[ ]   A Warminster man/musician was sentenced to two to six years in prison for buying drugs and sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl he met on MySpace. (Courier Times)

  

From the story:

 

…(The defendant) who went by the name “Christopher Jive” on the popular social networking Web site, also will be a registered sex offender under Megan’s Law for 10 years. …Detectives used the phone number Leasher gave the victim to track him down at his girlfriend’s Montgomery County home.

  

Prosecutors say he initially lied to them but later confessed to the crime, calling the girl a “teenybopper” and one of his “young fans.” …Leasher was in a band, had a punk rock-oriented Web site and hosted a popular Texas radio program in the years before his arrest, Fink said.

  

 

 

[ ]   The reward for the capture of Eric Floyd, who is wanted in connection with the murder of Philadelphia Police Sgt. Stephen Liczbinski, is now more than $123,000. (Inky) The funeral is set for Friday. Internment will be at Resurrection Cemetery in Middletown. Traffic will be disrupted. (Courier Times blog)

 

Bizarre turns:

 

-         Fire Commissioner Ayers is not complying with Mayor Nutter’s request that flags be flown at half-staff. He, respectfully, believes that only the president or governor can give that order. (Daily News)

 

-         A completely sick, insensitive and skewed online site is lauding the alleged killers, as it does with others who earn “Ghetto Bragging Rights” by committing crimes. (via phillyBurbs)

 

-         The debate on gun control in both the city and the state has intensified. (Inky and Courier Times blog)

 

 

[ ]   A developer, whose planned use of the Stockham building at Pennsylvania Avenue and Bridge Street in Morrisville, included a burlesque-style gentleman’s club, has offered a compromise: a 1,000-square-foot vinyl billboard on the side of the building facing Route 1 and there will be no bare boobies. (Courier Times)

  

From the blurb:

 

More than 70 residents crowded Monday’s zoning hearing, most of whom seemed to be against the proposed gentleman’s club. As of late Monday, the zoning hearing board did not make a decision.

 

 

 

[ ]   Voters go to the polls during primaries in both Indiana and North Carolina today. (AP via phillyBurbs)

 

 

[ ]   PennDot to ‘burbs drivers: Sit there and shut up. Rt. 202 traffic will not get better anytime soon. (Inky)