Former New Garden Supervisor Charged With Child Sexual Abuse

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WEST CHESTER, PA — The Chester County District Attorney’s Office announced the arrest of former New Garden Supervisor Warren Reynolds, 60, of Avondale, for the sexual abuse of a child between 8 and 13 years of age from 1999 to 2003. He is charged with multiple counts of aggravated indecent assault of a child, indecent assault, endangering the welfare of a child, and other charges. He is held at Chester County Prison on $2 million bail set by Magisterial District Judge Matthew Seavy.

“Warren Reynolds engaged in a depraved and systemic course of conduct violating a young child he was responsible for protecting and keeping safe,” said Chester County District Attorney Deb Ryan. “We will do everything possible to get justice for this brave victim. It took years for her to find the courage to speak to law enforcement about the horrors she endured. I commend her bravery and hope she sees the defendant’s arrest as the first step towards justice.”

The allegations in the complaint are:

In Sept. 2020, Chester County Detectives interviewed a victim who detailed being sexually abused by Reynolds when she was eight to 13 years old. The abuse occurred several times a week between 1999 and 2003 when she was in Reynolds’s care at his home on Penn Green Road in Avondale. The abuse also happened in New Castle County and Lewes, Delaware. Reynolds was between the ages of 38 and 43 during these criminal acts.

The victim told detectives that Reynolds digitally penetrated and fondled her.

Reynolds’s preliminary hearing is set for April 29, 2022.

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Chester County Detectives are investigating. Assistant District Attorney Christine Abatemarco is the assigned prosecutor.

Suspect child sexual abuse? Call CHILDLINE at 1-800-932-0313.

Learn to recognize, react, and report child sexual abuse by taking a free virtual Stewards of Children workshop. Contact County Coordinator Katie Walters at kwalters@chesco.org or 610-344-6115 for info.

Information is subject to change at any time. Information, a criminal complaint, or an arrest is not a declaration of guilt. A suspect, arrestee, or defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

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