Constant drama at the Lincoln Motel, just over the Philadelphia border on Lincoln Highway: Thomas James "Tom Thumb" Campbell, a member of the Pagans motorcycle gang, had a room at the Lincoln when he killed an Upper Darby police officer in 2002.  Police nabbed Manny Duran, accused of running one of the most notorious drug rings in the city, at the Lincoln, in Trevose. When they caught him, he was packing a .40-caliber.  Ligaya Sitrum, 51, a housekeeper doubling as a front-desk clerk, caught the everyday dramas.

She cleaned up after the fights, the suicides, and the "15-minute guests," who didn't bother to slip between the sheets. Instead, if they were tidy, they just spread a towel on the bedspread.  "This is a dump," she said, "and the people who come in here are nasty people."  And so, in her opinion, is motel owner Jyoti Panwala, who had not paid Sitrum and 11 other employees a total of $6,373.55 for unpaid wages, the U.S. Department of Labor said. The motel failed to pay minimum wage and overtime. U.S. Labor Department officials and investigators from around Pennsylvania are meeting in State College on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday to talk about how to tackle what they see as a serious problem - wage theft in Pennsylvania's hotel sector. (click on link to read full story)