80-year sentence in N.J. murders of 2 Canadians
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A fond farewell after the Happy Trash Day celebration. (Brad Larrison/for NewsWorks)
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Smiles all around at Happy Trash Day in East Kensington. (Brad Larrison/for NewsWorks)
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The Happy Trash Day founder, surrounded by those she wanted to celebrate. (Brad Larrison/for NewsWorks)
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Jenny Drumgoole (aka Soxx) laughs with sanitation workers. Her specially made dress was covered in beans and pasta. (Brad Larrison/for NewsWorks)
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The 'Happy Trash Day' cake. (Brad Larrison/for NewsWorks)
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Soxx waves to sanitation workers from the back of a trash truck. (Brad Larrison/for NewsWorks)
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Steve Scott gets a 'Happy Trash Day' pin. (Brad Larrison/for NewsWorks)
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A sanitation worker strikes a pose in the Happy Trash Day attraction. (Brad Larrison/for NewsWorks)
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Steve Scott of Philadelphia Streets Department gets a warm welcome at Happy Trash Day. (Brad Larrison/for NewsWorks)
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Sanitation workers check out the spread of baked goods, and the accompanying cardboard garbage-truck display. (Brad Larrison/for NewsWorks)
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Soxx hugs Redbeard at Happy Trash Day in East Kensington. (Brad Larrison/for NewsWorks)
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Jenny Drumgoole greets Assistant Administrator for Streets Department and Sanitation Gary Howell, who came out to see the festivities with his own eyes. (Brad Larrison/for NewsWorks)
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Allison Sexton and Chris McDonnell wait for the trash collectors to arrive. (Brad Larrison/for NewsWorks)
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Michaelene Sexton, who traveled down from Massachusetts, poses in the 'Happy Trash Day' sign during Thursday's party in East Kensington. (Brad Larrison/for NewsWorks)
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Allison Sexton, friend of Happy Trash Day advocate 'Soxx,' brings out cupcakes for sanitation workers. (Brad Larrison/for NewsWorks)
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Jenny Drumgoole (aka 'Soxx') and Allison Sexton prepare treats for city sanitation workers outside for 'Happy Trash Day' on Dreer Street in East Kensington. (Brad Larrison/for NewsWorks)
A homeless woman who admitted fatally stabbing two Canadian tourists in Atlantic City, N.J., during an attempted street robbery last year has been sentenced to 80 years in prison.
Forty-five-year-old Antoinette Pelzer was convicted of two counts of murder in the deaths of 80-year-old Po Lin Wan and her daughter, 47-year-old Alice Mei See Leung.
The two women were from the Toronto area.
Pelzer is a former Philadelphia resident. Her family had said she was mentally ill but The Press of Atlantic City reported tests did not support an insanity defense.
She pleaded guilty in August and was given two consecutive 40-year terms on Thursday.
The daytime stabbings, with a 12-inch butcher knife, occurred in the heart of the resort city’s new tourism district.
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