Thursday Aug 25, 2005

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Dwight Gooden turns himself in

BY MIKE LUPICA and MICHAEL O'KEEFFE
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITERS

After more than three days on the lam, Dwight Gooden turned himself in to Tampa police at 4:40 today, according to Joe Durkin, spokesman for the Tampa police department. He was charged with fleeing and eluding a police officer, a felony, and inwith driving under the influence and resisting an officer without violence. He is being held on $3,000 bail at the Hillsborough County jail.

Gooden fled the scene of a crime Monday night after being pulled over by police for suspicion of DUI and was wanted by cops for drunk driving and the other charges.
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To pick up on the recent violence in Havertown (my hometown) thread your entries have taken, there tends to be more crime along West Chester Pike, but really only at businesses. Not sure why, but most people seem to think it's people driving up the Pike from West Philly looking for an easy score. The police are always picking up shoplifters at the Kohl's and Manoa Shopping Center places, too.

The people in the triple shooting article have it wrong about recent shootings in Havertown- an acquaintance of mine shot his parents and himself a few years ago at their home. Everybody lived, I think.

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