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Police & Fire
Racing Bucks Driver, 19, Charged In Fatal Philly Crash Was Arrested Last Fall At Car Show
A 19-year-old Bucks County driver has been charged in a Philadelphia crash that killed a pedestrian, authorities said — even more troubling, he was arrested last October. Joseph Vannauker, of Levittown, is facing charges of homicide by vehicle, murder, and reckless driving, for the 12:05 a.m. crash on Castor and Aramingo Tuesday, Aug. 22, Philadelphia police said. Last October, Vannauker was arrested for screaming profanities at police using a bullhorn during and inciting crowds during a car show that caused chaos in Philadelphia streets, Fox29 reports. Vannauker was racing on Castor Avenu…
Police & Fire
Speeding Dodge Charger Kills Pedestrian In Philadelphia; Car, 2 Suspects Found In NJ
A man in his 40s was struck and killed by a speeding Dodge Charger involved in a street race in Philadelphia, authorities said. Two suspects in the hit-and-run crash were later arrested in Pennsauken, NJ, police in Philadelphia said. The pedestrian, who was not identified, was pronounced dead at 12:25 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 22 by a medic. The name of the Dodge's driver was not released, The second driver fled and was not found by police. Both suspects were expected to be extradited to Pennsylvania.
Police & Fire
Police ID 5 Killed In Philadelphia Mass Shooting
Police have identified the five victims killed Monday evening, July 3 by a 40-year-old gunman in a bulletproof vest who opened fire in Philadelphia's Kingsessing section. The following individuals were killed by gunfire: Lashyd Merritt, 20, male, shot multiple times in the chest and arm, pronounced at 8:43 p.m.; Dymir Stanton, 2, male, shot in the chest and back, pronounced at 8:43 p.m.; Ralph Moralis, 59, shot in the head, side, and buttocks, pronounced at 8:47 p.m.; Daujan Brown, 15, male, shot in the shoulder, chest, and back, pronounced at 8:40 p.m.; Joseph Wamah, Jr., 31, male, shot m…
Police & Fire
Philadelphia Mass Shooter Had Bulletproof Vest,
Ar-s
tyle Rifle: Police
A gunman in a bulletproof vest opened fire in Philadelphia's Kingsessing section Monday night, July 3, killing five people and wounding two children, NBC10 reports citing Philadelphia police. Police responding to reports of shots fired found multiple victims at 56th Street and Chester Avenue around 8:30 p.m., the outlet said. Then, they heard more shots being fired on the 1800 block of Frazier Street, police said. Police spotted the suspect, who led a foot pursuit before officers captured him in an alleyway, Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said at a press conference. The g…
Police & Fire
Temple Student Shot Dead: Jude Chacko Mourned In Philadelphia
Jude Chacko, a Philadelphia resident and Temple University alumnus, died on Sunday, May 28. He was 21. Chacko was found with a gunshot wound to the head a Port Richmond street early on Sunday, Philadelphia police told Daily Voice. He was placed in critical condition at Temple University Hospital where he was pronounced dead that evening, the department said. His death remains under police investigation. Chacko, loved ones wrote in an obituary posted to Facebook, was a Pennsylvania native and an active member of the Catholic Church. He was a member of the 278th graduating class at Cent…
News
Philly Gas Station Blares Opera Music At Night In Viral Video
Germantown residents were lulled to sleep on Valentine's Day by the sweet sound of opera music coming from the Speedway gas station on Chelten Avenue as the clock struck midnight. Footage of the corner store's interesting choice of ambiance has gone viral on Reddit, in a video that claims it's the station's tactic to keep away homeless residents. "This is a common act for stores to do this as a hostile reaction to houseless neighbors," one resident opined in a Facebook group. "The lights and music deter them from being able to sleep at night so they're pushed away to find new spa…
Police & Fire
Suspects In South Jersey Verizon Store Theft Caught In Philadelphia, One Still At Large:
Video
UPDATED: A tracking device helped South Jersey police nab three suspects in a Verizon store robbery, though one remains at large, authorities said. Four suspects stole $40,000 in cash and electronic devices during the armed robbery at the Route 73 store in Voorhees Township around 9 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 28, Voorhees police said. The Verizon employees were restrained with duct tape, they said. A tracker within one of the stolen electronics led officers to a sedan with Florida plates in Philadelphia, where three suspects were nabbed with help from a Philadelphia police helicopter, and a fourt…
Sports
Triumphant Phillies Fan Climbs Street Pole, Gets Stuck (
Video
)
