Car theft suspect, two officers hurt in 16 minute chase
Michael Edward Darrah, 21, aka Michael Sharp, led police on a 16 minute pursuit ending in a crash in Yeadon. Officers Gary Winnacombe and Joseph Heffernan were treated for bruises after being struck by the fleeing car. Darrah and accomplice Robert Drayton faced charges as a hospital bedside arraignment noted.
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Daily Times
Upper Darby
Yeadon
Michael Edward Darrah
Michael Sharp
East Dorset Street
Philadelphia
Cobbs Creek Parkway
Gary Winnacombe
Millbourne
Joseph Heffernan
Brian Duffy
Shirley Road
Paul Stromberg
Yeadon Borough
Heffernan
Darrah
Delco eyes $1.3 million mobile jail cells for crowding
Delaware County Council moves to approve a 1,344,000 contract with Mobile Inmate Systems Corp to build eight portable jail cells and four day rooms attached to the Concord Township prison gym. The eight cells will house about 112 inmates as a quick fix while long term expansion is planned. Prison trustees nearing release will staff the new units, which are expected to last 30 years and include toilets showers and AC.
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Delaware County Council
Council
Concord Township
Mobile Inmate Systems Corp
Coopersburg
Matt Hayes
Mary Ann Arty
Kenneth Matty
County Prison Board
State Corrections Department
Nine vie for Garnet Valley School Board seats
Nine candidates, including Bethel residents Janet Foltz and John Gallo and Concord residents Richard Jewell and Barbara Tarr, applied by the 4 p.m. deadline to fill two vacancies created by resignations. Trustees will interview finalists tomorrow with a May 14 work session aimed at approving a budget the following Tuesday, as party groups suspend endorsements.
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Daily Times
Concord
Garnet Valley
Richard Anderson
LeRoy Thompson
Bethel
Janet Foltz
John Gallo
Richard Terwilliger
Richard Jewell
Carolyn Nell
Barbara Tarr
Frank Zampardi
George Zahr
Michelle Thompson
Foltz
Lawrence Miller
Edward McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Bethel Township
Republican Party
GOP
John Myers
Myers
Concord Township
William Kelly
Chester Heights
Hayes
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Warrington Avenue
SEPTA
Duffy
Anthony Paparo
Springton
Marshall Roads
Drayton
Winnacombe and
Delaware County Memorial Hospital
The
University of Pennsylvania
Albert Berardocco
Bert Hodge
Delco
Matty
Meg Diskin
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