Overcast 50°
Tag:

Island Avenue, Philadelphia, PA

Police & Fire
Taxi Cab Carjacking Ends In Fiery Crash In South Philadelphia: Police Taxi Cab Carjacking Ends In Fiery Crash In South Philadelphia: Police
Shawn Melvin Charged In Violent Cab Carjacking: Philly PD A taxi driver was hospitalized with cuts to his face after a carjacker stole his vehicle and then crashed it in South Philadelphia, according to city police.  Authorities said the theft happened on the 3100 block of Island Avenue around 10 p.m. Sunday night, April 14.  The victim told investigators he felt "he was being struck with a knife or other cutting instrument," but never saw one in the attacker's hand. He was taken to Penn Presbyterian Hospital for treatment.  About 20 minutes after the carjacking, police responded to South 34th Street and Grays Ferry Avenue where a …

SHARE

by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Delco Driver Rammed Into Cop Car Before Fleeing Scene Of Hit-Run, Troopers Say Delco Driver Rammed Into Cop Car Before Fleeing Scene Of Hit-Run, Troopers Say
Delco Driver Rammed Into Cop Car Before Fleeing Scene Of Hit-Run, Troopers Say A Delaware County man is accused of ramming his car into a state police vehicle before taking off from the scene of an accident at a Philadelphia intersection, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice.  James Horace, 22, of Darby, is charged with felony aggravated assault, simple assault, reckless endangerment, and related offenses stemming from a March 26 crash, troopers wrote in a criminal complaint.  In the documents, state police say Horace was observed committing traffic offenses on I-95 in Tinicum Township around 4 p.m. When a trooper tried to pull him over, auth…

SHARE

by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Missing 2-Year-Old Philly Boy Found Safe, Father In Custody, Reports Say Missing 2-Year-Old Philly Boy Found Safe, Father In Custody, Reports Say
Missing 2-Year-Old Philly Boy Found Safe, Father In Custody, Reports Say A 2-year-old Philadelphia boy was found safe, while his father was in custody following an Amber Alert issued Monday afternoon, reports say. Byron McDonald, II, 28, abducted his son of the same name around 1:30 p.m. Friday from the 2500 block of North Bancroft Street, state police said. Investigators later discovered McDonald II, and his son were staying at the Aloft Philadelphia Airport Hotel along the 4300 block of Island Avenue where a barricade situation was declared, NBC Philadelphia reports. A woman was also found inside their hotel room, police told the outlet. No injuries wer…

SHARE

by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
Missing 2-Year-Old Philly Boy Found Safe, Father In Custody, Reports Say Missing 2-Year-Old Philly Boy Found Safe, Father In Custody, Reports Say
Missing 2-Year-Old Philly Boy Found Safe, Father In Custody, Reports Say A 2-year-old Philadelphia boy was found safe, while his father was in custody following an Amber Alert issued Monday afternoon, reports say. Byron McDonald, II, 28, abducted his son of the same name around 1:30 p.m. Friday from the 2500 block of North Bancroft Street, state police said. Investigators later discovered McDonald II, and his son were staying at the Aloft Philadelphia Airport Hotel along the 4300 block of Island Avenue where a barricade situation was declared, NBC Philadelphia reports. Police said McDonald, is a suspect in two homicides: the killings of the boy's mother an…

SHARE

by Nicole Acosta