Drag Racing has become more prevalent among the youth culture in the Philadelphia area over the past 10 or so years. It is increasingly popular for kids on motorbikes with the fat tires or in tricked out Hondas go careening at high speeds around the Philadelphia bridges, down by the airport, or almost anywhere racers […]
Next Steps Following a DUI Arrest in Lower Merion Lower Merion Township, in coordination with the Pennsylvania State Police, ran a DUI Sobriety Checkpoints on Friday, June 20, 2012, on Belmont Avenue in Montgomery County just off of the I-76 ramp. This is a favorite location for the police to set up checkpoints and arrests […]
Nancy Schwartz, of West Chestnut Street in Pottstown, who had been charged with illegally filling prescriptions in Collegeville and New Hanover between January 2010 and January 2011, was sentenced to 5 years of Intermediate Punishment on Friday by Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas Judge William R. Carpenter after pleading guilty to Identity Theft, Forgery, […]
Yes, even though its not real marijuana, its still illegal to sell it. This was the message driven home to Rafie Ali, 34, and Mohammed Himed, 25, by District Justice Edward Kropp, Sr. at their preliminary hearings yesterday. Both men are from Pottstown and have been charged with Possession with Intent to Deliver Drugs as […]
Lower Merion Police have charged John Kane, 35, with 20 felony counts arising out of Kane’s alleged posting of naked photos of his ex girlfriend on internet porn sites. Kane, of Jim Thorpe, PA, was arrested when a local Lower Merion woman, whose identity has not been revealed, contacted the police when a co-worker had […]
Philadelphia Highway Patrolman Brian “B-Lo” Lorenzo, a veteran of 23 years on the police force, was killed early the morning of July 8 when his motorcycle collided with a an Audi A-6 operated by John Leck, Jr., of Levittown, PA. According to reports, Leck’s vehicle was traveling southbound on northbound I-95, when he slammed his […]
If I had a nickel for every time I have gotten a phone call from a prospective client telling me that they have just been pulled over and given a ticket for driving with a suspended driver’s license and that they had no idea their license was suspended….well, I’d have a lot of nickels.
James Civello, a former squash coach at the Shipley School in Bryn Mawr, plead guilty to one (1) count of Corruption of Minors as a result of an “inappropriate sexual relationship” he carried on with a 16 year old student he coached while employed at the school. The facts, as alleged, included that the victim […]
As a practical matter, I never thought that people actually passed a school bus that was letting kids on or off on purpose. I always thought that a driver was just making a mistake or not paying attention. Who would do that? Well, regardless of why people pass school buses when they shouldn’t, […]
When a client is arrested for DUI, the first time they get to confront the evidence against them is at the Preliminary Hearing. The official function of the preliminary hearing is for the Commonwealth to demonstrate to the District Justice, though their witnesses, that there is probable cause to believe that the client was driving […]