Sex offender’s body found in Delaware River
The body of a convicted sex offender was found floating in the Delaware River yesterday, a day after he was to have been sentenced in Montgomery County Court, police said.
The body of a convicted sex offender was found floating in the Delaware River yesterday, a day after he was to have been sentenced in Montgomery County Court, police said.
James Pierce, 62, apparently jumped from the Tacony Palmyra Bridge on his birthday, Monday, leaving behind a note inside his parked car. Pierce, who had addresses in Telford and Philadelphia, faced 10 to 20 years in prison on the sex offender charge, police said.
His body was spotted shortly after 3 p.m. yesterday near a boat ramp on the 5800 block of Tacony Street.