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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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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 County DA's Human Trafficking Task Force: 2024 in ...

The Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office Human Trafficking Task Force was launched three years ago on January 11, National Human Tr...
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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 Attorneyâ...
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News Feed

Image for Lebanon County man charged with attempting to shoot man to death during fight in city waives preliminary hearing
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Sep 22, 2025
A Lebanon County man charged with attempting to shoot a man to death during a fight outside a Lancaster city residence will have his case proceed to county court after waiving his preliminary hearing earlier this month. Rodrigo Valdez-Martinez, of Millcreek Township, waived hi...
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Image for Fulton Township man charged with injuring teen passenger in DUI crash waives preliminary hearing
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Sep 19, 2025
A Fulton Township man charged with seriously injuring his teenaged passenger when he drunkenly crashed his car into a roadside tree will have his case proceed to county court after waiving his preliminary hearing earlier this month. Jere Rus Mendenhall III, of the 100 blo...
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Image for Commonwealth secures guilty verdict of Manheim Township man for 1997 cold case sexual assault, possessing child pornography following jury trial
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Sep 19, 2025
A Lancaster County jury yesterday convicted a Manheim Township man of sexually assaulting two young children in the late-1990s, then later of being found with hundreds of images of child pornography including pictures of him raping children after he was arrested, following a f...
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Image for Rapho Township man charged with strangling woman, attempting to prevent her from testifying against him has cases proceed to county court
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Sep 18, 2025
A Rapho Township man charged with strangling a woman and later threatening her in an attempt to prevent her from testifying against him will have his cases proceed to county court following preliminary hearings on the matters earlier this month. Judge Michael Hess ruled Sept. ...
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Image for West Cocalico Township man and woman charged with forcing teen to live in shed for months without basic needs waive preliminary hearings
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Sep 17, 2025
A West Cocalico Township man and woman charged with endangering a teenage boy by forcing him to live in a wooden shed for months without basic needs will have their cases proceed to county court after waiving their preliminary hearing earlier this month. Daryl Jay Sensenig, 41...
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