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Down the Shore
Criminal Justice
New Jersey

Man tried to enter Cape May’s U.S. Coast Guard Training Center with guns, body armor

A North Carolina man has been charged with trying to bring an assault weapon, body armor and hollow-point bullets into a U.S. Coast Guard Training Center in New Jersey.

6 years ago

(Shirley Min/WHYY)
Delaware
Policing

After a dust-up over diversity, Wilmington approves plan to start police academy

A resolution clearing the way was approved by Wilmington City Council. Questions about how to recruit a more diverse class delayed the step last fall.

6 years ago

Acting Philadelphia Police Commissioner Christine Coulter (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Policing
The Philadelphia Tribune

Acting Police Commissioner Christine Coulter’s future in department remains unknown

Prior to her stint as commissioner, Christine Coulter was a three-star deputy commissioner heading organizational services and the highest-ranking woman in the department.

6 years ago

Rapper Meek Mill arrives at the Juanita Kidd Stout Center for Criminal Justice for a hearing. Hundreds of supporters filled the street outside the courthouse.   (Inset: Screenshot from 'Free Meek' documentary on Amazon) (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Policing

An ex-Philly cop is suing Meek Mill, Jay-Z and Amazon for a few seconds on screen

Former Officer Saqueta Williams appeared in “Free Meek” because she’s on the DA’s “Do Not Call” list.

6 years ago

Kosher market shooting
New Jersey
Race & Ethnicity

NAACP, Anti-Defamation League team up in N.J. to combat rise in hate crimes

The new partnership between the Anti-Defamation League, or ADL, and the NAACP comes just weeks after a fatal shooting at a Jewish deli in Jersey City.

6 years ago

Defendant Michael White leaves court on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Criminal Justice
Philadelphia

Michael White to serve probation for evidence tampering in fatal Rittenhouse stabbing

A jury found White not guilty of manslaughter, but convicted him of evidence tampering for tossing his knife onto a rooftop and trashing bloody clothing.

6 years ago

Philadelphia Police are responding to an active shooter situation in the Frankford neighborhood. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Policing
Public Safety

Gunman dead after shootout with police in Frankford

Pennsylvania state parole officers were serving the man a warrant for his arrest for violations of his parole.

6 years ago

Bill Cosby arrives for his sentencing hearing
Criminal Justice
Pennsylvania

Bill Cosby asks Pennsylvania high court to review conviction

The brief filed Thursday with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court focuses on four key trial issues.

6 years ago

Incoming Philly Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw (Bastian Slabbers for WHYY); North Carolina property records from the late 18th century (FamilySearch)
History
Policing
Billy Penn

What’s in a name? From criminal to elite, the history of ‘Outlaw’

Philly’s new police commissioner is named Danielle Outlaw. As the first Black woman in the post, she's making history. But we knew there had to be something more to the name.

6 years ago

David Sheppard (NBC10)
Criminal Justice
Policing

Delco DA ends bid to keep man in prison who won clemency after 25 years

Prosecutors said they would drop a 1992 case over stolen jeans that had threatened to send David Sheppard back to prison after he served 25 years.

6 years ago

Philadelphia Police Department’s headquarters building at 7th and Race Streets. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
The Why
Behavioral Health
Philadelphia

Missing and mentally ill: How much does the public need to know?

The Philadelphia Police Department used to routinely include mental health information in its public missing persons reports — until one reporter started asking why.

Air Date: January 7, 2020

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An example of the kind of Quran in prisons. Texts like these cost less than $5 to purchase on the outside, but county jails sell them for almost quadruple that price. (Joseph Darius Jaafari/PA Post)
Criminal Justice
Religion
PA Post

Christians pray at a discount: Muslim prisoners charged more for religious texts

A PA Post review of county jails' commissaries finds that Muslim prisoners meet financial barriers to practicing their religion.

6 years ago

Repairs have been made to the Newark Planned Parenthood office near the University of Delaware campus following a Molotov cocktail attack on January 3. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Delaware
Public Health
Public Safety

Molotov cocktail explodes at Delaware Planned Parenthood office

A Middletown man was arrested on charges of tossing an incendiary device outside the clinic near the University of Delaware in Newark.

6 years ago

Isaac Gardner speaks while holding up a photo of David Jones
Criminal Justice
Policing

Trial for ex-Philly cop who fatally shot David Jones delayed by legal challenge

Ryan Pownall is accused of fatally shooting Jones after a routine traffic stop in North Philly in 2017. His trial, which was scheduled to start Monday, has been postponed.

6 years ago

Harvey Weinstein leaves New York court, Monday, Jan. 6, 2020, in New York. The disgraced movie mogul faces allegations of rape and sexual assault. Jury selection begins this week. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Harvey Weinstein indicted on new sex crimes charges in LA

The Hollywood mogul has been charged with raping one woman and sexually assaulting another in separate incidents over a two-day period in 2013.

6 years ago

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