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Philadelphia Cop Charged With Assaulting Partner 4 Separate Times

Philadelphia Police Officer Kenneth Allen was arrested Thursday and charged with assaulting his partner on four separate occasions. The fights between the two partners came […]

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Testimony Heard for Hate-Crime Legislation

The Pennsylvania House Democratic Policy Committee held a hearing on hate-crime legislation Thursday at the Kimmel Center. The recent attack on a gay couple in […]

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Philadelphia Firefighter, Girlfriend Charged With Assaulting Pregnant Ex-Wife

A Philadelphia firefighter and his girlfriend are accused of two separate assaults on the firefighter’s pregnant ex-wife and her current boyfriend. Police arraigned Michael Lawson, […]

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Ex-Princeton Student Accused of Being A Peeping Tom on Campus

Former Princeton University student David Chesley was arrested earlier this week and charged with burglary and invasion of privacy. A fellow student says Chesley took videos […]

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Philadelphia 7-Eleven Robbed with AK-47 Style Rifle

Philadelphia Police are looking for three men who they say robbed a 7-Eleven in Overbrook. One of the suspects had a rifle that looked similar […]

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Preliminary Hearing Set for Gay-Bashing Suspects

Attorneys for Kevin Harrigan, Kathryn Knott, and Phillip Williams, the three suspects in the attack on two gay men in Center City on September 11th, attended […]

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WATCH: Don Tollefson Talks About Guilty Plea

After his guilty plea to fraud charges Monday, former sportscaster Don Tollefson spoke with CBS 3 about his addictions and how he is trying to […]

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OPINION: Does Fighting Hate Crimes With Hate Speech Really Help?

Yes, I’m pleased that the three alleged gay-bashing suspects were finally arrested last week (although they are now out on bail). What they are accused […]

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Philadelphia: America’s Worst City for Bike Thefts

Ask the Smart People who intend to steer Philadelphia toward its rightful status as a world-class city, and they’ll all agree: Bikes are a huge […]

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(UPDATE) Tollefson Expected to Plead Guilty

[Update 9:55 a.m.] Laurie Mason Schroeder of The Morning Call tweets that Tollefson is pre-empting trial with a guilty plea, but she doesn’t specify which […]

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59 Narcotics Cases Dropped in Police Corruption Case

We already knew Jeffrey Walker was a bad Philadelphia cop: He pleaded to robbery and weapons charges earlier this year, and his cooperation was considered […]

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Does Gay-Bashing Suspect Kathryn Knott Deserve Your Sympathy?

I have spent most of my time over the last couple of weeks reporting on the alleged Center City gay-bashing that occurred on September 11th. […]

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Gay-Bashing Victims Were Punched, Called “Faggots” Repeatedly, Court Doc Claims

It has been more than two weeks since two gay men were attacked at 16th and Chancellor streets, and new details are still emerging.

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Second Teen Charged With Murder In High School Girl’s Killing

Philadelphia Police announced today they have arrested a second suspect in the killing of 15-year-old Aisha Abdur Rhaman on Tuesday. Rhaman, a student at Delaware […]

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The Philadelphia Outrage Meter for the Week Ending September 26th

Create Infographics 78%: Kathryn Knott and her sense of entitlement.