Former state AG sent to treatment after probation violation
May 23, 2022 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s former top law enforcement officer, who served jail time for leaking secret investigative files and lying about it, admitted Monday that she violated her probation when she was arrested for drunken driving in March.
Man who fired shots into party headquarters gets prison term
May 12, 2022 GMTPHILADELPHIA (AP) — A suburban Philadelphia man who fired three shots into a local Democratic Party office on Inauguration Day in 2021 has been sentenced to more than three years in federal prison.
Man shoots, kills 2 teens after alleged robbery attempt
April 30, 2022 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say they are investigating the shooting deaths of two teenagers following an alleged robbery attempt in southeastern Pennsylvania.
The Montgomery County district attorney and Norristown police said the shooting occurred in an alley in Norristown at about 8 p.m.
Former state AG back in jail for alleged probation violation
April 29, 2022 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A former Pennsylvania attorney general who served jail time for leaking grand jury material and lying about it was taken into custody Friday on an alleged probation violation, more than a month after she was charged with drunken driving, officials said.
3 cemeteries vandalized, swastikas painted on headstones
February 25, 2022 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Police in Pennsylvania are investigating after three nearby Roman Catholic cemeteries were vandalized and swastikas were spray-painted on several headstones.
Man gets life terms in 2020 slayings of wife, mother-in-law
January 26, 2022 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A man has been convicted of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of his wife and mother-in law in a home near Philadelphia in which two small children were also present.
Closing arguments slated in slayings of wife, mother-in-law
January 25, 2022 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Closing arguments are scheduled Wednesday in the double murder trial of a man charged in the shooting deaths of his wife and mother-in law in a home near Philadelphia in which two small children were also present.
2nd arrest, 1 man sought in Thanksgiving stray bullet death
January 24, 2022 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A second suspect has been arrested and a third is being sought in the death of a man authorities said was hit by a stray bullet as he was eating Thanksgiving dinner in a home in the Philadelphia suburbs.
Man accused of shooting into party headquarters enters pleas
January 9, 2022 GMTPHILADELPHIA (AP) — A suburban Philadelphia man accused of firing three shots into a local Democratic Party office on Inauguration Day has pleaded guilty to related federal charges.
Anthony Nero, 48, entered the pleas last week to federal charges of sending threatening communications and cyberstalking in connection with threats days before the three shots were fired early Jan.
Stray bullet kills Pennsylvania man at Thanksgiving dinner
November 26, 2021 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pennsylvania (AP) — A man eating Thanksgiving dinner inside a home in the Philadelphia suburbs was killed by a stray bullet that pierced a window, authorities said.
The victim, Edilberto Miguel Palaez Moctezuma, 25, was shot in the torso just before 9:30 p.m., Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele said in a press release issued Friday.
In city, tents are seen as homeless solution; many disagree
November 20, 2021 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — When people facing homelessness in Norristown call Montgomery County officials for help, they’re told shelter is in short supply.
So, they are issued tents.
The idea enrages advocates in the municipality, who see this as an inadequate response to homelessness, which is increasing countywide.
Man accused of following man home from casino, killing him
October 31, 2021 GMTPLAINSBORO, N.J. (AP) — A man was charged with killing another man at his home in an attempted robbery after allegedly following him home from a Pennsylvania casino last week.
Middlesex County prosecutors and Plainsboro police said officers and first responders called to the home shortly after 3:30 a.m.
DA: 2 found dead; murder captured on home video surveillance
October 18, 2021 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say home video surveillance captured the murder of a woman found dead in a southeastern Pennsylvania home along with her husband.
Police were dispatched to the Pottstown home after a neighbor called 911 to report the shooting, the Montgomery County prosecutor's office said Monday.
First-degree murder in woman’s slaying outside train station
September 29, 2021 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A man has been convicted of first-degree murder in the stabbing death of an ex-girlfriend in the parking lot of a suburban Philadelphia train station last year.
Jurors in Montgomery County deliberated for about 2 1/2 hours Wednesday before convicting 19-year-old Gilbert Newton III of the first-degree charge in the slaying of 18-year-old Morgan McCaffery.
Attorney: Feds take case of shots fired into party office
March 3, 2021 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Federal prosecutors will be handling the case of a suburban Philadelphia man accused of firing three shots into a local Democratic Party office on Inauguration Day, according to the man's attorney...
