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Coatesville Man Convicted Of Choking Teen Girlfriend Unconscious Coatesville Man Convicted Of Choking Teen Girlfriend Unconscious
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…
Maryland Man Sentenced For Kidnapping, Threatening To Kill PA Woman Maryland Man Sentenced For Kidnapping, Threatening To Kill PA Woman
Maryland Man Sentenced For Kidnapping, Threatening To Kill PA Woman A 32-year-old Maryland man was sentenced to seven to 14 years in prison for violently kidnapping and threatening to kill a Pennsylvania woman two years ago, authorities announced. The 28-year-old Coatesville victim claims that the day of March 7, 2020, was like any other until her friend of 12 years, Adam Hathaway, of Baltimore, went to the house she shared with her 7-year-old daughter, Chester County District Attorney Deb Ryan said. When she asked him to leave, he assaulted and strangled her, even throwing her into a glass mirror, all while her young daughter slept upstairs, the DA said. …
First Convict Sentenced Federally In Trenton Protest Firebombings First Convict Sentenced Federally In Trenton Protest Firebombings
First Convict Sentenced Federally In Trenton Protest Firebombings UPDATE: A South Jersey man was sentenced today to 28 months in federal prison for trying to set fire to a police cruiser during a video-recorded riot that broke out following a peaceful protest last year in Trenton. Killian F. Melecio, 20, of Columbus must serve just all of the sentence because there's no parole in the federal prison system. Melecio admitted via video conference in U.S. District Cout in Trenton earlier this year that he stuffed a shirt he’d gotten from another man into the gas tank of the vehicle and tried to ignite it on May 31, 2020. The protest earlier that day in respo…
Bucks County Man Arrested For Sexually Assaulting 11-Year-Old Child, Authorities Say Bucks County Man Arrested For Sexually Assaulting 11-Year-Old Child, Authorities Say
Bucks County Man Arrested For Sexually Assaulting 11-Year-Old Child, Authorities Say A 31-year-old man from Bucks County has been arrested on charges that he sexually assaulted a minor when he was 18 years old, authorities said. Andrew Duchesneau of Newtown Township was arrested in connection with sex offenses, which allegedly occurred on various occasions in 2008 when the alleged victim, in this case, was approximately 11-years-old, authorities said. Duchesneau was charged with five counts of indecent assault against a person less than 13 years of age, which is a third-degree felony.  He was processed and was arraigned by Judge Michael Petrucci where bail was set at …
TONIGHT: Bucks County Investigator Details Haunting 2004 Murder Case On New TV Show TONIGHT: Bucks County Investigator Details Haunting 2004 Murder Case On New TV Show
Tonight: Bucks County Investigator Details Haunting 2004 Murder Case On New TV Show Well-educated. Tall and blonde. Highly esteemed. Heather Lavelle was an unlikely killer.  But in Summer 2004, a killer is exactly what Lavelle became. In August of that year, she and boyfriend James Savage tortured and beat her ex-boyfriend Christian Rojas to death in his Bensalem apartment. If not for Bensalem Police Det. Chris McMullin -- who worked as one of the lead detectives on the case, along with two from the Bucks County District Attorney's Office -- Lavelle and Savage may have gotten away with the crime. McMullin will be detailing the gruesome homicide on the Feb. 17 episode of…
'Wolf In Sheep's Clothing': PA Man Gets 15 Years For Sex Abuse Of Kenyan Orphans 'Wolf In Sheep's Clothing': PA Man Gets 15 Years For Sex Abuse Of Kenyan Orphans
'Wolf In Sheep's Clothing': PA Man Gets 15 Years For Sex Abuse Of Kenyan Orphans A Lancaster County man is facing decades behind bars for sexually abusing four minor children, two as young as 11-years-old, in an orphanage in which he and his wife operated in the Republic of Kenya, authorities said. Gregory Dow, 61, and his family traveled from Lancaster County to Boito, Kenya to start an orphanage known as the Dow Family Children’s Home, in 2008, according to Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams. The orphanage remained in operation for nearly a decade with financial support from donors in the United States, including churches and other faith-ba…