Crime

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Toddler Fight Club at Delaware Day Care Leads to Three Arrests

Three employees from the Hands of Our Future day care center in Dover, Delaware have been arrested for allegedly encouraging the three-year-olds at the facility […]

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City Sued in House of Horrors Case

In the summer of 2011, Philly was rocked by the “House of Horrors” case that saw Linda Weston arrested and charged with numerous crimes relating […]

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State Police Allow Sex Offender to Register His Address as the Park Next to Bonner-Prendie

Upper Darby Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood isn’t thrilled that Pennsylvania State Police have allowed Steven Sherlock—a 30-year-old sexually violent predator—to register his address as a […]

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Debunking Myths About Gun Rights in Philadelphia

In the end, Philadelphia police officer Moses Walker Jr. died Saturday morning not just because the city’s streets are filled with bad men—though, surely, that […]

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Trial of PSU Officials Will Begin in January

The trial of former Penn State University athletic director Tim Curley and former senior vice president of the university Gary Schultz has been set to […]

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Curley, Schultz Want Charges Dismissed in Pretrial Hearing

A judge did not issue any immediate rulings in a pretrial hearing involving former Penn State officials Tim Curley and Gary Schultz. Attorneys representing Curley […]

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Judge Finds Kensington Strangler Guilty

On Thursday, a judge found 23-year-old Antonio Rodriguez guilty of raping and murdering three women. Rodriguez—known as the “Kensington Strangler”—was convicted on three counts each […]

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These Philadelphians Want Gun Permits

Last weekend, Philadelphia’s Department of Licenses and Inspections, an agency not usually known for its transparency and user-friendliness, unveiled a new web app that displays […]

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Guy Says He Contemplated Assassinating Ed Rendell Over Child Porn Ring Allegedly Involving Jerry Sandusky, a Philly Businessman, and the Gambino Crime Family

Guy Thought About Assassinating Rendell. A man who works as a police officer at a local charter school says that Eddie Savitz—the guy who supposedly […]

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Bam Margera Arrested in North Carolina Airport

Local Jackass Bam Margera was arrested at the Charlotte Douglas International Airport over the weekend for allegedly swearing up a storm and being a real […]

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Son of Kermit Gosnell, Accused Abortion Doctor, Seeks Name Change

Barron Alexander Gosnell is the 20-year-old son of Kermit Gosnell, the man accused of delivering babies in WEst Philly and severing their spinal cords with […]

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Someone Robbed Steve Jobs’ House

A man has been arrested for allegedly stealing more than $60,000 worth of computers and personal items from the Palo Alto home of the late […]

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Man Arrested in Canada for 1998 Decapitation of Chinatown Man

1998 Chinatown Decapitation. A man has been arrested in Canada for the 1998 decapitation of a Chinatown man. Authorities say that the suspect was arrested […]

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Casualties Reported in Texas A&M Shooting

Police have apprehended a gunman who reportedly opened fire near Texas A&M’s campus in College Station, Texas. At least six people were injured, including police […]

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Woman Steals Purse from Church During Communion, Tries to Buy Everything on the McDonald’s Menu

A woman in Upper Darby reportedly waltzed into a church on West Chester Pike and swiped the purse of a woman who left her pew […]