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Lower Merion Social Studies Teacher Killed In Car Crash, District Says Lower Merion Social Studies Teacher Killed In Car Crash, District Says
Lower Merion Social Studies Teacher Killed In Car Crash, District Says Tim Mohan, a longtime teacher at Bala Cynwyd Middle School, died in a car accident on Tuesday, April 2, according to the Lower Merion School District.  Mohan, who also served as the school's Athletics and Activities Director, was a husband and father who taught social studies at Bala Cynwyd for 30 years, administrators said in a statement.  “Mr. Mohan was a pillar of the BC Community who loved and cared for his students," said BCMS Principal Jeffrey Hunter.  "Each day since 1993, he could be seen greeting his students with a smile in the hallway. He was a natural with h…

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by Mac Bullock
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Father, Son Killed By Car Rolling Down Driveway In Philly Suburbs: Report Father, Son Killed By Car Rolling Down Driveway In Philly Suburbs: Report
Father, Son Killed By Car Rolling Down Driveway In Philly Suburbs: Report A 94-year-old father and his son were killed when they were hit by the elder's empty car rolling down a Bala Cynwyd driveway Monday morning, Oct. 30, 6abc reports. Nathan Kobrin pulled into the driveway of a home on Penbree Terrace around 9 a.m., according to the outlet. When he got out of his Toyota Camry, the car rolled back down the driveway and struck him, Lower Merion police reportedly said.  The Camry then rolled into Llandrillo Road where it hit Kobrin's 68-year-old son, Sydney Michael Kobrin, the outlet wrote.  Both men were reportedly pronounced dead …

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Trio Sought In Lower Merion Armed Robbery Trio Sought In Lower Merion Armed Robbery
Trio Sought In Lower Merion Armed Robbery Police in Montgomery County are seeking the public's help in identifying a trio wanted in connection with an armed robbery. A man walked into a Taco Bell on West City Avenue in Bala Cynwyd and pretended to be a paying customer before signaling to two other men brandishing firearms around 9:40 p.m. on Tuesday, June 21, Lower Merion police said. The trio was only able to run off with money from cash register after the employee told them that they didn't have access to the safe, police said. At one point, one of the masked men allegedly fired his gun at the ceiling. The men fled in…

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
Man Sold THC Edibles Via Instagram To Kids Across Philly Area, DA Says Man Sold THC Edibles Via Instagram To Kids Across Philly Area, DA Says
Man Sold THC Edibles Via Instagram To Kids Across Philly Area, DA Says A 20-year-old Pennsylvania man is facing charges for using Instagram to sell THC edibles to children as young as 11 years old, authorities said. Quashon Rice was arrested after a raid of his Philadelphia home on Tuesday, June 14 turned up 40 bags of marijuana-laced edibles, 10 individually packaged bags of marijuana, a ghost gun, and drug-related materials, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said in a joint release. “This defendant was targeting children as young as 11 years old to sell his drugs to, imbedding drugs in cereals and snack products that appeal to children," D…

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
Witnesses Sought In Weekend Bala Cynwyd Shooting Witnesses Sought In Weekend Bala Cynwyd Shooting
Witnesses Sought In Weekend Bala Cynwyd Shooting Police in Montgomery County are seeking the public's help with any information about a shooting in Bala Cynwyd over the weekend. Nobody was injured when several gunshots were fired in the parking lot of 2 Bala Plaza in the 300 block of East City Avenue around 2:35 p.m Saturday, March 19, Lower Merion police said. Responding officers spotted a black Dodge Durango speeding away from the scene and heading eastbound on I-76, prompting police to initiate a chase, they said. Pennsylvania State Police troopers were able to stop the SUV at the Girard Avenue exit off the highway, they said.  …

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by Nicole Acosta
Schools
Temple's Moshe Porat Sentenced In Rankings Fraud Scheme Temple's Moshe Porat Sentenced In Rankings Fraud Scheme
Temple's Moshe Porat Sentenced In Rankings Fraud Scheme Former dean of Temple University's Fox School of Business Moshe Porat was sentenced to 14 months in prison after being convicted of fraud in a scheme to boost the school's rankings and draw more students in an effort to vastly increase the school's revenue, federal authorities said. Porat, 75, of Bala Cynwyd, was convicted in Nov. 2021 of conspiracy and wire fraud charges, according to the US Department of Justice. He was fired in 2018 on accusations the school inflated data used to rank programs. U.S. News & World Report first ranked online MBA programs in 2015 -- the same y…

