Crime
Job Fair for Ex-Convicts Turns Into “Mad House”
Somewhere between 2,000 and 3,000 people showed up at the Municipal Services Building this morning for a job fair catering to ex-criminal offenders. Unfortunately, the […]
Listen: Joe Biden Reads Letters About Gun Violence From Philly 3rd Graders
Vice-President Joe Biden recently received a set of letters from a classroom of third-graders from North Philadelphia. The topic was gun violence. Today, the White […]
$30,000 Worth of Snakes Stolen From State College Home
Wednesday night, somebody stole five males and eight pregnant females from a mobile home near State College, in Union Township. Snakes, that is. And those […]
Cops Cracking Down on Seat Belts…For a Couple Weeks
Alright motorists, you better wear your seatbelts. Because cops are ramping up enforcement. For…the next two weeks. The initiatives are part of the national “click […]
Kai the Hitchhiker Arrested for Murder at Philadelphia Greyhound Station [Updated]
Today, Caleb Lawrence McGillvary–a.k.a. Kai the homeless hitchhiker–was arrested at the Greyhound bus terminal in Philadelphia for the murder of a New Jersey lawyer found […]
It’s Breaking Bad on the Schuylkill as Warlock Meth Head Shoots Girlfriend
Legend has it, a 31-year-old member of the Warlocks motorcycle club, in the span of a few minutes Tuesday: A. snorted meth, B. smoked weed, […]
Sixers’ Nick Young Sued For Sexual Assault
TMZ: A woman is suing Philadelphia 76ers star Nick Young for sexual assault — claiming he roofied her back in 2011 … then raped her […]
Firefighter Caught On Camera, Stealing Money From Ambulance Patient
6 ABC reports that a Philadelphia firefighter has been placed on administrative leave, after cameras caught him going through the pockets of a patient he […]
Catholic League’s Bill Donohue Demands Probe of Philly D.A.
You’ll remember a couple of weeks ago, famed Philly reporter Ralph Cipriano published his analysis of recent child-molestation trials involving the Philly Catholic Church—and came […]
Why Yes, This Delran Woman Did Fake Cancer
There’s no longer a need to put a question mark at the end of this headline from PhillyMag’s March issue: Lori Stilley has pleaded guilty […]
Staphmeal’s Joshua Scott Albert Pleads Guilty, Gets Out of Jail
It seems just like days ago that we were telling you that Joshua Scott Albert, the infamous gossip blogger behind Staphmeal, was hanging out in […]
Aida Guzman Gets $75,000 from City for Puerto Rican Day Incident
Lt. James Josey, the man who famously punched a woman on Puerto Rican Day last year, was found not guilty of assault last February, by […]
Nosy Neighbors Are a Dying Breed of Crime-Fighter
As details spilled out of Cleveland’s “House of Horrors,” I asked the same question that you undoubtedly asked. How on earth could three young girls […]
Local DJ Killed in South Street Haagen Dazs [Updated]
At 3:45 a.m. on Saturday, 36-year-old Tom Watson, aka “DJ Fenicx,” was killed in side the Haagen Dazs on South Street. Watson, who had a […]
Ku Klux Klan Guy Screening Documentary at the Mutter Museum Tonight
First he was a Daily News Sexy Single. Then he was a guy on Chestnut Street dressed as a Klan member. And now, fresh off being […]