Jo Ciavaglia, Bucks County Courier Times

Jo Ciavaglia

Bucks County Courier Times

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  • Bucks County Courier Times
  • The Morning Call
  • The Intelligencer
  • USA TODAY
  • Knoxville News Sentinel
  • GoErie
  • BurlCo Times
  • WAAY 31

Past articles by Jo:

How a traffic stop took down an alleged Bucks County ghost gun 'empire'

The arrest of Russell Norton is the third tied to what Bucks County authorities are calling one of the largest drug and gun trafficking organizations recent local history. → Read More

6 dozen abandoned cats surrendered in Perkasie animal hoarding case

When the Bucks County SPCA showed up at a Perkasie apartment last week they rescued 14 cats abandoned after the tenant was evicted. → Read More

'Hoax mom' Bonnie Sweeten admits stealing nearly $150K from employer. Again.

Bonnie Sweeten was charged last month with stealing from a former friend who hired her after she was released from federal prison in 2016. → Read More

Homeless man arrested after getting on Bensalem school bus with students

The Bensalem school bus driver claims it was dark and foggy when he picked up a 40-year-old homeless man with other high school students at a stop. → Read More

Homeless man arrested after getting on Bensalem school bus with students

The Bensalem school bus driver claims it was dark and foggy when he picked up a 40-year-old homeless man with other high school students at a stop. → Read More

Bucks County 'hoax mom' Bonnie Sweeten, who faked kidnapping in 2009, faces new fraud charges

Bonnie Sweeten gained infamy in 2009 after she faked the kidnapping of her and her daughter after stealing from her employer and family. In reality, she was in Disney World. → Read More

Bucks County ‘Hoax Mom,’ who faked own kidnapping in 2009, now facing new fraud charges

Bucks County “Hoax mom” Bonnie Sweeten, who gained infamy in 2009 when she faked a kidnapping after stealing $700,000 from her employer and family is facing new charges that she embezzled from another Bucks County business. → Read More

Bucks County 'hoax mom' Bonnie Sweeten, who faked kidnapping in 2009, faces new fraud charges

Bonnie Sweeten gained infamy in 2009 after she faked the kidnapping of her and her daughter after stealing from her employer and family. In reality, she was in Disney World. → Read More

Police: Shooter who shot, killed two at Bucks County bar may have acted in self-defense

Preliminary evidence suggests an unidentified Bucks County man was acting in self-defense when he shot and killed two men and injured a third outside a popular Upper Southampton bar late Friday night, according to police. → Read More

FBI denies anti-abortion activist’s claims that SWAT force was used in arrest at Upper Bucks home

In a rare public disclosure, the Philadelphia FBI office is pushing back against widely circulated claims alleging the agency used excessive force in its arrest of a Bucks County anti-abortion activist, who is accused of twice assaulting an elderly clinic escort. → Read More

Bucks County Judge Diane Gibbons is retiring. Here's why she'll be back on the bench soon

Bucks County Judge Diane Gibbons is leaving the courtroom. But she won't be gone long. → Read More

Did you buy a lottery ticket in Montgomery County last year? Better check it.

Two big unclaimed Pennsylvania lottery tickets are set to expire soon. → Read More

Did you buy a lottery ticket in Montgomery County last year? Better check it.

Two big unclaimed Pennsylvania lottery tickets are set to expire soon. → Read More

Attorneys for mom behind Sesame Place video call for park owners to 'do the right thing'

Roughly two dozen protesters appeared outside the Middletown theme park late Saturday afternoon. Police arrested two of them for attempting to block traffic. → Read More

Two arrested during Sesame Place protest over viral video

A planned Saturday protest outside Sesame Place got off to a late start. Two men were arrested. → Read More

Separated as children, siblings reunite at brother's funeral thanks to efforts of MontCo coroner

Michael Cappetta and his six siblings were separated as children. Two of his siblings reunited at his funeral recently after years apart. → Read More

Separated as children, siblings reunite at brother's funeral thanks to efforts of MontCo coroner

Michael Cappetta and his six siblings were separated as children. Two of his siblings reunited at his funeral recently after years apart. → Read More

Sesame Place blames Rosita costume issues for snub that mom calls racist in viral video

In a statement park officials call the snub a misunderstanding and denied a mother's allegations that her children were ignored because they are Black. → Read More

Second death in a month reported at Bucks County jail in Doylestown

The death is the third reported this year at the Bucks County jail in Doylestown. → Read More

Second death in a month reported at Bucks County jail in Doylestown

The death is the third reported this year at the Bucks County jail in Doylestown. → Read More