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Weather
Tornado Watch Shifts, Now Covers These Counties Across NJ, PA As Debby Creeps In
The National Weather Service has shifted its tornado watch across New Jersey and Pennsylvania as Hurricane Debby creeps in. In New Jersey, the tornado watch is in effect through 10 p.m. Friday, Aug. 9 and covers Bergen, Essex, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union and Warren counties in North Jersey. In Pennsylvania, the tornado watch is issued in Lehigh, Northampton, Carbon, Monroe, and Bucks counties. The tornado threat for South Jersey has diminished since the initial watch was issued early Friday morning, which has since been canceled. AccuWeather Th…
Weather
Tracking Hurricane Debby, Severe Storms Expected To Slam Northeast This Week
The Northeast is in for a wild week of weather. AccuWeather forecasters say episodes of drenching rain and heavy winds are working their way across the country and are expected to arrive in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Maryland on Tuesday, Aug. 6. AccuWeather The above AccuWeather map shows which part of the region will be most impacted by the storms arriving Tuesday afternoon and lasting into the evening. Those include the Pennsylvania-Maryland border, South Jersey, and the Philadelphia and Baltimore areas. Tuesday will be sunny and hot with a high of 90 before storms roll in,…
Police & Fire
NJ Man Convicted Of Sexually Touching Sleeping Student At PA University
A New Jersey man is guilty of touching a sleeping Pennsylvania college student in 2021, prosecutors say. Eric Jones, 24, of Newark, was convicted of indecent assault in a Chester County court, said the District Attorney's Office. Investigators said Jones was the boyfriend of one of the victim's roommates at the Lincoln House, a residential building at Lincoln University in Lower Oxford Township. Early on Oct. 17, 2021, the victim had returned home and gone to bed after taking part in homecoming celebrations, the DA's Office said. She was trying to sleep when Jones e…
Police & Fire
Thermal Imaging Video That Led To Danelo Cavalcante's Capture Released By DEA
The crucial moments that helped lead authorities to Danelo Cavalcante's capture have been released by federal officials. The final push that led to the 34-year-old convicted killer's capture began just after midnight, Wednesday, Sept. 13, when he set off an alarm at a home near the eastern edge of the police perimeter in northern Chester County, authorities said (scroll for video). Around an hour later, a plane from the Drug Enforcement Administration ultimately picked up on Cavalcante's body heat using thermal imaging, near Prizer Road and Route 100 in South Coventry Township. The video …
Police & Fire
Danelo Cavalcante Captured (
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Danelo Cavalcante is in custody. Danelo Cavalcante has been taken into custody after a two-week manhunt in Chester County, PA, Pennsylvania State Police announced Wednesday, Sept. 13. The 34-year-old convicted killer from Brazil was found hiding under foliage within a search perimeter in northern Chester County, 6abc reports. Details in the capture were expected to be announced at a 9:30 a.m. press conference. A search perimeter was announced Tuesday, Sept. 12, along Routes 23 and 100, Fairview and Nantmeal roads, and Iron Bridge and County Park roads. Residents were urged to secure buil…
Police & Fire
Shirtless Danelo Cavalcante Last Spotted Carrying .22 Rifle, Flashlight
The reward in the search for Danelo Cavalcante has been increased to $25,000. The 34-year-old escaped killer, who is also wanted for murder in Brazil, is armed after stealing a pistol from a Chester County home Monday, Sept. 11, authorities said. Police say he was last spotted in South Coventry Township, without a shirt, carrying a stolen .22 rifle and flashlight. Residents should call 911 immediately if he is spotted. For general tips or info, call (717) 562-2987. The US Marshals, Pennsylvania State Police, and detectives from across Chester County are assisting in the search, which cl…
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US Marshals 'Playing The Long Game' In Hunt For Danelo Cavalcante
Twelve days after Danelo Cavalcante escaped from the Chester County Prison, Pennsylvania State Police say they are shifting from a strategy of "containment" to a more investigative posture. In the Monday, Sept. 11 press conference held by state police Lt. Col. George Bivens and others, authorities said their efforts have "shifted" into a "fugitive investigation." The painstaking effort to track down the escaped killer was frustrated over the weekend when Cavalcante slipped past the established perimeter at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square. Cavalcante snuck past police after stealing an…
Police & Fire
Search For Danelo Cavalcante Is Now Nationwide
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…
Police & Fire
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…
Police & Fire
Cold
CASE: NJ Pastor Nabbed For Homicide Of 8-Year-Old Gretchen Harrington
Nearly 50 years after 8-year-old Gretchen Harrington was found dead in a Pennsylvania forest, police say they've arrested the man who killed her. David Zandstra, now 83 years old, originally a pastor from New Jersey but most recently of Marietta, Georgia, is charged with criminal homicide, kidnapping a minor, and related counts, said District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer's Office in a release on Monday, July 24. “The murder of Gretchen Harrington has haunted members of law enforcement since that terrible day in August 1975," the DA said. "The families of victims often say that their live…
