This Week in Chester History

In 1992, local man Howard Silverman was charged with two counts of writing a bad check and two counts of theft by deception. He had been caught multiple times in Mendham, Summit, Union Township, Mountainside, Springfield, and Short Hills. Detective Gary Janes said Silverman wrote a $148 check to the Shop-Rite store at the Chester Springs Shopping Center which led to his arrest in Chester. Source: Observer-Tribune