Posted on: July 20, 2018
A man who killed a Mountville woman late Thursday night was found dead in a separate location Friday morning, apparently of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
West Hempfield Township police, in consultation with the Lancaster County District Attorney&rsqu...
July 20, 2018
District Attorney
Posted on: July 19, 2018
A Lancaster man will serve up to 15 years in prison for selling heroin-fentanyl to a Millersville man who fatally overdosed in November.
Shawn J. Stanford, 34, recently pleaded guilty in Lancaster County Court to felony counts of drug delivery resulting in...
July 19, 2018
District Attorney
Posted on: July 16, 2018
A Lancaster man already serving a state-prison sentence for drug-dealing will serve additional years for sexually assaulting a woman at his home in 2016.
Manuel Pagan Jr. was recently sentenced in Lancaster County Court to 7 to 20 years regarding a trial c...
July 16, 2018
District Attorney
Posted on: July 13, 2018
A Lancaster man charged with involvement in a May 23 arson at Lancaster City Hall will be tried on all counts, a district judge ordered this week.
District Judge Janice Jimenez heard testimony at a preliminary hearing from a Lancaster city detective before...
July 13, 2018
District Attorney
Posted on: July 13, 2018
A Columbia man has been cited three times for separate protest incidents in March and June at pipeline-construction locations near his home.
Daniel K. Forry, 77, of Prospect Road, was cited with summary counts of harassment, disorderly conduct, and obedien...
July 13, 2018
District Attorney
Posted on: July 12, 2018
A Quarryville man was recently sentenced to 34 years of supervision for sexual abuse of four children.
John Lapp, 55, pleaded guilty in March to 13 crimes, including felony aggravated indecent assault of a child, regarding the behavior that spanned several...
July 11, 2018
District Attorney
Posted on: July 10, 2018
The collaboration of several Lancaster County law-enforcement agencies led to arrests of three alleged heroin dealers charged with causing the fatal overdose of an Elizabethtown man.
The 37-year-old decedent overdosed on July 2 at his West High Street home...
July 10, 2018
District Attorney
Posted on: July 9, 2018
Police are seeking two men involved in a home-invasion robbery in Manheim where a couple were threatened at gunpoint and one was struck with a baseball bat.
Manheim Borough police, through investigation, identified the men as:
- Nathan J. Weeple, 30, of Hei...
July 9, 2018
District Attorney
Posted on: July 9, 2018
A convicted drug dealer will serve up to 16 years in prison for a 2017 sale of fentanyl that killed an Elizabethtown man.
Tyler S. Bobola, 22, pleaded guilty in April to felony drug delivery resulting in death and misdemeanor endangering the welfare of a c...
July 9, 2018
District Attorney
Posted on: July 6, 2018
A Reading man will serve up to 20 years in prison for sexual abuse of two girls ten years ago in Lancaster.
Juan R. Silva, 46, was convicted at trial in January of aggravated indecent assault, indecent assault and corruption of minors regarding the abuse i...
July 6, 2018
District Attorney
Posted on: July 3, 2018
A Lancaster man will serve up to 15 years in prison for having 225 bags of heroin while possessing a handgun illegally.
Miguel A. Saldana, 26, recently pleaded guilty in Lancaster County Court to felony drug-dealing, illegal possession of a firearm, and re...
July 3, 2018
District Attorney
Posted on: July 2, 2018
A Lancaster County jury recently convicted a man of sexual abuse of a pre-teen girl between 2013 and 2017.
Rafael Saez, 33, was convicted of eight of the nine charges filed against him regarding abuse at a Lancaster city home.
The jury deliberated about sev...
July 2, 2018
District Attorney
Posted on: June 26, 2018
The Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office, along with the numerous agencies and investigators who have contributed to the case over the years, announce charges filed today in the 1992 murder of Christy Mirack.
Lancaster County Detective Chr...
June 25, 2018
District Attorney
Posted on: June 22, 2018
A Lancaster man will serve at least 26 years in prison for slashing his infant daughter’s neck while kidnapping the girl in 2014.
David W. Sleets was convicted at trial in April of attempted murder and related counts regarding the Nov. 11, 2014, ...
June 22, 2018
District Attorney
Posted on: June 22, 2018
A Lancaster man – deemed a “career criminal” by a judge and a prosecutor – will serve up to 37 years in prison for his latest crimes, which accounted for his 27th criminal conviction in the past 30 years.
James Fleet...
June 22, 2018
District Attorney
Posted on: June 20, 2018
A former staff member at a Lancaster County youth detention center will serve up to 25 years in prison for sex abuse of juveniles at the facility.
David T. Stevenson, 52, pleaded guilty and no-contest Wednesday in Lancaster County Court to numerous counts ...
June 20, 2018
District Attorney
Posted on: June 19, 2018
An investigative grand jury recently issued a presentment that led to a homicide charge in the 2009 stabbing of Michael Evans in Lancaster city.
Lancaster city police on Monday charged 60-year-old Carl Hunter with killing Evans, who was stabbed in a West L...
June 19, 2018
District Attorney
Posted on: June 15, 2018
A Washington Boro man is charged with threatening to knock out his elderly neighbor’s teeth while gripping a shovel last month.
Roger G. Chenault grabbed hold of the 74-year-old man’s shirt while making the threats May 10 on Spring Mead...
June 15, 2018
District Attorney
Posted on: June 14, 2018
An Ephrata couple was recently sentenced to state prison for a series of theft-related crimes in which they used distractions to steal cash.
Chad E. Bright, 39, Tonya L. Snyder, 37, pleaded guilty Friday in Lancaster County Court to counts of theft, conspi...