After the Phillies bested the San Diego Padres in game five of the National League Championship Series, diehard fans took the the streets in celebration. But one Philly fanatic bit off more than they could chew when they climbed a street pole in celebration. In a video posted to Instagram by photographer Hugh E. Dillon, the fan is seen clinging to the pole, 15 or 20 feet from the ground, while Philadelphia police and firefighters clear the area and set up a ladder. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Philly ChitChat (@phillychitc…
Police & Fire
Man, 47, Found Stabbed Dead In Atlantic City Casino-Hotel Room; Philly Suspect Arrested
A 47-year-old man was found stabbed to death in an Atlantic City casino hotel room, authorities said. On Friday, Sept. 23, at approximately 1:30 p.m., Atlantic City police responded to a hotel room within the Ocean Casino Resort for an unresponsive man. The man, later identified as Brian Wilkinson, of Egg Harbor Township, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office. The Southern Regional Medical Examiner’s Office completed an autopsy of the victim and determined the cause of death as stab wounds and the manner of death was deemed a hom…
Police & Fire
Body Found In Bucks ID'd As Missing Philadelphia Man: Report
A body found last month in Bucks County has been identified as a 46-year-old missing man, LevittownNow reports. The remains of Abdool Nazim, who is Guyanese-South American, were found by teenagers near the Burlington-Bristol Bridge in Maple Beach on Sunday, Aug. 21, the outlet said. According to Philadelphia police, Nazim had last been seen on July 31 on the 12500 block of Knights Road around 7 p.m. Click here for more from LevittownNow.
Police & Fire
Viral Videos Show Teens Ransacking Philadelphia Wawa
Videos of a mob of teens ransacking a Philadelphia Wawa store have gone viral on social media. Footage posted to Twitter and TikTok shows the swarm of about 100 juveniles trashing the store on the 7000 block of Roosevelt Boulevard around 8:22 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 24. #Philadelphia NEW VIDEO: Chaos erupted at this Wawa in Frankford as juveniles destroyed the store. The kids were also fighting in the parking lot. pic.twitter.com/TIs7acsFBQ — PhillyCrimeUpdate (@PhillyCrimeUpd) September 25, 2022 In one video, a customer even asks a worker if they can still get their sandwich as chaos …
Police & Fire
Video Shows Gunman Stalking Teen Victim In Philadelphia Before Deadly Attack
Police have released surveillance footage of a gunman stalking his victim in the moments leading up to her death, carried out at his hands in Philadelphia, they said. The footage shows a hooded male in dark-colored clothing hiding behind vehicles, appearing to look for 17-year-old Teryn Johnson, who was walking her dog with a friend on the 5300 block of Horrocks Street around 8:50 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 11, according to Philadelphia police and various news reports. She was brought to Temple University Hospital, where she was pronounced dead just after 9:15 p.m., police said. Although no w…
Police & Fire
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…
Police & Fire
Hero SEPTA Officer Kills Gunman In Shootout: Report
A 28-year-old SEPTA transit officer was being hailed as a hero for protecting his colleague from a gunman who struck him and a pair of innocent bystanders earlier this week. Ervis Onuzi, 28, shot and killed the gunman near Leiper and Arrott Streets around 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 6, CBS3 reports. Initial reports said the 18-year-old gunman, Zyhiem Hartman, died by suicide after striking two innocent bystanders, then the officer. However, an autopsy shows that he actually died of a gunshot fired by Onuzi, who was being recognized around the world for his courage. This is SEPTA SWAT Ofc…
Police & Fire
Road Rage Driver Sends Two Cops To Hospital After Chase Through Philadelphia: Police
A 24-year-old road rage driver sent two police officers to the hospital Tuesday, March 29, after a chase through Philadelphia, authorities said. Officers initially responded to a 911 call of a road rage incident near Witte and Allegheny Avenue around 9:30 p.m., Philadelphia police said. The victim told officers that Malik Johnson, of Horsham, who was driving a white Toyota, pointed a gun at him. Officers tried to pull Johnson over in the 3100 block of Jasper Street, but he ignored their commands and fled the scene, they said. A police helicopter chase ensued, which ended in the 2000 block…
Police & Fire
Man Stabs Co-Worker While Trying To Rape Her, Then Her 2 Sons: Philly PD
A 39-year-old man turned himself in to police after stabbing his co-worker while trying to rape her, and then her two sons when they tried to stop him, according to authorities and multiple news reports. Hengjian Ni, of New York, NY, fled the scene in the 3200 block of Knorr Street before responding officers discovered three stabbing victims inside a home around 2:10 p.m. Sunday, March 6, Philadelphia police said. A 37-year-old woman was taken to Jefferson-Torresdale Hospital with multiple stab wounds, police said. The woman's 15-year-old son was stabbed two times in the back of the h…
