PHILADELPHIA – A sitting judge of the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas asserts she was subject to civil rights violations and unlawful arrest and detention, when a Plymouth Township police officer used her vehicle as a barricade to stop a suspect they were chasing and was allegedly not disciplined for doing so.
Residents in a dozen homes in Whitemarsh Township were awakened early Monday morning and told to evacuate the area following the derailment of 16 CSX train cars, some of which contained hazardous chemicals. The emergency was later lifted after authorities said there were no “active hazardous leaks.”