Serial drunk-driver pleads guilty to fatality
Crime prompts DA to seek tougher penalties for repeat offenders
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Pat Crowley (left) and District Attorney Tom Hogan listen as Diane Crowley addresses a news conference on increasing penalties for repeat drunk drivers who cause a death. The Crowleys lost their son, Liam James, a year ago, in a crash caused by an eight-time drunk-driver.
On Monday, April...
Door-to-door solicitor accused of stealing wallet
Man selling energy services in East Goshen taken into custody
Hakeem J. Lemar faces theft charges in Chester County, Westtown-East Goshen Township Regional Police said.
A 22-year-old Philadelphia man soliciting energy service in East Goshen Township is in custody, accused of stealing a resident’s wallet, said Westtown-East Goshen Regional Police.
Police said they responded to an apartment in the...
Repeat drunk-driver’s mother faces charges
Police say 85-year-old lied on insurance forms about son’s driving
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Louise Landis , 85, of West Chester, faces charges after police investigating a fatal motorcycle accident involving her son, a repeat drunk driver, determined that she lied about her son’s driving to her insurance company.
The 85-year-old mother of a 50-year-old repeat drunk-driver...
Man charged in DUI after motorcycle crash
Robert Elwood Landis
WESTTOWN — A Chesterbook man is in serious condition after the motorcycle he was riding was struck by a pickup truck at the intersection of Stanton Road and US-202, late Friday, and the truck’s driver was charged with driving while under the influence alcohol or controlled substance among other charges, police said.
Westtown-East Goshen Regional Police said Liam Crowley,...
