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Legal expert weighs in on 17-year-old found not guilty of murder of mom Collin Griffith, a 17-year-old, has been found not guilty in the death of his mother, Catherine Griffith, who was fatally stabbed in the neck.
FORT MYERS $150K worth of equipment stolen from Lee Health The Fort Myers Police Department has arrested a hospital employee accused of stealing more than $150,000 worth of medical equipment from Lee Health.
Jeffrey Bruno / MGN / CC BY-SA 2.0 PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Want a close-up view of Pope Francis celebrating Mass in Philadelphia? Three weeks before his visit, planners have announced you’ll need a ticket to do so. What’s more, most of those tickets will be reserved for the 219 parishes in the Philadelphia Archdiocese, which serves the city and four surrounding counties. Organizers said tickets will be required to get within five blocks, or about a half mile, of the altar on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway on Sept. 27. The same requirement will be in place when Francis attends the closing ceremony of the Vatican-sponsored World Meeting of Families a day earlier. Some tickets are also being allotted to surrounding parishes in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware, as well as to other faith communities and church social service programs, church officials said. The ticketing announcement came just a week after a new marketing campaign, “I’ll Be There,” was unveiled to encourage attendance at the papal events, driven in part by fears that months of discussions about tight security restrictions had scared many people away from attending. Officials have said hotel bookings, rail pass purchases and charter bus signups have all been running lower than expected. “These plans were put in place to ensure that representatives representing the vibrant life and ongoing work of the archdiocese were part of these joyful events,” Donna Crilley Farrell, executive director of the World Meeting of Families, said in a statement late Wednesday. “It is important to be clear that the announcement of limited ticketing does not limit participation in these events in any way. There is plenty of room for all who wish to attend.” A news conference was planned for Thursday afternoon to address questions, including why the ticket requirement was not announced until three weeks before the pope’s trip to Philadelphia, when many pilgrims’ plans were already set. Church officials have estimated that as many as 1.5 million people will attend the papal Mass. The Philadelphia Archdiocese itself has about 1.4 million parishioners. Church officials did not say how many tickets are being distributed for the two main public events on the parkway. It also wasn’t immediately clear whether any tickets would be available the week of the events or on-site. Papal visit planners emphasized that 40 huge TV screens will capture the events for those not close to the stage or altar. Tickets will also be required for the pope’s Sept. 26 speech on immigration and religious freedom outside Independence Hall. About 25,000 are being set aside for parishes serving mostly immigrants, and 5,000 will be made available for the general public, planners said. The public tickets for the speech are to be made available on a first-come, first-served basis online on Sept. 8, with more details to be announced Friday. The pope’s Philadelphia visit will close out his first trip to the U.S., with his first stops in Washington and New York. Church officials said all the papal events in those cities will also be ticketed, including a newly added procession through Central Park. Philadelphia will, however, be the site of the biggest public events. Miles of security fencing will be erected around the parkway, with visitors required to go through airport-style metal detectors to get inside. A secondary vehicle-free buffer zone will also be established. State and local officials are also closing 30 miles of highway in Philadelphia and New Jersey to all but emergency vehicles and pilgrim-ferrying charter buses. They’re turning a major bridge from New Jersey into a pedestrian walkway and banning cars from driving on downtown streets closest to the events.