How 'bout a fresh one. What's going on, besides the cops?
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That's enough. Our homes are losing value because our school system is financially failing. If Morrisville itself is unsafe they will fall even more. Its not time for stupid answers like close up the bridges. Its time for real solutions.
anonymous one at top please do provide solutions, ideas etc. Are you running for either of the council or board positions to help out with all the ideas? How about a write in campaign in the fall that could do it. last I read our school is doing better than most surrounding us every town has crime no different than morrisville. stay calm live your life good and I believe you will be just fine in good ole moville
The police officer had a simple question for Tyrone McNeese:
Why did he fire the gun?
The 23-year-old Trenton man provided a simple answer:
“Because I’m stupid,” he replied, according to court documents.
A Morrisville police officer on patrol in the area of North Delmorr Avenue and Union Street around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday heard what he thought sounded like gunshots, according to court documents. The shots appeared to be coming from the area of the 100 block of South Delmorr Avenue.
When the officer went to investigate, he found two people underneath the Route 1 bridge, near where he heard the shots, according to a probable cause affidavit.
The officer spoke with McNeese who told them he had heard the shots, too. But he blamed it on a couple guys lighting fireworks in the area.
But the officer, who was in the area, didn’t see anyone leave, according to police.
When the officer checked the area where McNeese and a female companion were under the bridge, he found a loaded black Bersa 380 handgun under a large tree stump, about 25 feet from where McNeese was standing, the affidavit said.
After McNeese and the companion were taken into custody and questioned, the woman admitted the gun was hers, but she didn’t fire it, police said. Police retrieved the box for the gun under the driver’s seat of her car, which showed it was purchased in North Carolina, where the woman lives.
McNeese was arraigned Wednesday before Morrisville District Judge Michael Burns on possession of an instrument of crime, recklessly endangering another person, disorderly conduct and related charges. He was sent to Bucks County prison in lieu of 10 percent of $100,000 bail.
Morrisville man charged with assaulting man with glass table
By Jo Ciavaglia Staff writer Posted on July 11, 2013
Talk about an unfair fight.
A Morrisville man is accused of using a glass table to assault another man, leaving him with a severe leg wound, police said.
Morrisville police reported that during a domestic dispute, Jason Mayer, 30, of Woodland Avenue, grabbed and overturned a glass table onto a man police identified as his domestic partner, according to court documents.
The man was taken to Aria Health’s Falls campus for treatment of a 7-inch long, 3-inch wide laceration on the inner area of his left leg, police said. His condition was not immediately known.
Police say Mayer admitted that a fight occurred and “agreed that he was responsible,” according to an affidavit of probable cause.
Mayer was arraigned Tuesday morning before Bensalem District Judge Leonard Brown on aggravated and simple assault and recklessly endangering another person. He was sent to Bucks County prison in lieu of 10 percent of $50,000 bail.
Of course there are no solutions presented by biatching here. This is a blog, not the real world. This is simply an outlet for whatever mind dump people want to leave. Anyone who thinks it is more seems deluded to me.
BTW, I am not a law enforcement professional, and I expect most, if not all, of you are not either, so to suggest that the solution to crime control should come from here is ludicrous. This is why we pay trained professionals to do this job, and I don't think it is unreasonable for the populace to criticize this when it appears the job isn't being undertaken at a level required.
Finally, there should be no expectation that only those who run for office should be entitled to an opinion, especially in here.
Yes, crime fighting alligators would be awesome. Perhaps we could also get some poison dart frogs (Ones that really shot poison darts!) and maybe some rocs to patrol from the air.
If only the kids who played D&D had some real magic, this would make a much more interesting world, eh?
I like it!
On a more serious note, there are some strategies that could be employed, including social media monitoring, following up on tags placed around town, more overt patrols - including officer donut eater actually getting out of his cruiser and walking the beat, and actually monitoring who is coming and going over the bridge. It also seems better coordination with the surrounding departments might create some opportunities to reduce crime in the area overall. The criminals don't stop at municipal borders.
Maybe better communications with the public would be the best place to start though. How many of you know the officers on the M'ville force? There can't be very many, but I don't know a single one by name or face. Why is that? I am out and about town, attend meetings and functions, and yet, I don't know any of them. Oddly enough, I know the constable, with whom I have no business. He makes himself known. Why can't the cops do the same? Start some open houses at the station. Invite the public to participate in reducing crime by enlisting them as partners instead of onlookers. We don't need the snark, what we need is an engaged group of community servants. How's that for the folks with the jokes?
Stupid people do criminal things. Smart people do stupid criminal things. Criminals inhabit the entire spectrum of the bell curve of human intelligence. Police can't be everywhere all the time, so they often get away with it. Can the police do a better job? Should there be more police? Should different tactics be used? Maybe. I'm not an expert. Will people be willing to pay the extra taxes? Some will some won't. Some will complain no matter what. Some will complain about $50 more taxes when they blow 100 times that each year in Marlboro Lights® and CHEETOS® Crunchy Cheese Flavored Snacks.
Cops caught this scoundrel. He'll be back on the streets in no time.
Alleged Trenton gang member charged with dealing heroin in Morrisville Posted: Thursday, July 11, 2013 2:00 pm | Updated: 5:31 pm, Thu Jul 11, 2013.
By Jo Ciavaglia Staff writer
A 19-year-old alleged Trenton street gang member is facing drug dealing charges after Morrisville police say they purchased heroin from him.
Shaquel “Black” Rock was arraigned before District Judge Mark Douple Sunday on three counts of manufacture, delivery or possession with intent to manufacture or deliver and related charges. He was sent to Bucks County prison in lieu of 10 percent of $250,000 bail.
Police allege they made three controlled heroin buys off Rock between May 25 and Sunday, according to a probable cause affidavit.
The first purchase was May 24 for 20 packets of heroin for $100 near the Calhoun Street Bridge, police said. They then said they arranged to buy 300 packets of heroin for $150 at a tobacco shop June 9.
The third alleged purchase, for 50 packets of heroin for $220, took place at an apartment complex, and Rock was taken into custody then. Rock had the pre-recorded buy money in his hand at the time, according to court documents.
Morrisville police say that Rock is listed in the National Crime Information Center as an active criminal gang member of the Bloods.
Perhaps if they told the truth, instead of the reefer madness approach, kids would believe the horrors of harder drugs. Instead, kids are fed a litany of lies about pot, and when they discover that it isn't what they were told, they figure the other drugs probably aren't so bad either.
