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Officers Injured, Business Window Shattered By Belligerent Man: West Chester Police Officers Injured, Business Window Shattered By Belligerent Man: West Chester Police
Dylan Novak Arrested For Assaulting West Chester Cops A 21-year-old Avondale man was arrested after assaulting two police officers in West Chester, authorities said. Dylan Novak was charged with aggravated assault, resisting arrest, and criminal mischief, West Chester police stated in a release on Monday, Sept. 16. A West Chester Borough Police officer was flagged down by employees of a business in the 50 block of South High Street on Sept. 7 at 1:45 p.m. Police did not identify the business. Novak allegedly refused to leave the business, police said, adding they attempted to arrest Novak. That's when the following happened, as stated i…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Officer Injured When Arrestee Strikes 2X, West Chester Borough Police Say Officer Injured When Arrestee Strikes 2X, West Chester Borough Police Say
Mavaetangi Vaki, 22, Charged After Assaulting Officer A 22-year-old man from West Chester was arrested after striking an officer twice, authorities said. On Aug. 25, 2024, at about 2 a.m., West Chester Borough Police responded to the 100 block of West Gay Street, West Chester Borough, for a disturbance.  While West Chester police were arresting two individuals, a third individual, Mavaetangi Vaki, 22 of West Chester, struck an officer.  After a brief struggle, Vaki was taken into custody and transported back to the West Chester Police Department for processing. Once at the station, Vaki struck an officer a second time causing visib…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Woman Wakes Up To Naked Stranger In Her Home: West Chester Police Woman Wakes Up To Naked Stranger In Her Home: West Chester Police
Yoni Lopez Charged With Sexual Assault: West Chester Police A 34-year-old man from West Chester has been charged with sexual assault after an attack on a woman, authorities announced on Friday, Aug. 9. West Chester Borough Police Officers were called to a disturbance at a home in the 100 block of West Gay Street, West Chester Borough, on Thursday, July 25. Police spoke with the victim and the offender who was identified as Yoni Lopez. The victim stated that she woke up in the early morning hours to find Lopez on top of her with no clothing on, police explained in the release. The victim then yelled at Lopez to leave, which he did.  Lopez…

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by Jon Craig
Traffic
Sinkhole Diverts Traffic In West Chester Sinkhole Diverts Traffic In West Chester
East Chestnut Street Sinkhole: Traffic Diverted In WC A sinkhole opened up on East Chesnut Street in West Chester on Thursday afternoon, Jan. 25, officials said.  The center lane of the 50 block of East Chestnut is closed and drivers traveling in the area should use caution, said borough police spokesman Dave March.  Facebook/WC PIO Dave March Photos from the scene showed police and work crews taping off the affected portion of the roadway. 

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Beer Bottle Attack Leads To 'Severe Injuries' In Chesco: Police Beer Bottle Attack Leads To 'Severe Injuries' In Chesco: Police
Beer Bottle Attack Leads To 'Severe Injuries' In Chesco: Police A Chester County man faces felony charges after authorities say he seriously injured another with a beer bottle in a late-night fight.  West Chester Borough police were called to the 100 block of East Nields Street just before 1:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 25, for a report of a fight, the department said in a release.  Officers arrived to find a victim suffering from "severe facial and head injuries" from being hit with a glass beer bottle, they wrote. James A. Jones, a 20-year-old West Grove resident, was arrested at the scene, police said.  Authorities did not report the vi…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
West Chester Student Charged With Rape West Chester Student Charged With Rape
West Chester Student Charged With Rape A West Chester University student is accused of raping a woman at a house party, according to a criminal complaint obtained by Daily Voice.  Patrick Dreyer, 20, of Glen Mills, was taken into custody Friday, Feb. 10 and charged with multiple felonies including rape and sexual assault, West Chester Borough Police said in a statement.  In charging documents provided by the District Attorney's Office, investigators said Dreyer and the alleged victim, a 19-year-old woman, were at the same party on the 500 block of South Walnut Street on Sept. 3.  The woman told police she was in …

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by Mac Bullock