June 14, 2018
District Attorney
Posted on: June 12, 2018
A Lancaster man was recently convicted of sexual abuse of two girls in 2013 and 2014.
A Lancaster County jury deliberated about 70 minutes before returning guilty verdicts June 7 to all charges against 35-year-old Crizon Kingsberry.
Five of the charges are ...
June 12, 2018
District Attorney
Posted on: June 11, 2018
UPDATE: Hougendobler was released from the hospital Sunday, into police custody. District Judge Edward A. Tobin arraigned Hougendobler and set bail at $500,000. Hougendobler posted bail Sunday afternoon.
A Lancaster County man is charged with numerous offe...
June 11, 2018
District Attorney
Posted on: June 6, 2018
More than half of Lancaster County’s police departments can now view each other’s information databases thanks to a bridge system that allows department-to-department information-sharing of people, places, vehicles and other valuable d...
June 6, 2018
District Attorney
Posted on: June 5, 2018
The Pa. Senate and House Judiciary Committees will consider this week several bills that would expand crime victims’ rights and establish charges for “sextortion” and possession of “skimmers.”
The House Jud...
June 5, 2018
District Attorney
Posted on: June 4, 2018
A man pleaded guilty Monday in Lancaster County Court to not properly securing his dog last year when the animal attacked two children and their mother on Lafayette Street.
Luis Colon-Colon, 42, pleaded guilty to six misdemeanors and three summary charges ...
June 4, 2018
District Attorney
Posted on: June 1, 2018
A Reinholds woman is charged with felony drug-dealing after the Lancaster County Drug Task Force found 25 grams of methamphetamine in her home Tuesday.
The Task Force responded to numerous complaints of alleged drug-dealing activity at Judy Lynn Dale&r...
June 1, 2018
District Attorney
Posted on: May 29, 2018
An Ephrata man is charged with dealing marijuana and Xanax after a recent Lancaster County Drug Task Force raid at his Park Avenue home.
The Drug Task Force charged Dylan C. Alfinito, 22, with two felony counts of drug-dealing, a felony count of illegal po...
May 29, 2018
District Attorney
Posted on: May 24, 2018
A Reinholds man will serve up to 15 years in prison for illegal possession of an AK-47 and a pistol, and four different types of drugs.
John Tyler Andrew, 22, recently pleaded guilty to seven felonies and three misdemeanors regarding a Nov. 23, 2017, incid...
May 24, 2018
District Attorney
Posted on: May 23, 2018
The Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office has completed its review of a May 8 incident at the Manheim Township Police Department.
John R. Simson, a 65-year-old East Petersburg man, was killed when a Manheim Township police officer fired a s...
May 23, 2018
District Attorney
Posted on: May 22, 2018
A Lancaster man will serve up to 20 years in prison for setting fire to a Lancaster repair shop, causing over $600,000 in damages.
Andy Irizarry continued to deny his involvement in the Dec. 10, 2016, fire at Doctor Tire, 444 South Prince Street, even whil...
May 22, 2018
District Attorney
Posted on: May 21, 2018
A Columbia man will serve up to a decade in prison for brutally attacking a 62-year-old man last year – which a prosecutor called an assault on the security of the entire Columbia community.
Shakim N. McIlwain, 23, was with a group of people who ...
May 21, 2018
District Attorney
Posted on: May 16, 2018
A Lancaster man was convicted Wednesday of all charges for causing a multi-vehicle crash a year ago in East Lampeter Township that tipped a school bus carrying 14 students.
James P. Irvin III, 47, was charged with making an illegal pass on Lincoln Highway ...
May 16, 2018
District Attorney
Posted on: May 16, 2018
Two Lancaster County residents are charged with numerous felonies after the Drug Task Force found large quantities of heroin, cocaine and marijuana in recent searches.
The Task Force said Hector T. Morales and Daria Lopez-Kypreos are “upper-level...
May 16, 2018
District Attorney
Posted on: May 14, 2018
A Maryland man already serving at least 20 years in prison for a spree of robberies there was recently sentenced for numerous crimes in Lancaster County two years ago.
Christopher J. Lewis pleaded guilty to more than a dozen overnight burglaries, an armed ...
May 14, 2018
District Attorney
Posted on: May 10, 2018
A Lancaster city woman is charged with felony drug-dealing after the Lancaster County Drug Task Force found over four pounds of marijuana at her home last week.
Natasha Marie Soto, 29, was charged Tuesday and arraigned on counts of felony possession with i...
May 10, 2018
District Attorney
Posted on: May 8, 2018
Four Lancaster County residents are charged with felony drug-dealing after local detectives recently interrupted the transport of 5,000 bags of fentanyl-laced heroin.
The Lancaster County Drug Task Force, with assistance from East Cocalico Township police,...
May 8, 2018
District Attorney
Posted on: May 7, 2018
An incarcerated Pequea Township man was recently sentenced to another term in prison – for sex abuse of a second child victim in 2013.
Frederick W. Townsend, 59, already served a prison sentence for sex abuse of a child at a Sawmill Road home. Th...
May 7, 2018
District Attorney
Posted on: May 2, 2018
The Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office has relaunched an online mapping of reported drug overdoses in the county.
The map, initially published in 2016, now depicts emergency overdose reports in Lancaster County between October 1, 2017 an...
May 2, 2018
District Attorney
Posted on: April 2, 2018
Four individuals took important steps toward recovery Tuesday when they graduated from Lancaster County Drug Court, a specialty court tailored to offenders dealing with substance-abuse issues.
Lancaster County Judge David Ashworth, who has presided over Dr...
April 2, 2018
District Attorney