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Pair sentenced to jail for 'heinous' plunger assault
A 42-year-old man was sentenced Monday to six to 12 years in jail and a 28-year-old accomplice received four to eight years on charges they brutally beat a victim and sodomized him with a plunger handle on the ...
Cops recover Mercedes suspected in hit-and-run
After finding a Mercedes-Benz in an Upper Darby garage Wednesday afternoon with damage that matches a vehicle in a fatal hit-and-run in Sharon Hill, investigators now want to talk to its owner.
Mother remembers 'Miss Wiggly'
The parents of fatal hit-and-run victim Faith Margaret Sinclair are still reeling from the shock of the death of their 16-year-old daughter, who was ruthlessly run down crossing Chester Pike in Sharon Hill ...
Pa.Trooper Nabbed in Delco Child Sex Sting
A Pennsylvania state trooper is under arrest, charged with trying to set up a sexual liaison with a woman and her two young daughters -- only it turned out to be an online sting by Delaware County law ...
Summer brings hunger in suburbs
Hunger lined up, quiet and orderly, in the summer heat of a Delaware County day.
Cris Hansen, 47, paramedic and fire chief
Cris Hartley Hansen, 47, of Woodlyn, a paramedic supervisor and Swarthmore fire company chief, died June 5 of cancer at the home of his companion, Dawn Patterson, in Springfield, Delaware County.
Police: Driver fooled alcohol monitor, but not a cop
“Usually, you can tell people are on PCP because they are very disoriented and they have no idea of time, place or anything like that”
A Delaware County woman found a dangerous way to circumvent an alcohol-monitoring device in her car, police said: She drove high on PCP instead. via Philly.com
'Smiley Face' Killers May Be Linked To Man Found Dead In Jan.
“Most of them were in cold water, missing for weeks, most of them didn't have their cell phones, they were all his age, white males at university parties and Widener (university) was right there”
A young man was found dead in Delaware County and investigators want to know if he is the latest victim of the smiley face killers. via NBC Channel 10
Delco Councilman Intervenes in CVS Attack
“I immediately intervened and grabbed the perpetrator, pulled him and tried to wrestle him to the floor.”
Council vice-chair Jack Whelan ran an errand for his wife when he saw a CVS manager at the Woodlyn store get into an argument with a customer over alleged shoplifting. via KYW-AM Philadelphia
Bargain Hunters Try to Cope With Struggling Economy
“I have bought things that are out of date and I know it. And I don't feel concerned.”
With the economy slowing down, it seems more bargain-hunting grocery shoppers are willing to look past things like "sell by" dates. via KYW-AM Philadelphia
Philabundance program is bearing fruit
Philadelphia Business Journal - by Peter Key Staff Writer Philabundance is testing a program to provide fresh fruits and vegetables directly to people who can't afford them. via Bizjournals
Hawk caught after 2 days inside store
“The customers were just amused that the bird actually was stuck in there”
The early-bird specials they must be having at Raymour & Flanigan these days. So enticed was a young hawk that it flew into the Delaware County furniture store on McDade Boulevard in Woodlyn on Friday and ... via Philly.com