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Villanova Parade Set For Thursday; Cosby Defense Scores Two Rulings; Cousin Charged w/ Stealing Guns

by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/04/18 1:37 am | updated: 04/04/18 1:38 am

Details have been announced for the Villanova National Championship Parade to celebrate the Wildcats' win in the NCAA Championship Monday night in San Antonio. The men's basketball team beat Michigan 79-62 to win their 2nd title in the past 3 years and third overall. Sophomore G Donte DiVincenzo scored a team high 31 points off the bench and won Most Outstanding Player. The parade will be held on Thursday, April 5th, starting at 11 a.m. in Center City Philadelphia. The parade will begin at 20th and Market and end with a 11:45 a.m. rally at Dilworth Park next to City Hall. It all will conclude at 12:30 pm. Expect street closures and parking restrictions around the parade route including Market Street, 16th-20th streets between JFK and Chestnut, and around City Hall. For more details about transportation, timing, and exact closures read the the City of Philadelphia's press release: City to Host Celebration Honoring 2018 Villanova Championship Team

Bill Cosby's defense received two favorable rulings today as jury selection continued ahead of his sexual assault retrial. Judge Steven Oâ€™Neill said that the defense will be allowed to call a witness that will testify that Cosby's accuser talked about setting up a celebrity or "high-profile person" and framing them so she could file a lawsuit. Marguerite Jackson worked at Temple University where Andrea Constand was a womenâ€™s basketball administrator at the time of the alleged assault. O'Neill did not allow Jackson to testify at the first trial saying it would be hearsay. The judge also ruled that the jury will be allowed to hear the amount of money that Cosby paid Constand in a 2006 civil settlement. Jury selections picked up slightly with 7 total now seated. Five of the jurors picked so far are white and two are black, with four men and three women.

The 20-year-old cousin of a 14-year-old Bucks County girl who was shot and stabbed to death in the home where they both lived has been arrested and charged with stealing two handguns that belong to his uncle. On Friday night, Colin Haag was found on the side of the road in Bensalem suffering from a self-inflicted gun shot wound to the neck. He had his uncle's .380-caliber Smith & Wesson Bodyguard pistol and a 9mm Smith & Wesson M&P pistol, which were taken from an upstairs bedroom. His cousin, Autumn Bartle, was found by her parents a few hours earlier at their home in Croydon, Bristol Township. She was taken to St. Christopherâ€™s Hospital in Philadelphia where she died on Monday. Haag is charged with one count of theft of the guns by unlawful taking or disposition. He has been named as a suspect in her death but has not been charged at this time. Bail has been set at $100,000.

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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA | responded: 04/04 1:38 am

20-year-old Colin Haag

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