Friday, March 22, 2013
The unidentified victim was shot outside of Brian's Cafe.
According to a press release from the Montgomery County District Attorney's office, one victim was shot and killed early Friday morning outside Brian's Cafe in the 300 block of Jefferson Street, in Pottstown. The District Attorney said in the release that police responding to an emergency call found a 27-year-old male with gunshot wounds outside the bar. He was transported to Pottstown Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The victim's name is being withheld pending notification of family members. Pottstown Police are investigating the crime. Read the full story at Pottstown Patch.
Friday, February 22, 2013
DA: Gabriel Pilotti had 'no justification' for shooting his neighbors' 'beloved pets' on Feb. 12.
A West Vincent Township man has been charged in a Feb. 12 incident that resulted in the deaths of an area family's two pet dogs. Police say Gabriel Pilotti, 72, admitted shooting "Argus" and "Fiona," Bernese Mountain Dogs belonging to the family of one of his neighbors, Mary Bock, because he discovered them chasing sheep inside an enclosed pasture on his property. Bock told police that the dogs had escaped from her yard. According to police, Pilotti told them during interviews on Feb. 12 and Feb. 21 that he first saw the dogs "chasing his sheep" from his kitchen window. He then retrieved a shotgun and ammunition from his garage and went outside to the edge of the sheep enclosure. "Argus," the male dog, approached Pilotti at a trot, …
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Thursday, January 24, 2013
If you can run, run. If you can't run, hide. If you have to, fight.
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Thursday, January 24
The recent mass shooting incidents at Connecticut elementary school, a Colorado movie theater, and a Sikh temple in Wisconsin, among other places, have made a once-unlikely question relevant: What should you do if someone comes into your workplace, school, or public venue and starts randomly shooting at people? The three-part answer, according to the Department of Homeland Security, is Run, Hide, Fight. If you can get out of the building or the vicinity of the shooter, do so. If you can't, hide. If you can't run or hide, as a last resort, resolve to incapacitate the shooter through any means necessary. The video above, produced last summer by the City of Houston (Tx.) Mayor's Office, was shared by the Limerick Township Police Department on…
Thursday, October 18, 2012
The law does not implement new restrictions on firearm sales or purchases.
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Thursday, October 18, 2012
A Brad Fox Law is headed for Gov. Tom Corbett's desk, though it's perhaps not the one some gun control advocates might hope for. House Bill 898, which imposes a mandatory minimum five-year sentence for the second and subsequent violations of the provisions of state law governing the sale of firearms, was unanimously passed by the state Senate on Wednesday. The law also permanently revokes any license to sell, import, or manufacture firearms from such violators. The bill, now known as the "Brad Fox Law," was passed by the state House in April 2011. State Representative Marcy Toepel (R-147), who introduced the bill, said it had taken on "new significance" in the wake of Fox's murder last month. Fox's apparent killer, Andrew Thomas, who was …
Friday, September 14, 2012
Residents and law enforcement joined in ushering slain Plymouth Police Officer Bradley Fox on his final journey.
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Friday, September 14, 2012
The body of slain Plymouth Police Officer Bradley Fox was transfered to Boyd-Horrox Funeral Home on Germantown Pike in East Norriton today via a procession of police and emergency vehicles. Patch reader Kathy Walsh was on hand to photograph several legs of the procession and agreed to share her photos. We're asking other readers to share their photos from any memorials for Officer Fox. This tragedy has touched many of us and as much as we may want to, we can't all attend every ceremony. With our readers help, maybe we can all feel a little closer to the rest of the community who are grieving the loss of a good man. Log into your Patch account and click on the "Upload Photos and Videos" button to add your own images and video.
Sunday, August 5, 2012
After a deadly shooting at a Wisconsin Sikh Temple Sunday morning, the greater Philadelphia Sikh community calls for more gun control and cultural understanding.
This weekend, over 2,000 members of the Sikh community from the Philadelphia area and beyond came to Monsignor Bonner High School in Drexel Hill to participate in the Philadelphia Sikh Society’s (PSS) 12th annual Sikh Games of Philadelphia. According to Narinder Singh, secretary of the PSS, which is located in Millbourne, Delaware County, the festive two-day event draws members of the Sikh community from as far away as New York and Maryland. The Aug. 5 event at Bonner had participants of all ages playing volleyball, soccer, wrestling, races and the traditional "Kabbaddee," a tag-game similar to Jailbreak. "Our reason is to memorialize the Sikh martyrs," Dharam Singh Khalsa, a PSS founding member, said. He explained that the annual sporting…
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Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Yingling now faces criminal solicitation charges from Berks County D.A.
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Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Christopher Yingling, 42, the alleged shooter of Limerick Deputy Fire Chief Glen Russell, has additional charges pending from the Berks County District Attorney. The new charge is criminal solicitation to commit murder, as it is reported by Frank Otto of The Pottstown Mercury that Yingling attempted to hire a hit-man to "murder the victims of his alleged crimes." Yingling already faces charges for sex crimes against a teenager and for shooting Russell. For the full story, click here. Related Stories Limerick Deputy Fire Chief Shot Tuesday Hearing Waived in Russell Shooting Russell's Shooter Arrested for Sex Crimes
Monday, May 21, 2012
MERCURY: Birdsboro shooting suspect charged with sex crimes involving teen
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Monday, May 21, 2012
The following clip comes from Frank Otto of the Pottstown Mercury: BIRDSBORO — The Birdsboro man accused of shooting his girlfriend’s ex-husband is now charged with numerous sex crimes involving a teen girl. Christopher D. Yingling, 42, of the 500 block of West Second Street, who was previously charged with shooting Limerick fire official Glen Russell on Jan. 24 in his car in a Berks County parking lot, was charged Wednesday with involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, statutory sex assault, aggravated indecent assault, prostitution, producing and presenting obscene sexual materials and performance, as well as other similar offenses, all involving a girl under the age of 15. “This is just the most disturbing number of facts I’ve seen,” …
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
A statement from Spring City Police Chief Art Brown
With the recent shots fired in East Vincent Township, we asked Spring City Police Chief Art Brown for some tips or warnings to send out to the community. He took the opportunity to address the public on Wednesday afternoon: "In light of that recent shooting in East Vicent," Brown said. "I want to remind the community that they are the eyes and ears of the community. So, when they see or hear something suspicious, they should call us and let us check it out. We can't be everwhere, so we depend on some help from our citizens." There have been no further developments on the case to date.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
An update on the case between Limerick's Deputy Fire Chief and his alleged shooter.
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012
The following comes from Brandie Kessler of The Pottstown Mercury: SPRING TOWNSHIP — A Birdsboro man charged with attempting to kill a Limerick Fire Company official who is also a local realtor and his girlfriend’s ex-husband, will go to trial after waiving his preliminary hearing Tuesday. Christopher D. Yingling, 41, of 516 W. 2nd St., was returned to Berks County Prison in lieu of $400,000 cash bail after he waived his hearing before District Judge Ann Young. Yingling is accused of shooting Glen Russell, the deputy fire chief with Limerick Fire Company, on Jan. 24 while Russell was in a vehicle in a parking lot awaiting a court-appointed meeting with his ex-wife, who was Yingling’s girlfriend. There were no changes to the charges against…
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