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Chester County Detectives
Kennett Square-Landenberg, PA
Police & Fire
69-Year-Old Man Killed During Attempted Carjacking In Kennett Township: DA
A 69-year-old man was stabbed to death during an attempted carjacking in Kennett Township, Chester County prosecutors announced on Monday, Aug. 11. Javier Rivera, 33, of Kennett Square, was arrested in the early morning hours and charged with First Degree Murder and related offenses, according to the Chester County District Attorney’s Office. He is being held without bail at Chester County Prison. The charges stem from the evening of Sunday, Aug. 10, when Rivera allegedly tried to steal a BMW parked in a driveway. The car’s owner confronted Rivera, and the two argued before the victim chase…
Coatesville-Caln, PA
News
'Ambush-Style' Backyard Stabbing Leaves Alex Camacho Dead In Coatesville, Five Charged: DA
Young men and a teen allegedly hunted, beat, and stabbed the victim in a backyard. One suspect is still on the run. A group of young men and a teenager are facing murder charges after a brutal ambush-style attack that left Alex Camacho dead in Coatesville, Chester County authorities announced on Wednesday, July 9. Camacho was fatally stabbed behind a home on Virginia Avenue on Saturday, June 29, the Chester County District Attorney's Office said. Dorreon Miller, 20; Hyovannie Gonzalez-Declet, 19; Marcus Culclasure, 21; Joseph Lancella, 19; and Shirron Jones-Allen, 17, are all facing Murder…
West Chester, PA
News
Gunfire Erupts As Police Serve Mental Health Warrant In West Chester, DA Says Force Justified
An armed West Chester resident fired on police during a mental health warrant service, prompting an officer to shoot back — and on Wednesday, May 28 the Chester County District Attorney announced that officer’s use of force was justified. The shocking confrontation unfolded at an apartment on the 50th Block of South Church Street in West Chester Borough on Sunday, April 13, 2025, around 2:50 p.m., officials said. Police knocked and announced themselves while serving a warrant for a mental health commitment. The occupant briefly opened the door, then retreated inside. As one officer tripped …
West Chester, PA
Police & Fire
Chesco Man Caught With Child Sex Abuse Material After Shocking Online Investigation: PSP
A Chester County man is behind bars after investigators say they uncovered disturbing child sex abuse material linked to his online activity, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Wednesday, April 23. Myles McKim-Cozart, 23, of East Nottingham Township, was arrested by Troop J, Avondale Station, following a deep-dive Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) investigation, according to the release. Troopers allege McKim-Cozart possessed graphic child sexual abuse material and used digital communication tools to commit the crimes. He was charged with: Felony Sexual Abuse of Children – Ch…
West Chester, PA
News
Dentist Who Fondled Patient During Emergency Visit Pleads Guilty: Chester County DA
A dentist accused of fondling a patient during an emergency dental visit has pleaded guilty, Chester County authorities announced on Friday, April 11. James Godorecci, 56, of Wayne, entered a guilty plea to Simple Assault by Physical Menace and was sentenced to two years' probation, according to the Chester County District Attorney’s Office. The charges stem from an emergency appointment on Wednesday, Jan. 3 at Main Line Dental Aesthetics in Paoli, where Godorecci had been treating the woman for Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction (TMJ), officials said. The treatment involved "massage thera…
West Chester, PA
News
West Chester Man Who Raped Girl Starting At 5-Years-Old Gets 'De Facto Life Sentence': DA
A West Chester man who sexually abused a child for nearly a decade has been sentenced to 40–80 years in prison, the Chester County District Attorney’s Office announced on Tuesday, Jan. 10. Lucino Ochoa-Mena, 41, began sexually abusing the victim when she was 5 years old and continued until she was 14, evidence presented at trial revealed. In June 2024, he was convicted of 14 criminal offenses, including two counts of rape of a child, following a four-day trial before Judge Patrick Carmody. “This dangerous predator received a de facto life sentence thanks to the courage of a child and great …
