Man charged in young dad’s slaying
The answer that Julie Kerwood had been awaiting for nearly two months came in a 2 a.m. phone call last Thursday from Homicide Detective Aaron Booker. The detective told the 28-year-old woman from...
Man jumps from bridge
During rush-hour traffic Friday at 8:40 a.m., a 37-year-old Audubon, N.J., man stopped his car on the Walt Whitman Bridge, got out and jumped. His death was not immediate and the Coast Guard fished...
Wanted: Suspect for attempted abduction in the 3rd District
On Tuesday, April 30 at approximately 5 a.m., an unknown African American male was captured on surveillance video entering the parking lot of the Hawthorne Lofts located in the 12XX block of Fitzwater Street.
Police...
Elizabeth Fiedler’s office hosts inaugural monthly meetings with captain of Third Police District
Two new authorities representing regions east of Broad Street have partnered to help counter crime in their communities.
Last Thursday, the tandem, comprised of recently elected state Rep. Elizabeth Fiedler of the 184th Legislative...
20-year-old man shot and killed at FDR Park Saturday night
On Saturday, March 30, at 9:57 p.m., police responded to the 1900 block of Pattison Avenue by Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park for a person with a gun.
A 20-year-old male victim had suffered a gunshot...
Local tie to double slaying
The body of a man found in the trunk of a car parked in Grays Ferry has been linked to the double homicide of two New Castle, Del., women in Chester, police said....
Man executed on street
Police are still seeking the gunman who fatally shot a West Philly man on Snyder Avenue.
Fourth District police responding to a report of a shooting on the 800 block of Snyder Avenue on Saturday...
Wanted: Suspects for robbery in the 17th District
The Philadelphia Police Department needs the public's assistance identifying suspects for robbery around 18th and Bainbridge Streets.
On Friday, April 26, 2019, at 5:07 p.m, the victim, a 50-year-old male, was exiting his vehicle on...
Stabbed with a sword
Homicide detectives are on a manhunt for two suspects who stabbed an alleged drug dealer to death inside his second-floor apartment Monday. Large quantities of marijuana and pills were found inside the...
Sentenced to …
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Seven homicide cases are closed with those responsible for killing area residents serving time while others are now behind bars for shooting or assaulting others throughout South Philly.
A Point Breeze man was sentenced to...
