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NJ Man Convicted Of Sexually Touching Sleeping Student At PA University NJ Man Convicted Of Sexually Touching Sleeping Student At PA University
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…

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by 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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27-Year-Old Man Killed In Coatesville Moose Lodge Shooting Was 'Doting Father' 27-Year-Old Man Killed In Coatesville Moose Lodge Shooting Was 'Doting Father'
27-Year-Old Man Killed In Coatesville Moose Lodge Shooting Was 'Doting Father' A 27-year-old man killed in a shooting at the Coatesville Moose Lodge over the weekend was being remembered on social media as a "doting, responsible father," loved ones said. Dejar Jones, of Coatesville, was found lifeless at the lodge on the 1200 block of Airport Road in West Caln Township around 1 a.m. Saturday, according to the Chester County District Attorney's Office. "Talking about you and reflecting upon memories with others helps, but here I am tonight kind of talked out for the day," his aunt, Renoir Graham said in an emotional Facebook post. A 31-year-old man from Downingtown, …

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by Nicole Acosta
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Chester County Man Faces Decades In Prison For Sexually Abusing Young Girl For Years, DA Says Chester County Man Faces Decades In Prison For Sexually Abusing Young Girl For Years, DA Says
Chester County Man Faces Decades In Prison For Sexually Abusing Young Girl For Years, DA Says A 61-year-old Chester County man is facing over a decade of state prison time for sexually abusing a girl beginning when she was six years old, authorities said. Ronald Humphries Jr., of Coatesville, pleaded guilty to involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and aggravated indecent assault for the sexual abuse of a child under the age of 13 from 2012 to 2019, according to the Chester County District Attorney's Office. In Feb. 2020, the girl and a parent told West Caln police that she had been sexually abused by Humphries for over seven years, beginning at age six, authorities said. Humphris …

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by Nicole Acosta
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Chester County Man Who Peeped Under Sleeping Hospital Patient's Gown Convicted By Jury Chester County Man Who Peeped Under Sleeping Hospital Patient's Gown Convicted By Jury
Chester County Man Who Peeped Under Sleeping Hospital Patient's Gown Convicted By Jury A Chester County man was convicted by a jury of invasion of privacy for looking under a sleeping hospital patient's gown last year, authorities said. The 52-year-old woman told police she was sleeping in an exam room at Phoenixville Hospital in January 2020 when she awoke to find 55-year-old Andrew Taylor peering beneath her hospital gown, according to the Chester County District Attorney's Office. He had an unrequited romantic interest in the woman, authorities said. “Everyone should feel safe inside a hospital, but the defendant’s criminal actions caused the victim to feel embarrass…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Coatesville Man Who Lured Children With Candy Convicted Of Sexual Assault, DA Says Coatesville Man Who Lured Children With Candy Convicted Of Sexual Assault, DA Says
Coatesville Man Who Lured Children With Candy Convicted Of Sexual Assault, DA Says A Coatesville man who lured children with candy was convicted of sexually abusing them, authorities said. A jury found Marshone Steele, 31, guilty of sexually abusing two children under age 10 at his mother’s house between 2014 and 2019, according to the Chester County District Attorney's Office. Investigators learned in October 2019 that a nine-year-old child had been sexually abused over three years between the ages of six and nine by Steele inside his mother’s Coatesville home, authorities said. Steele initially used candy to lure the child into the bedroom and then threatened that…

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by Nicole Acosta
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SEX ABUSE: Pennsylvania Teacher 'Slightly Penetrated' Elementary School Student, DA Says SEX ABUSE: Pennsylvania Teacher 'Slightly Penetrated' Elementary School Student, DA Says
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…

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by Cecilia Levine
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DA: West Chester Man Investigated For Child Porn Found With Gun, More During Search DA: West Chester Man Investigated For Child Porn Found With Gun, More During Search
DA: West Chester Man Investigated For Child Porn Found With Gun, More During Search A West Chester man who was being investigated for child pornography was also found with a handgun and forged military papers during a search of his home Thursday, authorities said. Chester County Detectives ignited an investigation earlier this year when the ICAC Task Force received information from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), indicating that Carlin Alexander, 32, had numerous images and videos of child sexual abuse, according to the Chester County District Attorney's Office. A search warrant served on Alexander's South Church Street home t…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Philly Man Found Guilty Of Robbery, Burglary In 2019 West Chester Home Invasion Philly Man Found Guilty Of Robbery, Burglary In 2019 West Chester Home Invasion
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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by Nicole Acosta
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DA: PA Man Convicted After Photos, Videos Show Him With Gun, Drugs Seized At West Goshen Hotel DA: PA Man Convicted After Photos, Videos Show Him With Gun, Drugs Seized At West Goshen Hotel
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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by Nicole Acosta