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Police: “Drug Nexus” Behind Abductions, Brutal Murders

It wasn’t random. Police say a “drug nexus” was behind the abduction and stabbing of three men early Wednesday. All three were dumped into the […]

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Mom Testifies About Abduction of Daughter From Philly School

The mother of a girl kidnapped from a Philadelphia school in 2013 testified today in the trial of the woman accused of committing the crime. Christina […]

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Former Aide to Chaka Fattah Admits Role in Diverting Campaign Funds

Here’s what we know: Gregory Naylor, the former chief of staff to Congressman Chaka Fattah, today in federal court admitted diverting federal campaign funds to […]

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Fishtown Food Distribution Center Robbed Overnight

Police say two men posing as cops robbed a Fishtown food distribution center early Wednesday morning.

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UPDATE: Partially Clothed Stabbed Man, Two Bodies Found Along Kelly Drive

[Update 9:34 a.m.] Action News has a gallery of photos: PHOTOS: Man stabbed, bodies found in Schuylkill River #6abc – http://t.co/8zgz5g6Qh1 | pic.twitter.com/Wkz1zijOj1 — Action […]

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3 Men Wanted for Bungled Center City Robbery

Philadelphia Police are on the lookout for three men who they say attempted to rob a parking attendant at the parking lot at 1900 Commerce […]

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Pennsylvania May Destroy 2,426 Bottles of Fine Wine

You remember Arthur Goldman, the Chester County attorney accused of bootlegging after he was caught privately procuring and selling fine wines to his friends instead […]

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Del. Peeping Tom Sketch Looks Like Drake, Many Others

Police in New Castle County, Delaware, are looking into reports of a peeping Tom. Cops say a neighbor saw a man walking in a woman’s […]

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WATCH: Teen Sets Off Explosion in North Philly Takeout

Philadelphia police are looking for a teenage boy who set off a massive explosion at the Oriental Kitchen Take-Out on N. 18th Street in Francisville. […]

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Double Amputee Shoplifts $315 in Meat, Flees on SEPTA

Lower Southampton police are looking for a man who they say took $300 worth of meat from the Giant Supermarket on Bustleton Pike in Feasterville. […]

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Death of 3-Year-Old May Spark New Gun Rules

Williams says mandatory minimum will reduce gun violence pic.twitter.com/l4NuNfCbu8 — Tom MacDonald–WHYY (@TMacDonaldWHYY) August 20, 2014 Spurred by this month’s death of 3-year-old Tynirah Borum […]

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Rittenhouse’s Food and Friends Market Burglarized — of $10 in Change

Police are looking for a man who broke into the Food and Friends Market at 20th and Spruce streets on Sunday morning. The burglar got […]

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Officer Wounded, Suspect Dead in Overnight Shootout

[UPDATE, 2:00 p.m.] Police released the name of the deceased suspect, David Ellis, along with his mugshot (at the bottom of this post). Ellis had […]

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Philadelphia Sex Trafficker Gets Almost 22 Years in Prison

A once-aspiring rapper who went by the name of King Kobra was sentenced to 21 years and 10 months in prison Monday for his role […]

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Man in Employee ‘Hoagiefest’ T-Shirt Robs Wawa

This is one thief who haddahava Wawa. Police in Mount Laurel, N.J., are looking for a man who they say posed as a Wawa employee […]