Wednesday, January 2, 2013
A robbery investigation led to a heroin arrest at the W High Street building.
A robbery investigation led to a drug arrest at the Pennsylvania House Hotel late last month, Phoenixville Police are reporting. Albert Hine, 47, was charged with narcotics possession with intent to distribute, possession of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, and disorderly conduct stemming from the December 23 incident. According to court documents, a Phoenixville Police officer went to the Pennsylvania House on December 23 to investigate a robbery that had occurred on the unit block of Spring Lane. The officer, he wrote in the affidavit, had reason to believe that one of the suspects in the robbery resided in the building. While on site, the officer encountered Hine, who smelled like …
Friday, June 15, 2012
Shawn Nafeese Duell is alleged to have shot James “Mack” Brown in Phoenixville on May 8.
James “Mack” Brown, 18, the Phoenixville man who was shot in the groin on May 8 in an apparent drug deal gone awry, took the stand to face his alleged shooter and his co-conspirator at a preliminary hearing on Thursday, The Mercury is reporting. Brown, who admitted he didn’t remember much because he was “high” at the time of the crime, testified that he got in a car the afternoon of the shooting with Shawn Nafeese Duell, 20, and Garrett Sterner, 19, with the intention of finding them marijuana. It soon became clear to him that wasn’t Duell or Sterner’s plan. After Duell and Sterner allegedly exchanged text messages outlining a plan to rob Brown, Sterner, the driver, pulled the car over in the parking lot of the Pennsylvania House Hotel. …
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
She was charged with helping him hide from police.
The case that’s launched a thousand charges grinded on last week, as the sister of the alleged gunman in the May 8 shooting of a Phoenixville teen was arrested in Pottstown for helping her brother evade authorities. According to The Mercury, Alexis Renee Scott, 19, of Pottstown, was arrested on June 6 for allegedly hiding her brother Shawn Nafeese Duell Jr. while he was on the lam from warrants stemming from his role in the Phoenixville shooting, as well as the April 15 shooting of a mother and son in Pottstown. It was only the most recent bizarre incident involving the actors in the May 8 incident. Duell was removed from court two weeks ago after a profane outburst during testimony, while Garrett Sterner, his alleged driver in the …
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