Pennsylvania man charged with firing into Democratic office
February 19, 2021 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A suburban Philadelphia man who said he was stressed over losing his family, the COVID-19 shutdown and the “theft of the election” acknowledged firing three shots into a local Democratic Party office on Inauguration Day, prosecutors said.
DNA, genealogy research lead to teen’s arrest in sex assault
October 21, 2019 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say they used DNA testing and genealogy research to arrest a teenager in the gunpoint sexual assault of a woman in a suburban Philadelphia park...
Pennsylvania AG: Cardinal faces no penalties by resigning
October 12, 2018 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pennsylvania (AP) — Amid unfolding sex-abuse scandals, Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Donald Wuerl as archbishop of Washington...
The Latest: Pennsylvania prosecutor critical of Wuerl deal
October 12, 2018 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The Latest on the resignation of Washington Cardinal Donald Wuerl (all times Eastern):
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The prosecutor who released a grand jury report in August on rampant sex abuse in six Pennsylvania dioceses says it is unacceptable that Washington Cardinal Donald Wuerl is retiring with no apparent consequences.
Prosecutor pushes for legal change after clergy abuse report
October 12, 2018 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's top prosecutor has appealed to legislators to "do the right thing" and change state law so that civil cases can be pursued in court in decades-old clergy abuse cases...
The Latest: Cosby has several avenues to appeal conviction
September 26, 2018 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The Latest on the sentencing of Bill Cosby (all times local):
The Latest: Cosby accusers say he got what he deserved
September 26, 2018 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The Latest on Bill Cosby's sentencing hearing (all times local):
Cosby in cuffs: TV star gets 3 to 10 years for sex assault
September 26, 2018 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — At an age when other Hollywood stars are settling into retirement and collecting lifetime-achievement awards, an 81-year-old Bill Cosby was led away to prison in handcuffs Tuesday, sentenced to three to 10 years behind bars in what was seen by many of his accusers as a reckoning richly deserved and long overdue...
The Latest: Prosecutor wants 5 to 10 years for Cosby
September 25, 2018 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The Latest on Bill Cosby's sentencing hearing (all times local):
Cosby prosecutor asks for 5 to 10 years in prison
September 24, 2018 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Declaring Bill Cosby doesn't deserve a free pass because of his advanced age, prosecutors on Monday asked a judge to sentence the comedian to five to 10 years in prison for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman, while the defense argued that he is too old and helpless to do time behind bars...
The Latest: Judge orders house arrest for Bill Cosby
April 28, 2018 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The Latest on reaction following a guilty verdict in Bill Cosby's sexual assault retrial (all times local):...
Cosby confined to his home as team decries ‘public lynching’
April 27, 2018 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby's team blasted his sexual-assault trial as a "public lynching" Friday and began looking ahead to an appeal as the judge ordered house arrest for the 80-year-old comedian and said he would be outfitted with a GPS ankle monitoring device...
‘The real Bill Cosby’: Comedian convicted of sexual assault
April 27, 2018 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — After decades of whispers, lawsuits, investigations and close calls — and a multitude of women who lost hope anyone would ever believe their word against that of America's Dad — Bill Cosby could be headed to prison at age 80 for the remainder of his life...
The Latest: Accuser calls Bill Cosby ‘a raping monster’
April 27, 2018 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The Latest on Bill Cosby's sexual assault retrial (all times local):...
No verdict from Cosby jury; defense lawyers slammed
April 26, 2018 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The jury in Bill Cosby's sexual assault case ended a marathon first day of deliberations without reaching a verdict Wednesday as his lawyers came under heavy criticism for what some called a blatant attempt to "victim-shame" the parade of women who have leveled accusations against the 80-year-old comedian...
Jury in Bill Cosby case to begin deliberating on Wednesday
April 24, 2018 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The jury in Bill Cosby's sexual-assault retrial will begin deliberating Wednesday after a searing day of closing arguments in which the comedian was variously portrayed as a calculating predator who is finally being brought to justice, or the victim of a multimillion-dollar frame-up by a "pathological liar...
The Latest: Cosby jury to begin deliberating Wednesday
April 24, 2018 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The Latest on Bill Cosby's sexual assault retrial (all times local):
Closing arguments, deliberations loom in Bill Cosby retrial
April 23, 2018 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby's sexual assault retrial is set to go to the jury on Tuesday, but not before closing arguments pitting the prosecution's portrayal of a serial predator against the defense's contention that he's the victim of a "con artist" who made up drugging and molestation allegations to score a big payday.