West Chester, PA
News
Florida Man Traveled To Pennsylvania To Rape Child In Sting Operation: DA
A Florida man is behind bars after attempting to pay $300 to sexually assault a child in Chester County, the district attorney’s office announced on Tuesday, Dec. 3. **WARNING THE FOLLOWING DETAILS ARE DISTURBING** James Richards, 53, of Satellite Beach, Florida, was arrested on Nov. 30, 2024, as part of a sting operation by Chester County detectives. Authorities said Richards believed he was meeting a 9-year-old child and brought $300, lubrication jelly, and Skittles candy to a prearranged location where he was taken into custody. Richards is charged with Attempted Rape of a Child, Traffic…
Coatesville-Caln, PA
Schools
Two More Arrested In PA School Bus Shooting: DA
Two more people have been arrested for shooting at a school bus full of students in Coatesville, Chester County officials announced on Sunday, Nov. 10. Jaki White-Marshall, 17, of Coatesville, was arrested and is set to be charged as an adult for allegedly firing at a bus full of high school students, the Chester County District Attorney revealed on Friday, Oct. 11, the day following the incident, as Daily Voice previously reported. Two additional individuals, Gabriel Johnson, 17, and Jose Medina, 20, both of Coatesville, have since been arrested in connection with the shooting, officials a…
Conshohocken-Plymouth Meeting, PA
News
Investigation Into PA Woman Fatally Stabbed 20X Goes Inactive: DA
The investigation into the brutal stabbing death of Ellen Greenberg is being placed into inactive status on Friday, Nov. 8, according to the Chester County District Attorney's Office. Greenberg was found on the kitchen floor of her Philadelphia apartment with 20 stab wounds — 10 to the back of her neck alone — on Jan. 26, 2011, according to previous reporting by Daily Voice. She was 27 years old at the time of her death. While the city's medical examiner initially ruled the teacher and Harrisburg native's death a homicide, he later changed to it suicide, as we reported. In, 2022, attor…
Coatesville-Caln, PA
News
2 More Men Arrest For Shooting At Wawa Over Garbage Bag Full Of Marijuana: Chester DA
Two more men have been arrested following a fight-turned-shooting over a garbage bag full of marijuana at a Wawa parking lot, the Chester County District Attorney’s Office and the West Goshen Police Department announced on Thursday, Oct. 31. Zubair Bethea, 20, and Omar Beard, 31, both of Chester, Pennsylvania, were arrested on Monday, Oct. 28 in Delaware County, according to the updated release. Their arrests following those of Frank Johnson, 21, of Coatesville, and Zahir Scott, 18, of Wilmington, Delaware, all in connection with the shooting in the 700 block…
West Chester, PA
News
PA Snapchat User Shares Child Porn —
Again
, DA Says
A Pennsylvania man is accused of using Snapchat to "connect with juveniles to engage the children in sexually explicit communications and to solicit them for sexually explicit images and videos," The Chester County District Attorney’s Office and the Chester County Detectives announced on Wednesday, Oct. 30. Malcolm Kenyon, 25, of West Chester, has been charged for possessing, collecting, and soliciting sexually explicit images and videos from minors over the internet, the DA detailed in the release. His preliminary arraignment was held before Magisterial Dist…
West Chester, PA
News
West Chester Father-Son Hunters Poached 50+ Deer, Game Commission Says
A Chester County father and his two adult sons were charged for poaching "dozens upon dozens" of trophy bucks, according to authorities. Carl Nelson III, 70, of West Chester, and his sons Carroll Nelson IV, 44, of Downingtown, and Mark Nelson, 40, of West Chester, are facing a total of 71 charges stemming from a multi-year investigation, the Pennsylvania Game Commission said. The investigation began following a tip about poaching of large whitetail bucks from Chester and Delaware counties over the span of years, according to the game commission. This involved deer that were taken out of sea…
Oxford-Nottingham, PA
News
US Army Researcher From Pennsylvania Sexually Abused 7 Children:
Usdoj
