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CNN —A Pennsylvania district attorney intends to appeal a judge’s decision last month to overturn the murder convictions of the so-called “Chester Trio” – three men who have spent nearly 25 years in prison for a crime they say they did not commit. In late March – over the objections of prosecutors who fought to have the convictions upheld – Delaware County Judge Mary Alice Brennan vacated the trio’s convictions and granted their request for a new trial. On Tuesday, Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer said he had, in fact, decided to appeal. Attorneys for at least two of the men said the district attorney’s announcement was disappointing. “There could be nothing further than justice than the decision to appeal the judge’s order,” said Vanessa Potkin of the Innocence Project, who represents Johnson.
Persons: Derrick Chappell, Morton Johnson, Samuel Grasty, Henrietta Nickens, They’ve, , Mary Alice Brennan, Chappell, Johnson, Grasty, Jack Stollsteimer, Stollsteimer, , Judge Brennan, ” Stollsteimer, , Vanessa Potkin, Nilam Sanghvi, ” Sanghvi, Paul Casteleiro, Stollsteimer “, ” Nickens, Chester, CNN’s Dakin Andone Organizations: CNN, Prosecutors, Pennsylvania Innocence Locations: Pennsylvania, Chester , Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, – Delaware County, Delaware County
The music teacher’s classes at the strict, no-nonsense reform school in the woods of upstate New York would seem to be a teenager’s respite amid all the rules, a place for expression and discovery. But a criminal indictment unsealed Thursday portrayed that teacher as a domineering and abusive tyrant who, during one-on-one trips away from school and outside the state, raped his teenage students or forced them into sexual activity. The indictment follows years of lawsuits that have portrayed the Family Foundation School, a small boarding academy in rural Delaware County, as something closer to an unsupervised, violent prison. The teacher, Paul Geer, 56, was arrested Wednesday evening in Hancock, N.Y., where he lives a short distance from the site of the school, which closed in 2014. He was charged with six counts related to bringing three different children across state lines to engage in unlawful sexual activity.
Persons: Paul Geer Organizations: Family Foundation Locations: New York, Delaware County, Hancock, N.Y
As of Thursday night, two tornado reports had been made in Indiana and five in Ohio, according to the Storm Prediction Center. More than 10,000 homes and businesses in Indiana and nearly 37,000 in Ohio were without power late Thursday night, according to PowerOutage.us. In Winchester, Indiana, state police were helping with search and rescue efforts after a tornado likely struck the area, and temporary shelters have been set up for residents, agency spokesperson Sgt. State police Superintendent Doug Carter described the storm in Winchester as a “terrible, terrible event” with many reports of significant injuries. The tornado reports in Indiana and Ohio came as a system of strong thunderstorms swept across parts of the central and eastern US on Thursday.
Persons: CNN —, Injuries, wouldn’t, Scott Keegan, Doug Carter, Carter, , , Mary Rutan, David Crissman, Crissman, Alena Roberts, Mike Robbins, Robbins, CNN’s Taylor Ward, Raja Razek, Andy Rose, Jamiel Lynch, Jason Hanna Organizations: CNN, Storm Prediction, Authorities, Emergency Management Agency, Storm Prediction Center, National Weather Service, Mary Locations: Indiana, Ohio, Texas, Pennsylvania, Winchester , Indiana, Winchester, Selma , Indiana, Delaware, Ohio’s Auglaize, Logan, Wilmington , Ohio, Ohio’s Logan County, Indian Lake, Lakeview, Logan County, Bellefontaine, Parts, Mercer, Celina, Indiana and Ohio, Oklahoma , Arkansas, Missouri
Better tech could help workers prioritize calls, avoid logistical issues, and catch crucial details. While many people in the industry have acknowledged a need for better emergency tech, its implementation has varied across states. Anthony Mignogna, the chief of communications for Delaware County Emergency Services, recalled using the transcription service while taking a call from someone in danger. Carbyne also recently rolled out an AI-powered triage system designed to help centers prioritize calls during high-volume periods or nonemergency situations. He called on the federal government to step in to help centers access new services.
