City Line Stalker found guilty of attempted murder
Sidney Brinkley, a three time convicted killer, was found guilty Wednesday of attempted murder in the May 9 1979 stabbing of Ellen McGowan 21 of Upper Darby as she walked to work. The jury deliberated about two hours in Delaware County Court after being bused from Dauphin County due to publicity. Brinkley faces additional murder and rape convictions in related cases as he awaits further trials.
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Marlene Digiacomo
Daily Times
Sidney Brinkley
Upper Darby
Dauphin County
Delaware County
Robert F. Wright
Brinkley
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Estelle Hill
Delaware County Court
Ellen McGowan
69Th Street
Patricia Burns
Archbishop Prendergast High School
Sheila Hill
Haverford
Kathryn Johns
Philadelphia Arca
Nancy Ross
Miss Burns
Thomas Lawrie
Miss McGowan
Upland Police Probe Rape Case At Home Babysitting
Borough police seek suspects in a rape of a 19 year old babysitter at an Upland Avenue home last weekend. The Chester resident was treated at Crozer Chester Medical Center and released. The assault occurred about 12 36 a.m. Saturday, while she babysat according to Police Chief Bob Love.
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Upland — ‘Borough
Upland Avenue
Chester
Crozer-Chester Medical Center
Bob Love
Newtown Woman, 22, Slain at Home
Pamela Mueller, interior decorator, 22, was found shot in the living room of her twin home at 31 Paper Mill Road in Newtown Township. Police ruled out robbery and suicide, named a .22 pistol and said three people may have knowledge. it was the area’s first murder in years.
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Johny Sn
Daily Times
Newtown — Township
Paper Mill Road
Pamela Mueller
Jack Mazur
Berwyn
Charles L. Kress Jr
Mueller
Delaware County
Camp Hill
Kress
Delaware County Criminal Investigation Division
Cops nail kids for tormenting black woman
Police step up action after Patricia Bailey and her two daughters faced harassment in a predominantly white Darby neighborhood. Ten juvenile suspects have been arrested and released to parents as officials including Superintendent Russell Emery, state police, and the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission coordinate on the case.
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Daily Times
Patricia Bailey
Russell Emery
Pine Street
Emery
Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission
U.S
Robert Edgar
7Th
Delaware County Faces New State and Local Income Taxes
Gov Thornburgh tax study panel urges 1.5 percent district income tax and 1 percent municipal tax, plus 2 percent in Delaware and SE PA counties to fund SEPTA. State rate may rise from 2.2 to 2.28 percent. Philadelphia earned income tax to drop to about 2.8 percent as unearned income expands.
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Harold D. Ellis
Harrisburg Bureau
Harrisburg
Delaware County
Dick Thornburgh
Delaware
Philadelphia
SEPTA
Loot From Purolator Truck Stolen Money Recovered
A Philadelphia theft of 1.2 million dollars from an armored Purolator truck led to the arrest of Joseph Coyle 28 of Philadelphia as he tried to fly to Acapulco with 105000 tucked in his shoe. Francis Santos, 27, was also arrested as investigators recovered 230000 from friends and 400000 from a Philadelphia lot leaving 465000 still missing.
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TITC
AVILA
New York
UPI
Philadelphia
FBI
Joseph Coyle
Coyle
Acapulco
Mexico
Eastern Airlines
Kennedy International Airport
Francis Santos
Walter Yoos
Neemesso Coyle
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Newtown
Delaware County Common Pleas Court
Howard F. Reed
Bailey
Gov's Blue Ribbon Panel
Commission
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