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Police & Fire
PA Man Stole Amazon Van On Christmas Eve, Say Police
A Chester man spent Christmas Day in a jail cell after police claimed he stole an entire Amazon package van on Sunday, Dec. 24. Nether Providence police were called to Manchester Avenue and Emerald Street around 2:15 p.m. on Christmas Eve by a delivery driver who said he had been robbed, according to a release. The driver told officers a masked man implied he had a gun, stole the van, and drove north on Manchester toward Baltimore Pike. Emergency dispatchers put out a county-wide description of the suspect and within 15 minutes the van was spotted near Chester High School…
Obituaries
Nether Providence Mourns 'Best Public Works Director Around,' Dead At 58
Darryl Dixon Sr., the beloved Public Works Director for Nether Providence, died after a period of illness on Saturday, July 8, according to Township officials. He was 58. Dixon worked for 33 years in service of Nether Providence, first as a laborer in the Public Works department and then as Assistant Director before earning the top seat, said Township leaders. "Arguably the most important person in the Township, Darryl led countless projects that made the community a better place," municipal officials said in a statement. "Whether you realize it or not, everywhere you look in the Townsh…
Police & Fire
Ecstasy, Loaded Gun Seized In Early Morning Delco Raid: Police
A quantity of drugs and a loaded firearm were discovered early Thursday morning when police in Delaware County served an arrest warrant at a Media home. Thurman J. Fortune, 30, was taken into custody by the Central Delco Tactical Response Team on the 600 block of Vernon Street around 6 a.m. on April 27, Nether Providence police said in a release. He was wanted on charges of assault, terroristic threats, strangulation, reckless endangerment, and harassment, stemming from an alleged incident in June 2020, according to court filings. Police did not detail the accusations aga…
Police & Fire
Missing Senior Last Spotted In Delco: Police
An 81-year-old man is missing, and was last known to be in Nether Providence, authorities announced. James Lee was last seen at around 11 a.m. near the 700 block of Pennsylvania Avenue on Thursday, Jan. 19, a loved one told Nether Providence police. Lee is disabled, but does not have his cell phone or his hearing aids with him, officials said. Loved ones say it's unlike him to disappear, and that he has no connections in the immediate area, so it's unclear where he might have gone. He "may have access to public transportation," police noted. James Lee is 5-foot-2, …
Police & Fire
'I'm Hearing Jeffrey Dahmer's Voice,' Said Delco Man Threatening To Kill Kids: Cops
A Delaware County man was in jail after calling 911 saying he had been hearing Jeffrey Dahmer's voice and threatening to shoot children, authorities say. Harold C. Holmes, 52, of Media, sits in the county lockup after undergoing a mental health evaluation at Crozer-Chester Medical Center, said Nether Providence police in a statement late Wednesday, Dec. 21. Investigators allege that Holmes made a series of disturbing 911 calls invoking dead serial killers and threatening to murder children with a shotgun from a home on Vernon Street in the South Media section of the townshi…
Schools
Fake Gun Locks Down Delco High School; Student Arrested
A Delaware County high school was briefly locked down Thursday, Dec. 8 after administrators spotted a gun in a student's backpack that turned out to be fake. In a statement issued to parents and staff Thursday afternoon, Wallingford-Swarthmore School District Superintendent Wagner Marseille said staff at Strath Haven High School in Wallingford were informed that a student might have had a firearm in their bag. The school locked down at around 10:45 a.m. as Nether Providence police searched the building. They arrested a student after discovering a "replica handgun" in h…
Police & Fire
Hero SEPTA Officer Kills Gunman In Shootout: Report
A 28-year-old SEPTA transit officer was being hailed as a hero for protecting his colleague from a gunman who struck him and a pair of innocent bystanders earlier this week. Ervis Onuzi, 28, shot and killed the gunman near Leiper and Arrott Streets around 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 6, CBS3 reports. Initial reports said the 18-year-old gunman, Zyhiem Hartman, died by suicide after striking two innocent bystanders, then the officer. However, an autopsy shows that he actually died of a gunshot fired by Onuzi, who was being recognized around the world for his courage. This is SEPTA SWAT Ofc…
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Armed Robbers Sought By Police In Nether Providence
Police in Delaware County are seeking the public's help in identifying suspects in an armed robbery. The victims were sitting in their car in the Acme parking lot on East Baltimore Pike when two gun-wielding men forced them to turn over their cell phones, cash, wallets, and keys to their car around 10 p.m. Tuesday, March 29, Nether Providence police said. The men -- believed to be in their late teens to early twenties -- fled in a white or light-colored 2007 Ford Focus hatchback sedan with the paper tag registration number 178111T, police said. Police believe a third suspect is i…
Police & Fire
1 Driver Injured Following Two-Car Crash That Left Traffic Lights Inoperable In Delaware Co.
One driver was left injured following a two-car crash that left traffic lights inoperable in Nether Providence Monday night, authorities said. Upon arrival, authorities determined the driver of an orange car had driven through a red light, which resulted in them striking an SUV as it traveled through the intersection of Providence and Brookhaven Roads around 10:55 p.m., according to Nether Providence police. The SUV then struck the traffic light pole, causing it to fall onto the orange car, police said. One of the drivers had minor injuries to her face and leg, whereas the other driver was…
Police & Fire
Nether Providence PD Search For Man Accused Of Stealing Elderly Woman's Wallet From Acme Store
Police in Delaware County are seeking the public's help identifying a man accused of stealing an elderly woman's wallet from an Acme store in Media on Wednesday. The woman told police she left her purse in a shopping cart while at the East Baltimore Pike Acme location around 11:45 a.m., according to Nether Providence police. She realized her wallet was stolen when she got to the cashier area of the store, police said. Her wallet contained $15 in cash, a TD bank card, a Discover card, a social security card, a driver's license, a vehicle registration, a prescription card, a medica…
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