PHILADELPHIA – Marple Township and several of its police officers look to dismiss unnecessary and unserved parties and what it calls improper relief, in civil rights litigation brought by the estate of a man left at a bus stop while in an intoxicated state by Township police officers, and who was then killed by a passing vehicle shortly thereafter two years ago.
PHILADELPHIA – The estate of a man left at a bus stop while in an intoxicated state by Marple Township police officers and killed by a passing vehicle shortly thereafter two years ago, has launched civil rights litigation against the Township, its Police Department and a plethora of officers she believes are responsible for the man’s death.
MARPLE â The Marple Township Police Department is mourning the loss of Officer Brian Niedelman, who served with the department for three and a half years before his death Tuesday.
The 31-year-old was found dead in his car in Thomas Field by fellow officers, according to Marple Police Chief Brandon M. Graeff. The chief said a thorough investigation by the Delaware County District Attorney s Office and its Criminal Investigation Division determined no foul play. There s no arrangements scheduled yet, the police chief said, adding that any funeral services will have to align with COVID-19 regulations. Graeff said Niedelman s death was the first active-duty death for his department.