Persons: , Raquel Lewandowski, John Heinz, Lewandowski, Michael, Brian Fontes, Alex Dizengof, Anthony Mignogna, Mignogna, Carbyne, Heather Hilliard, Dizengof, it's, Karima Holmes, Fontes Organizations: Service, John, Wildlife, Association, Emergency Services, Orleans Parish Communication, Emergency Communications Center Locations: Delaware County , Pennsylvania, Tinicum, Philadelphia, Canada, Carbyne, Delaware, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, Lincoln , Nebraska
After speech, Biden launches major tour plus $30 million ad buy
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US President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on March 8, 2024. An estimated 32.2 million people watched Biden's State of the Union speech, according to Nielsen ratings from 14 television networks. Biden campaign officials said they expect an extremely close race against Trump with opinion polls showing a neck-and-neck race for the 270 electoral votes necessary for victory. Polls show Biden, 81, and Trump, 77, closely matched, with most voters unenthusiastic about the rematch after Biden defeated Trump four years ago. Deputy campaign manager Rob Flaherty said the $30 million ad buy over the next six weeks is more than the Biden campaign spent in all of 2023.
Persons: Joe Biden, Biden, Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Harris, Nielsen, Julie Chavez Rodriguez, Rob Flaherty, Flaherty, Friday Biden, Trump Organizations: Republican, Georgia, Nielsen, Television, Trump, Biden, Democratic, Comedy Central, ESPN Locations: Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, , New Hampshire, , Wisconsin, Michigan, Arizona, Nevada, Biden's, Ohio, Florida, Philadelphia, Delaware County
WAYCROSS, Ga. (AP) — Two young citizen-soldiers who became close friends after enlisting in the Army Reserve were remembered at funerals in southeast Georgia on Saturday, nearly three weeks after they died in a drone attack while deployed to the Middle East. Kennedy Sanders was held in the packed 1,200-seat auditorium of Ware County Middle School in Waycross. The soldiers were among three members of their Army Reserve unit who died Jan. 28 in a drone strike on a U.S. base in Jordan near the Syrian border. According to the Army Reserve, Moffett and Sanders both enlisted in 2019 as construction engineers who use bulldozers and other heavy equipment to clear roads and construction sites. She joined the Army Reserve after graduating from Windsor Forest High School, where she had been a drum major and JROTC cadet.
Persons: Kennedy Sanders, Sanders, Col, Jeffrey Dulgarian, , ” Sanders, Mandy Lingenfelter, ” Lingenfelter, Jesus, Breonna Moffett, Moffett’s, Jan, William Jerome Rivers, Moffett's, Francine Moffett, Moffett, children's, Oneida Oliver Organizations: Army Reserve, Ware County Middle School, Atlanta Journal, Gators, 926th Engineer Battalion, 926th Engineer Brigade, Moffett, Palsy, Windsor Forest High School, Hamas Locations: Georgia, Ware, Waycross, Ware County, Savannah, U.S, Jordan, Syrian, Carrollton, Fort Moore, Iran, Israel, Syria
The remains of six family members have been recovered from a burned home in southeastern Pennsylvania, including those of a man who is believed to have shot two police officers on Wednesday, the authorities said on Friday. Jack Stollsteimer, the Delaware County district attorney, said at a news conference on Friday afternoon that the recovery of the bodies was “gruesome work” that had lasted into Friday. Mr. Stollsteimer said on Thursday that three adults and three children had been feared dead in a fiery episode that began on Wednesday afternoon when the police responded to a report that an 11-year-old girl had been shot at a home in East Lansdowne, Pa., just west of Philadelphia. When police officers arrived at the home, they were immediately met with gunfire, and two officers were injured, according to Mr. Stollsteimer. Some time after the officers were shot, the home burst into flames, and officials had to wait overnight for the fire to subside before they could begin recovering the bodies, Mr. Stollsteimer said.
Persons: Jack Stollsteimer, Stollsteimer Locations: Pennsylvania, Delaware County, East Lansdowne, Pa, Philadelphia
(Reuters) - Investigators on Thursday sifted through the charred ruins of a house in a Philadelphia suburb for the remains of at least six people, including at least one child, after the home was set ablaze by a suspect who shot and wounded two responding police officers. When police arrived, the suspect opened fire from inside the home, striking two officers, and set fire to the two-story, wood-frame home. "I think today might be a grim day," he told Fox 29 in Philadelphia, adding the shooter is expected to be among the dead inside the home. The fire burned too intensely for firefighters to enter as flames and smoke billowed out of the home, Stollsteimer told reporters on Wednesday. "We got the thumbs up from them," said Stollsteimer, the chief prosecutor for the county, which has a population of about 575,000.
Persons: Jack Stollsteimer, Stollsteimer, Brendan O'Brien, Christina Fincher Organizations: Reuters, Fox News, Fox Locations: Philadelphia, East Lansdowne, Delaware County, Chicago
(Reuters) - Six to eight people are feared dead in a house fire that broke out near Philadelphia on Wednesday, and two police officers responding to the blaze were wounded by gunfire from inside the home, officials said. The suspected shooter was believed to have set fire to the home and was among those still inside, Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer said. The fire was burning too intensely to enter, so officials said they would wait until Thursday to search for victims, Stollsteimer told reporters. We know the victim's family had a lot of people living in that house including children. We're aware that there were at least six to eight people who are unaccounted for from that family," Stollsteimer said.
