I really think this is in really poor taste. This man died, he's someone's son, grandson, etc. , was it really necessary to mention his connection to the sewage authority corruption?

It is a shame that his death and sewage authority corruption are even in the same article. Joe was a great guy through school and after. Best wishes to family and friends.

Keeping both issues seperate and apart, its a shame to lose such a young life. My condolences go out to his family.

The connection and the charges don't really matter at this point, do they? Sometimes the details no longer matter, especially these. And, they were, after all charges only. My condolences to the Lehman family on the loss of your son.

The title should have been, "young Cinnaminson resident dies in tragic accident". Then perhaps the story could contain the alleged charges. The chosen title is pathetic! Fortunately, it seems your readers have more class than your editors.

I'm sorry but I am not wrong. Mr. Lehman had been charged and the case is pending grand jury—I mentioned both of those things. These are only allegations and I also mentioned that. Yes, it does read as an obituary because that is what was published by the funeral home with the OK from the family. That's exactly what it is.

We apologize if the tone of the news item is a negative one for some of our readers. Again, we practice full disclosure and remain completely unbiased. We give our readers the full story—negative or positive. That is why, Bull Pitt, I would not have run a headline like that.

This issue will not be debated any further. And if everyone wants to keep this about the man himself, then keep the comments to that. If you wish to speak with me personally, you can email me at christina.paciolla@patch.com. You may contact our regional editor at tim.zatz@patch.com if you have further concerns.

Again, our thoughts are with the family and friends of the deceased.

Christina--- you are not taking criticism well at all --- we are the readers and can give comments-- you are the pro and now want to dictate what we can comment on -- even though comments are in good taste? I agree with the dissent-- not ALL the news needs to be presented--- and you also had to mention the family- which is already grieving-- was involved?

This is wrong to say these both together! He died let him have some respect!! R.I.P joe!

It is interesting that you now want to dictate the comments because they are against your decision?

I agree with the previous comments. I don't know this young man or his family, but this is just heartless.

maybe it's karma...Think about his father and brothers and what THEY are now living with. It doesn't get much worse than loosing your son, or brother.

You are completely out of line.. You state yourself that this is an obituary, then write an obituary with respect to the man's life and his family. This man's chargers have nothing to do with his death. Very heartless of you to put a story out there like this when the family has not even buried their son yet. Let the family grieve. They've been through enough.

"The patch" is merely a blog. Christina, this article you've presented to the public was clearly written in poor taste; an article with a headline controversial enough to aggravate friends and family of the deceased. It seems as though you've only presented Joesephs charges in this article to gain attention to make a name for yourself within our community-- and a poor attempt at that. We, as readers, understand that published pieces need to be attention grabbing, however, using the death of a young man in attempt to boost your career is completely asinine. I truly hope that you learn from these comments and take your writing style into serious consideration. I highly doubt you would agree with the information that was presented if it were one of your own family members.

Thoughts and prayers to the Lehman family through this difficult time....and yes I agree with all the previous comments, it should of been listed seperate, the family is going thru enough pain losing a loved one.

it is horrible that you put j.b and the sewage authority in the same article so soon . i am very good friends with the lehmann family j.b was one of my very very good friends i think it is terrible that you chose to spite the family so soon with this article the guy just lost his life the family is going threw so much and now they have to look peice of trash article you wrote. lady you should be ashamed of yourself. all i have to say is i hope that you or your family never do anything wrong and end up in the news or paper because trust me that i will be making sure that there will be some horrible stuff written. have a nice night

Since this person was in an ongoing grand jury indictment, it is 100% appropriate to include that information in this article. It is a terrible situation of course for all of his friends and family, that does not mean we can just ignore everything though. This is a news article, and nothing false has been printed here. If you do not enjoy reading the news, may I suggest disney.com or something more on the bright side.

Our heartfelt condolences to Mr. Lehman's family & friends on their loss. Christina was right to include his arrest in the article. It was a fact and one of the reasons people would know his name. We don't need any journalist deciding what we should or shouldn't know. They should include all the facts and let us draw our own conclusion. I want the whole story not a sugar-coated version. Unfortunately, pending charges were part of Mr. Lehman's story. May he rest in peace.

@Bruce Karma? really? what an awful and heartless thing to insinuate.. let the family grieve...

