Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced Wednesday that Douglas Litwhiler, 40, of Columbia County, will face more than 20 felony charges stemming from allegations that he improperly accessed the Pennsylvania Justice Network (JNET) system after being terminated as an East Union Township police officer.
According to the Office of Attorney General, testimony presented during a preliminary hearing this week in Schuylkill County resulted in a district judge ordering Litwhiler to stand trial on 21 felony counts of unlawful use of a computer. He is also charged with misdemeanor counts of stalking and official oppression, along with summary offenses.
Authorities allege that Litwhiler repeatedly used the secure law enforcement database to conduct searches involving his estranged wife, her boyfriend, and a contractor who was building his wife's new home. Investigators said 21 unauthorized searches were performed.
Attorney General Sunday said the alleged actions represented an abuse of access to sensitive law enforcement information.
"The privacy and protection of sensitive law enforcement information is taken very seriously, and this defendant abused his access to track people in his personal life," Sunday said.
The charges, which were initially filed in April, also allege that Litwhiler stalked a man his wife was dating in 2025. Prosecutors claim that after obtaining the man's information through JNET, Litwhiler drove past the man's residence at various hours and followed him in public on multiple occasions.
Litwhiler remains free on $25,000 bail.
Senior Deputy Attorney General Katherine McDermott is prosecuting the case.
Original story when charges were filed:
https://www.skooknews.com/2026/04/former-schuylkill-county-police-officer.html
https://www.skooknews.com/2026/04/former-schuylkill-county-police-officer.html