Editor’s Note: The following is a submission by the Chester County District Attorney’s Office.
Here is a brief update on some of the events that occurred recently in the Chester County DA’s Office:
Trial By Tires Team Finishes the 39th Annual Ben to the Shore Bike Tour
Members of the Chester County District Attorney’s Office proudly participated in the 39th Annual Ben to the Shore Bike Tour on July 26, 2026. The “Trial by Tires” team joined thousands of riders in support of law enforcement and their families.
The nine-person team included six members of the Chester County District Attorney’s Office: Jack Meehan, Dana Moore, Grace Mannix, John Madden, Robert Markofski, and Andrew Power, and Phoenixville Police Officer Hunter Evans. Team members participated in both the 30-mile route and the 65-mile route. The ride was hosted by Families Behind the Badge Children’s Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting first responders, their families, and the communities they serve.
We are extremely proud of everyone who participated, donated, and supported the Trial by Tires team along the way. For more information about Families Behind the Badge, please visit: https://www.fbbcf.org/.
Coatesville Man Pleads Guilty to Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material
On June 6, 2026, Defendant Wendell Wesley, 40, of Coatesville, Pennsylvania, plead guilty to four counts of Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material. He was sentenced to 11.5-23 months in prison, followed by a term of probation and other special conditions. In April of 2023, Chester County Detectives received a CyberTip report from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children through the Delaware County ICAC Task Force indicating that an individual utilized a Gmail account to upload and share various photos and videos of child sexual abuse material. Through information obtained via a search warrant, the Defendant was identified as the person who possessed these disturbing and illegal images.
Please remember, if you have concerns about the safety of a child, you should say something. Call 911. Call Childline at 1-800-932-0313. Childline reports can be anonymous.
Woman Pleads Guilty to Falsifying Signatures on Nominating Petitions
On July 7, 2026, Defendant Mariel Kornblith-Martin, 41, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pled guilty to Solicitation to Unsworn Falsifications, and Filing a False Nominating Petition after she knowingly caused forged signatures on nominating petitions to be filed on behalf of an Auditor General candidate in 2024.
Defendant Kornblith-Martin was sentenced to three years of probation and a
$1,000.00 fine.
In February of 2024, a Chester County Court of Common Pleas Judge contacted the Chester County District Attorney’s Office to report that her signature had been forged on a Nominating Petition. This sprung a larger investigation by Chester County Detectives who identified that the Defendant paid three people to swear that they were circulators who had obtained valid signatures when, in fact, the signatures had been forged.