A US Army researcher from Chester County is accused of sexually abusing seven young children including recording them on the toilet, authorities said. Jason James Cain, 49, of Oxford, has been charged with seven counts of manufacture and attempted manufacture of child pornography, and two counts of possession of child pornography, according to United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero. The charges arise out of Cain’s alleged sexual abuse and exploitation of seven minor children in his care over more than 3½ years, including exposing himself to the children, touching both himself and …
West Chester, PA
Police & Fire
Police Name Victim In Deadly Coatesville Shooting
One man was killed and another hospitalized after gunfire rang out in Coatesville on Wednesday, March 27, authorities say. In a release, police said the shooting happened near Oak and Fulton streets around 2 p.m. Twenty-eight-year-old Drevon M. Echols of Coatesville was found dead in the roadway from "apparent gunshot wounds," authorities wrote. Shortly after, police were called about a second gunshot victim near 1st Avenue and Martin Luther King Boulevard. The 23-year-old man was taken by ambulance to Paoli Hospital, CPD said. Investigators believe he "was connected…
West Chester, PA
Police & Fire
Man Charged For Sex Acts With Child After Parkesburg Police Raid: Authorities
An Atglen man is charged with multiple felonies including corruption of minors after police raided a borough apartment on Wednesday, March 6, authorities say. Parkesburg police, West Fallowfield police, and Chester County detectives with the Drug and Organized Crime Unit executed multiple search warrants at the Glenbrook Apartment complex, 463 Main St., officials said in a release. Zaire Wise-McFarlin, 19, was charged with disseminating a photo or film of child sex acts, possession of drugs with intent to distribute, criminal use of a communications faci…
West Chester, PA
News
Homicide
: Six Charged, Including Minor, In Coatesville Man's Slaying, DA
Six people — including a child, have been charged in connection with the killing of a Coatesville man, the Chester County Attorney’s Office and Coatesville City Police Department jointly announced on Friday, Jan. 19. Dametirus "Meechie" McClain-Jackson, 20 of Coatesville was found shot in the area of Madison Street and Lime Street on August 23, 2023. He was taken to Paoli Hospital where he was pronounced dead, and autopsy later determined the cause to be a gunshot wound to the torso and the manner was a homicide, as detailed in the joint DA and police rele…
West Chester, PA
Police & Fire
Man Found Shot To Death On Eastern Pennsylvania Porch ID'd: Police
A man has been identified after being found shot dead outside a home in Chester County on Friday, Oct. 20, authorities announced on Saturday. Lawrence Hurd, 41, was shot multiple times and left for dead on the porch of a home located at 139 Rosemont Avenue in Coatesville, the police said. The shooting happened approximately 20 minutes before midnight, the police explained. When Medics arrived at the scene, Hurd was pronounced dead. The investigation is ongoing and anyone with information is asked to call the City of Coatesville Police Department at 610-384-2300 or the Ch…
West Chester, PA
Police & Fire
Murder Suspect On The Loose In Chester County: DA
The man accused of killing a Chester County dad in an "execution-style" murder caught on video is still at large, authorities warn. Quinzell Chucky Mickey of Spring City, 41, is wanted for homicide, robbery, and illegal firearm possession, District Attorney Deb Ryan's Office said in a release. Investigators have previously claimed that Mickey gunned down 32-year-old William Stafford outside the Park Springs Apartment Community in East Vincent Township in the early morning hours on Saturday, April 15. Surveillance video shows that Mickey and Stafford arrived at the complex …
West Chester, PA
Police & Fire
Lincoln University Shooting Injures Two; Gunman Still At Large
Two women were injured by a single gunshot fired during Lincoln University's Spring Fling event on Saturday night, and police don't know who pulled the trigger. It happened on the second floor of the University's LLC building in Lower Oxford Township, said Chester County District Attorney Deb Ryan in a release. One victim was sitting on a bench in a hallway and another standing nearby when witnesses reported hearing a single shot, causing the crowd to flee, officials said. Victim number one was struck in the left ankle, and the bullet was still lodged there as of Sun…