Persons: Jack Stollsteimer, Stollsteimer, Daniel Trotta, Gerry Doyle Organizations: Reuters Locations: Philadelphia, Delaware County, East Lansdowne
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's Republican Party on Monday endorsed York County's district attorney, Dave Sunday, for state attorney general out of a three-person field. The party's endorsement came the day before candidates could begin collecting the required number of voter signatures to get on Pennsylvania's primary ballot. Sunday won the endorsement over state Rep. Craig Williams and Katayoun Copeland, both former federal prosecutors who hail from Delaware County in southeastern Pennsylvania. No Republican has been elected attorney general since 2008. Josh Shapiro ’s second term as attorney general and doesn’t plan to run for the office.
Persons: , Dave Sunday, Craig Williams, Katayoun Copeland, Copeland, Joe Biden’s, Donald Trump’s, Jack Stollsteimer, Jared Solomon of Philadelphia, Eugene DePasquale, Joe Kahn, Keir Bradford, Michelle Henry, Josh Shapiro ’, Shapiro, Henry, ___, Marc Levy Organizations: Republican Party, Monday, York, Sunday, Republican, Gov Locations: HARRISBURG, Pa, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Montgomery
Williams, a former federal prosecutor and former U.S. Marine Corps pilot and prosecutor, is the third Republican to declare his candidacy. In an announcement video, Williams says, “I'm running for attorney general because I know how to deal with violence. As a freshman lawmaker, he became one of two House Republicans tapped to lead the impeachment of Philadelphia's progressive district attorney, Larry Krasner. The two other Republicans who have announced their candidacies are York County District Attorney Dave Sunday and former federal prosecutor Katayoun Copeland. Josh Shapiro 's second term as attorney general and doesn't plan to run for the office.
Persons: Philadelphia's, Joe Biden’s, Craig Williams, Williams, , Joe Sestak, Larry Krasner, Krasner, Donald Trump’s, Dave Sunday, Katayoun Copeland, Jack Stollsteimer, Jared Solomon of Philadelphia, Eugene DePasquale, Joe Kahn, Keir Bradford, Michelle Henry, Josh Shapiro, Shapiro, Henry, Marc Levy Organizations: Republican, U.S . Marine Corps, U.S . Rep, Peco Energy Co, Exelon Corp, Republicans, University of Florida, York, Gov Locations: HARRISBURG, Pa, Philadelphia, Alabama, York County, Delaware County, Montgomery, Alaska
Stollsteimer joins a Democratic primary field that is already four-deep in which he will be the only elected prosecutor. In his campaign for attorney general, Stollsteimer will lean heavily on his experience as the twice-elected district attorney of Delaware County, Pennsylvania's fifth-most populous county sitting between Philadelphia and Delaware. In 2019, he won his race for district attorney, becoming the first Democrat to hold the office in Delaware County, once a Republican bastion that Democrats now control. On the Republican side, York County District Attorney Dave Sunday and former federal prosecutor Katayoun Copeland have announced their candidacies. Attorney General Michelle Henry does not plan to run to keep the office.
Persons: Jack Stollsteimer, Joe Biden’s, ” Stollsteimer, Stollsteimer, Donald Trump’s, , Fanta Bility, Jared Solomon of Philadelphia, Eugene DePasquale, Joe Kahn, Keir Bradford, Dave Sunday, Katayoun Copeland, Michelle Henry, Marc Levy Organizations: Democratic, Treasury Department, Democrats, Temple University, Republican, of Education, Philadelphia Inquirer Locations: HARRISBURG, Pa, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia and Delaware, , Philadelphia, Chester, Montgomery, York County
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court has upheld a 65-year prison term imposed on a central Ohio woman who pleaded guilty to stealing jewelry and other valuables from several dozen elderly residents at nursing homes and assisted living facilities. The trial court imposed consecutive sentences, saying "no single prison term" would be adequate given the serious offenses. Political Cartoons View All 1223 ImagesThe high court reversed that decision in 2019 and told the appeals court to reconsider. The state Supreme Court voted 4-3 in December to send the case back for reconsideration again. But in January — after control of the high court shifted parties — it voted 4-3 to reconsider its own decision.