On a more serious note, there are some strategies that could be employed, including social media monitoring, following up on tags placed around town, more overt patrols - including officer donut eater actually getting out of his cruiser and walking the beat, and actually monitoring who is coming and going over the bridge. It also seems better coordination with the surrounding departments might create some opportunities to reduce crime in the area overall. The criminals don't stop at municipal borders.
Maybe better communications with the public would be the best place to start though. How many of you know the officers on the M'ville force? There can't be very many, but I don't know a single one by name or face. Why is that? I am out and about town, attend meetings and functions, and yet, I don't know any of them. Oddly enough, I know the constable, with whom I have no business. He makes himself known. Why can't the cops do the same? Start some open houses at the station. Invite the public to participate in reducing crime by enlisting them as partners instead of onlookers. We don't need the snark, what we need is an engaged group of community servants. How's that for the folks with the jokes? **** I like your post and agree with getting to know our police etc. engaging community is always the best bet in keeping our town safe and thriving
Yardley News > News Stability of Stockham building in Morrisville under scrutiny; redevelopment authority steps in to bring structure into compliance
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
By Petra Chesner Schlatter BucksLocalNews.com
MORRISVILLE BOROUGH – Borough officials are concerned over the stability of the Stockham building after a piece of façade fell from the historic four-story vacant structure at the corner of East Bridge Street and North Pennsylvania Avenue.
Officials immediately had concrete barriers placed around the building to protect pedestrians. They also began taking steps to assure the building, constructed in 1911, is safe and stable.
Officials say that the building, which once housed a pharmacy and later a record store, has become an eyesore at the town's main intersection.
Bob Seward, assistant manager and code enforcement officer, told borough council on June 17 that a letter had been sent to the owner, Todd Collarusso, asking that his engineer look into the building's structural integrity.
“We did not receive a letter back within a timely fashion,” Seward said. “Our engineer looked at the building.”
Seward said the engineer and the administration feel "that the building needs some kind of repair work and a guarantee the rest of the façade was not filling up with water and that it would not fall down on the street from four floors above.”
The borough is currently working with the Bucks County Redevelopment Authority (BCRDA) through its enterprise zone program to bring the building back into compliance.
Seward said the authority “could start a blight procedure and look for a new buyer to come in and renovate the building if the current owner is unwilling to work with the redevelopment authority and the borough.”
James Downey III, borough solicitor, said the owner is still in bankruptcy. “The bank that holds the mortgage -- last I checked -- has postponed the foreclosure umpteen times. I [think] the reason for that is it is worth far less than the mortgage. They are postponing the inevitable -- to foreclose and take over the place.”
Downey said the borough “is doing what it is legally permitted to do. Hopefully, we’ll get some assistance from the redevelopment authority.”
Downey said that 3rd Federal Bank holds the mortgage for the building.
Stockham Interests, LLC filed for bankruptcy in federal court in New Jersey on March 11, 2010. The bankruptcy case was closed on June 2, 2011.
“The bankruptcy was dismissed due to lack of prosecution,” Downey said. “This means they no longer have the protection of bankruptcy court to avoid civil suits and prosecutions by anyone.”
About four years ago, an application for a zoning use change was submitted to allow adult entertainment. The zoning hearing board denied the company’s request to allow a burlesque house in the building.
The board also denied a proposal for a big wall-scape on the side of the building.
Stockham Interests, LLC filed responded by filing a lawsuit in federal court, claiming their First Amendment rights had been violated.
In June, 2010, the council unanimously approved a settlement with Stockham Interests, LLC.
Eventually, the borough agreed to establish a zone elsewhere in the borough that allowed adult entertainment.
After the settlement, Stockham Interests, LLC submitted sketch plans for retail and apartment uses in the building. But that never came to fruition.
For many years, the building was home to Pryor's Pharmacy, a popular downtown drugstore that once included an old-fashioned soda fountain.
The whole place was once thriving. Upstairs, the building was filled with offices. The tenants were engineers, architects and there was a dentist’s office there.
Later, a record store used the storefront before relocating to Bristol Borough.
“It was full until we had problems with the elevator,” Seward said of the building. “One by one, they (tenants) started leaving. Then it was empty. They couldn’t find parts to fix it or the owner did not have money to fix it. Everyone got tired of walking up and down the steps.”
Thanks for posting this. That building is on a long, sad downward slide. I don't know how it's going to end, but it's trending towards the wrecking ball, which is a shame. The current owner sounds like a real winner, in the sarcastic sense of the word. The previous string of owners must not have been much better, if they couldn't even fix or replace the elevator to retain tenants. Something tells me it's more complicated than that, like tied in with the de-industrialization and de-vitalization of Morrisville.
Didn't the record store morve to Bordentown, NJ, not Bristol Boro?
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I would think that tensions are high in the police department at this time. I predict we are going to hear a lot more from & about the police department before things begin to get better.
I'm unsure what elected officials are being talked about.
The police are hired by civil service, directly operated by the chief, (or acting chief in our immediate case) and overseen by the mayor.
Council has very little ability to control the police department.
Some time ago, prompted by difficulties within the police dept, (before the current wave of articles), council prompted an intensive investigation of the police department and it's officers. From watching a current council meeting I know that the product of this is a 3200 page document. It's my understanding that this investigation took quite some time to complete and that its contents prompted another investigation by law enforcement agencies higher up than our own. I have no information on this. I believe this investigation is ongoing.
"Council has very little ability to control the police department. "
The council appoints the chief. That choice most certainly means council is responsible for the overall direction of the department. Appointing Dirty Harry or Andy Taylor sets the overall tone for the officers to be hired and managed.
Council is dropping the ball on this. Its time to clean all the Morrisville politicians out.
With all the info the poster gave, like a 3200 page police dept investigation, the other poster's focus was on blaming council instead of discussing the issues provided. I find it interesting that the poster blamed council and gave no blame to the mayor. I agree, it is a bit obvious.
Dave Rivella is by far the only qualified candidate for mayor and all of the council members have a lot of explaining to do about how the police got in this mess. That includes Rita too. Demand accountability.
Former Morrisville High Football player one of the people who was shot at the house party in Trenton on Friday night. Player graduated in 2013. He is 18 but I won't print the name.
I'm also sick of hearing about the lawless firm of Hellman, Mihok, and Co. Does Ferrara and the School Board have a long range plan for improving Morrisville Schools? Most school districts develop a long range plan instead of a bunch of select committees.
Committees make recommendations that are used to make plans. What "Most School Districts" are you speaking of? If you are an expert please share. Morrisville has a strategic plan that a some point will need to be updated soon.
