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STANDOFF: 84-Year-Old Woman Arrested After Hours-Long Barricade Situation In PA STANDOFF: 84-Year-Old Woman Arrested After Hours-Long Barricade Situation In PA
Standoff: 84-Year-Old Woman Arrested After Hours-Long Barricade Situation In PA An 84-year-old woman is facing multiple charges after an hours-long standoff with police in Pennsylvania, they said. West Whiteland officers went to serve a mental health warrant to Laraine Whayland at a home on Grubbs Mill Road on Thursday, Sept. 28, when she threatened the officers, West Whiteland Police Sgt. Scott Pezick said. ERT Officers were able to safely grab Whayland and remove her from the house after a nearly four-hour standoff, Pezick said. Whayland was taken to the hospital and charged with terroristic threats, possessing instruments of crime, recklessly endangering another pe…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Intoxicated PA Parents Assaulted Officers In Front Of Young Children, Police Say Intoxicated PA Parents Assaulted Officers In Front Of Young Children, Police Say
Intoxicated PA Parents Assaulted Officers In Front Of Young Children, Police Say Two parents are facing charges of public intoxication and assault on a law enforcement officer after police arrested the belligerent duo right in front of their own young children, authorities in Chester County say. West Whiteland police responded to the Exton Square Mall on reports of intoxicated subjects last Saturday, Sept. 25, Police Det. Scott Pezick said. There they found Mercedes and Joseph Ritter, ages 29 and 37, respectively, with their two young kids, Pezick said. Joseph became verbally abusive and Mercedes tried resisting arrest, the detective said. Mercedes knocked the officers…

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by Cecilia Levine
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West Whiteland PD Search For Woman Accused Of Stealing A $275 Wallet From Plato's Closet West Whiteland PD Search For Woman Accused Of Stealing A $275 Wallet From Plato's Closet
West Whiteland PD Search For Woman Accused Of Stealing A $275 Wallet From Plato's Closet Police in West Whiteland are seeking the public's help identifying a woman who they say stole a $275 wallet from a local Plato's Closet/Style Encore. The woman was seen on surveillance footage entering the store on West Lincoln Highway and removing a Louis Vuitton wallet from the counter and concealing it on March 13, West Whiteland police said. The wallet was valued at $275, police said. The woman was also reportedly seen with a man and small child in the store, police said. Anyone with information on the identity of the woman is asked to contact Detective Anthony DeLuise at adeluise@wes…

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by Nicole Acosta
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NJ Man Accused Of Repeatedly Sexually Assaulting 13-Year-Old Girl In PA NJ Man Accused Of Repeatedly Sexually Assaulting 13-Year-Old Girl In PA
NJ Man Accused Of Repeatedly Sexually Assaulting 13-Year-Old Girl In PA A 21-year-old Jersey Shore man was arrested on accusations he sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl for months in Chester County, PA. Police began investigating late last year after it was reported that Luis F. Adan, of Jackson, met up with the female in West WhitelandTownship and engaged in sexual contact, West Whiteland  Det. Scott Pezick said. The two met online and the acts occurred between October and December 2020, Pezick said. West Whiteland police obtained a warrant for Adan's arrest and took him into custody last Friday, the detective said. Adan is facing a dozen charges inc…

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by Cecilia Levine