Crime

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Philly Police Make Arrest in Witness Slaying

Mayor Nutter expressed his discontent with a judge’s decision to reduce the bail of 23-year-old Jorge Aldea. Aldea had allegedly killed a man outside of […]

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Police Seize 40 Pounds of Cocaine From Bensalem

How much cocaine is too much cocaine? Most would argue that even a little cocaine is probably a bad idea. But, 40 pounds? Even Tony […]

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How Not to Get Murdered In Philadelphia

We know that Philadelphia is the most deadly of the 10 biggest cities in America (it’s not even close). And we know that there are […]

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Passenger Writes About Weekend’s Center City Taxicab Attack

Brian Goldman is a senior at Penn. Over the weekend, he was taking a cab to meet some friends when he was punched in the […]

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Three Black Teens Arrested for Assaulting White Cabbie and Passenger in Center City

Three Teens Arrested for Assaulting Cabbie. On Saturday night, it’s alleged that three teenagers shouted racial slurs at the passenger in a cab before pulling […]

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How Yale Screwed Up a Sexual Assault Complaint

Back in September, I wrote in the magazine about the problems posed for colleges and universities by the Department of Education’s new rules governing how […]

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Convict Charged With 2008 Murder of Veno Leigertwood

A man serving time in Altoona for a robbery he committed in Philadelphia has been charged with murdering Veno Leigertwood in 2008. Leigertwood was shot […]

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How Much Should Philly Pay to Catch Your Killer?

Since people don’t do the right thing anymore just for the sake of doing the right thing, it seems that we’ve got to pay people […]

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Mayor Nutter Wants to Give You $500

All you’ve got to do is provide information that leads to the recovery of an illegal firearm. It’s a part of the new crime initiative […]

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Bonnie Sweeten Senteced to 100 Months for Kidnapping Hoax

Bonnie Sweeten—the paralegal who told a 911 operator that she and her nine-year-old daughter had been kidnapped and stuffed in a trunk—has been sentenced to […]

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They’re Not Even Hiding Bodies Anymore

They’re not even making the effort to hide the bodies anymore. Police are investigating the death of a man after he was found wrapped in […]

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Philadelphia’s Murder Rate Doesn’t Matter

Killadelphia. I hate that nickname, and I hate it even more in a headline, which is how we’ve seen it used most recently. I think […]

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One-Punch, Road Rage Killing in Camden

Traffic Accident Leads to Road Rage Death. An 18-year-old has been accused of killing a former substitute teacher with one punch after the man had […]

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Pimp and Prostitutes Arrested at Sands Casino in Bethlehem

Over the weekend, police arrested a 50-year-old man and five women ages 24-50 at the Sands Casino in Bethlehem. An undercover operation netted the arrests […]

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Prosecutors Call Archdiocese Unindicted Co-Conspirator

In a pretrial hearing today, prosecutors in the case against Monsignor William Lynn wanted to demonstrate the alleged perpetual nature of the sexual-abuse involving priests […]