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Philly Police ID Suspects In Center City Beating Philly Police ID Suspects In Center City Beating
Philly Police ID Suspects In Center City Beating Police in Philadelphia say they have identified seven of the eight suspects in the beating of a 33-year-old woman near City Hall last month.  The assault occurred on Feb. 23 around 7:12 p.m. at 15th and Chestnut Street, when several people in a group knocked her to the ground, Daily Voice reported.  Police said the suspects punched and stomped on the victim until she was unconscious. She was treated at Jefferson Hospital for injuries to her head, face, and body, they added.  Now, the department says they have identified most of the people they believe are responsible. Police said criminal…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
'I Just Killed Someone': Bensalem Boy Admits To Murder Over Instagram Video Call, Police Say 'I Just Killed Someone': Bensalem Boy Admits To Murder Over Instagram Video Call, Police Say
'I Just Killed Someone': Bensalem Boy Admits To Murder Over Instagram Video Call, Police Say A 16-year-old teenage boy is being charged as an adult with murder after police say he told a friend that he had just killed someone and then showed them the victim's bloodied legs and feet of his alleged victim, authorities in Pennsylvania said. Police received a 9-1-1 call on Friday, Nov. 25 saying a teen later identified as Joshua Cooper showed a 16-year-old friend the body and admitted to killing the victim over Instagram video, police in Bensalem said. He then asked the friend to help him dispose of the body. Officers responding to Cooper's trailer home at Top of the Ridge Trailer park…

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by Cecilia Levine
Sports
Liberty-Easton Football Game Interrupted By Arrest Of Runaway Boy With Gun: Police Liberty-Easton Football Game Interrupted By Arrest Of Runaway Boy With Gun: Police
Liberty-Easton Football Game Interrupted By Arrest Of Runaway Boy With Gun: Police A Bethlehem police officer spotted a runaway boy at a high school football game — and it turned out he had a gun on him, authorities said.  An officer working the game recognized the boy inside the stadium at the Friday, Oct. 14 Liberty-Easton game, police said. Officers confirmed the boy was still reported as a runaway, and — as officers tried to speak with him — the boy became uncooperative and tried to run away. Officers were able to safely secure the boy before he could run. During this time, officers saw a loaded handgun concealed in his waist band. The boy is charged with: Po…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Cash-For-Kids Ex-Judges Fined $200 Million In Pennsylvania: AP Cash-For-Kids Ex-Judges Fined $200 Million In Pennsylvania: AP
Cash-For-Kids Ex-Judges Fined $200 Million In Pennsylvania: AP A Harrisburg, PA judge has ordered two former judges to pay $200 million to the families of children sent to prison as part of their kickback scheme, the Associated Press reports.   Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan, both former judges in the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas, were found guilty in 2009 for charges in connection with a scheme that involved them using their positions to shutter county-run juvenile detention center, siphoning children from the juvenile court to PA Child Care and its sister facility, Western PA Child Care, according to court records.  Childr…

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by Jillian Pikora