Drexel Hill-Upper Darby, PA
News
Upper Darby Man, 37, Dies In Jersey Shore Jet Ski Accident Upper Darby Man, 37, Dies In Jersey Shore Jet Ski Accident
Upper Darby Man, 37, Dies In Jersey Shore Jet Ski Accident A 37-year-old man from Pennsylvania riding a jet ski on the Jersey Shore fell off, suffered a medical episode and died in the water Saturday, authorities said. New Jersey State Troopers responded to the bay area on reports of a boating accident on the 300 block of Bay Avenue in Ocean City just before 5 p.m. Saturday, Sgt. Alejandro Goez said. An investigation found that Donald Walters, of Upper Darby, fell off a jet ski and suffered an undisclosed medical episode while in the water, Goez said. Walters transported Shore Memorial Hospital and later pronounced dead.  The accident r…

SHARE

by Cecilia Levine
Hampden-Silver Spring, PA
News
Pennsylvania HS Senior Wins National Taco Bell Scholarship For $25K Pennsylvania HS Senior Wins National Taco Bell Scholarship For $25K
Pennsylvania HS Senior Wins National Taco Bell Scholarship For $25K A high school senior and Taco Bell employee in Cumberland County won the national Taco Bell scholarship contest, according to the company’s foundation’s website. Emma Seibert, of Enola works at the Taco Bell on Market Place Way and earlier this week she find out that she won the biggest scholarship her employer offers. Her $25,000 scholarship will help cover her tuition at John Hopkins University where she plans to study nursing. Taco Bell employees between the ages of 16 and 26 were eligible to apply and over 10,000 did, sharing their passions--mostly their future college majors-- in a tw…

SHARE

by Jillian Pikora
Drexel Hill-Upper Darby, PA
News
Upper Darby School Goes Into Lockdown After Teacher Hears Students Talking About Guns Upper Darby School Goes Into Lockdown After Teacher Hears Students Talking About Guns
Upper Darby School Goes Into Lockdown After Teacher Hears Students Talking About Guns Upper Darby High School was on lock down for nearly an hour Tuesday morning when a teacher overhead students talking about guns, district officials said. Two students had been talking about a fight that occurred last week when a teacher overheard them mention something about a gun, not understanding the context around it, Upper Darby School Director of Communications Dr. Aaronda Q. Beauford said in a DelCo Times report. Police searched the school and deemed the incident unfounded. The lockdown was lifted around 10:40 a.m. Click here for more from the DelCo Times.

SHARE

by Cecilia Levine
Drexel Hill-Upper Darby, PA
Police & Fire
Arrest Made In Killing Of Upper Darby's Dianna Brice Arrest Made In Killing Of Upper Darby's Dianna Brice
Arrest Made In Killing Of Upper Darby's Dianna Brice A woman was charged in the shooting death of 21-year-old Dianna Brice, whose body was found in Southwest Philadelphia last week after being reported missing out of Delaware County, authorities said. Tylydiah Garnett was arrested this weekend and charged with arson, abuse of a corpse, criminal conspiracy and other related offenses, Upper Darby police said. Brice -- who was four-and-a-half months along in her pregnancy -- was found dead around 11 p.m. last Tuesday in a wooded area at 58th Street and Eastwick Avenue, CBS Philly reports. She had last been seen leaving the K Laundry laundromat …

SHARE

by Cecilia Levine
Drexel Hill-Upper Darby, PA
Police & Fire
Man Struck In Upper Darby Overnight Shooting Man Struck In Upper Darby Overnight Shooting
Man Struck In Upper Darby Overnight Shooting Police are investigating after a man was struck in an Upper Darby shooting that occurred early Friday morning, CBS Philly says. Officers found a man suffering from a gunshot wound on the 7200 block of Guilford Road, just after 3 a.m. the news outlet reports. Police discovered he was shot about a block away, near Ruskin and Long Lanes, the outlet says citing authorities. The man was taken to a local hospital for medical treatment in unknown condition.

SHARE

by Nicole Acosta
Drexel Hill-Upper Darby, PA
Police & Fire
Upper Darby Driver Rescued After Car Rolls Over Onto Funeral Home Front Lawn Upper Darby Driver Rescued After Car Rolls Over Onto Funeral Home Front Lawn
Upper Darby Driver Rescued After Car Rolls Over Onto Funeral Home Front Lawn An Upper Darby driver was rescued from the wreckage of a rollover crash that ended in the front lawn of a funeral home early Wednesday morning, authorities said. Fire crews arrived at the unit block of South State Road to find a driver trapped in his car after he lost control and rolled over landing on the front lawn of Vraim Funeral Home just after 3 a.m., 6abc reports. Rescue crews freed the driver and he was taken to a local hospital with multiple injuries, 6abc says. His condition is unknown. Police are investigating the cause of the crash.

