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Police Are Knocking On Doors Amid Massive Search For Escaped Killer Danelo Cavalcante Police Are Knocking On Doors Amid Massive Search For Escaped Killer Danelo Cavalcante
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.…
MANHUNT: Search Continues For Killer Fugitive Danelo Cavalcante In Pennsylvania MANHUNT: Search Continues For Killer Fugitive Danelo Cavalcante In Pennsylvania
Manhunt: 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…
Body 'Wrapped In Plastic, Lit On Fire' On PA Road Identified: DA Body 'Wrapped In Plastic, Lit On Fire' On PA Road Identified: DA
Body 'Wrapped In Plastic, Lit On Fire' On PA Road Identified: DA Authorities have named the man found dead under suspicious circumstances on the side of a Chester County road last month.   He was 32-year-old Rolando Blanco-Duartes of Brooklyn, New York, Chester County District Attorney Deb Ryan's Office said.  The remains were found near the 2300 block of Eagle Farms Road in West Vincent Township on Sunday, June 18, authorities said previously.  DA Ryan's Office asked for help identifying the remains, which were found "wrapped in plastic, and lit on fire." Photos were circulated of the victim's shirt and a piece of jew…
Former Chesco School Football Coach Charged With Sexual Abuse: DA Former Chesco School Football Coach Charged With Sexual Abuse: DA
Former Chesco School Football Coach Charged With Sexual Abuse: DA A one-time high school football coach in Chester County sexually abused an underage girl for years, authorities are alleging.   Kenneth Walls, a 77-year-old Downingtown resident and former staff football coach at Downingtown West High School, is being held at Chester County Prison in lieu of a $100,000 cash bond, said District Attorney Deb Ryan in a statement Friday, Nov. 4.  Police began examining Walls after the child told a staff member at her school, which is not in Chester County, that she was being sexually abused, the DA said.  Investigators said the 77-year-old …
6-Year-Old Kidnapped By PA Mom Rescued: Police 6-Year-Old Kidnapped By PA Mom Rescued: Police
6-Year-Old Kidnapped By PA Mom Rescued: Police The 6-year-old Chester County girl who authorities say was kidnapped by her own mother was located by police, officials have announced. Downington police said on Facebook Thursday, Oct. 27 that Zoe Moss had been rescued, though the circumstances of her recovery were not immediately clear. Officials had issued an Amber Alert for Moss after she disappeared from East Ward Elementary School around 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 25.  She was at the school for a court-ordered, supervised visit with her mother, 37-year-old Vanessa Gutshall, who police said abducted her.  Hours before she was located Th…
PA BF Didn't Want To 'Waste Narcan' On Pregnant Girlfriend Who OD'd On V-Tine's Day: DA PA BF Didn't Want To 'Waste Narcan' On Pregnant Girlfriend Who OD'd On V-Tine's Day: DA
PA BF Didn't Want To 'Waste Narcan' On Pregnant Girlfriend Who OD'd On V-Tine's Day: DA A Pennsylvania man who gave his pregnant girlfriend the drugs that killed her also refused to save her, authorities said in announcing his arrest. It was Valentine's Day 2022 when Christopher Barbuto, 40, gave 28-year-old Courtney Wilson heroin and/or fentanyl, and two suspected Xanax pills, which were found in her purse near her body in Phonoexville, Chester County District Attorney Deb Ryan said. Barbuto is also accused of giving Wilson alprazolam and methamphetamine, Ryan said. A toxicology report released by the Chester County Coroner's Office on Tuesday, Aug. 16 found that she die…
FAMILY AFFAIR: Brothers, Cousin Charged In 2020 Murder Of Suburban Philly Man FAMILY AFFAIR: Brothers, Cousin Charged In 2020 Murder Of Suburban Philly Man
Family Affair: Brothers, Cousin Charged In 2020 Murder Of Suburban Philly Man Three family members were arrested nearly two years after their alleged involvement in a staged robbery that claimed the life of a 73-year-old man in the Philadelphia suburbs, authorities said. Raheem Pinder, 46, of Pottstown, Dayon Pinder, 44, of West Chester, and Nathaniel Pinder, 49, of Philadelphia, – two brothers and a cousin – have been charged with murder, robbery, burglary, conspiracy, and related offenses in the 2020 death of Ira Solomon in Phoenixville, Chester County District Attorney Deb Ryan said. "The abundance of home security footage provided to investigators …
