Crime
Why Won’t Philadelphia Let This Man Out of Prison?
Let’s be clear right up front: William Barnes is a lowlife scum. But it is an absolute travesty that he remains in prison two years […]
Guy Shoots Neighbor in Dispute Over Dog Poop
Another Day, Another Philadelphian Killed Over Stupid Crap. This time it was of the dog variety. A dispute over dog poop led to the shooting […]
Trial Ordered for Montco Teacher Charged With Molestation
William Schellinger—a former teacher at Colonial Middle School in Montgomery County—will be tried for allegedly improperly touching five male eighth graders. The 41-year-old previously resigned […]
Lawyers Want Judge in Catholic Church Scandal Case to Recuse Herself Because of Comments on Philly.com
And here we were thinking that no one cared about the comments on Philly.com. Defense attorneys in the case against Monsignor William J. Lynn want […]
Cops Catch the “Office Creeper” in Jersey
Gerald Broadwater—the 61-year-old man known as the “Office Creeper”—was arrested by police in New Jersey. Broadwater is suspected of waltzing into offices posing as either […]
Teens Get Four Years For Attacking Veteran
Last month, a group of teenagers were caught on camera attacking a Vietnam War veteran in Olney. The two teens who participated in the attack […]
Be On the Lookout for the “Office Creeper”
Yeah, he’s real. Some guy that’s wanted in five states for posing as an employee or member of a cleaning crew to rip off office […]
V-Day Philly Kicks Off
Last year, more than 5,800 V-Day events were held around the world to bring attention to violence against women. In Philly this year, the LGBT […]
Transphobia and Violence
After a transgender women was brutally stabbed last week in our nation’s capital, it was announced just a day later that she died as the […]
Police Investigate Center City Rape
A woman reported that she was raped in an alley off of 16th Street in Center City very early this morning. Police were on the […]
Guy Finally Convicted After 44th Arrest
So, it’s about time that 25-year-old John Gassew spent some time in the slammer. Gassew had been arrested 44 times and never been convicted. That […]
Decoding Philly Media: How Four Local Websites Covered the Same Story
By now, you know the story. Let us briefly review. A Penn kid, name of Brian Goldman, is in a cab at 15th and Chestnut. Three […]
Could a Morality Pill Have Saved Kevin Kless?
The timing of the piece in the The New York Times Sunday about conscience couldn’t have been more relevant to Philadelphians: The same week a […]
Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua Dead at 88
Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua Found Dead. Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua died in his sleep at the age of 88. He was recently declared competent to testify in […]
Authorities Bust Multimillion-Dollar Spongebob and Homer Simpson LSD Ring at Drexel
Consider this your obligatory bad trip pun. Five arrests have been made in connection with a multimillion-dollar LSD ring on Drexel University’s campus. The DEA […]