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Danelo Cavalcante, 34, stabbed his former girlfriend of two years dozens of times in front of her two young children in 2021. He was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison for the death of Deborah Brandao, 33, only to escape Chester County Prison at the end of August. As hundreds of law enforcement officers search for Cavalcante, who has been on the lam for close to two weeks, some residents have asked why he remained in the United States to begin with. Cavalcante is an undocumented immigrant who entered the country illegally. He fled to the...

“Yes he had the firearm with him, yes he was a threat. I think the canine played a large role in him not being able to utilize that firearm,” Bivens said. Bivens was in the command post when the capture happened and said, “I’m very happy no one was hurt when this occurred.” “We will publish a list of everyone who helped us out because we are very, very appreciative,” Bivens said. He said it was this support that fueled Wednesday’s successful capture. Bivens said Cavalcante liked to travel through creek beds and along tree lines, most frequently at night....

As the manhunt for a convicted killer who slipped out of a Pennsylvania prison continues for the 10th day Saturday, authorities conducting an intense 24-hour operation now have nearly 400 officers on search efforts. Officials assigned additional law enforcement personnel to search for Danelo Cavalcante as the number of his reported sightings in Chester County has grown since his escape from the county correctional facility on August 31. “We pulled more people in through the night last night,” Pennsylvania State Police Lt. Col. George Bivens told reporters Friday, adding the reinforcements are from state police and other agencies. “We have...

The reward for information leading to the capture of escaped killer Danelo Cavalcante has increased to $20,000 as the search enters its eighth day. Authorities describe the 34-year-old Cavalcante, of Royersford, Montgomery County, as “extremely dangerous.” He was convicted in August of murdering his girlfriend. He escaped a week ago from Chester County Prison in Pocopson Township by scaling a wall, climbing over razor wire and jumping from a roof. Pa. escapee This photo provided by Chester County Prison shows CCTV footage of prison inmate Danelo Cavalcante, left, escaping from Chester County prison on Aug. 31, 2023. (Chester County Prison...

Authorities want residents within a two-mile wooded area in a southeastern Pennsylvania township where an escaped prisoner fled to remain on high alert as they step up the manhunt for his capture. Law enforcement have entered the fifth day in their search for 34-year-old Danelo Cavalcante. Cavalcante, of Royersford in Montgomery County, was convicted in August of murdering his girlfriend. He escaped this past Thursday morning from Chester County Prison in Pocopson Township. State Police and the Chester County District Attorney’s Office held a joint news conference Monday afternoon about the continued manhunt. Since Cavalcante’s escape, authorities have confirmed four...

Despite being an advocate of “civility,” “decency,” and “unity” in the past, Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-Pa.) has apparently been so radicalized by her caucus that she now says the Republican Party is “diseased” and must be “cleansed.” “This is, in my opinion, a diseased Republican Party. And it needs to be cured and cleansed,” Houlahan said on the Daily Beast‘s The New Abnormal podcast last month. “So the stakes of having a Republican, as an example, in my seat are more than just policy differences. They are democracy, in my opinion.” The GOP is “diseased” and must be “cleansed?” Where...

February 26, 2022 6:42am Updated Bear chases music star Alok while snowboarding Authorities in Chester County arrested a woman who fatally stabbed a 21-year-old student at Lincoln University on February 16. Nydira Smith was charged with fatally stabbing Jawine Evans, 21, in the neck at a dormitory hall on campus, according to Fox29. The suspect also stabbed two other students — Eric Dickerson, 22, and Clifton Walker, 22. Smith was the sister of a student at Lincoln University who was involved in the fight with all three students stabbed. Footage of the incident was obtained by detectives. “We believe it...

A weeklong manhunt for a suspect wanted in the killings of four people ended without another shot fired Monday morning as hundreds of officers surrounded him in South Carolina, authorities said. Neither Tyler Terry nor the more than 300 officers searching for him were hurt during his arrest, the Chester County Sheriff’s Office posted on Twitter. The manhunt finally ended after at least three confirmed sightings of Terry since he ran from a wrecked car after firing on Chester County deputies on May 17. Deputies released photos of Terry's arrest showing an officer giving him a bottle of sports drink...

One Pennsylvania resident has been called to perform his civic duty a few years earlier than expected. “I got summoned to jury duty,” Luke says, with an unmistakable curiosity. “I’m only 11, so I didn’t think I’d ever get it.”Luke was ordered to show up at the Chester County Courthouse on March 28 for jury selection. Luke’s mom, Jeanette Fox, went online and later called the county to alert them about the error. The summons came with two pages of instructions and dress code recommendations, in addition to instructions that he bring a magazine to read — and even where...

