A convicted felon who beat and strangled his girlfriend in her Richland Township residence last year was sentenced on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023, to 7 ½ to 15 years in state prison. Qadir Jones, 31, of Philadelphia, entered an open guilty plea on Nov. 2 to felony counts of prohibited possession of a...

A man who pretended to be a U.S. Marine in his plot to deceive an elderly Middletown Township couple out of almost $320,000 was sentenced on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023, to five to 12 years in state prison. Marc A. Cheeseman, 50, of Silverdale, pleaded guilty in September to theft by deception, a...

A man convicted of causing the drunk driving crash that injured two at a Bensalem intersection was sentenced on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023, to serve 18 to 36 months in a state correctional institution. David A. Perlman, 56, of Allentown, N.J., was found guilty by a Bucks County jury in late October...

A Warminster Township man was sentenced on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023, to serve 3 ½ years to 7 years in state prison after overdosing on heroin while caring for his 2-year-old daughter. Justin W. Kearns, 36, was convicted by a Bucks County jury in October of felony child endangerment. Common Pleas...