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Private Criminal Complaints
If you believe that you have been the victim of a crime you should immediately call your local police department. If the police inform you that they are unable to assist, you may be advised to file a private criminal complaint. To file a private criminal complaint, you must do the following:
- You must go to the District Court in the Township or Borough where the crime occurred. For a list of District Court information see this document: Delaware County, Pennsylvania Magisterial District Courts by Municipality.
- You must have the name and address of the person you are accusing of committing the crime against you. You should be prepared to put into writing your version of how the crime occurred. This includes the names and addresses of any witnesses.
- You must complete the Private Criminal Complaint paperwork, provided by the District Court Staff, you must take the paperwork to the Office of the District Attorney for approval.
- Once you arrive at the District Attorney’s Office an Assistant District Attorney will review the Private Criminal Complaint and assess whether a crime has been committed. If the reviewing Assistant District Attorney has approved the Private Criminal Complaint, you must go back to the same District Court and give the complaint to the District Court Staff.
- You will then receive notice of a Court date in mail.
Criminal Investigative Record Appeals
- A denial of a request for criminal investigative records may be appealed. An appeal of the denial must be in writing addressing the specific grounds for the denial, along with the original request, and must be filed with our Appeals Officer within 15 days from the notice of the denial.
- If a final determination is not made within 30 days of the Appeals Officer’s receipt of the notice of appeal, then the appeal is denied by operation of law. The final determination is an appealable order. Any appeal from a final determination must be made within 30 days and must be filed in the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County.
Appeals Officer
Douglas A. Rhoads
Deputy District Attorney
Office of the District Attorney
201 West Front Street
Media, PA 19063
OpenRecordsDAappeal@co.delaware.pa.us
Right to Know/Open Records
- All requests for public records must be in writing and mailed or emailed to our Open Records Officer, using the standard Pennsylvania Office of Open Records form, located here.
- Pennsylvania Office of Open Records
openrecords.pa.gov/Documents/RTKL/RTKRequestForm.pdf
Geoff Paine
201 West Front Street
Media, PA 19063
610-891-4241
paineg@co.delaware.pa.us
Please note this information is for records within the possession, custody or control of the District Attorney, open records requests for county records should be sent directly to the Delaware County Open Records Officer. Fees associated with photocopying and all other fees are set in accordance with the Fee Structure as outlined by the Pennsylvania Office of Open Records.
CHRIA
- The newly-amended CHRIA statute permits a crime victim or a defendant in a civil action in which the crime victim is a party to obtain criminal history investigative information for use in, or investigation of, an actual or potential civil action in the Commonwealth. The Delaware County District Attorney’s Office has created a document detailing the instructions for seeking such information.
- Please click here to download the instructions and application form.
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Submit a Tip
- 1-800-4-PA-TIPS (800-472-8477) (Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers)
