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I Don’t Really Care if Michael Nutter Did or Did Not Fix Traffic Tickets

When I first heard the (now disputed) news that then-Councilman Mike Nutter had (allegedly) tried to fix tickets at Traffic Court, my first thought wasn’t about hypocrisy […]

City Life

“No Body Talk” Summer Camps: Is This a Good Thing?

Last week the New York Times ran an article on a couple of summer camps that enforce a “no body talk” rule. As one such […]

City Life

Jersey High School Student Slashes Classmate’s Face

This is awful: “Pennsauken Police say one 16-year-old girl used a razor or razor-knife to slice another 16-year-old student’s face while they were on the […]

City Life

“Swiss Cheese Pervert” Christopher Pagano Pleads Guilty

On Thursday morning in a Philadelphia courtroom, Christopher Pagano, the so-called “Swiss Cheese Pervert” of Philadelphia, pleaded guilty to indecent exposure and harassment in a […]

City Life

Teen Arrested in Video Punching Incident

Upper Darby Police have arrested the teen they believe responsible for a “knockout game” attack last week on a commuter waiting for a trolley.

City Life

Drunk Man Punches Lifeguards Who Saved Him

Several outlets are reporting that Ivan Rivera is facing charges after punching lifeguards — after he’d been rescued when being swept out to sea by […]

City Life

Cockfighting Ring Busted in Kensington

Animal control officials seized 18 live roosters from a Kensington house over the weekend, part of what officials say was a cockfighting enterprise: Officers arrived […]

City Life

VIDEO: Man Punched at Trolley Stop

FOX 29 News Philadelphia | WTXF-TV Upper Darby Police say the so-called “Knockout Game” might be responsible for this video of a young man suddenly […]

City Life

Gunman Steals Two Guns from Man Outside Gun Range [UPDATED]

On Wednesday night at 6:40 p.m., a 68-year-old man was getting into his car outside of Yuri’s Gun Range, which is on Percy Street, just […]

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Feds: Philly Social Worker Sold IDs of Foster Kids to Tax Prep Company

Gebah Kamara was a social worker for Catholic Social Services in Philadelphia until late 2011, handling the cases of foster children referred to CSS by […]

Restaurants

Matt Swartz’s Probation Officer Works for Him at Farmers’ Cabinet

The woman you see in this photo is named Christina Quartullo. She is a waitress at Logan, the bar recently opened at 20th and Arch […]

City Life

Here Are Mugshots of the Adults Who Allegedly Let a 6-Year-Old Go to School With Heroin

Christopher Troy-Jenkins White and Marie Hunter are the two adults alleged to have been in charge of the 6 -year-old who took heroin with her […]

City Life

Philly Couple Arrested in Sea Isle City for Sex at the Beach

Sunday was a more-exciting-than-usual day in Sea Isle City, New Jersey. At approximately 4 p.m., a young Philadelphia couple allegedly had sex in the ocean, […]

City Life

Chestnut Hill/Mount Airy Co-op Faces Financial Scandal — Again

For the second time in little more than a a decade, the Weavers Way co-op in Chestnut Hill and West Mount Airy faces financial scandal. […]

City Life

Police Hunting Daring Wawa Sandwich Robbers In Center City

Philadelphia Police are on the lookout for three guys who allegedly robbed the Wawa store at 1707 Arch Street of sandwiches. Yes, you read that […]