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It has been a busy week of news in Montgomery County. Have you seen the top headlines yet? Cocaine, Potato Salad on Woman’s Shopping List, PD Says One woman, 21, of Collegeville, allegedly rear-ended a car at a stop sign. When police found her, they reported a grocery list that showed a little more than bread and milk. Murdered Teen Arrested on Felony Drug Charges in March A teen, found dead in West Pottsgrove on Sunday was reportedly facing felony drug charges, stemming from an incident in March. He was about to face trial, but was allegedly murdered before he could do so. Teen Boy Struck by Hit-and-Run Driver, Police Say A boy was hit on Tuesday night in the borough of Norristown by an unknown driver, according to local authorities. A …
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Upper Providence Township Police are investigating an alleged road rage assault near Collegeville.
There is currently an ongoing investigation on what is allegedly being deemed a "road rage" incident on Route 29 and Hopwood Road Wednesday night. Upper Providence Township police were dispatched to the scene shortly after 7:15 p.m. for a suspected vehicle accident in which a pedestrian was struck. The male victim was found lying in the northbound lane of Route 29. The report said he was attended to by "several Good Samaritans." He was taken to Paoli Hospital by Trappe Ambulance. After an investigation, police determined the incident to be a road rage assault. The suspect allegedly fled the scene before police arrived. In the report, police described him as a white male in his 20s, driving a red vehicle. Witnesses described the car as a …
Results of the trial for the 2011 hit-and-run accident that resulted in the death of a local woman.
Patricia Maurer, 75 of New Hanover, who was accused of a hit-and-run in April 2011 that resulted in the death of a 26-year-old pedestrian woman, was convicted of a felony charge of accidents involving death or personal injury on Friday, according to Carl Hessler Jr, of The Pottstown Mercury. Authorities originally looked for the driver of the fatal hit-and-run, who had fled the scene on April 27, 2011. Through her attorney, Maurer later admitted to driving the 2003 Toyota Camry that struck and killed Kristy Bender, as she walked home from her job at the Kohl's. According to Hessler, the charge she received can carry a sentence between one to seven years in prison. For the full story, click here. Related Stories Authorities seek driver in …
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Accused fatal hit-and-run driver, 75, hears witnesses testify
The following comes from Carl Hessler Jr., of The Pottstown Mercury: COURTHOUSE — During dramatic and emotional testimony, eyewitnesses to a fatal crash involving a pedestrian called the tragic event “surreal” and shocking as the alleged hit-and-run driver’s trial got under way. “I started saying, ‘Oh my God, Oh my God’ and then she hit her. She somersaulted into the air … and landed on the ground. The car hit her. It all happened rather quickly,” James Harrison of Royersford testified Tuesday in Montgomery County Court, recalling for a jury the 1:34 p.m. April 27, 2011, crash that claimed the life of 26-year-old Kristy L. Bender who was walking along the 1200 block of South Township Line Road in Upper Providence on her way from work to …
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A 75-year-old woman has opted for a jury trial for a hit-and-run that resulted in the death of a 26-year-old girl
The following comes from Carl Hessler Jr. of The Pottstown Mercury: NORRISTOWN — A 75-year-old New Hanover woman has placed her fate in the hands of a jury on charges she was the driver responsible for a hit-and-run crash that claimed the life of a female pedestrian on an Upper Providence roadway. Patricia Maurer, of the 2800 block of New Hanover Square Road, has agreed to a jury trial that will begin Tuesday in Montgomery County Court before Judge Joseph A. Smyth. Assistant District Attorney John Walko and defense lawyer Joseph P. Green Jr. on Monday completed the selection of a panel of 12 jurors and two alternate jurors, who will begin hearing testimony Tuesday. Walko and Green are slated to give their opening statements to the jury in …
A look at this week's police activity in Limerick and Royersford with a report from the Pennsylvania State Police.
The Limerick Township Police Department logged 195 incidents between Oct. 24 and 30. Of the incidents, 20 were deemed false alarms. Among the calls to which the police responded were the following incidents of note. A press release sent in by Police Chief Bill Albany: Neither rain, nor snow, nor dark of night, will keep thieves from making their rounds at the Philadelphia Premium Outlets. Down trees and wires from this weekend's snow storm were not enough to keep Limerick Police busy this past weekend. Police responded to four reported thefts at the mall and made three arrests. On Friday [Oct. 28], 18-year-old Christian Duncan of Upper Darby was arrested at the Polo Outlet store after he was observed hiding clothes on his person. He was …
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Tim Andrews
2:05 pm on Friday, June 8, 2012
I wonder if she would have stopped if it were her kids or grandkids who she ran over and left to die. more ›