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West Chester, PA
Police & Fire
Chester County Man Accidentally Shoots, Kills Friend While Playing Dice
A 20-year-old Coatesville man playing with a handgun accidentally shot and killed his friend while playing dice, authorities announced. Dapree Bryant and Daryl Perry, 18, were playing dice at a house on the 300block of Community Lane in Coatesville on May 29, Chester County District Attorney Deb Ryan said. Perry was sitting in a chair looking at his phone when Bryant picked up a gun sitting on a plastic tub in the garage and began to play with it, Ryan said. The 9mm "ghost gun" went off and struck Perry, authorities said. Police arriving at the scene found blood on the dri…
West Chester, PA
Police & Fire
Hero
: Off-Duty Firefighter Rescues Child, Driver Freed From Chester County Crash
An off-duty volunteer firefighter rescued a child from a vehicle that crashed and overturned Thursday in Chester County, fire officials said. Photos show the single-vehicle overturned on the 600 section of Pugh Road in Tredyffrin Township. The off-duty Berwyn firefighter was in the area at the time, and removed the child with help from police from the vehicle around 12:40 p.m., the fire company said on Facebook. The crew of Engine 2-2 removed the windshield to extricate the driver. EMS crews with Ambulance 2-2 and MICU 102 handled patient care for both occupants, who were taken to&n…
West Chester, PA
Police & Fire
DA: Royersford Man Apprehended In VA After Stabbing Ex-GF While 7-Year-Old, 3-Year-Old Watched
A Royersford man was captured in Virginia after he allegedly stabbed his 33-year-old ex-girlfriend to death while her 7-year-old daughter and 3-year-old son watched the brutal murder, authorities said. Deborah Brandao and her children were outside of her Pawling Road residence when her ex-boyfriend, Danelo Cavalcante, 31, arrived and grabbed her hair, yanking her to the ground on Sunday in Schuylkill Township, according to the Chester County District Attorney's office. Cavalcante then allegedly pulled two knives from his bag, threatening to kill Brandao, to which he then got on to…
West Chester, PA
Police & Fire
ChesCo Man Gets 12 Years In Prison For DUI Crash That Killed 47-Year-Old Man
A Chester County man was sentenced to five and a half to 12 years behind bars for reportedly killing a 47-year-old man while driving drunk on Route 30 in 2019, authorities said. When an Exton bar refused to serve any more alcohol to Charles Gorman, 30, of Coatesville, he drove to a Planet Fitness in Downingtown and got into an argument with someone in the parking lot on Oct. 23, 2019, according to the Chester County District Attorney's Office. Gorman then tore the side mirrors off the person's car before getting back into his car and driving to a Turkey Hill store in Caln Tow…
Lower Merion-Narberth, PA
Police & Fire
Norristown Teen Posted Video Playing With Victim's Gun Before Using It To Kill Her, DA Says
A 16-year-old boy posted a video of himself playing with a 23-year-old Norristown woman's gun moments before he used it to kill her in her own home earlier this month, authorities said Wednesday. Victor Bell Jr. is facing a third-degree murder charge in the Jan. 3 shooting death of Diamond Rahatt, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele and Norristown Police Chief Mark E. Talbot said. Norristown police responded to 1409 Markley St. around 1:40 p.m. on reports of shots fired, when they found Rahatt in her bedroom with a gunshot wound to her head, authorities said. She was taken …
Lower Merion-Narberth, PA
Police & Fire
DA: Mustang Driver Facing Homicide While DUI Charge In Deadly PA Crash
A 62-year-old North Wales man who was over the speed limit in a November car crash has been charged with homicide by vehicle while DUI after his 57-year-old passenger died, authorities said Wednesday. John Rufe was behind the wheel of a 2018 Ford Mustang when he turned left onto Main Street at nearly 55 miles per hour, hitting a Range Rover around 9:15 p.m. Nov. 6 in Collegeville, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele and Collegeville Borough Police Chief Barton Bucher said. "The heavy acceleration applied by Rufe continued as the Mustang proceeded into a slight curve in …