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Search For Fugitive Northeast Killer Now 'Nationwide' Manhunt, Police Say Search For Fugitive Northeast Killer Now 'Nationwide' Manhunt, Police Say
Search For Fugitive Northeast Killer Now 'Nationwide' Manhunt, Police Say Danelo Cavalcante has somehow slipped by the hundreds of law enforcement officers in Pennsylvania and neighboring states searching for him in the Longwood Gardens, and though authorities believe he is still in Pennsylvania, they are now describing the search as a "nationwide" manhunt.  The 34-year-old fugitive killer was captured on home surveillance footage on the porch of a residence in northern Chester County near Phoenixville, sometime late Saturday, Sept. 9, Pennsylvania State Police said. By Sunday morning, Sept. 10, troopers said they had received leads that Cavalcante was no longer…

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by Cecilia Levine and Mac Bullock
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BF Arrested After Woman Found Dead In Bloodstained Suburban Philly Home: DA BF Arrested After Woman Found Dead In Bloodstained Suburban Philly Home: DA
BF Arrested After Woman Found Dead In Bloodstained Suburban Philly Home: DA A 31-year-old man was in police custody after his 21-year-old girlfriend was found dead in their Suburban Philly home, authorities said. Leroy Brahm was arrested in the assault of Annabel Meenan, whose body was found on Dec. 4 in the Spring City house they shared, the Chester County District Attorney’s Office and East Vincent Township Police said. East Vincent Township police were called to the 800 block of Buttonwood Avenue on reports of a medical emergency where they found Meenan lying on the living room floor with wounds to her face, chest, arms, and legs, Ryan's office said. Brahm…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Man Shoots GF, Her Son, Then Himself In Lower Oxford: State Police Man Shoots GF, Her Son, Then Himself In Lower Oxford: State Police
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…

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by Nicole Acosta
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PA Man Raped Teen And Woman Did Nothing To Stop It, Authorities Say PA Man Raped Teen And Woman Did Nothing To Stop It, Authorities Say
PA Man Raped Teen And Woman Did Nothing To Stop It, Authorities Say A couple from Chester County.is at the center of a sexual abuse investigation involving a teen girl, authorities announced Tuesday. Jason Lawhun, 42, of Downingtown, was charged with multiple counts of rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, and related offenses, according to the Chester County District Attorney's Office. Elskamin Lawhun, 48, of Downingtown, was also arrested. She was charged with endangering the welfare of a child. An investigation began on Sept. 29 when officers were contacted by a school principal who said a 16-year-old student claimed Jason sexually abused her, a…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Former Pennsylvania Pastor Used $30K In Parish Funds For Personal Expenses, DA Says Former Pennsylvania Pastor Used $30K In Parish Funds For Personal Expenses, DA Says
Former Pennsylvania Pastor Used $30K In Parish Funds For Personal Expenses, DA Says A former Pennsylvania pastor admitted to stealing over $30,000 in parish funds, which he spent on a beach house on the New Jersey shore, and men with whom he had sexual relationships, authorities said. Monsignor Joseph McLoone, 58, was spared prison time and sentenced to five years of court supervision, the first nine months completed on electronic home confinement, restitution, and other conditions, according to the Chester County District Attorney's Office. McLoone, of Bryn Mawr, began his service as pastor at St. Joseph’s Church in Downingtown in 2011 after the removal of Msgr.…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Pennsylvania Teen Facing Decades Behind Bars For Classmate's Attempted Murder Pennsylvania Teen Facing Decades Behind Bars For Classmate's Attempted Murder
Pennsylvania Teen Facing Decades Behind Bars For Classmate's Attempted Murder A 17-year-old Montgomery County teen is facing decades behind bars for attempted murder after shooting his 15-year-old classmate during a slap box match at the Schuykill River that left the boy critically wounded, authorities said. Raul Castro was sentenced to 10 to 20 years in prison for the 2019 shooting of a 15-year old classmate after pleading guilty to attempted murder, possession of a firearm by a minor, and related offenses, according to the Chester County District Attorney's Office. Castro -- who was also 15 years-old at the time -- met two classmates with the intention of slap…

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by Nicole Acosta
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UPDATE: Authorities ID Family Of 4 Dead In Suburban Philly Murder Suicide UPDATE: Authorities ID Family Of 4 Dead In Suburban Philly Murder Suicide
Update: Authorities ID Family Of 4 Dead In Suburban Philly Murder Suicide Authorities have identified the family of four found dead in an apparent Chester County murder-suicide over the weekend. Relatives called police for a welfare check at the West Whiteland Township home on the 100 block of Mountainview Road around 12:30 p.m. Sunday, after they had been unable to reach the family for several days, according to local police and the Chester County District Attorney’s Office. The family members were found with gunshot wounds and identified in a Daily Local News report as: Deepak Prabakhar Kulkarni, 50 Arti Madhusudan Ayda, 47 Shubham Deepak Kulkarni, 15  S…

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by Nicole Acosta & Cecilia Levine