A Delaware County woman has pleaded guilty and been sentenced in the beating death of an elderly Yeadon woman.
Krystal Mariani, 23, of Upper Darby, will serve from 32 to 64 years in prison for the March 2008 murder of Rita Hreha, the 85-year-old great-aunt of her boyfriend, David J. Galdo. Mariani pleaded guilty Thursday to third-degree murder, conspiracy to commit robbery, and theft.
An ousted deputy constable from Lower Merion who ignored a court order to stay off the ballot and won election last week as a constable has additional obstacles to overcome before he can assume office in January.
A mentally ill West Oak Lane man who used a hammer in an unprovoked beating of a subway passenger was sentenced yesterday to four to 10 years in prison and 15 years' probation.
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Julia Chapman, one of Mayor Nutter's longest-serving and most trusted advisers, resigned yesterday, effective immediately. Since 2008, Chapman had served as Nutter's legislative director, making her the mayor's chief liaison to City Council and the legislature. Chapman was an influential force within the administration, known for occasionally clashing with other senior members of Nutter's team.
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Date: Sunday Time: 7:30 a.m. The Penn Coach Yard Chimney near 30th Street Station will be demolished by implosion.
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Two years later, Danielle Rivera still cannot shake the terror she felt as the robber yelled obscenities, waved his gun at her and her two young children, and underscored his frustration by firing into the floor.
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Kenneth Pagan may be a bank robber and considered "armed and dangerous" by the FBI, but he cares about the environment.
- New digs for BarnesAfter years of litigation, court hearings, protests, and fund-raising, the renowned Barnes Foundation, long of Latchs Lane in Merion, finally broke ground yesterday morning for a $150 million museum on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia.
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It's a familiar stage play on the 6 o'clock news. A defendant in handcuffs. A scrum of reporters reaching out with microphones. The thrrp-thrrp of cameras. The whole scene bathed in white TV light.
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HARRISBURG - Rep. John M. Perzel, once one of Pennsylvania's most powerful politicians, was led in handcuffs yesterday morning into a district magistrate's office.
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Inside the John M. Perzel Community Center on St. Vincent Street in Mayfair yesterday, the coffee was hot, and so was the conversation.
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The sudden announcement Thursday that Gov. Rendell has given up on converting the soon-to-close Willow Grove Naval Air Station into a hub for emergency and defense services again threw the future of the 1,100-acre site into question.
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There were hardly any malls when Norman Rockwell was painting his Saturday Evening Post covers of small-town life, domestic bliss, and unfettered patriotism. Yet somehow an exhibit that re-creates in 3D those beloved icons of the American experience seems right at home in the commercial, crowd-pleasing atmosphere of the King of Prussia mall.
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