{"id":12140,"date":"2017-07-12T09:22:51","date_gmt":"2017-07-12T13:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/?p=12140"},"modified":"2017-07-12T09:22:52","modified_gmt":"2017-07-12T13:22:52","slug":"hogan-gives-sheriffs-office-award-for-baker-apprehension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/?p=12140","title":{"rendered":"Hogan gives Sheriff’s Office award for Baker apprehension"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Chester County Sheriff Carolyn ‘Bunny’ Welsh (second left) holds the commendation presented by Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan (center). She is also joined by (from left to right) Chief Deputy Jason Suydam, Chief Deputy Kevin Dykes and First Assistant District Attorney Michael Noone.<\/p><\/div>\n

WEST CHESTER \u2013 Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan issued a commendation to the Chester County Sheriff\u2019s Fugitive Apprehension Unit and the Sheriff\u2019s K-9 Unit on Tuesday, July 11, for their roles in the apprehension of Barry Baker, who was accused of sucker-punching a person with cerebral palsy in May.<\/p>\n

Baker, 29, of Georgetown, DE, allegedly assaulted the victim outside a 7-11 convenience store in West Chester on May 10. He was charged with simple assault and related offenses by the West Chester Borough Police Department. Baker was also wanted for failure to appear for a domestic relations matter and on an Adult Probation warrant. Working with the U.S. Marshal\u2019s Service, the deputies took Baker into custody on June 5.<\/p>\n

Hogan, who presented members of the unit with a plaque citing their \u201coutstanding diligence and commitment,\u201d acknowledged that their work seldom generates attention because they operate beneath the radar.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe sure as heck don\u2019t tell people how you do it because we don\u2019t want the bad guys to know … how you end up catching them and bringing them in,\u201d Hogan said.<\/p>\n

Because of the heinous nature of the alleged offense, the case generated extensive publicity.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe whole world was watching Chester County,\u201d said Hogan, \u201cand you delivered.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that he had conferred with David B. Webb, the U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, who applauded the teamwork involved in Baker\u2019s apprehension.<\/p>\n

Chester County Sheriff Carolyn \u201cBunny\u201d Welsh said she appreciated Hogan\u2019s remarks as well as the positive relationship her office has with county prosecutors.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re fortunate to enjoy such a good working relationship,\u201d she said. \u201cThat doesn\u2019t always exist everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m extremely proud of the FAU and the multi-agency cooperation they continue to demonstrate,\u201d Welsh added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WEST CHESTER \u2013 Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan issued a commendation to the Chester County Sheriff\u2019s Fugitive Apprehension Unit and the Sheriff\u2019s K-9 Unit on Tuesday, July 11, for their roles in the apprehension of Barry Baker, who was accused of sucker-punching a person with cerebral palsy in May. Baker, 29, of Georgetown, DE, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12142,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12140"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12141,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12140\/revisions\/12141"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}