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Police Probe Bomb Threat At Exton Assisted Living Facility, Assure No Known Threat Police Probe Bomb Threat At Exton Assisted Living Facility, Assure No Known Threat
Police Probe Bomb Threat At Exton Assisted Living Facility, Assure No Known Threat Police in Chester County are investigating after they were notified of a bomb threat targeted at an assisted living facility in Exton. An unknown man called the Sunrise assisted living facility at 6:50 a.m. on Tuesday and mentioned a bomb, before ending the call, West Whiteland police said. West Whiteland officers and two K-9 units with the Chester County Sheriff's Office searched around the facility but didn't find anything suspicious. The caller reportedly sounded angry, talked very fast, and did not make any specific threats, police said.  Police assure there is no known threat. …

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by Nicole Acosta
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ChesCo Sheriff, Deputy Indicted For Using County Funds To Pay Employees For Volunteer Work ChesCo Sheriff, Deputy Indicted For Using County Funds To Pay Employees For Volunteer Work
ChesCo Sheriff, Deputy Indicted For Using County Funds To Pay Employees For Volunteer Work A Chester County sheriff and deputy admitted to using county funds to pay employees for volunteer work, performed both on and off duty, at private charity events, authorities announced. Former Chester County Sheriff Carolyn Welsh and former deputy Harry McKinney were arrested on November 23, 2020, following a Grand Jury investigation, Attorney General Josh Shapiro said. The investigation revealed that because Chester County reportedly did not have the budget to support a K-9 unit as large as the one that Welsh and McKinney sought to create, they used on-duty deputies to perform vo…

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by Nicole Acosta