Please see this message from the Southern Chester County Regional Police regarding recent fires in West Grove Borough (the original message from earlier this month can be found below):

UPDATE- Arson Investigation- WANTED PERSON

Monday, March 31st, 2025

On Monday, March 31st, 2025, investigators of this department were able to identify the individual in the photo below as 32-year-old Miguel Angel Coy-Chen. Once identified, and with the assistance of federal partners, we also learned that Coy-Chen boarded a plane to his home country of Guatemala from JFK International airport on Sunday, March 30th. There is now an active arrest warrant in the name of Miguel Angel Coy-Chen for felony arson and related offenses as he is responsible for two fires in West Grove Borough on the evening of March 22nd and early morning of March 23rd.

The WGFC thanks our police partners for their diligent work regarding these fires.

Incident: Fire Investigation
Date: March 22nd, 2025
Time: 11:39 p.m. & 12:05 a.m.
Location: 11 Exchange Pl. & 107 W. Evergreen St., West Grove Borough

On Saturday, March 22nd at approximately 11:39 p.m., members of the Southern Chester County Regional Police Department and the West Grove Fire Department, were dispatched to the area of 114 E. Evergreen, West Grove, for the report of a structure fire. Officers arrived and observed an active fire to the rear of 11 Exchange Place. Officers evacuated the occupied second floor of the building and fire personnel were able to extinguish the flames.

While emergency responders were tending to the fire at 11 Exchange Place, they were approached by a resident at 12:05 a.m., who reported a second fire at the church located at 107 W. Evergreen. This fire was also quickly extinguished by the fire department. There were no injuries reported from either fire.

The cause of both fires remain under investigation by the Chester County Fire Marshal’s office and this department. Preliminarily, the investigation does reveal a person of interest who appears on surveillance footage loitering in the immediate area of the first fire.

While we work to enhance the surveillance video and collect more evidence, we are asking for the public’s assistance to help identify the male in the pictures. We also ask that if you have surveillance cameras in the area near either of the two fires, that you review footage between the times of 10:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 22nd, and 12:30 a.m., Sunday, March 23rd.

If you know the identity of this male, or think you do, we ask that you contact us at Ssyska@sccrpd.org or Gsmith@sccrpd.org. You may also submit a tip via our CrimeWatch page at www.sccrpd.org. Tips can be submitted anonymously. We ask members of the public to remain vigilant and report suspicious activity immediately through 911.