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Tracking Hurricane Debby, Severe Storms Expected To Slam Northeast This Week Tracking Hurricane Debby, Severe Storms Expected To Slam Northeast This Week
Tracking Hurricane Debby, Severe Storms Expected To Slam Northeast This Week The Northeast is in for a wild week of weather. AccuWeather forecasters say episodes of drenching rain and heavy winds are working their way across the country and are expected to arrive in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Maryland on Tuesday, Aug. 6. AccuWeather The above AccuWeather map shows which part of the region will be most impacted by the storms arriving Tuesday afternoon and lasting into the evening. Those include the Pennsylvania-Maryland border, South Jersey, and the Philadelphia and Baltimore areas. Tuesday will be sunny and hot with a high of 90 before storms roll in,…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Philly Man Arrested In $100K Jewelry Store Heist Philly Man Arrested In $100K Jewelry Store Heist
Philly Man Arrested In $100K Jewelry Store Heist A 53-year-old man from Philadelphia has been arrested in connection with a $100,000 heist from a jewelry store, authorities said. Chim Phu was arrested on Saturday, Aug. 3 after a warranted search of his home, Philadelphia police said. The robbery took place at about 3 p.m. on Wednesday, July 31 on the 900 block of Arch Street. Four trays of jewelry were taken during the robbery, police said. Authorities recovered loaded firearms, ammunition and drugs from the scene during their search. Phu has been charged with the gunpoint robbery, Violations of the Uniform Firearms Act (VUFA), narcoti…

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by Jon Craig
Business
'We Gave It Everything': Dog-Themed Bar Permanently Closing In Atlantic City 'We Gave It Everything': Dog-Themed Bar Permanently Closing In Atlantic City
'We Gave It Everything': Dog-Themed Bar Permanently Closing In Atlantic City A Philadelphia bar and restaurant is shutting down its Atlantic City location a little more than a year after opening near O'Donnell Memorial Park. In a Facebook post on Monday, Aug. 5, Good Dog Bar announced it was permanently closing its restaurant at 3426 Atlantic Avenue. The bar's final day of operation is Sunday, Aug. 11. Owners Heather Gleason and Dave Garry said financial issues made it impossible to keep Good Dog running in Atlantic City. "We gave it everything we had but the sales are just not there to sustain the business," the married couple wrote. "We are honored…

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by Chris Spiker
Police & Fire
Pair Injured In Philadelphia Shootings: Police Pair Injured In Philadelphia Shootings: Police
Pair Injured In Philadelphia Shootings: Police Two men were injured during separate shootings in Philadelphia overnight, authorities said. Philadelphia Police responded to Temple University Hospital for a gunshot victim who arrived by private vehicle around 12:15 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 5, at about. The incident occurred during a robbery on the 2800 block of North 22nd Street, in the 39th District. A 55-year-old black male suffered a gunshot wound to the right leg. He was placed in stable condition. The armed robbery suspects included two black males and three black females. Philadelphia Police responded to another person with a gun on th…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Mugshots Released Of Murder Suspect, Brothers Charged In NJ Actress' Death Mugshots Released Of Murder Suspect, Brothers Charged In NJ Actress' Death
Mugshots Released Of Murder Suspect, Brothers Charged In NJ Actress' Death Philadelphia police have released the mugshots of the man accused of killing a New Jersey actress and the two brothers charged with hindering apprehension in the case. Gregg Page, 34, has been charged with murder in the Atlantic City slaying of 32-year-old Carley Elbert, an actress from Sewell, on Thursday, Aug. 1.  Page also is also charged with attempted murder for shooting a 29-year-old Pleasantville woman, who survived, at the same time as Elbert, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said (scroll for mugshots). Ryan Schnenck, 30, and his brother, Ramir Schenck, 27, were charged…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
NJ Actress, 32, Killed In Double Shooting Overcame Rare Disease NJ Actress, 32, Killed In Double Shooting Overcame Rare Disease
NJ Actress, 32, Killed In Double Shooting Overcame Rare Disease Carley Elbert was no stranger to pain. The 32-year-old New Jersey actress spent years of her life battling a rare illness, Mast Cell Disease. Elbert shared her struggles with the hundreds of people who followed her journey, spreading awareness about the illness in a Facebook group called Hope For Carley. Her last post in the group was a TikTok video she made last November. In it, Elbert celebrates being a Mast Cell Disease survivor, bouncing along to music in her car. While Elbert survived years of pain and hospitalizations, her life ended tragically and suddenly this week, when the Atlan…

