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Thieves Remove ATM From Fishtown Gas Station: Philadelphia PD Thieves Remove ATM From Fishtown Gas Station: Philadelphia PD
Thieves Remove ATM From Fishtown Gas Station: Philadelphia PD Detectives are looking for two men who stole an ATM from outside a Philadelphia gas station on Thursday morning, June 6.  Police said it happened at a Karko on the 2300 block of Aramingo Avenue just before 4 a.m. The suspects backed a white Ford truck up to the storefront, loaded up the ATM, then fled south on Aramingo, authorities said.  Anyone with information is asked to call East Detectives at 215-686-3243. To submit an anonymous tip, call 215-686-8477.

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by Mac Bullock
Traffic
I-95 Closed In Philadelphia After Truck Hits Conrail Bridge I-95 Closed In Philadelphia After Truck Hits Conrail Bridge
I-95 Closed In Philadelphia After Truck Hits Conrail Bridge A portion of I-95 in Philadelphia will be closed for repairs to the Conrail bridge, after it was struck by a truck Monday afternoon, April 1. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) said the northbound side of the highway was be closed and detoured approaching the Betsy Ross Bridge/Aramingo Avenue Interchange beginning at 10 p.m. April 1. The highway was reduced to a single lane for several hours while Conrail bridge engineers conducted their inspection to establish an emergency repair plan. Service to the Atlantic City Rail Line was suspended amid the repairs. 1of2 Atl…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Escaped PA Prisoner Caught In Philadelphia: US Marshals (UPDATED) Escaped PA Prisoner Caught In Philadelphia: US Marshals (UPDATED)
Escaped PA Prisoner Caught In Philadelphia: US Marshals (Updated) An inmate at a western Pennsylvania prison who escaped custody last year was arrested in Philadelphia Friday morning, March 22, authorities say.  Isaiah Tilghman, 33, was caught on the 3300 block of Aramingo Avenue, according to US Marshals.  Tilghman was being held on drug charges and state parole violations when he fled from the Blair County Prison on Dec. 3, authorities have said.  Just days after his escape, Marshals said they believed Tilghman had been in the Port Richmond area. The next week on Dec. 15, a truck that he allegedly stole was found in South Philadelphia.&n…

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by Mac Bullock
News
Philly Area Liquor Stores Closed Due To Looting, Officials Say Philly Area Liquor Stores Closed Due To Looting, Officials Say
Philly Area Liquor Stores Closed Due To Looting, Officials Say All liquor stores in Philadelphia — and one in Montgomery County — are closed after the looting that took place throughout the city on Tuesday night, Sept. 26.  "Last night, at least 18 Fine Wine and Good Spirits stores were looted," said Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board spokesman Shawn Kelly.  "Fortunately no employees were hurt, although some were understandably shaken." Every location in Philly and the Cheltenham Plaza location in Wyncote stayed closed Wednesday, Sept. 27, "in the interest of employee safety and while we assess the damage and loss that occurred," Ke…

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by Mac Bullock
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'CRIMINAL OPPORTUNISTS': 20+ Arrested For Looting In Philly, Police Say 'CRIMINAL OPPORTUNISTS': 20+ Arrested For Looting In Philly, Police Say
'Criminal Opportunists': 20+ Arrested For Looting In Philly, Police Say Twenty or more people are in police custody after a group of "criminal opportunists" looted stores in Center City and elsewhere Tuesday night, Sept. 26, Interim Philadelphia Police Commissioner John M. Stanford told reporters at a press conference.  Multiple stores were "broken into or (...) ransacked" beginning around 8 p.m., Stanford said. As the night went on, similar incidents were reported along Aramingo Avenue, "and some other spots throughout the city," he added.  Stanford said the incidents were unrelated to the peaceful protest near City Hall related to the police killing…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Pair Of Teenagers Injured In Early Morning Wawa Shooting: Philadelphia PD Pair Of Teenagers Injured In Early Morning Wawa Shooting: Philadelphia PD
Pair Of Teenagers Injured In Early Morning Wawa Shooting: Philadelphia PD Two teenagers are in the hospital with bullet wounds after gunfire rang out at a Philadelphia Wawa early Wednesday morning, according to authorities.  It happened on the 2500 block of Aramingo Avenue in Port Richmond around 1:30 a.m. on May 24, city police told Daily Voice.  Officers arrived to find one 15-year-old victim who was shot in the left arm and armpit, the department said. He was taken to Temple University Hospital and placed in "critical but stable condition," they wrote.  Another 15-year-old boy was shot in the left shoulder and taken to Albert Einstein Medical C…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Woman Abducted By Golf Cart Driver In Philadelphia: Police Woman Abducted By Golf Cart Driver In Philadelphia: Police
Woman Abducted By Golf Cart Driver In Philadelphia: Police A massive search was under way Saturday evening, Feb. 18 in Philadelphia after a woman was abducted at gunpoint by a man in a golf cart, authorities said. The man operating a maroon and black colored Polaris Northstar XP 1000 two seat style golf cart pulled up to a location on the 2500 block of Aramingto Avenue, opened the driver's side door and fired a shot onto the asphalt parking lot of the WSFS bank around 6:40 a.m., city police said. He then travelled across Aramingo Avenue, where a witness says he pulled up on the curb near Wawa/Applebee’s, got out of the golf cart, pulled out a …

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by Cecilia Levine