The Daily Numbers: 17 hours, how long Mark Geisenheyner spent holed up in a Trainer home
6 hour standoff with police that ended in his death.
45 caliber gun in his possession when Geisenheyner was confronted by police.
222 dollars, value of art prints that landed Geisenheyner in prison.
They were stolen from Montco home where he killed 2 people and wounded 2 others.
35, age of former Chester County teachers David Devine, a Delco resident, who entered a guilty plea on child porn charges yesterday.
125 dollars per animal, how much Delaware County will pay the SPCA to care for strays for another 6 months.
116 dollars additional that will be the tab per animal for each municipality.
1 Delco school district that reopened its budget after the state Senate restored funds. That would be Garnet Valley.
500,000 restored from a cut that was expected to be closer to $900,000.
55.50 increase in school taxes next year, as opposed to $76.80.
2,783.80 dollar tax tab for Garnet Valley residents, as opposed to the initial $2,860.10.
4 percent increase in booze sales reported by the the Pa. LCB. That’s almost $2 billion in alcohol revenue.
9 percent dip in slots revenue at Harrah’s Chester in June this year, compared to last. Parx Casino in Bucks was down 5 percent.
1 man killed when fireworks in his homemade July 4 show blew up and killed him in Levittown.
4th major fire raging through another empty warehouse in Camden this morning.
100,000 dollar scam perpetrated on his own parents’ business by former West Chester councilman Boyd C. Davis, according to police.
4 wounds suffered by man shot on basketball court in Southwest Philly last night.
7 people killed in holiday crashes in Pa. over July 4 weekend.
14 runs on 18 hits for the Phils as they pummeled the Marlins in a laugher.
8 hits and 2 runs scattered over 8 innings for Cole Hamels.
10 wins for Hamels, who won for 1st time in four starts.
21 wins in 25 game for the Phils at Miami since September 2008.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.The Phils’ offensive outburst last night could have been their way of saying thanks to Cole Hamels for all the nights this year when’s been on the mound and their bats have been in a coma. Hamels easily could have 13 or 14 wins. Instead last night was his 10th.
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I Don’t Get It: A couple in Munhall, Pa., have been charged with keeping their 6-year-old son locked in his bedroom for two months. I don’t get it.
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Today’s Upper: Kudos to Gary Krobath. He’s the Trainer resident who alerted authorities that a wanted killer, Mark Geisenheyner, was in his home.
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Quote Box: “We did everything we could get get him to come out peacefully. He wasn’t going back to jail.”
- Trainer Police Chief James Magaw, on standoff with a killer holed up in a borough home that ended with the suspect dead.
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