The Yeadon Police Department has arrested a Philadelphia man in a fatal vehicle collision.<\/p>\n
Courage Baker, 19, was charged in a crash that claimed the life of Desiree Maud Williams, 63, of Upper Darby on May 14 at South Lansdowne and Lincoln avenues.<\/p>\n
The incident occurred at approximately 5:40 p.m. The victim was waiting at the bus stop when the crash occurred, resulting in her being struck, police said.<\/p>\n
Baker is charged with homicide by vehicle, careless driving resulting in unintentional death and several traffic offenses.<\/p>\n
He was arraigned by District Judge Keith Williams, who set bail at 10 percent of $1 million, which Baker was unable to post and he was committed to the George W. Hill Correctional Facility.<\/p>\n
Baker\u2019s lawyer Arik Tzvi Ben-Ari had no comment on the charges, stating, \u201cWe do not comment on ongoing cases.\u201d<\/p>\n
Yeadon Police Chief Henry Giammarco praised the collaborative investigative efforts of his department and the Delaware County Criminal Investigation Division that led to the arrest.<\/p>\n
Yeadon Sgt. Nicholas Tokonitz and county Detective James Reardon were the lead investigators.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis arrest demonstrates what can be accomplished when law enforcement agencies work together with a shared commitment to justice and public safety,\u201d Giammarco said in a news release. \u201cThrough strong partnerships, diligent investigative work, and a common purpose, we are able to hold individuals accountable while serving the citizens of our communities.\u201d<\/p>\n
Giammarco reminded the public that careless driving can impact victims and the driver.<\/p>\n
\u201cDangerous and reckless driving has devastating consequences. One careless decision can forever change the lives of innocent families,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The chief also asked the community to keep the family and loved ones of Desiree Williams in their thoughts and prayers as they continue to cope with this loss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Yeadon Police Department has arrested a Philadelphia man in a fatal vehicle collision. Courage Baker, 19, was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":52939,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[202,212,182,139,28,69,71,70,210,12212],"class_list":["post-245094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-delaware-county","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-top-stories-dtd","tag-yeadon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245094\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}