Police & Fire
Philadelphia Detective Assaulted Man Wrongfully Convicted Of Murder During Interview: Police
A Philadelphia homicide detective has been arrested on accusations he assaulted a woman wrongfully convicted of murder during an interview in 2010, authorities said. Detective James Pitts assaulted Obina Onyiah — who was exonerated after 11 years — during questioning at the Race Street police headquarters sometime around Nov. 8, 2010, then lying about it, according to Philadelphia police and the DA's office. Onyiah was convicted in the 2010 shooting death of William Glatz, a local jewelry store owner, 6abc reports. He spent 11 years in prison but was exonerated when evidence revealed …
Police & Fire
Philadelphia Gunman Who Shot Woman In Custody: Authorities
Police in Philadelphia say they have arrested the gunman who shot at a 42-year-old woman on Tuesday, Feb. 22. Adolfo Serrano Meischke, 23, is accused of firing the weapon that grazed the victim on the 2300 block of N. 52nd St., just before 2 a.m., Philadelphia police announced on Monday, Feb. 28. On Friday, Feb. 25, he was arrested on weapons and assault charges, they said. The victim suffered a graze wound and was not hospitalized.
News
5,000 Blank
Covid-
19 Vaccination Cards Stolen From Philadelphia Clinic: Report
Approximately 5,000 blank COVID-19 vaccination cards and an unknown amount of PPE were stolen from a Philadelphia clinic, 6abc reports. The cards and N95 masks were being stored inside of a staff-only storage room at Pennsylvania Hospital on South 8th Street, the outlet says. There were no signs of forced entry and Philadelphia police were investigating. Click here for more from 6abc.
Police & Fire
NJ Vet Nurse's Accused Killer Captured When Stranger Locks Him In Garage, Calls Police
A South Jersey accused of killing a veterinary nurse was taken into custody after a man he demanded a ride from at gunpoint convinced him to go into a garage in Philadelphia, while he called police, authorities said. Andrew Kramer, 31, was initially charged with stealing 38-year-old Melissa Malcolm's car and debit card, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina said. Kramer was living with Malcolm in Mount Laurel, until she asked him to move out, Coffina said. Malcolm -- a vet nurse at Blue Pearl in Levittown, PA -- failed to show up to work Wednesday, and was found dead in her bed by…
Police & Fire
Couple Gets Prison Time For Violent Suburban Philly Carjackings
A couple was sentenced on Monday for two violent carjackings and an attempted carjacking in Bucks County last year, which resulted in two people being hospitalized, authorities said. Eric Meehan, 29, and Ashley Young, 32, both pleaded guilty on Oct. 12 to two counts each of robbery of a motor vehicle and aggravated assault and one count each of criminal conspiracy to commit robbery of a motor vehicle and attempt to commit robbery of a motor vehicle, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. Meehan also pleaded guilty to three counts of terroristic threats and one count of fl…
Sports
Holy Crap! K-9 Puts Icing On Sliding Philadelphia Flyers' Team
This was no Hat Trick. At center ice, a police K-9 shocked fans by checking in and dropping a poop on the Philadelphia Flyers' logo Sunday, TMZ reported while posting a Twitter video from a fan. Earlier in the messy day, the hockey team fired its head coach, Alain Vigneault after he went 147-74-54 in two-plus seasons. The team was in the midst of an eight-game losing streak during this crappy episode. On Monday night, the Flyers dropped their 9th straight hockey game, 7-5, to the Colorado Avalanche. The Flyers are now 8-11-4 this season. They could tie…
Police & Fire
Man With Loaded Revolver Busted By TSA At Philadelphia Airport: Officials
A Philadelphia man was cited for bringing a loaded revolver to the Philadelphia International airport on Friday, according to the Transportation Security Administration. The unidentified man, who was carrying a .38 caliber handgun loaded with five bullets, was stopped while going through an x-ray machine at a security checkpoint, according to a release by the TSA. The man’s weapon was confiscated, he was cited by Philadelphia police, and faces a “stiff federal financial civil penalty for carrying his loaded gun to a TSA security checkpoint,” according to the release. “This man told us tha…
Police & Fire
Upper Darby Man Shot Multiple Times While In Car With Daughters In Philly, Police Say
Authorities have identified the man who was shot and killed while in a car with his daughters in Philadelphia Monday night, CBS3 reports. Raymond Lighty, 42, of Upper Darby, was shot multiple times in the torso and chest, but his two daughters, ages 16 and 13, were unharmed when gunfire rang out just before 6 p.m. in the 900 block of South 4th Street, the news outlet says citing Philadelphia police. Although a weapon was recovered, police are still searching for the shooter, the outlet reports. Click here for the full story from CBS3 Philly.
