Cops

A PASSENGER who apparently didn't want to settle for coach on his flight from Philadelphia to Florida on Wednesday night posed as a pilot so he could sit in the cockpit instead, police say. Philippe Jeannard, 60, of La Rochelle, France, had a ticket for the flight but allegedly donned what appeared to be an Air France captain's outfit and gained access to the cockpit of a US Airways flight departing Philadelphia International Airport. "When Jeannard could not produce proper credentials, he was removed from the flight and the police were notified," said Jillian Russell, a Police Department spokeswoman.

A WOMAN WHO had been banned from an Upper Darby dollar store doused store employees with pepper spray as they tried to escort her out on Monday, and when they tackled her to the ground, she gave the spray can to her 7-year-old daughter and told her to finish the fight, police said. " 'You know what to do, baby. Spray it!' " Delaina Garling allegedly told her daughter. The alleged actions of this early contender for mother of the year follow on the heels of another woman who was arrested in Upper Darby last week for allegedly forcing her daughter to fight another girl.

IN AMERICA, some boys get bicycles for their birthdays and others get military-style rifles. One South Jersey boy got the latter recently for his 11th birthday, and his father, Shawn Moore, posted a picture of him on Facebook, bedecked in camouflage, cradling his new semiautomatic Smith & Wesson M&P15-22. But someone saw the picture on Facebook and reported it to New Jersey's Division of Children and Families, and the agency came knocking Friday, with the police. "Last night I was out with a buddy of mine.

MOST PEOPLE post what they ate for lunch, brag about their kids or lament a slow workday on their Facebook status. Omar Woods of Kensington confessed a crime: "I'm on da run for 3 attemed [sic] murders. " That status update, along with photos that Woods later posted of himself with a handgun jammed in his waistband, now could help convict him in a July shooting in Kensington that injured three people. As social-media use grows, more scofflaws, like Woods, are posting incriminating information or photos online.

THE WORDS came out of Daniel Castro's mouth in dribs and drabs, his every thought broken up by a heavy pause to fight off tears. "I represent a fall from grace . . . I now represent good and evil," said Castro, the Philadelphia police inspector-turned-federal inmate, as he begged U.S. Judge Harvey Bartle III to go easy on him during a resentencing hearing Friday. A jury convicted Castro of making false statements - but deadlocked on other charges - in a 2011 extortion trial. Rather than face a retrial, Castro pleaded guilty that same year to conspiracy to commit extortion, and was given a 60-month prison sentence.

HARRISBURG - A pair of federal civil-rights lawsuits filed Thursday claim suburban York police officers beat two suspects in separate incidents - both partially captured on video - then made false reports to cover up the assaults. Both cases involve allegations against Springettsbury Township patrolman Chad Moyer, shown in the videos released by attorney Devon Jacob apparently punching a handcuffed woman and kneeing a man, leaving him with five broken ribs. Other officers who allegedly took part in the assaults are named in the lawsuit, along with the township and the police department.

LIKE A BOXER'S trainer leaning into the ring, Michele Davenport barked orders at her 12-year-old daughter Sunday afternoon in the parking lot of Primos Elementary School. "Just f------ hit her! . . . Take her down! . . . Punch her in the face! . . . Kick her! . . . Do it! . . . F------ get her down! . . . Go ahead, knock her right across the head!" Davenport screamed as she convinced her daughter to fight another girl. The incident was captured on tape and turned over to Upper Darby Police.

POLICE in Warrington, Bucks County, say that a secretary for a Bucks County ambulance company stole $642,000 from the nonprofit over four years, allegedly to support a gambling habit. The Bucks County Courier Times reports that Danette Lewchick, 56, was sent to Bucks County prison Monday after being unable to post $25,000 bail on theft and related charges. Authorities say she became the Warrington Community Ambulance's financial secretary in 2008. She allegedly took money from the company's account and put it toward her personal use. Her attorney, Jeffrey Solar, says she has "a severe gambling addiction.

A PHILADELPHIA police officer drove drunk Monday night, crashed into two cars in Southwest Philadelphia, then threatened the occupants of the other cars, authorities said Tuesday. Joseph Kelly, 53, a 23-year veteran assigned to the Traffic Unit, was charged with several offenses, including driving under the influence, criminal mischief, terroristic threats, simple assault, intimidation and reckless endangerment, according to the District Attorney's Office. The D.A.'s Office and police said Kelly hit two cars on Woodland Avenue near 49th Street about 9:20 p.m. Monday and subsequently failed a Breathalyzer test.

Cherry Hill police have charged a 47-year-old township man with promoting prostitution after he allegedly solicited services online and used his own home for the encounters. Michael Clarke, of the 300 block of Oak Avenue on the township's west side, was held at the Camden County Jail in Camden in lieu of $15,000 bail. Police said the arrest capped a three month investigation that began when they received complaints from area residents who reported suspicious activity at his home.