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Garage Fire Leads To Total Loss of Montgomery County Home: Authorities Garage Fire Leads To Total Loss of Montgomery County Home: Authorities
Garage Fire Leads To Total Loss of Montgomery County Home: Authorities A Montgomery County home was declared to be a total loss following what started as a garage fire on Sunday, Oct. 27, according to authorities. The home, located at 401 Shipwrighter Way in Towamencin Township was a total loss due to fire and water damage, according to Towamencin Township Fire Marshal Bill Oettinger. While the fire was determined to be accidental, its origin is still under investigation, Oettinger said.  The fire was initially reported as being in the garage at 5:27 p.m., according to Oettinger. However, the blaze eventually spread into the home itself. The garage…

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by Merriell Moyer
Police & Fire
Human Skull, Skeletal Remains Discovered In Montco Retention Basin: Authorities Human Skull, Skeletal Remains Discovered In Montco Retention Basin: Authorities
Human Skull, Skeletal Remains Discovered In Montco Retention Basin: Authorities Investigators are working to identify human remains fished out of a retention basin in Towamencin Township on Monday, March 18, police said in a release.  A contractor called police after finding a human skull in the retention basin at Welsh Road and Grist Mill Drive around noon, according to authorities.  Officers secured the scene and discovered additional skeletal remains along with some "remnants" of clothing, police said. The remains were turned over to the Montgomery County Coroner's Office for processing.  "While there were no initial indications of trauma or foul pla…

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by Mac Bullock
Obituaries
Lansdale Community Mourns Loss Of Longtime Chick-Fil-A Worker Lansdale Community Mourns Loss Of Longtime Chick-Fil-A Worker
Lansdale Community Mourns Loss Of Longtime Chick-Fil-A Worker A Montgomery County community is mourning the loss of a longtime Chick-fil-A worker. Shayna Bergey, who worked as the Chick-fil-A Lansdale Director of IT, died Saturday, four days after sustaining injuries in a two-car crash on Allentown Road in Towamencin Township, according to a company statement and fire officials. The Nov. 30 crash left the 23-year-old unconscious on the scene, prompting rescuers to extricate her from the vehicle and airlift her to a nearby hospital with serious injuries, according to a Facebook post from Emergency Alerts of Pennsylvania. Bergey died on Dec. 4 after d…

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
'TEE OFF': PA Mom Holds Down Boy So Son Could Attack Him At Playground, Report Says 'TEE OFF': PA Mom Holds Down Boy So Son Could Attack Him At Playground, Report Says
'TEE OFF': PA Mom Holds Down Boy So Son Could Attack Him At Playground, Report Says A 43-year-old Montgomery County mom choked and pinned down a 10-year-old boy at a playground so that her 8-year-old son could attack him, NorthPennNow reports. Wahkia Sanders, of Towamencin Township, admitted to holding the child down and encouraging her son to “tee off” on him at the Morgandale Condominiums in Lansdale around 5:30 p.m. on April 26, the outlet says citing a criminal complaint. The victim told investigators he was "super scared" during and after the incident and was left with a bleeding lip, and throat and neck pain that "hurt a lot," NorthPennNow says. Click here…

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
1 Airlifted In Towamencin Township Crash 1 Airlifted In Towamencin Township Crash
1 Airlifted In Towamencin Township Crash A pickup truck driver was airlifted to the hospital in a Towamencin Township crash Wednesday, authorities said. A 2010 Acura TL and a 2018 Ford F-150 pick-up truck collided at the intersection of Sumneytown Pike and Wambold Road around 4:55 p.m., Police Chief Timothy Troxel said. The Ford then left the roadway and struck a traffic signal standard, police said. The Ford driver was airlifted by Jeff Stat 2 medevac helicopter to Lehigh Valley Hospital, where he is was listed in stable condition as of Thursday, Troxel said. Both vehicles were being operated by male drivers, who…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Police Officer, Prisoner Hospitalized In Montgomery County Tractor Trailer Crash Police Officer, Prisoner Hospitalized In Montgomery County Tractor Trailer Crash
Police Officer, Prisoner Hospitalized In Montgomery County Tractor Trailer Crash A police officer transporting and a prisoner being transported were both hospitalized with minor injuries in a tractor trailer crash Wednesday night in Montgomery County, authorities confirmed. A Souderton Borough patrol car collided with the trailer at the intersection of Allentown and Forty Foot roads at in Towamencin Township around 9:50 p.m., Souderton Police Chief Brian Newhall told Daily Voice. The officer and the prisoner were transported to a local hospital for evaluation and released, the chief said. The cause of the crash and why the individual was in custody were not i…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Lawsuit Filed Against North Penn Schools Says Student Was Repeatedly Sexually Assaulted By Peer Lawsuit Filed Against North Penn Schools Says Student Was Repeatedly Sexually Assaulted By Peer
Lawsuit Filed Against North Penn Schools Says Student Was Repeatedly Sexually Assaulted By Peer A Montgomery County school district is accused in a lawsuit of failing to protect a female student who was allegedly sexually assaulted more than 20 times by one of her male peers for five years beginning in elementary school The suit was filed against the North Penn School District with the U.S. District Court for Eastern Pennsylvania on Oct. 15 by Laura E. Laughlin, Esq., on behalf of the alleged victim identified only as Jane Due (see complaint attached). Doe was sexually assaulted more than 20 times by a classmate identified only as "MP," who was "known with sexual predat…

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by Cecilia Levine