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DA Krasner Wants Longer Sentence For Eric Ruch
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner wants a longer sentence for the ex-city cop convicted of killing an unarmed black man in 2017. In a statement issued Tuesday, Nov. 29, Krasner said he filed a motion in Common Pleas Court seeking reconsideration of the 11.5-to-23-month sentence handed down to former Philadelphia police officer Eric Ruch earlier this month. Ruch was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in September for the killing of 25-year-old Dennis Plowden in Germantown in 2017, as Daily Voice has reported. Ruch's sentence, Krasner said, was a "gross downward departure" fr…
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Ex-Philly Cop Found Guilty Of Manslaughter In On-Duty Killing Of Unarmed Black Man
A now-former Philadelphia police officer was convicted Wednesday, Sept. 21 in the on-duty killing of an unarmed Black man nearly five years earlier, authorities said. After an eight-day trial, Eric Ruch Jr., 34, was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter and possession of an instrument of crime for his role in the shooting death of 25-year-old Dennis Plowden in 2017, according to the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office. His bail was revoked and sentencing is scheduled for Nov. 17 The DA's office says this trial was the first in the city in which an on-duty police officer was tried fo…
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PA Dad Admits Killing Baby During Outer Banks Vacation: Report
A father has been sentenced to five years in prison after being found guilty of killing his infant son, according to a report by OBX Today. Thomas William Imschweiler, 34, of Harrisburg, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in Currituck County Superior Court on Nov. 15, according to court records. Currituck Fire and emergency medical services were called to a report of an infant not breathing at a home in the 700 block of Lakeview Court in Corolla on July 17, 2018-- where Imschweiler was staying, the outlet reports citing a release by the Currituck County Sheriff’s Office. Franklin Th…
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