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Lehigh County DA credits rapid investigations, task forces for drop in homicides and high clearance rates
Summary
District Attorney Gavin Holly told Emmaus residents the county has seen a drop in homicides and a combined 94% clearance rate for 2024 and 2025, attributing the change to rapid arrests and regional task forces that assist smaller municipalities.
Gavin Holly, the Lehigh County district attorney, told residents at an Emmaus community event that homicides in the county have declined over the past two years and that the office has recorded unusually high clearance rates.
"In 2024, in Lehigh County, the clearance rate was a 100%. In 2025, the clearance rate was 85%," Holly said, adding that the two years combined produced a 94% clearance rate. He said prompt arrests and concentrated investigative resources help reduce retaliation and future violence.
Holly laid out staffing and task-force capacity his office uses to pursue violent crime: 31 attorneys, roughly 33…
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