Maybe you can help be on the Committee for the new Strategic Plan.
http://www.mv.org/district.cfm?subpage=527247
Committees are how everything get done in government. I'd like to see more Board Member involvement and Community involvement in these committees so maybe they can move forward faster. I don't make it to as many committee meeting as I'd like but I make it to some of them.
The Pennsbury School District is teaming up with the Morrisville YMCA to offer a free preschool program for eligible 3- and 4-year-old kids, officials said.
The Pre-K Counts Program will be funded by the Office of Child Development and Early Learning, district spokeswoman Ann Langtry said.
The preschool classes will run half-days five days a week during 2013-2014 at Walt Disney Elementary School in Tullytown and at a second district school that’s to be determined, she said on Wednesday.
“We will utilize a creative curriculum and certified teachers to help these children build skills needed for kindergarten,” said Disney Principal Laurie Ruffing in a district press release. “The preschool experience will provide them with a firm educational foundation for future learning.”
The early childhood education program is open to kids whose families live in Bucks County and meet financial income guidelines. Kids who qualify also must use English as a second language or have other early learning needs, organizers said.
Children must be 3 or 4 years old by Sept. 1 to participate in the preschool program, the organizers said.
Parents need to provide their children’s transportation to and from class each day, organizers said.
Applications for the free educational program are available in district offices. Registration is based on eligibility and space is limited in the preschool classes, according to organizers.
Information: 215-949-6868 or www.pennsbury.k12.pa.us.
from anonymous above...Does Ferrara and the School Board have a long range plan for improving Morrisville Schools? Most school districts develop a long range plan instead of a bunch of select committees....
have you noticed there are active committees working regularly on long and short range plans they are called Education, Facilities, Finance etc. Lots of hours, lots of discussions, lots of plans and lots done so far with what will be happening in the district. More than any board has done in years be sure to check them out its really a wonderful thing to see people talking, planning, and involving everyone. the former boards big plan was to close down the schools, they drained most pennies, cut most programs, and let buildings fall apart. this board actually wants to see a school district thrive and is doing everything they can to make that happen now and in the long range. i dont make many meetings but hear and see what they are doing more than any board before them keep going gents and lady and future members in november you are on right track not the one that cracked a few years back
The committees can only make recommendations. I'll believe in the change when I see it happen. I thought we almost had a new school, but the myopic rabble rose up in opposition, and like most other efforts to make any lasting change, killed it like Caesar on the Ides.
Most people seem apathetic at best until you try something that will affect them personally. Then, like cockroaches, they climb out of the cracks in the wall, surprising and horrifying those who've been there all along.
Friends, Morrisvillians, BucksCountyites, lend me your ears; I come to bury Sandy Gibson, not to praise her. The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones; So let it be with Sandy. The noble Hellman Hath told you Gibson was ambitious: If it were so, it was a grievous fault, And grievously hath Morrisville answer'd it. Here, under leave of Hellman and the rest-- For Hellman is an honourable man; So are they all, all honourable men-- Come I to speak in the New School's funeral.
The committees can only make recommendations. I'll believe in the change when I see it happen
PLEASE NOTE THE COMMITTEESS ARE MADE UP OF ACTIVE BOARD MEMBERS WHO VOTE, THEY DO NOT JUST RECOMMEND. SO THE CURRENT COMMITTEES ARE WORKING, RECOMMENDING, VOTING AND MAKING THINGS HAPPEN
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Posted: Thursday, July 18, 2013 2:30 pm
By Joan Hellyer Staff Writer
Posted on July 18, 2013
by Joan Hellyer
The Pre-K Counts Program that will be offered in 2013-14 by the Pennsbury School District and Morrisville YMCA is open to kids whose families live in Bucks County and meet financial income guidelines. Additional consideration will be given to children with other early learning needs including English as a Second Language. Unclear information was published in a story in Thursday's editions.
Time to Say GOOD-BYE to Bill Ferrara. Lets start the process now. Hellman's hand picked Superintendant must go. If the New Board wants to show they care about the town and school that would be a move in that direction.
I ask someone who reads this blog to come up with 5 good things Bill Ferrara did for the Morrisville Schools. Do not include any of his granting of Bill Hellmans wishes.
1. Vocal Music Director now teaching 4th Grade 2. Home Economics teacher now teaching Life Skills 3. Eliminated position of Librarian/Media Specialist 4. Band Director also teaching Social Studies 5. Possibility of High School students taking Cyber courses. (Parents! Cyber courses instead of real teachers? If we wanted this we could put our children in a Cyber School or a Charter school) Oh Wait! You said good things....Sorry!
The tax increase is only bringing $175,763 into the district. How many teachers would that pay for (including benefits)? And if all that money went to pay for new teachers then you're risking losing other programs because you'll have no money to cover it especially when there is less than 100 grand in the savings account.
Cyber may not be the best option but its at least something if done properly. A lot of districts are doing it as a way to offer programs and alternatives versus cuts.
I don't see Morrisville able to continue the way it used to. The money just isn't there.
The money is not there because it was not managed properly by the previous board with best wishes granted by Bill Ferrara and Paul DeAngelo. If you ran your own house like they did not the school you would be considered stupid or insane.
Send Ferrara and DeAngelo packing. They can play golf with the 2 that were a waste of taxpayers money DON HARM and PAT WANDLING. You can have Ms. B be there caddy.
If we're going to hold the teachers accountable for their performance, are there any board members who can tell us what Pat Wandling did and if she earned her pay? Maybe we should bill the previous board for hiring her.
Self serving political propaganda was her role in the Hellman regime. Post Hellman, she did more of what her job was supposed to be but that job is an unsustainable luxury in these times. She wasn't all that good at it anyway. Adios PW, fare thee well.
Taxpayer subsidized income,housing and health care isn't enough for Marlys, eh? Food stamps too?Good thing millions are grateful for the social safety net and you can't pull it out from under select individuals. People would fight for the first pull.
It sounds like a Brady Bunch episode in here with Jan having her craziness about her older sister. Perhaps if everyone just ignored her she'll fade away.
Fitzpatrick's student protections part of education bill
**************** On Friday, Fitzpatrick, R-8, and Congressman Patrick Meehan, R-7, were among the House members who passed an amendment to a national education bill to protect students from teachers or school staff known or suspected of sexual misconduct with a minor.
The amendment to H.R. 5, to essentially review the No Child Left Behind Law, requires schools to share information about alleged incidents of sexual misconduct by staff who might seek employment elsewhere.
Sexual abuse and predation, especially within the Catholic Church? Fitzy not so active in this regard.
When's the last time you heard someone use the term 'job creators'? Don't think I've heard it since the 2012 Presidential election. What a smokeblow. Meantime I've lost count of how often abortion has come up.
