Crime
Wealthy Sex Offender Doctor Gets Zero Jail Time in Patient Groping Case
Over the last couple of months, we’ve read endless headline news accounts of how wealthy, prominent men have used their power and position to sexually assault, […]
The Feds Think Bob Brady’s Email Likely Contains “Evidence of Crimes”
This is a developing story. Check back for updates. Bob Brady might be in trouble. Last Friday, while nobody was paying attention, a federal judge in […]
Police: Center City Teen Flash Mob Ends With Three Assaults, Two Arrests
A chaotic scene played out near Rittenhouse Square on Saturday evening. Police say more than a hundred teenagers gathered in flash mobs that ended with […]
Philly Just Got a Hate Crimes Hotline
It’s been about a year since former District Attorney Seth Williams (now in prison) created a Hate Crimes Task Force to “vigorously prosecute” hate crimes […]
Police: Man Tied Up With Vacuum Cord During NoLibs Home Invasion
You may have heard a NoLibs-based horror story on Wednesday. Rumors of a home invasion swirled after residents took to the Northern Liberities Neighbors Facebook group to share […]
Police: Pipe Attack Lands Temple Student in the Hospital
Police say a group of teens beat a Temple University student with a pipe last week. According to officials, the teens surrounded Eli Glovas-Kurtz around 8:30 p.m. on […]
OPINION: Black People, Let’s Stop Tearing Each Other Apart Over Meek Mill
“Meek Mill got what he deserved,” my 46-year old barber declared in a shop full of other Black men while discussing the famed rapper’s recent prison sentence. […]
OPINION: Meek Mill’s Prison Sentence Isn’t the Hill to Die On
I was sitting in the Marriott hotel at 12th and Market on Monday shortly after the #FreeMeekMill rally at the Criminal Justice Center when a […]
Meek Mill Got Exactly What He Deserved
In case you somehow missed the big news from yesterday … no, not Donald Trump in Asia. And not the possibility of war between Saudi […]
Police: Penn Student Suffers Fractured Skull in Robbery
Philly police are searching for two suspects who allegedly beat and robbed a University of Pennsylvania graduate student on Sunday. Officials say the 26-year-old Penn student was […]
The No-Bullshit Guide to the 2017 Philadelphia General Election
The last time there was a general election for district attorney of Philadelphia, only 12 percent of registered voters went to the polls. That means less than one-eighth […]
Police: Man Fired Bullets Into Group of Teens, Killing 16-Year-Old
Police are searching for a man who allegedly shot into a crowd of teens on Sunday morning in North Philly, killing one youth and injuring at […]
There Were 267 Drunk-Driving Arrests in One N.J. “Dry” Town Last Year
It’s been 84 years since Prohibition was rolled back in the United States, but remnants of the 18th Amendment (which was repealed by Congress in […]
This Bartender Says She Broke Her Hand Beating Man Who Sexually Assaulted Her
The Philadelphia Police Department is looking for a man accused of sexually assaulting a woman at a South Philadelphia bar, but the woman in question […]
Campaign to Replace Torched Feral Cat Shelters Reaches $22K in Three Days
A nonprofit is raising money for a South Philly cat shelter after, it claims, someone set it on fire three times in two weeks. The flames destroyed […]