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A man who stabbed a Bensalem police officer was sentenced to 15 1/2 to 35 years in prison this week.
Matthew Miller, also known as Matthew Cordero, 24, was sentenced earlier this week for stabbing Officer Michael Jachimsk and stealing his police SUV last June. Miller had escaped a Bucks County Department of Corrections work release program in Doylestown before the attack. The officer escaped seriously injury in the stabbing.
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Miller is awaiting trial in Philadelphia for his alleged role in the killing of Bristol Township native Joseph Britton in 2013. He is scheduled to have a pretrial hearing in the city Thursday morning.
Britton, was found unconscious and bleeding from the head on the 5900 block of Charles Street in Philadelphia on September 14, 2013. He died shortly thereafter due to the extensive head wounds he suffered during the attack, court documents say.
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In April 2014, 24-year-old Krista McDevitt, Britton’s ex-girlfriend,as well as Ian Pawlolowic, 21, of Philadelphia, were charged with second-degree murder, conspiracy, robbery and related offenses. McDevitt, at the time of her arrest, had been serving a six to 24 month sentence in state prison after pleading guilty to theft.
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McDevitt pleaded guilty to third degree murder, conspiracy and robbery in September in exchange for the DA’s office dropping several charges related to Britton’s murder, according to court documents.
According to court documents, Pawlowicic also pleaded guilty in September to robbery and conspiracy charges.
Miller, who has distinct facial tattoos, is shown in court documents to have used at least three different alias. A Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office spokesperson said the 24 year old is being tried in the city under the name Matthew Cordero.
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“You know mom’s want to fix everything for their kids, but unfortunately, this is something I can’t fix,” Birrton’s mother told LevittownNow.com last year.
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