View Coatesville's response to DA Joe Carroll's crime plan, which he released last night.
CityResponsetoCarroll.pdf

View District Attorney Joseph Carroll's 2009 plan for the City of Coatesville and its growing crime level: Carroll_Coatesville.pdf

In honor of police officers killed in the line of duty, the Pennsylvania State Police is asking the public to incorporate blue lights into their holiday decorations.

Project Blue Light was developed by Concerns of Police Survivors, a non-profit organization based in Missouri, which represents over 15,000 families of officers killed in the line of duty.

"We are asking citizens and businesses to include blue lights in their holiday decorations, place a single blue light in a window or tie blue ribbons on car antennas as a way of honoring our fallen and active officers," said State Police Commissioner Frank E. Pawlowski. "The color blue is symbolic of peace. By displaying blue lights you will be sending a dual message -- that you support America's peacekeepers and that you hope the coming year will be a year of peace."

The sentencing for Richard Legree Jr. in federal court has been continued again. It was slated for tomorrow. The new sentencing date is Feb. 24.

The funeral has been scheduled for the Donald P. Yeager Sr., 67, of Avondale, who was killed while attempting to cross Route 41 in London Grove Thursday.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral service at 12:00 noon on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at Cleveland and Grieco Funeral Home, 221-223 Pennsylvania Ave., Avondale PA (610-268-2166). Friends may visit with the family from 10:00 a.m. until the time of the service at the funeral home. Interment will be at Philadelphia Memorial Park, Frazer.

Click on the PDF link below to view Laquanta Chapman's criminal record, as presented by the district attorney's office.

ChapmanCriminalHistory.pdf

Read about Chapman's second bail increase at www.dailylocal.com.

The DA's office is expected to ask Common Pleas Judge William Mahon to raise the bail for Laquanta Chapman in court Thursday. Chapman, of Coatesville, faces guns, drugs and animal cruelty charges after police raided his home last month. The startling information surrounding the case is his alleged admission to cutting a dog up with a chain saw after police found a mutilated dog in a trash bag in Chapman's home.

A Tredyffrin district judge set Chapman's bail for $5,000 at the on-call weekend arraignment. Then when the case was forwarded to Magisterial District Judge Robert Davis in Coatesville, Davis increased his bail to $100,000. The DA's office is expected to ask for a higher bail tomorrow after learning more about Chapman's criminal history.

The bail for Bryan Byrd, who was arrested the same day, is expected to stay at $100,000.

See Friday's DLN for more details.