$5K reward offered for murder escapee
The U.S. Marshals Service Eastern Pennsylvania Violent Crime Fugitive Task Force is asking for the public’s assistance in locating a murder suspect who escaped custody Jan. 24 during a transport to Children’s Hospital of...
More charges for alleged park rapist
Last week, Elias Diaz was formally charged with three more sexual assaults, two in Fairmount Park in 2003 and one in Pennypack Park in 2007. Diaz's charges have been upgraded to include Rape, Attempted...
Probation-reform legislation signed
Philadelphia rapper Meek Mill does far more than drop beats.
The music star joined Gov. Josh Shapiro, Lt. Gov. Austin Davis and a host of luminaries for a ceremonial signing of SB 838 into law....
DA, police seek homicide suspects
The District Attorney’s Office is asking for the public’s help in finding a dozen suspects who it believes are responsible for homicides that were committed in South and Southwest Philadelphia over the last three...
Marshals looking for 2 escapees
United States Marshals are looking for two men who escaped separate local prisons and could be hiding out in the Philadelphia area.
According to authorities, Isaiah Robert Tilghman, 33, escaped from Blair County Prison on...
Suspect charged in Point Breeze killing
A suspect has been charged in the shooting death of journalist Joshua Kruger, which occurred on Oct. 2 in the Point Breeze section of South Philadelphia.
Robert Davis, 19, was arrested on Oct. 25 and...
Brink’s driver shot on Columbus Blvd.
A Brink’s truck driver was shot outside the Bank of America on the 1900 block of S. Christopher Columbus Blvd on Thursday.
According to police, the 24-year-old driver of the armored vehicle was shot...
Long sentences for 2018 murder
Two men have been sentenced to more than 45 years of prison in the 2018 shooting death of 15-year-old Rasul Benson at a gas station on the 2500 block of Passyunk Avenue in South...
Journalist killed in his home in Point Breeze
Local journalist and advocate Josh Kruger was shot and killed in his home in South Philly’s Point Breeze neighborhood on Oct. 2 and police are searching for answers.
According to police, Kruger, 39, was shot...
Shooting on Washington Avenue
A man was shot on the 900 block of Washington Avenue on Wednesday.
According to police, a 27-year-old suffered two gunshot wounds in the abdomen at approximately 6:28 p.m. He was transported to Jefferson Hospital...
