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Delaware County Juvenile Detention Center (Google Maps)
Criminal Justice
Incarceration
Pennsylvania

Allegations of physical, sexual, and psychological abuse rock Delco Juvenile Detention Center

A county judge vacated the Delaware County Juvenile Detention Center after the Public Defender’s Office sent a letter detailing allegations of abuse.

4 years ago

Surveillance camera footage released by the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office appears to show the suspected gunman outside Young's Asian Massage — one of three spas where people were killed Tuesday. (Cherokee County Sheriff's Office, Georgia)
NPR
Crime
National

Atlanta shooting suspect charged in spa shootings

Robert Aaron Long, 21, who was arrested within hours of the attacks on the three massage businesses, has been charged with murder and assault.

4 years ago

In a rare move, New Castle County released body-worn camera footage of police shooting and killing of Lymond Moses before the Dept. of Justice completed its investigation into the incident. (Courtesy of New Castle County)
Delaware
Policing

Body cam footage of fatal Del. shooting released; slain man’s attorney says it contradicts police account

New Castle County Executive Matt Meyer released the videos over the objections of police. Meyer says transparency is paramount to taxpayers.

4 years ago

Listen 2:05
Pro-Trump insurrectionists storm the Capitol
PlanPhilly
National
Philadelphia
Transportation

SEPTA police officers suspended over Capitol riot social media posts

The suspended SEPTA employees were among seven transit police officers who traveled to the Jan. 6 Trump rally that ended with the storming of the Capitol.

4 years ago

In this undated photo provided by Donald Outlaw and his wife Monique Solomon-Outlaw, the couple poses for a photograph. Donald Outlaw, who was exonerated after spending over 15 years in prison for murder, filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday, March 17, 2021, against the city of Philadelphia and two homicide detectives for wrongful prosecution and incarceration. (Donald Outlaw & Monique Solomon-Outlaw via AP)
Criminal Justice
Incarceration
Philadelphia

Man who spent years in prison sues over withheld evidence

Outlaw filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against the city of Philadelphia and the two detectives who investigated the killing of Jamal Kelly in 2000.

4 years ago

A person who is incarcerated receives a COVID-19 vaccine
Incarceration
Pennsylvania
Public Health
Spotlight PA

Two Pa. prisons have vaccinated more than 70% of those incarcerated. An incentive program may be making a difference.

While the vast majority of Pennsylvania’s prisoners reject flu shots, most who were offered a COVID-19 vaccine have taken it.

4 years ago

Pro-Trump insurrectionists storm the U.S. Capitol
Crime
Philadelphia

FBI arrests Philly Proud Boys president photographed at Capitol insurrection

The leader of a Philadelphia chapter of the Proud Boys, a right-wing extremist group, was arrested by federal agents. Zach Rehl was arrested at his Port Richmond home.

4 years ago

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw speaks at Olney Transportation Center, where a mass shooting occurred on Feb. 17, 2021. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Crime
Gun Violence
Policing

Philly police monitoring social media in effort to prevent retaliatory shootings

Anti-violence activists have mixed feelings about the effort, with some skeptical that police understand communities well enough to know what they’re seeing.

4 years ago

Listen 5:24
30th Street Station in Philadelphia.
PlanPhilly
Crime
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
Transportation

Feds: Gun smugglers traveled on Amtrak to Philadelphia, N.J.

Federal authorities arrested one trafficker at 30th Street Station. He was traveling with a duffel bag containing 10 pistols he purchased in his home state of North Carolina.

4 years ago

Officials in front of in a massage parlor shooting on Tuesday, March 16, 2021, in Atlanta. Several people were killed and others injured at a massage parlor in Cherokee County, and Atlanta Tuesday, March 16, 2021, officials said. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
Crime
National
Public Safety

Atlanta-area shootings leave 8 dead, many of Asian descent

Police arrested Robert Aaron Long and said the motive for the Tuesday night shootings wasn’t immediately known, though many of the victims were women of Asian descent.

4 years ago

Trump supporters try to break through a police barrier, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington. As Congress prepares to affirm President-elect Joe Biden's victory, thousands of people have gathered to show their support for President Donald Trump and his claims of election fraud.
National
Politics
Public Safety

FBI says Luzerne County woman filmed inside Capitol on Jan. 6

Annie C. Howell of Swoyersville was charged earlier this month with trespassing, disorderly or disruptive conduct, violent entry, and obstruction of Congress.

4 years ago

The COVID-19 treatment center at James T. Vaughn Correctional Center.
Criminal Justice
Delaware
Incarceration
Public Health

Delaware bill would cut jail time during health crisis

Supporters say the bill recognizes the extra hardship a public health crisis puts on people who are incarcerated.

4 years ago

Siren light on roof of police car at street.
Crime
Criminal Justice
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia

Two Philly women charged in ‘horrific’ beating death of 2-year-old

Two Philadelphia women are facing murder charges for allegedly beating a two-year-old girl to death in the Tacony section of the city.

4 years ago

Attorney General Josh Shapiro speaks during a press conference
Gun Violence
Pennsylvania

In first-of-its-kind deal, Pa.’s largest gun show promoter will stop sale of ‘ghost gun’ kits

Eagle Arms Productions, the largest firearms show promoter in Pennsylvania, will no longer sell ready-to-assemble gun kits that create untraceable weapons.

4 years ago

Pro-Trump insurrectionists gather outside the Capitol
Crime
Pennsylvania

State College smoothie shop owner charged in assault of Capitol Police officer who died after riot

Federal officials allege Julian Khater sprayed a chemical repellent at Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick on Jan. 6. The officer died the next day.

4 years ago

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