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Crime

Comedian Bill Cosby, left, and spokesperson Andrew Wyatt approach members of the media gathered outside the home of the entertainer in Elkins Park, Pa., Wednesday, June 30, 2021.  (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Courts & Law

Bill Cosby freed from prison after sex assault conviction overturned by Pa. Supreme Court

Cosby has served more than two years of a three- to 10-year sentence at a state prison near Philly. He had vowed to serve all 10 years rather than acknowledge any remorse.

4 years ago

The building was gutted by fire on Feb. 18. Adjacent buildings were damaged.
Courts & Law
6ABC

Second Delco brother sentenced in 2018 Old City arson

Bahaa Dawara was sentenced for setting fire to his family's Old City hookah bar and lounge for insurance money in 2018.

4 years ago

File photo: Insurrectionists loyal to former President Donald Trump breach the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6.  (John Minchillo/AP)
NPR
Courts & Law

Prosecutors get their 1st guilty plea in the Jan. 6 Oath Keepers conspiracy case

More than 500 people have been charged so far in connection with the Capitol breach.

4 years ago

The building was gutted by fire on Feb. 18. Adjacent buildings were damaged.
Courts & Law
6ABC

Brother who admitted to setting Old City fire in 2018 sentenced to prison

One of two Delaware County brothers convicted of setting fire to their Old City business back in 2018 will spend nearly a decade behind bars.

4 years ago

Delaware Attorney General Kathleen Jennings speaks from a podium as victims' family members stand to her left
Courts & Law

14 indicted in connection with six Delaware gang murders

Prosecutors say they’ve connected six murders in the Wilmington area to the NorthPak gang. Fourteen defendants have been indicted on 120 charges.

4 years ago

yellow police crime scene tape with a blurred police car in the background.
Community
6ABC

Triple shooting leaves 2 men dead, 1 child injured in West Philadelphia

Philadelphia police are investigating a triple shooting in West Philadelphia that left two men dead and a 3-year-old child injured.

4 years ago

2nd District Councilperson Kenyatta Johnson stands next to Cheick Diawara during the Stand 4 Peace anti gun-violence rally in Love park. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Philly anti-violence activists are hopeful about new funding for prevention efforts

Philadelphia is set to spend $155M on anti-violence efforts in the next fiscal year. It’s not all new funding, still the total is a sizable increase.

4 years ago

Judge's gavel on wooden table with law books. (bigstockphoto.com)
Courts & Law

How a Delaware man now suspected in four murders avoided prison after violating probation

A Delaware probation officer wanted Keith Gibson to spend more years in prison. A public defender and the judge pushed back, and he was set free.

4 years ago

Listen 1:39
The silhouettes of military service members are pictured.
Politics & Policy

For years U.S. Army hid, downplayed extent of firearms loss

Nearly 10 years ago, AP began investigating military weapons accountability with a question: How many guns have disappeared? A pattern of secrecy and suppression followed.

4 years ago

Walnut Hill resident Shuja Moore offered the idea of reaching out to Philadelphia’s biggest influencers to help combat the city’s gun violence epidemic at the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Community Town Hall at the Church of Christian Compassion in West Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Philly DA turns to residents for solutions to city’s gun violence epidemic

The office is hosting four town halls to crowdsource solutions to the city’s gun violence epidemic. The first one was held Monday in West Philly.

4 years ago

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner.
Courts & Law

Krasner: Philly is limited in enforcing against riding dirt bikes, ATVs on city streets

The DA’s comments come as Philadelphia City Council unanimously passed a bill cracking down on people riding ATVs on city streets.

4 years ago

A hand holds up a phone with Bitcoin logos on it, against the backdrop of a screen with numbers on it
NPR
Money

How Bitcoin has fueled ransomware attacks

If you're planning a multi-million dollar ransomware attack, there's really only one way to collect — with cryptocurrency.

4 years ago

FILE - This image taken from a Sept. 14, 2019, video and released in a U.S. Attorney detention memorandum, shows Brian Mark Lemley Jr, driving, and Patrik Mathews, passenger seat, passing through a toll booth near Norfolk, Va., en route to Georgia. The pair, along with William Garfield Bilbrough IV, plotted to carry out
Courts & Law

Canadian member of extremist group with Delaware ties who talked about fomenting ‘civil war’ pleads guilty to firearms charges

Patrik Jordan Mathews briefly lived in the Newark area when he was caught on tape constructing rifle parts and talking about committing violent crimes, authorities say.

4 years ago

Ghost guns. (Ximena Conde/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Philadelphia police say they’ve seized more ghost guns in 6 months than in all of last year

It’s a troubling trend on top of this year’s substantial increases thus far in both shooting victims and homicide victims.

4 years ago

Trenton Mayor Reed Gusciora and Police Director Sheilah Coley speak to reporters in the wake of Tuesday's double homicide
Courts & Law

Trenton’s police director has been fired

Sheilah Coley was praised for diversifying and modernizing the department, but was criticized for the city’s violence and telling officers to stand down during unrest.

4 years ago

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