Absolute poor taste!!!! How horrible to tie his young death to charges that were against him!! I understand how maybe it would be mentioned, but including it in the headline??? Terrible, just terrible. The family is suffering. This surely just added to their pain. My condolences to his family.

Bruce, perhaps you are a parent although by your comment I would guess not. To suggest that being charged with the crimes, publicly embarrassed (rightly so), and ultimately punished if found guilty, is not punishment enough, that "karma" would deem it necessary to take a son is deplorable. You have proven to the readers that you possess qualities that are scarey. Lack of human decency, intelligence, and education (LOOSING?) Way to go Bruce

Readers, I'm Christina's editor at Patch. I want you to know that Christina discussed this story and headline with me and another Patch editor before publishing them. Ultimately we decided that the charges against Mr. Lehman made him a public figure by default. In no way were we attempting to sensationalize his tragic death, but at the same time, we can't rewrite history and pretend the charges didn't exist. We extend our condolences to the Lehman family.

It is a shame he died - so young - and especially since he will never see his day in court. My condolences go out to his family, his friends and all those who knew him. It is a tragedy. It must be a nightmare for his parents to lose a child. That is not right.

I also respect Patch's decision to print this story. Patch simply reports the news and this is certainly a newsworthy event.

Christina your headline IS WRONG,gutter journalism

Christina, "ALL the news needs to be presented to remain completely fair and unbiased". Seems to me there was another comment from you over a month ago on another story that you were "going to investigate". If you are not biased, that story would already be written. Now go ahead and pretend you don't know what story we're talking about. Township Committee got your tongue?

Christina and Tim,

I am so embarrassed for you. I knew Joe very well, and he was a wonderful person who deserves a far better tribute than this. I absolutely understand why you included the allegations in the article, but to create a TITLE in such poor taste is simply inexcusable. Not only did he never have his day in court (innocent until proven guilty), but you are continuing to drag a good man's name through the mud, when instead you should simply be providing facts and letting his family/us who knew him continue to grieve. I have lost a tremendous amount of respect for this publication if this is what you deem appropriate. This is a small, close-knit community, and you did no one any favors by drawing attention to this headline the way you did. This was tactless - and clearly by the readers' responses you must recognize that you are in the wrong. An apology would have been much more appropriate than your poor attempt to justify your childish behavior. This is my first time ever commenting on a blog actually, but I just felt such anger immediately upon reading your headline and I needed to express it. Sensationalism at it's worst, you should both be very ashamed. I at least hope you take something positive away from this in the future and think before you act in your own interest.

The alleged criminal activity occurred in Feb. If the charges were presented to the grand jury in a timely fashion and adjudicated , the young man would be alive today. The real story is "why the delay" , why is the district attorney delaying things. Give them their day in court.

The charges should have never been included in the headline. What was the primary reason for running the article? This young man's death. Were the charges related to his death or were they in any way, shape or form the reason this man died? No. It's one thing to include the charges in the article, but to go into detail about them when they were not the primary reason for the article was unnecessary.

Christina,
The article and its tone are completely appropriate. You give neutral, full disclosure to your readers, which is your responsibility. If you had not mentioned the Cinnaminson Sewer Authority connection, your readers would have been commenting and wondering about the conncection.
You and you editor are correct. The comments so far have been emotionally written, not objectively.

Very poor taste Patch.

Not in poor taste. Journalistically speaking, the inclusion of the sewage authority story was appropriate.

It wasn't just an inclusion, it was the headline. I don't agree with it being part of this at all, however it The Patch deemed it necessary to include it maybe it could have been more of a side note, not the headline to this article.

how come the lehman family is being taken down like heavy criminals and scum when readers only read what is told to them. Lehmans were not ring leaders and not the cause of tax payers losing 100,000. superintendants paul phillips and bill yannarella are being forgotten on the sewer athority scandel. what im saying is if you believe everything you read and hear i guess you all believe that life on earth is also ending soon. and christina you have false information on the accident with the bike skidding on the road. shame on you.

Not only is the article uncalled for and inconsiderate to the family who is grieving over his loss, but to the friends and people he knew. What happened has absolutely nothing to do with the charges, and therefore they should be left out of this. Death is about remembering the person, not their faults. END OF STORY

Not to mention, the only reason why an article was written about his death was because of the charges. Which is wrong and unnecessary.

go look at the accident, site you are incorrect, i do know differently, there are absolutely no skid marks on site. if that is what you are told, again you are very wrong for believing everything you hear.

