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Two Bristol Borough men were sentenced to state prison terms yesterday for killing a Bucks County musician in a bloody street brawl last year. Jeremiah Reeves Jr., 21, was sentenced to to 8 to 16 years behind bars, and James Galione, 20, was sentenced to 5 to 10 years in prison by Bucks County Court Judge David Heckler. Reeves was found guilty of third-degree murder in January. Galione was convicted of conspiring with him in the murder of David Albert, 26, of Fairless Hills.

State Sen. David W. Heckler yesterday announced his candidacy for the Bucks County Court seat being vacated by retiring Judge Ward Clark. Heckler, a Republican state senator since 1993 and a state representative from 1986 to 1993, said becoming a Bucks County judge would be a return to his roots. "My career as a lawyer began here as an assistant district attorney, when Ward Clark hired me out of law school when he was district attorney," Heckler said yesterday. "I spent seven years here as an A.D.A.

Gov. Casey's coattails did not extend to the 143d Senatorial District in Central Bucks County on Tuesday. Republican State Sen. David Heckler won reelection for his third term, picking up an overwhelming 71 percent of the vote and trouncing Democrat Paul Rhoads, according to complete unofficial vote totals. "I've worked very hard to give them reasons to be satisfied with what I'm doing, and evidently they've responded to that," Heckler said Tuesday night at Republican headquarters in Doylestown.

ATLANTIC CITY - As much as any of the gamblers at the casinos last night, the less-than-capacity crowd that came out for Charlie Sheen's show was prepared for a crapshoot. "It could be great," Scott MacKay of Sparta said on the way into the Trump Taj Mahal's Etess Arena. Others were more optimistic. "I'm just here to see Charlie," said Heather Shirley of Philadelphia. "I've been a fan since his '80s movies - Lucas , Platoon , Hot Shots . I love the man. " Sheen will never be mistaken for a model of stability or consistency.

Catherine Borresen walked into Bucks County Democratic headquarters in January, wanting to volunteer for "the cause. " She may have gotten more than she bargained for. At the time, the party lacked a candidate to run against State Rep. David W. Heckler, the 143d District's three-term incumbent. Borresen, 29, an editor at the Compendium of Continuing Education in Dentistry, in Newtown, became the party's candidate. She ran unopposed in the primary. Although, in her words, "I haven't even lost anything yet," she has also never held elected or appointed office.

Serena Williams says a heckler bothered her throughout her match yesterday at the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Fla., making at least one racist remark before he was finally ejected. "The guy said, 'Hit the net like any Negro would.' I was shocked," Williams said. "I couldn't believe it. I had to do a double take. I think I hit a double fault on that point. " Williams won the third-round match against Lucie Safarova, 6-3, 6-4. Williams complained late in the match to the chair umpire about the heckler.

Despite squandering a four-stroke lead in a span of three holes, Chris DiMarco ignored a heckler and put together a gritty comeback to win the Phoenix Open yesterday in Scottsdale, Ariz. DiMarco closed with a 2-under-par 69 for his third PGA Tour victory in as many seasons, but this one will be remembered as the one he tried to throw away. He recovered just in time, hitting his tee shot within 18 inches for a birdie on No. 16 that allowed him to catch Kenny Perry. He pulled ahead when Perry took bogey on the 332-yard 17th after missing the green in the worst place.

Taunts about his sensational Palm Beach rape trial and an insult aimed at his date sent William Kennedy Smith into a rage early Saturday that ended with his arrest in Virginia for punching a bouncer in a barroom brawl. Smith, acquitted in 1991 of raping a 30-year-old Florida woman at the sprawling Kennedy estate in Palm Beach, could face a maximum of one year in prison for blindsiding a bouncer outside an Alexandria, Va., bar. "My friends and I were hassled, baited and insulted by people who wanted to pick a fight with me," Smith said through his lawyer, Greg Craig.

