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TV Journalist From Philadelphia Killed Covering Shooting In Florida TV Journalist From Philadelphia Killed Covering Shooting In Florida
TV Journalist From Philadelphia Killed Covering Shooting In Florida A Philadelphia-raised TV news reporter was shot and killed while covering an earlier shooting in Florida, his station confirmed. Dylan Lyons, 24, a Spectrum News 13 reporter died when the suspect in an earlier incident returned to the crime scene and opened fire Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 22, his Orlando station reported Thursday, Feb. 23. A photo journalist from the station was critically injured. Lyons had been covering an earlier homicide investigation in Pine Hills, just outside of Orlando, when 19-year-old Keith Melvin Moses returned to the scene and opened fire, according to Sheriff J…

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by Cecilia Levine
Sports
Philly Area Youth Football Teams Headed To Playoffs Seek Donations Philly Area Youth Football Teams Headed To Playoffs Seek Donations
Philly Area Youth Football Teams Headed To Playoffs Seek Donations With the youth football season come and gone, nine Philadelphia area teams are headed to the 2022 Pop Warner National Championship in Orlando, Florida, and they are seeking donations from the community to help make it happen.  The championship is a weeklong tournament between the top youth football teams in the country, culminating in the Pop Warner Super Bowl games on Saturday, Dec. 10 at Camping World Stadium, according to the event's website.  The Pop Warner National Championship will run from Saturday, Dec. 3 to Saturday, Dec. 10.  Below are nine GoFundMe campaigns to help send Philly…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Bob Saget Cause Of Death Revealed Bob Saget Cause Of Death Revealed
Bob Saget Cause Of Death Revealed Sources have confirmed the cause of death for Bob Saget. The comic and actor died of a brain bleed and is believed to have hit his head on an object at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Orlando, Fla., on Jan. 9, TMZ reports. He was 65 years old. Saget, a suburban Philadelphia native, had a bruise on the back of his head and likely did not know the severity of his injury when he got under his covers and went to bed, authorities tell TMZ. The toxicology report did not indicate any narcotics in his system, the outlet said. Click here for more from TMZ.

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by Cecilia Levine
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NJ Prosecutor: Did Cyber-Predator Ask Your Kid For Nude Pics, Sex Talk? NJ Prosecutor: Did Cyber-Predator Ask Your Kid For Nude Pics, Sex Talk?
NJ Prosecutor: Did Cyber-Predator Ask Your Kid For Nude Pics, Sex Talk? Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella asked parents to check whether their children were contacted by an out-of-state man who created various identities to have sex chats with a local pre-teen whom he tried to extort into sending him pornographic images. Cyber Crimes Unit detectives found that “several different online personalities engaged the same child victim in separate conversations, some of which contained sexually explicit content and dialogue,” Musella said. All of the social media accounts used to contact the Bergen County child were controlled by Jason J. Campbell, a 31-year-old s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Prosecutor: Florida Cyber-Predator Preyed On NJ Pre-Teen, Possibly Others Prosecutor: Florida Cyber-Predator Preyed On NJ Pre-Teen, Possibly Others
Prosecutor: Florida Cyber-Predator Preyed On NJ Pre-Teen, Possibly Others Detectives from Bergen County seized a security guard in Florida who they said created various identities to have sex chats with a local pre-teen whom he tried to extort into sending him pornographic images. Cyber Crimes Unit detectives found that “several different online personalities engaged the same child victim in separate conversations, some of which contained sexually explicit content and dialogue,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Friday. All of the social media accounts used to contact the Bergen County child were controlled by Jason J. Campbell, 31, of Orlando, the pr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Pilot Pleads Guilty To Watching Porn, Exposing Himself To Female Co-Pilot On Flight From Philly Pilot Pleads Guilty To Watching Porn, Exposing Himself To Female Co-Pilot On Flight From Philly
Pilot Pleads Guilty To Watching Porn, Exposing Himself To Female Co-Pilot On Flight From Philly A former Southwest Airlines pilot pleaded guilty to watching porn on his laptop and exposing himself to the female co-pilot during a flight from Philadelphia to Orlando last August. Michael Haak, 60, of Longwood, FL, was sentenced to a year of probation and ordered to pay a $5,000 fine by U.S. Magistrate Judge J. Mark Coulson. Haak was the captain on the Aug. 10, 2020 flight from  Philadelphia International Airport to Orlando International Airport and assisted by a female first officer in command, whom he had never met before, federal officials said. Haak admitted that after the …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Airline Bans Defiant NJ Gym Owner Over Maskless Trip From CPAC Home To Philly Airline Bans Defiant NJ Gym Owner Over Maskless Trip From CPAC Home To Philly
Airline Bans Defiant NJ Gym Owner Over Maskless Trip From CPAC Home To Philly A New Jersey gym owner who made headlines for refusing to close his facility at the onset of the pandemic is yet again causing more controversy. Ian Smith, 33 -- who owns Atilis Gym in Bellmawr -- is banned from American Airlines after refusing to wear a mask on a recent trip. Smith was flying in to Philadelphia after attending the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, and apparently refused to wear a mask on the flight, airline officials confirmed. Smith shared a screenshot of an email he received from the airline on Instagram. View this post o…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Teen, Adult Charged In Lehigh Valley Shooting UPDATE: Teen, Adult Charged In Lehigh Valley Shooting
Update: Teen, Adult Charged In Lehigh Valley Shooting One man was injured in a Lehigh Valley shooting Thursday afternoon, authorities said. A man was shot in the leg on the 700 block of South 8th St. in Allentown around 2:30 p.m., Police Captain John Hill said. The victim was taken to a local hospital for treatment of a non-life-threatening injuries, Hill said. The suspect vehicle, meanwhile, was quickly tracked down near N. 11th St. and W. Chew St., and its occupants -- Jahiem Valentine, 17, of Allentown, and Jahiem Smalley, 18, of Orlando, FL -- were placed under arrest. Valentine was charged with attempted homicide, aggravated assaul…

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by Valerie Musson