Three Chester gambling case defendants get probation
An 80 year old woman Rose Capasso and her two sons Charles and Francis Peticca were given one year probation for a gambling operation after an undercover officer test of a May 16 1979 bet. Capasso was fined 500 dollars and Charles Peticca 250 dollars. All three were convicted by Delaware County Judge R Barclay Surrick. Upper Darby. The piece also notes a separate extension of a senior tax rebate application deadline to December 31 and eligibility rules.
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Chester
Rose Capasso
Concord Ave
Charles Peticca
Ridge Road
Lower Chichester
Francis Peticca
Charles
Delaware County
R. Barclay Surrick
Jury hands light term to man in stabbings case in Delaware County
Michael Pollum, 27, of Yeadon, was stabbed 10 times by John Libetti, 21, of Media, during a Jan 17 1980 robbery attempt at Pollum’s parents home. Libetti received 3 to 23 months in jail and was ordered to pay $1,265 restitution. Libetti faces drug charges amid the “Dirty Dozen” burglary and drug ring probe led by Richard Yacoubian. Pollum says punishment should have been harsher and says he bears ongoing pain and lost work.
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Daily Times
Michael Pollum
Yeadon
Pollum
Libetti
Delaware County
Richard
Yacoubian
Lansdowne
Ginny
Delaware
Robert Wright
Michael F. X. Coll
Coll
Wright
Police Seek Gunman After Shooting of Deacon
Police hunt a gunman after a deacon was shot in an apparent attack. No further details provided in the fragment. Investigators request information from the public and urge witnesses to come forward.
Court OKS Emissions Test Start Date in 12 Counties
Commonwealth Court declined to block a federal order mandating auto emissions inspections begin May 1, 1982 in Delaware and 11 other counties. The ruling risks contempt and loss of federal funds if PennDOT fails to implement the program by the date. The program targets air quality in the Philadelphia Pittsburgh and Allentown regions under a 1978 consent decree.
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Times
Harrisburg Bureau
Harrisburg — Commonwealth Court
Delaware
Acate
Milton J. Shapp
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
U.S
Louis Bechtele
Dick Thornburgh
Tee
U.S. Third District Circuit Court of Appeals
Commonwealth Court
John A. MacPhail
Penndot
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Allentown
Delaware County Bike Tour Heads Toward Linvilla Orchards
The Delaware County Parks and Recreation will sponsor a 12 mile bike tour starting at noon Sunday from Coebourn Elementary School Brookhaven near Route 352. Riders will pass Linvilla Orchards and Caleb Pusey Plantation with a $2 admission and rest fee requested. A missing 19 year old from Upper Darby was found near Moore's Beach North Wildwood. Police say the man was a non swimmer and died after a 65 foot fall. Delaware County Court is to hear an unfunded debt loan for Chester Township up to 300000 to be repaid in five years. Ridley Township hosts a summer concert at Main Field Folsom featuring Jim Palo and the Commanders. Oakland Road reconstruction bid awarded to G Antonini totaling 19472.50.
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Delaware County Department of Parks and Recreation
Coebourn
Coebourn Boulevard
Brookhaven
K-Mart
Linvilla Orchards
Caleb Pusey
Upper Darby
Moore’s Beach
North Wildwood
N.J
New Jersey
Highland Park
Linda Hartenstine
Brennan
Cape May
Chester
Christopher Gorbey
Delaware County
Ridley Township
4Th Street
Sutton Avenue
Folsom
Jim Palo
Commanders
Budget cuts end four years of fiscal drift says Stockman
Bonnie Baldwin reports a program of budget and tax cuts ending four years of financial deterioration. Stockman asserts the drift has halted and the state has begun moving in another direction.
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Stockman
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