Vince Jones had a message for an apparent heckler that was heard by everyone in one corner of Absegami's gym Saturday evening. "Not today!" the Winslow Township wrestler yelled at a man moments after needing 3 minutes, 8 seconds to pin Buena's Mike Wilcox and win the Region 8 championship at 171 pounds. "I will not get stuck today!" According to Jones and Winslow coach Rick Koss, the defending state champion was heckled after he defeated DaJuane Collins of Deptford in the semifinals.

Daniel DeGennaro, 56, a songwriter, guitarist, and singer, was found dead of a gunshot wound to the chest Wednesday night at his home in Levittown, authorities said. Bucks County District Attorney David W. Heckler said Thursday that a man living in the same house as DeGennaro discovered the musician moments after the shot rang out. The man ran to a neighbor's house and the two returned to DeGennaro's home, where they called police. Bristol Township police found DeGennaro dead at the scene, Heckler said, adding that police and Bucks County detectives were investigating.

Authorities have confirmed that the deaths of a husband and wife in Quakertown this morning were the result of a murder-suicide. They were Charles Christine, 88, and Betty Jane Christine, 85, according to Bucks County District Attorney David Heckler. Their bodies were found by a daughter, who called police about 8:40 a.m. in the J Building of the Quakertown West Apartments in the 400 block of South Ninth Street, Heckler said. Charles Christine apparently shot his wife in the back of the head, then shot himself, according to police.

A Bucks County man, apparently suicidal over a probation violation, led police on a wild, high-speed chase after midnight, firing at officers from his car before fatally shooting himself in the head, authorities said. Bucks County District Attorney David Heckler identified the man as Richard S. Cantando, 27, of Blooming Glen. Cantando had been on probation in Bucks County in 2009 for loitering and prowling, and in Montgomery County in 2010 for simple assault. Cantando was pronounced dead early this morning at St. Luke's Hospital in Quakertown, officials said.

IN A 2008 PROFILE of then-1st Lt. John Leonard Egland and his wife, Carrie, the writer pondered: "What does the future hold for the Eglands?" The feature published in the Winter 2008 edition of Spirit , a publication of St. Leo University in Florida, touched on the young couple's time on the Fort Lee Army Base in Virginia and the importance of an education. And they did it all for their then-2-year-old daughter, Lauryn. The girl is an orphan today, the result, police say, of her father's murderous rampage that left four people dead, including her mother and grandmother.

Two days after being shot multiple times by a police sergeant, a Bristol Township man was charged with aggravated and simple assault Monday. Robert S. Ritsky, 46, remained at St. Mary Medical Center, where he was in fair condition. Bucks County District Attorney David Heckler, whose office is investigating the shooting, said Ritsky was wounded after pointing a shotgun at police officers in a parking lot along Newportville Road. Ritsky was shot at least three times in the confrontation, which happened between 10 and 11 p.m., Heckler said.

Authorities believe an elderly Bucks County man shot his wife, who was sick, and then turned the gun on himself in an apparent murder suicide. Leroy Clymer, 92, and his wife, Kathryn, 87, were pronounced dead at their home in Richland Township on Sunday evening, said Bucks County District Attorney David Heckler. "We understand the wife had serious health problems," Heckler said. "It was clearly a murder suicide. " Police were summoned to the home by an "abandoned 911 call," Heckler said.

"Ah, I need to report a murder. " The caller sounds calm, matter-of-fact, his tone and cadence more suggestive of someone setting a tee time or dinner reservation. The words are, however, among the last believed spoken by Christopher Moyer. The 44-year-old Bucks County man called 911 Friday night after clubbing his wife and young son to death with a baseball bat in their Warrington home. And he was about three hours away from killing himself by lying in front of a SEPTA train in nearby Hatboro.

ATLANTIC CITY - As much as any of the gamblers at the casinos last night, the less-than-capacity crowd that came out for Charlie Sheen's show was prepared for a crapshoot. "It could be great," Scott MacKay of Sparta said on the way into the Trump Taj Mahal's Etess Arena. Others were more optimistic. "I'm just here to see Charlie," said Heather Shirley of Philadelphia. "I've been a fan since his '80s movies - Lucas , Platoon , Hot Shots . I love the man. " Sheen will never be mistaken for a model of stability or consistency.