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Phoenixville Officer, Motorcyclist Killed In Warminster Leaving Funeral For Another Cop: Mayor Phoenixville Officer, Motorcyclist Killed In Warminster Leaving Funeral For Another Cop: Mayor
Phoenixville Officer, Motorcyclist Killed In Warminster Leaving Funeral For Another Cop: Mayor The Phoenixville Police Department is mourning the loss of one of its own. Arthur "Art" Scena IV was killed in a car crash in Warminster Township, his department said. Phoenixville Mayor Peter Urscheler tells Daily Voice that Scena was coming home from the funeral of another member who had just passed away due to cancer. The accident happened at Street Road and St. David’s, just minutes from his home. "Art was a member of the Bullet’s Law Enforcement Motorcycle Club and often coordinated memorial rides and benefits for those who have died in the law enforcement family," the may…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Man Shot, Killed In Chester: Police Man Shot, Killed In Chester: Police
Man Shot, Killed In Chester: Police A man was shot and killed in Chester on Friday, Oct. 7, authorities said. The unnamed victim was pronounced dead at the scene on the 1400 block of Congress Street around 10:45 p.m., Chester City police said. Further details about the shooting were not immediately known. The incident remains under investigation by the Chester City Police Department and Delaware County District Attorney’s Office. Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Brian Pot at 610-447-8431 or any of our social media sites.

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by Nicole Acosta
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Wanted Man Fleeing Police Jumps From Roof To Roof In Philly Suburbs Wanted Man Fleeing Police Jumps From Roof To Roof In Philly Suburbs
Wanted Man Fleeing Police Jumps From Roof To Roof In Philly Suburbs A wanted man went to great lengths to avoid local and federal authorities serving multiple arrest warrants at his home in the Philadelphia suburbs. As soon as members of the US Marshals Service and Chester City Police Department knocked on Dennis Pierce's door on West 9th Street, he was seen jumping from his roof onto a neighbor's roof around 6:15 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 7, they said. He then entered a nearby house through a third-floor window and hid on the first floor, where he was eventually sniffed out by a police dog, authorities said. While searching two of the involved homes, autho…

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by Nicole Acosta
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One Caught, Two Sought In Deadly Chester Shooting One Caught, Two Sought In Deadly Chester Shooting
One Caught, Two Sought In Deadly Chester Shooting One suspect was caught while two were being sought in connection with a deadly shooting last month in Chester, authorities in Delaware County announced. Damar Macklin, 21, of Chester, was charged with first and third-degree murder, criminal homicide, firearms not to be carried without a license, and other offenses in the shooting death of Kashif Love on Monday, Aug. 22, according to court records and Chester City police. Macklin, who was arrested on Wednesday, Aug. 24, remained held in Delaware County Prison without bail, records show. Love was shot in the head on the 1000 block of Ward St…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Chester City Man Set Fire To Home While Kids Ages 16, 12, 5, 4 Months Were Asleep Chester City Man Set Fire To Home While Kids Ages 16, 12, 5, 4 Months Were Asleep
Chester City Man Set Fire To Home While Kids Ages 16, 12, 5, 4 Months Were Asleep A Chester City man was arrested on multiple charges including attempted homicide and aggravated arson after he intentionally set a fire while four kids aged, 16, 12, five, and four months were asleep in a home, authorities announced. Video surveillance obtained by investigators shows a man -- later identified as 38-year-old Brian Keith Showell -- starting a fire at the back door of the Vauclain Street home on May 13, according to the Delaware County District Attorney's office. Showell was seen spraying an unknown liquid on the fire, authorities said. The victim was able to identi…

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by Nicole Acosta