Murderer takes deal to avoid risk of execution
Eric Coxry, convicted of executing Coatesville barber, waives appeal rights
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Eric “Stroda” Coxry agrees to waive his appeal rights in exchange for avoiding the death-penalty phase of his murder conviction.
After ruminating over the weekend about the prosecution’s offer to take the death penalty off the table, a convicted murderer needed a...
5 Chester men charged in W. Chester murder
D.A.: ‘The drug game always ends with prison or an early grave’
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Jamal A. Scott was gunned down on Jan. 25 in West Chester; five men from Chester have been charged with his homicide, District Attorney Tom Hogan said Tuesday.
Authorities called the robbery plot common: Target a drug-dealer who won’t be inclined to go to police.
But in this...
Heating-oil scion facing prison time
Davis heir was convicted of looting his parents’ estates
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Boyd C. “Tidge” Davis Jr., 72, was found guilty Monday by a jury of over 80 counts of theft.
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 said Monday.
Boyd...
