Danelo Cavalcante entered the "C" Block cell of Chester County Prison in West Chester, about an hour's drive from Philadelphia, at 8:33 a.m. on August 31, 2023. Less than20 minutes later,the convicted murderer escaped,officials said at a news conference on Wednesday afternoon. Surveillance...
The Chester County District Attorney’s Office says Danelo Cavalcante, 34, was spotted on a camera about 1.5 miles from Chester County Prison early Saturday morning – about a day and a half after he escaped from the prison. Authorities say he was spotted on the 1800 block of ...
The man who led law enforcement on a 14-day manhunt in Chester County last year was denied an appeal. The state superior court said Danelo Cavalcante forfeited his appellate rights when he scaled the wall in a prison exercise yard and escaped. Cavalcante was convi...
HARRISBURG – A Chester County woman accused of selling thoroughbreds for slaughter after promising to put them up for adoption will avoid prison by agreeing to enter a first-offender program. Kelsey Lefever, 24, of Honeybrook, abruptly waived her preliminary hearing on four counts of theft by...
The County Palatine institutions were still in place; Chester had its own Exchequer and Court of Sessions. It had an active social calendar, with Chester Races, Hunt Balls, and plays at the Theatre Royal, where touring actors and actresses from London performed. The Theatre Royal was a ...