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PA Softball Team Treasurer Arrested At High School Sporting Event For Theft PA Softball Team Treasurer Arrested At High School Sporting Event For Theft
PA Softball Team Treasurer Arrested At High School Sporting Event For Theft A 50-year-old Pennsylvania man has been arrested at a high school sporting event in Chester County for stealing thousands of dollars from a youth softball team, authorities said. James "Rudy" Allen, of Cochranville, "improperly used" more than $6,000 in funds intended for a youth softball team, the Oxford Police Department said in a news release. Allen was arrested at an Oxford High School sporting event on Thursday, April 24, police said. Court documents show he's been charged with Theft by failure to make required disposition of funds and receiving stolen property. In April 2022, Ox…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Train Strikes Tractor Trailer In Chester County, Police Say Train Strikes Tractor Trailer In Chester County, Police Say
Train Strikes Tractor Trailer In Chester County, Police Say Authorities responded to a railroad crossing in Oxford Borough on Wednesday, April 17 after a train crashed into a tractor-trailer, police said.  Officials said it happened at the Mount Pleasant Road crossing around 3:30 p.m. The road was closed between South Third and Grant streets for several hours while crews cleared the scene.  Oxford Police Department No injuries were reported, police added. 

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by Mac Bullock
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Pair Tried Hiding Loaded Gun, Drugs After Chester County Crash With Child In Car: Police Pair Tried Hiding Loaded Gun, Drugs After Chester County Crash With Child In Car: Police
Pair Tried Hiding Loaded Gun, Drugs After Chester County Crash With Child In Car: Police Two men have been arrested after police say they found a loaded gun and drugs in a backpack they'd tossed from a vehicle containing a child after a crash in Chester County. Officers responding to a single-vehicle crash on the 600 block of Market Street around 8 p.m. Monday Feb. 5, found three adults and a small child in the car, Oxford police said. Llenifer Ayllon, 24, of West Grove, and Robert Jimenez, 24, of Toughkenamon, were among the adults in the car, police said. Officers soon discovered that a backpack had been removed from the vehicle before police arrived. With help from one of t…

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by Cecilia Levine
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ChesCo Man Arrested For Threatening To Burn Down Family Home ChesCo Man Arrested For Threatening To Burn Down Family Home
ChesCo Man Arrested For Threatening To Burn Down Family Home An 18-year-old Chester County man was arrested after authorities say he threatened his family. Officers responding to a report of a domestic disturbance between a dad and son arrived at the house on the 400 block of Market Street around 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 12, according to the Oxford Police Department. Devon Scott made "several verbal threats about burning down the residence with the family inside," police said. Scott was arrested and taken to the Oxford District Court, where he was arraigned on charges of terroristic threats and harassment, authorities said. He was taken to Ches…

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by Nicole Acosta
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DA: Jury Finds Chester County Man Guilty But Mentally Ill In Strangulation Death Of Woman, 64 DA: Jury Finds Chester County Man Guilty But Mentally Ill In Strangulation Death Of Woman, 64
DA: Jury Finds Chester County Man Guilty But Mentally Ill In Strangulation Death Of Woman, 64 A jury found an Oxford man guilty but mentally ill of first-degree murder and strangulation after a 64-year-old woman was found strangled in the home she shared with him in 2018, authorities said. Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) and Oxford police were called to a home on Brick Road in East Nottingham Township on Dec. 29, 2018, for the report of an unresponsive female in the bathroom, according to the Chester County District Attorney's office. When officers arrived, Daniel Proffitt, 47, was outside the home and claimed that the victim had attacked him with a butcher knife so h…

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by Nicole Acosta