The first half of Judge Thomas Gavin's four week term (which is really split into two separate two week terms) ended on Friday with a couple of West Chester cases resolved:
Kevin Christian Devirgilis, 33, of West Chester, pled guilty to DUI/3rd Offense/2nd Tier and Endangering the Welfare of a Child after a road rage incident in West Goshen. On March 3 at 14:36, Ofc. Cheryl Taylor responded to the report of a property damage accident at Paoli Pike and Turner Lane. The victim was about to turn left onto Paoli Pike from Turner when Devirgilis' car struck his car, causing some scratches to the passenger side. Devirgils then spit into the victim's vehicle before driving off. Devirgilis' 4-year-old daughter was in the car at the time. He later pulled into the Wawa on Gay Street. Upon arrival, Ofc. Taylor observed signs of intoxication and that Devirgilis was having a tough time maintaining his balance. He was transported to CCH for a blood draw; the blood test resulted in a .12 BAC.
Judge Gavin sentenced Devirgilis to 90 days to 23 months at Chester County Prison, one year consecutive probation, fined $1,600 ($1,500 on the DUI and $100 for the Recklessly Endangering Another Person, ordered to pay the $70 Lima Lab fee, perform 100 hours of community service, and will suffer an 18 month driver's license suspension (CP-15-CR-0002371-2007)...
Vincent Daniel Friedel, 45, of Malvern, was charged with Simple Assault and Harassment following a New Year's Eve domestic fight. At 10:45, Ofc. Aaron Davis was dispatched to a residence on the 900 block of Cloud Drive in East Bradford for the report of a domestic dispute reported physical. The victim (the defendant's wife) stated that Friedel threw a plastic baby bottle at her, striking her in the face during what she described as a verbal dispute. As a result of a plea bargain, Friedel pled guilty to a summary charge of harassment and sentenced to 90 days probation and ordered not to have contact with the victim (CP-15-CR-0000857-2007)...
Most of the other West Chester related cases in front of Judge Gavin were passed to next week or continued to the next term. The second half of Judge Gavin's criminal term will start next Monday.
Also, today marked the start of Judge Anthony Sarcione's "Rotation II" criminal list, although a lot of pleas slated to be heard by him were moved to other judges (a few were moved to Judge Nagle's court) due to the ongoing Michael Sheller murder trial (and no, I haven't been covering it because Jen Miller is doing a good job covering it for the DLN, and for me to cover the same trial would be a little redundant). That trial is expected to go to the jury either tomorrow or Wednesday.
Tomorrow is Judge Bruno's Criminal Day at 15-1-01; also, because of a scheduling quirk, Judge Bruno is also the on-call District Judge tonight (filling the slot that would normally be assigned to Goshen District Court; however since Senior District Judge Susann Welsh is presiding at Goshen, on-call days assigned to Goshen are re-assigned to other judges; Coatesville District Judge Robert Davis filled in on Saturday and Sunday). I might miss the first part of the first quarter of tonight's Iggles game to see if anything interesting happens in the first hour of on-call at Judge Bruno's court, though I will definiately be there for Criminal Day tomorrow, even if the Iggles somehow find a way to screw tonight up and lose to the Prince George's County (Md.) Indigenous Persons...
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