PA Man Gets Life In Prison For Strangulation Death Of Woman Who 'Feared For Her Life' PA Man Gets Life In Prison For Strangulation Death Of Woman Who 'Feared For Her Life'
PA Man Gets Life In Prison For Strangulation Death Of Woman Who 'Feared For Her Life' A Pennsylvania man convicted of first-degree murder in the strangulation death of the woman with whom he shared a home was sentenced to life in prison, authorities said. Daniel Proffitt, 48, of Oxford, was found guilty but mentally ill in July 2021 on charges of murder and strangulation for his role in the 2018 killing of 64-year-old Anna Johnson, Chester County District Attorney Deb Ryan said. Johnson was found strangled to death by local and state police who were called to a Brick Road home in East Nottingham Township on Dec. 29, 2018, authorities said.  When they arrived, Proffitt,…
PA Home Health Aide, Man With Dementia Found Dead In Apparent Murder-Suicide PA Home Health Aide, Man With Dementia Found Dead In Apparent Murder-Suicide
PA Home Health Aide, Man With Dementia Found Dead In Apparent Murder-Suicide A man and woman were found shot dead in what authorities believe to be an apparent murder-suicide in Chester County. First responders found a 65-year-old woman and an 87-year-old man dead from gunshot wounds inside his home on the 1000 block of Kaolin Road in Kennett Square around 5:45 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 6, according to the Chester County District Attorney's Office and the Kennett Township Police Department. A handgun was recovered at the scene and no one else was inside the home, authorities said. The man was being treated for dementia, and the woman was a home hea…
Ex-Manager Of PA Country Club Learns His Fate For Stealing $147K Ex-Manager Of PA Country Club Learns His Fate For Stealing $147K
Ex-Manager Of PA Country Club Learns His Fate For Stealing $147K A 58-year-old man has been sentenced to 30 days to 23 months in Chester County prison for stealing nearly $150,000 from the country club he managed, authorities said. Anthony Lucas, of Newark, DE was convicted in December 2021 on theft charges for cashing unauthorized checks using Phoenixville Country Club funds, Chester County District Attorney Deb Ryan said.  His co-defendants Grace Crosson and Amy Clark also pleaded guilty to related charges. While working as the club's general manager, Lucas, along with Crosson and Clark, cashed either unauthorized checks or over-the-lim…
38-Year-Old Man Shot, Killed In Coatesville: DA 38-Year-Old Man Shot, Killed In Coatesville: DA
38-Year-Old Man Shot, Killed In Coatesville: DA Police are looking for two suspects in connection with a deadly shooting in Coatvesille Friday, June 10. A 38-year-old man was shot and killed after a dispute with two suspects, one of whom was armed, and told the victim "I’m strapped," Chester County DA Deb Ryan said. Officers were called to 5th Avenue and East Lincoln Highway, where the victim was found with a gunshot wound to the hip just before 9:10 p.m., the DA said. The victim was taken to Paoli Hospital and underwent surgery, but he died shortly after, investigators said. Police recovered two fired shell casings and one fired proje…
PA Man Gets Life Sentence In Murder Of 17-Year-Old Boy 'Who Died A Hero': DA PA Man Gets Life Sentence In Murder Of 17-Year-Old Boy 'Who Died A Hero': DA
PA Man Gets Life Sentence In Murder Of 17-Year-Old Boy 'Who Died A Hero': DA A Pennsylvania gunman who shot and killed a 17-year-old boy during a botched home invasion robbery in 2017 was sentenced to life in prison, authorities in Chester County said. Ricardo Rivera, 28, of Reading, was found guilty of second-degree murder, robbery, burglary, conspiracy, and related offenses, for the shooting death of 17-year-old David Doyle III (AKA Davy Mike) at a Pottstown home, Chester County District Attorney Deb Ryan announced Monday, April 25. North Coventry officers responding to a report of a shooting at a home on Worth Boulevard on Sept. 24, found Doyle with a gunsho…
