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Newspaper
Delaware County Daily Times
Location
Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1981
Page
4
Township police destroyed about 250 marijuana plants in a secluded field behind Ship'n Shore Inc on Bridgewater Road after an anonymous tip at 8 30 p m Thursday. Plants reached up to three feet in height and their value remains undetermined.
Ridley Township man David Greeley, 34, was sentenced by Judge Robert A. Wright to 11 to 23 months in jail for two burglaries. Greeley, arrested after fleeing a Glen Mills home, faced charges including receiving stolen property from a separate break in.
Upland Borough Council authorizesEngineer Charltania to address road surface issues with water problems on 10th Street and surface faults on Hill Court and Upland Road. County funding aim for Upland Road repairs due to heavy trash truck use. title search for Hill Court before spending approval. Also reports robberies in Concord and Chester with a driver held at gunpoint, police seeking suspects. Community notices include Vietnam Veterans chapter meeting and Mainliners Barbershop Chorus event. correction to a Daily Times notice.
State Police report two women Mary G. Barksdale and Dema E. Farmer were arrested for making repeated death threats to a bank theft witness. The case involves a $76,000 Girard Bank theft at Springfield Mall in 1979. Additional suspects and connections to the crime are noted.
A sale sign fronts St Luke's Episcopal Church and the vacant rectory at 10th and Saville. Weeds grow around bushes, no flowers bloom, the Virgin Mary statue is missing, and the church remains empty after the Diocese of Pennsylvania evicted Chester Olszewski more than a year ago.
Diocesan spokesman says no buyers have appeared as the church remains on the market with no firm price. Olszewski, once called the pope of Eddystone, was evicted in 1980 after a years long dispute over a bleeding statue claim and priestly self ordination. He still has followers living near the church, while keeping quiet on numbers.
Lou J. D'Iorio once known for wearing cowboy boots lost a court battle to regain his Delaware County detective position. The Commonwealth Court ruled District Attorney Frank T. Hazel could lawfully fire him, reversing a lower court reinstatement. D'Iorio, from Chadds Ford, was dismissed after a drug raid photo showed him bare chested with a woman while his gun and wife were nearby.
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