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“Not only has an innocent man been killed, an innocent man is getting sentenced life for this,” he said at the time. “I am innocent. I did not set this up. This is a big mistake, and justice has no… → Read More
In addition to the year of probation for the count of harassment Oswald pleaded guilty to, he was ordered to complete 40 hours of community service. → Read More
WEST CHESTER—An unprecedented and extensive recruitment and hiring process for the new head of the Chester County Department of Emergency Services yielded a director that officials believe is the r… → Read More
WEST CHESTER—In 2014, people all around the world learned the horrifying news that a 3-year-old Chester County boy, Scott “Scotty” McMillan, and his older brother, had been beaten and tortured by t… → Read More
The longtime lawyer was elected to the bench in 2003 and presided over many high-profile cases, including several in 2022. → Read More
“Two and a half years after (Alexis) tried to kill her, Jennifer still struggles with an array of emotions due to being attacked not by a stranger but by her own flesh and blood,” wrote Chief Deput… → Read More
Pleasant Pet Resort owner Denise Durfor, who now lives in Jewett, Ohio, was found guilty of a single county of neglect of animals, a third-degree misdemeanor, following a three-day trial before Judge Patrick Carmody. → Read More
Another judge said: “It depends on how you define the term 'safety.' I think some judges are forgoing sheriffs in their courtrooms because there are others who need deputies to bring a defendant up (from the basement lock-up area.) That sometimes makes us less safe. And I guess that means the courthouse is less safe.” → Read More
WEST CHESTER — Opponents of school mask mandates in the Downingtown and West Chester school districts during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic suffered what could be a final blow against their at… → Read More
On Wednesday, Judge William P. Mahon signed an order mandating that Greist, the man who killed his wife and their unborn child in a psychotic rage more than four decades ago at his home in northern Chester County, continue his involuntary commitment under the state’s Mental Health Procedures Act, but on an outpatient basis. → Read More
In addition to the young man’s recitation of the events he said had occurred, the jury heard testimony about his struggles with mental health and addiction. → Read More
WEST CHESTER—Bill Cahill was doing his job the way he had always done it but will likely never do again. As the veteran police officer sat in the back room of a convenience store in Coatesville tal… → Read More
WEST CHESTER—“Born on third base.” That is how a Common Pleas Court judge described the life of Thomas Schindler, the once prominent but now discredited and disbarred Chester County attorney who au… → Read More
Michael John White II used a martial arts double edged karambit knife to slice the back of the officer’s head and stab him under his protective vest. → Read More
“I was ejected,” said Mark Capper. “I’m a law abiding citizen, and I had a right to be there. They used their authority and their badges to violate my rights to be there.” → Read More
WEST CHESTER—The day that Richard Greist has been fighting to see for decades came this year, as he was ordered discharged from Norristown State Hospital, where he had been involuntarily committed … → Read More
WEST CHESTER — A Luzerne County pastor today sits in a cell at the Chester County Prison awaiting sentencing in a child sex abuse case that involved his behavior more than a decade before when he t… → Read More
WEST CHESTER — The resignations of two high-ranking Chester County government department heads this past spring cast an eye on morale problems at the county’s Department of Emergency Services that … → Read More
A former federal prosecutor who drew accolades for his work against the leader of a Mexican drug cartel that had kidnapped a U.S. citizen has announced that he will run for the Democratic Party’s n… → Read More
WEST CHESTER—Taxpayers in Chester County will see no increase in their property tax bills to fund county government in 2023, the second year in a row that the millage rate has stayed the same. The … → Read More