SpotCrime - The Public's Crime Map

SpotCrime is now mapping crime in Lancaster County, PA ! Lancaster County holds the city of Lancaster and is known to many as Pennsylvania Dutch Country. Be careful pronouncing the county and city name while in Lancaster - the locals will be able to tell you are from out of town if you pronounce Lancaster the usual American pronunciation of 'lan-kast-er' instead of the local way of 'lank-iss-ter'. Lancaster County is located in central PA near Harrisburg and York . It's population is over half a million people and holds Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pepperidge Farms, Dutch Wonderland, and the Corporate Headquarters of MapQuest Did you know that the southern boundary of Pennsylvania, encompassing Lancaster County, was in dispute for years with Maryland during the 1730s? In 1767 the current Pennsylvania-Maryland border was established by the Mason-Dixon line. SpotCrime also maps nearby cities like Harrisburg and York and is partnered with

In addition to providing the most accurate and up to date crime maps and reports daily, SpotCrime also features archived cases and reports on our maps pertaining to famous historical crimes. In this first addition of Spot Historical Crimes, we will investigate the Beltway Sniper Shootings of 2002. In October of 2002, Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia were terrorized by a series of sniper attacks. 17 people were murdered in the terror that ensued. The culprits, John Muhammad and Lee Malvo shot their victims at a distance from the trunk of their Blue 1990 Chevrolet Caprice with a .223 caliber rifle equipped with a red-dot sight at ranges of between 50 and over 100 yards. The culprits left tarot cards at some of their crime scenes, one of which can be seen below. The pair was arrested October 24, 2002, sleeping in their car at a Maryland rest stop. Malvo eventually testified against Muhammad and is serving life in prison. Muhammad is currently