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DA: Jury Finds Chester County Man Guilty But Mentally Ill In Strangulation Death Of Woman, 64
A jury found an Oxford man guilty but mentally ill of first-degree murder and strangulation after a 64-year-old woman was found strangled in the home she shared with him in 2018, authorities said. Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) and Oxford police were called to a home on Brick Road in East Nottingham Township on Dec. 29, 2018, for the report of an unresponsive female in the bathroom, according to the Chester County District Attorney's office. When officers arrived, Daniel Proffitt, 47, was outside the home and claimed that the victim had attacked him with a butcher knife so h…
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West Chester Teacher 'Groomed' 17-Year-Old Student Into Sexual Relationship, DA Says
A 40-year-old West Chester teacher was arrested on accusations he groomed a 17-year-old student into a sexual relationship in 2019, authorities announced. On June 26, 2021, the now 19-year-old victim reported to West Goshen police that she had been in a sexual relationship with Seth Reich, of Downingtown, her acting teacher, when she was 17 and a student at Pennsylvania Leadership Charter School Center for Performing and Fine Arts (PLCS) in West Chester, according to the Chester County District Attorney's office. She was in his acting class working on a play when they ex…
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Philly Man Found Guilty Of Robbery, Burglary In 2019 West Chester Home Invasion
A Philadelphia man was found guilty of robbery and burglary for a 2019 home invasion in West Chester, in which he also shot one of the occupants, authorities said. West Chester police were called to a home on Matlack Street on Sept. 14, 2019, on a report of a man with a gun, according to the Chester County District Attorney's office. Shacube Young, 31, had broken into the home demanding drugs and money from the four occupants, authorities said. He ended up shooting one of the occupants. Then, finding no drugs, he fled with money he stole from the victims, authorities said. Police apprehe…
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1 Dead, Gunman At Large In Chester County Shooting
The gunman who killed a man in an early-morning Chester County shooting remained at large as of Tuesday night, authorities said. Troopers form the Pennsylvania State Police, Embreeville Barracks were dispatched to the 1900 block of Valley Drive in Sadsbury Township around 2 a.m. Tuesday on reports of a shooting, Trooper Kevin Kochka said. There, they found one man -- who had been shot several times -- lifeless, Kochka said. The gunman fled the scene. The public was not in danger. This investigation is being conducted by the Pennsylvania State Police, Troop J Major Case Team, with th…
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21-Year-Old Man Caught On Video Sexually Assaulting Woman In West Chester Bar, Authorities Say
A Chester County man was charged after he was caught on video surveillance allegedly sexually assaulting a 24-year-old woman in a West Chester bar last year during his 21st birthday party, authorities said. One of the friends of Joseph Allen V invited the woman to play shuffleboard with their group on July 25, 2020, at Jake's Bar on South Matlack Street, according to the Chester County District Attorney's office. The woman was paired with Allen. While playing the game, Allen sexually assaulted her, the DA's office said. Despite the woman moving away from Allen, and telling him not to touch…
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DA: Disbarred ChesCo Attorney Failed To Transfer $990K In Required Funds To Divorcing Couple
A disbarred Chester County attorney was arrested on accusations he failed to make required transfers of more than $990,000 in proceeds from the sale of a divorcing couple's house, authorities said. The allegations stem from August 2018, when a couple in the process of divorcing agreed that the proceeds from the sale of their house would be held in an interest-bearing account controlled by Schindler Law Group LLC., Thomas K. Schindler's law practice that represented one of the complainants, according to the Chester County District Attorney's office. When the house was sold in March 2020…
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DA: Pennsylvania State Police Corporal Covered Up DUI Arrest Of Another Trooper's Father
A veteran Pennsylvania State Police corporal was arrested on accusations she tried to cover up a DUI arrest involving the father of another trooper, authorities said Friday. Jennifer Ruhl, 50 of West Chester, was arrested on charges of obstructing administration of law, unsworn falsification, tampering with public records or information, and hindering apprehension or prosecution, according to the Chester County District Attorney's office. Ruhl was the patrol unit supervisor the night of Nov. 26, 2019, when a pair of troopers stopped a car for erratic driving in Lower Oxford Townsh…
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DA: Chester County Gymnastics Coach Busted With Child Porn Images Dating Back 17 Years
A Chester County girls gymnastics coach was arrested on 200 hundred counts of the sexual abuse of children after investigators found child pornography dating back 17 years on his personal computer, authorities announced Thursday. Authorities ignited an investigation on March 11 after county detectives received information from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) that an internet service provider had flagged several email addresses for uploading images of child pornography, according to the Chester County District Attorney's office. …
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Florida Man Was DUI In 2019 Killing Of 25-Year-Old Chester County Woman, DA Says
A Florida native is facing a prison sentence for driving under the influence when he struck and killed a 25-year-old Chester County woman in 2019, authorities announced Tuesday. A victim reported to PA State Police on Nov. 19, 2019, that they had been struck by a driver in a neon green Camaro, who quickly fled the scene in Warwick Township, according to the Chester County District Attorney's office. The driver -- later determined to be Robbie Wharton IV, 27, of Freeport, FL -- also struck a car head-on minutes later, the DA's office said. When police arrived on the scene, a good samar…
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DA: PA Man Convicted After Photos, Videos Show Him With Gun, Drugs Seized At West Goshen Hotel
A Pennsylvania man was convicted after photos and videos showed him with a gun and drugs that were found in a West Goshen hotel room in 2019, authorities announced Tuesday. West Goshen police arrived at the Microtel Inn & Suites in response to a 911 call from a man who said there were several people with guns banging on his door on Dec. 6, 2019, according to the Chester County District Attorney's office. Timothy Shoates, 39, of Bellefonte (Centre County), and an acquaintance told arriving officers that people with guns had been following them and were banging on the door, the DA's …
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DA: Royersford Man Apprehended In VA After Stabbing Ex-GF While 7-Year-Old, 3-Year-Old Watched
A Royersford man was captured in Virginia after he allegedly stabbed his 33-year-old ex-girlfriend to death while her 7-year-old daughter and 3-year-old son watched the brutal murder, authorities said. Deborah Brandao and her children were outside of her Pawling Road residence when her ex-boyfriend, Danelo Cavalcante, 31, arrived and grabbed her hair, yanking her to the ground on Sunday in Schuylkill Township, according to the Chester County District Attorney's office. Cavalcante then allegedly pulled two knives from his bag, threatening to kill Brandao, to which he then got on to…
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Avondale Man Arrested For Selling $22K Worth Of Meth, DA Says
An Avondale man was arrested last week for reportedly selling $22,000 worth of methamphetamine, authorities said. Darinel Lucas-Gomez, 28, sold methamphetamine on two occasions, an eighth of an ounce on March 29 and six and a half ounces on March 30, according to the Chester County District Attorney’s office. When authorities arrested him in his Avondale apartment on March 30, they discovered an additional 11 ounces in his possession and $3,000 in cash, the DA's office said. Authorities valued the drugs at $22,000. Lucas-Gomez is a Guatemalan national who, when arrested, was wea…
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