Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Reports from the North Coventry Police Department.
The following report contains information provided by the North Coventry Township Police Department. Arrests, where they are mentioned, do not indicate conviction. The North Coventry Police Department is investigating an incident of criminal mischief that occurred near the area of Route 100 and Kutz Drive on May 6 at 11 a.m. The report states that an unknown subject was firing paintballs at traffic from a grey or silver late-model Jeep Cherokee. The subject reportedly struck at least one vehicle with a paintball. If you have any information concerning this incident, contact the North Coventry Township Police Department at 610-323-8360. Police are all requesting that township residents report any suspicious activity that they observe in …
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Michael D. Nesspor, 23, of Pottstown, was killed on Wednesday night after his 1997 Harley Davidson crashed into a guide rail on Route 724. He was not wearing a helmet.
A Pottstown man was killed on Wednesday night after his motorcycle crashed into a guide rail on Route 724 in North Coventry. Members of the North Coventry Police Department responded to a report of a motorcycle crash in area of Route 724 and Scholl Road shortly after 8 p.m. Upon arrival, they discovered that the operator – identified as Michael D. Nesspor, 23, of Pottstown – had been killed in the crash. The report states that Nesspor – who was not wearing a helmet – sustained severe trauma to his head and neck. A female passenger – who was wearing a helmet – sustained various abrasions and a broken left leg. She was transported to Reading Hospital by Goodwill Ambulance. The female passenger and a witness on the scene told police that …
Friday, April 12, 2013
Reports from the North Coventry Police Department.
Editor's note: The following items include information provided by the North Coventry Police Department. Arrests, where they are mentioned, do not indicate conviction. Criminal Mischief: The North Coventry Township Police Department is investigating a criminal mischief incident that occurred between 11 a.m. on April 6 and 8 a.m. on April 8. The incident occurred in Kenilworth Park, where it was discovered that a window pane had been smashed in by a cap for an oil tank. Anyone with information is asked to contact the North Coventry Township Police Department at 610-323-8360. Retail Theft: On April 9, the North Coventry Township Police Department responded to Kohl's at the Coventry Mall for a report of a retail theft. Following an …
Thursday, April 11, 2013
The Chester County DA has announced he will seek the death penalty against Shakeem Carter, who is accused of the brutal murder of a Norristown teen.
Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan announced Thursday that the state will seek the death penalty against Shakeem Carter, the Norristown man accused of the brutal murder of 17-year-old Kevin Allen on Feb. 12. "The decision to pursue the death penalty is reserved for the most serious crimes and is only reached after careful deliberations," Hogan stated in a release. "After consultation with the police and the victim's family, this decision is based upon the circumstances surrounding the murder of this young man." Hogan listed three aggravating factors that contributed to his decision to pursue the death penalty: Carter is accused of killing Allen at the Hanover Garden Apartments in North Coventry, Pa. on the evening Feb. 12 in the …
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Reports from the North Coventry Police Department.
Editor's note: The following items include information provided by the North Coventry Police Department. Arrests, where they are mentioned, do not indicate conviction. Assault: On April 7 at 5:15 p.m., officers from the North Coventry Police Department responded to a reported domestic assault on the 1300 block of Temple Road. Upon arrival, police learned that a father and his 16-year-old son had gotten into an argument, which later became physical when the son allegedly punched his father in the head and struck him in the back with a lacrosse stick. Police then took the juvenile into custody. Police filed a referral on the teen on charges of simple assault and harassment. The teen was later released to his mother. Subscribe to our free …
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Reports from the North Coventry Police Department.
Editor's note: The following items include information provided by the North Coventry Police Department. Arrests, where they are mentioned, do not indicate conviction. Theft: Police are investigating the theft of a Fed Ex package from a residence on the 900 block of East Schuylkill Road. The report states that the package was stolen from outside of the residence on Saturday, March 9. Anyone with information relating to this theft is asked to contact the North Coventry Police Department. Vehicle Accident: On March 9, police responded to the 1500 block of South Hanover Street for a report of a one-vehicle crash. Witnesses stated that they saw the vehicle – which was operated by Kevin Gibbons, 61, of Glenmoore – swerving in and out of his …
Monday, April 1, 2013
Police are requesting any witnesses to the incident contact the investigating officer as soon as possible.
The North Coventry Police Department is investigating a road rage incident that occurred in the westbound lanes of Route 422. According to the press release, the incident occurred around 3:15 p.m. on March 20, and it involved a white male driver in a blue, two-door vehicle, along with another white male driver in a red, four-door vehicle. No further details were given in the release. Any motorist who may have witnessed the incident is asked to contact that investigating officer, Thomas Barton, at 610-323-8360. Subscribe to our free daily newsletter | Follow us on Facebook | Follow us @PottstownPatch See also: Pottstown Teen Arrested on Drug Charges Pottstown Man Accepts Plea Deal in Burglary, Cocaine Charges Pottstown Walmart Reports Two …
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Reports from the North Coventry Police Department.
Editor's note: The following items include information provided by the North Coventry Police Department. Arrests, where they are mentioned, do not indicate conviction. Aggravated Assault: At 7:42 p.m. on March 1, police arrested 55-year-old Samuel A. Kirk, of Pottstown, following an investigation into a domestic disturbance that occurred earlier that day. Kirk is charged with aggravated assault, simple assault, possession of an instrument of crime, terroristic threats, recklessly endangering another person and harassment. He was arraigned by District Justice Kraut, and was later remanded to Chester County Prison after failing to post $25,000 cash bail. Theft from Vehicle: Police were dispatched to the 1000 bloack of West Meadowbrook Road …
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
For the second time, a man was found with hundreds of child pornography images and videos, according to police.
After an arrest in January for possessing hundreds of child pornographic images and videos, one North Coventry Township man is under arrest again, according to police. According to a report in the Pottstown Mercury, "Clay Warren Simpson, 52, of the first block of Parkway Drive, will face more than 300 counts of child pornography possession, total, in the culmination of an investigation that began in January, according to the North Coventry Police." Simpson was arrested in January for having a computer with more than 200 illegal images and videos, according to reports from North Coventry and West Pottsgrove police departments. Later, a second computer found during the arrest proved to include another 100 or more illegal images, according to…
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan announced the arrest of 20-year-old Shakeem Carter, of Norristown, for the Feb. 12 murder of Kevin Allen.
[Editorial note: This story contains graphic descriptions of a murder that may be disturbing to some readers.] Describing the gruesome scene investigators discovered on entering apartment 127 of the Hanover Garden Apartments in North Coventry, Pa. on the evening Feb. 12, Chester County District Attorney Thomas Hogan said they had opened "a doorway to hell." Twenty-year-old Shakeem Carter, also of Norristown, has been arrested and charged with the grisly murder that authorities say was in connection with a robbery. Carter had allegedly stolen $350 given to Allen by his father to buy clothes. Seventeen-year-old Kevin Allen's body was discovered in the blood-soaked apartment after police responded to a 9-1-1 call from a neighbor who heard a "…
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11:55 pm on Sunday, May 19, 2013
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