The first 3 paragraphs and the sentence following deal with the death of Mr. Lehman. The details on the charges follow. Aren't the first three paragraphs the primary focus of any story? Then the headline goes contrary to the body of the story. Just from a writing perspective, the opening paragraphs and the headline should go together. Those who agree the story was appropriate are missing the point. It's NOT that the charges should not be included; they are NOT the primary reason the article was written. Read the article again; too much time wasted on trying to rectify something so simple as corrected the headline. It's not the story, it's the headline. After the correction can we then focus on the tragic death of this young man (and comment on charges if you must).

How horrible to mention the sewerage department scandal along with this young man's death! Have some respect! This is low, even for Patch!

The meaning of this article I thought was to show his life celebration after all that's what an obituary is. Instead this was a tasteless act by a very low skilled journalist to try to make a name for herself n dirty a name it's a shame for the family and friends who are grieving to have to read this. This shows why this woman works for a small town blog and not an actual news outlet like the courier post or the times and such. This man was never given his day in court the justice system has failed and let him Down innocent until proven guilty remember that. I feel that an apology should be given imagine how the family is feeling I hope that nobody ever has to feel tragedy unfortunately the world we live in is not perfect the township should be offering support instead of causing pain shame on the patch and township for letting such poor tasteless journalism be written.

I have no problem with the way this article was written. Condolences to the family, but everyone seems to have forgotten that everyone involved in the "sewerage authority scandal" stole from every Cinnaminson resident.

My thoughts and prayers are with the entire Lehman family in your time of loss. So sad.

I am not condoning his actions, but one mistake, error in judgement, does not define a person. We all make mistakes in our lives, some become a better person for it. This whole article should be removed or given a different headline as respect for his family and friends.

Long time resident I understand that but he was never given his day in court the justice system says until proven guilty

No one has forgotten anything Long Time Resident. As much as our Township Committee would like everyone to forget. The sewer authority "scandal" is still ongoing. This man made a mistake, he was 27 years old. If you made a mistake, or got arrested some time ago, would you want your obituary to state "Man charged with shoplifting died suddenly last night". Just plain stupid and ignorant.

First and foremost, my condolences to the Lehman family & friends! May he rest in peace.

With that said, I do not see this article being heartless, in poor taste, or out of line.

To have a child die is truly a terrible thing. My condolences go to the Lehman family and friends.

But shame on all of you for hijacking this comment section to berate and bully the reporter and not even offering up your condolences. If you are mad at the fact the sewer issue was brought up, that is o.k. but to not even say anything about the young man who died is truly, truly awful.

The man unfortunately made some terrible decisions in his life. While I too do not agree with the headline, I appreciate the fact that the patch's editor and even her boss came on to talk to us. Have some class people. You make Cinnaminson look like a bunch of warmongers.

What's offensive is that a young man died. Also offensive is the alleged crimes of the young man who died.

Reporting the news is not offensive. Fact is Fact. Good job Patch for standing by your standards.

My deepest condolenses go out to this family. This is a horrible loss that no parent should have to suffer.

Its so sad that so many choose to argue the merits of the Patch's reporting with no mention of condolences to the family.

What ever happened to innocent until proven guilty? We haven't seen all the facts, so why are you so quick to assume what he did? The headline is in poor taste, point blank period. The fact that is people are way to liberal with saying who is guilty when they haven't even had their day in court. Its not as if our justice system can't be wrong as if they haven't brought false charges against people before, and saying or implying otherwise is flat out assinine. The story should focus on the passing of Joe Lehman, not about a case to which they haven't even been to trial for and have the opportunity to clear their names. To bring it up in the headline is unfair to Joe.

I've known the Lehman family for 10 years, and would like to express my condolences and prayers to them.

I think who ever wrote this should just leave the family a lone. If this was anyone else's son they would want them to be left alone and be able to rest in peace. Basically article is saying who cares if he died. . he "allegedly " did all this stuff! Leave the poor family alone and let them grieve..

