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Woman, 8-Year-Old Badly Hurt In Late Night Hit-Run: Philadelphia Police Woman, 8-Year-Old Badly Hurt In Late Night Hit-Run: Philadelphia Police
Woman, 8-Year-Old Badly Hurt In Late Night Hit-Run: Philadelphia Police Philadelphia police are searching for the driver of the Jeep that they say struck struck a woman and child in Center City late Tuesday, May 9 then fled the scene.  It began on the 1400 block of John F. Kennedy Boulevard around 10 p.m., when city police spotted the Jeep driving the wrong way down the road, they wrote in a release.  Officers lost sight of the car near North 13th and Filbert Street, they continued. Around that time, the Jeep hit two victims while heading west on Arch Street then fled the area "at a high rate of speed," police said.  The adult victim, a 38-year-…

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by Mac Bullock
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Philadelphia Law Office Rapist Has Ties To NJ: Police Philadelphia Law Office Rapist Has Ties To NJ: Police
Philadelphia Law Office Rapist Has Ties To NJ: Police Police in Philadelphia have released the name and photos of a South Jersey man who they believed raped a woman in a Center City law office building. Willie L Harris, 49, walked into the building on the 200 block of North 13th Street, went to the eighth floor, and sexually assaulted the 22-year-old victim in an unlocked office around 2:15 p.m., Tuesday, July 5, Philadelphia police said. Harris, who has ties to Camden and Woodbury, NJ, initially told the victim he was looking for someone, but she didn't know the name, Capt. James Kearney said. That's when Harris then demanded the v…

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by Nicole Acosta & Cecilia Levine
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Man Walks Into Philly Law Office, Sexually Assaults Worker, Police Say Man Walks Into Philly Law Office, Sexually Assaults Worker, Police Say
Man Walks Into Philly Law Office, Sexually Assaults Worker, Police Say Authorities are seeking the public's help in identifying a man they say walked into a Philadelphia law office and sexually assaulted a worker on Tuesday, July 5. The suspect — pictured above — entered the building on North 13th Street, went to the eighth floor, and walked into the unlocked office, where he sexually assaulted the unnamed victim around 2:15 p.m., Philadelphia police said. The man was last seen walking south on 13th Street, police said. He was wearing a black baseball cap, a black T-shirt, blue jeans with a black and silver belt, and a gold watch on his left wrist, according …

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by Nicole Acosta
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Philly Judge Won't Drop Election Charges Against VA Men Who Came To 'Straighten Out' Vote Count Philly Judge Won't Drop Election Charges Against VA Men Who Came To 'Straighten Out' Vote Count
Philly Judge Won't Drop Election Charges Against VA Men Who Came To 'Straighten Out' Vote Count A Philadelphia judge on Thursday refused to dismiss election charges against a pair of Virginia men, who were apparently armed with an AR-15 when police stopped them near a vote-counting center during the 2020 Presidential Elections, news reports say. Joshua Macias, 42, and Antonio LaMotta, 61 -- both of Chesapeake, VA -- were originally arrested on weapons offenses, although LaMotta's charge was dropped as he was licensed to carry in his home state. Bike patrol officers stopped the two men around 10:30 p.m., on Nov. 5, and found them in possession a pair of guns -- which they did not have…

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by Cecilia Levine