The Daily Numbers - Nov. 9

The Daily Numbers: 6 months probation and anger management classes for former Ridley Officer Brian Decker in that celebrated scuffle with a Wawa clerk.

500,000 dollars in drugs and cash seized in what is being billed as the biggest bust in Darby Township history.

30 to 60 years in prison for the man convicted of shooting Upper Darby Officer Ray Blohm.

21,678.50, how much officials now believe former Penn-Delco School Board member John Green ripped off from a girls’ boosters club at Sun Valley High. They refiled charges against him.

5 smash and grab heists pulled off by the same bandits. They struck again Friday night in Clifton.

29 years after the murder of Officer Daniel Faulkner, lawyers will again be in court arguing on behalf of his convicted killer today. A Widener law prof will led the defense team.

175 feet, how far a teen is believed to have fallen to his death from top of tower in a cemetery in Horsham.

3 days, how long a dog was chained to a telephone pole in Wilmington, Del.

30, age of owner of nail salon in Southampton, Bucks County, found slain in her shop.

33, age of soldier from Pittston who is reported killed in action in Afghanistan.

0 dollars fine for Eagles safety Kurt Coleman for the hit that left Colts wide receiver motionless on the Linc turf Sunday. The league did not levy any fines for the hit, although they did fine another player $50,000 for a helmet-to-helmet.

7 goals and 14 points so far this year for Claude Giroux of the Flyers.

The team gave him a multi-year extension yesterday.

2-10-1 start for the Flyers farm team the Adirondack Phantoms. GM Paul Holmgren fired the coach yesterday.


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The NFL made the right call in declining to fine Eagles safety Kurt Coleman for that hit that left Colts wideout Austin Collie out cold on the Linc turf. The play drew a penalty, and the league said the refs made the right call, but they did not dip into Coleman’s pocket. It was the right call.

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I Don’t Get It: We’re still talking about Mumia Abu-Jamal. I don’t get it.

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Today’s Upper: Kudos to Judge Patricia Jenkins, who noted there was poor judgment all around in sentencing former Ridley Officer Brian Decker to probation yesterday.

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Quote Box: “I hope he spends the rest of his life tortured by what he did to Johnny. Justice was not done.”

- Kim Pawlowski, widow of slain Officer John Pawlowski, on deadlocked jury, which means no penalty for her husband’s killer.

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