The Daily Numbers for Thursday, Aug. 28

The Daily Numbers: 5 years in prison, what a 22-year-old Chester woman is facing after becoming the 1st person convicted under new law named for slain Officer Brad Fox to beef up penalties for those involved in straw gun purchases.

2 guns Staci Dawson is believed to have purchased for her ex-boyfriend.

3 hours, how long it took jury to convict Dawson, this after and earlier jury failed to reach a verdict on these charges while acquitting Dawson on lesser offenses.

2 days of picketing at Crozer-Chester Medical Center planned for next week by nurses who continue to seek a new contract.

600 Crozer nurses who are members of Pennsylvania Association of Nurses and Allied Professionals.

103,000 dollar average annual salary for the Crozer nurses.

51 months in prison for a Brookhaven man convicted on federal ID theft charges.

100 counts of rape filed against Folcroft man suspected in sexual attacks on a teen girl.

3 Delco GOP powers who took Dem gubernatorial candidate Tom Wolf to task for not releasing his tax returns.

49-24 edge for Wolf over Gov. Tom Corbett, according to new F&M Poll.

25 percent of voters remain undecided.

2 men whose bodies were found bound and tied and then dumped in Schuylkill River in Philly. A 3rd was stabbed but escaped. Police believe the case is drug-related.

193,000 phony invoice issued by former aide to U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah, who pleaded guilty yesterday.

17,122,01 close for the Dow Jones yesterday.

3rd straight record high for S&P.

Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.

How sweep it is. The Phillies just took 3 from the 1st place Washington Nationals.

I Don’t Get It: Tom Wolf should put an end to this game of hide-and-seek and release his tax returns, as a series of GOP leaders, including several in Delaware County, are urging him to do.

Today’s Upper: Kudos to the Broomall-Newtown Babe Ruth 13-15 team. They won last night and now are just 1 win away - tonight - from a national title. The Broomall-Newtown 13 team already win their Babe Ruth World Series. What’s in the water out there in Broomall-Newtown? Well done!

Quote Box: “There are no negotiations by this office with regards to these cases. If you’re going to engage in the illegal exchange of firearms in this county, we are going to prosecute you and you are going to spend a substantial amount of time in a penitentiary.”

- Delco D.A. Jack Whelan, after 1st conviction in county under new Brad Fox Law, which enacts 5-year mandatory minimum sentence for straw gun sales.

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