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Philadelphia Law Office Rapist Has Ties To NJ: Police Philadelphia Law Office Rapist Has Ties To NJ: Police
Philadelphia Law Office Rapist Has Ties To NJ: Police Police in Philadelphia have released the name and photos of a South Jersey man who they believed raped a woman in a Center City law office building. Willie L Harris, 49, walked into the building on the 200 block of North 13th Street, went to the eighth floor, and sexually assaulted the 22-year-old victim in an unlocked office around 2:15 p.m., Tuesday, July 5, Philadelphia police said. Harris, who has ties to Camden and Woodbury, NJ, initially told the victim he was looking for someone, but she didn't know the name, Capt. James Kearney said. That's when Harris then demanded the v…

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by Nicole Acosta & Cecilia Levine
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Philly Judge Won't Drop Election Charges Against VA Men Who Came To 'Straighten Out' Vote Count Philly Judge Won't Drop Election Charges Against VA Men Who Came To 'Straighten Out' Vote Count
Philly Judge Won't Drop Election Charges Against VA Men Who Came To 'Straighten Out' Vote Count A Philadelphia judge on Thursday refused to dismiss election charges against a pair of Virginia men, who were apparently armed with an AR-15 when police stopped them near a vote-counting center during the 2020 Presidential Elections, news reports say. Joshua Macias, 42, and Antonio LaMotta, 61 -- both of Chesapeake, VA -- were originally arrested on weapons offenses, although LaMotta's charge was dropped as he was licensed to carry in his home state. Bike patrol officers stopped the two men around 10:30 p.m., on Nov. 5, and found them in possession a pair of guns -- which they did not have…

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by Cecilia Levine