Shawn Burgess arrested after 2-year-old found burned, drugs in Linwood home
Officers serving a warrant in Linwood found a 2-year-old with a scabbed circular burn and drug paraphernalia; the child tested positive for amphetamine and methamphetamine.
On Sept. 17, Lower Chichester Township police with the Delaware County District Attorney’s Criminal Investigation Division and the Child Abuse and Exploitation Task Force served a search warrant at a Linwood residence and found a 2-year-old with a scabbed circular burn. While Burgess was in custody from an unrelated matter, he told officers the child was burned by a torch lighter as he smoked methamphetamine; drug paraphernalia was found in the child’s bedroom and a medical screening of the child was positive for amphetamine and methamphetamine. An arrest warrant was issued charging Burgess with aggravated assault (F1), endangering the welfare of a child (F2) and possession of an instrument of a crime; the warrant was served Oct. 7, 2026, and he was taken into custody.