Cosby defense team lobs attacks in court of public opinion
April 23, 2018 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Jurors weren't allowed to hear testimony that Bill Cosby's chief accuser was once hooked on hallucinogenic mushrooms or had her sights set on becoming a millionaire, but that hasn't stopped the defense from airing the explosive claims about Andrea Constand in the court of public opinion...
Defense says schedules show Cosby wasn’t around for assault
April 20, 2018 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Jurors got a look Friday at Bill Cosby's travel records as his lawyers made the case that he never visited his suburban Philadelphia mansion in the month he is accused of drugging and molesting a woman there...
At trial, experts debate drug Cosby gave to his accuser
April 20, 2018 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — It's long been one of the most enduring mysteries of Bill Cosby's sexual assault case: What drug did he give his chief accuser on the night she says he molested her?
Cosby has insisted he handed 1 ½ tablets of the over-the-counter cold and allergy medicine Benadryl to Andrea Constand to help her relax before their sexual encounter at his home outside Philadelphia more than a dozen years ago.
Cosby’s star witness says accuser spoke about plot to frame
April 19, 2018 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The chief accuser at Bill Cosby's sexual-assault retrial talked about framing a celebrity before going to police with her allegations in 2005, a key defense witness testified on Wednesday, a day that also featured prosecutors introducing Cosby's explosive deposition testimony about giving a 1970s party drug to women before sex...
The Latest: Cosby defense case to resume Thursday
April 18, 2018 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The Latest on Bill Cosby's sexual assault retrial (all times local):
Bill Cosby’s graphic testimony could undercut his defense
April 17, 2018 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby's own words from 2005 might have undercut his defense on sexual-assault charges...
Bill Cosby’s accuser denies framing him, knowing key witness
April 16, 2018 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby's chief accuser on Monday rejected a defense allegation that she manufactured her account of sexual molestation and was backed up by her mother, who said the comedian apologized and called himself a "sick man...
‘Your friends’: Constand tells Cosby jury of pills, assault
April 14, 2018 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby's chief accuser sent jurors into the weekend with a stark portrait of the night she says the man she viewed as a friend and mentor tricked her into taking a powerful drug and then humiliated her for his own sexual gratification...
The Latest: Cosby lawyers ask accuser about pyramid scheme
April 14, 2018 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The Latest on the Bill Cosby sexual-assault retrial (all times local):
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Bill Cosby's lawyers are trying to undermine his chief accuser's credibility by questioning why she promoted an alleged pyramid scheme.
Cosby accuser’s account remains consistent through 2 trials
April 14, 2018 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Andrea Constand told a jury Friday that Bill Cosby, a man she viewed as a friend and mentor, tricked her into taking a powerful drug and then humiliated her for his own sexual gratification...
Chief Cosby accuser says she was too weak to ‘fight him off’
April 13, 2018 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby's chief accuser took the witness stand for the second time to tell a story of molestation and broken trust, describing for jurors how the comedian knocked her out with three blue pills and then sexually assaulted her at his home.
Model says Cosby raped her; chief accuser to testify Friday
April 12, 2018 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The day before Bill Cosby's chief accuser was to take the witness stand at his sexual assault retrial, a former model and TV personality on Thursday gave jurors her own harrowing account of being drugged and raped by the comedy star in 1982...
The Latest: Chief Cosby accuser to take stand Friday
April 12, 2018 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The Latest on the Bill Cosby sexual-assault retrial (all times local):
3 accusers confront Cosby; one calls him a ‘serial rapist’
April 11, 2018 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Decades after they say Bill Cosby knocked them out with intoxicants and sexually assaulted them, three of his accusers confronted the 80-year-old comedian in court Wednesday, with one woman pointedly calling him a "serial rapist" and another asking him through her tears, "You remember, don't you, Mr...
Bill Cosby lawyer attacks accuser as prosecutors build case
April 10, 2018 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby's retrial took a far more combative turn Tuesday than the first go-round, as his lawyers launched a scathing attack on his accuser and prosecutors put the first in a parade of women on the stand to portray the comedian as a sexual predator...
