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Police Name Victim In Deadly Coatesville Shooting Police Name Victim In Deadly Coatesville Shooting
Police Name Victim In Deadly Coatesville Shooting One man was killed and another hospitalized after gunfire rang out in Coatesville on Wednesday, March 27, authorities say.  In a release, police said the shooting happened near Oak and Fulton streets around 2 p.m. Twenty-eight-year-old Drevon M. Echols of Coatesville was found dead in the roadway from "apparent gunshot wounds," authorities wrote.  Shortly after, police were called about a second gunshot victim near 1st Avenue and Martin Luther King Boulevard. The 23-year-old man was taken by ambulance to Paoli Hospital, CPD said.  Investigators believe he "was connected…
Chesco Man Sought On Attempted Murder Charges, Say Cops Chesco Man Sought On Attempted Murder Charges, Say Cops
Chesco Man Sought On Attempted Murder Charges, Say Cops An armed and dangerous man is sought in Chester County, authorities say.  Police in Coatesville are looking for 25-year-old Matthew C. Rodgers, a Downingtown resident who is accused of attempted murder, the department said in a statement.  Officers were called to the 500 block of East Harmony Street at 3 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 6 where they found a 22-year-old man suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest, Coatesville police wrote.  The victim, later identified as Dwayne Miller Jr. of Philadelphia, was rushed to Paoli Memorial Hospital where he underwent emergency surgery and…
Chesco Thief Who Stabbed Cop In Head Learns His Fate Chesco Thief Who Stabbed Cop In Head Learns His Fate
Chesco Thief Who Stabbed Cop In Head Learns His Fate The gas station thief who repeatedly stabbed a Coatesville police officer in the head and face will spend up to three decades behind bars, authorities say.  Michael White was sentenced to 16-to-32 years in a Pennsylvania prison after being convicted on attempted murder charges, said Chester County District Attorney Deb Ryan.  Coatesville police officer William Cahill and his partner were called to a Turkey Hill gas station on Kings Highway on Sept. 3, 2021, for a reported theft by an employee, prosecutors said.  When they arrived, the officers met with White in a back room, …
Maryland Man Sentenced For Kidnapping, Threatening To Kill PA Woman Maryland Man Sentenced For Kidnapping, Threatening To Kill PA Woman
Maryland Man Sentenced For Kidnapping, Threatening To Kill PA Woman A 32-year-old Maryland man was sentenced to seven to 14 years in prison for violently kidnapping and threatening to kill a Pennsylvania woman two years ago, authorities announced. The 28-year-old Coatesville victim claims that the day of March 7, 2020, was like any other until her friend of 12 years, Adam Hathaway, of Baltimore, went to the house she shared with her 7-year-old daughter, Chester County District Attorney Deb Ryan said. When she asked him to leave, he assaulted and strangled her, even throwing her into a glass mirror, all while her young daughter slept upstairs, the DA said. …
Man Shoots Woman For Accidentally Bumping Into Him At Coatesville Market, Police Say Man Shoots Woman For Accidentally Bumping Into Him At Coatesville Market, Police Say
Man Shoots Woman For Accidentally Bumping Into Him At Coatesville Market, Police Say A woman and her brother were injured after she accidentally bumped into a man at the Coatesville Market Wednesday morning, and was shot by the man in retaliation, authorities said. Police are on the hunt for Moenell Coleman, 25, of Coatesville, who is wanted on charges of attempted murder, aggravated assault, felon not to possess a firearm, and related offenses in the shooting, Coatesville police said. The woman, who is in her twenties, was walking through the Coatesville Market in the 800 block of Lincoln Highway when she accidentally bumped into Coleman around 9:50 a.m., police said. Whe…
PD: Teen Suspect Flees In Coatesville Police Car, Injures Driver In Crash PD: Teen Suspect Flees In Coatesville Police Car, Injures Driver In Crash
PD: Teen Suspect Flees In Coatesville Police Car, Injures Driver In Crash Police in Chester County arrested a man who they say fled his home in a Coatesville police car and crashed, injuring a driver Friday morning. Officers responding to a report of a domestic disturbance in the unit block of West 5th Avenue near Charles Street around 11:40 a.m. say Alex Thompson, 19, was uncooperative and fled the scene in a police car, according to the Coatesville Police Department. A high-speed pursuit ensued with assistance from local police departments and PA State Police. Thompson eventually crashed into the back of a car on Route 30, according to police. Thompson fled a…
Chester County Gunman Facing Decades Behind Bars For Drug Deal Gone Wrong Turned Shooting Chester County Gunman Facing Decades Behind Bars For Drug Deal Gone Wrong Turned Shooting
Chester County Gunman Facing Decades Behind Bars For Drug Deal Gone Wrong Turned Shooting A 26-year-old Chester County man is facing decades behind bars for shooting a man over having improper funds for a 2018 drug deal, authorities said. Anthony C. Brown Jr., 26, of Coatesville, was sentenced to nine to 22 years in state prison after pleading guilty to aggravated assault, person not to possess a firearm, and related charges, according to the Chester County District Attorney's Office. He was convicted for shooting a 39-year old victim in the leg after the victim gave Brown an EBT card for $200 worth of cocaine that had no funds, in June 2018, authorities said. The victim was le…