Crime
Bucks County Sex Abuser Sentenced to 494-982 Years in Prison
35-year-old ex-tattoo artist Walter Meyerle, a Bucks County man convicted in August of 170 counts of sex crimes against 15 children, was sentenced to at […]
Looks Like Exterminator Charged With Center City Murder Got Good Reviews on Angie’s List
Dave Bilyk Exterminators is in the midst of a catastrophically bad PR week, after one of its subcontractors, Jason Smith, confessed to murdering a woman […]
The Banality of Evil: The Bugman Cometh
Shortly before noon on Monday, Melissa Ketunuti, a 35-year old Children’s Hospital research scientist, was beaten, bound, choked to death and then set aflame in […]
12 Things New York Has That Philly Needs
Now before you go all Clubber Lang on me, you should know that I am not one of those Philadelphians who has an inferiority complex […]
Ori Feibush’s Video Helped Solve Center City Slaying
You probably know Ori Feibush best as the developer who cleaned up a city-owned lot last year—and ended up in hot water over it. Maybe […]
Former Philadelphian David Headley Gets 35 Years in Mumbai Terror Attacks
Guess he won’t be grabbing a drink at the Khyber Pass Pub for awhile: David Headley, whose mother once owned the Philly club, on Thursday […]
Watchdog Group Releases Details of Philadelphia’s Catholic Sex Abuse Scandal
Perhaps more so than anyone else, defrocked priest Edward Avery has been at the heart of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia’s child sex abuse scandal. In […]
UPDATE: Confession, Charges in Center City Slaying
MORE ON THE PHILLY POST ABOUT THIS CASE: Looks Like Exterminator Charged With Center City Murder Got Good Reviews on Angie’s List How Could Shocking […]
Four Years After “Tainted Justice,” Police Still Working, Victims Waiting for Results
Remember “Tainted Justice?” It was the (deservedly) Pulitzer Prize-winning Daily News series by Barbara Laker and the now-departed Wendy Ruderman, uncovering Shield-like corruption in the […]
UVA Lacrosse Murderer Huguely Wants New Trial
George Huguely, the University of Virginia lacrosse player who was sentenced to 23 years in prison in August for beating his girlfriend Yeardley Love to […]
After Arson, Chestnut Hill Quakers Defend Labor Movement
The Chestnut Hill Quakers whose meetinghouse construction site was set ablaze last month revealed that some of the group were actually considering using union labor […]
Where Were You When You Heard Joe Paterno Died (For Real)?
Hard to believe, but it’s been exactly one year since Joe Paterno died from lung cancer—a day after overzealous student journalists pre-reported his death—just months […]
Prosecution Rests in Sex Abuse Case
Prosecutors rested their case today against the Rev. Charles Engelhardt and former lay teacher Bernard Shero on charges the two men sexually abused the same boy […]
UPDATE: Slaying of Pediatrician in Center City Drawing Worldwide Attention
The slaying of Melissa Ketunuti—the Philadelphia pediatrician whose burning and bound body was found Monday in her Center City home—is drawing attention from national and […]
Is Philly Ignoring Gun Violence?
That’s what former New York police commissioner William Bratton told the Wall Street Journal in a weekend interview about “the real cures for gun violence.” […]