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A Delco firefighter was sentenced to house arrest for calling a woman the N-word during an argument

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A Delaware County firefighter was sentenced to house arrest after being convicted of ethnic intimidation and terroristic threats for using a racial slur.

John Romano told a judge he was frustrated that he was being "prosecuted over words." He was convicted of ethnic intimidation, terroristic threats, and related crimes earlier this year.

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