I hereby proudly sponsor a bill to declare fluffy newborn kittens cute. Now let's get on with the next votes to repeal Obamacare, that great governmental intrusion into our private healthcare decisions, and order up another round of forced governmental vaginal ultrasounds!
Posted: Friday, March 11, 2011 6:00 am | Updated: 5:45 pm, Fri May 4, 2012.
By James McGinnis Staff Writer
At least 10 of the 21 suspended priests lived or worked in Bucks and Montgomery counties.
In a 2005 speech from the floor of the U.S. Capitol building, Bucks County Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick called the Rev. Joseph Logrip a "spiritual man who conveys his spirituality in a very gentle, unassuming way."
Fitzpatrick, R-8, had asked his longtime friend and mentor, the former pastor of Immaculate Conception Church in Bristol Township, to lead the prayer of invocation for Congress.
Yet after learning that Logrip had been suspended by the church this week, Fitzpatrick had nothing to say.
The congressman declined comment Thursday on Logrip and 20 other Archdiocese of Philadelphia priests who were placed on administrative leave pending an investigation into allegations of sexual abuse or other improper behavior.
At least nine more of the suspended priests also have or had connections to Bucks and Montgomery counties.
The Rev. George Cadwallader served at Queen of the Universe parish in Middletown before his most recent assignment to St. Vincent De Paul in Northampton. The Rev. Mark Fernandes is a parochial vicar at St. Agnes in Sellersville, and the Rev. John Bowe holds a similar post at St. Joseph in Warrington. The Rev. Zachary Navit is a part-time parochial vicar at Our Lady of Guadalupe in Buckingham. The Rev. John Reardon is assigned to St. Joseph the Worker in Falls and was a former pastor at St. John at the Cross in Abington. The Rev. Andrew McCormick was stationed at St. Bede the Venerable in Northampton between 2000 and 2004, and the Rev. Peter Talocci served as parochial vicar at St. Frances Cabrini in Bristol Township from 1984 to 1990. The Rev. Thomas Rooney graduated from Conwell Egan High School in 1968 and celebrated his first Mass at Our Lady of Grace in Penndel in 1991. The Rev. Michael Chapman was raised in Levittown.
Of the 21 priests, only Logrip's name appears in either of two reports from two different Philadelphia grand juries charged with looking into the abuse allegation. The first report was released in 2005 and the other last month. The Philadelphia District Attorney's Office is still investigating alleged sex abuse by priests.
The 432-page, 2005 report said Logrip, then pastor at Immaculate Conception, sought the removal of an abusive priest as head of the parish's Catholic youth organization in 1996. According to the 2005 grand jury, the abusive priest had a history of misconduct with young boys.
The February grand jury report noted that at least 37 priests "subject to substantial evidence of abuse" were kept in positions that exposed them to children. Three priests and a former Catholic school teacher were charged with raping boys and other sexual offenses, and a high-ranking priest was accused of moving problem priests to new parishes without disclosing past sex abuse complaints against them.
Two of those arrested also had Bucks connections. The Rev. James Brennan was a parochial vicar at St. Andrew Parish in Newtown Township and layman Bernard Shero taught at several Catholic schools.
The other priests suspended this week by the archdiocese are the Rev. Philip Barr of St. Edmond's Parish in Philadelphia, the
Rev. Paul Castellani of St. Philomena's in Lansdowne, the Rev. John Ciose of St. Katharine of Siena in Wayne, Msgr. Francis Feret of St. Adalbert's in Philadelphia, Msgr. J. Michael Flood of St. Luke the Evangelist in Glenside, the Rev. Mark S. Gaspar of Our Lady of Charity in Brookhaven, the Rev. Joseph M. Glatts of Saints Simon and Jude rectory in West Chester, the Rev. Steven J. Harris of St. Isaac Jogues in Wayne, the Rev. Daniel J. Hoy, retired, of Our Lady of the Assumption in Strafford, the Rev. Leonard N. Peterson of St. Maria Goretti in Hatfield Township, and the Rev. Robert W. Povish of St. Eleanor Rectory in Collegeville.
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That's enough. Our homes are losing value because our school system is financially failing. If Morrisville itself is unsafe they will fall even more. Its not time for stupid answers like close up the bridges. Its time for real solutions.
Bring it on!! Sunshine!!!
Lets hear your real solutions or is bitching your only offer? Btw our school system is not financially failing.
Did you close on your house yet?
anonymous one at top please do provide solutions, ideas etc. Are you running for either of the council or board positions to help out with all the ideas? How about a write in campaign in the fall that could do it. last I read our school is doing better than most surrounding us every town has crime no different than morrisville. stay calm live your life good and I believe you will be just fine in good ole moville
typical moville. the people who want change dont have any ideas and the sheep just throw rocks at the ones who want change or say dont worry be happy
Typical USA and Plant Earth.
....Planet Earth too.
You stay classy, Planet Earth.
Why'd you fire that gun? 'Because I'm stupid,' Morrisville cops say suspect told them
Posted: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 3:00 pm | Updated: 6:37 pm, Wed Jul 10, 2013.
By Jo Ciavaglia Staff writer
Posted on July 10, 2013
by Jo Ciavaglia
The police officer had a simple question for Tyrone McNeese:
Why did he fire the gun?
The 23-year-old Trenton man provided a simple answer:
“Because I’m stupid,” he replied, according to court documents.
A Morrisville police officer on patrol in the area of North Delmorr Avenue and Union Street around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday heard what he thought sounded like gunshots, according to court documents. The shots appeared to be coming from the area of the 100 block of South Delmorr Avenue.
When the officer went to investigate, he found two people underneath the Route 1 bridge, near where he heard the shots, according to a probable cause affidavit.
The officer spoke with McNeese who told them he had heard the shots, too. But he blamed it on a couple guys lighting fireworks in the area.
But the officer, who was in the area, didn’t see anyone leave, according to police.
When the officer checked the area where McNeese and a female companion were under the bridge, he found a loaded black Bersa 380 handgun under a large tree stump, about 25 feet from where McNeese was standing, the affidavit said.
After McNeese and the companion were taken into custody and questioned, the woman admitted the gun was hers, but she didn’t fire it, police said. Police retrieved the box for the gun under the driver’s seat of her car, which showed it was purchased in North Carolina, where the woman lives.
McNeese was arraigned Wednesday before Morrisville District Judge Michael Burns on possession of an instrument of crime, recklessly endangering another person, disorderly conduct and related charges. He was sent to Bucks County prison in lieu of 10 percent of $100,000 bail.
