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Would-be Thief Busted in Eland Downe, Police Say

Phoenixville police made an arrest after a caller alerted them to a prowler.

A 21-year-old Phoenixville man was arrested after police say he tried several times to steal from a vehicle parked in Eland Downe. On April 6 at 12:05 a.m., Phoenixville Police were dispatched to the 4800 block of Eland Downe after a caller reported that a man wearing a dark puffy jacket over a grey hooded sweatshirt was seen running from an area where a car alarm was going off. According to court documents, the man was seen in close proximity to the car two additional times. Police say they located a man matching the description the caller provided. Several witnesses were then brought to the scene, and they positively identified the man, according to court documents. Police say that when they searched the defendant prior to his arrest, …

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waldo

10:20 am on Tuesday, April 16, 2013

your small and simple minded to think that every one from Pheonixville is a criminal and will end up in jail grow up and move on comment on some other patch   more ›

Police: Phoenixville Woman Attacked Girlfriend with Knife

Police say the girlfriend was holding a one-year-old child when the assault began.

A Phoenixville woman faces felony assault charges after police say she attacked her girlfriend with a knife while the woman was holding her child. In addition to the aggravated assault charges, Kimberly Anne Reese, 26, was charged with two counts of simple assault, two counts of recklessly endangering another person, terroristic threats, and endangering the welfare of a child after the alleged December 9 incident. According to court documents, sometime before 7 p.m. Reese, wielding a knife, charged Johanna Stevens, 32, in the bedroom of their Eland Downe residence while Stevens was holding Reese’s one-year-old son. Stevens told police that the altercation continued downstairs, where Reese punched her in the face and told her she was “going…

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