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Marshals Arrest Philadelphia Man Who Escaped From Police Custody: Officials Marshals Arrest Philadelphia Man Who Escaped From Police Custody: Officials
Marshals Arrest Philadelphia Man Who Escaped From Police Custody: Officials A man who escaped the back of a Philadelphia police car on Monday, May 13 has been arrested, US Marshals said in a release.  Nafiysh Knox-Schenck was taken into custody on the 600 block of West Girard Avenue around noon on Wednesday, May 15, authorities said.   Knox-Schenck was arrested on a warrant for firearms charges on Monday and a gun was recovered during his arrest, city police have said.  After he was placed in a police car on West Collum Street, an "unknown person" opened the door and he escaped, PPD said.  Marshals tracked him to a Northern Liberties apar…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Suspect Charged For 'Execution-Style' Murders In Fairmount Park: Philly PD Suspect Charged For 'Execution-Style' Murders In Fairmount Park: Philly PD
Suspect Charged For 'Execution-Style' Murders In Fairmount Park: Philly PD Authorities have charged 52-year-old Lamar Young with the double murder in Fairmount Park on Feb. 29, Philadelphia police say.  Young is in police custody on two counts of murder, criminal conspiracy, firearms charges, and related offenses, PPD said in a release.  Forty-nine-year-old Thurston Cooper and 38-year-old Krystina Chambers, both of Philadelphia, were found shot to death near 3800 Mount Pleasant Drive, police have said.  Investigators said the possible motive is still unknown. 

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by Mac Bullock
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Chilling Dashcam Footage Shows Uber Driver Begging For Life Before Passenger Kills Her: Report Chilling Dashcam Footage Shows Uber Driver Begging For Life Before Passenger Kills Her: Report
Chilling Dashcam Footage Shows Uber Driver Begging For Life Before Passenger Kills Her: Report "I'm begging you, I have four kids." Those were some of Christina "Christi" Marto Spicuzza's last words before her Uber passenger, Calvin Anthony Crew, 22, shot and killed her during a ride last weekend in Pennsylvania, according to a recent news report. Crew, of Penn Hills, used his girlfriend's phone to order the Uber before ordering 38-year-old Spicuzza to drive at gunpoint, as she begged for her life the entire time, the Pittsburgh Post Gazette says citing court documents. Spicuzza's body was found with a single gunshot wound to her head, by an Amazon driver on a street in Pitcair…

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by Jillian Pikora & Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Allentown Teen Fires Shots Into Occupied Home, Police Say Allentown Teen Fires Shots Into Occupied Home, Police Say
Allentown Teen Fires Shots Into Occupied Home, Police Say An Allentown teen was charged Thursday after police said he fired shots into an occupied home more than once over the course of two days last month. Police were initially dispatched to a home in the 1300 block of West Turner Street around 11:20 p.m. on April 11 and April 12 on a report of shots fired, Allentown police said. Officers found spent shell casings left behind at both incidents, police said. No injuries were reported. An investigation ensued and found that Robert Auguste, 19, of the 1900 block of Tilghman Street was the suspect, police said.  He was taken into custody Thur…

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by Nicole Acosta