Morrisville man charged with assaulting man with glass table
By Jo Ciavaglia Staff writer
Posted on July 11, 2013
Talk about an unfair fight.
A Morrisville man is accused of using a glass table to assault another man, leaving him with a severe leg wound, police said.
Morrisville police reported that during a domestic dispute, Jason Mayer, 30, of Woodland Avenue, grabbed and overturned a glass table onto a man police identified as his domestic partner, according to court documents.
The man was taken to Aria Health’s Falls campus for treatment of a 7-inch long, 3-inch wide laceration on the inner area of his left leg, police said. His condition was not immediately known.
Police say Mayer admitted that a fight occurred and “agreed that he was responsible,” according to an affidavit of probable cause.
Mayer was arraigned Tuesday morning before Bensalem District Judge Leonard Brown on aggravated and simple assault and recklessly endangering another person. He was sent to Bucks County prison in lieu of 10 percent of $50,000 bail.
Jason Mayer in the living room with a glass table.
What about Colonel Mustard?
Of course there are no solutions presented by biatching here. This is a blog, not the real world. This is simply an outlet for whatever mind dump people want to leave. Anyone who thinks it is more seems deluded to me.
BTW, I am not a law enforcement professional, and I expect most, if not all, of you are not either, so to suggest that the solution to crime control should come from here is ludicrous. This is why we pay trained professionals to do this job, and I don't think it is unreasonable for the populace to criticize this when it appears the job isn't being undertaken at a level required.
Finally, there should be no expectation that only those who run for office should be entitled to an opinion, especially in here.
Maryls Mihok For Police Chief
Well said, Colonel Mustard.
But I gotta admit I like the crime fighting alligators in the canal idea.
Marlys for pooper scooper.
Marlys for bilge boom.
Marlys for garbage receptacle.
Yes, crime fighting alligators would be awesome. Perhaps we could also get some poison dart frogs (Ones that really shot poison darts!) and maybe some rocs to patrol from the air.
If only the kids who played D&D had some real magic, this would make a much more interesting world, eh?
I like it!
On a more serious note, there are some strategies that could be employed, including social media monitoring, following up on tags placed around town, more overt patrols - including officer donut eater actually getting out of his cruiser and walking the beat, and actually monitoring who is coming and going over the bridge. It also seems better coordination with the surrounding departments might create some opportunities to reduce crime in the area overall. The criminals don't stop at municipal borders.
Maybe better communications with the public would be the best place to start though. How many of you know the officers on the M'ville force? There can't be very many, but I don't know a single one by name or face. Why is that? I am out and about town, attend meetings and functions, and yet, I don't know any of them. Oddly enough, I know the constable, with whom I have no business. He makes himself known. Why can't the cops do the same? Start some open houses at the station. Invite the public to participate in reducing crime by enlisting them as partners instead of onlookers. We don't need the snark, what we need is an engaged group of community servants. How's that for the folks with the jokes?
Is the point of the stupid story that criminals in Morrisville are stupid or that the Morrisville PD can only catch the stupid criminals?
Stupid people do criminal things. Smart people do stupid criminal things. Criminals inhabit the entire spectrum of the bell curve of human intelligence. Police can't be everywhere all the time, so they often get away with it. Can the police do a better job? Should there be more police? Should different tactics be used? Maybe. I'm not an expert. Will people be willing to pay the extra taxes? Some will some won't. Some will complain no matter what. Some will complain about $50 more taxes when they blow 100 times that each year in Marlboro Lights® and CHEETOS® Crunchy Cheese Flavored Snacks.
Cops caught this scoundrel. He'll be back on the streets in no time.
Alleged Trenton gang member charged with dealing heroin in Morrisville
Posted: Thursday, July 11, 2013 2:00 pm | Updated: 5:31 pm, Thu Jul 11, 2013.
By Jo Ciavaglia Staff writer
A 19-year-old alleged Trenton street gang member is facing drug dealing charges after Morrisville police say they purchased heroin from him.
Shaquel “Black” Rock was arraigned before District Judge Mark Douple Sunday on three counts of manufacture, delivery or possession with intent to manufacture or deliver and related charges. He was sent to Bucks County prison in lieu of 10 percent of $250,000 bail.
Police allege they made three controlled heroin buys off Rock between May 25 and Sunday, according to a probable cause affidavit.
The first purchase was May 24 for 20 packets of heroin for $100 near the Calhoun Street Bridge, police said. They then said they arranged to buy 300 packets of heroin for $150 at a tobacco shop June 9.
The third alleged purchase, for 50 packets of heroin for $220, took place at an apartment complex, and Rock was taken into custody then. Rock had the pre-recorded buy money in his hand at the time, according to court documents.
Morrisville police say that Rock is listed in the National Crime Information Center as an active criminal gang member of the Bloods.
In September my cousin tried reefer 4 the very first time
Now he's doing horse, it's June
Isn't that the problem with the war on drugs?
Perhaps if they told the truth, instead of the reefer madness approach, kids would believe the horrors of harder drugs. Instead, kids are fed a litany of lies about pot, and when they discover that it isn't what they were told, they figure the other drugs probably aren't so bad either.
The whole gateway theory is a farce.
This is how Morrisville will rise from the ashes. Make pot legal in PA and business at all the smoke shops will explode.
From Above....
I like it!
On a more serious note, there are some strategies that could be employed, including social media monitoring, following up on tags placed around town, more overt patrols - including officer donut eater actually getting out of his cruiser and walking the beat, and actually monitoring who is coming and going over the bridge. It also seems better coordination with the surrounding departments might create some opportunities to reduce crime in the area overall. The criminals don't stop at municipal borders.
Maybe better communications with the public would be the best place to start though. How many of you know the officers on the M'ville force? There can't be very many, but I don't know a single one by name or face. Why is that? I am out and about town, attend meetings and functions, and yet, I don't know any of them. Oddly enough, I know the constable, with whom I have no business. He makes himself known. Why can't the cops do the same? Start some open houses at the station. Invite the public to participate in reducing crime by enlisting them as partners instead of onlookers. We don't need the snark, what we need is an engaged group of community servants. How's that for the folks with the jokes?
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I like your post and agree with getting to know our police etc. engaging community is always the best bet in keeping our town safe and thriving
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Stability of Stockham building in Morrisville under scrutiny; redevelopment authority steps in to bring structure into compliance
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
By Petra Chesner Schlatter
BucksLocalNews.com
MORRISVILLE BOROUGH – Borough officials are concerned over the stability of the Stockham building after a piece of façade fell from the historic four-story vacant structure at the corner of East Bridge Street and North Pennsylvania Avenue.