West Chester, PA
Police & Fire
'Execution-Style Murder' Caught On Video In Chesco, DA Says
Authorities in Chester County say a Spring City dad was killed "execution-style" early Saturday morning, and claim that surveillance footage from the scene has identified the man who pulled the trigger. Police in East Vincent Township were called to the Park Springs Apartment Community at about 2:30 a.m. on April 15 to find 33-year-old William Stafford dead in the street from multiple gunshot wounds, said District Attorney Deb Ryan in a release. The victim was laying near a white Ford Taurus, officials noted. When investigators pulled surveillance tapes, they sa…
West Chester, PA
Police & Fire
Greedy PA Workers Paid Off Student Loans, Took Trips To Jersey Shore On Doctor's Dime: DA
Trips to the Jersey Shore, student loan payments and gifts to their boyfriends. Two employers of a West Chester doctor sneakily stole $450,000 of his money to do just that and more, but not before trying to sell one of the doctor's $1 million properties without his permission, according to authorities in Chester County. Mikayla Zeigler, 22, of West Chester, and Danielle King, 25, of Chadds Ford, "engaged in a cunning scheme to steal from their boss and spent it lavishly on themselves," District Attorney Deb Ryan said. "They used the money to pay their rent, student loans, and credit card d…
West Chester, PA
Police & Fire
Man Standing On Back Porch Ambushed By Gunmen, Caln Police Say
Authorities in Caln Township are investigating after a resident was attacked by masked gunmen while standing on his own back patio. It happened at a unit on the 2000 block of Crest Drive at the Hillside Apartments early on Sunday, March 19, township police said in a statement. The victim, a 43-year-old man, was out on his back porch when he was approached by two men at about 10:15 a.m., authorities said. The gunmen opened fire, striking the victim multiple times before fleeing the area, according to police. The 43-year-old was treated at Paoli Hospital for wounds tha…
West Chester, PA
Police & Fire
Police Shoot Suspected Car Thief After Chester County Chase: DA
Police in Caln Township shot and wounded a suspect following a brief pursuit into a residential neighborhood early on Wednesday, authorities say. Officers were contacted about a stolen car in the parking lot of a Downingtown Wawa just before 2 a.m. on Feb. 22, District Attorney Deb Ryan's office said following a preliminary investigation. "Later, the suspect who had been driving the stolen vehicle stole another car that was parked at the Wawa," the DA wrote. Police began to pursue the car after the driver refused to pull over, officials said. The chase took officers …
West Chester, PA
Schools
Violent Threats Place Chester County School On Lockdown
For the second time in as many weeks, Coatesville Area High School was the subject of violent threats on Thursday and Friday, Oct. 13 and 14, authorities have announced. In a release from the Chester County District Attorney's Office, officials said classes were suspended Friday after threats were made on the anonymous tip-sharing app Safe2Say. The closure came just hours after police canine teams searched the school for weapons on Thursday, following up on a separate threat made on the same app. No weapons were recovered in the Thursday search, and students were dismissed. …
West Chester, PA
Police & Fire
Coach At PA Christian Youth Center Accused Of Raping Teen, Soliciting Sex, Nudes From Minors
A basketball coach at a Christian youth center in Pennsylvania was arrested after he allegedly raped a teenager and solicited sex and nude photos from other minors, authorities said. Ameer Sutton-Best, 31, of Parkesburg, who volunteered at the Parkesburg Point Youth Center this summer, has been charged with rape, sexual abuse of children, corruption of minors, and related offenses, according to the Chester County District Attorney's Office. An investigation into Sutton-Best began on Aug. 10, when the faith-based center contacted Parkesburg police, accusing him of having "sexual co…
