Cold Case Cracked...arrest made in 1976 Chester murder | OnlineChester.com
"According to a SLED spokesman, Coleman was arrested on a more recent charge and his DNA was uploaded into the CODIS (Combined DNA Index System) national DNA database maintained by the FBI and the DNA came back with a match with evidence from this crime from 1976.
According to his arrest record, Coleman was arrested in April of 2020 by the Union County Sheriff's Office and charged with pointing and presenting a firearm and use of a firearm under the influence. That was only the most recent arrest on Coleman’s record, however. The News & Reporter obtained a full SLED background check which details incidents dating back 45. In 1975, Coleman was arrested by the Chester County Sheriff’s Office on charges of driving under the influence and operating a motor vehicle without a license. He was assessed a fine of $150. On September 24, 1976 (just six months after the murder of Wilson), he was charged with driving under suspension third offense and operating a motor vehicle while uninsured. He was convicted on both counts and was fined a total of $200. Charges of public drunk and disorderly conduct followed, but in 1977 he was charged with assault and battery with intent to kill by the City of Chester Police Department. Records indicate he was sentenced to 12 years in prison, but he was arrested again just four years later for DUI and leaving the scene of an accident. There is no indication he went to trial on those charges. In the years that followed he was charged with being drunk and disorderly on multiple occasions, resisting arrest, DUI, public drunk, multiple counts of public multiple instances of public disorderly conduct and shoplifting."