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	Guilty Plea in Body-parts Case Philadelphia Daily News August 29, 2008 http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20080829_Briefly______CITY_REGION.html Michael Mastromarino, 44, of Fort Lee, N.J., the alleged ringleader of the million-dollar scam to harvest diseased body parts of 244 Philadelphians, was expected to plead guilty today in Common Pleas Court to multiple counts of abuse of corpse, theft and related offenses. The plea will come just days before jury selection is slated in the trial of two Philadelphia funeral-home operators, Louis and Gerald Garzone, who are accused of selling body tissue to Mastromarino, who in turn allegedly sold them to processors for transplants. Mastromarino already has pleaded guilty in New York to charges of enterprise corruption and body-stealing. 2G reward offered in murder The Citizens Crime Commission is administering a $2,000 reward for the arrest and conviction of the killer or killers of Yvonne A. Adams, 47, who was found beaten and asphyxiated in her home on Howard Street near Duncannon Avenue, Olney, on Dec. 15, 2006. To be eligible for the reward, information must be called in to the Crime Commission Tipline - 215-546-TIPS - and the caller will receive a code number from the operator. Accused priest defrocked John Mulholland, a former Roman Catholic priest who was the subject of a charge of sexual abuse of a minor in 2005, has been granted his request to be removed from the priesthood. The Philadelphia Archdiocese said that after the charge was received, Muhlolland's ministry was restricted. The Archdiocese investigated the accusation, which later was substantiated. Mulholland served from May 1965 in these parishes: St. Patrick, Kennett Square; St. Joseph; Warrington; St. Anastasia, Newtown Square; Blessed Virgin Mary, Darby; Holy Child, Philadelphia; Stella Maris, Philadelphia; St. Francis of Assisi, Norristown; Immaculate Conception, Levittown, and St. Dominic, Philadelphia. He also served as chaplain of the Immaculate Mary Home, Philadelphia. Guv: I won't veto toll raises Gov. Jon Corzine says he won't stop the planned toll hike for four bridges over the Delaware. Corzine has veto power over decisions by the Delaware River Port Authority, which operates the bridges, but says he won't exercise it in this case. The toll hikes will go into effect Sept. 14 for the Betsy Ross, Ben Franklin, Walt Whitman and Commodore Barry bridges. Drivers will pay $4, up from $3. The tolls will rise to $5 in two years. Drunk-driving deaths dip 6% Drunken-driving deaths are decreasing in New Jersey. According to new federal data released yesterday by AAA Mid-Atlantic, there were 47 fewer DUI-related deaths in the state in 2007 than the year before, a drop of 6 percent. New Jersey recorded 199 DUI-related deaths last year, or about 28 percent of all Garden State road fatalities. *
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