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Man Killed Aunt Then Stole Her Car, Police Say: Patch PM

Also: One-year-old girl mourned / Bucks County fire sends two to hospital / Montco swears in gay judge / Plus, your commute.

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Levittown Man Killed His Aunt, Stole Her Car: Police

A Bucks County man is facing homicide charges after authorities say he killed his aunt at her Pennsbury Woods Apartment. Jeffrey Stafford, 39, was arrested Thursday and charged with criminal homicide in the death of his aunt, Alisa Wilson, who lived in the Pennsbury Woods Apartment Complex.

FOX29 reports that Stafford told a friend that he may have given Wilson too many sleeping pills. He was later found driving her car and in possession of her money and jewelry, reports say.

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Collegeville Family Mourns Loss Of 1-Year-Old, Community Rallies

  • The community is rallying behind a local family that recently lost their one-year-old daughter.

Two Hospitalized After Fire Destroys Bucks County House

  • Two people were transported to St. Mary Medical Center after suffering from smoke inhalation and burns in a fire that badly damaged a Plumsteadville home on Wednesday evening, authorities said.

Montgomery County Swears In First Openly Gay Judge

  • Daniel J. Clifford, 56, officially joined the 22-member bench before a crowd of more than 200 friends and supporters.

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