13.įollowing the hit-and-run involving the Collegeville jogger, Welton was apprehended in nearby Trappe, ending what had been a dangerous and reckless drive from Center City Philadelphia, where one female pedestrian died and others were injured, into Montgomery County, authorities alleged. Carpenter scheduled Welton’s jury trial to begin on Nov. ![]() Welton, who rocked back and forth in his chair at the defense table, said nothing in court and allowed his lawyer James Patrick Lyons to enter not guilty pleas on his behalf to each of the 37 charges read in court by Assistant District Attorney Roderick McCord Fancher III. Kareem Maurice Welton, 42, of the 1300 block of South 23rd Street, made his initial appearance in a Montgomery County courtroom on Wednesday at his formal arraignment hearing where, through his lawyer, he entered not guilty pleas to charges of first-, second-, and third-degree murder, five counts of attempted murder, aggravated assault, robbery, robbery of a motor vehicle, attempted robbery of a motor vehicle, accidents involving death or injury, theft and driving under the influence of controlled substances in connection with a series of incidents that began in Philadelphia on July 27, 2021, and ended in Montgomery County where he was apprehended by police on July 28. NORRISTOWN - A Philadelphia man accused of striking a jogger in Collegeville during a hit-and-run crime spree that also included the death of a female pedestrian in Philadelphia will face a jury in November at a trial on homicide-related charges.
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