Clifton Heights News

Clockwise artworks by Monirul Islam, Ranjit Das and Mustaque Ahmed. Takir Hossain Gallery Chitrak, Dhaka and Bangladeshi American Art Gallery, USA jointly organised a group art exhibition at Clifton Heights, Pennsylvania.

Three armed men hijacked a cargo van and kidnapped the driver as he was delivering thousands of dollars' worth of pharmaceutical narcotics to an Upper Darby drugstore last week.

Five Philadelphia men are under arrest in connection with a series of drug-related robberies in Upper Darby and Clifton Heights and according to police, the investigation is far from over.

When the parents come into town, whether strictly to visit or go sight-seeing, it would be fun to take them to a favorite local spot for a good meal.

Rachael Jankins initially told Upper Darby police that she was searching for her iPod last month when she veered off Lans-downe Avenue and onto the sidewalk, killing a Clifton Heights teenager and seriously injuring her friend.

Fraternal Order of Police, Pennsylvania State Lodge President Les Neri today said if passed, House Bill 1828 -- a bill originally designed to increase the sales tax in Philadelphia by 1 percent -- will put the financial future of thousands of police officers and their families in jeopardy.

An out of control driver, who investigators said was playing with her iPod, hit two people, killing one, outside of Delaware County Hospital in Upper Darby, Pa.

A young driver reportedly distracted by an iPod was involved in a deadly crash in Drexel Hill Friday, police said.

A 20-year-old driver who police said was distracted by her iPod struck two young women who had just walked out of Delaware County Memorial Hospital this morning, killing one.

In the murder trial of Ramir Steve, the Delaware County prosecutor and defense attorney agree on one fact: The Upper Darby man shot and killed taxi driver Gregory Cunningham on Christmas Eve 2007.

Police say they have their man and might be looking for another. Thomas J. Crossley, 38, of Upper Darby, whom police named as a person of interest in a theft ring last month, was charged today in connection with 72 suburban burglaries and two additional armed robberies.

Maybe even mentoring. An Akron man and his son have been charged with breaking into secluded homes across four counties outside Philadelphia - all to feed their raging heroin habits, police said.

Authorities say a father and son are charged in 72 burglaries in suburban Philadelphia that happened between September and January.

A father and son allegedly responsible for 72 burglaries in the four-county suburban area have been arrested and charged, authorities announced today in Delaware County.

Authorities in Delaware County, Pa. were looking for the father of a Clifton Heights toddler who was killed in a fire in late March.

Delaware County authorities were looking yesterday for a man they have charged in the fire-related death of his toddler son.

When firefighters rushed into Thomas Pierce's burning Clifton Heights home for the first time on March 20, they found the limp body of his 14-month-old son, Robert, who died later that day of smoke inhalation.

Apr 23, 2009 9:57 am US/Eastern CLIFTON HEIGHTS, Pa. A father and his two children safely escaped this house fire in Clifton Heights, but a third child died in the blaze.