Jim Melwert is the Suburban Bureau Chief for CBS Radio, focusing on local news in the United States, specifically in Pennsylvania, with a focus on the King of Prussia area. With a strong background in reporting on crime, politics, and community issues, Jim covers a wide range of stories that impact the local community.
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Jim Melwert’s reporting primarily focuses on local crime, legal proceedings, and government & politics in the United States, specifically Pennsylvania's Montgomery County and Bucks County. His articles often cover evolving stories and breaking news related to these topics.
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By: Jim Melwert
Investigators say there’s not enough evidence to change the manner of death of a woman who was found dead in her apartment in 2011. Ellen Greenberg’s family has been arguing for more than a decade that her death was a homicide, not a suicide.
Northeast Philly Democratic state Senator Jimmy Dillon conceded his race to Republican Joe Picozzi. While Republicans picked up a Senate seat in Philly for the first time in years, the party breakdown of each chamber in the GA will remain the same.
A Lansdale woman will serve at least nine months behind bars for lying to a grand jury and helping her boyfriend and another man after they killed someone on the Schuylkill River Trail.
By: Jim Melwert
A judge has ordered a former Uber driver accused of raping a passenger to stand trial on charges including rape by force and rape of an unconscious person.
Gov. Josh Shapiro will again be tasked with leading Pennsylvania while working with a divided Legislature with the same partisan makeup as his first two years in office. While his agenda at times got stuck in the political mud, he remains optimistic.
By: Jim Melwert
Gerald Spoto, a 42-year-old Levittown man has been sentenced to 35 to 88 years in prison for sexually abusing children when he worked for an after-school program nearly two decades ago.
By: Jim Melwert
Upper Merion High School sent a letter home to parents earlier this week alerting them to a case of whooping cough in the school. But according to Montgomery County health officials, cases are actually on the decline.
By: Jim Melwert
Sean Rivera admitted to drugging, kidnapping and killing 72-year-old Carol Clark back on Easter Sunday in 2023. She was found in a shed behind a community center in the Frankford section of Philadelphia.
By: Jim Melwert
While Ryan Selleny, 28, faces what prosecutor Lauren Marvel calls a “significant” prison sentence and will have to register as a sex offender on Megan’s List, the most serious charge he faces is burglary.
By: Jim Melwert
Damon Brantley is sentenced to 50 to 100 years in prison. He avoids a mandatory life sentence because the robbery and murder happened seven days before his 18th birthday. Under Pennsylvania law, a juvenile cannot be sentenced to life.
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