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2 wanted for allegedly stealing American flag from Main Street in Phoenixville
In Chester County, the search is on for two people wanted for stealing an American flag from Main Street in Phoenixville.Police shared a photo of the pair on social media and are asking for tips.They say the man and the woman pulled the flag out from a pole in front of the old Civic Center on June 20 and haven't been seen since.Anyone who can identify either of these individuals is asked to contact Phoenixville police.
Photos released of suspect sought for convenience store killing in Chester, Pa.
Police have released photos of the man being sought for a fatal shooting inside a convenience store in Chester, Pa.It happened in the Lucky 7 store on the 1100 block of Morton Avenue just before 11:30 a.m. on July 2.Police identified the victim as 27-year-old Dontae Dickerson.He was found on the floor of the store, with a gunshot wound to the back of the head.The suspect has several tattoos on his arm, specifically an A K-style rifle on his left forearm.Anyone with information is urged to call Chester police.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars stolen from Brinks armored truck in Chester, Pa.
Authorities in Chester, Pa. are investigating after two armed suspects robbed a Brinks armored truck.Delaware County officials say it happened around 12:16 p.m. Tuesday outside of an AutoZone near the intersection of 9th and Crosby streets.The brazen crime happened only a hundred yards away from the Chester Police Department headquarters.One of the suspects, wearing a blue public safety jacket, and the other suspect, in a reflective jacket, held up the driver with long guns and assaulted him.Police say the two men got away with hundreds of thousands of dollars.Investigators say the driver was not injured during the robbery.Authorities say the...
Prospect Park fire chief resigns after sharing "unprofessional post" following Trump rally shooting
PROSPECT PARK, Pa. (CBS) -- Prospect Park Fire Chief Jim Simmonds resigned Sunday night after sharing a post where "ill-mannered remarks were made on social media" following the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, over the weekend. "I made a terrible mistake in posting an unprofessional post on Facebook," Simmonds wrote in Citizens of Delco, a public Facebook group, Monday. "I meant no harm to anyone and an attempted assassination of a former US President is no laughing matter."The post Simmonds is referencing appears to have been deleted from the social media platform, however, screenshots reposted in the...
Driver Charge With Vehicular Assault, DUI After Crash
The Delaware State Police arrested 47-year-old John Fester of West Chester, Pennsylvania, for vehicular assault and DUI charges following a crash investigation that occurred Tuesday night in Greenville. Officials said on July 16, 2024, at approximately 11:35 p.m., troopers responded to the intersection of Montchanin Road and Buck Road in...
Driver seriously injured after tree falls on SUV along I-476 in Delaware County
A driver was seriously injured on Thursday morning when a tree fell onto an SUV along I-476 in Delaware County.It happened around 11:05 a.m. in the northbound lanes, about a mile from the exit to West Chester Pike.Pennsylvania State Police say the driver was taken to the hospital by medics. That person's condition has not been released.Video from Chopper 6 showed the heavily damaged Toyota Rav 4 stopped on the highway. Most of the debris from the tree had been moved off to the shoulder.Only one lane of traffic was getting by the scene as of noon, leading to heavy delays.For the latest conditions on area highways, check 6abc.com/Traffic.
Man convicted of killing Temple University student Samuel Collington sentenced to decades in prison
The man convicted of killing a Temple University student during a robbery back in 2021 will spend decades behind bars.Latif Williams, 19, was convicted of third-degree murder back in February in the death of 21-year-old Samuel Collington of Prospect Park, Pa.He was sentenced on Tuesday to 25 - 50 years in prison.Police say Collington was shot and killed while returning to the North Philadelphia campus after spending Thanksgiving break with his family.He was set to graduate the following spring.Authorities said he was unloading his SUV near the 2200 block of N. Park Avenue when Williams snuck up on him and a struggle ensued.Collington was shot in the chest and back. He was taken to Temple University Hospital where he died of his injuries.
Bicyclist killed in Rittenhouse Square identified as CHOP doctor Barbara Friedes
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A 30-year-old woman who was hit and killed while riding her bike in Rittenhouse Square was identified by family as Barbara Friedes, a doctor at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.Family said Friedes was a chief resident at CHOP, which is often regarded as a top children's hospital and recently ranked as the fourth best children's hospital in the country by U.S News & World Report.Police said a 68-year-old man driving a blue car was traveling west on Spruce Street when he hit Friedes near the intersection of Spruce and 18th around 7 p.m. on Wednesday, July...
Norristown Hospital Patient Kills Roommate, DA Says
Kyle Samuels-Robey was sharing a room with 25-year-old Jacob Gonzalez at the state-run psychiatric facility when the incident happened on Sunday, July 14, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele and Pennsylvania State Police Captain Gerard B. McShea said. At 9:30 p.m., a hospital security employee looked into the pair's...
A suburban Philly community mourns woman killed in Poconos golf cart accident
Everyone needs a friend like Brenna Abbinanti, her best friend Dori Sawyer said. When she died on Friday, it devastated many in the suburban Philadelphia community where she lived. Abbinanti died at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Muhlenberg following a golf cart accident over the Fourth of July weekend in the Poconos, the...
Wanted: Leiber Manrique Accused Killer Of Omar Gaitan
Leiber Manrique, 53, is wanted for the July 15 killing of Omar Gaitan of the 700 block of Knorr Street, authorities said in a release. Gaitan was sitting in his Honda CRV when he was shot in the face on the 500 block of West Ruscomb Street, according to investigators. The 67-year-old was found just after midnight and taken to Albert Einstein Medical Center where he succumbed to his injuries around 1 a.m., police said.
Grandma describes moments after toddler fell from window in Kensington: ‘It was an accident’
PHILADELPHIA - A 2-year-old girl is in critical condition after police say she fell from a window of a home in Kensington Sunday night. Officers responded to a hospital case on the 500 block of East Indiana Avenue in Kensington around 9:10 p.m. The young girl had fallen out of...
Chalfont man killed in Montgomeryville motorcycle crash Tuesday morning
A 43-year-old man from Chalfont was killed Tuesday morning when his 2020 Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle collided with truck and an SUV at the intersection of County Line Road and Limekiln Pike. Montgomery Township Police were dispatched at 8:53 a.m. to the intersection for a report of a vehicle collision involving...
Chester, PA police search for suspects connected to armored truck robbery
Delaware County authorities are now searching for two male suspects following an armed robbery that took place in Chester, Pa. Police say the two suspects were armed when they assaulted the driver of an armored vehicle and escaped with a large amount of cash. Reports say the suspects fled from the scene in a black […]
Veteran who shot at police in East Vincent fires attorney, wants to represent himself
The military veteran who directed gunshots at police and a family member in a Christmas Day 2018 standoff at his East Vincent home has fired his attorney and declared that he will represent himself at any future retrial on the case he was convicted of, but whose guilty verdict was subsequently overturned on appeal.
Man standing on a corner hit by car and killed in Philadelphia, police say
A man is dead after being hit by a car in the Kensington section of Philadelphia on Wednesday evening, according to a spokesperson with the Philadelphia Police Department. The crash happened on the corner of Frankford and East Allegheny avenues just after 7 p.m., police said. A black Toyota sedan...
Former Philadelphia homicide detective found guilty of obstruction and perjury
Philadelphia, PA (WPHL) – A former Philadelphia homicide detective was found guilty of assaulting a suspect to obtain a confession, then lying about it in court. The ex-officer, James Pitts was charged with obstruction and perjury by a Philadelphia jury for abusing his position. Pitts was charged with assaulting then-suspect Obina Onyiah back in 2010 […]
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