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'Out, Go!' Video Shows ChesCo Officers Evacuating Collapsing Apartment Building As Fire Rages 'Out, Go!' Video Shows ChesCo Officers Evacuating Collapsing Apartment Building As Fire Rages
'Out, Go!' Video Shows ChesCo Officers Evacuating Collapsing Apartment Building As Fire Rages Bodycam footage shows the moment that two Chester County police officers evacuating an apartment building during a fire. Oxford borough police responding to a fire alarm on the unit block of South Third Street around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 13, Chief Samuel Iacono said. Officers Karilanna Eller and Scott Richards quickly went door-to-door to evacuate residents. "Out, out, out, go, go go!" Richards can be heard yelling in the video above. Richards body cam footage shows him standing in the center hallway of the building directing a mom holding her child toward the exit. He radios dispat…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Carjacker Tried Climbing Through PA Driver's Window: Police Carjacker Tried Climbing Through PA Driver's Window: Police
Carjacker Tried Climbing Through PA Driver's Window: Police A would-be car thief struggled to hijack several vehicles in Oxford Borough Saturday night, according to police.  Warren Hatfield, 38, of Oxford, is charged with robbery of a motor vehicle and multiple related felonies, authorities said in a release.  Borough police were called to the Oxhaven Apartments around 7:20 p.m. on July 29, where witnesses said they saw Hatfield open the door of a passing woman's vehicle.  Hatfield allegedly "instructed her to drive away," which she refused and fled the car, police said. He tried to drive away himself but was unable to figure ou…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Chesco Burglar 'Lunged' At Homeowner With Knife: Police Chesco Burglar 'Lunged' At Homeowner With Knife: Police
Chesco Burglar 'Lunged' At Homeowner With Knife: Police A Chester County resident returned to their home to find a knife-wielding stranger loitering inside, according to authorities.  Oxford Borough police were called to a home on the 300 block of South Fifth Street for a burglary in progress just before midnight on Tuesday, May 16, the department wrote in a release.  They arrived to find 21-year-old Nicole M. Parsons of Nottingham standing on the porch, police said.  The homeowner told police he found Parsons in the home when he arrived. When he confronted her, the homeowner said the 21-year-old "lunged at him with a knife."&nbs…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Chesco Heroin Dealer Caught After 4 Years On The Run: Police Chesco Heroin Dealer Caught After 4 Years On The Run: Police
Chesco Heroin Dealer Caught After 4 Years On The Run: Police A suspected Chester County heroin dealer is in police custody after spending nearly four years on the lam, authorities say.  Jubenal Renteria, 27, of West Grove, was arrested by state troopers on Saturday, Dec. 3, and held at Chester County Prison after he was unable to post $10,000 bail, said Oxford Borough police in a statement.  According to detectives, Renteria was one of 77 people charged in  "Operation Wildfire," a January 2019 investigation targeting Chester County's illicit heroin and opiate trade.  State court records show Renteria was brought up on felony drug…

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by Mac Bullock
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PA Arsonist, 72, Nabbed After Setting Her Apartment On Fire: Police PA Arsonist, 72, Nabbed After Setting Her Apartment On Fire: Police
PA Arsonist, 72, Nabbed After Setting Her Apartment On Fire: Police A 72-year-old woman was being rescued from an apartment fire when officials realized she had set the fire intentionally, police cay. Two fire departments responded to a call of smoky conditions in a third-floor apartment in the 300 block Market Street, Oxford Terrace apartment on Monday, Apr. 4 at 4:47 a.m., Oxford police say. Upon arrival, fire crews entered the apartment to find items smoldering on a window sill, according to the release. A single female was escorted from the building and no injuries were reported, police say. The Chester County fire marshal responded to investigate …

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by Jillian Pikora