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Sole Survivor Of Triple Fatal PA Crash 'Fighting For Her Life', Family Says Sole Survivor Of Triple Fatal PA Crash 'Fighting For Her Life', Family Says
Sole Survivor Of Triple Fatal PA Crash 'Fighting For Her Life', Family Says Adriana Sabo may have survived a crash that killed three others last week in Hatboro, but her fight to stay alive will not be an easy one. Sabo, 23, was in a coma fighting for her life, according to a GoFundMe campaign organized by her aunt, Elizabeth Flores of Levittown. Her great-aunt in a Facebook post said she'd been on her way to celebrate a friend's move to Florida. Police previously said speed was a key factor in the Friday, Aug. 23 crash that killed Joseph Snavely, 31, the driver of the Chevrolet Camaro, who caused the crash. Gabrielle Sims, 31, of Southampton, and Sabo were b…

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by Jon Craig & Jillian Pikora
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PA Man Sentenced In Fatal Stabbing During Argument Over Snoring, DA Says PA Man Sentenced In Fatal Stabbing During Argument Over Snoring, DA Says
PA Man Sentenced In Fatal Stabbing During Argument Over Snoring, DA Says A Hatboro man has been sentenced to almost a year in jail after stabbing his neighbor dead during an ongoing dispute over his snoring, the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office said on Friday, Aug. 16. Christopher Casey, 55, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and was sentenced on Aug. 7, in the death of of 62-year-old Robert Wallace, according to a DA spokeswoman.  Casey was sentenced to 11½ to 23 months in prison, followed by three years probation, she said. He also pleaded guilty to possession of an instrument of crime. Authorities said Casey and Wallace were both kno…

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by Jon Craig
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Gone In 6 Minutes: Hatboro Officer's Family Watches Helplessly As Home Burns, Campaign Says Gone In 6 Minutes: Hatboro Officer's Family Watches Helplessly As Home Burns, Campaign Says
Gone In 6 Minutes: Hatboro Officer's Family Watches Helplessly As Home Burns, Campaign Says Six minutes was all it took for one Montgomery County officer's home to burn to the ground. That's according to a GoFundMe campaign launched by Amanda Karns Hatboro Sgt. Alex Bruckner. The campaign says the officer's home "rapidly burnt to the ground" due to an electrical fire on the family's back deck around 2 p.m. Saturday, June 1. Bruckner, his wife, her mother, their three young children, and the family pet escaped unharmed — but the property was a total loss, colleagues said.  Please SHARE, SHARE, SHARE. Friends this is why we are here. Hatboro Sergeant Alex Bruckner, h…

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by Mac Bullock
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PA Man Stabbed Neighbor To Death In Argument Over Snoring, DA Says PA Man Stabbed Neighbor To Death In Argument Over Snoring, DA Says
PA Man Stabbed Neighbor To Death In Argument Over Snoring, DA Says A Hatboro man is accused of stabbing his neighbor dead during an ongoing dispute over his snoring, said the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office.  Christopher Casey, 55, is charged with the third-degree murder of 62-year-old Robert Wallace, according to prosecutors.  Authorities said Casey and Wallace were both known to Upper Moreland police for "ongoing arguments, including arguments about the (Casey's) loud snoring, which (Wallace) could hear" through the shared wall of their homes.  Casey told police he was eating dinner around 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 14, when W…

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by Mac Bullock
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Spanish TV Show Sparks Racial Tirade In PA Pizzeria (VIDEO) Spanish TV Show Sparks Racial Tirade In PA Pizzeria (VIDEO)
Spanish TV Show Sparks Racial Tirade In PA Pizzeria (Video) A woman's racial tirade apparently over a Montgomery County pizzeria playing Spanish television is going viral on TikTok. The woman sprinkled in lots of F-bombs while telling workers in Amy's Pizzeria in Hatboro to "learn English." "You want to have Spanish on your TV?" she asks a worker. "What's wrong with that?" he asks. "What's wrong with that is that you're not American," she says. Amy's Pizzeria owners denounced discrimination in the caption of the video. "This lady walked into our pizza shop (owned by hispanics) and heard Spanish coming from our TV and started discriminating us," …

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by Cecilia Levine
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PA K9 Officer Dies After Suffering Brain Injury Caused By Bee Sting PA K9 Officer Dies After Suffering Brain Injury Caused By Bee Sting
PA K9 Officer Dies After Suffering Brain Injury Caused By Bee Sting A police officer from suburban Philadelphia who suffered a brain injury caused by a bee sting last year has died, his department announced. Hatboro K9 handler and dad of two Ryan Allen went into cardiac arrest on Oct. 14, 2021, after suffering anaphylactic shock from a bee sting, "with no prior history of a bee allergy," his wife, Whitney Allen, wrote on a GoFundMe page. He went into cardiac arrest and was clinically dead for 20 minutes, and as a result, suffered a lack of oxygen to his brain — resulting in an anoxic brain injury, she explained. Since then, the officer has been in and out o…

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by Nicole Acosta
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K9 Officer On Hospice After Suffering Brain Injury Caused By Bee Sting K9 Officer On Hospice After Suffering Brain Injury Caused By Bee Sting
K9 Officer On Hospice After Suffering Brain Injury Caused By Bee Sting A police officer from suburban Philadelphia who suffered a brain injury caused by a bee sting last year is living out his final days, his family announced over the weekend. Hatboro K9 handler and dad of two Ryan Allen went into cardiac arrest on Oct. 14, 2021 after suffering anaphylactic shock from a bee sting, "with no prior history of a bee allergy," his wife, Whitney Allen, wrote on a GoFundMe page. He went into cardiac arrest and was clinically dead for 20 minutes, and as a result, suffered lack of oxygen to his brain — resulting in an anoxic brain injury, she explained. Since then, the…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Contaminated Water In These PA Towns Has Lasting Health Effects, National Study Underway Contaminated Water In These PA Towns Has Lasting Health Effects, National Study Underway
Contaminated Water In These PA Towns Has Lasting Health Effects, National Study Underway A national study is measuring the effects of contaminated drinking water in 10 regions of the country including towns near military bases in Pennsylvania. The contaminants, known as PFAS, are also called “forever” chemicals because they stay in bodies for many years and have been linked to potentially serious health problems. In many cases, the source of PFAS in the groundwater is likely past use of aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) in the area. At airports and military bases, the foam is used as a fire suppressant to extinguish flammable liquid fires such as fuel fires. The studies are bei…

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by Jon Craig