Time for a calm, measured look at what happened at Chester County Prison
By Rich Heiland, Columnist, The Times
DANELO CAVALCANTE is in custody. In Chester County, our 14-days of living with some level of fear, being couch potato voyeurs has ended. Mega congratulations are due for all the law enforcement personnel and others who worked tirelessly to track him down including Yoda, the police dog that locked onto him.
But what now? I would hope a calm and professional debriefing...
49 charged in drug dealing enterprise
A late model BMW allegedly used by drug dealers was confiscated by authorities.
A multi-year operation has led to the arrests of 49 people associated with an alleged drug trafficking organization (DTO) operating out of southern Chester County.
Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan announced the charges Tuesday as the result of “Operation Crushed Ice” a joint law enforcement operation...
Officials ID woman found in E. Coventry pond
Authorities have identified the woman found in an East Coventry pond Monday as Ryan Stevyn Benjamin, a pre-kindergarten teacher from Pottstown.
WEST CHESTER — Authorities say they’ve identified the woman whose body appeared to have been dumped into an East Coventry pond either Sunday night or Monday morning — and issued a warning for the party or parties responsible: they’re closing...
CASD board emphatically denies D.A.’s accusations
It calls Hogan’s allegations of obstruction ‘blistering and inaccurate’
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Following an executive session Friday night, the Coatesville Area School District (CASD) Board of Education emphatically denied “a blistering and inaccurate press statement” by the Chester County District Attorney that it has impeded his investigation into...
D.A. rips CASD, Ellison on investigation obstruction
Hogan suggests actions against Romaniello may ‘undermine’ him as witness
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Tensions between law enforcement officials and the Coatesville Area School District (CASD), its Board of Education and its solicitor are escalating, according to District Attorney Tom Hogan, who issued a statement Thursday that disputed the district’s contention...
CASD puts Romaniello on administrative leave
District says move is unrelated to 2013 texting scandal
Dr. Angelo Romaniello
CALN — Just days after the naming of the next Superintendent of Schools, another Coatesville Area School District administrator is the focus of an investigation, after the district put Assistant Superintendent Angelo Romaniello on administrative leave, Tuesday morning, pending the outcome of an investigation by county,...
CASD retains two more lawyers; Rainbow students honored
Duo to represent board and staff; Ellison’s engagement letter approved
By Kyle Carrozza, Staff Writer, The Times
Rainbow Elementary School fifth grader Jonathon Thomas is honored for his work collecting school supplies to be donated to a school in Haiti, during Tuesday night’s Coatesville Area School Board meeting.
CALN – The Coatesville Area School Board voted to retain two attorneys...
