NORRISTOWN — A Pennsburg man has admitted to possessing child pornography on his cellphone, including video files depicting underage boys and girls engaged in sexual acts or in the simulation of sexual acts. John Joseph Mulgrew, 26, of the 1000 block of Bayberry Drive, pleaded guilty in Montgomery County Court to a felony charge of possession of child pornography in connection with incidents that occurred in May 2022. Judge Thomas C. Branca deferred sentencing Mulgrew until later this year so that the Pennsylvania Sexual Offender Assessment Board can determine if Mulgrew meets criteria under s ..read more

WEST NORRITON — A power outage on Friday at Norristown Area High School that prompted classes to let out early was apparently caused by a squirrel. Yes, a squirrel. Norristown Area School District Superintendent Christopher Dormer briefly addressed the incident during Monday’s school board meeting. “It was unique,” Dormer said in a phone interview following the meeting. “I mean I’ve been to places where we’ve had power outages, but never when a single little guy knocking a building the size of our high school completely out.” Dormer said he first learned of the issue around 9:45 a.m. on Friday ..read more

NORRISTOWN — A Whitemarsh Township woman was sent to prison for leaving the scene, not rendering aid and not calling 911, after she struck and killed a man who was crossing a township roadway. Jennifer Ann Parker, 45, of the 1700 block of Butler Pike, was sentenced in Montgomery County Court on Monday to 3½ to 10 years in the State Correctional Institution at Muncy on charges of accidents involving death or personal injury, or hit-and-run, and driving under the influence of marijuana in connection with the 8:57 p.m. Feb. 17, 2023, pedestrian crash that killed Anthony Jonello. “You hit him and ..read more

WEST NORRITON — A Pennbrook Middle School student who was accused last week of assaulting a fellow student with a Stanley tumbler may face new charges, after allegedly attempting to strike a sheriff’s deputy with a large water jug during a Montgomery County juvenile court hearing Monday morning. The 13-year-old student made national headlines last week, following reporting on an alleged assault that had occurred in the North Penn school’s cafeteria and resulted in the 12-year-old victim being hospitalized. The attack, which police described as sudden and unprovoked, resulted in the victim sust ..read more

LANDALE — North Penn School District officials are vowing to take several steps to increase school security after a bloody attack left a Pennbrook Middle School student hospitalized last week. The district has told parents there will be a review of the assault by “a third-party unbiased investigator” to offer safety recommendations. “This week has been difficult for all of us, and I am hopeful that we can come together for the betterment of our students, staff and community as a whole,” said superintendent Todd Bauer, in a statement posted Saturday and sent to district families. Dozens of pare ..read more

NORRISTOWN — With polls set to open at 7 a.m. Tuesday, comments surrounding mail-in ballot delays dominated Monday afternoon’s Montgomery County Board of Elections meeting. The three-member board convened less than 24 hours before the polls open for in-person voting, and all mail-in ballots must be received by 8 p.m. Tuesday when polls close. “We are responsible for delivering on our elections and we take that responsibility very seriously,” said Montgomery County Election Board Vice Chairwoman Jamila Winder, adding that officials are “looking at every step in the process leading up to the pri ..read more

WEST CHESTER — The northern Chester County man whose 2021 murder of his girlfriend was captured on home surveillance video he had installed out of his jealous desire to control her was sentenced Monday for the “unspeakably heinous” crime he committed. Speaking to a hushed but packed Courtroom One in the Chester County Justice Center, Common Pleas Court Judge Alita Rovito told defendant Leroy “Lee” Brahm III that she was adding 18 to 40 years onto the mandatory life in state prison without parole sentence for first-degree murder in the death of 21-year-old Downingtown native Annabel Rose Meenan ..read more

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