Man Bites Wife, Murderer Pleads Guilty, and More Police Blotter

A rundown of the week in Phoenixville police news.

The following incidents occurred in and around the Phoenixville area. Arrest, when mentioned, does not suggest conviction. Man Bites Wife, East Pikeland Police Say Police say the man had blood on his face and hands when they took him into the station. Man Assaulted Wife Over Money, Police Say 'We can do this all day,' police report the man told his wife as he choked her. Girl Scout Robber Confesses, Police Say The 31-year-old former Berwyn resident is charged in other recent incidents, too. Phoenixville Pastor Convicted of Mortgage Fraud A pastor with New Millennium Life Restoration Fellowship was convicted today of fraudulently obtaining more than $6 million in home loans for properties in Schwenksville and Glenmoore. Gunman Pleads Guilty…

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Girl Scout Robber Confesses, Police Say

The 31-year-old former Berwyn resident is charged in other recent incidents, too.

Tredyffrin Township police on Wednesday announced an arrest, and a confession, in the Jan. 20 robbery from a Girl Scout cookie sale at the Berwyn Pathmark, according to TE Patch. Jevon Michael Avis, 31, of Carlisle, and formerly of the 300 block of Beechwood Avenue in Berwyn, was arrested Tuesday evening. He admitted stealing from the scouts in an interview with a police detective, police say. Avis is charged with robbery and related crimes in that case, as well as facing charges in a purse-snatching that happened Monday at Pathmark. His arraignment and preliminary hearing in Devon District Court are pending. On Jan. 20, according to police, a man they now identify as Avis stole from a Pathmark plastic donation container intended to …

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