Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Officer Nick was officially retired at a Plymouth Township Council meeting on Monday night.
"He's where he belongs," said Lynsay Fox. That was the significance of Monday night, when fallen Plymouth Police officer Bradley Fox's K-9 partner, Nick, was officially retired and transferred to Fox's wife and child at a Plymouth Township Council meeting. That in such a tragic event, where so much is as it shouldn't be, at least one thing can be made right. That Lynsay, daughter Kadence, and a second child due next year, will have a small part of their husband and father to be with them through the years. To greet them in the morning with tail wagging, and to investigate bumps in the night. Nick's retirement was several months in the making. Since Nick, a Belgian Malinois, was paid for with a grant from the Department of Homeland Security…
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 …
Monday, October 15, 2012
Would stronger gun laws have prevented the Plymouth Township policeman's death?
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Monday, October 15, 2012
Does the September shooting death of Plymouth Township Police Officer Bradley Fox — apparently at the hands of a convicted felon who illicitly obtained legally-purchased firearms through a third party — demonstrate the need for tougher gun purchase laws in Pennsylvania? In an editorial published Monday, the Philadelphia Inquirer argued that it does. In calling on state legislators to pass a "Bradley Fox Act" that would place limits on firearm purchases and criminalize the failure to report a lost or stolen gun, the newspaper said Fox's killing "exposes the true cost of Harrisburg's refusal to pass even modest gun control measures." Vote in the poll below and tell us what you think in the comments.
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Collegeville Italian Bakery has two suite-level tickets for raffle to auction to raise money for slain Police Officer Bradley Fox’s Family – Raffle ends tomorrow at noon.
A surge of community support has risen in the wake of Plymouth Township Police Officer Bradley Fox’s death. Among those in the business community wanting to help Fox’s family is the Collegeville Italian Bakery, located along Ridge Pike in Collegeville. The bakery’s co-owners and husband and wife-team, Patrizia and Steve Carcarey, will auction off two EMC Suite Level tickets to the Friday, Sept. 21 Philadelphia Phillies vs. Atlanta Braves game at Citizens Bank Park. "We didn’t want it to go to waste,” Steve Carcarey said. “We thought the best opportunity to help would be to auction these off and give all the proceeds to the Fox family.” The game is set for 7:05 p.m., and, specifically, the seats are numbers 1 and 2 in Suite 59. The auction …
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Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Thousands gather at final viewing and funeral mass to honor fallen officer.
On January 15, 2005, Bradley Fox, a United States Marine, walked into Kenney's Madison Tavern in Warminster, Pa. to watch the Philadelphia Eagles play the Minnesota Vikings in the NFL playoffs. The game was a victory for the Eagles, sending them to the NFC Championship game. But the night was an even greater success for Fox. "It was the day that he met the love of his life, Lynsay Mattozzi,” said Father Edward Hallinan, at Fox's funeral mass. On January 21, 2005, Brad and Lynsay had their first date at the Joseph Ambler Inn, in North Wales. Brad gave her a ride home, used the bathroom, and absent-mindedly left his zipper down as he met her father for the first time. But it didn't matter: "That night, I sat down on my sister's bed with her …
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.
Law enforcement honors fallen officer as community quickly supports.
"Brad Fox is a hero." That simple statement bookended Plymouth Township Police Chief Joseph Lawrence's address to the media Thursday night, as he stood in the suddenly cool night air just a few hundred yards from where Officer Bradley Fox was killed in the line of duty. "Brad was with [the department] for seven years, and just recently graduated the Philadelphia K-9 school with his partner, Nick," said Lawrence, adding that Fox is survived by an expectant wife and young daughter. "This was a senseless, senseless act." Details are still scarce about how Officer Fox lost his life. Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Ferman said that Fox and his canine partner, Nick, responded to a hit and run accident near the intersection of …
Josh Shapiro, Leslie Richards and Bruce Castor remind residents of the risks our local law enforcement personell take every day to protect us.
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Friday, September 14, 2012
The following is a joint statement by the Montgomery County Commissioners on the tragic shooting death of Plymouth Police Office Bradley Fox: "We are deeply saddened by the death of Plymouth Police Office Brad Fox. This senseless act tragically reminds us that, even in a place like Montgomery County, when our law enforcement personnel go to work every day they put their lives on the line for all of us. "Officer Fox served our country as a Marine in Iraq and came home to continue to serve us as a police officer in Plymouth Township. Our hearts and prayers go out to his wife and family and also to his fellow officers in Plymouth Township who must now grapple with the sorrow of this horrible tragedy."
Glen
1:59 pm on Tuesday, November 13, 2012
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