Lincoln University Student's Sister Charged In Deadly Dorm Stabbing Lincoln University Student's Sister Charged In Deadly Dorm Stabbing
Lincoln University Student's Sister Charged In Deadly Dorm Stabbing A Philadelphia woman was charged with stabbing three students – one fatally – after a brawl broke out inside a campus dorm on Wednesday, Feb. 16, authorities in Chester County said. Nydira Smith, 39, is accused of killing Jawine Evans, 21, and injuring Eric Dickerson, 22, and Clifton Walker, 22, on the campus in Lower Oxford, according to a criminal complaint provided by the Chester County District Attorney's Office. Smith is the sister of a Lincoln University student, who was also involved in the fight, the DA's office noted. Responding officers found Evans in a grassy area outside the Li…
Suburban Philly School Director Charged For Failing To Report Childcare Worker's Toddler Abuse Suburban Philly School Director Charged For Failing To Report Childcare Worker's Toddler Abuse
Suburban Philly School Director Charged For Failing To Report Childcare Worker's Toddler Abuse A 39-year-old executive director at a Suburban Philadelphia school was arrested Tuesday for failing to report one of her worker's abuse of multiple toddlers, authorities said. Tiffany Nichols, of Kennett Square, was charged with felony child endangerment and failure to report child abuse, according to the Chester County District Attorney's Office. Nichols was the executive director of the Malvern School in West Chester when she learned that one of her employees, Victoria Aronson, 36, of Brookhaven, was physically abusing several toddlers, authorities said. Victoria AronsonChester Count…
Former Pennsylvania Pastor Used $30K In Parish Funds For Personal Expenses, DA Says Former Pennsylvania Pastor Used $30K In Parish Funds For Personal Expenses, DA Says
Former Pennsylvania Pastor Used $30K In Parish Funds For Personal Expenses, DA Says A former Pennsylvania pastor admitted to stealing over $30,000 in parish funds, which he spent on a beach house on the New Jersey shore, and men with whom he had sexual relationships, authorities said. Monsignor Joseph McLoone, 58, was spared prison time and sentenced to five years of court supervision, the first nine months completed on electronic home confinement, restitution, and other conditions, according to the Chester County District Attorney's Office. McLoone, of Bryn Mawr, began his service as pastor at St. Joseph’s Church in Downingtown in 2011 after the removal of Msgr.…
Comfort Dogs Allowed For Some During Criminal Trials, PA Supreme Court Rules Comfort Dogs Allowed For Some During Criminal Trials, PA Supreme Court Rules
Comfort Dogs Allowed For Some During Criminal Trials, PA Supreme Court Rules Comfort dogs will be allowed in criminal trials, but only under certain conditions, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. To avoid any potential prejudice to the defendant's right to a fair trial, a comfort dog may accompany a trial witness if the animal will allow the witness to testify in a reliable and truthful manner. The ruling stems from a 2018 murder trial in Chester County where Melody, a comfort dog, was allowed to sit next to a child witness during testimony, according to the Chester County District Attorney's Office. Sheron Jaeln Purnell was found guilty of the 2016 mu…
Chester County Man Accidentally Shoots, Kills Friend While Playing Dice Chester County Man Accidentally Shoots, Kills Friend While Playing Dice
Chester County Man Accidentally Shoots, Kills Friend While Playing Dice A 20-year-old Coatesville man playing with a handgun accidentally shot and killed his friend while playing dice, authorities announced. Dapree Bryant and Daryl Perry, 18, were playing dice at a house on the 300block of Community Lane in Coatesville on May 29, Chester County District Attorney Deb Ryan said. Perry was sitting in a chair looking at his phone when Bryant picked up a gun sitting on a plastic tub in the garage and began to play with it, Ryan said.  The 9mm "ghost gun" went off and struck Perry, authorities said. Police arriving at the scene found blood on the dri…