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Police & Fire
Coatesville Man Convicted Of Choking Teen Girlfriend Unconscious
A 31-year-old Coatesville man is awaiting sentencing after a Chester County jury found him guilty of strangling a 16-year-old girl until she lost consciousness. Curtis Thomas Jr. was at his Valley Township home on Sept. 11, 2019, with the teenager he was then dating and "many eyewitnesses," said District Attorney Deb Ryan. At some point, prosecutors said Thomas and the victim had an argument, during which the 31-year-old "choked her with his hands around her neck until she lost consciousness," the DA wrote. Later, he hit her several times on the face, neck, and chest, leaving lacerati…
Police & Fire
Violent Threat Clears Suburban Philly High School Again: District
For at least the fourth time this month, Coatesville Area High School in Chester County suspended classes Thursday, Oct. 27 after administrators received a violent threat. In a statement on the Coasteville Area School District website, Superintendent Richard Dunlap Jr. said a user on the anonymous tip-sharing app Safe2Say warned of a shooting to take place between 7:10 and 7:30 a.m. "After immediately consulting with police and in following our safety protocols, buses were re-routed home and students who were already at school were sent home," Dunlap said. The threat remain…
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Dad Found Dead In Abandoned PA Motel Had Been Mourning Loss Of Wife, Family Says
The 47-year-old man found dead at an abandoned motel in Montour County on Friday, Oct 7 had lost his wife only weeks before, his family said. The remains of George W. Sholley III, of Berwick, were discovered late last week in a former Days Inn on Sheraton Road in Valley Township, near the intersection of I-80 and Route 54, state police told reporters from multiple outlets. No cause of death was announced, though investigators said they do not suspect foul play. An autopsy is scheduled for Monday, according to the Daily Item. According a GoFundMe campaign created by h…
Police & Fire
Horrifying New Details Released In Holiday Weekend Double PA Murder
More details have been released in the Memorial Day Weekend double murder in Chester County. Mamadou Kallie, 23, took his 22-month-old child out of the Toyota Corolla after killing the boy's mother and a woman who was five months pregnant Sunday, May 29, Coatesville, Chester County DA Deb Ryan said. Kallie gave the baby to relatives then carjacked someone he knew before leading police on a pursuit in a bloodied shirt just before 11 p.m. He was found holding a gun to his head before being arrested in Valley Township, and later charged with murder in the deaths of Tiara Rodrigu…
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
PA Man Kills 2 Women, Unborn Baby Half Hour After Police Respond To Domestic Call
UPDATE: Slayings Of Young Moms At Hands Of 'Monster' Leave Suburban Philly Communities Reeling A 23-year-old Chester County man shot and killed two women, one of whom was pregnant, while a child was in the vehicle and then carjacked a victim, leading police on a brief pursuit, authorities said. Coatesville police responded to a Mount Pleasant Street home and cleared the scene just thirty minutes Mamadou Kallie shot the women around 9:40 p.m. Sunday, May 29 in Valley Township, Chester County DA Deb Ryan said. The victims were found with multiple gunshot wounds in a car with a 22-month-old …
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Coatsville Man With Pet Alligator Found Guilty Of Selling Heroin Laced With Fentanyl
A Coatsville alligator owner was found guilty of selling heroin laced with fentanyl in 2019, authorities said. Between January and February 2019, Irvin Hawkins, 33, allegedly sold the lethal concoction at a Wawa in Caln Township, and a Dollar General in Valley Township, according to the Chester County District Attorney's office. When detectives arrested Hawkins and a co-conspirator on Feb. 8, 2019, they found heroin, crack cocaine, marijuana, more than $5,000 in cash, drug packaging materials and a three-foot alligator in their possession, the DA's office said. The alligato…
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