Officials immediately had concrete barriers placed around the building to protect pedestrians. They also began taking steps to assure the building, constructed in 1911, is safe and stable.
Officials say that the building, which once housed a pharmacy and later a record store, has become an eyesore at the town's main intersection.
Bob Seward, assistant manager and code enforcement officer, told borough council on June 17 that a letter had been sent to the owner, Todd Collarusso, asking that his engineer look into the building's structural integrity.
“We did not receive a letter back within a timely fashion,” Seward said. “Our engineer looked at the building.”
Seward said the engineer and the administration feel "that the building needs some kind of repair work and a guarantee the rest of the façade was not filling up with water and that it would not fall down on the street from four floors above.”
The borough is currently working with the Bucks County Redevelopment Authority (BCRDA) through its enterprise zone program to bring the building back into compliance.
Seward said the authority “could start a blight procedure and look for a new buyer to come in and renovate the building if the current owner is unwilling to work with the redevelopment authority and the borough.”
James Downey III, borough solicitor, said the owner is still in bankruptcy. “The bank that holds the mortgage -- last I checked -- has postponed the foreclosure umpteen times. I [think] the reason for that is it is worth far less than the mortgage. They are postponing the inevitable -- to foreclose and take over the place.”
Downey said the borough “is doing what it is legally permitted to do. Hopefully, we’ll get some assistance from the redevelopment authority.”
Downey said that 3rd Federal Bank holds the mortgage for the building.
Stockham Interests, LLC filed for bankruptcy in federal court in New Jersey on March 11, 2010. The bankruptcy case was closed on June 2, 2011.
“The bankruptcy was dismissed due to lack of prosecution,” Downey said. “This means they no longer have the protection of bankruptcy court to avoid civil suits and prosecutions by anyone.”
About four years ago, an application for a zoning use change was submitted to allow adult entertainment. The zoning hearing board denied the company’s request to allow a burlesque house in the building.
continued...
The board also denied a proposal for a big wall-scape on the side of the building.
Stockham Interests, LLC filed responded by filing a lawsuit in federal court, claiming their First Amendment rights had been violated.
In June, 2010, the council unanimously approved a settlement with Stockham Interests, LLC.
Eventually, the borough agreed to establish a zone elsewhere in the borough that allowed adult entertainment.
After the settlement, Stockham Interests, LLC submitted sketch plans for retail and apartment uses in the building. But that never came to fruition.
For many years, the building was home to Pryor's Pharmacy, a popular downtown drugstore that once included an old-fashioned soda fountain.
The whole place was once thriving. Upstairs, the building was filled with offices. The tenants were engineers, architects and there was a dentist’s office there.
Later, a record store used the storefront before relocating to Bristol Borough.
“It was full until we had problems with the elevator,” Seward said of the building. “One by one, they (tenants) started leaving. Then it was empty. They couldn’t find parts to fix it or the owner did not have money to fix it. Everyone got tired of walking up and down the steps.”
Thanks for posting this. That building is on a long, sad downward slide. I don't know how it's going to end, but it's trending towards the wrecking ball, which is a shame. The current owner sounds like a real winner, in the sarcastic sense of the word. The previous string of owners must not have been much better, if they couldn't even fix or replace the elevator to retain tenants. Something tells me it's more complicated than that, like tied in with the de-industrialization and de-vitalization of Morrisville.
Didn't the record store morve to Bordentown, NJ, not Bristol Boro?
The Record Collector is in Bordentown. Bordentown City has a thriving downtown district with restaurants, professional offices, and gift shops. The Record Collector hosts weekly small concerts. Check out the City of Bordentown .......a place that Morrisville could be like if we had a Mayor, Council, and Business Association with any vision. www.downtownbordentown.com
Anonymous above is correct. Bristol, New Hope, Bordentown are all examples of what can be done with some vision from our elected officials.
I would think that tensions are high in the police department at this time. I predict we are going to hear a lot more from & about the police department before things begin to get better.
I'm unsure what elected officials are being talked about.
The police are hired by civil service, directly operated by the chief, (or acting chief in our immediate case) and overseen by the mayor.
Council has very little ability to control the police department.
Some time ago, prompted by difficulties within the police dept, (before the current wave of articles), council prompted an intensive investigation of the police department and it's officers. From watching a current council meeting I know that the product of this is a 3200 page document. It's my understanding that this investigation took quite some time to complete and that its contents prompted another investigation by law enforcement agencies higher up than our own. I have no information on this. I believe this investigation is ongoing.
"Council has very little ability to control the police department. "
The council appoints the chief. That choice most certainly means council is responsible for the overall direction of the department. Appointing Dirty Harry or Andy Taylor sets the overall tone for the officers to be hired and managed.
Council is dropping the ball on this. Its time to clean all the Morrisville politicians out.
To the poster directly above, your campaigning is obvious.
Primarily, the hiring of the police chief goes through Civil Service.
Thank you for the info on the police dept.
With all the info the poster gave, like a 3200 page police dept investigation, the other poster's focus was on blaming council instead of discussing the issues provided. I find it interesting that the poster blamed council and gave no blame to the mayor. I agree, it is a bit obvious.
Dave Rivella is by far the only qualified candidate for mayor and all of the council members have a lot of explaining to do about how the police got in this mess. That includes Rita too. Demand accountability.
Moe was the ablest of the Three Stooges.
Former Morrisville High Football player one of the people who was shot at the house party in Trenton on Friday night. Player graduated in 2013. He is 18 but I won't print the name.
Stockham Building Falling down!
Falling down!
Falling down!
Stockham Building Falling down!
My fair Morrisville.
Verse 2 can be about M.R. Reiter
OK, I'll take that challenge!
M.R. Reiter Blowing Up!
Blowing Up!
Blowing Up!
M.R. Reiter Blowing Up!
No more school there!
verse 3, Manor Park ?
Maryls Mihok for Premier of Egypt.
She's be perfect! She sphinx and she's in denial.
Manor Park is empty now!
Empty now!
Empty Now!
Manor Park is empty now!
Hellman's folly!
Marlys Mihok ain't got no peace
She got sued when they cancalled the lease
She helped make a big old mess
Now she ain't givin' out her address
She really wants to close this book
And put taxpayers on the hook
To this I have but one retort:
Thanks for your service, see you in court
Verse 4
Lawsuits are coming now
Coming now
Lawsuits are Coming now
Thank You SOC
Verse 5
Attorney is charging to much
Charging to Much
Attorney is Charging to Much
Thanks to poor Decisions by SOC
Is Maryls Mihok Homeless?
Since she won't giver her address
Stop being so obsessed with Marlys. Ignore her and stop posting about her. She's just a bitter person. Stop infecting the rest of us with her bile.