I didn't know him but met his brother few times and if he is anuthjng like Shawn he is a great guy. I do not agree on his this artice was written so if you make a mistake then your flaws get to be shown in your death notice. For example, "NFL player who killed dogs dies in car crash" that would just be down right wrong if that player ever died but then again he is famous and not a regular person so you "higher class" people as some would call themselfs can talk down on us not "high class" americans.

My thoughts an prays to Shawn and the Lehman family

the only reason any of you know his name is because he was involved in the Sewer Authority scandal. Lots of people die in Cinnaminson and dont get a patch article... he does becasue HE WAS INVOLVED IN A BIG TIME NEWES EVENT. His death while tragic, is a news worthy event. He was accused of stealing from teh township and if you remember many of the items he is accused of stealing went onto his motorcycle. Any way you look at it most people in Cinnaminson know his name because of the past... No mention of it is just rediculious. The patch didnt create that news they just reported it. The reported it respectfully, and I have no problem mentioning it in the article.

Phillyburbs.com got the story right. It was about the sudden death of a young man from Cinnaminson killed in a motorcycle accident. It was dignified and respectful. If this news source could write an appropriate story, it's a shame his own town newspaper couldn't.

Imagine anyone of our deaths being highlighted by our most regretful thing in life. Heartless and selfish are the words that come to mind when I see this headline. Terrible and ignorant are others! You guys at patch can make up all the fake names and write comments trying to defend your absolute disgusting headline all you want. Your flat out wrong! RIP

It would be out of line and beyond offensive if this was on the funeral home’s webpage, but it is not. This is not an obituary. This is a News website. When Jo Paterno passed away, I’m sure his obituary didn’t say a thing about the scandal surrounding him in his last days. News websites did.... what news site DIDNT mention his legal troubles, despite him having such a positive impact on students for his whole life? And just like him, I sure JB had way more positive interactions in his life than bad, it’s just a shame that he was linked to this shady occurrence in the town so close to his tragic death.

cinnaminson resident
my thought an prays are with shawn and the lehman family i know you son well

Christina & Tim,

Condolences to the family. Very sad.

Tim, shame on you for allowing the headline to run. There is a respectful way to mention he was connected to the sewer scandal without sensationalizing his death. Both of you should read the phillyburb article and brush up on your "unbiased journalism" skills, or ask Rebekah Brooks or Andy Coulson for a job...

My condolences to the Family and Friends. As far as this article goes I think Patch hit an all time low. Christina I can't believe you feel as though this is reporting. You are a true embarrassment and disappointment to this town blog. Try putting the shoe on the other foot...just imagine if this was a friend or family member of yours ... SHAME ON you and your editor!

I think most people objected more to the HEADLINE than a mention of the allegations in the article itself. The same article could have been written with less focus on the allegations/scandal and certainly without as the HEADLINE (!!!)

I would always see him and his brother speed around on there motorcycles doing 65 70 mph easily and thats what happens when u play stupid.games

Christina, sorry but you and your editor completely blew this one! You can't hide behind the "full disclosure" journalism buzzword here. You showed an unbelievable lack of compassion and sensitivity here to a fellow Cinnaminson guy who was in high school with you. I attended Joe's viewing last night and cried with his family. I didn't see you there. To spin your obituary article into some twisted story about an alleged crime attached to a deceased young man, loved by many, is a discrace to the Patch, citizens of Cinnaminson, and readers everywhere. I don't even live in Cinnaminson and it offends me. Did you skip class at Rowan the day they covered sensitvity and respect? You should be aware of your audience when you write a story, but then again maybe you did and just don't care. I have to agree with the concensus here that you showed utter lack of compassion and good taste in your article. You should be ashamed of yourself! Your defensive feedback just makes you look even smaller. And Mike Jones, your comments are uncalled for and completely insensitive. You wouldn't be making comments like that if it was your brother or close friend I'm sure. To the individuals who thought there was nothing wrong with the article, you should reflect on what happened to Joe here and not any possible connection to your precious Sewerage Authority. You seem to have a lot in common with the latter.

So everybody is entitled to their own opinion about this. We all understand there may have been a slight oversight to allow the article heading to stay the way that it is. At the end of the day Joe was involved in the sewer authority scandel. His name was associated with it, not because of Patch but because of his own involovement. Could the headline have been a little less blunt ..Yes. It was in poor taste but the truth must be put out there. It is always a tragedy when somebody passes, but it is also a shame when somebody is involved with stealing equipment and money from the township.

