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In Delco, an alleged ‘fake news’ reporter heads to trial

Nikolaos Hatziefstathiou is accused of creating a phony, racist email from a parole officer in Delaware County.

Nikolaos Tzima Hatziefstathiou, a.k.a. "Nik the Hat," arrives Thursday for a preliminary hearing on charges that he manufactured a fake, race-fueled scandal in Delaware County using altered emails from the county's probation department.
Nikolaos Tzima Hatziefstathiou, a.k.a. "Nik the Hat," arrives Thursday for a preliminary hearing on charges that he manufactured a fake, race-fueled scandal in Delaware County using altered emails from the county's probation department.Read moreJESSICA GRIFFIN / Staff Photographer