Suspects Surprised!

The five men all accused of swindling an elderly couple in July walked into their preliminary hearings Wednesday expecting to waive their hearings, be assigned a court date and leave Magisterial District Judge Chester Darlington's office about an hour later.

Instead, three of them found themselves in handcuffs, with two defendants — Michael Truman Smith and Albert Ricky Stanley — in custody in lieu of $225,000 cash bail after being accused of committing crimes not only in Chester County, but in Montgomery, Delaware and Berks counties as well.

Police withdrew the original charges against Smith and Stanley and submitted more serious charges while they were still in the courtroom sitting next to their attorney, Joseph Marrone. If convicted of all of the new charges, the two are facing a maximum sentence of 380 years in prison.

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Suspects Surprised by 26 Felony Charges