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Body Found In Delaware County Park: Police Body Found In Delaware County Park: Police
Body Found In Delaware County Park: Police A body was found in a park in Delaware County on Monday, March 28, authorities said. The discovery was made when Chester City police officers were called to Deshong Park on a report of a human body in a wooded area around 7:15 p.m., they said. Police spotted the unidentified person's remains after being directed to a part of the park near East 11th Street. No further information was released as of Tuesday afternoon.

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
Authorities ID Victims In Chester City Double Shooting Authorities ID Victims In Chester City Double Shooting
Authorities ID Victims In Chester City Double Shooting Police in Delaware County have identified the victims in a double shooting that killed one and injured another in Chester Monday night. Arriving officers found 19-year-old Rashad Coleman, in the middle of the street, alert and conscious, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, along the 2000 block of West 4th Street around 9 p.m, according to the City of Chester Police Department. Coleman was sent to Crozer Chester Medical Center where he is listed in serious condition, police said. Officers then noticed a nearby car that was struck by gunfire, and found 33-year-old William Byrd …

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
DA: 2 Arrested, Guns Seized During Search Of Darby Borough Home DA: 2 Arrested, Guns Seized During Search Of Darby Borough Home
DA: 2 Arrested, Guns Seized During Search Of Darby Borough Home Two people were arrested following a search of a home that turned up several firearms in connection with a shooting Wednesday evening in Darby Borough (Delaware County), authorities said. Janell Smart, 39, and her son Dajuan Andrews, 24, were charged with aggravated assault, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person, and numerous firearms offenses, according to Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer joined Darby Borough Police Chief Joseph Gabe. As officers responded to 911 calls reporting gunshots fired in the area of 230 Mulberry Street on June 9, i…

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by Nicole Acosta
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'They Give Me Hope': PA Basketball Coach Awaiting Brain Surgery Inspired By Her Athletes 'They Give Me Hope': PA Basketball Coach Awaiting Brain Surgery Inspired By Her Athletes
'They Give Me Hope': PA Basketball Coach Awaiting Brain Surgery Inspired By Her Athletes A Delaware County community is rallying for a high school basketball coach awaiting extensive brain surgery. A GoFundMe for Morgan "Mo" Johnson, of Media, had raised upward of $2,000 out of the $20,000 needed to support Johnson's lifelong struggle with epilepsy as of Friday afternoon. Johnson's mother and campaign founder Teej Lee describes her daughter as someone who eats and breathes basketball, Mo transformed her passion into community service, donating her time to coaching youth teams locally. That led her to become the first woman to coach a high school basketball team in Delaware Cou…

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by Nicole Acosta