Today is gonna be the day that they’re gonna throw it back to you.

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The prison sentence of Teri Rhodes has been thrown out.

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Several legal stories today.
The U.S. Department of Justice filed a complaint today on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection against Erie Coke Corporation for Clean Air Act violations at its coke foundry. The company has been fined several times for high levels of air pollution. Is [...]

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We’ve not hidden our thoughts that PA’s liquor laws are woefully archaic. If you go to a grocery store in New York or Ohio, you can easily buy a 6 pack of beer, but not so in PA. However, things might be changing. The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court made a ruling yesterday that now allows beer [...]

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Mid-day, the snow machine kicked up and Erie and Crawford Counties got dumped on. I-79 southbound was closed for a few hours yesterday after a truck jack-knifed. At one point last night, we were getting an inch and hour. We’re guessing that we’re going to break the all-time record this year.
Teri Rhodes has formally appealed [...]

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Judge William Cunningham has upheld his sentencing of Teri Rhodes. Rhodes pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of her newborn baby. Judge Cunningham sentenced Rhodes last fall to 9 to 18 years in prison. There will be a hearing on February 4 to determine if Rhodes can be released on bail pending her appeal. [...]

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One week ago Judge Cunningham heard from Teri Rhodes’ attorney who asked for a reduction in Rhodes sentence. Judge Cunningham asked that District Attorney Brad Foulk provide his thoughts on the matter. Foulk — having much to say in a press conference after the sentencing and taking umbrage to statements made by Judge [...]

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Erie is mentioned briefly in this Vanity Fair cover story about Tina Fey. Fey was able to get her husband’s parents to meet Sarah Palin at her Erie rally through her connections with the McCain campaign and SNL – not to mention her dead-on impression.
East 12th Street will remain closed between Bacon Street and [...]

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Today is the first day of deer hunting. If you’re going out, please be careful and don’t shoot the animals with the orange vests. Unfortunately, the weather doesn’t look that great for hunting–snow isn’t expected to start falling until later in the day.
Congratulations you survived Black Friday.  Today for internet retailers is their Black [...]

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We hit the wall last night about 6 p.m. No more turkey. No more stuffing. No more pumpkin pie. Football was watched, naps were had, families were visited, thanking was done. We think at one point were even pulled a Roberto Duran and muttered “no más.” This morning, we woke up and the first thing, [...]

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It was a busy day yesterday in the court system. Teri Rhodes was sentenced 9 to 18 years in a state correctional facility for the murder of her newborn child.  Rhodes’ lawyer, Philip Friedman, does not agree with the length sentence and plans to appeal.  Judge William Cunningham made a just and sound decision under [...]

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Teri Rhodes was sentenced to 9 to 18 years in prison today.
Ed Palattella reports in the Erie Times News that the sentence falls in the “aggravated” range of the Pennsylvania sentencing guidelines for voluntary manslaughter, which is a first-degree felony.
Rhodes pled guilty to voluntary manslaughter this past August for the murder of her own [...]

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Teri Rhodes will appear before court today for sentencing. Rhodes pled guilty to voluntary manslaughter this past August for the murder of her own child whom she gave birth in her Mercyhurst apartment and immediately suffocated to death. Rhodes was a sophmore attending Mercyhurst when she gave birth to the full-term baby girl [...]

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Pennsylvania Lietenant Governer Catherine Baker Knoll has passed away at the age of 78. She was battling cancer. She was also state treasurer before becoming the state’s first female Lt. Governor. She had three sons, Albert Knoll, Dr. Kim Eric Knoll, and Charles Knoll, Esq., and a daughter Mina Baker Knoll, C.P.A.. Her Husband Charles, [...]

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Teri Rhodes, 19, pled guilty to charges voluntary manslaughter yesterday. She will be sentenced in the fall and faces a maximum sentence of 10 to 20 years in prison or may be as low as two years. Ed Palattella of the Times-News wrote this, explaining the voluntary manslaughter charge:
Voluntary manslaughter is a first-degree felony that [...]

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What did the five fingers say to the face of Erie County Government? SLAP! Judge Michael ruled yesterday that Erie County government will not get its way with half of the tax revenue generated from Presque Isle Downs & Casino. Instead Summit Township along with Millcreek, McKean, and Greene townships and McKean [...]

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Firefox 3 is being released today. The browser boasts a myriad of improvements, better security and speed increases. Internet Explorer = stunned.

A handful of people turned out last night to voice their concerns over the Port Authority’s plan to keep unaccompanied minors from attending the 8 Great Tuesday concerts. The ban will further be explored [...]

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The deal in which Teri Rhodes was expected to plead guilty on Friday hit a delay and was postponed. Everyone was in court but left without anything being accomplished. Nobody is talking. Rhodes gave birth in her Mercyhurst College apartment on August 12. The baby lived 10 minutes before the newborn girl was suffocated to [...]

