I came to work yesterday thinking I had a pretty good candidate for Page One.
Jermaine Burgess was due in Upper Darby court. Burgess faces murder charges in the brutal home invasion that took the life of Hoa Pham. It struck a nerve in the community.
The brutality of the attack against Pham, and his wife, shocked a lot of people.
As it turns out, police believe it was not the first time Burgess had killed. He since has been charged with an equally horrific murder, that of Marie Ott. She was killed in a similar home invasion back in October.
Police say Burgess has confessed to both murders. He has been held for trial in both cases.
You start to wonder if there is anything that can shock you anymore.
Then you pick up the paper.
Today Upper Darby police are seeking a man who attacked an 82-year-old nun in the parking lot of St. Alice’s Church.
The nun suffered a cut over her right eye that required five stitches, an injury to her hand and a fractured pelvis. The suspect was trying to get her pocketbook in the brazen daylight robbery. She was knocked to the ground, where she was pummeled and stomped.
Upper Darby Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood called it a cowardly assault.
I would call it a few other things as well, but this is a family newspaper, and I suppose a family blog.
I just hope they get the person or persons responsible for this, before they strike again. That’s the real danger. It’s pretty clear this person has no qualms about whom he attacks if mugging an 82-year-old nun is not below him.
If you have any information on the case, call Upper Darby detectives at 610-734-7677.
Some days you wonder just how low society can sink.
Then some thug lowers the bar.
Jermaine Burgess was due in Upper Darby court. Burgess faces murder charges in the brutal home invasion that took the life of Hoa Pham. It struck a nerve in the community.
The brutality of the attack against Pham, and his wife, shocked a lot of people.
As it turns out, police believe it was not the first time Burgess had killed. He since has been charged with an equally horrific murder, that of Marie Ott. She was killed in a similar home invasion back in October.
Police say Burgess has confessed to both murders. He has been held for trial in both cases.
You start to wonder if there is anything that can shock you anymore.
Then you pick up the paper.
Today Upper Darby police are seeking a man who attacked an 82-year-old nun in the parking lot of St. Alice’s Church.
The nun suffered a cut over her right eye that required five stitches, an injury to her hand and a fractured pelvis. The suspect was trying to get her pocketbook in the brazen daylight robbery. She was knocked to the ground, where she was pummeled and stomped.
Upper Darby Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood called it a cowardly assault.
I would call it a few other things as well, but this is a family newspaper, and I suppose a family blog.
I just hope they get the person or persons responsible for this, before they strike again. That’s the real danger. It’s pretty clear this person has no qualms about whom he attacks if mugging an 82-year-old nun is not below him.
If you have any information on the case, call Upper Darby detectives at 610-734-7677.
Some days you wonder just how low society can sink.
Then some thug lowers the bar.
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