Police & Fire
White Philly Police Officer Under Investigation For Video Of Him 'Harassing' Black Man
A white Philadelphia police officer is being investigated after a video showing him "harassing" a black man went viral on social media (scroll down for the video). "We understand the video circulating has caused anger and disappointment," Philadelphia police said in a tweet Tuesday. "All PPD officers are expected to discharge their duties with honor and integrity. We understand the video circulating has caused anger and disappointment. All PPD officers are expected to discharge their duties with honor and integrity. The officer involved has been placed on administrative duty pending th…
Police & Fire
'Give Me My Food:' Woman With Gun Threatens Philly Chipotle Workers Closing Early
Philadelphia police are searching for an armed woman caught on surveillance video threatening Chipotle workers, authorities said. The incident unfolded on Sept. 18 around 5 p.m. when a manager at the Cottman Avenue store instructed a cashier to close the store to customers due to a staffing shortage. The cashier told the waiting customers they had to order their food online. The woman took the gun out of her bag and asked to speak to a manager, Philadelphia police said. She told the worker if someone didn't make her food, that she would be back and there would be a problem,…
Police & Fire
Two Suspects In Pat's Steaks Deadly Beating In Philly Police Custody
Two suspects in a deadly beating that broke out last week at Pat's Steaks in Philadelphia are in police custody, according to authorities and several news reports. The suspects, Omar Arce, 32, and Jose Alberto Flores, 33, are two of two other men accused of beating 28-year-old Isidro Cortes to death with a trash can lid during a fight in front of the East Passyunk Avenue establishment on Sept. 16, according to CBS3 and NJ Advance Media. The group is also accused of seriously injuring Cortes' 64-year-old father and 28-year-old friend, Philadelphia police said in a statement. Polic…
News
'GTFO': Videos Show Upset Philly Residents Chasing Out White Supremacist Marchers
A group of white supremacists marching through the Philadelphia streets over the Independence Day weekend were ultimately chased out by upset city residents. Nearly 200 members of a Texas-based group described by the Southern Poverty Law Center as white nationalists marched through Center City on Saturday evening carrying shields and flags, and chanting slogans such as "Reclaim America" and "The election was stolen," 6abc reports. In a video shared to Twitter, bystanders can be heard shouting "shame on you," and "get the f*** out of here," at the masked members as they marched through the…
Police & Fire
Philadelphia PD: Man With Distinctive Walk Arrested In Rape Of Woman, 55, In Center City Macy's
A suspect wanted for raping a 55-year-old woman inside of the Center City Macy's store was arrested Wednesday, Philadelphia police said. Jaleel Uqdah's distinctive walk helped identify him before he was taken into custody from his Philadelphia home, police said. The 22-year-old man went into the store at 11:11 and waited nearly 20 minutes inside of the third-floor women's bathroom before the victim walked in, according to Philadelphia Police Capt. Mark Burgmann. Uqdah threatened to stab the woman and robbed her before he fled underground and hopped on the Market-Frankford El, Bur…
News
Name Of 9-Year-Old Philadelphia Student Shot, Killed By 5-Year-Old Lives On With School Grant
The name of the 9-year-old girl shot and killed by her 5-year-old cousin last week will live on in the form of a grant to be awarded by a student at the Philadelphia school she attended, district officials told Daily Voice. The award honoring Nyssa Davis will be given to a sixth grader at the Thomas M. Peirce School who exhibits the character and dedication to education that Nyssa shared will be awarded annually by the Philadelphia Home & School Council, spokeswoman Afea Tucker said. Nyssa was discovered in critical condition after being shot in the right side of her head by her 5-…
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