Houlahan tours Coatesville businesses, holds public town hall
Rep. Houlahan and Chief Jack Lauer meet at the Coatesville police department to discuss community safety.
COATESVILLE – On Tuesday, Representative Chrissy Houlahan (D-6) spent the day in Coatesville, touring various locales and engaging with the community on a number of crucial issues affecting Pennsylvania’s Sixth District: care for our seniors, collaboration with our local police, support for...
Coatesville PD partners with local organizations to hand out free gun locks on MLK Day
COATESVILLE — On Monday, January 18th the Coatesville City Police Department will partner with CeaseFirePA Education Fund, and the Episcopal of the Trinity Church to dispense free gun locks and promote responsible gun ownership.
“According to reports, last year was a record-breaking year for gun sales in Pennsylvania” said Sergeant Rodger Ollis of the City of Coatesville Police Department....
Coatesville PD to focus on child car seat safety this week
COATESVILLE — As part of National Child Passenger Safety Awareness Week, which runs from September 18 through 24, the City of Coatesville Police Department, Buckle Up PA, and the PA Traffic Injury Prevention Project announced this week they will partner in an enforcement mobilization to help reduce child injuries and fatalities.
The mobilization will take place from September 18 through 30, 2016,...
Gun melt takes hundreds of weapons off streets
Coatesville PD organizes removal, disposal of weapons at ArcelorMittal
By Lauren Parker- Gill, Staff Writer, The Times
Coatesville Police officers load the unclaimed weapons directly from the evidence room, onto a truck to be safely transported to ArcelorMittal.
COATESVILLE – In an effort to keep weapons and firearms out of the wrong hands and off the streets, the Coatesville Police Department organized...
Backpack event connects the needy with the caring
Almost 1,400 students in need get back to school supplies, bags
By Lauren Parker-Gill, Staff Writer, The Times
Jane Johnson, a member of the committee for the Back to School event and a board member of the Bridge Academy and Community Center, helped students choose their backpacks filled with school supplies Friday at Scott Middle School. Photo courtesy of Coatesville Back to School: Prepare for Success...
Downingtown officer arrested at Philly strip club
Police chief says Scott Neuhaus immediately placed on administrative leave
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Officer Scott Neuhaus
A Downingtown police officer was placed on administrative leave following his arrest on Saturday by Philadelphia Police at a downtown strip club, authorities said.
Downingtown Police Chief James R. McGowan said he was notified by Philadelphia Police...
Reward offered in unsolved Coatesville homicide
Information on former Downingtown track star’s murder could earn $5,000
Police said Alex Davis was gunned down on July 2, 2012, a homicide that remains unsolved.
A $5,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to an arrest and conviction for a 2012 Coatesville homicide, authorities said Monday.
The Citizens Crime Commission, Chester County Detectives, and Coatesville Police Department...
D.A. to head regional crime-fighting committee
Tom Hogan to oversee intelligence for High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area
Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan was tapped to chair the Intelligence Committee for the region’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA).
Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan has been named chairman of the Intelligence Committee for the region’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA), a multi-agency...
S. Coatesville man gets 25 years in federal prison
Police said 29-year-old supplied cocaine to dealers in West Chester, Coatesville
Adam Scott IV, 29, was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for drug-dealing and weapons offenses.
A 29-year-old South Coatesville resident was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in federal prison on drug and weapons charges, Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan said in a news release.
U.S. District Judge Petrese...
