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Upper Darby, PA

New Local Income Tax Coming To 4 Communities In PA County: Officials New Local Income Tax Coming To 4 Communities In PA County: Officials
New Local Income Tax Coming To 4 Communities In PA County: Officials Four Delaware County communities are imposing a new local earned income tax in 2025, according to tax officials. Upper Darby and Upper Providence townships and Ridley Park and Aldan boroughs will join other communities in the county that already collect the tax, Keystone Collections said in a Thursday, Nov. 13 news release. This is a 1 percent tax assessed to residents regardless of where they work and to nonresidents who work in the community, according to Keystone Collections, the officials responsible for collecting the tax. The tax becomes effective on Wednesday, Jan. 1, when the four …
PA Man Charged For Raping Girl 20 Times At Daycare Center: Affidavit PA Man Charged For Raping Girl 20 Times At Daycare Center: Affidavit
PA Man Charged For Raping Girl 20 Times At Daycare Center: Affidavit A Delaware County man was arrested for raping a girl 20 times during the course of his time working at a daycare center 16 years ago, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Tuesday, Oct. 8. William Thomas McGrath IV, 30, of Upper Darby, was charged for raping the victim 20 times while she attended Ms. Barb's Daycare, located in the 200 block of Parker Avenue, Upper Darby, beginning in 2008, the criminal complaint says.  McGrath would have been about 16 years old at the time, according to the documents. He was arrested and charged on Thursday, Oct. 3. When the girl was…
Wild Drivers Who Nearly Struck Philadelphia Officers Arrested In Massive Car Meets: PD (VIDEO) Wild Drivers Who Nearly Struck Philadelphia Officers Arrested In Massive Car Meets: PD (VIDEO)
Wild Drivers Who Nearly Struck Philadelphia Officers Arrested In Massive Car Meets: PD (Video) Two Philadelphia area men were charged for recklessly endangering others during an illegal car meet in the city over the weekend, authorities announced on Friday, Sept. 27. Deonte Vincent, 25, of Philadelphia, and Jhonny Martinez, 19, of Upper Darby, were both charged with Recklessly Endangering Another Person for separate incidents, the Philadelphia Police Department said. Vincent was part of a 50-car meet in the 7400 block of Bustleton Avenue on Saturday, Sept. 21, according to police. When police arrived to break up the illegal event, Vincent, in a blue Dodge Charger, accelerated toward …
Former Upper Darby Principal Who Raped NJ Woman In 2014 Home Invasion Sentenced: Prosecutors Former Upper Darby Principal Who Raped NJ Woman In 2014 Home Invasion Sentenced: Prosecutors
Former Upper Darby Principal Who Raped NJ Woman In 2014 Home Invasion Sentenced: Prosecutors A former school principal will spend more than four decades in prison for raping a Woodbridge Township woman during a home invasion 10 years ago, authorities said. Danny McEaddy, 40, was sentenced on Wednesday, Sept. 18 to 50 years in state prison, a Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office spokesperson said. A jury found the Sicklerville man guilty on seven counts on Thursday, Apr. 18. Prosecutors said a woman reported that an unknown man broke into her apartment in the Keasbey section of Woodbridge and sexually assaulted her in September 2014. DNA samples at the crime scene identifi…
Police ID Armed Carjackers Who Stole Vehicle With Infant In Upper Darby: 'Armed And Dangerous' Police ID Armed Carjackers Who Stole Vehicle With Infant In Upper Darby: 'Armed And Dangerous'
Police ID Armed Carjackers Who Stole Vehicle With Infant In Upper Darby: 'Armed And Dangerous' Police have identified two suspects at large following an armed carjacking in which a vehicle was taken with an infant inside in Upper Darby Friday afternoon, Aug. 30. Phillis Fugah, 23, from Upper Darby, and Ian Dean, 21, of Philadelphia, approached a man waiting for his wife on West Chester Pike around 3:10 p.m., UDPD Superintendent Timothy M. Bernhardt said. "During a struggle, the suspects managed to take the vehicle, unaware that a 2-month-old child was still inside," Bernhardt said. As the suspect fled west on West Chester Pike, they realized police were pursuing them and abando…
PA Gravestone Thief's Brother Bilked NJ Widow Out Of $5,000, Indictment Says PA Gravestone Thief's Brother Bilked NJ Widow Out Of $5,000, Indictment Says
PA Gravestone Thief's Brother Bilked NJ Widow Out Of $5,000, Indictment Says Another New Jersey widow has come forward alleging she was bilked out of money for a gravestone she never got. Jerry J. Stefan, 49, of Gladwyne, PA, has been indicted alleging he bilked a Deptford, NJ widow out of $5,054 for a gravestone she never received for her late husband. He's the brother of a Pennsylvania gravestone dealer already charged in three states with defrauding gravestone customers. A Gloucester County grand jury indicted Jerry J. Stefan on June 26 on a charge he never provided a gravestone or returned the money he took. He was indicted on a third-degree charge of failure t…
Philadelphia 'Proud Boy' Sentenced For Jan. 6 Capitol Riot: Feds Philadelphia 'Proud Boy' Sentenced For Jan. 6 Capitol Riot: Feds
Philadelphia 'Proud Boy' Sentenced For Jan. 6 Capitol Riot: Feds A Delaware County man was sentenced to 100 days in prison for charges related to the US Capitol riots on Jan. 6, 2021, according to federal prosecutors.  Brian Healion, 33, of Upper Darby, previously pleaded guilty to one count of civil disorder in February, said the US Attorney's Office.  Court documents alleged Healion was a member of the Philadelphia "Proud Boys" chapter and "traveled to Washington, D.C., to protest Congress's certification of the Electoral College vote for the 2020 presidential election." Authorities claimed Healion marched with 100 other members of the group…
Dispute At Delco Bar Led To Deadly Shooting, Police Say Dispute At Delco Bar Led To Deadly Shooting, Police Say
Dispute At Delco Bar Led To Deadly Shooting, Police Say Police are investigating an Upper Darby homicide.  Authorities said a 27-year-old was shot multiple times near Baltimore Avenue and Penn Boulevard in the early morning hours on Saturday, May 18. He was taken to an area hospital where he later died. Investigators believe the victim was involved in a dispute at a bar before the shooting.  East Lansdowne police and the Delaware County District Attorney's Office are investigating. Anyone with information is asked to call 610-259-2308 or email tips@elpd.org.