Monday, May 13, 2013
A drug ring that included Montgomery County has recently been on trial in a major wire-tapping case.
He took the stand as a witness for the prosecution, but it was the defense that really got him to talk. An unnamed ringleader of a major drug ring that reached parts of Montgomery, Bucks, Chester and Philadelphia counties was the topic of discussion in Judge Gary S. Silow’s courtroom Friday, as more than 24 men and women face charges in the ring, which was caught via wire-tapping by local authorities, reports the Times Herald. The witness admitted on the stand, when questioned by the defense, that he did not know at least one of the men named as part of a drug trafficking organization. He told the defense attorney "No, I don’t know him at all," when the man was brought before him. Other testimony provided information overheard on wire-tap…
Friday, April 12, 2013
Basement dweller William Keith Kane, 23, had the sole felony charge dismissed at a preliminary hearing in Lansdale District Court Thursday. Kane allegedly assaulted and threatened to kill his landlord with a knife and tire iron.
Franklin Street basement tenant William Keith Kane, 23, of Lansdale, will not face a felony charge of aggravated assault in Montgomery County court in May for allegedly assaulting and threatening his landlord with a knife and tire iron. The charge was dismissed at a preliminary hearing Thursday morning in Lansdale District Court. All other charges against Kane were held by District Judge Harold Borek: misdemeanor possessing an instrument of crime, three counts of misdemeanor simple assault, misdemeanor reckless endangerment and summary harassment. Kane has been free on 10 percent of $10,000 bail since March 19, according to court records. Kane allegedly assaulted his landlord with a knife one day, and allegedly threatened him with a tire …
Monday, February 25, 2013
Jeffrey Penna, 42, of Cabin Road, was sentenced Monday to seven years' probation after pleading guilty to numerous felony methamphetamine possession charges in connection with a countywide distribution ring
Another player in the Montgomery County methamphetamine trafficking operation has been sentenced in Montgomery County court Monday. Jeffrey M. Penna, 42, of the 1200 block of Cabin Road, Hatfield, was sentenced to seven years’ probation for pleading guilty to numerous felony counts of possession with intent to distribute meth between December 2011 and March 2012, according to Carl Hessler Jr. of Journal Register. Penna’s brother, David Penna, 36, of the 1800 block of Valley Forge Road, Towamencin, already pleaded guilty to his involvement in the methamphetamine ring and received four years’ probation. According to the article, Jeffrey Penna will be “under court supervision” for 10 years, and would be “locked up immediately” on a probation …
Friday, February 1, 2013
Raymond Diaz, 23, of Philadelphia, admitted to a felony burglary charge in connection with the burglary of a home on Hopkins Court in Montgomery Township in July. Diaz's palm print was found on the glass of a sliding door
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Friday, February 1
A palm print found on a sliding door of a burglarized Montgomery Township home was all investigators needed to lead them to Raymond Diaz, 23, of Philadelphia. Diaz, of the 4700 block of Melrose Street, was given a nine- to 23-month prison sentence after pleading guilty to felony burglary of a home on the 100 block of Hopkins Court, according to Peg Gibbons of The Intelligencer. The burglary occurred on July 23, 2012, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., according to court records. Montgomery Township Police matched a palm print from the home to Diaz’s palm print, according to the article. Investigators speculate Diaz pressed his hand against the glass of a sliding door to test its strength, and then pried the screen from a partially-open rear window…
Ian Jared Crotzer, 30, of the 100 block of Monroe Drive, Towamencin, allegedly filed a false claim that his vehicle was stolen. Sterling Dustin Hall Jr., 33, of the 1000 block of Winfield Court in Morgandale in Towamencin, was allegedly a conspirator
Two Towamencin men had felony and misdemeanor insurance fraud charges held over for Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas on Thursday, after waiving their preliminary hearings in Lansdale, according to The Reporter. Ian Jared Crotzer, 30, of the 100 block of Monroe Drive, Towamencin Condominiums, allegedly filed a false claim that his vehicle was stolen. Sterling Dustin Hall Jr., 33, aka Dawson Mullin, of the 1000 block of Winfield Court in Morgandale in Towamencin, was allegedly involved in the conspiracy, police said. The Reporter wrote that both declined to comment on the case afterward, as did Crotzer’s attorney Stephen Geday. Crotzer is charged with the following: Hall is charged with the following: Crotzer had turned himself in to …
Monday, December 31, 2012
