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Reading, PA
Neighbors
All Eyes on Governor Shapiro for Essential ID/A Funding
As the dust settles from the 2024 election, Pennsylvania’s leaders must now prepare for the 2025 Legislative Session and the forthcoming Fiscal Year 24/25 budget debate, as families, caregivers, and individuals in the Intellectual Disabilities and Autism (ID/A) community look to Governor Josh Shapiro to champion crucial funding needs. Last year’s budget delivered a historic funding boost for ID/A services, reflecting Governor Shapiro’s deep commitment to this essential community. However, the final enacted budget fell $93 million short of the Governor’s proposed funding—a shortfall that cont…
Prince Frederick, MD
News
Man Who Sexually Abused Teen Girl He Knew As An Infant Gets Prison Time In Maryland
A man who sexually abused a teen girl he had known since she was an infant has been sentenced to prison time, according to the Charles County State's Attorney's Office. Bryantown resident Pio Arnoldo Flores, 56, has been sentenced to 12 years behind bars for the sexual abuse of a minor, after pleading guilty in April to the offense. In November 2023, officers from the Charles County Sheriff's Office made contact with a then-16-year-old victim after receiving a report from the Department of Human Services alleging child sexual abuse. The girl said that Flores began assaulting her in Ap…
Gettysburg, PA
News
$1.6 Million Fentanyl Arrest Of NY Man In PA: AG
A New York man is accused of bringing almost half a million doses of fentanyl into Pennsylvania, authorities say. Yan Carlos Pichardo Cepeda, 27, was arrested by state agents and Allegheny County authorities and arraigned on Friday, Sept. 1, Attorney General Michelle Henry's Office said. Pichardo Cepeda was spotted avoiding police officers and canine units when he arrived in Pittsburgh from New York, prosecutors said. He consented to a search of his backpack, where police said they found a kilogram of fentanyl. Eight more kilograms of fentanyl — or 450,000 doses — wer…
Drexel Hill-Upper Darby, PA
News
Philly Social Worker Who Lost Leg In Accident 'Determined' To Thrive, Loved Ones Say
Weeks after a car accident left her hospitalized, a longtime Philadelphia social worker is in good spirits and "determined," loved ones say. Andrea Jackson was unloading the trunk of her car on June 14 when a driver crashed into her from behind, leaving her legs pinned between the vehicles, her friends said on GoFundMe. "Unfortunately, Andrea had to have her left leg amputated from the knee down," wrote page organizer Loretta Weston. "She also sustained major damage to her right leg." Though the extensive injuries have changed Jackson's life profoundly, Weston says h…
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
Tacony Pair Charged With Locking Child In Dog Cage: Police
Two adults were arrested in Philadelphia Friday, March 24 after police found a little boy locked up in a dog cage in their home. It began on Thursday, March 23, when officers were dispatched to a home on the 4200 block of Glenview Street for reports of screaming, Philly police said in a release. They arrived to find two "partially-clothed" children "wandering around" in the backyard, crying, police wrote. Inside, officers said they found a little boy locked up in a pet crate that had been fastened with a zip tie. The boy was rescued from the cage and all three children&nb…
Drexel Hill-Upper Darby, PA
News
'KID
Jail
': PA Juvie Rife With Sex Misconduct, Verbal Abuse, Says AG
A juvenile detention facility in Delaware County is under fire after a newly-released Grand Jury report alleged "systemic failure" that led to a "culture of unprofessionalism, violence, sexual misconduct and coverup." In the 200-page report released Tuesday, Dec. 13, investigators with the state Attorney General's Office claim staff at the Delaware County Juvenile Detention Center (DCJDC) ran the facility as a "kid jail" that treated detained youths as criminals and fostered an institutional culture "intent on punishment, not reform." DCJDC first came under review in March 2021, when Dela…
Lower Merion-Narberth, PA
Police & Fire
Philadelphia Social Worker Charged in 3-Year-Old's Death: DA
A Philadelphia social worker faces murder charges after authorities said she failed to report the abuse of a foster child. District Attorney Larry Krasner charged 25-year-old Jendayi Mawusi with third-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter, and child endangerment related to the July death of three-year-old Hope Jones, In a statement released Tuesday, Oct. 11. According to prosecutors, Mawusi had been assigned Jones' caseworker by the city Department of Human Services in November 2020. From then until the child's death on July 12, Mawusi was tasked with monitoring Jones' pla…
Lower Merion-Narberth, PA
News
Pennsylvania Child Care Workers To Receive $600 Stimulus Aid
The Wolf Administration announced new plans to send one-time, $600 grants to child care workers across Pennsylvania. Child care providers licensed by the Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL) are eligible for the funds, Gov. Tom Wolf said. "A healthy, vibrant child care industry is a cornerstone of a healthy economy. As with many other sectors of our economy, Pennsylvania’s child care providers have been greatly challenged by this pandemic,” said Wolf. “ "For nearly a year, child care professionals have continued to work through a challenging environment, providing a …
Hamilton Township, NJ
Schools
Feds Approve $248M Food Benefits For 600K NJ Children
Nearly 600,000 New Jersey schoolchildren could quality for extra food benefits that otherwise would have been spent on free or reduced meals at school, officials said. Schools have been closed since mid-March due to the coronavirus outbreak. New Jersey requested assistance from the Trump Administration, which gave its OK on Monday for proximately $248 million in federal aid. Each student who currently quality for subsidized meals will get an extra $416.10, officials said. Families already receiving aid under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will have the money added to …
Westport, CT
Schools
Parents, Students Protest Firing Of Staples HS Outreach Counselor
The Westport community is rallying in support around Ed Milton, a popular student outreach coordinator at Staples High School who was unexpectedly fired earlier this year. Parents and students alike came together to express their displeasure over Milton’s firing at the Board of Education meeting on Monday, Oct. 7. Milton was a former employee of the town’s Department of Human Services for Staples students and was involved with the school’s Teen Awareness Group. He was hired in 2016, and no reasoning has been provided by school officials for his firing. Before becoming the student outreach …
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Passaic Sheriff: Probation Violator Nabbed With Dozens Of Bogus Credit, Gift Cards, More
Two Passaic County sheriff’s detectives who tracked down and arrested a Paterson man wanted on a probation violation found him carrying 19 bogus credit cards, three phony health insurance cards and more, authorities said. Warrant Squad Detectives Scott Stracco and Louis Pagan seized 29-year-old Jean C. Santana on Auburn Street early Tuesday for violating probation by being caught with a weapon, shoplifting and receiving stolen property, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. During the arrest, they found him with the cards, which also included a state Department of Human Services “…
