Misconduct

Through the better part of two periods last night, Haverford High looked as though it would not be denied its first Flyers Cup championship in ice hockey. The Fords were swarming all over Germantown Academy in the second game of their best-of-three Tier I Flyers Cup final at the Skatium. They were ahead, 2-1, and gaining momentum as the Patriots raced to keep up. But with one blow of the whistle, the Fords quickly saw their Cup hopes vanish for the evening. A penalty called on Haverford's Zach Hafer gave Germantown Academy life, and the Patriots turned the tide, taking a 4-3 victory to send it to a deciding game.

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. BABY BURIED ALIVE; COUPLE CHARGED A woman who helped bury her baby alive to save her husband the shame of supporting another man's child was found out when she became pregnant again and sought prenatal care, police said. The newborn, wearing a pink sleeper and a hospital wristband, was found yesterday with a pacifier in her mouth, buried behind a Long Island rooming house. Urbelina Emiliano, 23, and her husband, Fortino Perez, 28, pleaded innocent to second-degree murder charges.

It is a tangled triangle of gentlemen of the bar: Two Delaware County attorneys and one Supreme Court justice, each accusing at least one of the others of various sorts of legal misconduct and vengeance. The Supreme Court justice is Rolf R. Larsen, who is accusing Delaware County attorney Robert Surrick of discussing publicly a judicial board's review of Larsen's alleged misconduct. Surrick, in turn, says Larsen is out to get him because Surrick has talked too much and has demanded that Larsen step down.

The NHL will not discipline the Flyers' Tom Sestito for allegedly pulling Brandon Prust's hair during Sunday's loss to the Rangers. "That's something you don't do," Prust said, according to a report in ESPNNewYork.com. Prust seemed surprised that the league was looking into it and said he did not care whether Sestito was fined or suspended. Sestito was involved in three fights in the game, including two with defenseman Stu Bickel. Sestito was given a game misconduct for his third fight, the limit for one player in a game.

Archbishop Charles J. Chaput said Friday that he had permanently removed five priests from active ministry for sexual abuse or misconduct with minors, and reinstated three others after an investigation could not substantiate similar claims against them. The decisions, which followed a 14-month review, marked one of the largest ousters of active priests in the archdiocese's history. It also validated a February 2011 grand jury report that accused local church leaders of ignoring evidence of clergy sex abuse and stirred new outrage among area Catholics.

A power-play goal by Martin Sonnenberg with just under a minute left to play last night gave the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins a 3-2 victory over the Phantoms. It was the American Hockey League team's first triumph over coach John Stevens' team this season. The power play was assessed when the Phantoms' Jess Boulerice dropped his gloves and began throwing punches at the Penguins' David Koci, who did not respond. Boulerice was assessed a major penalty for fighting, a minor for roughing, a 10-minute misconduct, and a game misconduct at the 17 minutes, 17 seconds mark of the third period.

An employee of the City of Camden's Public Works Department faces a minimum prison sentence of six years after pleading guilty yesterday in Camden County Superior Court to three charges of misconduct in office. William Evans, 40, of South 36th Street in Camden, was charged with pocketing $1,700 in fees from a local resident and businesses from November through February, according to Jeffrey Klavens, assistant Camden County prosecutor. Evans told investigators that he was employed as an administrative analyst and worked directly under the director of the city department, Klavens said.

It was a long night for the Philadelphia Bulldogs. They lost their regular-season finale, 11-6, to the host Montreal Roadrunners before 8,623 at The Forum. And they also lost their coach. Head coach Dave Schultz received a 10-minute misconduct and a game misconduct when he got into argument with a referee at the end of the game. He has been suspended for the Bulldogs' first playoff game Thursday against the Roadrunners at the Spectrum at 7:30 p.m. He will be permitted to return for Game 2, Sunday night in Montreal at 7:30.

Bernard J. Avellino, one of the most controversial judges in Philadelphia history, is resigning from the Common Pleas bench, effective July 5. Avellino, 60, has been a judge for 16 years and will be entitled to a pension of $4,000 to $5,000 a month, said a source familiar with the judicial pension system. Avellino's salary is $109,372 a year. The pension could be endangered if Avellino is found guilty of misconduct charges pending against him. He has a long history of controversy.

There are problems with the way misconduct charges against Pennsylvania's teachers and school officials are handled. The system doesn't adequately protect the accused person's right to privacy and to due process. But rather than fixing these specifics, the state Senate has passed a bill that would shrivel the secretary of education's disciplinary power and give major power in such cases to an advisory board dominated by teachers and school officials. The Senate plan would expand the Professional Standards and Practices Commission (PSPC)