Michael P. Rellahan
PottstownMercury
West Chester, PA, United States
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Recent articles by Michael:
‘Bob’ Lentz, Chester County lawyer active in Civil Rights movement, has died – The Mercury
TREDYFFRIN — Robert W. “Bob” Lentz, the former Chester County attorney who as a young man joined with Civil Rights advocates in the South to assist those who had faced racial discrimination and who… → Read More
Former Coatesville superintendent sent to prison 3 years for stealing money from school
WEST CHESTER — It was a long time coming for Richard Como. More than three years after he was convicted of stealing money from Coatesville Area School District accounts to set up a “slush fund” to … → Read More
Berks County man pleads guilty in North Coventry murder
WEST CHESTER — One of three Berks County men authorities accuse of planning the botched robbery of a drug dealer whose teenage son was fatally shot in the crime pleaded guilty last week midway thro… → Read More
Witness testifies in North Coventry homicide trial
The shooting was the unexpected result of an attempted robbery of young Doyle’s father, a drug dealer who was thought to have a sizable amount of cash in the apartment. → Read More
‘Color’-ful event raises money in Chester County opioid fight – The Mercury
WEST CHESTER — Hundreds of race participants and supporters of all ages joined the Chester County commissioners and representatives from the District Attorney’s Office in Everhart Park on Saturday … → Read More
Chester County commissioners push Climate Action Plan
WEST CHESTER — The Chester County commissioners have adopted a new Climate Action Plan with a goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the county by 80 percent by 2050. The plan, developed by t… → Read More
Chester County woman says she is ‘being framed’ for father’s murder
WEST CHESTER — A southern Chester County woman charged with killing her father and his girlfriend at a home in New Jersey appeared Friday in Common Pleas Court for an extradition hearing that would… → Read More
Chester County commissioners oppose union attempt
A spokesman for Teamster Union Local 115 of Philadelphia said the prosecutors had reached out to the union for representation over the summer, and that the procedures to form a unit to negotiate a … → Read More
COVID not forgotten at Chester County Color 5K event
WEST CHESTER — The height of the COVID-19 pandemic last year may be fading from memory for some, but that does not mean it has been erased from the landscape. In September, there were almost 2,500 … → Read More
Coroner floats, then sinks, inquest into inmate’s death – The Mercury
WEST CHESTER — Dr. Christina VandePol, the Chester County coroner, wanted to try something out of the ordinary. Faced with having to determine the cause of death of an inmate at the county prison t… → Read More
Chester County Coroner calls for inquest into inmate’s death – The Mercury
As the mystery continues of how an inmate at Chester County Prison died at the facility while awaiting trial for allegedly beating and torturing a young girl → Read More
In wake of Ida, Chester County Juvenile Probation staff pitches in to help victims
In mid-month, more than two dozen of the employees in the office took it upon themselves to bring food, supplies, and in one case, home appliances to those in the areas of the county affected by Id… → Read More
Priest admits to $30K thefts from St. Joseph’s Church in Downingtown – The Mercury
In pleading guilty to counts of theft by failure to make required disposition of funds and theft by unlawful taking, graded as misdemeanors, McLoone admitted to improperly taking $30,892.50 from th… → Read More
Man admits to secretly recording women and young girls in his Chester and Montgomery County homes
WEST CHESTER — A Chester County man admitted in Common Pleas Court Monday that for more than five years he secretly recorded adult women and young girls in guest bedrooms → Read More
Spring City man admits he secretly taped women in bedrooms
WEST CHESTER — A Chester County man admitted in Common Pleas Court Monday that for more than five years he secretly recorded adult women and young girls in guest bedrooms → Read More
Spring City man admits he secretly taped women in bedrooms
WEST CHESTER — A Chester County man admitted in Common Pleas Court Monday that for more than five years he secretly recorded adult women and young girls in guest bedrooms → Read More
Ex-trooper guilty in child sex abuse trial
WEST CHESTER — The former Pennsylvania state trooper accused of sexually molesting a pre-teen girl over a period of years maintained in testimony during his trial that he had acted as a fathe… → Read More
Ex-trooper guilty in child sex abuse trial
WEST CHESTER — The former Pennsylvania state trooper accused of sexually molesting a pre-teen girl over a period of years maintained in testimony during his trial that he had acted → Read More
Woman testifies against former state trooper in child sex abuse case
WEST CHESTER — When she was a pre-teen in the early 2000s, the girl at the center of a child sex abuse trial involving a former Pennsylvania state trooper took → Read More
Trial opens for former Pennsylvania State Trooper charges with child abuse
WEST CHESTER — The trial of a former Pennsylvania state trooper involving accusations that he sexually molested a pre-teen girl over a period of years at his homes in southern Chester County began … → Read More