A teenage girl was convicted Wednesday of killing a 16-year-old classmate who was choked, beaten and sawed into pieces after an argument over boys.
Sarah Kolb, 17, faces of up to 60 years in prison.
The victim, Adrianne Reynolds, had just moved to East Moline, Illinois, from Texas about two months before the killing. Prosecutors said she was just trying to fit in at a new school but picked the wrong friend.
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A Hurricane Katrina or nuclear meltdown could be catastrophic for the Delaware Valley and a new report is questioning whether Philadelphia is ready to deal with such a disaster.“
By June 30th, we will have conducted a comprehensive review, identified gaps and made recommendations and on July 1st it will not be sitting on a shelf,” said City Managing Director, Pedro Ramos.
Ramos went on the offensive to assure the residents of Philadelphia that the city is moving to protect them against terror attacks such as 9/11 or a natural disaster such as Hurricane Katrina.
A SEPTA driver arrested after assaulting a passenger and throwing her off the bus has been suspended without pay and will probably be fired, officials said yesterday.
Mario Edney, 53, of the 5700 block of North Woodstock Street, was charged with aggravated assault, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person, and making terroristic threats, said Officer Jillian Russell, a police spokeswoman.
On Wednesday, about 11:20 a.m., Edney, a driver for the Route 17 bus, and the passenger, a 52-year-old woman whose name has not been released, got into an altercation around 20th Street and Washington Avenue in South Philadelphia, Russell said.
A Newark substitute teacher who forced a second-grader to stand on a chair and tightened a string around the child's neck in a mock hanging has been convicted of disorderly persons offenses and could face jail time, a prosecutor said yesterday.
Albert Coleman, 61, of East Orange, was convicted Tuesday in a bench trial before Superior Court Judge Dennis Carey of simple assault and disorderly conduct, said Mark Ali, an assistant Essex County prosecutor.
Ali, who heads the office's child-abuse unit, said the incident occurred March 29, 2004, as Coleman was overseeing the boy, now 9, in an after-school program at the Elliott Street School.
‘The successor to the A2 is not yet completely finalised, but it will almost certainly adopt conventional construction,’ a high ranking Audi official told Autocar, adding, ‘our current method provides a suitable hi-tech image but it is extremely costly to produce.’
Until now Audi has been non-committal on a follow-up to the A2 since announcing that production of the first-generation model was to end this August. But with sales of premium small cars – such as BMW’s Mini – on the rise across Europe it appears plans for a replacement have now been accelerated. The best indications are for the launch of the new model in late 2007.
A disgruntled car customer in South Florida who was apparently angry with the price he was charged for his new car drove the vehicle into the dealership showroom, poured gas on it and set it on fire, police said.
Investigators said Gerald Georgettis had just purchased a new Ford Escape from a Miami dealership.
After the purchase, police said Georgettis drove the vehicle into the dealership and doused it with gasoline. He then set it on fire, causing $1 million in damage.
