![]() Indications are that the victim knew his attacker, and this was not a random act. A joint investigation into the homicide has been launched by Montgomery County Detectives and West Norriton Police. ![]() ![]() Houghnon has also returned to serve on the Central Montgomery County S.W.A.T. Wardak found Tucker died of multiple gunshot wounds, and the manner of death was homicide. Houghnon suffered a brain aneurysm more than a year ago and has been able to return to full duty at the West Norriton Police Department, said West Norriton police Chief Dale Mabry. Houghnon has been a patrolman in West Norriton for nine years and was recently promoted to detective. Officer of the Year award for 2013 by Upper Merion Police Chief Thomas Nolan. In other business, West Norriton police Detective Michael Houghnon was presented with the Central Montgomery County S.W.A.T. The commissioners also approved repair work costing $41,500 to fix sewer lines on Joseph Street and Forest Avenue. A 30-foot long section of an eight-inch sewer line will also be replaced by Video Pipe Services. The sewer lateral repairs will be completed on Colonial, Joseph, Prospect and Marshall streets, Bobst said. The commissioners approved $93,578 in additional sewer line repairs to sewer mains and sewer laterals. said that the outreach to the community about the proposed sewer repairs should be expanded to include several additional areas of the township. He said the filed plans called for an 18-inch sewer pipe but it was not installed several years ago.įrawley said sanitary sewer overflows had happened in that area of the township.Ĭommissioner Stephen Tolbert Jr. (1) Retiring Montgomery County Detective Michael Altieri, second from right, was recently recognized for his decades of service. The comprehensive sewer plan is on the West Norriton Web site at Frawley said an examination of sewer mains discovered a 740-foot section of 12-inch sewer pipe under Joseph Street connected at both ends with 18-inch sewer lines that caused a back-up of sewage at the choke point where the diameter narrowed down to 12 inches. Township Manager Jason Bobst said the commissioners had authorized Frawley to conduct the flow metering at manholes in the 2013 budget. ‘There is tremendous inflow through manholes,’ he said. We have four manholes that have significant leakage.’įrawley said there was storm water inflow in the lower Whitehall Road basin below Burnside Road. There was significant inflow in that area. ‘In the area of School Lane near the golf course we were getting 10 gallons per minute. We have to get in there and TV those sewer lines,’ Frawley said. ‘Mystic Lane was a complete surprise to us. Sanitary engineer Chris Frawley said that metering sewer flows at several dozen sewer manholes had pinpointed ‘inflow and infiltration’ of storm water into the sanitary sewer manholes and into sewer laterals from residents homes. WEST NORRITON – A verbal report on the township’s comprehensive sewer plan and plans for repairs this year to sewers in Joseph Street and Forrest Avenue was given to the commissioners Tuesday night.
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