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PA Man Shots, Kills Friend During Fight Over Video Game, DA Says
A 21-year-old man from Phoenixville has been charged with homicide following the fatal shooting of his friend in Schuylkill Township allegedly during a fight over a video game, authorities announced Friday, Nov. 8. Holden Hoffsis was arrested and charged with First Degree Murder, Third Degree Murder, and related offenses for allegedly shooting 21-year-old Daniel Gray in the chest during an argument early in the morning, according to the Chester County District Attorney’s Office and Schuylkill Township Police Department. Police were dispatched to a residence on Westhorpe Lane at approximatel…
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Chesco Identity Thief Stole Victims' Mail, Opened Credit Cards In Their Names: DA
A Spring City man is charged with more than 500 counts in two separate cases of alleged forgery, identity theft, and related offenses, according to the Chester County District Attorney's Office. Joshua Hartmann, 41, stole mail from residents in Schuylkill Township, Phoenixville, Malvern, Tredyffrin, Upper Providence, and Lower Providence for months, prosecutors claim. Authorities say he used the victims' information to change their addresses on file with government agencies, then stole their identities and opened credit cards in their names. Tredyffrin…
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Private Basketball Coach Abused Teen Athletes In PA For Years, DA Says
A Chester County area basketball trainer is accused of sexually abusing child athletes for years, prosecutors say. Zachary Ray, 31, of Wynnewood, is charged with aggravated indecent assault, child pornography, unlawful contact, and related counts, said the Chester County District Attorney's Office. Investigators believe that from 2014 to 2023, Ray abused at least three victims between the ages of 10 and 16 at area schools, parks, and homes. The victims told police that Ray removed their clothes under the guise of a "core check" and then assaulted them while photographing the ab…
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Danelo Cavalcante: Schools Close For 2nd Day, Report Details How Killer May Have Escaped
Chester County schools are closed for the second day in a row as the search for killer fugitive Danelo Cavalcante continues. Both the Kennett Consolidated School District and Unionville-Chadds Ford School District will remain closed Wednesday, Sept. 6, more than a day after the 34-year-old convicted murderer was captured on a trail camera nearby. Citing a criminal complaint, 6abc says Cavalcante may have escaped the same way as Igor Bolte, another inmate in the county prison, did back in May. Bolte is believed to have scaled the wall near the exercise yard before climbing an exposed beam u…
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Danelo Cavalcante's Mom Aids Police As Search Narrows
Police are narrowing down their search for escaped killer Danelo Cavalcante to an area of Pocopson Township — and they've got his mom on their side. George Bivens, a lieutenant colonel with the Pennsylvania State Police, said at a press conference on Labor Day that 34-year-old Cavalcante's mom recorded a message to him in Spanish, which is being broadcast from helicopters and law enforcement vehicles that are assisting in the search. There have been four credible sightings of 34-year-old Cavalcante in a confined area of the township since his escape from the Chester County Prison on Thursd…
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Police Are Knocking On Doors Amid Massive Search For Escaped Killer Danelo Cavalcante
The search for 34-year-old escaped killer Danelo Cavalcante remains under way in Chester County. Police were knocking on doors around Pocopson Township Sunday, Sept. 3, as there have been sightings of the convicted murderer in the area over the weekend, the Chester County District Attorney's Office said. Hundreds of U.S. Marshals agents, SWAT teams, local, state, and other federal agencies have been searching the area in the days after Cavalcante slipped by guards at the Chester County prison. Anyone with any information on the whereabouts of Cavalcante is asked to call 9-1-1 immediately.…
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: Search Continues For Killer Fugitive Danelo Cavalcante In Pennsylvania
More than 24 hours after convicted murderer Danelo Cavalcante slipped past guards and escaped the Chester County prison, authorities say he is still at large. Cavalcante, who was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole just two weeks before he fled captivity, Daily Voice reported. In a press conference on Friday, Sept. 1, Chesco District Attorney Deb Ryan said a task force of state, local, and federal authorities is using all available resources to track the killer down, including helicopters, drones, and canine units. He is still believed to be in t…
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! Ex-GF Murderer Serving Life Sentence Escapes PA Prison
A Royersford man convicted of his girlfriend's murder two weeks ago has escaped the jail, authorities warn. Danelo Cavalcante, 34, snuck past security at the Chester County Prison early on Thursday, Aug. 31, said West Chester police. The convicted killer was last seen walking on Wawaset Road in Pocopson Township around 9:40 a.m., the District Attorney's Office said. He is described as 5 feet tall and 120 pounds with brown eyes and "shaggy black curly hair." Cavalcante is a Brazilian national who speaks Spanish and Portuguese but only some English, and was last wearing a white T-shirt, g…
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Cause Undetermined In House Fire, Hazmat Incident In Phoenixville
The cause of a house fire and hazmat incident in Phoenixville Wednesday morning was undetermined as of Thursday afternoon, fire officials said. Emergency crews were dispatched around 8:30 a.m. to the 1300 block of Melvin Road near City Line Avenue in Schuylkill Township, according to the Phoenixville Fire Department. The Chester County Hazardous Materials Response Team was at the scene, fire officials said. No injuries were reported. A shelter-in-place was temporarily issued for nearby Phoenixville Middle School and Phoenixville High School, 6abc reports. The scene was cleared a lit…
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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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