Posted on: January 5, 2021
An armed West Hempfield Township man was arrested Sunday night after an hours-long standoff at his home.
Lancaster County Special Emergency Response Team (SERT) took 49-year-old Shawn Stryker into custody about 9:15 p.m., about 10 hours after police were i...
Jan. 5, 2021
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Posted on: December 29, 2020
The Lancaster County Drug Task Force halted an upper-level dealing operation when the recent raid of a Providence Township home uncovered cocaine, MDMA, numerous THC products, psychedelic mushrooms, pounds of marijuana, and over $91,000 cash.
The Drug Task...
Dec. 29, 2020
District Attorney
Posted on: December 23, 2020
Police arrested a man Monday at BWI Airport – on his way back to Texas – after he traveled cross country to beat a woman in West Hempfield Township.
West Hempfield Township police charged 35-year-old Tomas Martinez-Martinez with felony counts of strangulat...
Dec. 23, 2020
District Attorney
Posted on: December 22, 2020
The Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office announces a significant development in the investigation of Linda Stoltzfoos’ abduction and attached prosecution.
On Monday, East Lampeter Township police and Pennsylvania State Police, af...
Dec. 22, 2020
District Attorney
Posted on: December 16, 2020
Two men are charged, including one who remains a wanted fugitive, in a multi-jurisdictional spree of thefts of catalytic convertors in Lancaster County.
Zachery Ryan Martin, 31, and Jonathan Robert Evans, 39, are charged with targeting parked vehicles and ...
Dec. 16, 2020
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Posted on: December 14, 2020
A Lancaster man was convicted this week of two felonies for messaging a 14-year-old girl online to meet for sexual contact.
A Lancaster County jury recently returned guilty verdicts against 22-year-old Jyptian Grooms to counts of unlawful contact with a mi...
Dec. 14, 2020
District Attorney
Posted on: December 9, 2020
A standoff incident in Manheim Township ended early Wednesday morning with the death of a man who barricaded himself, with a woman, inside an apartment.
The man, who is not being identified at this point, died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to...
Dec. 9, 2020
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Posted on: December 4, 2020
A multi-agency investigation led to a Lancaster County hotel Wednesday night where police arrested a 38-year-old man and charged him with kidnapping a 13-year-old girl from her Indiana home after pursuing her online.
Andrew E. Howland, of Lancaster city, a...
Dec. 4, 2020
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Posted on: December 2, 2020
Residents are warned of a scam involving a caller claiming to be with the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office while demanding payment.
Local officials are aware of at least one case and believe other people could be targeted.
The caller identified h...
Dec. 2, 2020
District Attorney
Posted on: November 25, 2020
A Lancaster County man charged over the summer with felony drug-dealing was caught twice – while on bail – with fentanyl for sale.
Justin Michael Jenkins also is charged with producing and possessing child pornography regarding material...
Nov. 25, 2020
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Posted on: November 24, 2020
A Willow Street man was convicted this week of felony aggravated assault for seriously injuring a man with a punch last year at a private club in Lancaster city.
Matthew Gibson, 39, will be sentenced after a background investigation is completed in a coupl...
Nov. 24, 2020
District Attorney
Posted on: November 20, 2020
A Lancaster man will spend at least 6½ years in prison for selling a fentanyl-laced pill to a man who fatally overdosed last year in his East Lampeter Township home.
Hector V. Nazario recently admitted in Lancaster County Court to selling pills ...
Nov. 20, 2020
District Attorney
Posted on: November 17, 2020
A Columbia man will serve up to 40 years in prison for a pair of violent store robberies this year – crimes that were solved when police from two departments collaborated to trace a getaway vehicle then discover the robber’s disguise i...
Nov. 17, 2020
District Attorney
Posted on: November 13, 2020
Police are investigating a vehicle collision Tuesday evening in East Earl Township that seriously injured a pedestrian.
An eastbound vehicle – a gray Saturn sedan - struck a woman who was on the road in the 1000 block of Main Street (Route 23) abo...
Nov. 12, 2020
District Attorney
Posted on: November 9, 2020
An Elizabethtown man already on probation for indecent assaults of two women was recently convicted of raping a woman last year at his home.
A local jury convicted 24-year-old Justin M. Burke of eight offenses, including felony rape, following a four-day t...
Nov. 9, 2020
District Attorney
Posted on: November 6, 2020
A Downingtown man who was drunk and under the influence of marijuana when he drove more than twice the speed limit and caused a head-on crash in Caernarvon Township will serve at least three years in prison.
The July 6, 2019, crash seriously injured a man ...
Nov. 6, 2020
District Attorney
Posted on: November 5, 2020
A Lancaster city couple was recently arraigned in County Court for allegedly dealing cocaine and fentanyl in an “upper-level” drug operation, according to detectives.
The Lancaster County Drug Task Force raided a home in the 300 block o...
Nov. 5, 2020
District Attorney
Posted on: November 3, 2020
A Lancaster man charged with killing his sister and niece last year is not competent to stand trial, a Lancaster County Judge ordered on Thursday.
Lancaster County Judge Donald Totaro ordered that 57-year-old James Sterbinsky be transferred to Norristown S...
Nov. 3, 2020
District Attorney
Posted on: October 29, 2020
As Domestic Violence Awareness Month approaches its end, let us not forget the many lives lost to partner/spousal violence and how lives can be saved going forward by speaking up and taking action on the victims’ behalf.
Four women are killed every day acr...
Oct. 29, 2020
District Attorney
Posted on: October 26, 2020
Investigators testified this week that Geraldo Rosario confronted a neighbor earlier this month and, as a result, the neighbor was shot to death.
Rosario, 57, was ordered to face counts of criminal homicide and reckless endangerment in Lancaster County Cou...
Oct. 26, 2020
District Attorney
Posted on: October 23, 2020
A Florida woman who was intoxicated during a fatal crash six years ago in East Lampeter Township will not have her conviction overturned.
The Pennsylvania Superior Court recently denied Patricia Halgash’s appeal, meaning Halgash’s 2016 ...
Oct. 23, 2020
District Attorney
Posted on: October 13, 2020
A West Lampeter Township man was convicted Tuesday of hiding from police – in his grandfather’s attic – while officers searched for him to serve a felony arrest warrant last year.
A local jury deliberated about 30 minutes befo...
Oct. 13, 2020
District Attorney
Posted on: September 11, 2020
An 18-year-old Columbia man admitted Wednesday to shooting and killing his friend last year in Columbia.
Antonio Acosta pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and two related charges regarding the July 29, 2019, shooting of 19-year-old Nicholas J. Mill...
Sep. 11, 2020
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