Crime & Safety

Chesco Crime: Alleged Shooter in Court, Snow Causes Crash

Get caught up on some of the recent crime reporting from around Chester County.

West Chester School District Employee Arrested on Sexual Abuse Charge: Westtown-East Goshen Police arrested Steve Wesley, a night custodian at G.A.Stetson Middle School in the West Chester Area School Distract, who allegedly sexually assaulted a female employee while working on Thursday, Dec 12.

Alleged Malvern Shooter Faces Judge in Devon: Amidst some of the heaviest security ever at Devon District Court, prosecutors painstakingly mapped out gruesome details in the first degree murder case against Merritt Dudas, the 24-year-old Collegeville man accused of killing Malvern resident Drew Ferguson.

Snow Causes Car Accident in TE: Icy conditions are being blamed for an accident that sent a car into a ditch Sunday morning on a bad curve at the top Valley Forge Road between Pugh Road and Timber Lane. 

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Resident Finds a Stranger Sleeping in Bed: One West Chester resident got a surprise when they found a stranger sleeping in their bed, according to a release from the West Chester Police Department.

Two Stores, Two Break-ins: Police in East Pikeland investigated two separate break-in incidents at two separate Phoenixville-area stores that happened within a day of each other. 

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