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Thursday, January 10, 2013

Jogger Causes Lockdown at School in Franconia

Students told faculty they had seen an armed man in a ski mask.

A man who was out jogging is believed to have been the cause of a lockdown at West Broad Street Elementary School in Franconia on Thursday afternoon, police said. The school was placed on lockdown at about 1:40 p.m. after three fourth-grade students on the school's playground reported seeing a man in a black sweater and black-hooded mask with a gun along a nearby tree line. Franconia Township Police Chief Joseph Kozeniewski said authorities were "confident" that the children had mistaken the unidentified jogger for the armed person. "We are not sure where [the children] came up with the idea of a man carrying a gun," Kozeniewski said. The neighborhoods and streets adjacent to the 530 student, K-5 school were cordoned off as North Penn …

worldpeace2013

11:31 pm on Monday, January 21, 2013

really?? who goes jogging and then just leaves his sweatshirt outside like that??? what a tool   more ›

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Wife Allegedly Stabs Husband in Back at Meat Packing Plant

Deborah Ann Hummel, 24, of Pennsburg, is facing a felony aggravated assault charge for an incident where 'everything was a blur' as she allegedly stabbed her estranged husband in his back with a knife during an argument at JBS Packerland in Franconia.

A Pennsburg wife, supposedly incensed with jealousy and anger over her estranged husband's alleged affair, allegedly stabbed him in the back during a fight at JBS Packerland in Franconia Township. Deborah Ann Hummel, 24, of the 500 block of Main Street, told Franconia Township detectives that "everything was a blur" when she allegedly stabbed Nicholas Hummel, 24, inside his office at the Lower Road meat packing plant on Sept. 28 around 12:26 a.m. Hummel faces a felony aggravated assault charge and misdemeanor charges of attempted simple assault, recklessly endangering another person, possessing an instrument of crime and using prohibited offensive weapons, according to a criminal complaint on file with District Judge Kenneth Deatelhauser …

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Lizzy

8:48 am on Monday, October 8, 2012

Sorry to disagree... I think that she was a victim... When a mate tells you that he has had intimate sexual relations with someone else... perhaps the ex-girlfriend had been a problem.. an issue in the marriage ... it makes you lose your mind... for some people ... in a way not acceptable to the rest of society... She has issues that need to be addressed... as to why carry a knife... I just don't…   more ›

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