Weather
Tornado Touchdowns Confirmed In These NJ, PA Towns
Two small tornados touched down in New Jersey and Pennsylvania amid thunderstorms Friday, June 16, the National Weather Service confirmed, The both were EF-0 twisters: One in Pemberton (Burlington County, NJ), and the other in West Caln Township (Chester County, PA). The Pemberton tornado's trail began in Southampton Township near Burrs Mill Road south, uprooting six trees as it traveld 3.4 miles to Ongs Hat Road, Stockton Bridge Road, and across Magnolia Road, at 12:55 p.m. in Pemberton, the NWS said. Confirmed tornado in Pemberton Township Burlington County, NJ. The image shows the p…
News
Ex-Con Had Coke, Oxy, Loaded Gun Within Child's Reach In Hackensack Apartment: Authorities
An ex-con with a lengthy rap sheet had cocaine, oxycodone and a loaded gun within reach of his young child in one of gentrified Hackensack’s newest apartment buildings, authorities said. Hassan Akeem Coleman, 36, kept the drugs, weapon and ammo in a sliding drawer in the kitchen of his fifth-floor downtown apartment at the Woolworth Residences on Main Street, they said. That made the youngster an abused, neglected and endangered child – which were among 17 charges filed against Coleman by detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office and Secaucus police following a joint operation. …
Police & Fire
Murder Suicide Leaves Philly Area Parents, 12-Year-Old Child Dead, Authorities Say
Philadelphia area parents and their 12-year-old child were found dead in what appeared to be a murder-suicide on Monday, April 25, authorities said. A 55-year-old man, a 50-year-old woman, and their 12-year-old child were found dead by East Marlborough Township police performing a welfare check at a home on Federal Walk in Kennett Square on Monday, April 25, Chester County District Attorney Deb Ryan said Monday afternoon. A semi-automatic handgun on the floor near the man, and multiple cartridge casings were found at the scene, Ryan said. Detectives say there was a history of dom…
Police & Fire
Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon Carjacked At Gunpoint In Philadelphia
UPDATE: Delaware State Police have arrested five suspects hours after the gunpoint carjacking of Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon in South Philadelphia, authorities said Wednesday. Click here to read more. ** Original story below *** Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon was carjacked at gunpoint in Philadelphia Wednesday afternoon, authorities said. Scanlon was walking to her 2017 Acura MDX around 2:45 p.m. in FDR Park when she was approached by two armed men, Philadelphia police said in a statement. She gave them her car keys, and one of them fled in her SUV down the 2000 block of Pattison Ave…
Police & Fire
NJ Cold Case Victim Known As 'Tiger Lady' Identified As Missing Pennsylvania Teen
Authorities in New Jersey have identified the homicide victim of a 30-year-old cold case as a missing teen from Pennsylvania, authorities said. The victim, who was found slain in Knowlton Township, NJ in October 1991, was identified as a missing 17-year-old girl from Coatesville (Chester County), according to the Warren County prosecutor's office. The unnamed teen was given the nickname "Tiger Lady" because of a large tattoo of a Bengal tiger on her left calf, which investigators hoped would help them identify her quickly, according to New Jersey State Police. She was found dumped near a r…
Police & Fire
PA Realtor Accused Of Killing Dad, GF In Surf City Returns To NJ With New Weapons Charges
A real estate agent accused of killing her dad and his girlfriend on the Jersey Shore was hit with new charges upon her extradition from Pennsylvania, authorities said. Sherry Lee Heffernan was initially charged with stabbing her dad, John Enders, and his girlfriend, Francoise Pitoy, to death in his Surf City home earlier this month, Ocean County Prosccutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. Further medical examination found that both Enders, 87, and Pitoy, 75, had also been shot in the face, Billhimer said. Heffernan, 55, of Landenberg, PA, has been charged with possession of a handgun, in a…
Police & Fire
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…
Police & Fire
PA Realtor Accused Of Killing Dad, GF In Surf City Had Been Cut From Will, Report Says
A Pennsylvania woman accused of killing her dad and his girlfriend in his Jersey Shore home early this week had been cut from his will, NJ Advance Media reports citing police documents. Sherry Lee Heffernan, 55, of Landenberg, PA, is accused of stabbing her dad, John Enders, 87, and Francoise Pitoy, 75, in his Surf City home, the Ocean County Prosecutor previously said. She was charged with two counts of murder and weapons offenses after the couple's bodies were found in the North 7th Street home Sunday. Heffernan, a real estate agent, apparently told her dad she wanted to be the broker of…
Police & Fire
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.…
Police & Fire
SEX
Abuse
: Pennsylvania Teacher 'Slightly Penetrated' Elementary School Student, DA Says
A 56-year-old Chester County teacher has been accused of sexually abusing an elementary school student for two years, authorities announced. Luis Morales, 56, of West Chester, abused the 3rd and 4th grade student between 2014 and 2016 while at Nottingham Elementary School in Oxford, DA Deb Ryan said. According to the criminal complaint, Morales engaged in penetration, "however slight," of the student's genitals/anus. The 14-year-old victim told authorities that the abuse began when Morales asked her to stay after school one day and, once the other students left, asked if he could tou…