I'm also sick of hearing about the lawless firm of Hellman, Mihok, and Co. Does Ferrara and the School Board have a long range plan for improving Morrisville Schools? Most school districts develop a long range plan instead of a bunch of select committees.
Sick and tired o being sick and tired!!! It's like dividing by zero.
Whoa!!!!
Committees make recommendations that are used to make plans. What "Most School Districts" are you speaking of? If you are an expert please share. Morrisville has a strategic plan that a some point will need to be updated soon.
Maybe you can help be on the Committee for the new Strategic Plan.
http://www.mv.org/district.cfm?subpage=527247
Committees are how everything get done in government. I'd like to see more Board Member involvement and Community involvement in these committees so maybe they can move forward faster. I don't make it to as many committee meeting as I'd like but I make it to some of them.
Well put. btw, mihok doesn't get a free pass until she stops spewing bile, which she won't.
Pennsbury SchoolsPreschool kids being recruited for free early education class
Posted: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 4:45 pm | Updated: 8:14 pm, Wed Jul 17, 2013.
By Joan Hellyer Staff Writer
The Pennsbury School District is teaming up with the Morrisville YMCA to offer a free preschool program for eligible 3- and 4-year-old kids, officials said.
The Pre-K Counts Program will be funded by the Office of Child Development and Early Learning, district spokeswoman Ann Langtry said.
The preschool classes will run half-days five days a week during 2013-2014 at Walt Disney Elementary School in Tullytown and at a second district school that’s to be determined, she said on Wednesday.
“We will utilize a creative curriculum and certified teachers to help these children build skills needed for kindergarten,” said Disney Principal Laurie Ruffing in a district press release. “The preschool experience will provide them with a firm educational foundation for future learning.”
The early childhood education program is open to kids whose families live in Bucks County and meet financial income guidelines. Kids who qualify also must use English as a second language or have other early learning needs, organizers said.
Children must be 3 or 4 years old by Sept. 1 to participate in the preschool program, the organizers said.
Parents need to provide their children’s transportation to and from class each day, organizers said.
Applications for the free educational program are available in district offices. Registration is based on eligibility and space is limited in the preschool classes, according to organizers.
Information: 215-949-6868 or www.pennsbury.k12.pa.us.
Hah!!
A committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours.
Committee - a group of men who individually can do nothing but as a group decide that nothing can be done.
If you want to kill any idea in the world, get a committee working on it.
A committee is a group of the unprepared, appointed by the unwilling to do the unnecessary.
Maryls Mihok for Roto-Rooter President
from anonymous above...Does Ferrara and the School Board have a long range plan for improving Morrisville Schools? Most school districts develop a long range plan instead of a bunch of select committees....
have you noticed there are active committees working regularly on long and short range plans they are called Education, Facilities, Finance etc. Lots of hours, lots of discussions, lots of plans and lots done so far with what will be happening in the district. More than any board has done in years be sure to check them out its really a wonderful thing to see people talking, planning, and involving everyone.
the former boards big plan was to close down the schools, they drained most pennies, cut most programs, and let buildings fall apart. this board actually wants to see a school district thrive and is doing everything they can to make that happen now and in the long range. i dont make many meetings but hear and see what they are doing more than any board before them keep going gents and lady and future members in november you are on right track not the one that cracked a few years back
The committees can only make recommendations. I'll believe in the change when I see it happen. I thought we almost had a new school, but the myopic rabble rose up in opposition, and like most other efforts to make any lasting change, killed it like Caesar on the Ides.
Most people seem apathetic at best until you try something that will affect them personally. Then, like cockroaches, they climb out of the cracks in the wall, surprising and horrifying those who've been there all along.
Good luck with those committees.
Friends, Morrisvillians, BucksCountyites, lend me your ears;
I come to bury Sandy Gibson, not to praise her.
The evil that men do lives after them;
The good is oft interred with their bones;
So let it be with Sandy. The noble Hellman
Hath told you Gibson was ambitious:
If it were so, it was a grievous fault,
And grievously hath Morrisville answer'd it.
Here, under leave of Hellman and the rest--
For Hellman is an honourable man;
So are they all, all honourable men--
Come I to speak in the New School's funeral.
The committees can only make recommendations. I'll believe in the change when I see it happen
PLEASE NOTE THE COMMITTEESS ARE MADE UP OF ACTIVE BOARD MEMBERS WHO VOTE, THEY DO NOT JUST RECOMMEND. SO THE CURRENT COMMITTEES ARE WORKING, RECOMMENDING, VOTING AND MAKING THINGS HAPPEN
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Posted: Thursday, July 18, 2013 2:30 pm
By Joan Hellyer Staff Writer
Posted on July 18, 2013
by Joan Hellyer
The Pre-K Counts Program that will be offered in 2013-14 by the Pennsbury School District and Morrisville YMCA is open to kids whose families live in Bucks County and meet financial income guidelines. Additional consideration will be given to children with other early learning needs including English as a Second Language. Unclear information was published in a story in Thursday's editions.
Time to Say GOOD-BYE to Bill Ferrara. Lets start the process now. Hellman's hand picked Superintendant must go. If the New Board wants to show they care about the town and school that would be a move in that direction.
I ask someone who reads this blog to come up with 5 good things Bill Ferrara did for the Morrisville Schools. Do not include any of his granting of Bill Hellmans wishes.
"If you give me a week, I might think of one. I don’t remember."
Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower
1960
..... when asked by a reporter if he could give an example of a major idea of Vice Pres. Richard M. Nixon's that he had adopted
1. Vocal Music Director now teaching 4th Grade
2. Home Economics teacher now teaching Life Skills
3. Eliminated position of Librarian/Media Specialist
4. Band Director also teaching Social Studies
5. Possibility of High School students taking Cyber courses. (Parents! Cyber courses instead of real teachers? If we wanted this we could put our children in a Cyber School or a Charter school)
Oh Wait! You said good things....Sorry!
The tax increase is only bringing $175,763 into the district. How many teachers would that pay for (including benefits)? And if all that money went to pay for new teachers then you're risking losing other programs because you'll have no money to cover it especially when there is less than 100 grand in the savings account.
Cyber may not be the best option but its at least something if done properly. A lot of districts are doing it as a way to offer programs and alternatives versus cuts.
I don't see Morrisville able to continue the way it used to. The money just isn't there.
The money is not there because it was not managed properly by the previous board with best wishes granted by Bill Ferrara and Paul DeAngelo. If you ran your own house like they did not the school you would be considered stupid or insane.
