
Crime
Crime on SEPTA drops in first half of 2025, report says
Serious crime has remained low, the report says. That includes a reduction in homicides, aggravated assaults, thefts and arsons.
3 months ago
The civil complaint accuses Dr. Shayasta Mufti of violating the False Claims Act. The orders she generated cost Medicare more than $500,000.
3 months ago
Listen 1:06Levittown man who posted video of father’s severed head online is found guilty of murder
Justin D. Mohn, 33, was found guilty in the January 2024 shooting death of his father at their home in the Philadelphia suburb of Levittown.
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Man who shot 6 Philadelphia officers during standoff to spend up to 240 years in prison
Maurice Hill, 41, was found guilty on multiple charges stemming from the hours-long standoff in August 2019.
3 months ago
Levittown man charged with beheading father says he was trying to perform a citizen’s arrest
Justin D. Mohn took the stand in a suburban Philly courtroom on the third day of his trial on murder and other charges stemming from the homicide of his father.
3 months ago
Woman at Levittown son’s murder trial recounts finding husband’s decapitated corpse
Justin D. Mohn, 33, faces charges of murder, abuse of a corpse, terrorism related crimes and other offenses for the 2024 killing of Michael F. Mohn.
3 months ago
3 people killed, 10 others injured in Grays Ferry mass shooting
The mass shooting comes on the heels of another in South Philadelphia that left eight people injured over the weekend.
3 months ago
South Philadelphia mass shooting sees 8 injured
Police said Saturday that all victims are in stable condition.
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Bryan Kohberger pleads guilty to murder in stabbings of 4 Idaho students to avoid death penalty
Kohberger was arrested in eastern Pennsylvania in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students in 2022.
4 months ago
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs acquitted of most serious charges, convicted of prostitution-related offenses
Combs and his defense team argued that the women were willing participants and that none of his violence justified the severity of the charges.
4 months ago
Bryan Kohberger to plead guilty to killing 4 University of Idaho students, multiple media report
The criminal justice graduate student was arrested in Chestnuthill Township, roughly 90 miles north of Philadelphia, weeks after the killings.
4 months ago
Man charged with killing Temple Police Sergeant Chris Fitzgerald found guilty of first-degree murder
Miles Pfeffer was also found guilty of criminal homicide of a law enforcement officer, disarming an officer, robbery, theft, evading arrest and weapons crimes.
4 months ago
The charges stem from a congressional oversight visit at Newark's Delaney Hall facility on May 9. Mayor Ras Baraka also was arrested the same day.
4 months ago
How authorities unraveled Wilmington-Philly gang network in kidnapping, execution
Mark Sellers was beaten in a Wilmington home and killed execution-style in an industrial park near Philadelphia. Six people have been convicted.
4 months ago
Listen 2:17Delaware AG announces charges in UD student homicide case, WSFS bank exec cold case
Delaware AG Kathy Jennings said the new charges stemmed from law enforcement investigation and commitment to public safety.
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