Montco DA taps longtime Phila. prosecutor as top asst.
Longtime Philadelphia prosecutor Ed McCann will become the second-in-command at the Montgomery County District Attorney's office as it prepares for two of the biggest trials in county history.
Longtime Philadelphia prosecutor Ed McCann will become the second-in-command at the Montgomery County District Attorney's office as it prepares for two of the biggest trials in county history.
District Attorney Kevin Steele announced McCann's hiring as his first assistant Tuesday.
"Ed brings tremendous experience to our prosecutorial team as well as strong leadership and managerial skills that will benefit the citizens of Montgomery County," Steele said in statement.
McCann, 52,resigned in November from the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, where he spent 26 years and rose to the position of first assistant. At the time, he declined to provide a reason for his resignation, but said the decision was his own.
What was not immediately clear is what role he might play in two of the most high-profile cases in Montgomery County history: The sexual assault case against Bill Cosby and the perjury case against Attorney General Kathleen Kane.
In Philadelphia, his notable prosecutions include winning three convictions in the death of Danieal Kelly, a 14-year-old girl with cerebral palsy who was found starved and covered in bedsores in her mother's West Philadelphia apartment.
The investigation led to a review of all child abuse fatalities in Philadelphia and sweeping changes to the city's Department of Human Services.
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