Wow, quite a debate on this! I hope some good can come out of it.
1.) Honest question to Patch editors: In this new world of online journalism, what are your standards? What qualifies as "breaking news," as opposed to a regular story? Would it be helpful to have something on the site about your standards re news/commentary, and you can refer readers to it in the future?
2.) Does a third person write the headlines, and thus readers' objections to the headlines should not be directed to Christina P. or to other writer/reporter?
3.) This is the first time I'm learning that Christina has an editor. Unless I missed it-- Tim, you could introduce yourself, tell us about yourself and your role?
Thx

This is absolutely bottom of the barrel reporting. Shame on all involved in this type of reporting. Try and step up your class next time.

Let's see, we have two recent articles about a convicted drug addict, spent time in jail, well known infamously for his actions over the past several years. Here are his TWO headlines on THIS site.
"Eagles Fans Saddened by Garrett Reid's Death"
"Andy Reid's Son Died of Accidental Heroin Overdose, DA Says"
No where in these headlines does it mention his crimes and convictions.
I see a deliberate attempt to stir a controversy in Cinnaminson, and punishing this kid and his family for the sole purpose of sensationalizing this website. RIP Joe, and prayers to his family and friends.

Tasteless way to present this story. You all should be ashamed. We are DONE with this site.

I am a former copy editor who always had to write headlines like this. I worked with Christina Paciolla at a newspaper however I am not sure she knows me as our time there only overlapped a couple of weeks.

I can tell you this headline is journalistically correct and after realizing the man involved is a public figure, I feel that it's a necessary evil.

I feel for the family and the young man's friends and know how hard it is to read something like this on a site you consider your "town newspaper." But do any of you realize that Patch.com is AOL and Huffington Post. This is not the "Positive Press" or some girl's blog. Did any of you bother to read that not only Christina but her editor Tim have decades of experience in journalism among them?

I did because I like to know the entire story before I comment.

Just because you don't like it, doesn't make it wrong.

Yes, it's a terrible circumstance, but this would not be front-page news if he wasn't already a public figure. I really don't think Christina writes about every death but this person was in the news as a public figure as Tim points out, therefore the headline made sense.

I understand how it could seem insensitive and hard to swallow. But you people are crucifying the people who bring you this site. It's easy for you all to hide behind a screen name.

Thank you for reading my long comment. I hope everyone realizes the awful things you are saying to reporters who are doing their jobs.

Andrew, although I appreciate your comments, I can't say that they all make sense regarding how this story was primarily about a "public" figure and why he was a public figure. That story was published a while ago. This story was about Mr Lehman's death and the charges were a secondary story in this case. Again, had he not passed, there would be nothing to write about Mr Lehman at this time. Finally, and for me this is final, your initial comment was this is AOL not some girl's blog or positive press. If that's the case, this is site is part of a large national news source then reporters have to put on their big boy or girl pants and realize that criticism of one's writing comes with the territory. National new reporters are constantly criticized by the public for their articles but I rarely see a writer defend themselves in such an emotional way or the need for other reporters to defend the reporter. Just look at any sports article and how the reporter is raked over the coals. It's part of the job. These comments took an ugly turn when the readers who did not agree were ridiculed for making negative comments about the story. That started the ball rolling. Readers are not stupid and they deserve the respect of the editors here just as they want respect. "This issue will not be debated any further." Comments like this are what incense readers. And there's enough back and forth between commentors; no editor ever comes to the defense of a commentor on here.

It's sad that a young man just lost his life and the 90 some comments here, including mine, had to be about how this story was written. In rereading it for the last time, the summary of the charges are towards the end of the story. So it couldn't have been that important if it wasn't at the beginning. The headline grabbed the readers; it did what it was intended to do because that's what news does. They draw the reader in. Sad thing is the headline of his death alone would draw in the readers because, in a small town, everyone knows everyone. And they take it more to heart because it is a small town. To the Lehman family, my apologies that this article drew even more attention to a small part of your son's life when I'm sure there were more positives than this negative. The negatives don't matter anymore, they mean nothing. A young man's life was lost; the rest of this means nothing.

I am JB's mother. My son deserved better. If you (Christina & Tim) didn't want to write an obituary, you shouldn't have written an article at all. His name isn't even listed under your obituary section- WHY NOT? You must feel that his death means less than the alleged charges. How dare you! JB's life was so much more than this scandal & the charges have nothing to do with his death.

