Bad Behavior
Cop-Car-Stealing Couple Just Wanted to Quit Heroin, Get Warm
AP reports that Blake Bills and Shayna Sykes—the couple that stole two police cars and led Philly police on a wild chase earlier this month, […]
Of 22 Philly Bank Robberies This Year, Just One Was Committed Using a Gun
According to a (paywalled) piece in the Philadelphia Business Journal, 21 bank robberies have been committed in Philadelphia this year. But that’s not the real […]
(Bitter)Sweet 16: The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Duke Fan
So my alma mater, Duke, made it to the Sweet 16 last night by defeating some school named Creighton. Since I graduated 35 years […]
“Catch Me if You Can” Gone Wrong: Man Impersonates Pilot at PHL
Wednesday, a 61-year-old French guy boarded a Palm Beach-bound flight (paid ticket in hand) at PHL in full Air France uniform, marched up to the […]
WATCH Terrifying Shooting In West Oak Lane
Well, this is scary: Philly Police offer the following description: The Philadelphia Police Department’s Northwest Detectives Division is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the […]
Planned Protest Shuts Down BCG’s Penn Presentation
The Daily Pennsylvanian reports: An on-campus information session for the Boston Consulting Group was canceled at the last minute Wednesday against the backdrop of a […]
Councilwoman Owes Back Taxes On Property
More bad news for Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown. City Paper reports: Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown has had a rough few years. In the midst of […]
Meet The Guy Who Tried Robbing Girl Scouts
This is Jevon Michael Avis. He’s a 31-year-old man. The reason there’s a mugshot available of Avis is because he was arrested in January. After […]
Seth Williams Was Following Pornographic Twitter Accounts
The Daily News, in an investigation almost as strange as the social media habits it revealed, found that District Attorney Seth Williams had until recently […]
What CNN and a Rabbi Have in Common: Siding With Abusers
The high-profile Steubenville, Ohio, rape case ended last weekend with guilty verdicts for both defendants—leading to one of the more embarrassing segments in the history […]
Nobody Likes Andrew Bynum, Vol. 197: Prep School Coach Edition
Just as the news was breaking that Andrew Bynum would be missing the rest of the Sixers season, the Newark Star-Ledger tried to find the […]
Chesco Father and Son Tag Team to Throw Debauched St. Paddy’s Day Party
This is certainly not how my father and I bonded. Drunken teenagers, the smell of marijuana, a partygoer passed out and covered in vomit, and […]
FBI: Isabella Gardner Art Heist Has Philly Connection
The FBI today launched a new website to track developments in the 1990 art heist at the Isabella Steward Gardner Museum in Boston, adding new […]
While You Weren’t Looking, Philly’s Homicide Rate Started Dropping
Somebody should tell the district attorney this is like pitching a no-hitter: You don’t want to talk about this stuff just in case you end […]
Delaware Court Rules: Ex-Wife’s Bite Really, Really Hurt
The Delaware Supreme Court has ruled that Ewelina Mrozik Kulowiec, was properly convicted of assault in a 2011 attack on her ex-husband, ruling that she […]