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ALERT! In observance of the holiday: County of Berks offices and buildings will close to the public from 12 PM, December 24, 2024, through December 25, 2024 (reopening 8 AM, December 26, 2024) and 12 PM, December 31, 2024, through January 1, 2025 (reopening 8 AM, January 2, 2025).

Please note – 24/7 operations at the county courthouse and services center will remain operational.

Berks County Sheriff's Department History

Berks County Sheriff's Department History



Name of Sheriff

Years Served

Name of Sheriff

Years Served

Benjamin Lightfoot1752-1754Alfred C. Kemp1878-1880
William Boone1755-1756Levi M. Gerhart1881-1883
Thomas Lincoln1757-1758George D. Boyer1884-1886
Jacob Weaver1759-1760George B. Schaeffer1887-1889
Henry Christ1761-1762Elias Beckey1890-1892
Jacob Weaver1763-1764George Fahrenbach1893-1895
Jasper Scull1765-1767Frank Schmeck1896-1898
Jacob Shomaker1768-1770Frank Brobst1899-1903
George Nagle1771-1773Albert F. Mogel1903-1905
Henry Vanderslice1774-1776Jacob Sassaman1905-1907
Daniel Levan1777-1779John C. Bradley1907-1911
Henry Hoffa1780-1781Thomas G. Werley1912-1916
Phillip Kraemer1782-1784James J. Merkel1916-1920
Peter Philbert1785-1787Edward R. Deem1920-1924
Jacob Bower1788-1790John S. Esterly1924-1928
Peter Frailey1794-1796Victor Goodhart1928-1931
John Christ1797-1799Harry Schlappig1932-1935
Nicholas Dick1800-1802John C. Cook1936-1939
John Spycker1803-1805Walter B. Ravel1940-1943
Conrad Feger1806-1808Joseph R. Dickinson1944-1947
George Marx1809-1811Frank E. Wert1948-1951
Daniel Kerper1812-1814Roy Schweitzer1952-1955
Peter Aurand1815-1817Harold A. Yetzer1956-1963
John Miller1818-1820Reese L. Davis1964-1967
Henry Betz1821-1823*Harold A. Yetzer1968-1975
Daniel Kerper1824-1826John H. Kramer1976-1996
John Bickel1827-1829Barry Jozwiak1996-2008
James Sillyman1830-1832Eric Weaknecht2008-2024
Henry Bowman1833-1835Mandy Miller2024-
George Fox1836-1838

Henry Binkley1838-1841

Daniel Esterly1841-1844

George Gernant1844-1847

John Schroeder1847-1850

John Potteiger1850-1853

Henry Manderbach1856-1859

Jeremiah D. Bitting1859-1862

John Manderbach1856-1856

Abraham R. Koenig1862-1865

Tobias Barto1865-1868

William B. Albright1868-1871

Evan Mishler1871-1874

George R. Yorgey1875-1877