1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (426+ words) A Philadelphia man has been ordered to serve 121 months in federal prison after admitting his central role in a cargo theft ring that targeted tractor-trailers parked across the city in 2023, according to a U.S. Department of Justice press release from the…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (339+ words) An off-duty Philadelphia police officer was attacked by multiple assailants and robbed of his service weapon near the 700 block of North 10th Street, between Brown Street and Fairmount Avenue in the West Poplar section of North Philadelphia, according to the Philadelphia…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (470+ words) A bullet tore through the front window of a North Philadelphia rowhouse early Monday morning, passing just feet above a woman lying on her couch before lodging in the wall behind her, as more than 25 shots rang out on the…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (395+ words) Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel said he will convene city partners to craft a coordinated strategy after crowds of teenagers descended on the area around City Hall for two consecutive nights over Labor Day weekend, according to CBS Philadelphia. The…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (512+ words) A push to eliminate life-without-parole sentencing in Pennsylvania is gaining attention, according to The Philadelphia Citizen, which examined the case for and against what advocates call ending "death by incarceration" in the commonwealth. The legislation under discussion, House Bill 1550, would…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (405+ words) A joint operation by the Philadelphia Police Department and the Pennsylvania Attorney General's office has shuttered 13 smoke shops across the city over the past six months, according to CBS Philadelphia and 6abc (WPVI). The effort is led by State Representative Amen…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago   (335+ words) A 15-year-old boy is in critical condition at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia after the e-bike he was operating collided with a Cadillac CTS at 58th Street and Hazel Avenue in the Cobbs Creek neighborhood just after 1 a.m. Sunday, according to CBS News…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (506+ words) A former game developer who exploited his insider access to steal virtual gold from thousands of players was sentenced this week, as Dexerto reported and the Northumberland Gazette corroborated. Cambridge Crown Court on September 3 handed Andrew Lakeman, 32, of Beadnell, Northumberland,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (502+ words) John "Johnny Doc" Dougherty walked out of the federal penitentiary in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, around 3 p.m. on Friday, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer, after President Donald Trump signed a commutation cutting short his six-year federal prison sentence. Dougherty had served less than…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (367+ words) His brother Tristan Tate, 38, faces a complicity charge in the same case. The indictment comes from DIICOT, Romania's anti-organized crime agency. Andrew Tate is 39 years old. Both brothers hold dual U.S. and British citizenship and were first detained in Bucharest in…...