Dawson was the 12th person executed in Delaware since the state's death penalty statute was rewritten in 1991. The department began spot checks of employees' travel reimbursement requests last November, when they first received recommendations from the city controller's office. The audit's major findings involved limited oversight of inspectors' daily activity reports, allowing some of the agency's 105 field inspectors to receive inflated expense reimbursements. The drug sweep was part of an ongoing effort by the Philadelphia Housing Authority, police, the Drug Enforcement Agency and Housing and Urban Development to clean up the city's public housing. The raids, at locations in the Haddington and Arch Homes in the area of 54th and Vine streets, have led to the arrest of 54 people over the last eight months, police said.
Police have warrants for five other people who disappeared before the raids.
The Liberty Bell will get an X-ray scan this week, its first checkup in more than 25 years. National Parks spokesman Phil Sheridan said they want to take a closer look at the damage to the 2,080 pound bell. Scaggs is accused of raping a Glenolden woman in her home while on duty in June. Scaggs was arrested June 7 on charges that he raped the woman twice at her home. If you experience any problems with the Daily News Web site, please let us know.