Prosecutor says Cosby paid accuser nearly $3.4M
April 9, 2018 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby paid nearly $3.4 million to the woman he is charged with sexually assaulting, a prosecutor revealed to jurors Monday, answering one of the biggest questions surrounding the case as the comedian's retrial got underway...
Bill Cosby’s sex-assault retrial won’t be like the first one
April 9, 2018 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — With opening statements in Bill Cosby's sexual assault retrial set for Monday, prosecutors have lined up a parade of accusers to make the case that the man revered as "America's Dad" lived a double life as one of Hollywood's biggest predators.
Jury selection wraps up in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial
April 5, 2018 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Prosecutors and the defense wrapped up jury selection in the Bill Cosby sexual assault case Thursday, setting the stage for the first big celebrity trial of the #MeToo era...
Cosby jury filled as defense alleges discrimination
April 4, 2018 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A jury of seven men and five women — 10 of them white, two of them black — was seated Wednesday to decide Bill Cosby's fate in the biggest celebrity trial of the #MeToo era, after a day marked by defense accusations of racial discrimination...
Bill Cosby trial judge delivers 2 big victories to defense
April 3, 2018 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — As jury selection picked up speed, the judge in Bill Cosby's sexual assault retrial gave his legal defense a huge lift Tuesday with two rulings that could bolster the 80-year-old comedian's efforts to show his accuser made up the allegations against him in hopes of a big payday...
The Latest: Potential Cosby jurors claim hardship, want off
April 3, 2018 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The Latest on Bill Cosby's sexual assault retrial (all times local):
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A new group of potential jurors summoned to Bill Cosby's sexual assault retrial is proving more opinionated and less willing to serve than the panel that produced seven jurors over the last two days.
Most in Cosby jury pool have made up minds, know of #MeToo
April 2, 2018 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Prosecutors and the defense began the difficult task of picking a jury for Bill Cosby's sexual assault retrial Monday amid a powerful #MeToo movement that has pierced the consciousness of the men and women who will sit in judgment of the 80-year-old comedian...
Judge hints he may not allow Cosby quaalude testimony
March 30, 2018 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The judge in Bill Cosby's sexual assault retrial hinted Friday that he could keep jurors from hearing the comedian's prior testimony about giving quaaludes to women before sex, a potential blow to the prosecution's plans to portray him as a serial predator...
PIAA Class 6A Boys Quarterfinal Preview
March 17, 2018 GMTHazleton Area (25-1) vs. Abington (24-5)
1 p.m. Saturdayat Liberty HS, Bethlehem
How they got here: District 2 champion Hazleton Area beat District 1 No. 7 seed Norristown, 62-45, in the first round; and District 11 No.
Experts: Prosecutors get edge if accusers testify vs. Cosby
March 6, 2018 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Letting jurors hear from Bill Cosby's dozens of accusers would strengthen prosecutors' he-said-she-said case by showing the one criminal case against him fits an alleged five-decade pattern of sexual misconduct, legal experts said Tuesday...
Prosecutors push judge to let other Cosby accusers testify
March 5, 2018 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby made his first court appearance of the #MeToo era on Monday as defense lawyers tried without success to get his sexual assault case thrown out, then turned their attention to blocking some of the 80-year-old comedian's dozens of accusers from testifying at his looming retrial...
The Latest: Cosby judge to weigh testimony from 19 accusers
March 5, 2018 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The Latest on a pretrial hearing in Bill Cosby's sexual assault case (all times local):...
Cosby’s retrial delayed as new legal team joins case
August 22, 2017 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby's retrial on sexual assault charges will be delayed until next year as his new legal team gets up to speed on the case, which pits the 80-year-old comedian against a woman who says he drugged and molested her more than a decade ago...
Reward of $10K offered in Norristown Farm Park sexual assault
August 2, 2017 GMTBy Staff
A $10,000 reward was announced Wednesday afternoon for information leading Montgomery County investigators to identify and arrest the man who sexually assaulted a 19-year-old woman at gunpoint Tuesday morning at a popular Norristown park.
Norristown Farm Park visitors shocked by sexual assault
August 2, 2017 GMTBy Staff
Runners and walkers, some of them wary and cautious, returned Wednesday to the vast Montgomery County park where a 19-year-old woman was sexually assaulted at gunpoint Tuesday morning.
Cosby alternate juror ‘probably’ would have voted to convict
June 19, 2017 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — An alternate juror in Bill Cosby's sexual assault case said Monday he "probably" would have voted to convict and was "ridiculously sick" when he found out the main jury couldn't reach a verdict...