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
Philly Woman Who Killed Mom's Fiance Surrenders: DA Philly Woman Who Killed Mom's Fiance Surrenders: DA
Philly Woman Who Killed Mom's Fiance Surrenders: DA A Philadelphia woman has turned herself in to police as being the person who killed her mom's 49-year-old fiance during a fight on New Year's Eve in Montgomery County, authorities said. Samiyah Williams, 24, was arraigned Monday morning on charges of first-degree murder, third-degree murder, and possessing an instrument of crime in the shooting death of Adrionne Reaves in the Bala Cynwyd section of Lower Merion just before 10 p.m. at the Delwyn Apartments, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said. She was remanded to the Montgomery County Correctional Fac…

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
WANTED FOR MURDER: Philly Woman Kills Mom's Fiance After He 'Laid His Hands On Her' WANTED FOR MURDER: Philly Woman Kills Mom's Fiance After He 'Laid His Hands On Her'
Wanted FOR Murder: Philly Woman Kills Mom's Fiance After He 'Laid His Hands On Her' UPDATE: A Philadelphia woman has turned herself in to police as being the person who killed her mom's 49-year-old fiance during a fight on New Year's Eve in Montgomery County, authorities announced Monday. ***Original story below *** A Philadelphia woman is wanted for killing her mom's 49-year-old fiance during a fight on New Year's Eve in Montgomery County, authorities said. Samiyah Williams, 24, shot Adronne Reaves in the Bala Cynwyd section of Lower Merion just before 10 p.m. at the Delwyn Apartments, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said. Reaves is engaged to W…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Philly High School Senior Dies Of COVID-19 Complications Philly High School Senior Dies Of COVID-19 Complications
Philly High School Senior Dies Of Covid-19 Complications Support is pouring in for the loved ones of a high school student in Philadelphia who died Monday after a battle with COVID-19. As of Wednesday, nearly $19,500 had been raised on a GoFundMe page for 17-year-old Alayna Thach, a senior at Olney Charter High School. Thach contracted pneumonia, and her lungs and heart collapsed along with the rest of her organs, resulting in severe brain damage, according to the page. "All medical options were exhausted before her body became too weak to continue her battle with Covid," organizer Hien Yem wrote. Thach had not been vaccinated, CBS3 r…

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
Man Wanted For Throwing Rocks At Bala Cynwyd Storefronts: Police Man Wanted For Throwing Rocks At Bala Cynwyd Storefronts: Police
Man Wanted For Throwing Rocks At Bala Cynwyd Storefronts: Police Police are seeking the public's help identifying a suspect caught on surveillance video smashing rocks at several Bala Cynwyd storefronts last week. The man was seen on the footage smashing the front window of the Acme at the Bala Cynwyd Shopping Center around 1:45 a.m. on Oct. 27, according to the Lower Merion Police Department. When he realized there were employees in the store, he fled. He's then seen again using a rock to shatter the front window of a nearby Foot Locker, police said. He took several items before fleeing on a bicycle, according to police. Police told 6abc, that t…

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by Nicole Acosta
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This Pennsylvania Town Ranks Among Top 50 Places To Live In The U.S, Report Says This Pennsylvania Town Ranks Among Top 50 Places To Live In The U.S, Report Says
This Pennsylvania Town Ranks Among Top 50 Places To Live In The U.S, Report Says A Pennsylvania town has ranked among the 50 best places to live in the U.S., according to a new report. Lower Merion Township, located in Montgomery County, was ranked No. 37 in this year's list of the 50 best places to live in the U.S., curated by Money.com. Located along the Pennsylvania Railroad’s old Main Line route, Lower Merion pays homage to its Welsh Quaker roots in the names of the villages that make up the township like Bryn Mawr, Gladwyne, Bala Cynwyd, and more. Residents and visitors can explore art and history by walking the grounds of the historic Barnes House, traveling to t…

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
Bala Cynwyd Man, 56, Found With $30K Worth Of Crystal Meth, More Inside Family Home, DA Says Bala Cynwyd Man, 56, Found With $30K Worth Of Crystal Meth, More Inside Family Home, DA Says
Bala Cynwyd Man, 56, Found With $30K Worth Of Crystal Meth, More Inside Family Home, DA Says A 56-year-old Bala Cynwyd man was arrested Wednesday after authorities busted him with $30,000 worth of crystal methamphetamine and more at his family home in Montgomery County, authorities announced. When joint investigators with the Montgomery County Detective Bureau, Pennsylvania State Police, Lower Merion police, and Delaware County Criminal Investigations served a search warrant at an Academy Road home Wednesday, they found John Devivo with approximately three pounds of crystal methamphetamine, worth approximately $30,000, according to the Montgomery County District Attor…

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by Nicole Acosta