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Pennsylvania Indicting Grand Jury Option Used In Chester County Murder

Pennsylvania recently reauthorized the use of grand juries to indict criminal defendants in certain circumstances, instead of going the traditional route of a preliminary hearing.

2013/05/18

(Credit: Bensalem Township Police Department)

Coatesville, Pa. Man Charged With Rape of 13-Year-Old Girl in 2011

Humberto Cervantes, 34, of Coatesville, is charged with felony rape and related crimes after the girl and her parents went to Bensalem police late in 2012.

2013/01/10

(Pa. State Police Maj. John Laufer, in file photo. Credit: Pocono Record)

Coatesville Will Again Try To Hire Maj. John Laufer As Police Chief

“Mr. Laufer should have gotten the position in the first place, and we wouldn’t have had to have gone through all this,” says Coatesville councilman Jarrell Brazzle.

2013/01/04

Anti-Crime Blitz In Coatesville, Pa. Nets Dozens Of Arrests

Law enforcement authorities in Chester County, Pa. say they’ve taken more than two dozen people off the streets of Coatesville in a summer-long crime sweep designed to make that community safer.

2012/09/12

For Parishioners At Closing Philadelphia Area Churches, Sadness and Anger

Some two thousand Philadelphia-area parishoners will have to change to another church, come July 1st.

2012/04/16

(Residential carbon monoxide detectors are available at hardware stores for under $35. File photo)

With Rise of CO Poisoning Cases, Red Cross Urges Detectors For All Homes

Dave Schrader, spokesman for the local Red Cross, says the organization has responded to a handful of calls within the past month — the most recent one when carbon monoxide fumes chased a family from their home on Wednesday night in Coatesville.

2012/02/02

Local Organization Donates Big Bucks Toward Chesco Training Facility

Even though it’s one of the fastest growing counties in the state, Chester County is still without a facility to train first-responders.

2011/10/31

Woman Finds Dead, Mutilated Cats Near Her Coatesville, Pa. Home

The Chester County SPCA is asking for the public’s help in finding who is responsible for maiming, killing and dumping several kittens at a home in Coatesville.

2011/09/29

Coatesville Fire Chief Quits After Report Details Department Shortcomings

The City of Coatesville, Pa. is looking for a new fire chief after a scathing report criticized the department’s handling of an apartment complex fire last fall.

2011/05/25