Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Donald Dinkins III of Abington pleaded guilty Tuesday to homicide by vehicle charges in the death of Sharon Ann Minnick.
A 30-year-old Abington man will serve between 11 1/2 to 23 months behind bars in connection with a Jan. 27 Easton Road crash that claimed the life of a Horsham woman. Donald Dinkins III of Penn Avenue in the Glenside section of Abington, on Tuesday pleaded guilty to homicide by vehicle charges in the death of 50-year-old Sharon Ann Minnick of Horsham, according to phillyburbs.com. Speed and marijuana were thought to be contributing factors to the Easton Road crash, and subsequently, Minnick's death, authorities said upon charging Dinkins in April. "Based upon the post-impact roadway evidence left by the Dinkins vehicle, Detective (Robert) Turner determined that the minimum speed of the Dinkins vehicle was 59 miles per hour," according to …
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Both sides reached a plea agreement related to the homicide by vehicle deaths of 2010 Hatboro-Horsham High School graduates Edward Coombs and Robert Nagel.
The driver in an August 2011 crash that killed two of his best friends traded a potential 27-and-a-half year sentence for the possibility of being paroled after 3-and-a-half years under a plea agreement reached by both sides Tuesday. Connor James McNicholas, 20, of Bryant Court in Ambler, pleaded guilty to roughly one-third of the charges related to the single vehicle collision, which claimed the lives of fellow 2010 Hatboro-Horsham High School graduates Edward Coombs and Robert Nagel on Aug. 6. McNicholas has pleaded guilty to one of two counts of homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence; and one of two counts of homicide by vehicle. In all, McNicholas pleaded guilty to seven of 20 charges that prosecutors had lodged against …
Monday, October 31, 2011
Connor McNicholas waived his preliminary hearing Monday and will be formally arraigned on Dec. 14.
The families, friends – and even the prosecutor seeking justice – came to Hatboro’s district court Monday afternoon ready to hear details of the evening that would claim the lives of 2010 Hatboro-Horsham High School graduates Edward Coombs and Robert Nagel. But, the 20-year-old friend of Coombs and Nagel, Connor McNicholas, the driver who authorities said had a blood alcohol level more than five times the legal limit following the Aug. 6 high speed crash in Horsham, signed a waiver eliminating the need for a preliminary hearing. Prosecutor Tony Forray, senior deputy attorney general, said Monday’s waiver simply meant that McNicholas chose “not to contest the charges.” McNicholas’ attorney, Peter Scuderi, said afterward, “We don’t want to …
Richard Yosmanovich
7:48 pm on Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Street lights make sense. Thisw street is the worst at night and in the winter because it gets dark sooner. People are always crossing for the bus and almost always have dark or completely black clothes on. more ›