An anti-Trump activist has been accused of executing his neighbor who was a prominent Republican supporter. Clayton Carter allegedly shot George Jennings, both 51, twice in the head outside his home in Pennsylvania in the early hours of August 8. The men had already been arguing the previous night and police were called after Carter pulled a gun, but managed to diffuse the situation. Clayton Carter, 51, is accused of shooting neighbor George Jennings, also 51, twice in the head in Pennsylvania last week +3 Clayton Carter, 51 (left), is accused of shooting neighbor George Jennings, also 51 (right), twice...

Chester County on Thursday ordered a hand recount of 190,462 paper ballots cast in last month's election, as former Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein continues her bid for a statewide recount. The county's Board of Elections, which consists of the three county commissioners, ruled that the Department of Voter Services must recount the ballots in 143 of the 228 precincts for the presidential and U.S. Senate races. Many counties have adopted electronic voting systems, but Chester relies almost exclusively on paper ballots. Of nearly 275,000 ballots cast there last month, all but about 850 were on paper. The ruling...

WEST CALN TWP., Pa. -- Police say a man and his girlfriend are charged with murdering the girlfriend's 3-year-old son in what a prosecutor described as an "unspeakable act of depravity.". Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan announced the arrests of Gary Fellenbaum and Jillian Tait Thursday morning. He says Fellenbaum, his wife, and girlfriend, Tait, all lived together in a mobile home in West Caln Township and worked at a local Walmart. On Tuesday authorities were called to their residence for the report of an unresponsive child. Responding EMTs found 3-year-old Scott McMillan suffering from bruises, lacerations and puncture...

Two Chester County companies reported layoffs to the Pennsylvania Department of Labor in December through the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, or WARN. The WARN Act was passed by federal and state lawmakers to protect workers by requiring most employers with 100 or more employees to provide notification 60 calendar days in advance of plant closings and mass layoffs. Medecision, with offices at 600, 601 and 620 Lee Road in Chesterbrook, will lay off 83 workers effective Feb. 1, 2013. The Warn notice lists 85 layoffs but Ellen Donahue-Dalton, executive vice president and chief marketing officer at Medecision, said...

Come join us at the 1st Annual See Our Children Soar Balloon Festival in Chester County, Pennsylvania. The US Flag Balloon- America One, and The Space Shuttle Balloon- Patriot will be flying with 33 other balloons this weekend at the Ludwig's Corner See Our Children Soar Balloon Festival. For more information and photos from this mornings' festivities please check out the photos at www.seeourchildrensoar.org You can also get flight times and a map to the field if you so desire to visit us this weekend. Or our normal web site at and click on the link to today's photos. From...

A global media scrum descended on the Chester County suburb of Malvern yesterday because of a furor over a rumored romantic link between a 1995 Great Valley High School grad and presidential hopeful John Kerry. Despite the frenzy, little information was forthcoming yesterday, and there was no confirmation of any relationship between Kerry and the woman. Several news trucks and assorted gawkers loitered outside the home of the parents of 27-year-old Alexandra Polier after her dad was quoted in a British tabloid that Kerry was "a sleazeball" who'd shown an interest in his daughter. Polier, who was a cross-country star...

Court shoots down man's joke Charlotte Observer A macabre practical joke has landed a Chester County man 15 years in federal prison without parole.In May 2000, Jeffrey Price Barber, 44, tried to play a joke on his wife by firing a round from a .22-caliber rifle, smearing ketchup on his face and body, then lying on the floor in a bedroom of his house, according to a statement released Friday by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Columbia.His wife, after hearing the shot and seeing her husband covered in what she thought was blood, called 911. A sheriff's deputy who arrived...

God and Man in Chester County The Ten Commandments are being covered up at a courthouse in Pennsylvania. by Claudia Winkler WHILE DEMONSTRATIONS for and against Israel, the Palestinians, and Jean-Marie Le Pen were hogging the headlines last week, a quintessentially American flap was unfolding in Chester County, Pennsylvania. There, a crowd reportedly reaching 350 gathered in "boisterous" protest as a work crew affixed a cover to a plaque on the courthouse wall that bears--but of course--the Ten Commandments. The workers were doing the bidding of U.S. District Judge Stewart Dalzell, pending a decision about the ultimate disposition of the...