Timothy Paul Sell, 37, remains incarcerated at Montgomery County prison, awaiting a January 17 preliminary hearing. Sell allegedly shared child pornography using Vuze software on the BitTorrent network, police said
A Lansdale man has been arrested and charged by the Pennsylvania State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation Computer Crime Unit with 201 third-degree felony child sex abuse offenses, for allegedly sharing more than 3,000 child pornography videos over the Internet. Timothy Paul Sell, 37, of a second-floor apartment on the 100 block of East Main Street, is set to face the charges against him at a preliminary hearing on Jan. 17, 2013 at 11 a.m. before District Judge Harold Borek. The 6 foot 1 inch-350 pound Sell remains incarcerated at Montgomery County prison, according to prison records. Bail was set by Borek at 10 percent of $50,000 cash at the Dec. 19 preliminary arraignment, according to court records. According to court records, Sell…
Friday, December 28, 2012
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, had filed a declaration of taking for the right-of-way owned by Goodson Holding Company and Journal Register Co. at Derstine Avenue and Wood Street in Lansdale. Goodson Holding Co. and JRC are in bankruptcy court
The Wood-Vine Connector Pennsylvania Community Transportation Initiative Project is back on track, now that Lansdale Borough can obtain right-of-way from the property of The Reporter Newspaper. Solicitor Mark Hosterman announced this month that the bankruptcy court has lifted an automatic stay in Goodson Holding Company's bankruptcy reorganization case. "The borough is allowed to acquire the right-of-way necessary for the property," Hosterman said. "We are in the process of doing that right now." Lansdale Council in October contracted Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC to provide legal services on behalf of the borough, in order to obtain relief from an automatic stay. Lansdale Borough, through Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, filed…
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
James Heath Jr., of Allentown Road, Towamencin, allegedly shoved his girlfriends face into a mattress and slammed her head on the floor during an argument at their residence
A Towamencin man who allegedly shoved his girlfriend's face into a mattress and slammed her head repeatedly onto the floor of their Allentown Road home, preventing her to leave, had two charges dropped at his preliminary hearing on Thursday. James Carr Heath Jr., 43, of the 1300 block of Allentown Road, heads to county arraignment Jan. 30 at 9:30 a.m. facing a misdemeanor charge of simple assault and a misdemeanor charge of false imprisonment, as well as a summary harassment charge, according to court records. A misdemeanor charge of simple assault and a harassment charge were withdrawn at the hearing. Bail was set at 10 percent of $5,000 cash, and Heath posted a $500 bond on Dec. 17, according to court records. Towamencin Police said …
Friday, December 14, 2012
Joseph Patrick Walsh, of Blooming Glen, was apprehended by Telford Borough Police who said he allegedly attempted to rob an elderly couple in front of the police station. His girlfriend, Ashley Getz, of Harrisburg, is charged as a conspirator
An 87-year-old woman and an 83-year-old man from Franconia fought off alleged knifepoint robber Joseph Patrick Walsh, 23, after he allegedly conned them into believing his car broke down and forced them to an ATM when they offered him a ride home on June 19. His girlfriend, Ashley Getz, 26, of Harrisburg, also faces charges in the alleged robbery for allegedly conspiring with Walsh, police said. Walsh, of the 1300 block of N. Main Street in Blooming Glen, Bucks County, faces the following charges after a preliminary hearing at Souderton District Court Tuesday: Two counts of unlawful restraint and two counts of terroristic threats were withdrawn at his preliminary hearing. The robbery charges were increased from second-degree to first-…
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
A warrant has been filed for the arrest of John Sambath, 19, of Philadelphia, on 24 criminal offenses, including felony criminal homicide, in connection with his alleged involvement in a shooting September 4, 2011 in the Wedgewood development in Lansdale
Lansdale Police have a warrant filed for the arrest of John Sambath, 19, of Philadelphia, who is the alleged shooter in a September 4, 2011 shooting in the Wedgewood development of the borough. According to Matt Coughlin of The Intelligencer, Sambath allegedly shot a now 19-year-old man in the shoulder during an altercation in the neighborhood of Moyers Road. According to court records, Sambath, of Asian nationality, is charged with 24 criminal offenses: felony criminal homicide, felony burglary, felony criminal trespass, two counts of felony aggravated assault, felony carrying a firearm without a license, felony discharge of a firearm into an occupied structure, six misdemeanor counts of reckless endangerment, misdemeanor criminal …
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