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Feds to appeal Fumo sentence

Federal prosecutors asked the U.S. Court of Appeals yesterday for a one-week delay until July 8 to file a brief appealing former state Sen. Vince Fumo's 55-month prison sentence.

Prosecutors received permission from the solicitor general last week to seek the appeal.

Fumo was convicted of 137 federal corruption counts in March 2009 and prosecutors had recommended a sentence of 15 years behind bars at Fumo's sentencing last July.

Fumo is incarcerated at a federal prison in Kentucky and is scheduled to be released on Aug. 26, 2013.

Man's body recovered in river

The body of a man who slipped and fell into the Delaware River early Saturday was recovered yesterday, police said.

The man, whom police did not identify, had been part of a large group that had been causing a disturbance in the area south of the Pier 3 Condos, said police spokeswoman Officer Jill Russell. The group moved to the ship Gazela Primeiro, walked up the gang plank and ran around the ship, Russell said.

The victim slipped off the stern and fell into the river, she said. A man jumped in after him but couldn't save him, Russell said.

Police ID shooting victim

A woman killed Sunday night in Hunting Park has been identified by police as Quinta Brown, 22, of Marshall Street near Cayuga. She was shot multiple times on Bristol Street near Franklin shortly before 9 p.m. and was pronounced dead at Temple University Hospital at 9:18 p.m.

No family visits at prison

Due to construction activity, the Philadelphia Prison System will cancel family visits at the House of Correction and Riverside Correctional Facility tomorrow. Official visits (by lawyers visiting their clients) will be accommodated. The normal inmate visiting schedule should resume at all facilities Thursday.

He's caught bare-footed

Cops made a quick arrest following a shooting in Upper Darby Sunday night, when a suspect "ran out of his shoes" while fleeing the scene, police Superintendent Michael Chitwood said. Lansdowne officers stopped Johnny Sanchez, 24, because he was running barefoot.

It was unclear yesterday if Sanchez pulled the trigger, but he admitted to being at the scene after police showed him the recovered shoes, Chitwood said. He's facing conspiracy charges. The 18-year-old victim, who was shot in the buttocks and foot, could lose a couple of toes but was expected to survive.

First killing since curfew

Chester police yesterday confirmed a 36-year-old man was killed late Sunday night in the city's first homicide since a "state of emergency" went into effect eight days earlier.

Police found the bullet-riddled body of Keith Edmonds, 36, in a Dodge Caravan parked near Honan and Boyle streets.

Mayor Wendell Butler Jr. implemented an all-ages curfew in five sections of the city in an effort to stop a spate of murders this month. Anyone with information about the shooting can call the city's anonymous tip line at 610-447-7810.

Officer arrested in sex case

Camden County Prosecutor Warren W. Faulk announced the arrest of Rahim Whitney, 31, a juvenile-detention officer, accused of having sexual relations with an underage girl.

Whitney, of Clementon, is accused of having a sexual relationship with a Camden County girl under the age of legal consent at his home within the past month. Whitney, a detention officer at the Camden County Youth Detention Center, has been suspended.

Man shot to death Sunday

Seneca Brown, 31, of Camden, was found shot multiple times in a park at 7th and Clinton streets about 10:40 p.m. Sunday. He was pronounced dead at Cooper University Medical Center at 11:45 p.m.

Man falls from boat, missing

The Coast Guard and local authorities were searching yesterday for a 29-year-old man who was ejected from a 16-foot boat when it rammed a mud patch in the mouth of Gibson's Creek near Ocean City.

The Ocean City Police Department reported that two men had been in the boat at the time of the incident. One of them landed in the mud. He told authorities that he saw the 29-year-old go underneath the water.

- Staff and wire reports