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Father faces charges in 7-year-old’s subway death

The father of a 7-year-old boy who died after he fell between two moving subway cars in Philadelphia last year is now facing manslaughter charges.

Aden Devlin was selling candy with his older brother on the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority’s Broad Street Line when he slipped and was run over near the Allegheny station in September 2018.

Authorities say the boys’ father, 37-year-old Troy Devlin of Philadelphia, and 27-year-old Jahras Edwards, a family friend, were using Devlin’s children and other kids to earn money for them.

Mayor says city treasurer overstepping authority

WILMINGTON, Del. — The mayor of state’s largest city is suing its treasurer, saying she is overstepping her authority.

The lawsuit filed Wednesday claims Velda Jones-Potter has been scheduling and withholding payments from the treasury without authorization.

The lawsuit follows a warning letter that Mayor Michael Purzycki sent Potter in April, accompanied by a city solicitor’s opinion. The letter was prompted by Potter’s announcement that she intended to pay $1.2 million off a $3.4 million loan to J.P. Morgan related to the Wilmington Housing Partnership.

— Compiled from The Associated Press

The nonprofit partnership was formed to renovate blighted houses but ran out of money because of financial mismanagement. The lawsuit says Potter has refused to participate in negotiations for a debt-refinancing bond issuance.

It also claims she has withheld rent payments for the city’s leased-access television station.

Wrong way driver charged in fatal crash in N.J.

NEWARK, N.J. — A New Jersey man who police said crashed into a car and killed an off-duty corrections officer as he sped away from police going the wrong way down a one way street has been charged with manslaughter and other violations.

NJ.com reports that 24-year-old Dashawn Walton, of Newark, has been charged in connection with the death of 49-year-old Omar Martin.

Prosecutors said that Hillside police tried to pull over Walton’s car, but he sped away in the early morning of Aug. 24 instead of stopping.

Police chased Walton down Aldine Street where he crashed into Martin’s car at an intersection. Martin’s car was pushed into a utility pole and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Walton has been held at Essex County Jail since the crash.