Crime

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Charles Manson Has Been Calling Someone in New Jersey

The convicted mass murderer was up for parole in California today. Among the information that emerged from the hearing was that Manson had a homemade […]

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George Zimmerman Will Be Charged in Trayvon Martin’s Shooting Death

Angela Corey—Florida’s special prosecutor—is set to announce her intention to charge George Zimmerman in the February shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. Corey indicated that […]

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Delco Guy Tied 90 Bags of Drugs to His Genitals

Police pulled over a Folcroft man on Chester Pike Friday night. They supposedly saw his car idling with its lights off in a known drug […]

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Catholic Baseball Coach Won’t Admit to Sexually Abusing Players

A 37-year-old man charged with drugging and sexually abusing boys has decided he wants a jury trial. Louis Spadaccini—a city court clerk and baseball coach […]

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Facebook Pics Get Montco Man Charged With Gun Possession

Consider this a warning, people. If you’ve done time for felony drug possession and a condition of your release is that you not possess a […]

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Accuser Faces Heated Cross Examination in Abuse Trial

The 30-year-old Bucks County man who claims Reverend James Brennan raped him when he was a 14-year-old boy took the stand again today to be […]

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Daughter’s Bones Found in Crawl Space

Authorities arrested a 57-year-0ld man from New Jersey after they were summoned to his former residence when a cleaning crew discovered skeletal remains in the […]

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Philly Has More Young People, Is Better at Murder

The State of the City report—an updated version of Philadelphia 2011: The State of the City published by the Philadelphia Research Initiative last spring—is a […]

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Glouco Cop Busted for Dealing Drugs

A police officer in Gloucester Township, New Jersey has been charged with possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute and other crimes. Deputy […]

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An Open Letter For Trayvon Martin

A coalition of national LGBT organizations released an open letter recently calling on authorities to thoroughly investigate the killing of Trayvon Martin – the Florida […]

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Mumia Abu-Jamal Loses Final Appeal

It’s the end of the road for Former Black Panther and convicted cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal, who lost his final appeal to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court […]

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Drunk Driver Speeds Down A.C. Boardwalk

A man is alleged to have been drunk yesterday afternoon when he drove half a mile down the Atlantic City Boardwalk while police tried to […]

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America Is Starting to Notice Killadelphia

We’re used to it. We wake up every morning and read reports of violent home invasions in Olney. We catch clips on the evening news […]

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Guest Columnist for The Morning Call Kills Wife, Self

Charles Snelling—an 81-year-old Republican with a regular guest column in Allentown’s The Morning Call—killed his wife and then himself yesterday. Snelling’s wife was also 81-years-old […]

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Former Temple Doctor Sentenced to Seven Years for Fraud

A former assistant dean of medical affairs and chairman of the ophthalmology department of Temple University’s School of Medicine will serve seven years in prison […]