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Krasner speaks at a podium
Courts & Law

‘We will get the just and appropriate results’: Philly’s DA continues to weigh charges in car stop arrest, fatal bus stop shooting

The Philadelphia DA is vowing to get to the bottom of Monday’s quintuple shooting, and a car stop Saturday that involved a member of the Mayor’s administration.

1 year ago

Celena Morrison, Philadelphia's executive director of LGBT Affairs is arrested along with her husband following a traffic stop on I-76.
Courts & Law
6abc

DA investigating controversial traffic stop after Philadelphia official, husband arrested on I-76

No charges to be decided in Celena Morrison, Darius McLean arrests until investigation is over, DA says.

1 year ago

Pa. State Trooper car
Community
6abc

Philadelphia official arrested on I-76; Mayor Parker calls video ‘very concerning’

Video circulating online of the incident is now part of the investigation.

1 year ago

Pa. State Police headquarters building
Community
6abc

Driver facing charges after allegedly opening fire on father, son on I-476

Police say the driver of a blue Honda Civic fired multiple shots into another vehicle with a 41-year-old father and his 8-year-old son inside.

1 year ago

ATVs
Courts & Law
6abc

Philadelphia police increasing efforts to get ATVs, dirt bikes off streets

In just two hours on Tuesday night, Philly police recovered 15 ATVs and dirt bikes.

1 year ago

Surveillance photo
Courts & Law

Car theft suspect who fled Philly police outside hospital is spotted, escapes from federal authorities

Supervisory Deputy U.S. Marshal Robert Clark told reporters Wednesday that after the escape, Bordan was spotted going to a home near the hospital and then getting into a car.

1 year ago

Supervisor Chris Williams observes dispatcher Onassis Burton taking a 911 call at the New Castle County emergency operations center south of Wilmington.
Community

Delaware’s largest county adopts ‘Video 911’ to give dispatchers ‘eyes and ears on the scene’

Callers will have the sole discretion to allow dispatchers to access their phone, and the video transmission will stop as soon as the video chat ends.

1 year ago

Listen 2:58
A makeshift memorial at the scene of a shooting and house fire that killed six members of an extended family in East Lansdowne, Pa., Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024.
Courts & Law

5 of 6 family members were fatally shot before house fire in East Lansdowne, investigators say

“We are still hurting,” said East Lansdowne Mayor Majovie Bland, “and this healing process will take a very, very long time.”

1 year ago

Listen 1:03
Overhead shot of hospital complex
Courts & Law

Search underway after handcuffed prisoner escapes police custody in Kensington

Police continue to search for a suspect who fled custody Monday after being treated for reported pain at Episcopal Hospital in Philly’s Kensington section.

1 year ago

A police car on 56th Street in West Philadelphia.
Courts & Law

Philly police adding more officers to work the weekends

The new unit will supplement patrols and give police on the beat backup over the weekend.

1 year ago

Frank Vanore speaking at a podium
Courts & Law

Arrest made after series of vandalism incidents in Philadelphia

A Philadelphia man is facing vandalism charges after several rock throwing incidents that caused significant damage at several city churches.

1 year ago

Listen 0:42
A sign for Jenkintown Borough
Community

Jenkintown police union rejects any plan to dissolve borough’s police department

Borough officials are weighing the idea of contracting with neighboring townships like Abington or Cheltenham to reduce costs.

1 year ago

Listen :55
Police patrol car with flashing lights and siren on
Courts & Law
6abc

Montgomery County, Pa. sheriff’s deputy arrested in New Jersey on child porn charges

James Christopher Buckley, of Gilbertsville, allegedly possessed and distributed child sexual abuse material via his iCloud account at his vacation residence in Wildwood.

1 year ago

Officers stand around a police car at the scene of a shooting.
Community

The name has been released of the officer who was hurt in a gunfire exchange in Delaware County that killed a suspect

Chester police commissioner Steven Gretsky says the officer is recovering and will be released from the hospital soon.

1 year ago

Officers stand around a police car at the scene of a shooting.
Community
6abc

Police officer shot, injured in Delaware County after short pursuit

The officer was transported to Crozer Hospital, where their condition is unknown.

1 year ago

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