Author Archives: Rick Lee

About Rick Lee

Rick Lee is a veteran courthouse reporter for the York Daily Record/Sunday News. Contact him at rlee@ydr.com or call 495-1782.

Motorcycle poker run fundraiser for Keri Keuerleber and Angela Allison

The 1st Pennsylvania Chapter of the Defenders Law Enforcement Motorcycle Club is holding a fundraising poker run for Keri Keuerleber, daughter of York County Sheriff Rich Keuerleber, and Angela Allison, daughter of Lt. Dave Allison. Both young women are battling … Continue reading

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Who does Steve Chronister owe money to?

In a supplemental decision filed Tuesday in York County court, Senior Judge Eugene E. Fike II listed the condominium owners who York County President Commissioner Steve Chronister, in his Equine Meadows Associates, L.P., owes money to. Fike ordered Chronister and … Continue reading

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Son-of-a-reporter. He won.

My Temple student son, Joe Lee, picked up two film awards at the Diamond Screen Film Festival on May 8. His documentary — The Witmans, A Portrait — a look at the lives of Ron and Sue Witman, the parents … Continue reading

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Law Day 2013

United Way of York County executive director Robert Woods is the 2013 Liberty Bell Award winner. The award, presented by the local bar association and foundation, honors a non-attorney volunteer in the York community who has encouraged others to respect … Continue reading

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Son-of-a-reporter — The Witmans, a documentary.

  My son, Joe, grew up with the Zachary Witman case. I started writing about the case shortly after 13-year-old Gregory Witman was so gruesomely murdered in the laundry room of his parents’ New Freedom home on Oct. 2, 1998. Joe … Continue reading

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In tepid water with the state police

A recent headline topping one of my stories read: Trooper admits lying to rape suspect. My boss got a call from Lt. Fred Hess, station commander for the Pennsylvania State Police barracks in Loganville. He wasn’t happy, she said. During … Continue reading

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Sheriff’s daughter needs your help

I’ve known Sheriff Rich Keuerleber since he was a skinny deputy. He has never struck me as a man who asks for help. But, Kerilee, the daughter of the sheriff and Kristi Keuerleber, secretary for Judge Penny L. Blackwell, needs … Continue reading

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Here’s a charge that was harsher on the innocent child than the dead beat dad.

  An elderly man now living in Georgia, who clearly spent some time in York County as a young man, recently filed a petition in Common Pleas Court to expunge his criminal record here.   The charge? Neglect … Continue reading

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Live coverage of the Robert Duvall rape trial

Robert Lee Duvall, 67, of the 2900 block of Seven Valleys Road in Codorus Township, is accused of having sex with a woman with a mental disability between January 2005 and September 2011. She is now 28 years old.

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Two familiar faces returning to York County court 

And, I’m sorry I don’t have pictures of them to prove it.  Paul Crouse, the York County District Attorney’s Office administrator for 12 years for former DA Stan Rebert, is said to be returning to York County court as … Continue reading

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