New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal announced that he will be leaving his post for a position in the federal government. He will leave on July 26 and will become the director of the SEC's enforcement division. Grewel became the first Sikh-American Attorney General in the county when he took office in January 2018. "The Enforcement Division has a critical role to play in finding and...

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Bill Cosby walked out of state prison on Wednesday afternoon, 6/30, just hours after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned his conviction on sexual assault charges. They voted 4-3. 83-year-old Cosby had served over 2 years of a 10-year sentence. He left SCI Phoenix in Montgomery County and returned to his home in Cheltenham just outside Philadelphia.

He was convicted of...

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21-year-old Mason Hall of Norristown admitted today, 6/29, to sexually assaulting a female at gunpoint at a Montgomery County park in August 2017. Hall pled guilty to rape, along with charges of possession of an instrument of a crime, reckless endangerment, unlawful restraint, and related offenses. It happened the morning of August 1, 2017 at Norristown Farm Park. The 19-year-old victim...

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A man wanted in a fatal DUI hit-and-run crash on the Vine Street Expressway (I-676) was arrested by US Marshals on Monday, 6/28, after being on the run for a year and a half. 27-year-old Aaron Sims of Camden was taken into custody in West Philadelphia. He is charged in the death of 21-year-old Chloe Robertson, a Florida resident. It happened around 1:10 a.m. on January 25, 2020. Robertson...

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New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announced on Monday, June 28, that masks will not be mandatory for students in school buildings come this fall, "absent any dramatic change in our situation before the beginning of the school year." Individual school districts will still be able to implement their own policy. Students will still have to wear masks on school buses. Murphy previously announced...

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Police in Burlington County, NJ, have arrested and charged four people in connection to fires at the U.S. Pipe Foundry and McNeal Mansion. There were two arson fires set, one on April 26 and the second on June 7. 20-year-old Gabriel Vance of Berlin is charged with two counts each of arson, criminal mischief, and criminal trespassing. 20-year-old Summer Wisor of Sicklerville is charged with...

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Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison for the murder of George Floyd in court on Friday, 6/25. Chauvin could be eligible for parole in 15 years. He faced a minimum of 12 1/2 years and a maximum of 40 years. The prosecution had requested 30 years. There were several aggravating factors the judge weighed in determining the length of the sentence...

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Pennsylvania will lift the universal mask mandate on Monday, June 28, at 12:01 a.m. The Department of Health made the announcement on Friday, 6/25. "We are continuing to make progress toward stopping the spread of COVID-19 throughout the commonwealth, as many Pennsylvanians have taken  responsibility for their  own health  and the health of their communities by getting...

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An entire wing of 12-story beachfront condo building near Miami collapsed early Thursday morning, 6/24. It happened around 1:00 a.m. at the Champlain Tower South condominiums in the town of Surfside, Miami-Dade County. It is located about 6 miles north of the City of Miami. 55 of the building's 136 units collpased suddenedly. "The building has literally pancaked," Mayor Charles W. Burkett...

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