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Former Commish, John Timoney Dies; Woman Arrested for Horse Doping; Kane Has No Regrets

by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 08/18/16 2:32 pm | updated: 08/18/16 2:32 pm

John Timoney, 68, a former New York City police officer who became Philadelphia's police commissioner and an influential figure in law enforcement, died Tuesday after a battle with lung cancer. An Irish immigrant with a colorful personality, Mr. Timoney was Philadelphia's police commissioner from 1998 to 2002. He was 68. Timoney was regarded as a thinking man's cop with a street sensibility, equally comfortable pushing for the use of data and statistics in how officers were deployed, and patrolling the streets on his bicycle even while atop the department. Mr. Timoney died Tuesday after being rushed to a Miami hospital, said his younger brother, Ciaran. Mr. Timoney, who was living in Florida, was scheduled to undergo further lung-cancer treatment Wednesday, but suffered complications at home the night before.

A Bucks County woman has been arrested after she allegedly administered performance-enhancing drugs to racehorses, the Attorney General's office announced Thursday. Marian Vega, 25, a groom at the Parx Casino and Racing facility in Bensalem, has been charged with one count of rigging a publicly exhibited contest. She was released on $20,000 unsecured bail to await a preliminary hearing. According to the Attorney General's office, Vega administered doses of the drug Clenbuterol to a number of horses that was beyond "accepted guidelines." Vega was also found with a bottle of the drug during the investigations by the state's Horse Racing Commission and the Attorney General's Organized Crime Section and Gaming Unit..

Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane says she has no regrets as she left her office the state's top law enforcement official. Kane, who was convicted this week of perjury and other crimes, told reporters outside her Scranton office. "I try to live every day like it's my last. I try to do the best job I can every day. And I have no regrets. I hope that people see that we've done our best. And, you know, sometimes the price is high." By day's end, Kane had stepped down from the job after a tumultuous tenure marked by missteps and petty personal vendettas that culminated with her conviction Monday for abusing the powers of her office. A Montgomery County jury found that the 50-year-old Scranton Democrat orchestrated the leak of secret grand jury information to a newspaper to discredit a former state prosecutor, Frank Fina, whom she considered an enemy. Prosecutors said Kane acted out of revenge, believing that Fina had been the source for an Inquirer story that raised questions about her decision to shut down an undercover corruption probe.

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