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Obituaries
Former Darby Police Corporal Tom Takacs Sr., 53, Dies, Department Says Former Darby Police Corporal Tom Takacs Sr., 53, Dies, Department Says
Former Darby Police Corporal Tom Takacs Sr., 53, Dies, Department Says A former police corporal has died, the Darby Borough Police announced on Monday, July 29.  Retired Darby Borough K9 Police Officer Thomas "Tom" Takacs Sr., 53, of Upper Chichester (formerly of Norwood and Tinicum) passed Friday, July 26, 2024, at home, according to his obituary posted by the Marvil Funeral Home. Tom "retired in 2009 after 10 years of service," as written in his obituary. Before he was a police officer, Tom was a K-9 officer at the George W. Hill Correctional Facility.  He enjoyed hunting in Maryland, fishing the Jersey Shore, and spending time with his buddies li…

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by Jillian Pikora
Sports
Former Penn Basketball Player Cameron Gunter Dies, 31 Former Penn Basketball Player Cameron Gunter Dies, 31
Former Penn Basketball Player Cameron Gunter Dies, 31 Former University of Pennsylvania basketball player Cameron Gunter died on Thursday, Jan. 19, the team announced on Twitter. He was 31 years old. Cameron graduated from Ridley High School (Class of 2014), and went on to play for the Penn basketball team while earning his degree in communications and commerce. The 6-foot-9 forward played in 91 games at Penn and had a career-high of 12 points in 15 minutes of action during a loss against Harvard, according to a report by The Daily Pennsylvanian. Born in Morton, Cameron had been living in Boston, MA at the time of his death, but previously s…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
DEA, Police Investigate Murder Victim Dumped On Delco Street DEA, Police Investigate Murder Victim Dumped On Delco Street
DEA, Police Investigate Murder Victim Dumped On Delco Street Investigators believe the man found dead with multiple stab wounds on a Delaware County side street earlier this month was murdered elsewhere and then dumped there.  Police in Norwood were called to Darby Crescent Road just before 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 9, the department said in a release. There, officers found the body of a man killed "under suspicious circumstances," they said.  Authorities later identified the body as 24-year-old Jimmy Reynolds Jr., of Philadelphia, Norwood police said. Officials in the city had reported Reynolds missing from North Philly just thre…

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by Mac Bullock
News
Delco Store Sells $3 Million Winning Scratch-Off Delco Store Sells $3 Million Winning Scratch-Off
Delco Store Sells $3 Million Winning Scratch-Off A lucky Pennsylvania resident won $3 million from a scratch-off ticket in Delaware County, state officials announced.  A player purchased a $3 Million Xtreme Tripler Scratch-Off ticket from Davis’ Trading Post at 1 West Winona Avenue in Norwood for $30 on Friday, Nov. 18 and won the jackpot, lottery officials said.  The Trading Post will earn a $5,000 bonus for selling the lucky ticket, officials added.  The jackpot winner has not yet been identified.  Pennsylvania Lottery reminds players that winning tickets expire one year after the game's end-sale date, av…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
PD: DelCo Man Arrested For Swiping Copper Piping From Medical Facility Under Construction PD: DelCo Man Arrested For Swiping Copper Piping From Medical Facility Under Construction
PD: DelCo Man Arrested For Swiping Copper Piping From Medical Facility Under Construction A 57-year-old Delaware County man was arrested for stealing over 300 pounds of copper piping and telephone wiring worth $10,000 from a medical facility under construction in Radnor Township, authorities said. On two separate occasions in May, Robert J. Garraty, of Norwood entered the building in the Wayne section of the township and stole the copper piping and telephone wiring which he later sold, according to the Radnor Township Police Department. Surveillance footage of the incidents shared on social media and local news outlets, ignited a surrender from Garraty, police said. Garraty was…

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by Nicole Acosta
Obituaries
Interboro High School Grad, DelCo Native David MacIntosh Dies, 36 Interboro High School Grad, DelCo Native David MacIntosh Dies, 36
Interboro High School Grad, DelCo Native David MacIntosh Dies, 36 David Samuel MacIntosh of Ridley Park, formerly of Norwood, died on March 12, 2021. He was 36 years old.  MacIntosh's obituary remembered him as someone who was "happy-go-lucky, generous, kind, an avid reader and Stephen King fan."  He graduated from Interboro High School in Prospect Park, his obit says. He is survived by his fiancée, Erin McDermott; his parents Samuel and Joyce (née Cabry) MacIntosh; his grandmother Joan MacIntosh, and his devoted pets Herbie, Tully, Stevie, and Elvira; his siblings Jason and Molly Biddle, Michelle and Thomas Johnson, and Sam and Mia MacInt…

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by Nicole Acosta