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Lancaster County drug task force head accused of taking $200K in seized cash
HARRISBURG, Pa. - The fired head of Lancaster County's drug task force was charged Tuesday with stealing more than $200,000 in money seized or forfeited by court orders during drug investigations over a six-year period.State prosecutors filed charges against John E. Burkhart, 56, of theft and tampering with evidence and government records, as a grand jury alleged he had been "secretly pocketing money and diverting it to his own use."He was arraigned before a district judge in Lancaster on Tuesday afternoon, with bail set at $25,000, unsecured.