News & Updates
Judge accepts Chardo's recommendation that Bernard Williams be resentenced to life imprisonment
Teen killer resentenced to life in prison for 1988 slaying of state representative The life sentence of a teen who beat a state representative to death with a ball-peen hammer w...
Justice achieved in Andre Parker murder
Harrisburg teens convicted, face life in prison for robbery/murder of 19-year-old Posted May 25, 2017 A Dauphin County courtroom was dead silent Thursday afternoon as a jury con...
District Attorney Chardo obtains stiff sentence for drugged driver who caused death of Fire Lieutenant responding to fatal fire
'More than just tragic:' Emotions raw as drugged driver gets prison for killing Lt. Denny DeVoe Khanyae Kendall used PCP almost every day. She was high on the drug the night of ...
DA Fran Chardo give awards to police and citizens who give extraordinary service to the community
'Excellence in our midst:' DA honors cops, prosecutor and citizens for crime fighting District Attorney Fran Chardo told the crowd gathered in the Dauphin County Courthouse lobb...
Death sentences for Wholaver affirmed
Appeal denied for man who killed wife, daughters before sex assault hearing Despite raising more than 20 arguments, most involving claims his lawyers were ineffective, convicted...
Jamat Manzoor convicted of arson in connection with fire that injured firefighter
Landlord convicted of arson, faces prison term for blaze that injured firefighter A Dauphin County prosecutor said Friday that he will seek a state prison sentence for a man fre...
Shawn McCoy gets 28 to 60 years in connection with shooting at police/armed robbery
Harrisburg man gets 28 to 60 years in prison for shooting at cop during car chase Dauphin County Judge Scott A. Evans slapped 22-year-old Shawn McCoy with that penalty Wednesday...
Ex-Dauphin County GOP chair William Trickett Smith Sr. headed back to prison in arson case
Guilty plea in William T. Smith arson case An East Shore lawyer and former political power-broker who once chaired the Dauphin County Republican Party is headed back to prison a...
Emmanuel Nzambi sentenced to 20 to 40 years for Dauphin County shooting, faces murder trial in Cumberland County
Sentencing for attempted murder in Emmanuel Nzambi case A Dauphin County judge this morning sentenced Emmanuel Nzambi, 41, to 20 to 40 years in state prison for shooting and wou...
Betty Lou Scott found guilty but mentally ill in slaying of her daughter
Jury rejects defense claim that she was legally insane at time of murder A Dauphin County jury this afternoon convicted Betty Lou Scott as being guilty but mentally ill of first...