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by Chris Spiker & Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Philly Man Shot Two Women In Head, Killing One Near Atlantic City Boardwalk: Prosecutors Philly Man Shot Two Women In Head, Killing One Near Atlantic City Boardwalk: Prosecutors
Philly Man Shot Two Women In Head, Killing One Near Atlantic City Boardwalk: Prosecutors A Philadelphia man was accused of shooting two women in the head, killing one of the victims, authorities said. Gregg Page, 34, was charged with murder, attempted murder, and several weapons offenses, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said in a news release on Friday, Aug. 2. Two brothers from Philadelphia, 30-year-old Ryan Schenck and 27-year-old Ramir Schenck, were charged with hindering apprehension in the case. Atlantic City police responded to a report of two women severely injured on North Main Avenue at around 4:41 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 1. Officers found two women near th…

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by Chris Spiker
News
Deadly Early Morning Shooting Under Investigation: Philadelphia Police Deadly Early Morning Shooting Under Investigation: Philadelphia Police
Deadly Early Morning Shooting Under Investigation: Philadelphia Police A man died from his wounds after he was shot multiple times Friday morning, Aug. 2, authorities say.  The shooting happened before 4 a.m. on the 200 block of West Somerset Street in Kensington, according to PPD. The victim, a man in his early 30s, was struck in the abdomen, right leg, and left arm, police wrote.  He was taken to Temple University Hospital and pronounced dead around 4:20 a.m., authorities said. His name was not reported as of late Friday morning.  No arrests have been made and no weapons recovered, PPD added. Anyone with information is asked to call the …

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by Mac Bullock
News
NJ, Philly Stalker Caught Stalking Again, Prosecutors Say NJ, Philly Stalker Caught Stalking Again, Prosecutors Say
NJ, Philly Stalker Caught Stalking Again, Prosecutors Say A Philadelphia man with prior convictions for stalking is charged with the same crime in western Pennsylvania, according to prosecutors.  Shane P. Cassidy, 24, is accused of stalking a Unity Township woman and sending her threatening text messages, said the Westmoreland County District Attorney's Office.  The victim told authorities she received the messages from multiple phone numbers over a period of months, officials said. Some of the messages allegedly contained "photoshopped and superimposed images" of the victim, according to prosecutors.  She reported the incidents to…

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by Mac Bullock
News
Patient Stabs Staff With Used Needle At Philly Hospital: Authorities Patient Stabs Staff With Used Needle At Philly Hospital: Authorities
Patient Stabs Staff With Used Needle At Philly Hospital: Authorities A patient attacked Episcopal Hospital staff with a syringe on Wednesday, July 31, according to Philadelphia police.  The patient arrived at the 100 E. Lehigh St. hospital "displaying violent and agitated behavior," security staff told authorities.  He fought with nursing staff as they tried to give him medicine with a syringe, knocking the syringe away and "causing it to poke a security guard in the arm," PPD said.  When a recovery specialist tried to intervene, the patient "stabbed him twice in the left forearm with the used needle," police continued. The patient tried to s…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
SUV Slams Into 7-Eleven In Northeast Philadelphia: Police SUV Slams Into 7-Eleven In Northeast Philadelphia: Police
SUV Slams Into 7-Eleven In Northeast Philadelphia: Police A driver suffered a medical emergency before striking a pedestrian and crashing into a convenience store Thursday morning, Aug. 1, according to Philadelphia police.  The driver of a Jeep Grand Cherokee lost consciousness while headed west on Harbison Avenue around 12:45 a.m., authorities said. The Jeep drove into the parking lot of a Bustleton Avenue 7-Eleven, struck a parked tractor-trailer, then hit a 34-year-old pedestrian, police wrote in a release.  It hit the storefront before coming to a rest, they added.  The pedestrian was taken to Torresdale Hospital in critical co…

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by Mac Bullock
News
Bensalem Man Arrested For Deadly Philadelphia Crash: Police Bensalem Man Arrested For Deadly Philadelphia Crash: Police
Bensalem Man Arrested For Deadly Philadelphia Crash: Police A 41-year-old Bensalem man is accused of fatally hitting a pedestrian in Philadelphia, authorities say.  Christopher Sorensen was arrested in Kensington on Wednesday, July 31, Philadelphia police said in a release.  Sorensen was driving east on Allegheny Avenue when he struck Christopher Cabrera near Frankford Avenue on July 17, according to investigators. Cabrera, 38, was pronounced dead at the scene.  Sorensen is charged with homicide by vehicle and related counts, police said. Court records for his case were not immediately available on the state website on Wednesday even…

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by Mac Bullock