Crime & Safety

Police Arrest Wheaton Man for Violating Order of Protection

Police arrested James Pilcher of Wheaton for violating an order of protection on Apr. 6.

Police arrested a Wheaton man for violating an order of protection Wednesday, Apr. 6. James Pilcher, 53, of the 900 block of Lyford Street, was arrested on a Wheaton police warrant at his home at around 6 p.m. Wednesday. He was booked at the Wheaton Police Department and released later that evening.

This was Pilcher's second arrest in the past six weeks for the same offense. .

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