Crime
(UPDATED) Lawyer to Seth Williams: Reopen Brandon Tate-Brown Investigation
Updated with response from D.A. Seth Williams. The lawyer representing the family of Brandon Tate-Brown called on District Attorney William to reopen the criminal investigation into […]
Ramsey Defends Police Statements in Tate-Brown Case
Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey on Thursday defended his department’s handling of the Brandon Tate-Brown case, saying his department provided an early, inaccurate account of the […]
(Update) “Black Madam” Given 10-to-20-Year Sentence
[Update 2:25 p.m.] Windslowe was given a 10-to-20-year prison sentence today. “I’m truly sorry for the people I harmed, but know from the bottom of my […]
Those New York Escapees Might Be in Philly! (But Probably Not)
[Update 12:37 p.m.] Nope, it wasn’t them. NBC 10 reports: A cabdriver’s suspicion that two early morning passengers were the convicted killers who escaped from a […]
Another Serious Hit and Run Took Place in Philly This Morning
A man was found injured after a hit and run accident on Roosevelt Boulevard this morning. Police say the man was transported in critical condition […]
Report: Suspect Took Taxi to Shooting
Police say an unidentified shooter took a taxi this morning to meet his victim, jumped out, shot the young man twice, then jumped back in […]
Here Are the City’s Investigative Files in the Brandon Tate-Brown Shooting
[Update 1:05 p.m.] The documents identify publicly — for the first time — the two officers who were involved in the shooting: Nicholas Carrelli and […]
Another Sting Target Pleads Guilty
Michelle Brownlee has become the latest Philadelphia Democrat to plead guilty to corruption charges arising from the investigation abandoned by Attorney General Kathleen Kane and […]
Former West Chester Clergyman Pleads to Child Porn Charges
A former parochial vicar in the Philadelphia Archdiocese has pleaded guilty to charges he possessed and shared child pornography. Mark Haynes, 56, pleaded guilty to federal […]
Former Mount Laurel, N.J., Man Charged in S.C. Walter Scott Shooting
It’s official: Michael Slager — the South Carolina police officer caught on tape shooting a black man, Walter Scott, as he ran away — has […]
Raheem Felder Charged With Point Breeze Rape and Robbery
It has been two weeks since a 35-year-old woman was raped in her Point Breeze home by a masked man, and now 32-year-old Raheem Felder […]
Cops Warn of South Philly “Flimflam” Scam
Be alert, gulls! The coppers are warning of a pair running a flimflam scam in South Philadelphia. Philly even released a silent film of the […]
Hero Cop Stops Rising Sun Pizza Robbery In Northeast Philly
A Philadelphia Police detective stopped a robbery Thursday night at a popular pizza joint in Northeast Philly, getting in a shootout with a gunman who, […]
Here Is the New Jersey Bill That Would Criminalize Lying to Get Sex
Last December, New Jersey Assemblyman Troy Singleton introduced a bill that raised eyebrows: It would create the crime of sexual assault by fraud. Lying for […]
New Sandusky Accuser Asks Court to Order Criminal Charges
A man who says Jerry Sandusky molested him during the 1980s is asking a court to order criminal charges in the matter. “The man, now […]