Ex-New Garden Twp. supervisor enters guilty plea

Warren E. Reynolds admits to 5 counts of possessing child pornography By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times Warren E. Reynolds A former New Garden Township supervisor pleaded guilty on Tuesday, March 4, in Chester County Court to five counts of possession of child pornography. Warren E. Reynolds, 52, of Avondale, who had originally been charged with more than 500 counts, entered the...

Indicted judges sues to get pay reinstated

West Chester magisterial district judge says high court violated his rights Updated at 4:50 to add quotes from Samuel C. Stretton By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times West Chester Magisterial Judge Mark A. Bruno alleges in a federal lawsuit that he was improperly suspended from his job. A suspended Chester County magisterial district judge implicated in the alleged Philadelphia Traffic...

Indicted local judge suspended without pay

State Supreme Court acted on petition filed Thursday by Judicial Conduct Board By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times Magisterial District Judge Mark A. Bruno has been suspended without pay, pending final disposition of his federal criminal charges. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Friday ordered a Chester County magisterial district judge ensnared in the sweeping federal probe...

W. Chester jurist ordered to relinquish keys, ID

President judge said cases will be handled by rest of county’s magisterial district judges By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi (left) poses with Magisterial District Judge Mark A. Bruno at a District 11 Special Court Judges Association meeting in November. Pileggi has called for the end of Philadelphia Traffic Court, where Bruno, who was...

Sentence debated for high-profile drunk-driver

Both sides strongly disagree on the length of Sean O. O’Neill’s jail term By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times A high-profile, drunken-driving defendant who will be sentenced tomorrow in Chester County Court has inflamed passions on both Sean O. O’Neill will be sentenced tomorrow in Chester County Court for a highly-publicized drunken-driving offense. Sean O. O’Neill...