Police seek help to locate runaway teen

W. Whiteland detectives say girl left Devereux campus Sun. Shara Facon The West Whiteland Township Police Department in investigating a runaway student from the Devereux Kanner Center on Boot Road. Shara Facon and another 17-year-old female ran away from the facility at approximately 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 18; the second female was located on Tuesday, May 20, police said. Facon is described as...

Employee accused of illegal hike in pay

W. Whiteland Police say she altered computer to increase salary A reported theft led officers from the West Whiteland Township Police Department to the JC Penney’s store at the Exton Square Mall on Tuesday, April 29, police said. Upon arrival, an officer was advised that a store employee, Karen Sterling, 37, of Phoenixville, had accessed the store’s computer system to alter her salary three...

Police seeking alleged baseball hat thief

W. Whiteland Twp. detectives say his Coatesville accomplice is in custody West Whiteland Township Police hope someone can identify the theft suspect in this surveillance photo. The West Whiteland Township Police Department is investigating a theft that occurred at the 7-11 store in Exton at approximately 8:15 p.m. on Sunday, April 6, and it is seeking the public’s help to identify one of the...

Avondale trooper cleared of brutality charge

Kelly Cruz had been accused of stomping suspect in head during drug raid Updated at 1:15 p.m. with state police comment By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times Kelly Cruz More than four years after being accused of using excessive force during a drug bust, a veteran state police narcotics investigator has been acquitted of federal civil rights charges. A jury deliberated less than...

West Whiteland Police: Contractor stole watches

A pawn shop receipt linked him to crime, investigators said  On March 14, a resident of the 300 block of West Bala Terrace in West Chester reported the theft of three watches valued at $975 from her residence, West Whiteland Township Police said. An investigation determined that a contractor who had been working at the residence, Martin Krakower, 46, of Downingtown, was responsible for the theft,...

Warrant issued for 3rd suspect in jewelry-store theft

West Whiteland Police say they are seeking another Phila. resident  Dewayne Baxter Continuing an investigation into a brazen, $15,000 jewelry heist in December, the West Whiteland Township Police Department has obtained a third arrest warrant for a Philadelphia resident, police said. Detectives are seeking Dewayne Baxter, 57,  who is also wanted for a bank robbery in Philadelphia, police said....

Charges filed in road-rage incident

West Whiteland police say driver assaulted by Chadds Ford man West Whiteland Township Police said they responded to an assault complaint on Tuesday, March 4, in the area of Birchwood Drive and Whiteland Woods Boulevard. Police said they spoke with a motorist who had been the victim of a confrontation with another driver, who allegedly left the scene. West Whiteland Police subsequently located the...

Alleged identify theft reportedly spans 3 jurisdictions

Police:  Phila. man tried to get loan in W. Chester with W. Whiteland victim’s data On Tuesday, Feb. 18,  a West Whiteland Township resident filed a report with the West Whiteland Township Police Department that he was a victim of identity theft, police said. The resident indicated that he had been contacted by a bank about a loan application, which he had not sought, West Whiteland police...

Police: 2nd suspect in jewelry heist identified

West Whiteland investigators have issued warrants for 2 of 4 suspects Keith Walker Continuing an investigation into a brazen, $15,000 jewelry heist last month, the West Whiteland Township Police Department has obtained a second arrest warrant for a Philadelphia resident, police said. Earlier this month, police identified Kevin Blagmon, 57, of the 2000 block of North Stillman Street in Philadelphia,...

Detectives seeking quartet of older jewelry thieves

West Whiteland Police say four men hit store in Exton Square Mall  A black male with salt and pepper hair and a beard is one of four suspected jewelry thieves that West Whiteland Township Police hope the public can identify. The West Whiteland Township Police Department said it is investigating a $15,000 jewelry heist that occurred at approximately 4:15 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 27, at the Zales store...