SHARE

by Nicole Acosta
Drexel Hill-Upper Darby, PA
Police & Fire
DA: DelCo Man, 20, Was Getaway Driver In Deadly MontCo Bowling Alley Shooting DA: DelCo Man, 20, Was Getaway Driver In Deadly MontCo Bowling Alley Shooting
DA: DelCo Man, 20, Was Getaway Driver In Deadly MontCo Bowling Alley Shooting Authorities on Friday announced the arrest of a Delaware County man accused of driving away from the scene of last weekend's Montgomery County bowling alley shooting, which left one man dead and four others injured. Raymir Johnson, 20, of Lansdowne, was charged with two felony counts of hindering apprehension in connection with the Feb. 20 incident at Our Town Alley, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said. Jamel Barnwell, 17, of Upper Darby, walked into the Swede Street bowling alley alongside Johnson and one other man at 6:39 p.m. on Saturday, authorities s…

SHARE

by Cecilia Levine
Lower Merion-Narberth, PA
Police & Fire
17-Year-Old Gunman In Deadly Bowling Alley Shooting Surrenders, DA Says 17-Year-Old Gunman In Deadly Bowling Alley Shooting Surrenders, DA Says
17-Year-Old Gunman In Deadly Bowling Alley Shooting Surrenders, DA Says A 17-year-old gunman accused of injuring four people and killing one in a bowling alley shooting over the weekend surrendered to authorities. Jamel Barnwell, 17, of Upper Darby, turned himself in around 12 a.m. Monday morning, Montgomery County DA Kevin R. Steele said. Barnwell walked into the Swede Street bowling alley at 6:39 p.m. on Saturday and, four minutes later, a physical altercation ensued, Steele and East Norriton Police Chief Brandon Pasquale said. Barnwell then pulled out  a firearm with an extended magazine from inside his jacket and began shooting, authorities said. He and t…

SHARE

by Cecilia Levine
Lower Merion-Narberth, PA
Police & Fire
17-Year-Old Gunman In Deadly Bowling Alley Shooting Surrenders, DA Says 17-Year-Old Gunman In Deadly Bowling Alley Shooting Surrenders, DA Says
17-Year-Old Gunman In Deadly Bowling Alley Shooting Surrenders, DA Says A 17-year-old gunman accused of injuring four people and killing one in a bowling alley shooting over the weekend surrendered to authorities. Jamel Barnwell, 17, of Upper Darby, turned himself in around 12 a.m. Monday morning, Montgomery County DA Kevin R. Steele said. Barnwell walked into the Swede Street bowling alley at 6:39 p.m. on Saturday and, four minutes later, a physical altercation ensued, Steele and East Norriton Police Chief Brandon Pasquale said. Barnwell then pulled out  a firearm with an extended magazine from inside his jacket and began shooting, authorities said. He and t…

SHARE

by Cecilia Levine
Lower Merion-Narberth, PA
Police & Fire
DelCo Boy, 17, Sought In Deadly East Norriton Bowling Alley Shooting DelCo Boy, 17, Sought In Deadly East Norriton Bowling Alley Shooting
DelCo Boy, 17, Sought In Deadly East Norriton Bowling Alley Shooting A 17-year-old boy from Delaware County is being sought in connection with an East Norriton bowling alley shooting over the weekend, authorities announced. Jamel Barnwell, 17, of Upper Darby, walked into the Swede Street bowling alley at 6:39 p.m. on Saturday and, four minutes later, a physical altercation ensued,  Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele and East Norriton Police Chief Brandon Pasquale said. That's when Barnwell pulled out  a firearm with an extended magazine from inside his jacket and began shooting, authorities said. He and three men fled the bowling a…

SHARE

by Cecilia Levine
Drexel Hill-Upper Darby, PA
Police & Fire
Support Surges For Millbourne Firefighter Who Lost Apartment In Blaze Support Surges For Millbourne Firefighter Who Lost Apartment In Blaze
Support Surges For Millbourne Firefighter Who Lost Apartment In Blaze Support is surging for a Millbourne Fire Company crew member who was trapped then rescued while she was working through a fire that tore through her apartment building, authorities said. Around $1,700 in recovery funds had been raised on a GoFundMe page for Sandie Archie and her husband Gene, who reportedly did not have renter's insurance. Archie was attempting to extinguish the fire in her Upper Darby apartment building before being rescued by her crew members of the Millbourne Fire Company on Feb. 17, according to a Facebook post. "I can honestly say without this woman I don't know if I…

SHARE

by Nicole Acosta
Drexel Hill-Upper Darby, PA
Police & Fire
Authorities: DelCo Home Invader Who Duct-Taped Adoptive Mom To Chair In Police Custody Authorities: DelCo Home Invader Who Duct-Taped Adoptive Mom To Chair In Police Custody
Authorities: DelCo Home Invader Who Duct-Taped Adoptive Mom To Chair In Police Custody A wanted Delaware County home invader was arrested by Pennsylvania State Police Thursday after he forced his way into his 80-year-old adoptive mother's house armed with a hammer and tied her to a chair with duct tape, authorities said. Christopher Dougherty, 45, was taken into custody by Pennsylvania State Police around 5 p.m., CBSN Philly reports. Dougherty stole approximately $1,150 and her cellphone, then fled the scene of the Middletown Township home in her red 2002 Buick Century with the Pennsylvania registration number, HYH-3785, around 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 11, according to Pennsylvania…

SHARE

by Nicole Acosta