Pa. court upholds life prison sentence for murder of Harrisburg NAACP president’s daughter
Updated Mar 05, 2021;
A Dauphin County man convicted of killing the daughter of the Greater Harrisburg Area Chapter of the NAACP during a botched home invasion robbery has failed to convince a state appeals court that his life prison sentence isn’t deserved.
In upholding that punishment, and the second-degree murder conviction tied to it, the Superior Court panel rejected Jaliel Rodriguez’s argument that prosecutors didn’t prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he fatally shot 26-year-old Patrice Allen in her Harrisburg home in September 2017.
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Meet Andy Scott, who is behind some of Mobile’s coolest signs
Updated Mar 03, 2021;
Posted Mar 03, 2021
Andy Scott of New Hand Signs works in a former mechanic s shop in downtown Mobile. His office is housed in a 1948 Spartan Manor camper, seen behind him.
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Not long ago, Andy Scott was working in his shop at the corner of St. Anthony and St. Lawrence streets in downtown Mobile when an older man pulled up and asked him, “Are you the sign painter?” Turns out, the guy had been a sign painter in New Orleans. He’d heard about a young man in Mobile with a relatively new business, New Hand Signs, and sought him out.
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Mardi Gras 2021 in Mobile: A ‘downer,’ but few criminal complaints and flashier houses
Updated Feb 17, 2021;
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To illustrate the real story of Mardi Gras 2021, take a look at the police records.
A year ago, 290 vehicles were towed from downtown Mobile, an increase of 227 from the 2019 Carnival.
This year: Not one vehicle was removed requiring owners to fork over $150 to retrieve it from a special Mardi Gras impound.
In a typical Mardi Gras season, officers will respond to close to 500 complaints, and issue well over 400 tickets. During Fat Tuesday, the Mobile police department logged nine complaints, and no tickets were issued.
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