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Chesco Woman Sentenced For Stabbing Own Mom
A Downingtown woman who tried to kill her mother with a knife will spend the next 10 to 20 years in a prison cell, a Chester County judge has ruled. Alexis Wilson, 33, previously pleaded guilty to attempted murder in July, said District Attorney Deb Ryan in a statement Friday, Jan. 20. Police were called to Wilson and her mother's shared home on the 200 block of Highland Avenue on April 12, 2020, for a reported domestic disturbance, the DA said. Arriving officers were greeted by Wilson holding a "large silver knife" and saw her mother lying face down in a pool of her own blood o…
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Chesco Drug Dealer Learns His Fate
A Chester County drug dealer who sold fentanyl that caused a fatal overdose will spend years in prison, officials say. Kendall M Brown, 38, of Philadelphia was sentenced to 6 to 13 years behind bars for felony drug delivery resulting in death, Chester County District Attorney Deb Ryan said in a statement Wednesday, Nov. 9. Brown pleaded guilty to the charge, admitting to selling the fentanyl that killed a Chester County resident in 2021, state court records show.
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Philly Man Guilty In Chesco Home Invasion, DA Says
A Philadelphia man was convicted of invading a Chester County home, tying up its owner, and stealing his belongings, authorities have announced. Kareem Harper-El, 39, will be sentenced at an upcoming hearing, the Chester County District Attorney's Office said in a release on Monday, Oct. 24. Prosecutors said Harper-El, working together with Renada Myers of Coatesville, arranged to meet with the victim, an unnamed 40-year-old man, at his Pennsbury Township home for a date on Aug. 7, 2018. Instead of the planned rendezvous with Myers, Harper-El and a third, unidentified acc…
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PA Mom Had Mix Of Drugs In System Before Crash That Killed Her Child, Injured Others: DA
A Pennsylvania woman is charged with homicide by vehicle while DUI in a crash that killed her own child and injured two others in 2021, authorities announced on Wednesday, Oct. 19. Tricia Consul, 37, of Atglen, was driving under the influence of Oxycodone, Klonopin, and THC when her car struck a bridge abutment on the 4800 block of Strasburg Road in West Sadbsury Township on May 22, 2021, Chester County District Attorney Deb Ryan said. A witness to the crash told investigators that Consul was passing a tractor, but failed to straighten out after returning to the travel lane and st…
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Philly Area Man Found Guilty Of Beating Up Girlfriend In Street: DA
A Chester County man could spend years behind bars, after a court found him guilty of beating his girlfriend on the side of the road in 2021. Darrel Singletary, 55, of Coatesville, was convicted of simple assault and harassment, the Chester County District Attorney's Office announced Monday, Oct. 17. Prosecutors said an off-duty Coatesville police officer spotted Singletary punch his 59-year-old girlfriend in the face during an argument on the 700 block of East Lincoln Highway on Sept. 25, 2021. The officer said the victim stumbled backward and hit her head on a stone wal…
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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. …
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PA Dad Learns His Fate For Killing Infant Daughter With Anti-Psychotic Drug
A Pennsylvania dad was sentenced to 17 to 50 years in prison for killing his infant daughter with an anti-psychotic drug, authorities said. Jamal Bailey, 45, pleaded guilty in August 2021 to third-degree murder, aggravated assault, and endangering the welfare of a child, according to the Chester County District Attorney's Office. Bailey, of Downingtown, had been adding Quetiapine, also known as Seroquel, in his 10-month-old baby's formula bottle for several weeks before she died on April 26, 2017, prosecutors said. Seroquel, an anti-psychotic drug used to treat bipolar disorder a…
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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…
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: Brothers, Cousin Charged In 2020 Murder Of Suburban Philly Man
Three family members were arrested nearly two years after their alleged involvement in a staged robbery that claimed the life of a 73-year-old man in the Philadelphia suburbs, authorities said. Raheem Pinder, 46, of Pottstown, Dayon Pinder, 44, of West Chester, and Nathaniel Pinder, 49, of Philadelphia, – two brothers and a cousin – have been charged with murder, robbery, burglary, conspiracy, and related offenses in the 2020 death of Ira Solomon in Phoenixville, Chester County District Attorney Deb Ryan said. "The abundance of home security footage provided to investigators …
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PA Men Convicted Of Sex Trafficking Teenage Girls From Virginia, Maryland
Two men part of a teenage sex trafficking ring that was headquartered in the Philadelphia suburbs have been convicted, authorities said. A jury found 36-year-old Dimas Omar Hernandez, aka “Adonys,” of Malvern, and 27-year-old Franklin Rivera-Mendieta, aka “Mono,” of Downingtown, guilty on charges of trafficking minors, involuntary servitude, rape, kidnapping, and other related offenses, according to the Chester County District Attorney's Office. On May 28, 2020, a missing 14-year-old Maryland girl's Facebook message to her mother led multi-state authorities to her location, sparking an…
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PA Home Health Aide, Man With Dementia Found Dead In Apparent Murder-Suicide
A man and woman were found shot dead in what authorities believe to be an apparent murder-suicide in Chester County. First responders found a 65-year-old woman and an 87-year-old man dead from gunshot wounds inside his home on the 1000 block of Kaolin Road in Kennett Square around 5:45 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 6, according to the Chester County District Attorney's Office and the Kennett Township Police Department. A handgun was recovered at the scene and no one else was inside the home, authorities said. The man was being treated for dementia, and the woman was a home hea…
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Coatesville High School Stabbing Started Over Stolen Vape Cartridge: DA
A student wanted on attempted murder charges for a stabbing inside Coatesville Area Senior High School surrendered to police Tuesday night, authorities said. Oddell Cannon, 16, has been identified as the suspect who fled the school following the 7:30 a.m. incident that sent the unidentified victim to Paoli Hospital with stab wounds to the neck, shoulder, armpit, and lower back, according to the Chester County District Attorney's Office. The victim was later identified by family as 16-year-old Mickey Rayner Jr., 6abc reports. He was in stable condition as of Wednesday morning. The vict…
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