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The filing date of the two following news reports was June 6, 2018 to be published in print the next day.

(1) Max Bennett, Federal Charge For Exchange Student Who Threatened Delco School. Haverford Patch, June 6, 2018
https://patch.com/pennsylvania/h ... -school-threat-case

(2) Erin McCarthy, Foreign Exchange Student from Taiwan Faces New Federal Charge after Delaware County School Shooting threat. Philadelphia Inquirer, June 6, 2018
www.philly.com/philly/news/crime ... hreat-20180606.html
("In Sun's bedroom, authorities found [among other things] a strangulation apparatus called a garrote. * * * McSwain skirted questions on Wednesday about whether the host mother could face charges as a consequence. * * * Caroline Goldner Cinquanto, Sun's attorney in the federal case, declined to comment Wednesday on whether Sun planned to plead guilty. He did not enter a plea at the arraignment. His attorney in the state case could not be reached for comment Wednesday afternoon")

Note:
(a) There is no need to read the rest of (2).
(b)
(i) Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County, located at Media.
(ii)
(A) Delaware County, Pennsylvania
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_County,_Pennsylvania
(was named for[, and located on the west bank of,] the Delaware River, on the southwestern border of Philadelphia; County seat Borough of Media [rhe Wiki page for Media: 'The name most likely comes from the borough's central location in Delaware County'] )
(Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County, located at Media.
Delaware County, Pennsylvania
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_County,_Pennsylvania
(was named for[, and located on the west bank of,] the Delaware River, on the southwestern border of Philadelphia; County seat Borough of Media [rhe Wiki page for Media: 'The name most likely comes from the borough's central location in Delaware County'] )
(B) Delaware River
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_River
(map)
http://www.pacourts.us/learn/
(iii)
(A) in Pennsylvania: "The COURT OF COMMON PLEAS is a general trial jurisdiction court * * * is organized into three divisions * * * [1] Trial Division is responsible for most felony criminal and major civil cases where the contested amount exceeds $12,000; [2] the Family Division [including dealing with juveniles] * * * [3] Orphans' Court Division conducts proceedings involving estates, wills and trusts." from the Web.  Generally speaking, a county has one Court of Common Pleas.

(The trial court dealing with misdemeanors and civil action where contested amount is less than $12,000 is Magistrate District Courts or Municipal Courts in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.)
(B) Court of Common Pleas (England) handled only civil actions; criminal cases, by definition, was/ is a crime against the king.
* Court of Common Pleas (England): (dissolved in 1880; seated in Westminster throughout its life; handled cases of " 'common pleas'; actions between subject and subject, which did not concern the king" [Cases of the latter category has been handled in Court of King's Bench (previous name) or King's Bench Division of High Court (current name)] )   en.wikipedia.org for Court of Common Pleas (England).
* Court of Common Pleas (English court). Encyclopaedia Britannica, last updated June 4, 2018
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Court-of-Common-Pleas

two consecutive paragraphs:

"Court of Common Pleas, English court of law that originated from Henry II's assignment in 1178 of five members of his council [There is no dispute that this was formed in 1178 but whether this was the forerunner of Court of Common Pleas or of King's Bench is unclear] to hear pleas (civil disputes between individuals), as distinguished from litigation to which the crown was a party. This group of councillors did not immediately emerge as a body distinct and separate from the curia regis ('king's court') [1066 (Norman conquest) - c 1215]. It remained a part of that court and traveled with it until Magna Carta [1215] required that civil jurisdiction be assigned to a body convening at a designated place, at which time it settled in Westminster Hall. In 1223 the court began to maintain separate rolls, and in 1272 it acquired a chief justice.

"During the later Middle Ages, Common Pleas was the most active though not the highest of the common-law courts; it included within its jurisdiction not only almost all civil litigation but also the supervision of local and manorial courts as well. Its judgments, however, were subject to review by the Court of King's (Queen's) Bench.

(c) William Miller McSwain is the United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He assumed office on Apr 6, 2018.
(d) A garrote (variant: garrotte) is a stick attached to a metal noose; an executioner twists the stick.  See, eg, A Chinese Criminal on a Garotte.  https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/de ... picture-id615331074
("This illustration shows a chinese criminal attached to a Garrote. By winding the lever the guard is tightening the ropes, causing blood to flow from the criminal's eyes. January 01, 1900")

By the time blood flowing from eyes, the condemned was long dead.