Two teens accused of armed burglary
Police: Crime interrupted by mother, daughter, who were confronted at gunpoint
Updated at 5:30 to add details from the criminal complaint
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Alex W. Granger
School buses were detoured Tuesday afternoon after a Birmingham Township mother and daughter interrupted a burglary, two armed suspects fled, and police launched a search to locate them.
Two teens...
W. Chester jurist ordered to relinquish keys, ID
President judge said cases will be handled by rest of county’s magisterial district judges
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi (left) poses with Magisterial District Judge Mark A. Bruno at a District 11 Special Court Judges Association meeting in November. Pileggi has called for the end of Philadelphia Traffic Court, where Bruno, who was indicted...
Couple accused of running deadly dog-fighting ring
Pit bulls were trained to fight, killed if they didn’t, authorities said
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan displays disturbing photos taken at a West Brandywine Township residence, where a couple allegedly ran a dog-fighting ring.
A West Brandywine Township couple operated “a house of pain and horror” for dozens of pit bulls used...
Oxford father accused of scalding colicky infant
1-month-old girl in critical condition with severe burns
Jorge Luis Colon is charged with aggravated assault, recklessly endangering a child and related offenses.
Chester County authorities today reported what one veteran police officer called “one of the worst cases of child abuse” he’d ever seen.
Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan announced the arrest of Jorge Luis Colon, 20, of Oxford,...
County law-enforcers recognized for advocacy
Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan (from left) was honored with Assistant District Attorney Michelle Frei by Dolly Wideman-Scott, who heads the Chester County Domestic Violence Center.
Domestic Violence Center bestowed honors during annual program
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Against the backdrop of sobering statistics – 53 domestic-violence fatalities in Pennsylvania...
Heating-oil scion facing prison time
Boyd C. “Tidge” Davis Jr., 72, was found guilty Monday by a jury of over 80 counts of theft.
Davis heir was convicted of looting his parents’ estates
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
A member of a West Chester heating-oil dynasty was convicted of embezzling over $500,000 from his elderly parents and other family members, Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan...