Schools
PA School Teacher Made 1st Grader Give, Receive Oral Sex As 'Discipline': DA
** WARNING: This story contains graphic and disturbing details about sexual abuse. ** A pastor and former West Chester Christian School teacher has been charged with sexually abusing a first grade student during the 2007-08 school year, the Chester County DA's Office said Friday. Last month, a 20-year-old man apparently told his mom he was sexually assaulted at the West Chester Christian School on Paoli Pike by Randy Boston, according to an affidavit. Boston, 63, currently works as a pastor at the Bible Baptist Church in Shickshinny, A Childline Report of Suspected Child Ab…
News
Community Rallies For Chester County Boy With Childhood Alzheimer's
Support is surging for a 13-year-old Chester County boy who is fighting a rare, degenerative syndrome that has been compared to Alzheimer’s. Connor Dobbyn was recently diagnosed with Sanfilippo syndrome Type C, a fatal brain disorder caused by a single missing enzyme. "Because Connor lacks this single enzyme, toxic storage material is building up in his brain every second and damaging it," Marisa DiChiacchio, his mom, wrote on a GoFundMe. There is currently no FDA-approved treatment or cure. Connor will eventually lose the ability to walk, talk, and feed himself, DiChiacchio wro…
News
PA Family's Adopted Dog From Middle East Tests Positive For Rabies
The CDC has initiated a multi-state investigation after a Chester County family adopted a dog from the Middle East that was later determined to have a previously eradicated variant of rabies, reports say. The dog was one of 34 animals that were flown from Azerbaijan to Chicago's O'Hare International Airport by an animal rescue group on June 10, CBS reports. The animal had been acting oddly after being placed with its new family in East Whiteland Township and later tested positive for the variant, according to ABC. The 6-month-old mixed breed dog possibly exposed the virus variant —which pr…
Police & Fire
Pennsylvania's Carl Nassib Is First Active NFL Player To Publicly Come Out As Gay
West Chester, PA native and Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Carl Nassib became the first active NFL player to publicly come out as gay. Although several athletes have come out after retiring from the NFL, Nassib made history by opening up about his sexual orientation while still being an active player. The 28-year-old said in a video posted to Instagram Monday that he has been "meaning to do this for a while now but I finally feel comfortable enough to get it off my chest.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Carl Nassib (@carlnass…
Police & Fire
Police: Pair With NJ Robbery Warrants Stole $2K In Beauty Products From Chester County Grocer
A couple wanted for robbery in New Jersey were busted for stealing nearly $2,000 in health and beauty products from a supermarket in Chester County, authorities said. Police began investigating two separate retail thefts that occurred at the Giant Food Store in Thornbury Township, on April 1 and May 7, the Westtown-East Goshen Regional Police Department said. Elisabeth Carol Fogarty, 31, and Anthony James Parker, 30, were identified as the suspects and arrested on May 16 with help from Pennsylvania State Police, authorities said. Parker and Fogarty had numerous active warrants for the…
News
Pennsylvania Man, 80--Who Claimed Antifa Caused Jan. 6 Capitol Riot--Arrested By FBI
An 80-year-old Chester County man has been arrested by the FBI as the 40th Pennsylvania resident charged for having a role in the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. Gary Wickersham, of West Chester, was charged on May 7 following an FBI investigation. Court documents on Wickersham’s case thus far were released late on Tuesday. Investigators identified him three days after the riot when an acquaintance shared texts Wickresham sent about the time he spent inside the Capitol Building during the insurrection. Wickersham--falsely claimed antifa was behind the attack, but he had the right to be ins…
Police & Fire
Suburban Philly Home Of Attorney Defending Trump In Impeachment Trial Vandalized
Authorities in Chester County are investigating the vandalism of the home of of one of the attorneys defending President Donald Trump in his impeachment trial. Graffiti was reported at the West Whiteland home of attorney Michael van der Veen, located on the 500 block of Anthony's Drive, around 8 p.m. Friday, local police said. The word "traitor" can be seen spray painted in red across the driveway, and eggs were thrown against the front door of the home. Anyone with information is urged to contact West Whiteland Police Det. Scott Pezick at 610-363-0200 ext. 1017 or spezick@westwh…
Police & Fire
PA, NJ Ex-Con With 'Unparalleled Greed' Accused In 2nd Major Fraud Case, This One $1.25M
A 42-year-old Pennsylvania man previously convicted in a $1.4 million fraud scheme has been arrested again on similar charges -- this time in a $1.25 million case. William C. Huyler III, of West Chester, pleaded guilty last December to stealing $1.4 million in from eight Homeowner Associations (HOAs) located across Chester County, Montgomery County, New Jersey, Chester County District Attorney, Deb Ryan said. While awaiting sentences for that case, Huyler was slapped with theft by deception, forgery and more charges for fraudulently securing Small Business Admi…
Police & Fire
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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