Thursday, January 24, 2013
Woman to face fourth DUI charge as she presses on with Chester County allegations of being assaulted.
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Thursday, January 24
A Graterford resident has alleged that she was raped while being held in a Chester County prison. She was back in court this week, but this time, as a defendant. According to a report in the Pottstown Mercury, the 37-year-old woman, whose name has not been released by the courts to protect her identity as an alleged victim of sexual assault, was seen before Judge David Bortner on Wednesday. She was there for a violation of her probation, stemming from a charge of Driving Under the Influence (DUI) in Skippack in 2012. The article said the woman told the judge she is "not a criminal" despite her fourth DUI arrest. “I am not a bad person,” the woman said in court. “I don’t feel like a criminal, even though I’m in jail with people who steal …
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Despite being prevented by police from protesting in front of the prison, the movement voiced their concerns regarding Governor Corbett’s priorities.
Decarcerate Pennsylvania protested the Graterford Prison expansion on Tuesday, though it was semi-thwarted when members of the Pennsylvania State Police prevented them from walking onto the Graterford complex. The group had initially planned to meet at Perkiomen Valley High School and walk to the prison entrance, but state police prevented them from making the trek citing safety concerns. “We prevented them from obstructing the highway – we did it for their safety,” said a Pennsylvania State Police Trooper. “People are going to start looking at them, and not pay attention to the way they are driving, so it is an issue of safety.” Despite the concerns from police, Decarcerate Pennsylvania member Hakim Ali believes that the police were not …
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Thefts in Lower Frederick and Trappe; DUI in Graterford
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Thursday, June 14, 2012
The following items include information provided by the Skippack Barracks of the Pennsylvania State Police. Arrests, where they are mentioned, do not indicate conviction. Woman arrested after allegedly pawning stolen goods Pennsylvania State Police arrested a 28-year-old woman in connection with residential burglary in Lower Frederick Township on Saturday, June 9. Brittany Leizerowicz allegedly broke the glass pane of the entry door to the home on Main Street and removed two flat-screen televisions, an XBOX 360 with accessories, and other miscellaneous items. Police said the items were recovered from an area pawn shop and that Leizerowicz confessed to the crime. She was being held at the Montgomery County Correctional Facility on $7,000 …
WILLIAM WEBER
9:01 am on Friday, July 20, 2012
SHERIFF JOE FOR WARDEN OF GRATERFORD PRISON. I LIKE HIS WAY OF THINKING!!!! more ›