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'Justice Delayed, Not Denied': Man Convicted For Bucks Mom's 1991 Murder 'Justice Delayed, Not Denied': Man Convicted For Bucks Mom's 1991 Murder
Robert Atkins Convicted For Killing Joy Hibbs In 1991 More than 30 years after she was found dead in her smoldering Bristol home, Robert Atkins was convicted for the murder of Joy Hibbs.   Common Pleas Judge Wallace H. Bateman Jr. handed down a guilty verdict on Thursday, Feb. 1 following three days of testimony, said the Bucks District Attorney's Office.  Hibbs, a 35-year-old mother of two, was found dead in her son's bedroom after a fire at her Spencer Drive home on April 19, 1991, prosecutors said.  Investigators initially thought she died in an accidental fire, but an autopsy the next day revealed she had been rep…

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by Mac Bullock
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Bucks Man Who Shot Police Chief During Standoff Sentenced Bucks Man Who Shot Police Chief During Standoff Sentenced
Bucks Man Who Shot Police Chief During Standoff Sentenced The Bucks County man who fired a shotgun at a police chief before engaging in a four-hour standoff with authorities will spend 15 to 30 years in prison.  Colin Petroziello, now 25, pleaded no contest in September to attempted murder, false imprisonment, aggravated assault, and a host of other felonies stemming from the summer 2021 incident, said Bucks County District Attorney Matthew Weintraub in a statement Monday, Feb. 6.  As prosecutors argued in court, Petroziello was with his mother in their shared apartment at the Yardley Common Condominiums on Aug. 18, 2021 at 11 a.m., when his mom …

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by Mac Bullock
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Fake 'Marine' Who Conned Elderly Bucks Couple For $320K Learns Fate Fake 'Marine' Who Conned Elderly Bucks Couple For $320K Learns Fate
Fake 'Marine' Who Conned Elderly Bucks Couple For $320K Learns Fate The conman who posed as a US Marine Corps veteran to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars from an elderly couple in Bucks County is going to prison.  Marc Cheeseman, a 50-year-old Silverdale resident, was sentenced to five to seven years in a Pennsylvania state prison in a hearing on Thursday, Jan. 19, District Attorney Matthew Weintraub said in a statement.  Cheeseman previously pleaded guilty in September to several felony theft charges and one misdemeanor count of impersonating a veteran, the DA said.  In court, prosecutors argued that he carried on a yearslong scheme t…

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by Mac Bullock
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Philly Lawyer Sentenced For Stealing Nearly $1 Million From Bucks Client's Estate Philly Lawyer Sentenced For Stealing Nearly $1 Million From Bucks Client's Estate
Philly Lawyer Sentenced For Stealing Nearly $1 Million From Bucks Client's Estate A 63-year-old Philadelphia lawyer was sentenced to 15 to 30 months in state prison for stealing nearly $1 million from his Bucks County client's estate, authorities said. Aaron S. Friedmann, of Conshohocken, pleaded guilty on Aug. 23 to theft by failure to make required disposition of funds, theft by unlawful taking, receiving stolen property, and access device fraud, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. President Judge Wallace H. Bateman Jr. sentenced Friedmann to 15 to 30 months and 10 years of probation on Monday. He was also ordered to repay the $981,023 he stole f…

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by Nicole Acosta