Persons: Susan Gwynne, Gwynne Organizations: Columbus Dispatch, Ohio Reformatory, Women Locations: COLUMBUS , Ohio, Ohio, Delaware County, Franklin County, Fifth, Marysville
They have petitioned a judge to throw out their convictions and order a new trial based on the new DNA evidence. The prosecution has argued in court filings there was no evidence the sex was nonconsensual or that this unknown male killed Nickens. Chappell, Johnson and Grasty were each convicted in separate trials of second-degree murder and other charges in 2000 and 2001 and sentenced to life in prison. Eric Levenson/CNNWitness also testified at Alex Murdaugh trialPalmbach’s testimony came a month after another defense witness testified about the new DNA evidence as part of this petition. On cross-exam Tuesday, Delaware County Assistant District Attorney Sara Vanore noted that Palmbach came to his conclusions even though he was not a DNA expert and didn’t closely review court testimony.
Persons: Timothy Palmbach, rebutting, ” Palmbach, Derrick Chappell, Morton Johnson, Samuel Grasty, Henrietta Nickens, Nickens, Chappell, Johnson, Grasty, Richard McElwee, McElwee, Shook, Hardy, Bacon, Trio ”, , , Janet Purnell, Johnson’s, , Mahir Sharif, It’s, Cynthia Chappell, Chappell’s, “ I’m, Brenda Brown, Kenyett LeBue, Eric Levenson, Alex Murdaugh, Sara Vanore, Palmbach, Vanore, Murdaugh, Jeffrey Fumea Organizations: Pennsylvania CNN, Prosecutors, CNN, Innocence, Chappell, Pennsylvania Innocence, Centurion, Delaware, Pennsylvania State Police Locations: Pennsylvania, Delaware County , Pennsylvania, Chester , Pennsylvania, McElwee, South Carolina
Ohioians issued a resounding rejection of a GOP-led gambit to stymie abortion rights. It also seems pretty clear that more than a year removed from Roe's reversal, Americans remain animated about the future of abortion rights. Just under 642,000 Ohioans voted early, smashing turnout in recent elections, The Columbus Dispatch reported. In comparison, 263,000 Ohioans voted early last May in races that featured contested US Senate and gubernatorial races. The early turnout for Tuesday's special election is more than four times the amount of early votes that were cast in statehouse primary races last year.
Persons: Ohioians, Frank LaRose, Tim Ryan, Sen, JD Vance, Jason Stephens, Dave Wasserman, Vance, It's, it's what's Organizations: GOP, Republicans, Service, Republican, Ohio Dems, Ohio Democratic Party, Twitter, Cincinnati —, Ohio State University, The New York Times, Democrat, Ohio Capital, Ohio Republicans, Columbus Dispatch, Ohio GOP Locations: Wall, Silicon, Ohio, Columbus, Cleveland, Franklin County, Franklin, Delaware County, Ashtabula County, Kansas, Arizona
CharterCARE Health Partners, a Rhode Island affiliate, said on Facebook Thursday that it had to reschedule some of its appointments and to revert to paper records. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that computers were also down at Crozer Health facilities in Delaware County. “Prospect Medical Holdings, Inc. recently experienced a data security incident that has disrupted our operations,” the company said in a statement on Saturday. Waterbury Hospital, in Waterbury, Conn., said on Saturday that it was continuing to have disruptions. It also said that some of its outpatient and diagnostic imaging services had not been available on Friday or Saturday.
Persons: John Riggi Organizations: CharterCARE Health Partners, Rhode Island, Facebook, Philadelphia Inquirer, Crozer Health, “ Prospect Medical Holdings, Inc, Waterbury Hospital, American Hospital Association Locations: Delaware County, Waterbury, Conn
On the morning of Aug. 15, 1975, Gretchen Harrington, 8, left her home in Broomall, Pa., for summer Bible school. The Trinity Chapel Christian Reformed Church was less than half a mile down the road, but Gretchen never made it. Skeletal remains found nearby in Ridley Creek State Park on Oct. 14, 1975, were later identified as Gretchen’s. On Monday, the district attorney’s office in Delaware County, Pa., west of Philadelphia, announced that it had filed charges against David Zandstra, 83, of Marietta, Ga., in Gretchen’s murder. He is being held in Cobb County, Ga., where he has been denied bail.
