A 22-year-old Warminster man was critically injured after a bouncer allegedly threw him from the balcony of a South Street bar during a Memorial Day scuffle, police said.
Lyle Henry, 32, of Willingboro, N.J., was charged with attempted murder and aggravated and simple assault, said Detective Joe Chiaro of South Detective Division.
Henry had ejected the victim from Fat Tuesday, 431 South St., around 1:40 a.m. for disorderly conduct, Chiaro said.
When the man returned to retrieve his jacket, a fight ensued between the two, during which Henry allegedly hurled the man down a flight of stairs, said police.
The victim got to his feet and walked back to the second-floor club, only to be hurled off the balcony by the bouncer, the detective said.
The victim suffered severe head and facial injuries and was taken to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.
Robber stabs his victim
A robber knifed a man in his stomach last Thursday when the victim put up a fight and refused to give up his money, police said.
The 21-year-old victim told investigators he was walking on the 500 block of Wharton Street around 11:30 p.m. when a car pulled alongside him and a man jumped out, demanding money. A tussle broke out, during which the perpetrator knifed the victim, said Detective Joe Chiaro of South Detectives.
The victim was in stable condition at Pennsylvania Hospital after the thwarted holdup.
To report information, call South Detectives at 215-686-3013.
Shooting victim saw nothing
A 21-year-old man who was shot in the leg yesterday morning while standing on the 1300 block of South 22nd Street told police he did not see anything but heard gunfire.
The victim jumped into a waiting friend’s car after the 11:15 a.m. shooting, said Detective Jim Dunlap of South Detectives. The victim’s friend drove him to HUP, where he was treated and released.
Police had no motive or suspects at press time.
To report information, call South Detectives at 215-686-3013.
Teen shot in back
A 17-year-old male told police he heard gunshots early Saturday and then realized he had been shot in his back.
The shooting occurred at 12:30 a.m. on the 1500 block of South 31st Street, said Detective Joe Chiaro of South Detectives.
The victim was taken to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in good condition.
No ballistics evidence was recovered at the scene.
To report information, call South Detectives at 215-686-3013.
Arrest pending in sibs’ clash
A jealous rage over a woman allegedly spurred a hammer attack between brothers on the 1700 block of South 20th Street, police said.
An arrest is pending for the 22-year-old male who police said beat his sibling about the head and arms because he thought he was sleeping with his 20-year-old girlfriend.
The brothers were arguing around 11 p.m. Friday when the younger one grabbed the tool and allegedly inflicted several blows to his 30-year-old brother’s head, causing severe swelling, said Detective Joe Chiaro of South Detectives.
The victim was treated and released from HUP.
Charged with knifing friend
Police arrested a man after he allegedly stabbed his friend during an argument Monday on the 800 block of South Fourth Street.
The 26-year-old victim was treated at Jefferson Hospital for a stab wound to his right hand after the 10:30 p.m. knifing, said Detective Joe Chiaro of South Detectives.
Hilario Velaquez, 27, from the block where the stabbing occurred, was charged with possession of an instrument of crime, aggravated and simple assault and recklessly endangering another person.
Senior citizen carjacked
A 71-year-old man escaped with his life but not his vehicle when two men carjacked and robbed him last Thursday on the 3100 block of South Front Street.
The victim was parking his 2003 Hyundai when the pair cornered him around 6:30 a.m., said Detective Joe Chiaro of South Detectives.
One of the men pointed a pistol at the victim and demanded money and the two then forced their way into the victim’s car while he was still in it.
The victim managed to escape before the pair drove off, but the thieves took $2,200 along with the car.
The vehicle has a Pennsylvania license tag of ECH 6243.
To report information, call South Detectives at 215-686-3013.
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Death for Porchia’s killer
Somewhere in the twisted code of ethics that govern convicted felons, crimes involving children are a considered to be the most disturbing.
So when word spreads a convicted child molester or killer has joined the prison ranks, that person’s life can be in grave danger.
That’s why 33-year-old Jerry Chambers is not "unhappy" he got the death penalty last Thursday, according to his attorney, Charles P. Mirarchi 3d. Chambers was convicted May 20 in Common Pleas Court of first-degree murder in the 2003 slaying of 3-year-old Porchia Bennett. He also was found guilty of multiple counts of child endangerment and conspiracy, aggravated assault, indecent assault of a minor and other offenses for the abuse and neglect of Bennett and her three young sisters.
Mirarchi said Chambers already was threatened once while in protective custody in the county prison.
"In the prison population, his days are numbered – actually his hours are numbered," the attorney said.
In the coming weeks, Chambers will be transferred to a state penitentiary.
On Friday, Mirarchi filed an appeal with the state Supreme Court to have his client’s sentence overturned. During the trial, the attorney – who also represented one of the teens charged with the beating death of Fishtown teen Jason Sweeney – pleaded with the jury to find his client guilty of third-degree murder.
Mirarchi said he’s "real hopeful" the Supreme Court will reduce Chambers’ conviction to third-degree murder, which would not carry a potential death penalty nor life imprisonment.
Assistant District Attorney Richard Sax, who prosecuted Chambers, said that by seeking the death penalty, his office was just upholding the law, which classifies the first-degree murder of a child under 12 as a capital offense.
"Putting it in the jury’s hands is something that the law mandates when a first-degree murder occurs to a little girl under these horrendous, torturous circumstances," he said.