West Chester, PA
Police & Fire
Horrifying New Details Released In Holiday Weekend Double PA Murder
More details have been released in the Memorial Day Weekend double murder in Chester County. Mamadou Kallie, 23, took his 22-month-old child out of the Toyota Corolla after killing the boy's mother and a woman who was five months pregnant Sunday, May 29, Coatesville, Chester County DA Deb Ryan said. Kallie gave the baby to relatives then carjacked someone he knew before leading police on a pursuit in a bloodied shirt just before 11 p.m. He was found holding a gun to his head before being arrested in Valley Township, and later charged with murder in the deaths of Tiara Rodrigu…
West Chester, PA
Police & Fire
PA Man Kills 2 Women, Unborn Baby Half Hour After Police Respond To Domestic Call
UPDATE: Slayings Of Young Moms At Hands Of 'Monster' Leave Suburban Philly Communities Reeling A 23-year-old Chester County man shot and killed two women, one of whom was pregnant, while a child was in the vehicle and then carjacked a victim, leading police on a brief pursuit, authorities said. Coatesville police responded to a Mount Pleasant Street home and cleared the scene just thirty minutes Mamadou Kallie shot the women around 9:40 p.m. Sunday, May 29 in Valley Township, Chester County DA Deb Ryan said. The victims were found with multiple gunshot wounds in a car with a 22-month-old …
West Chester, PA
News
Missing Pennsylvania Man Possibly In South Jersey: Police
A man reported missing Thursday in Pennsylvania may be in South Jersey, authorities said. Anthony Robert Sarmento, 31, was last seen on Jan. 10, according to the West Goshen Police Department and Chester County Detectives. His gray 2020 Kia Forte on Jan. 26 was discovered in a remote area of Lower Alloways Creek Township (Salem County) NJ, authorities said. The car had been damaged, apparently, from striking a guardrail, police said. NJ authorities believe Sarmento has been in the area of lower Alloways Creek Township, Quinton Township, and Alloway Township. Anyone with information is as…
West Chester, PA
Police & Fire
Man Shoots GF, Her Son, Then Himself In Lower Oxford: State Police
UPDATE: Authorities have released new information about a harrowing double murder-suicide that occurred this week in Chester County. Kimberly Harris, 53, and her son, Jordan Foster, 22, were identified as the two victims who were found fatally shot at a home in the 300 block of Ashmun Avenue in Lower Oxford Township on Wednesday, according to Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Kevin Kochka. The murder suspect, Timothy Harris, 40, is also dead after fleeing the crime scene and turning the gun on himself after crashing his car twice, Kochka said. The exact time of the homicide is being invest…
West Chester, PA
Police & Fire
Man Shoots GF, Her Son, Then Turns Gun On Self In Triple Deadly Lower Oxford Shooting
UPDATE: Authorities have released new information about a harrowing double murder-suicide that occurred this week in Chester County. Kimberly Harris, 53, and her son, Jordan Foster, 22, were identified as the two victims who were found fatally shot at a home in the 300 block of Ashmun Avenue in Lower Oxford Township on Wednesday, according to Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Kevin Kochka. The murder suspect, Timothy Harris, 40, is also dead after fleeing the crime scene and turning the gun on himself after crashing his car twice, Kochka said. The exact time of the homicide is being invest…
West Chester, PA
Police & Fire
Teen Charged With Attempted Murder In Double Oxford Stabbing, Police Say
A 17-year-old boy was charged as an adult with attempted murder after stabbing two people in the abdomen Saturday afternoon in Oxford, police said. The victims were rushed to a local hospital for emergency surgery after being found behind the 300 block of Market Street around 3:30 p.m., authorities said. The teen was arrested around 8 p.m. and was charged as an adult with two counts of attempted murder and 12 other offenses, authorities said. He was taken to Chester County Prison for arraignment. The victims' condition was not immediately clear. The OPD was assisted by Station 21 Amb…
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