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Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Another Home Invasion

See the DLN for details on Monday's home invasion in Caln. Below are the other home invasions the Coatesville area has experienced this year.

April 9 – Steven Pittman, 33, of Coatesville, was abducted from his Fleetwood Street home, taken in a car, shot several times then left in the road on Eighth Avenue in Coatesville.

June 19 – Charles Buchanan, 54, was shot inside his home in the 700 block of Coates Street in Coatesville in what appeared to be a home invasion. A bullet grazed Buchanan’s head after several people entered his home.

July 6 – Carnell Parker, 24, and his girlfriend Shontae Peterson, 21, were shot and killed in Parker’s Coatesville home in the 200 block of Charles Street.

July 24 – A woman was shot multiple times about 1:20 a.m. during what police described as a home invasion. The 35-year-old woman, whom authorities have not identified, was shot several times at her home in the 100 block of Ash Street in South Coatesville.

July 25 – Kaijo Waan Hughes, 23, of Valley was shot in his home in the 100 block of Irish Lane about 1:45 a.m. during a home invasion and robbery.

July 28 – Jason Lyons, 31, of Coatesville, was shot inside his home in the 500 block of Coates Street about 12:15 a.m., police said. Robert Edwards Byrd, 20, of Coatesville, was charged Aug. 20 with the shooting.

Aug. 31 – Roughly five minutes after officers responded to a home invasion on Valley Road, police received a report of shooting in the area of Chestnut Street and North 6th Avenue. Angelino Rivera, 29, of Coatesville, suffered a single gunshot wound to his upper back, police said.

Sept. 22 - About 1:45 a.m. two men wearing masks – and one armed with a long gun – entered a home in the 100 block of Ascot Court in the Wedgewood development and attempted to rob the place. No one was injured, police said.

Monday, September 15, 2008

Explosion History

Authorities are investigating after a bomb was found outside a parking garage in West Chester Monday morning. For all the details check out the DLN.

For a recap on the Suburban Bomber who essentially terrorized the Phoenixville area for roughly 20 months with his bombs, check out these:

Suburban_Bomber1.pdf
Suburban_Bomber2.pdf

Friday, September 12, 2008

Social Club Raided

The following people were arrested during a state police LCE raid at the Star Social Club Thursday night:

Wesley Adderton of West Chester, Kelly Anderson of West Chester and Donna Beckett of Coatesville.

For more info on the raid, check out the DLN.

Friday, September 5, 2008

2nd man affiliated with Pomeroy FC arrested

PARKESBURG – For the second time in two weeks authorities arrested someone connected to the Pomeroy Fire Company for arson.

Police allege James “JR” Samuels, 22, of Parkesburg, set ablaze an unoccupied house next door to his home Wednesday night.

It appears at one point Samuels was a firefighter with Pomeroy. However, it is unclear what his status with the department is today.

While older versions of the company’s Web site listed Samuels as a firefighter, Friday evening the firefighter roster on the site did not include Samuels.

Police allege Samuels set a house on fire about 11:30 p.m. Wednesday in the 400 block of Strasburg Road. The unoccupied house is in foreclosure and owned by Bank of America, police said.

The arrest comes two weeks after Pomeroy volunteer firefighter Robert Bruce Tribbett, Jr., 24, of Sadsburyville, was arrested for setting homes and sheds on fire in Sadsbury.

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Alleged shooter dies in hospital

An 89-year-old man who police said shot and killed his daughter Thursday during a dispute at their East Goshen home died Monday night from wounds inflicted when he turned the gun on himself, police said .

Westtown-East Goshen Det. Sgt. William Cahill said Donald Lutz, 89, died at 7:15 p.m. Monday at Crozer-Chester Medical Center in Upland, where he had undergone surgery for his gunshot wound.

The Delaware County medical examiner will conduct an autopsy, Cahill said. After Lutz allegedly shot himself in front of officers, police found Lutz's daughter, Donna Marie Bennett, 54, dead in the dining room. She had been shot in the head, police said.

The gun involved in the incident was registered to Lutz, police said.