Bill Cosby faces 2nd trial in sexual assault case
June 18, 2017 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby, the comedian and actor once known as "America's Dad" for his TV role as paternal Dr...
The Latest: For Bill Cosby, 2nd sex assault trial ahead
June 18, 2017 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The Latest on Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial (all times local):
At impasse, Bill Cosby jury tests patience of judge, defense
June 17, 2017 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The jury in Bill Cosby's sexual assault case ended a fifth day of deliberations Friday without reaching a verdict, testing the patience of defense lawyers and even the judge as it struggled to break a deadlock by making repeated runs through testimony given by the TV star, his accuser and others.
Deadlocked jury in Cosby trial wraps up for the night
June 16, 2017 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Four days after getting the case, deadlocked jurors in Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial struggled to end their impasse Thursday on charges he drugged and molested a woman in 2004, the prospect of a mistrial growing larger even as the judge directed them to keep talking...
The Latest: Cosby trial jurors call it quits for night
June 16, 2017 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The Latest on the sexual assault trial of Bill Cosby (all times local):
Amid criminal case, Cosby fighting lawsuits by 10 women
June 14, 2017 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — As Bill Cosby awaits a verdict in his sexual assault case in Pennsylvania, the comedian's civil lawyers are fighting lawsuits against him by 10 women around the country...
Cosby jury sent home after deliberating 4 hours
June 13, 2017 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The jury at Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial deliberated without reaching a verdict Monday over whether he drugged and molested a woman more than a decade ago in a case that already has helped demolish the 79-year-old comedian's good-guy image...
Cosby on trial: Gripping testimony, brisk pace mark Week 1
June 10, 2017 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial in Pennsylvania has moved at a brisk pace and produced gripping testimony along with moments of levity. The case could reach the jury early this week.
Prosecutors rest their case at Bill Cosby’s trial
June 9, 2017 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Prosecutors wrapped up their case against Bill Cosby on Friday, saving until practically the very end the comedian's damaging, decade-old testimony about giving quaaludes to women he wanted to have sex with...
Cosby’s lurid decade-old testimony is read to the jury
June 9, 2017 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The jury at Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial heard from the comedian without him actually taking the stand Thursday as prosecutors read into the record his lurid, decade-old testimony about what he said were several sexual encounters with Andrea Constand that culminated in him giving her pills and then reaching into her pants...
Bill Cosby goes on trial, his legacy and freedom at stake
June 6, 2017 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby went on trial Monday on charges he drugged and sexually assaulted a woman more than a decade ago, with prosecutors immediately introducing evidence the 79-year-old TV star once known as America's Dad had done it before to someone else...
Cosby accuser calm and focused as trial nears, friends say
June 3, 2017 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — When Andrea Constand takes the stand in the coming days to break her decade-long silence about Bill Cosby, jurors will hear from a free spirit who devotes her life to family, her French poodle, and her work treating cancer patients and others as a massage therapist...
After death, 12-year-old Norristown boy awarded for his bravery
March 22, 2017 GMTBy Staff
A 12-year-old Norristown boy who died last year after running back into his house to try to save his father from a raging fire is one of 20 recipients of a national award honoring acts of bravery, the Pittsburgh-based Carnegie Hero Fund Commission announced Wednesday.
Norristown Kappas host 87th Northeastern Province Council
March 22, 2017 GMTKappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated held its 87th Northeastern Province Council last week in King of Prussia. Hosted by the Norristown Alumni, Lehigh and Kutztown University undergraduate chapters, the assembly was a true demonstration of a community “United in Service.”
Sequestered jury from outside area to decide Bill Cosby case
February 28, 2017 GMTNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A sequestered jury from an outside county will decide the sexual assault case against Bill Cosby, a suburban Philadelphia judge ruled Monday, rejecting a defense request to move the trial because of worldwide media reports that the actor's lawyers say brand him a "serial rapist...
Will Cosby trial be moving from Norristown? Judge to hear arguments today
February 24, 2017 GMTBy Jeremy Roebuck and Laura McCrystal, STAFF WRITERS
Bill Cosby will return to a Norristown courtroom Monday in hopes of resolving one of the last outstanding issues before his sexual assault trial: where it will be held and where the jurors will come from.