Send Ferrara and DeAngelo packing. They can play golf with the 2 that were a waste of taxpayers money DON HARM and PAT WANDLING. You can have Ms. B be there caddy.
Is Pat Wandling gone? If yes, it's about time. If no, why not?
If we're going to hold the teachers accountable for their performance, are there any board members who can tell us what Pat Wandling did and if she earned her pay? Maybe we should bill the previous board for hiring her.
Maryls has to many bills with the HUGE tax increase to give anything to the cause.
Self serving political propaganda was her role in the Hellman regime. Post Hellman, she did more of what her job was supposed to be but that job is an unsustainable luxury in these times. She wasn't all that good at it anyway. Adios PW, fare thee well.
Taxpayer subsidized income,housing and health care isn't enough for Marlys, eh? Food stamps too?Good thing millions are grateful for the social safety net and you can't pull it out from under select individuals. People would fight for the first pull.
What it really comes down to is she (Maryls) hates herself, and for very good reason.
Marlys! Marlys! Marlys!
It sounds like a Brady Bunch episode in here with Jan having her craziness about her older sister. Perhaps if everyone just ignored her she'll fade away.
Mom always says not to play ball in the house!
Ooh! My nose!
"Something suddenly came up."-
http://www.phillyburbs.com/blogs/local-politics/fitzpatrick-s-student-protections-part-of-education-bill/article_c83a8ec7-96b5-5949-a71c-6ddab9192f93.html
Fitzpatrick's student protections part of education bill
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On Friday, Fitzpatrick, R-8, and Congressman Patrick Meehan, R-7, were among the House members who passed an amendment to a national education bill to protect students from teachers or school staff known or suspected of sexual misconduct with a minor.
The amendment to H.R. 5, to essentially review the No Child Left Behind Law, requires schools to share information about alleged incidents of sexual misconduct by staff who might seek employment elsewhere.
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All right. Does this bill cover admin, teachers & staff who get it on w/each other on school grounds?
Geeze...can Hack Fitzpatrick do anything but pander? Of course no one wants perverts in with the kids.
School grounds? You mean like locker rooms?
RE: Hack Fitzpandrick:
Sexual abuse and predation, especially within the Catholic Church? Fitzy not so active in this regard.
When's the last time you heard someone use the term 'job creators'? Don't think I've heard it since the 2012 Presidential election. What a smokeblow. Meantime I've lost count of how often abortion has come up.
I hereby proudly sponsor a bill to declare fluffy newborn kittens cute. Now let's get on with the next votes to repeal Obamacare, that great governmental intrusion into our private healthcare decisions, and order up another round of forced governmental vaginal ultrasounds!
Moesha Moesha Moesha!!!
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Suspended priests have Bucks ties
Posted: Friday, March 11, 2011 6:00 am | Updated: 5:45 pm, Fri May 4, 2012.
By James McGinnis Staff Writer
At least 10 of the 21 suspended priests lived or worked in Bucks and Montgomery counties.
In a 2005 speech from the floor of the U.S. Capitol building, Bucks County Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick called the Rev. Joseph Logrip a "spiritual man who conveys his spirituality in a very gentle, unassuming way."
Fitzpatrick, R-8, had asked his longtime friend and mentor, the former pastor of Immaculate Conception Church in Bristol Township, to lead the prayer of invocation for Congress.
Yet after learning that Logrip had been suspended by the church this week, Fitzpatrick had nothing to say.
The congressman declined comment Thursday on Logrip and 20 other Archdiocese of Philadelphia priests who were placed on administrative leave pending an investigation into allegations of sexual abuse or other improper behavior.
At least nine more of the suspended priests also have or had connections to Bucks and Montgomery counties.
The Rev. George Cadwallader served at Queen of the Universe parish in Middletown before his most recent assignment to St. Vincent De Paul in Northampton. The Rev. Mark Fernandes is a parochial vicar at St. Agnes in Sellersville, and the Rev. John Bowe holds a similar post at St. Joseph in Warrington. The Rev. Zachary Navit is a part-time parochial vicar at Our Lady of Guadalupe in Buckingham. The Rev. John Reardon is assigned to St. Joseph the Worker in Falls and was a former pastor at St. John at the Cross in Abington. The Rev. Andrew McCormick was stationed at St. Bede the Venerable in Northampton between 2000 and 2004, and the Rev. Peter Talocci served as parochial vicar at St. Frances Cabrini in Bristol Township from 1984 to 1990. The Rev. Thomas Rooney graduated from Conwell Egan High School in 1968 and celebrated his first Mass at Our Lady of Grace in Penndel in 1991. The Rev. Michael Chapman was raised in Levittown.
Of the 21 priests, only Logrip's name appears in either of two reports from two different Philadelphia grand juries charged with looking into the abuse allegation. The first report was released in 2005 and the other last month. The Philadelphia District Attorney's Office is still investigating alleged sex abuse by priests.
The 432-page, 2005 report said Logrip, then pastor at Immaculate Conception, sought the removal of an abusive priest as head of the parish's Catholic youth organization in 1996. According to the 2005 grand jury, the abusive priest had a history of misconduct with young boys.
The February grand jury report noted that at least 37 priests "subject to substantial evidence of abuse" were kept in positions that exposed them to children. Three priests and a former Catholic school teacher were charged with raping boys and other sexual offenses, and a high-ranking priest was accused of moving problem priests to new parishes without disclosing past sex abuse complaints against them.
Two of those arrested also had Bucks connections. The Rev. James Brennan was a parochial vicar at St. Andrew Parish in Newtown Township and layman Bernard Shero taught at several Catholic schools.
The other priests suspended this week by the archdiocese are the Rev. Philip Barr of St. Edmond's Parish in Philadelphia, the
Rev. Paul Castellani of St. Philomena's in Lansdowne, the Rev. John Ciose of St. Katharine of Siena in Wayne, Msgr. Francis Feret of St. Adalbert's in Philadelphia, Msgr. J. Michael Flood of St. Luke the Evangelist in Glenside, the Rev. Mark S. Gaspar of Our Lady of Charity in Brookhaven, the Rev. Joseph M. Glatts of Saints Simon and Jude rectory in West Chester, the Rev. Steven J. Harris of St. Isaac Jogues in Wayne, the Rev. Daniel J. Hoy, retired, of Our Lady of the Assumption in Strafford, the Rev. Leonard N. Peterson of St. Maria Goretti in Hatfield Township, and the Rev. Robert W. Povish of St. Eleanor Rectory in Collegeville.
Get used to it. Gerrymandering works.
Neshaminy Locker Room ??
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I think it's time for a shower and a fresh Potluck.
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