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Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong spent 9 hours in court in the first day of two in a mental competency hearing. What a wast of time. Expert witnesses differed in their opinion according to who was paying them, the prosecution or the defense. I think everyone agrees she nuts, ie a wacked out bi__. The question is, does [...]

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The Erie Times-News / GoErie.com reported that Teri Rhodes will enter a guilty plea on Friday. Everyone involved is being tight lipped about the deal. The plea deal takes the death penalty off the table. If the deal does not include a VERY long prison sentence, I think there will be community outrage.
Rhodes murdered her [...]

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The John Kanzius Cancer Research Foundation now has a web site. I hope it helps with fund raising and creates more awareness of the project. The leaders of the foundation need more of a sense of urgency in their efforts or Erie will be left out of the human trials. At least $8 million needs [...]

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Teri Rhodes waived her right to a preliminary hearing on charges she murdered her newborn baby by suffocating the baby girl 10 minutes after birth. Charges include abusing a corpse, concealing the death of a child and a general charge of criminal homicide. The homicide charge could range from involuntary manslaughter to first degree [...]

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On August 12, Terri Rhodes, a member of the volleyball team at Mercyhurst College, gave birth to a baby girl. Rhodes gave birth in her apartment. The baby survived 10 minutes before Rhodes allegedly killed the baby. Her own baby. The baby died by suffocation – either by having something placed over her face or [...]

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Questions are now being raised as to why Malcolm Kysor, who escaped from prison on Sunday and is still on the loose, was transferred from maximum security prisons to the State Correctional Institution at Albion, a medium security prison. Kysor was sentenced to life without parole for a 1981 murder in Erie County.
Wonder if they’re [...]

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Someone call Meadow Brook Dairy and have justice placed on the side of milk cartons.
The preliminary hearing for Teri Rhodes was scheduled for Nov 7 in front of District Judge Joseph LeFaiver at the Erie County Courthouse. Why didn’t it take place?
Teri Rhodes gave birth on August 12. The baby only survived 10 minutes before [...]

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A teenage coed athlete at a Catholic college has a baby in her dorm room and kills the baby soon after it’s born and places it a plastic bag. I’m not talking about the case of 18 year old Teri Rhodes, the Mercyhurst College volleyball player that suffocated her baby, Jane Doe Rhodes, back on [...]

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After the closing bell on Wall Street on Monday, Erie Insurance announced that the company plans to write business in Minnesota beginning in the fourth quarter of 2009. If this sounds familiar they announced this once before but then put a halt to expansion plans. Erie Insurance currently writes in Indiana, Maryland, New York, North [...]

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There have been a large number of blog posts from Erie and non-Erie related sites over the last few days covering the charging of Teri Rhodes relating to the death of her baby. The opinions are all over the place – some in support of Ms. Rhodes, others taking her to task for her alleged [...]

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The monster Teri Rhodes was finally charged with homicide and related charges including abuse of a corpse. Rhodes gave birth on August 12. The baby only survived 10 minutes before it suffocated to death. Police found the dead baby in a plastic bag. Her baby. She cut the umbilical cord with a pair of scissors [...]

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19-year-old Teri Rhodes has been formally charged with criminal homicide, abusing a corpse and concealing the death of a child amongst other charges relating to the death of her newborn baby. Rhodes gave birth then put the baby in a plastic bag. Rhodes is now in Erie County jail without bond.
YourErie.com reports:
After obtaining her lap [...]

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Teri Rhodes, the Mercyhurst College student whose baby died minutes after giving birth, still hasn’t been charged with a crime. It’s now been 5 weeks — 35 days. Erie County Coroner Lyell Cook declared the death a homicide. Cook said the baby was born alive and suffocated to death. Police found the baby in a [...]

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The Detroit News reported that Teri Rhodes withdrew from school and has returned to her Michigan home. Rhodes, the Mercyhurst College student whose baby died minutes after giving birth, still hasn’t been charged with a crime by Erie County District Attorney Brad Foulk. Erie County Coroner Lyell Cook declared the death a homicide. Cook said [...]

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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court suspended Superior Court Judge Michael Joyce of Erie, who was indicted on federal charges of defrauding two insurance companies out of $440,000. Joyce was ‘injured’ in a 2001 car accident and said he had so much pain he couldn’t hold a cup of coffee. Joyce had been seen playing golf, scuba [...]

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Teri Rhodes gave birth in her Mercyhurst College apartment on Sunday. The baby was born alive. Rhodes murdered her baby minutes later by suffocating the unfortunate child. Police found the baby in a plastic bag. Erie County Coroner Lyell Cook declared the death a homicide. Erie County District Attorney Brad Foulk has not yet filed [...]

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Mercyhurst sophomore Teri Rhodes gave birth in her campus apartment. Police found the baby dead and in a plastic bag. An autopsy was performed to see if the baby was alive at birth or if she had a miscarriage. There are many more questions than answers at this point.
Pennsylvania Housing and Redevelopment Assistance funding grants [...]

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