony Joseph Hall, of East Manchester Township in York County, was charged with three counts of theft ...
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Image for Commonwealth secures guilty verdict of city man for sexually assaulting girl following jury trial
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Created Oct 19, 2026 / Updated Oct 21, 2026
A Lancaster County jury convicted a city man of sexually assaulting a drunk a underaged girl following a three-day trial last week. The jury found Adrian Michael Tehuitzil, 23, guilty on Oct. 15 of one count of sexual assault and acquitted him of two counts of rape. Throughout...
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Image for Judge sentences Danville man up to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to killing woman in 2024 DUI crash
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Created Oct 16, 2026 / Updated Oct 20, 2026
A judge sentenced a Danville man to three to eight years in state prison after he pleaded guilty earlier this year of killing a woman in a crash along an East Hempfield Township highway while he was driving drunk. Judge Dennis Reinaker handed down the mandatory sentence to Apa...
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Image for Multiple officers honored for efforts in drug diversion at Inaugural Second Chance Program Awards
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Oct 19, 2026
Twelve   police officers and two departments across Lancaster County were honored Friday night for their efforts in helping people struggling with substance use disorders successfully recover from their addictions during the Inaugural Second Chance Program Awards. Held du...
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