Escape shows being cheap can be very expensive

By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times @mikemcgannpa Like me, you’re probably a bit tired of hearing about Danelo Cavalcante. I certainly am. I live about 500 yards from Chester County Prison, so you can probably imagine I have pretty strong feelings about this issue and what caused it. You will see a lot of back and forth in the next few weeks leading up to the election, who was to blame and such, before...

Letter: Better security needed at Chester County Prison

To The Editor, Danelo Cavalcante escaping Chester County Prison in West Chester was a scary experience. Families throughout Chester County had to be on super strict guard. If a person does a horrific crime such as committing a murder then in that case justice was served fairly as far as the sentencing. The Chester County Prison Acting Warden Howard Holland, Deputy Warden of Security Ocie H....

GOT HIM! Cavalcante captured Wednesday morning

By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times @mikemcgannpa Danelo Cavalcante seen earlier this week. After a two-week manhunt, escaped murderer Danelo Cavalcante was taken into custody Wednesday morning by law enforcement officers. Cavalcante — convicted of the 2021 murder of his girlfriend last month — was captured just after 8 a.m. on Wednesday, after a hunt that started in the southern portion of the county...

Now armed, escaped murderer remains on the loose in N. Chesco

By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times @mikemcgannpa A recent doorbell cam image of Danelo Cavalcante. Monday night brought yet another twist in the nearly two-week pursuit of Danelo Cavalcante, the convicted murderer who escaped from Chester County Prison on Aug. 31 — authorities now say he is armed with a rifle and remains at large in northern Chester County. At a press conference Tuesday morning at...

Escaped murderer stole van; thought now to be in northern part of county

By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times @mikemcgannpa A clean-shaven Danelo Cavalcante captured on a doorbell camera, Saturday night. The hunt for escaped murderer Danelo Cavalcante took a major turn over the weekend, as authorities say he managed to steal a van from a Pocopson dairy and was sighted in Phoenixville and East Pikeland and is thought to currently be somewhere in the northern Chester County...

Search area widened in hunt for escaped murderer

By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times @mikemcgannpa A still from a video shared by authorities showing Danelo Cavalcante climbing up the wall during his escape last week. After a week on the loose, authorities appear to be no closer to apprehending Danelo Cavalcante — a convicted murderer who escaped from Chester County Prison last Thursday, closing schools, roads and disrupting life for residents around...

Escaped murderer seen near Longwood Gardens; Kennett, Unionville close schools

An image of Danelo Cavalcante as seen from a Longwood Gardens trail camera, Monday night. Escaped murderer Danelo Cavalcante continued to elude local, state and federal law enforcement, Monday night, appearing to move from the Pocopson neighborhood between to Parkersville Road and Rt. 926 to the ground of Longwood Gardens, and was captured last night on trail cam images. Local law enforcement officials...

MANHUNT CONTINUES: Multiple sightings of escaped murderer in Pocopson

Danelo Cavalcante The hunt continues for a convicted murderer who escaped from Chester County Prison Thursday morning, with multiple sightings of the fugitive within just a few miles of the prison as recently as early Saturday. Helicopters and ground units continue the search for Danelo Cavalcante, 34, of Royersford. Residents are advised to be wary — avoid contact with with a man described as “very...

Manhunt underway for escaped killer in Pocopson

Danelo Cavalcante A man who was convicted of killing his girlfriend — and is wanted for another murder in Brazil — escaped from Chester county Prison Thursday morning, prompting a massive manhunt in the area around the prison. Prison officials report that at approximately 8:50 a.m., a prison inmate, Danelo Cavalcante, escaped from Chester County Prison. A search of the prison and surrounding area...

Man charged in stabbing murder of ex-girlfriend in Schuylkill

Danelo Cavalcante A Royersford man is facing first degree murder charges in the stabbing death of his ex-girlfriend in Schuylkill, Sunday, the Chester County District Attorney’s Office and Schuylkill Township Police Department announced Monday. Danelo Cavalcante, 31, has been charged in the fatal stabbing of 33-year-old Deborah Brandao, Sunday, as officials said, the woman’s 7-year-old...