Como, Donato face charges for ‘skimming’
Grand jury report slams Coatesville Area Board of Education for mismanagement, cover-up
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan details charges against former Coatesville Superintendent Richard Como and former Coatesville High School Athletic Director James Donato, as the new Coatesville Superintendent, Dr. Cathy Taschner looks on.
WEST CHESTER — Following the...
Three charged in So. Coatesville false hit and run report
Scott Albee Jr.
SOUTH COATESVILLE — Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan and South Coatesville Police Chief Lew Wilson announced charges against three area residents Thursday for faking a report of a hit-and-run incident in August.
On Aug. 27, authorities said Scott Albee Jr. was operating an ATV while under the influence, with a passenger on the back of the ATV. He crashed the ATV along Woodward...
Two arrested in Downingtown shooting
Allegedly fled to New Mexico before being apprehended
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
Tyler Peters
Two men are facing charges with the shooting of a Downingtown man on Nov. 17, after they were taken into custody last week in New Mexico.
Authorities announced the arrest and pending charges against the two, Tuesday.
Darrance Peters, 23, of Coatesville, and Tyler Peters, 23, of Harrisburg were arrested...
Largest drug bust in county history announced
D.A.: 44 arrests so far from probe of Mexican cocaine cartel
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Calling the bust the largest in county history, District Attorney Tom Hogan displays photos of 44 defendants taken into custody for their roles in a Mexican cocaine cartel.
The 65-year-old Mexican native who became a U.S. citizen and ran a landscaping business from his rented home in East...
D.A.: County worker embezzled over $5,000
Former employee in Treasurer’s Office arraigned on multiple charges
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Sean H. Patterson
An employee of the Chester County Treasurer’s Office faces charges stemming from the alleged embezzlement of over $5,000 from his office, Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan said on Wednesday, May 14, in a news release.
Hogan said Sean H. Patterson,...
N. Coventry man charged with shooting boy
Detectives say he fired random shot that went through 8-year-old’s thigh
Wayne Snowden
An 8-year-old boy is recovering from an apparently random gunshot wound to his thigh in North Coventry Township, and the alleged shooter is in custody, Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan and North Coventry Township Police Chief Bob Schurr announced.
Wayne Snowden, 55, of Pottstown, has been charged...
Caln Elementary deemed safe after K-9 sweep
Search for heroin heightens tension between authorities, school district
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
More than four days after authorities discovered heroin in the possession of a first-grader at Caln Elementary, “a protective sweep” of the school using K-9 officers deemed the building and grounds safe, Caln Township Police Chief Joseph Elias said on Tuesday, May 6.
In a...
Alleged source of heroin at Caln Elementary arrested
D.A. blasts district for its handling of news that 7-year-old had drugs in school
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Pauline Bilinski-Munion
After investigators identified the source of heroin – distributed by a first-grader at Caln Elementary to at least one classmate on Friday, May 3 – as the child’s grandmother, county detectives took her into custody two days later, the...
‘This case is about greed, greed … more greed’
D.A. says well-paid worker stole more than $1 million from employer
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Joyce Hawkins
A 59-year-old West Chester woman earned $200,000 from her Berwyn employer last year, but that wasn’t enough to fund a lavish lifestyle that included a vacation home in Chestertown, Md., Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan announced on Tuesday, April 28.
Joyce...
