West Chester Unplugged v.2.0: BREAKING: FIRE AT CCH

OFFICE FINDER FOR JUSTICE CENTER

WEST Wing of Justice Center faces North New Street;
EAST Wing of Justice Center faces North Darlington Street

1ST Floor WEST

Sheriff's Office

1st Floor EAST

Cafeteria
Clerk of Courts
District Court 15-1-01
Prothonotary

2nd Floor WEST

Adult Probation and Parole
Register of Wills/Clerk of the Orphan's Court

2nd Floor EAST

Bail Agency/Pre-Trial Services
Law Library
Public Defender's Office

3rd Floor WEST

Juvenile Probation

3rd Floor EAST

Domestic Relations

4th Floor WEST

Court Administration

4th Floor EAST

Chester County Detectives
District Attorney
Warrant Enforcement Bureau

5th Floor WEST

Master's Rooms

5th Floor EAST

Court Reporters
Jury Commissioner's and Juror Assembly Room

6th Floor WEST

Courtrooms #9, #10, #11, and #12

6th Floor EAST

Courtrooms #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, and #19

7th Floor WEST

Courtrooms #1, #3, and #4

7th Floor EAST

Courtrooms #2, #5, #6, #7, and #8

COMMON TERMS/ABBREVIATIONS

1543 - The section of the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Code relating to Driving a Motor Vehicle Under Suspension; 1543-A is a Non-DUI Related Suspension, 1543-B is a DUI Related Suspension
ARD - Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition (program for non-violent first time offenders, mainly DUI cases, but not exclusive to DUI)
CCH - Chester County Hospital
CCP - Chester County Prison
GFAC - Good Fellowship Ambulance
IPP - Intermediate Punishment Program (alternative to full incarceration for certain non-violent offenses)
Lima Labs - The PSP Regional Laboratory in Lima, Middletown Twp, Delaware County; the mandated fee for DUI/Alcohol related testing is $70, the drug testing fee is $105
Medic 91 - CCH Paramedics
PWID - Possession With Intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance (ie. Drug Trafficking)
REAP - Recklessly Endangering Another Person
SCI - State Correctional Institute (aka State Penitentary)
Summary Disposition - An agreement between the Commonwealth and a defendant, usually at the District Court level, where misdemeanor are withdrawn in exchange for a guilty plea to a summary offense if certain conditions (ie. drug/alcohol treatment, community service, restitution) are complied with; non compliance can mean an automatic waiver to Common Pleas Court
TBUT - Theft by Unlawful Taking
Treatment Court - What the Common Pleas Court refers to as it's Restrictive Intermediate Punishment (similar to IPP, but for offenses graded as "Level 3 or 4" according to state sentencing guidelines)

COMMON PLEAS COURT JUDGES COURTROOM ASSIGNMENTS

CR #1 - President Judge James P. MacElree II
CR #2 - Judge Thomas Gavin
CR #3 - Judge Robert Shenkin
CR #4 - Judge William Mahon
CR #5 - Judge Howard F. Riley, Jr.
CR #6 - Judge David Bortner
CR #7 - (RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE)
CR #8 - Judge Ronald Nagle
CR #9 - (RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE)
CR #10 - Senior Judge Charles Smith
CR #11 - Judge Edward Griffith
CR #12 - Judge Anthony Sarcione
CR #13 - (NUMBER NOT USED)
CR #14 - Judge Phyllis Streitel
CR #15 - Judge John Hall
CR #16 - Judge Katherine Platt
CR #17 - Judge Jacqueline Cody
CR #18 - (RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE)
CR #19 - (RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE)

COMMON PLEAS COURT CRIMINAL TERMS

Subject to change

BORTNER (6)

Jan. 4-15
Feb. 16-26
Mar. 29-Apr. 9
May 10-21
Jun. 21-July 2

GAVIN (2)

Jan. 11-22
Mar. 1-12
Apr. 5-16
May 17-28
June 21-July 2

MacELREE (1)

Jan. 11-22
Feb. 22-Mar. 5
Apr. 5-16
May 17-28
June 28-July 9

MAHON (4)

Jan. 4-15; Jan. 25-29
Feb. 15-Mar. 12
Mar. 29-Apr. 23
May 10-21
June 21-July 16

NAGLE (8)

Jan. 4-15
Feb. 8-19
Mar. 22-Apr. 2
Apr. 26-May 7
June 7-18

RILEY (5)

Feb. 1-12
Mar. 8-19
Apr. 19-30
June 1-4

SARCIONE (12)

