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Police ID Victim In Fatal Philadelphia Hit-Run Police ID Victim In Fatal Philadelphia Hit-Run
Police ID Victim In Fatal Philadelphia Hit-Run Philadelphia police detectives are investigating after a woman was hit by two cars in a row and died Tuesday night.  It happened at the corner of 49th Street and Lancaster Avenue in Cathedral Park at about 8:20 p.m. on March 14, the department told Daily Voice.  Cobbs Creek resident Darlene Gaston, 58, was struck by a white Mitsubishi traveling west on Lancaster "at a high rate of speed," authorities said. She was thrown into the eastbound lane, where she was hit again by a gold Nissan.  The driver of the Nissan stayed at the scene, where Gaston was pronounced dead by f…

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by Mac Bullock
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West Philly Rowhome Fire Displaces 3 West Philly Rowhome Fire Displaces 3
West Philly Rowhome Fire Displaces 3 A two-alarm blaze at a West Philadelphia rowhome left three people and one pet displaced on Sunday, Jan. 22, fire officials announced.  The blaze began at about 10 p.m. on the 5600 block of Pemberton Street in the city's Cobbs Creek neighborhood. Firefighters battled flames for over an hour before the inferno was brought under control, the department said.  PFD members rescued, treated and transported one person from this 2-alarm fire, which took more than an hour to place under control Sunday night in Cobbs Creek. At least three people and a pet have been displaced. Many thanks to our …

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by Mac Bullock
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Darby Township Commissioner Charged With Raping Victim In Philadelphia Darby Township Commissioner Charged With Raping Victim In Philadelphia
Darby Township Commissioner Charged With Raping Victim In Philadelphia A city commissioner in Delaware County was arrested Tuesday and charged with raping a victim in Philadelphia four years ago, authorities announced. Darby Township Commissioner Marvin Smith was identified after the male victim told Philadelphia police on April 15, 2019, that he was sexually assaulted by Smith on August 12, 2017, Philadelphia police said. Investigators say, Smith, 50, approached the male, claiming to be a family friend, and offered to give him a ride home. He then drove near a park in the area of South 63rd Street in Cobbs Creek, where he exposed himself to the victim and se…

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by Nicole Acosta