I do not understand why there is so much outrage over this minor report; it has no real impact on Cinnaminson that would generate the huge number of responses. But then it is a curious fact that a large number of the complaints made against this story have been made by first time names – names that never posted before at Cinnaminson Patch.
I wonder if you were to subtract all the posts made by township employees, especially family and employees of the CSA, current as well as indicted, and by councilmembers, are there even more than a half dozen of the complaints made by disinterested citizens?

IF you truely ment to not be negative with this artical you would have also posted his obituary and you wouldnt have posted it with that title! You obviously didnt know JB personaly otherwise you would know he was so much better then you disgusting people and your idiotic artical. JB deserves more respect then this. imagine it was you son. Noone deserves to be put outhere like this especially when someone pass's sao tragicaly. Yall need to learn to be more respectfull to people when they are hurting!!!!!

I believe a majority of these complaints are from people who know the family or JB, his death would have be recognized scandal or not. Most would have thought it would have been recognized with out this disgrace of an article.

People trying to justify this articles poor taste are just of sickening. You select few of disrespectful people just don't care to have decency towards grieving people. Maybe 1 out of 10 comments are in favor of this article, while the others are all supporting the family. (This is a Cinnaminson family, sons went to CHS, mother is bus driver, they deserve the respect any resident would get regardless of this "scandal") So as a "Cinnaminson source of journalism" learn to respect your residents. Own up to your mistakes without making horrible excuses.

Hi Emily A! I see by clicking on your name that this is the very first news report that you have posted a response on Patch. That is so interesting. As you know, almost all of the messages made about this story are by new people like you - and not by the regular Patch readers. Just click on their names to see their posting history. Why do you suppose that is? I ask that because some might think that all these messages that appear to by a myriad number of new people are actually coming from a very small group of people who would even misspell lots of words to deflect suspicion. So would you be part of a small group let’s say friends and family of the indicted CSA employees? Should we expect to soon read complaints from an Emily B and Emily C?

Ric it doesn't matter if there first time names. Friends and family may have never posted on here but we are now cause we are defending a personal friend or family member that can't defend himself And we will continue to defend him as long as anyone on here has anything negative to say. There is nothing that anyone can sy that will justify the way that this article was written as the people responsible for it deserve to be crucified. Also Ric I don't see you useing your full name why is that maybe you are one in the same person that defend this article with all the different names.

Apparently the patch doesn't like what Joe's family and friends have to say since they wouldn't post my first post. haha Thats pretty funny

Jezz the tools are still in attack Chistina mode lol

Since they decided not to post it originally. Ill stand by what i say till the day i die!
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I agree with Cheryl JB deserved better I am a long time friend of the family and JB and shawn are like older brothers to me and JB didnt deserve this. He was the most caring person I know. JBs death broke alot of hearts and hurt alot of people. You have no right to down play his dead with that headline. Those charges shouldn't matter when he passed away so suddenly. You all say it was one of cinnaminsons biggest stories BIG FREAKIN DEAL! Who cares! If it was that big of a deal the would know him by name not by the title. He died in a terriable ACCIDENT! The accident had NOTHING to do with those charges so there is ABSOUTLY no reason they should be brought up when someone so young dies. JB was loved by so many people and his memory will never be forgotten or tarnished again. Anyone who thinks less of JB, well frankly you all can go kick dirt! JB's family and friends are truely heart broken over this and you guys are doing nothing but hurt us. HE was the most loving and careing person I knew. NO matter what time or what he was doing he would give the shirt off his back to help someone and he will be truly missed! Christina & Tim You guys are truly mean people. To post something like this when a family is hurting so badly from the lose of a son. Thats is the worst thing a parent could ever deal with. Having to bury their child and you are down playing their loss!

Ric I normally enjoy your posts but you are so totally off base this time. Iposred numerous times on this article, havent posted as much on patch because nothing changes here. I do not know this family at all lived here 24 years but know very few In this town. This article would not have been written had it not been for his tragic death. Why is that simpe point overlooked. This young man became news here and on other sites noe because of his death. I have to wonder why it bothers you so much that his family friends are upset. Why are you so angry about their grief. Why not just let them have their say. You Christina Tim are so defensive about yourselves here. This has nothing to do with you three. Back off and let them ts

Let them speak....sorry typing on phone.

