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Caught On Video: Woman Shoots 7-Month-Old Baby In Philadelphia “F— Your Baby”
Disturbing footage released by the Philadelphia Police Department shows a woman firing gunshots at a family of three, striking a 7-month-old baby boy in the leg. The incident occurred in the Holmesburg neighborhood on Thursday evening, July 18th. The video depicts the father, mother, and infant standing on a sidewalk...
Radnor police reports: Arrest warrant issued for “armed and dangerous” man
RADNOR — Radnor police have issued an arrest warrant for a Wilmington, Delaware, man police described as armed and dangerous. Police have identified the suspect as 25-year-old Shawn Davis. According to police, Davis was stopped on Monday for various traffic violations. Police reported that while officers spoke to Davis,...
Wrongly Convicted Philadelphia Man Spent 11 Years In Prison for a Crime He Didn’t Commit, Now the Detective Who Coerced His False Confession Will Pay for His Crimes In Historical Verdict
A former Philadelphia Police homicide detective was found guilty of assaulting an innocent man more than a decade ago to obtain a false murder confession […] Wrongly Convicted Philadelphia Man Spent 11 Years In Prison for a Crime He Didn’t Commit, Now the Detective Who Coerced His False Confession Will Pay for His Crimes In Historical Verdict
Collegeville man sent to prison for raping intoxicated, unconscious woman in Skippack
NORRISTOWN — A Collegeville man will spend up to a decade in prison on charges he raped an intoxicated and unconscious woman after a night of drinking among friends at a Skippack Township residence. Zachary Thomas Brandt, 25, of the 400 block of Bridge Street, was sentenced in Montgomery...
3 found shot in car at shopping center parking lot in Cheltenham Township, Pa.
Three women with shooting wounds were found in a car at a parking lot in Cheltenham Township in Montgomery County.Police were called to the Moore Shopping Center at Cheltenham Avenue and Old York Road just before 1 a.m. on Saturday.The three victims were rushed to Jefferson Einstein Hospital and are in stable condition.Investigators are still trying to figure out if they were shot at that parking lot or elsewhere.Cheltenham and Philadelphia police departments are both investigating the incident.RELATED: Check the 6abc Neighborhood Safety Tracker
Harrowing Footage Shows 7-Month-Old Baby Shot At Point-Blank Range In Philadelphia
Police say that at around 6 p.m. on Thursday, July 18, officers were called to the 4000 block of Meridian Street to investigate a reported shooting that left a 7-month-old child with a gunshot wound to his leg. According to NBC10, the woman was identified as 28-year-old Philadelphia resident Dominique...
Man sentenced in prison break and fatal brawl outside popular Philadelphia cheesesteak shop
A man convicted of helping two other men escape prison while he was in custody over a fatal brawl among soccer fans outside a famed Philadelphia cheesesteak restaurant has been sentenced in both cases.The video featured is from a previous report.Court documents indicate that Jose Flores-Huerta, 36, was sentenced in the escape case Thursday to 11 months to 23 months plus probation.Flores-Huerta was convicted of helping Ameen Hurst, 18, and Nasir Grant, 24, who cut a hole in a fence surrounding a recreation yard at the Philadelphia Industrial Correction Center in May 2023.RELATED: How an alleged killer and another inmate...
Parents of CHOP doctor killed in crash speak out as cyclists seek changes: 'Barricades need to be up'
PHILADELPHIA - Calls for action are growing louder in Philadelphia as bikers and advocates demand change from the city after a biker was struck and killed by a car this week in Center City. "She was inspiring to everyone she met, and supportive, loving, compassionate," said Mary Dietrick. Words Mary...
'Hazmat Incident': Residents Evacuated On Multiple Philly Blocks, Police Say (UPDATED)
A reported hazardous materials incident cleared multiple city blocks in South Philadelphia on Friday, July 19, according to authorities. A possible neighbor dispute and a strong smell of bleach and ammonia were reported on the 1200 block of South 22nd Street around 11:15 a.m., city police said…
Multiple people injured after violent night of shootings, stabbings in Philadelphia
This weekend got off to a violent start in Philadelphia, with a total of 7 people shot or stabbed in multiple incidents overnight. According to police, the first incident happened around 10:54 p.m. on Friday on the 3100 block of N. 16th Street. A 46-year-old man was stabbed once in the right arm and once in the right leg by a known suspect inside an apartment.
Two pedestrians killed, one injured, in car crashes over the weekend
More pedestrians were injured and killed in car crashes over the weekend, just days after the a slew of traffic incidents took place on Wednesday across the city. Two people, including a 22-month-old, were killed and another person is in critical condition after being struck by vehicles as pedestrians on Saturday and Sunday. This follows Wednesday's traffic violence, when a cyclist riding in the bike lane and a pedestrian were killed just minutes apart in separate crashes and another person critically injured in a hit-and-run incident in Germantown.
Darby police officers honored for saving life of man who lost his leg in landscaping accident
DARBY BOROUGH, Pa. (CBS) — Two Delaware County police officers are being recognized for their heroism. They saved a man's life after he was seriously hurt in a landscaping accident.Darby police officers Terrell Lee and Shain McCaughey rushed to the scene after getting a 911 call about a man being injured while using a stump grinder. It happened on June 19 in the backyard of a Greenway Avenue house that was being renovated."He [the victim] attempted to clear some debris from the front of the chipper," Officer Lee said. Officer McCaughey added: "Unfortunately, it appeared that a piece of his...
Amazon driver robbed at gunpoint in Overbrook
An Amazon driver was robbed at gunpoint on Friday morning in the Overbrook section of Philadelphia.It happened at 5:30 a.m. on the 7400 block of Drexel Road.The driver told police he was approached by three masked men with guns who stole all of the packages from his vehicle.The victim says he was working as a freelance delivery driver for Amazon.No arrests have been made.The driver was not hurt.
DETECTIVES ARREST TEACHER DISTRIBUTING EXPLICIT PHOTOGRAPHS – ALANIS PINION
(Wilmington, DE. 19803) In July 2024, the New Castle County Division of Police was alerted that a teacher at St. Mary Magdalen School had sent sexually explicit photographs to a 14-year-old former student. Detectives from the New Castle County Division of Police Criminal Investigation Unit were notified and assumed the...
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