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20.05.2023 / 03:19

Lower Merion police play basketball with local youth to strengthen community bond

LOWER MERION, Pa. - Police in Montgomery County took off their badges and laced up their sneakers Friday night to play a friendly game of basketball with some of the local youth. For the eight straight year, the Race for Peace has organized the basketball game as a good-willed effort to strengthen community ties between police and the youngsters. The organization and police both hope that seeing each other on the court will increase the chances they can work together in public."It gives the youth an opportunity to trust the police a little bit more," Quron Banks from Race for Peace said. "There's been some friction in the community, and it bridges gaps between those two, so we can pretty much work together on all the things we need to get done and accomplish great things for our youth."MORE LOCAL HEADLINESFriday's basketball game took place at the Kobe Bryant gym in Upper Merion.

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2 Philadelphia men shot on Bala Cynwyd basketball court after game, police say

BALA CYNWYD, Pa. - Investigators in Montgomery County are investigating a double shooting that left two men injured. According to authorities, officers with the Lower Merion Police Department responded to the 200 block of Asaphs Road in Bala Cynwyd shortly after 9 p.m.

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Officials: Montco police working to free wanted person stuck in storm drain

LOWER MERION TWP., Pa. - Police in Radnor Township are helping Lower Merion Township Police with a wanted person stuck in a storm drain.Officials say there is no threat to the community. The incident was at Locust Grove Terrace, beneath Conestoga Road in Bryn Mawr late Sunday afternoon, about 5 p.m.The wanted person reportedly became stuck inside a storm drain.

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Local motorists try to swerve potholes, avoid costly repairs

PHILADELPHIA - Anyone who has driven in Philadelphia knows how badly some streets are pitted with potholes that can inflict costly damages to your vehicle. FOX 29's Hank Flynn spoke to frustrated motorists whose accidental thud on a cratered street cost them big bucks. Pearl, a Philadelphia driver, said she clanked into a pothole at Broad and Pike streets last week and completely blew out her front passenger's side tire and skewed another."I went into the pothole, It threw me onto the pavement, I had to replace this tire, It blew completely out and that one had a bubble," Pearl said. The whole fix cost her $400.Anyone who has driven in Philadelphia knows how badly some streets are pitted with potholes.

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Lower Merion police learn de-escalation techniques through new program

LOWER MERION TWP., Pa. - The Lower Merion Police Department gave FOX 29 an inside look at their new training for officers, which focuses on de-escalation techniques. The voice of the knife-wielding man on the screen is of a Lower Merion police officer, acting out a situation he responded to before. The officer with the headset on is responding like he would in real life.

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Montgomery County mourns loss of volunteer firefighter killed in the line of duty on 4th of July

LOWER MERION, Pa. - Montgomery County residents honored a firefighter who lost his life battling a fire in Lower Merion Township on the Fourth of July.Volunteer firefighter Sean DeMuynck, who was 35-years-old and dedicated to the Penn Wynne-Overbrook Hills Fire Company, and his wife were set to return home to family in Canada before he died in the line of duty. "You never think one of your guys is going to pay the ultimate sacrifice and so we are struggling," said Lower Merion Township Chief Fire Officer Chas McGarvey.Jennifer Joyce has the story of a volunteer firefighter who lost his life fighting a fire in Lower Merion Township July Fourth.Janelle Gan says she lives across the street from where the fire happened on Rosedale Rd. Neighbors

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Montco community honors volunteer firefighter killed in the line of duty on 4th of July

LOWER MERION, Pa. - Montgomery County residents honored a firefighter who lost his life taking on a fire in Lower Merion Township Sunday night.Volunteer firefighter Sean DeMuynck, who was 35-years-old and dedicated to the Penn Wynne-Overbrook Hills Fire Company, and his wife were set to return home to family in Canada before he died in the line of duty. "You never think one of your guys is going to pay the ultimate sacrifice and so we are struggling," said Lower Merion Township Chief Fire Officer Chas McGarvey.Janelle Gan says she lives across the street from where the fire happened on Rosedale Rd. Neighbors say the family in the house where the fire broke out was having a combined birthday and Fourth of July party.

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Arrest made in attempted abduction in Bala Cynwyd

Kent William Powe (Lower Merion Police Department) LOWER MERION, Pa. - Lower Merion police confirmed Thursday night that a man has been arrested in connection with an attempted abduction near an apartment building in Bala Cynwyd.According to police, the suspect pressed an object into a woman’s back at the Royal Athena Apartment Complex on Nov. 4 and said, “You know what this is?”The woman was able to get away.Police say Kent William Powe, 58, was taken into custody at a home Thursday morning in Collingdale without incident.

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Attempted kidnapping suspect in Cherry Hill possibly linked to incident in Bala Cynwyd

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Pa. - A man accused in an attempted kidnapping and assault in Cherry Hill is possibly linked to an incident in Bala Cynwyd.Lower Merion police say the man tried to kidnap a woman at the Royal Athena Apartments on Righters Ferry Road in early November.According to Cherry Hill police, it's believed to be the same man involved in a robbery and attempted kidnapping at a condo complex there last month.Police say in both incidents, the man approached a female victim by starting a friendly conversation before turning violent.The first incident happened Nov. 14 on Pacer Court around 7:30 p.m.

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Man charged in Lower Merion homicide

Sean Brown (Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office) MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Pa. - Prosecutors announced charges in connection with the murder of a 19-year-old in Lower Merion Township back in September.According to investigators, Sean Brown, 19, of Philadelphia, faces first-degree murder, possessing an instrument of crime, and related charges in the death of Nahray Crisden, 19.Lower Merion Police responded to a reported shooting in the 1400 block of Surrey Lane in Lower Merion on Sept. 13.Upon arrival, they located a deceased male who sustained apparent gunshot wounds to his torso.

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2 Montgomery County brothers shop for neighbors in an effort to help the community

Lauren Dugan reports on two brothers helping their neighbors by shopping for them

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