There is a question I have to those who defend this article and feel justified in making the headline about the charges and not Mr. Lehman's sudden death. There's a pictorial chart on the article about the sewerage charges; the link is in the article. There are "mugshots" of those charged. If the article is indeed about a "public figure" here in Cinnaminson why would Patch not use the "mugshot" since they feel this is more the story than Mr. Lehman's death. Why put such a personal photo from Facebook of the young man in his own kitchen...Or does that cross the line of human decency. The story is linked to the articles about the charges but the photo is not? Is that too harsh even for Patch? So maybe the headline is about the accidental death of Mr Lehman who was previously charged and not the other way around. The facebook photo would make it seem so.

Being a Mother myself my heart goes out to Cheryl. I am so sorry for loss. Many people on here agree that this article was insensitive, hurtful and down right mean! I can only say this, Patch is a Blog it is not anymore than just that. The Editor and Writers on here are a far cry from professional journalist in my opinion. One day I hope they look back at this and understand the magnitude of hurt they conflicted on so many.

Chris, I can see from the various comments you've made on various articles that you are right. I do make much longer comments than you. In fact, I couldn't find a comment that was more than two sentences. But that's all you really need for one liners with the intent to insult your particular target at the time. I'll use the regular response "if you don't like the comments, don't read them". Works for me; and maybe, you'll find if you want to add some substance to a conversation, you'll have to lengthen your comments. Have a good nite Chris; sleep well ok?

And, Chris, yes I voted for Obama. Not sure this time but...we'll see. There I gave you your opening. Go for it...

@ Ric - You seem to be thinking this is a repeat from the election in Cinnaminson last year, people are not making multiple accounts to say the same thing about this mans death. The reason why there are new posters is because this story has become quite popular. I don't understand why that is a hard concept to grasp. If you have posted 1 time or 100 times on patch, it doesn't make your points anymore or any less valid.

The problem is the number of people shocked by this article far outnumbers the ones defending Christina and Tim's "journalism". Let's not forget this isn't NBC, ABC, Fox news. We can't be that surprised a local internet blog doesn't uphold common courtesy for family and friends of the deceased. They are a young source of local news and need to do what they can to increase their viewers, and they have done so with this low class article. This doesn't justify their actions, but for people with common sense you can see what this headline was trying to do.

Christina, I have also had several posts deleted. There was no violation of patch policy in them. I was using the name justreading. Waiting for your response.

Speaking words of wisdom...let it be

yeah and Both comments were from me and outta those two comments i used one bad word and i apoligize but it still think its funny they you wouldnt post my send commet when i used nothing bad...

This has been a terrible tragedy that we all have been dealing with.The Lehman's are like my family, and I'm not here to bash anybody but this headline is only drawing in people who know the negative about JB, it wasn't posted for the friends, family and people who truly care about him.. I understand if he wasn't part of this scandal (which remember all innocent until proven guilty, he may have been charged but not convicted, and sadly he will never get his day in court to clear his name that is being dragged through the mud through everyone's talk on here) like I was saying I UNDERSTAND that there would be no story had that never happened but did you have to be so insensitive? (there's more I reached my character limit.)

@ Mike Jones "I would always see him and his brother speed around on there motorcycles doing 65 70 mph easily and thats what happens when u play stupid.games"
I'm assuming you're referring to route 130, the speed limit is 50... let me guess you do the exact speed limit? You don't do 60 mph EVER? Look around you EVERYONE is doing 60-70 MPH EASY.. "thats what happens when you play stupid games" I'm assuming you also don't know that JB was an experienced rider, I'm not saying that makes it okay but he wasn't some kid who just jumped on a bike thought he was invincible. He PREACHED about wearing gear, and being careful. This was an ACCIDENT that happened on a Harley NOT a STUNT BIKE, not a SPORT bike and NOT ON A HIGHWAY, and not while PLAYING STUPID GAMES.Chrissandra L. Spencer is my name SAY SOMETHING.

& @Ric I AM a new poster, doesn't make me any less real or my points any less valid. But I am a real person, Facebook , Google WHATEVER you wanna do to make yourself feel better.. and also CHRISTINA PACIOLLA may be responding and acting professional on here, but the internet is a big place.

yee ol rebel