Persons: Gretchen Harrington, Gretchen, David Zandstra, Zandstra Organizations: Trinity Chapel Christian Reformed Church Locations: Broomall, Pa, Ridley Creek, Delaware County, Philadelphia, Marietta, Ga, Georgia, Cobb County ,
CNN —Five members of Jehovah’s Witnesses congregations were charged with child sexual abuse by the Pennsylvania’s attorney general on Friday, following a yearslong investigation into allegations of sexual abuse in the religious community. The defendants and victims were all part of Jehovah’s Witnesses congregations at the time of the alleged abuse. Balosa, from Philadelphia, has been charged with indecent assault, aggravated indecent assault, and corruption of minors, according to a criminal docket filed in Philadelphia County. He allegedly engaged in inappropriate sexual conversations with a 16-year-old boy he was mentoring within the Jehovah’s Witnesses congregation. In October, the Pennsylvania’s attorney general charged four other members of Jehovah’s Witnesses congregations with child sexual abuse, according to a news release.
Persons: Michelle Henry, David Balosa, Errol William Hall, Shaun Sheffer, Terry Booth, Luis Manuel Ayala, Velasquez, ” Henry, Sheffer “, , Benjamin Steinberg, dockets, general’s, Balosa, Hall, Sheffer, Booth, Ayala, Organizations: CNN, Northampton counties Locations: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia , Delaware, Butler, Allegheny, Northampton, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Delaware County, Butler County
Two of the most powerful women in the village of Delhi in central New York sat face to face in a brick building on Main Street for what would become a fight over the First Amendment. It was the fall of 2019. Tina Molé, the top elected official in Delaware County, was demanding that Kim Shepard, the publisher of The Reporter, the local newspaper, “do something” about what Ms. Molé saw as the paper’s unfair coverage of the county government. Ms. Shepard stood her ground. Not long after, Ms. Molé struck where it would hurt The Reporter the most: its finances.
Persons: Tina Molé, Kim Shepard, Molé, Shepard Locations: Delhi, New York, Delaware County
On top of the GOP gubernatorial primary in Kentucky, there are other contests taking place on Tuesday that could provide some clues about 2024 — even though it’s hard to draw too many lessons from individual races. Voters are also heading to the polls in Pennsylvania, which is hosting a crowded Democratic primary for Philadelphia mayor. Two races will also provide some insight into voter attitudes in two key counties in two crucial battlegrounds. In other Pence news, he will attend Iowa GOP Sen. Joni Ernst’s “Roast and Ride” event next month, per Fox News (former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley is also attending). Jumping in: Former state Rep. Leslie Love jumped into the Democratic Senate primary in Michigan on Monday.
Depiction of the "Boy in the Box". "I don't cry much, but my wife and I cried the other night," he told NBC Philadelphia after Philadelphia police told him they had identified the child. The grave of the "boy in the box" in Philadelphia, on Dec. 1, 2022. “Every time I heard the word(s) Fox Chase, I didn’t think of Fox Chase, I saw that little boy’s picture,” Fleisher said. It's believed the boy is connected to a prominent family in Delaware County, a Philadelphia suburb.
An old video showing a poll worker in Delaware County, Pennsylvania filling in blank ballots and stamping them has been shared again as alleged evidence of voter fraud in the 2022 midterm elections. According to election officials, the poll worker was transcribing damaged ballots, with poll watchers present during the process. Delaware County Pennsylvania. In 2020, Reuters addressed a similar allegation about a poll worker who was legally making duplicates for damaged ballots at Delaware County (here) (here). The transcribed ballots and the original damaged ballots and the batch report for the two are maintained together in the permanent records,” Marosfsky added.
They were fired from the Sharon Hill Borough Police Department a few days after charges were recommended. The shooting happened after two teenagers fired shots at each other outside the football game and fled. The officers heard the shots and told other officers they believed the gunfire had come from a car that was driving toward them. From left: Sharon Hill Police Officers Brian Devaney, Sean Dolan and Devon Smith. The Bility family has filed a federal lawsuit against Dolan, Devaney, Smith, and the Sharon Hill Borough Police Department.
But the door knockers didn't explain where to vote or promote a candidate, the usual work of canvassers ahead of a big election. At another, they listed names of registered voters and demanded to know if they still lived at the address. In at least one state, Michigan, they plan to use their list of alleged irregularities to challenge voters in the Nov. 8 election. Reuters identified at least 23 state-wide or local efforts where canvassers may have crossed the line into intimidation, according to election officials and voting rights lawyers. This August, people affiliated with USEIP were also canvassing in La Plata County, according to the county clerk.
He was still a teenager when, a year after his school went under, he graduated to a new form of state supervision. Inmates walk the hallways during a media tour of the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 7, 2015. And such violations have bloated the probation system, with roughly 250,000 people now subject to restrictions on their freedom. Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner listens during a press conference announcing Danielle Outlaw as the new Police Commissioner on December 30, 2019 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania State Senator Katie Muth was elected in the 2018 "blue wave," defeating the incumbent Republican.
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