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Crime

A closeup of a Delaware State Police vehicle
Courts & Law

Delaware man whose wife’s 2019 murder remains unsolved charged with two brutal attacks on new wife

An arrest warrant says Benjamin Ledyard attacked his wife with a marble block on New Year’s Day and previously bit off the tip of her finger.

3 years ago

A flyer seeking information about the killings of four University of Idaho students who were found dead is displayed
Courts & Law

Suspect in deaths of Idaho students arrested in Pa.

The students — Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin — were stabbed to death at a rental home near campus on Nov. 13.

3 years ago

DA Larry Krasner stands a podium.
Politics & Policy

‘I’m not going to celebrate’: New carjacking unit, no homicide record for DA’s Office in 2022 wrap-up

In his end-of-the-year meeting with the media, Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner spoke about hope for a better 2023.

3 years ago

A closeup of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
Courts & Law

Delaware man gets 19 years for his role in plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor

Croft was among those accused of hatching a stunning plot to abduct Gov. Gretchen Whitmer from her vacation home just before the 2020 presidential election.

3 years ago

A closeup of Monsignor William Lynn
Courts & Law

20-year church abuse probe in Philly comes to a quiet end with misdemeanor plea

Lynn was the first U.S. church official ever charged, convicted or imprisoned over their handling of priest-abuse complaints.

3 years ago

Leonard Eley of Storm Shelter Ministries in Laurel is charged with soliciting the child for nude photos. (Google Maps)
Courts & Law

Delaware pastor charged with paying runaway child for nude photos. Authorities suspect more young victims

Court records allege that Leonard Eley of Storm Shelter Ministries paid the girl $200 through the church’s CashApp account.

3 years ago

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner speaks during a press conference
Courts & Law

Police charge 8 in Cobbs Creek mass shooting

The arrests include the person who bought the gun and resold it to the person who couldn’t legally own the firearm.

3 years ago

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Community
6abc

Officer shoots armed suspect during gun battle outside King of Prussia Mall, officials say

According to police, the incident started with a hit-and-run around 2:30 p.m. in the area of the mall.

3 years ago

A Philadelphia police officer stands by a crime scene on Woodstock Street
Stop and Frisk: Revisit or Resist
Courts & Law

Homicides are down 8% in Philly from last year, but shootings remain steady

Year-to-date homicides in Philadelphia were down 8%. Some community leaders and activists say it’s too soon to call the reduction an accomplishment.

3 years ago

FILE - The FTX Arena logo is seen where the Miami Heat basketball team plays on Nov. 12, 2022, in Miami. The former CEO of failed crypto firm FTX Sam Bankman-Fried has been arrested in the Bahamas at the request of the U.S. government, the U.S. attorney’s office in New York said Monday, Dec. 12. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier, File)
Money

FTX’s Bankman-Fried charged by U.S. for ‘scheme’ to defraud

Bankman-Fried was arrested Monday by Bahamian authorities at the request of the U.S. government.

3 years ago

Di Hargrove, an ACLU community ambassador, hands out 'Know Your Rights' pamphlets and many other resources at and around the the Cecil B. Moore Library in North Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Stop and Frisk: Revisit or Resist
Courts & Law

Policing is changing in some Philly neighborhoods. This community program is spreading the word

A PPD pilot program changes the way police officers handle minor violations. In response, the ACLU has community ambassadors informing the public about their rights.

3 years ago

Listen 3:35
Tyrique Glasgow, Adam Geer, Taahzje Ellis (top) join Ajourdi Hargrove and Diamond Walker (bottom) for a roundtable conversation about solutions to gun violence. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY
Stop and Frisk: Revisit or Resist
Courts & Law

Episode 5: What happens next

WHYY gun violence prevention reporter Sam Searles and Temple University student Kole Long host a panel of concerned community members.

Air Date: December 13, 2022

Listen 41:29
(6abc)
Community
6abc

Philadelphia police searching for suspect who stole antique brass railing outside City Hall

Philadelphia police are asking for the public's help in identifying a City Hall theft suspect.

3 years ago

A police officer walks by the nose of Pan Am flight103 in a field near the town of Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988. (Martin Cleaver/AP)
NPR
Community

The U.S. has taken custody of the alleged bomb maker in the 1988 Lockerbie attack

The bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 killed 270 people, including 190 Americans, and launched a decades-long international manhunt for the attackers.

3 years ago

File photo: Violent insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump stand outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. A federal judge is questioning Donald Trump's efforts to withhold documents from Congress related to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. Judge Tanya Chutkan was skeptical Thursday, Nov. 4, of attorneys for the former president who asked her to block the handover of documents to a House committee
Courts & Law

Jan. 6 committee to issue criminal referrals, chairman says

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol will make criminal referrals to the Justice Department as it wraps up its probe.

3 years ago

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