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Plaque Of Fallen Philly Police Hero Missing: Authorities Plaque Of Fallen Philly Police Hero Missing: Authorities
Plaque Of Fallen Philly Police Hero Missing: Authorities The memorial plaque of a Philadelphia police officer who died in the line of duty is missing and an investigation is underway, according to authorities. An investigation is ongoing into the disappearance of the plaque memorializing Officer Charles Knox from its sidewalk location in the 2000 block of South Broad Street, the Philadelphia Police Department announced on Wednesday, Nov. 13.  Police discovered that Knox's plaque was missing when an officer on routine patrol noticed its absence and began investigating at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 12, according to police. The Fraternal Order of…

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by Merriell Moyer
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NJ Ring That Dealt Fentanyl, Crack Smashed By Federal, County, Local Crime-Fighting Team NJ Ring That Dealt Fentanyl, Crack Smashed By Federal, County, Local Crime-Fighting Team
NJ Ring That Dealt Fentanyl, Crack Smashed By Federal, County, Local Crime-Fighting Team Eleven accused members of a drug ring that authorities said openly peddled crack and potentially fatal fentanyl in a Newark neighborhood were charged federally on Wednesday. The ring's "primary supplier," Frazier Burton, 46, was caught with 100 bricks of heroin and fentanyl when tactical officers arrested him Wednesday morning, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. At 50 bags per brick, that's 5,000 individual packages -- all of which Honig said carried the neighborhood drug network's particular stamps. The case took several months for an ad hoc team of local, county and federal inve…

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by Jerry DeMarco