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! BF Beat 21-Year-Old GF To Death On Video: Chester County DA
A week-long trial ends with an abusive boyfriend's conviction nearly two years and two months after he brutally killed his girlfriend, the Chester County District Attorney's Office announced late Friday, Feb. 9. Leroy Brahm III, now 33 of Spring City, has been convicted of the following in connection with the Dec. 4, 2021, killing of 21-year-old Annabel Rose Meenan and months of abuses leading up to her death: Homicide Murder Of The First Degree. Felony Murder Of The Third Degree. Homicide- Criminal Homicide Strangulation - Applying Pressure to Throat or Neck. Felony…
Police & Fire
Slayings Of Young Moms At Hands Of 'Monster' Leave Suburban Philly Communities Reeling
Support was pouring in for two women after both were allegedly killed by a 23-year-old gunman over the weekend in Chester County. One was shot in front of her son and the other was pregnant and planning a new life with her baby, loved ones said. Mamadou Kallie killed Kimberly Ortiz Zayas, who was five months pregnant, and Tiara Rodriguez in a vehicle in Valley Township, authorities in Chester County said, with Rodriguez's toddler in the back seat. ALSO SEE: Horrifying New Details Released In Holiday Weekend Double PA Murder The horrific slayings on Sunday, May 29 left Zayas’ and Rodrigue…
Police & Fire
Murder Suicide Leaves Philly Area Parents, 12-Year-Old Child Dead, Authorities Say
Philadelphia area parents and their 12-year-old child were found dead in what appeared to be a murder-suicide on Monday, April 25, authorities said. A 55-year-old man, a 50-year-old woman, and their 12-year-old child were found dead by East Marlborough Township police performing a welfare check at a home on Federal Walk in Kennett Square on Monday, April 25, Chester County District Attorney Deb Ryan said Monday afternoon. A semi-automatic handgun on the floor near the man, and multiple cartridge casings were found at the scene, Ryan said. Detectives say there was a history of dom…
Police & Fire
PA Man Found Guilty In Police-Involved Shooting: DA
A 39-year-old man from Pennsylvania has been found guilty in a police-involved shooting, authorities said. James Kratz, of Downingtown, was found guilty on charges of aggravated assault, endangering the welfare of a child, terroristic threats, and related offenses, Chester County District Attorney Deb Ryan announced Friday, April 15. The incident began on Feb. 27, 2021, when Pennsylvania State Police were dispatched to a home on Steeple Chase Road in West Bradford Township in response to a report of a domestic disturbance, the DA said. Kratz was standing in the front doorway when…
Police & Fire
BF Arrested After Woman Found Dead In Bloodstained Suburban Philly Home: DA
A 31-year-old man was in police custody after his 21-year-old girlfriend was found dead in their Suburban Philly home, authorities said. Leroy Brahm was arrested in the assault of Annabel Meenan, whose body was found on Dec. 4 in the Spring City house they shared, the Chester County District Attorney’s Office and East Vincent Township Police said. East Vincent Township police were called to the 800 block of Buttonwood Avenue on reports of a medical emergency where they found Meenan lying on the living room floor with wounds to her face, chest, arms, and legs, Ryan's office said. Brahm…
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DA: ChesCo Man Found Guilty Of Assault In Domestic Violence Incident Against Wife
A 41-year-old Chester County man was found guilty of simple assault for physically assaulting his 35-year-old wife last year, authorities said. Officers responding to a domestic disturbance on Pierce Lane in Kennett Township on April 24, 2020, found the woman, who said her husband, Brian Thuer, "strangled her, then pushed her to the ground during an argument," according to the Chester County District Attorney's Office. The woman suffered a broken back as a result of the attack, authorities said. A jury found Thuer, 41, of Kennett Square, guilty of simple assault. He will be sentenced …
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DA: Royersford Man Apprehended In VA After Stabbing Ex-GF While 7-Year-Old, 3-Year-Old Watched
A Royersford man was captured in Virginia after he allegedly stabbed his 33-year-old ex-girlfriend to death while her 7-year-old daughter and 3-year-old son watched the brutal murder, authorities said. Deborah Brandao and her children were outside of her Pawling Road residence when her ex-boyfriend, Danelo Cavalcante, 31, arrived and grabbed her hair, yanking her to the ground on Sunday in Schuylkill Township, according to the Chester County District Attorney's office. Cavalcante then allegedly pulled two knives from his bag, threatening to kill Brandao, to which he then got on to…
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