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Drexel Hill-Upper Darby, PA
Breaking News
Deputy Fire Chief Molested 15-Year-Old Volunteer For Months In PA: Police Papers
A high-ranking firefighter in Delaware County is accused of courting, grooming, and inappropriately touching a 16-year-old volunteer for a period of months, according to the affidavit obtained by Daily Voice. Matthew Bateman, the 28-year-old Deputy Chief of the Folcroft Fire Company, is charged with institutional sexual abuse of a minor and more than a dozen related counts, state court records show. Police wrote in the affidavit that Bateman had carried on an increasingly inappropriate relationship with a teenage boy who was working as a junior firefighter with the company over a…
North Hunterdon, NJ
Obituaries
Clinton Firefighter Timothy Hagan Dies, 21
Town of Clinton firefighter Timothy Hagan died on Aug. 24. He was 21 years old. Hagan worked as a member of the Clinton Fire Department with his brother, Ben, after rising through the department’s Junior Firefighter program. He was known as an excellent firefighter and a friend to all. “Tim was liked by all and always greeted everyone with his infectious smile,” reads a release posted to the department’s Facebook page. “Rest easy, Tim, we'll take it from here.” Check back for Hagan’s funeral arrangements.
