The Daily Numbers for Thursday, May 12

The Daily Numbers: 89 years ago, that’s when Lancaster Police Lt. Elwood Gainor’s body was discovered along Hook Road in Darby Township. He had been shot in the head. Yesterday he was added to the Delaware County Law Enforcement Memorial in Rose Tree Park, almost 9 decades after his death.

3 doctors - 2 from Delco - charged in a pay-for-prescription pill case out of Philadelphia. Authorities believe they were selling opioid drugs to dealers and addicts for cash.

8 to 20 years in prison for an Upper Darby man for molesting a 14-year-old girl inside a mosque. The judge called the suspect ‘demonic.’

9th District state Senate seat now filled by Republican Tom Killion, who was sworn into office yesterday.

213 acres of Cardinal Crossing in Marple Township that might get a reprieve from development. Township commissioners opposed the plan last night at a packed hearing.

43, age of Chester County man who now faces charges in his wife’s shooting death in what the D.A. out there called a ‘savage’ murder. The victim is believed to have recorded her own murder when the attack by her husband began.

37, age of ‘extremely violent’ suspect wanted for assaulting his landlord in Upper Darby.

54 Delco centenarians residents feted with lunch yesterday by the County Office of Senior Assistance at the Drexelbrook. They are all 100 years old or more.

4.5 to 10 years in prison for a Chester County woman who admitted she helped her 14-year-old daughter shoot up heroin.

3 years probation for the woman who was chief financial officer of a Philadelphia tourism bureau after she pleaded guilty to stealing more than $200,000 from the organization.

1 year ago today, when an Amtrak train flew off the rails in Philly, killing 8 and injuring hundreds.

106 mph, how fast the train was going when it veered off the tracks while going around a curve.

9:21 p.m., when the derailment occurred.

5-1 loss for the Phils last night in Atlanta, snapping their 3-game win streak.

1 run on 2 hits, all the Phils could muster against Braves starter Williams Perez.

2 wins at home now for the Braves, who halted a string of 11 straight home losses.

4 runs on 7 hits over 4 and a third innings for Phils starter Jerad Eickhoff.

2-2 tie for the Union against the vaunted L.A. Galaxy in Chester last night.

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

The eyes of the soccer world were on Chester last night for a visit by the star-studded lineup of the L.A. Galaxy. Serious kudos to the Union for coming up big in a 2-2 draw.

I Don’t Get It: Doctors selling opioid drugs without prescriptions. Want to know why we have such a huge opioid problem in this country? Doctors, heal thyselves.

Today’s Upper: Kudos to all the centenarians feted yesterday at the annual luncheon put on by COSA at the Drexelbrook.

Quote Box: “Butter, cheese and potato chips.”

- Marion Roth, 107 years old, when asked the secret to a long life at yesterday’s centenarian luncheon.

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