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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 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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Image for Man charged with attempted break-in of Conoy Township residence waives preliminary hearing
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Created Oct 9, 2026 / Updated Oct 16, 2026
A man charged with attempting to break into a woman’s Conoy Township home by shattering the glass pane of a door will have his case proceed to county court after waiving his preliminary hearing.  Michael J. Symmonds, who has no fixed address, waived his preliminary hearin...
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Image for Lewistown man wanted in Mifflin County shooting charged with fleeing police in turnpike chase waives preliminary hearing
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Created Oct 1, 2026 / Updated Oct 15, 2026
A Lewistown Borough man wanted for firing a gun into a crowd outside a Mifflin County bar and charged with fleeing Pennsylvania State Police troopers attempting to arrest him in Lancaster County will have his case proceed to county court after waiving his preliminary hearing.&...
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Image for City man pleads guilty to sexually abusing young girl for years
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Created Oct 8, 2026 / Updated Oct 14, 2026
A city man was pleaded guilty last week to sexually abusing a young girl for more than a decade. Mario Lopez, 67, pleaded guilty Oct. 8 before Judge Dennis Reinaker to two counts of indecent assault of a person less than 13 years of age and one count each of corruption of mino...
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Image for Ephrata man charged with firing gun in occupied borough home waives preliminary hearing
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Created Oct 7, 2026 / Updated Oct 13, 2026
An Ephrata man charged with firing a gun multiple times inside his borough residence, endangering others inside the home, will have his case proceed to county court after waiving his preliminary hearing last week.  Dylan Randall Leisey, 23, waived his preliminary hearing ...
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Image for Dauphin County man charged with shooting East Lampeter Township man to death; holding woman and children hostage found with self-inflicted gunshot wound to head
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Oct 10, 2026
A Dauphin County man who been charged with shooting a man to death and holding his ex-girlfriend and four of her children hostage after breaking into their East Lampeter Township home Saturday morning has been located with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his head. Tobias Joh...
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