🌱 Patch AM: How a Norristown “goldmine” cocaine ring led to a decade in prison

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In today's newsletter:

• How a Norristown "goldmine" cocaine ring led to a decade in prison
• Norristown man faces long sentence after Chain Street shooting conviction

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Today's riddle: What has a neck but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Sunshine and less humid, with a high of 81 and low of 60 degrees.
• Sunday: Humid; a stray p.m. t-shower, temps: high: 85, low: 67.
• Monday: An afternoon shower; humid, with a high of 85 and low of 68 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Norristown cocaine trafficker draws up to a decade in prison (pottsmerc.com subscription) — A Norristown resident has been sentenced to 5–10 years in state prison for his role in a large cocaine trafficking network that authorities say flooded Norristown and nearby communities with drugs. Investigators describe how collapsing cocaine prices turned the borough into a "goldmine" for dealers, prompting a major multi-agency operation that seized drugs, guns, and cash and targeted dozens of suspects across Montgomery County.
   

• Norristown man convicted of assault and gun charges in borough shooting (pottsmerc.com subscription) — A Norristown resident has been convicted of assault and gun charges after a 2024 shooting on Chain Street where bullets hit a vehicle and home but injured no one. A Montgomery County jury found the 48-year-old guilty on several counts, and he now faces a potentially lengthy prison sentence while awaiting a future sentencing date in county jail.
   

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Sunday September 6
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Saturday September 12
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  Elmwood Park Zoo, 1661 Harding Blvd, Norristown
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Monday September 14
• Sixth Annual Kids' Fair in the Seventeenth →
  Elmwood Park Zoo, 1661 Harding Blvd, Norristown
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Chesterbrook

• Carpoolers' Road Rage Led To Main Line Shooting; Then, 6 Guns Vanished: Court Docs (patch.com)

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