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Retired Deputy Philly Fire Commissioner Dies, 74
John J. Devlin, a longtime member and one-time deputy commissioner of the Philadelphia Fire Department, died last Sunday, Jan. 14, his colleagues said. He was 74.
Devlin, of the Fox Chase section of Northeast Philly, served in the department for 40 years before retiring in 2013, according to his obituary.
He also worked as a volunteer at the Fox Chase Cancer Center and the Philadelphia Second Alarmers Association, and served on the board of the PFD foundation, his obit says.
Firehouse colleagues posted tributes in Devlin's honor after his passing.
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Central PA Fire Chief Admits To Sexually Assaulting Teenage Volunteer In Text Message: Police
A central Pennsylvania fire chief allegedly sexually assault a 16-year-old who was volunteering with the fire department, police say.
Clay Township Fire Chief, Donald E. Moyer, 52, of the 500 block of Hopeland Road, Stevens, PA, supposedly touched "the buttocks and back lower torso and pubic region," of the teenager following a training session at the fire station on June, 14, according to the police release.
Moyer had "asked the junior firefighter to join him in a secluded area between parked fire apparatus and used his hand to caress the buttocks of the victim," as stated in the release. …