On 7/1/15, East Lampeter Twp Police Detective Joe Edgell charged Steven Anthony PRATER, age 35, of Leola, with multiple counts of sex offenses against three female children, that occurred between January and December of 2014, at a residence in Leola.   The children were known to PRATER and ranged in age between 8 and 12 years of age at the time of the assaults.   

PRATER was charged with three (3) counts of Involuntary Deviate Sexual Intercourse (F-1), one (1) count of Criminal Attempt at Rape of a Child (F-1), six (6) counts of Indecent Assault (F-3), three (3) counts of Corruption of Minors (F-3), and two (2) counts of Sexual Abuse of Children- Photographing, Videotaping, Depicting on Computer or Filming Sexual Acts(F-1).

PRATER was committed to Lancaster County Prison in lieu of $150,000 bail.