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PA's David's Bridal Laying Off 9,200 Employees Amid Bankruptcy Filing
Montgomery County's own David's Bridal will send more than 9,000 workers home in an upcoming round of layoffs, according to a disclosure form it filed with the state Department of Labor and Industry.
The Conshohocken-based wedding retailer expects to lay off 9,236 employees nationwide in a three-phase plan that began on Friday, April 14, according to the state website.
It's not clear how many of those workers are in Pennsylvania, though the layoffs are expected to affect locations in Blair, Dauphin, Delaware, Erie, Luzerne, and York counties, as well as four shops in Allegheny C…
5 Suburban Philly Child Predators Arrested In Undercover Prostitution Sting
Five child predators were arrested in Montgomery County as part of an undercover prostitution sting, authorities announced.
The following men contacted children on social media for sex and arrived at a location in Conshohocken, where they were met by undercover detectives instead:
Onesimo Rodriguez Campos, 27, of Norristown
David G. Kohlmeier, 46, of Devon
Allan R. Lattanzi, 57, of Lower Providence
Kenneth Sugalski, 49, of Conshohocken
Ashish Verma, 37, of Norristown
The undercover operation began last week as part of an ongoing effort with the Internet Crimes Against Childr…
Serial Bank Robber Who Nearly Killed PA Trooper Trying To Arrest Him Gets 25 Years
A serial bank robber who nearly killed a Pennsylvania State Police trooper trying to arrest him was sentenced to 25 years in prison, authorities said.
Christopher Larue, 44, was on supervised release after serving a 12-year prison sentence when he entered the QNB Bank in Perkasie brandishing a gun and robbing the bank of $11,000 on Oct. 19, 2020, United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams said.
Larue, of Lansdale, was convicted in 2009 of five additional bank robberies, the attorney said.
So, he fled, but a GPS tracking device hidden with the stolen money quickly le…
