Caln police officer saves elderly woman from fire
A Caln police officer saved a 93-year-old woman from this burning home, Tuesday.
CALN — A township police officer rushed into a burning home Tuesday and saved a 93-year-old woman from the flames.
While the officer, Township Police Criminal Investigator James Shaw is being hailed for his quick and likely life-saving actions, the woman, Aldona Mitchell suffered server smoke inhalation and had to...
Caln to repair Fisherville, Osborne Rd. Bridge in 2015
Fisherville to close in coming weeks, Osborne Bridge later in this year
By Kyle Carrozza, Staff Writer, The Times
Mary Coine (left) and commissioner Lorraine Tindaro (right) present a check to Police Chief Joseph Elias (middle) for the police department’s participation in DARE.
CALN – The township announced projects to repair Fisherville Road and Osborne road Bridge at Thursday night’s board...
Caln police make arrest in hit-and-run death
Gine Bennett
CALN — Township police said Tuesday they have charged a Coatesville woman in the Dec. 4 hit-and-run death of 19-year-old Ke’asya Gray on Lincoln Highway in the Thorndale section of the township.
Township police charged Gina Marie Bennett, 48, of Coatesville, Tuesday, and she surrendered in Downingtown District Court and was released after posting $300,000 in bail. District Justice...
Coatesville woman killed in Caln hit and run
CALN — Township police are investigating a fatal hit and run pedestrian crash that happened late Thursday night on Lincoln Highway in Thorndale.
Police said that Ke’aysa Gray, 19 of Coatesville was walking westbound along Lincoln Highway when she was struck by a vehicle traveling west. The striking vehicle continued westbound without stopping. The victim was transported to Brandywine Hospital where...
American Water announced main upgrades in Caln
CALN — Pennsylvania American Water today announced the start of water main upgrades in the township to improve service reliability for customers and increase water flows for firefighting. The project will replace aging water lines and is estimated to cost approximately $525,000.
Starting this week, crews will install approximately 3,000 feet of new eight-inch ductile-iron water main along William...
Caln man charged in gun threats
Leon Rathburn
CALN — Police arrested a township man after it is alleged he threatened another man with a gun over a parking dispute, Thursday.
On Thursday evening, a little after 8 p.m., police said a pizza delivery driver reported that he had been threatened by a man with a handgun after a parking dispute. There was no mention of attempted robbery and police say they do not think the incident...
Caln police seek info on Lincoln Hwy robberies
CALN — Township police are investigating a pair of evening parking lot robberies this past weekend from Lincoln Highway retail locations and are asking the public to share any information it might have about the incidents.
On Saturday night, a little before 10 p.m, an employee was robbed at the Pizza Hut in the 1800 block of Lincoln Highway as she was leaving the business. Police said the suspect...
Caln police seek man for armed robbery, attempted armed robbery
CALN — Police are looking for man believed to be behind an armed robbery and an attempted armed robbery — on Lincoln Highway, Wednesday evening.
Police said on Oct. 15, they responded to an attempted armed robbery report and shortly thereafter, a second report of a completed armed robbery during which the suspect assaulted an employee and fled with money.
The first incident — the attempted robbery...
Caln teen reports attempt to lure her into car
CALN — A 14 year old township girl reported that a man attempted to lure her into a car on Lincoln Highway, near the Strauss Bridge and not far from Coatesville Area High School, Wednesday afternoon.
Township police said that the man is described as a male of Indian descent, approximately 40 years old, with a neatly trimmed beard and moustache. He was described as speaking English but with an...
Caln Police save life, thwart robbery
Officer saves colleague, Downingtown man from onrushing train
CALN — A township police office is being called a hero today, after his quick response may have saved the life of a Downingtown man as well as a fellow police officer, Wednesday.
Officer David Wardle pulled another officer – Jason Culbertson — and a robbery suspect, Ryan Keith Dolph, age 19 from the path of an oncoming Amtrak train,...