Rotation I

Jan. 19-29
Mar. 1-12
Apr. 12-23
May 24-June 4

Rotation II

Jan. 4-15
Feb. 15-26
Mar. 29-Apr. 9
May 10-21
June 21-July 2

STRIETEL (14)

Jan. 25-Feb. 5
Mar. 8-19
Apr. 19-30
June 1-11

COMMON PLEAS COURT "SIGNING JUDGES"

The "signing" judge for the week has many purposes in Chester County:

Serve as the on-call judge available to sign warrants that fall under the jurisdiction of the Common Pleas Court (ie. wiretap warrants)
Hear all Protection From Abuse (PFA) orders - Mondays
Preside over the admission and removal hearings for the ARD program - Tuesdays
Preside over "72-hour" bench warrant hearings - Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays
Preside over appeals to PennDOT regarding driver license suspensions - Thursdays
Preside over video Gagnon I hearings - Fridays

Over the course of the signing judge's week, typically referred to as the Miscellaneous List (Misc. List), Gagnon II hearings, summary appeals, expungement hearings, sentencings, and pre-trial motions are also heard. On some weeks, other judges will have Misc. List matters, however the signing judge handles all of the above listed matters for the week.

2010

Jan. 19-22: Riley
Jan. 25-29: Griffith
Feb. 1-5: Bortner
Feb. 8-12: MacElree
Feb. 16-19: Platt
Feb. 22-26: Streitel
Mar. 1-5: Smith
Mar. 8-12: Nagle
Mar. 15-19: Sarcione
Mar. 22-26: Mahon
Mar. 29-Apr. 2: Shenkin
Apr. 5-9: Riley
Apr. 12-16: Hall
Apr. 19-23: Griffith
Apr. 26-30: Sarcione
May 3-7: MacElree
May 10-14: Streitel
May 17-21: Riley
May 24-28: Nagle
June 1-4: Griffith
June 7-11: Gavin
June 14-18: Mahon
June 21-25: Riley
June 28-July 2: Nagle

DISTRICT COURT AFTER-HOURS "ON CALL" SCHEDULE

The On-Call District Judges handle preliminary arraignments for criminal cases, issue emergency Protection From Abuse orders, and accept bail postings outside of the District Court system's normal hours.

The below schedule may be subject to change. To confirm who the on-call MDJ is, contact Chester County Police Radio at (610) 383-7000.

The 2010 schedule listed below is a tentative listing based on the current schedule cycle. This is also subject to change once the Central Arriagnment process is implemented; that is now tentatively scheduled for March 2010.

January 2010

1: MDJ Knapp/Union St
2-4: MDJ Koon/Valley
5-7: MDJ Bruno/Uptown
8-10: MDJ Tartaglia/Devon
11-13: MDJ Hines/Coatesville
14-16: MDJ Michaels/Phoenixville
17-19: MDJ Kraut/West Goshen
20-22: MDJ Darlington/East Goshen
23-25: MDJ Arnold/Downingtown
26-28: MDJ Donatelli/Lionville
29-31: MDJ DeAngelo/Pottstown

February 2010

1-3: MDJ Maisano/Kennett
4-6: MDJ Farmer/Oxford
7-9: MDJ Cabry/Honey Brook
10-12: MDJ Gill/Parkesburg
13-15: MDJ Blackburn/Chesterbrook
16-18: MDJ Valocchi/Thorndale
19-21: MDJ Smith/Exton
22-24: MDJ Seavey/Avondale
25-27: MDJ Knapp/Union St
28: MDJ Koon/Valley

March 2010

1-2: MDJ Koon/Valley
3-5: MDJ Bruno/Uptown
6-8: MDJ Tartaglia/Devon
9-11: MDJ Hines/Coatesville
12-14: MDJ Michaels/Phoenixville
15-17: MDJ Kraut/West Goshen
18-20: MDJ Darlington/East Goshen
21-23: MDJ Arnold/Downingtown
24-26: MDJ Donatelli/Lionville
27-29: MDJ DeAngelo/Pottstown
30-31: MDJ Maisano/Kennett

08 April 2009

BREAKING: FIRE AT CCH

WCFD is in the process of knocking down a fire at Chester County Hospital.

Within the past 10 minutes, an unknown type fire was reported to the county in the emergency room at CCH. Shortly after the call was dispatched, the bulk of the fire was knocked down.

As of this posting, patients are not being accepted by the hosptial; as such other hosptials are on stand-by for diverted patients while crews operate and the inevitable investigation is underway.

No further details regarding this incident is available as of this posting.

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