Indicted judge files suit to get pay reinstated

West Chester magisterial district judge says high court violated his rights Updated at 4:45 p.m. to add quote from Samuel C. Stretton By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times West Chester Magisterial Judge Mark A. Bruno alleges in a federal lawsuit that he was improperly suspended from his job. A suspended Chester County magisterial district judge implicated in the alleged Philadelphia Traffic...

Indicted local judge suspended without pay

State Supreme Court acted on petition filed Thursday by Judicial Conduct Board By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times  Magisterial District Judge Mark A. Bruno has been suspended without pay, pending final disposition of his federal criminal charges. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Friday ordered a Chester County magisterial district judge ensnared in the sweeping federal probe of alleged...

W. Chester jurist ordered to relinquish keys, ID

President judge said cases will be handled by rest of county’s magisterial district judges By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi (left) poses with Magisterial District Judge Mark A. Bruno at a District 11 Special Court Judges Association meeting in November. Pileggi has called for the end of Philadelphia Traffic Court, where Bruno, who was indicted...

D.A. believes high-profile criminal fled U.S.

Bench warrant issued for Sean O’Neill Jr., accused of violating parole A bench warrant has been issued for Sean O. O’Neill Jr., a high-profile criminal believed to have fled the U.S. Updated at 10 p.m. to add quote from defense attorney By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times A bench warrant has been issued for 23-year-old Sean O. O’Neill Jr., whose history of high-profile...

High-profile drunken-driver gets 60-day jail term

Defendant acknowledged that he wasn’t a typical first-time offender By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times A high-profile, drunken-driving defendant was sentenced yesterday to 60 days in prison. Chester County Court Judge William P. Mahon imposed the jail term on Sean O. O’Neill, a 23-year-old Delaware County resident who Sean O. O’Neill received a 60-day jail sentence for...

Sentence for high-profile drunken-driver debated

Both sides strongly disagree on the length of Sean O. O’Neill’s jail term By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times A high-profile, drunken-driving defendant who will be sentenced tomorrow in Chester County Court has inflamed passions on both Sean O. O’Neill will be sentenced tomorrow for a highly-publicized, drunk-driving offense in Chester County Court. sides. In pre-sentence...