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 by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/21/13 6:11 pm | updated: 05/21/13 6:11 pm |
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| The death of an 8-month-old child of a local "faith healing" couple has been ruled a homicide Brandon Schaible died on April 18th. His parent's, Herbert and Catherine Schaible, are fundamentalist Christians who believe in the power of prayer instead of modern medicine. The Medical Examiner found that Brandon died from bacterial pneumonia and dehydration due to a Group B Stretpococcus infection. No charges have been filed. The Schaible's seven other children have been placed in foster... Read More |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/21/13 2:15 pm | updated: 05/21/13 2:15 pm |
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| A two-story office building in Havertown was evacuated for over an hour early this afternoon for a carbon monoxide leak. The L&M Professional Center located at 31 S. Eagle Road near the intersection oF West Chester Pike and Eagle Road was quickly evacuated shortly before 1pm. A CO alarm in Domino's Pizza on the first floor of the building alerted the presence of the colorless, odorless gas. Retail outlets on the first floor and business office on the second floor were notified by Police and... Read More |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/20/13 11:29 pm | updated: 05/20/13 11:29 pm |
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| Bucks County prosecutors called him the "mastermind" of the entire robbery plot that ended with Levittown musician Danny DeGennaro shot to death, even though the Trenton man didn't fire a shot. That detail helped a Bucks County jury from finding 20-year-old Jermaine M. Jackson guilty of second-degree murder on Monday after 8 hours of deliberation. Second-degree murder is a charge specifically for a killing that occurs during the course of another felony and carries a mandatory sentence... Read More |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/20/13 3:30 pm | updated: 05/20/13 3:30 pm |
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| Police are still tracking a missing University of Rhode Island student on his way home from college to Skippack, PA in Montgomery County. Matthew Royer, a 21-year-old pharmacy student, left university in Kingston, RI on Thursday night. Previously the last confirmed sighting of Royer was just after 2am on surveillance video at a gas station at Route 78 and Route 100 in Breinigsville about 30 minutes from home. Pennsylvania State Police say that his car was seen at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, May... Read More |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/17/13 6:03 pm | updated: 05/17/13 6:03 pm |
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| A Ventnor, NJ woman has been charged with the murder of her husband who disappeared 6 years ago. Loretta Doyle Burroughs, 61, was arrested for the murder of Daniel Burroughs, 66, on Friday. The cold case was reopened in February when Police were contacted by family members of Daniel Boroughs. Daniel went missing without a trace in September of 2007 from Mays Landing, NJ where the couple lived. Loretta soon moved to Ventnor. Today investigators executed a search warrants for Loretta... Read More |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/16/13 7:35 pm | updated: 05/16/13 7:35 pm |
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| UPDATE:Philadelphia Police have arrested Caleb Lawrence McGillvary, aka Kai, at the Greyhound bus terminal at N. 10th and Filberts Streets in Philadelphia. McGillvary has been charged with the homicide of Joseph Galfy, Jr., which occurred in Clark, N.J. on May 12, 2013. Bail is set at $3 million. He will be processed in Philadelphia before transported to Union County, NJ. He was recognized by someone on the street near Starbucks at 10th and Chestnut. Police were alerted and he was... Read More |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/15/13 5:49 pm | updated: 05/15/13 5:49 pm |
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| Mayor Michael Nutter announced a funding package today that would give the Philadelphia School District $95 million in additional budget. That is significantly more than the $60 million the district requested to fill it's current budget gap. $22 million would come from raising the liquor-by-the-drink tax from 10 percent to 15 percent effective July 1st. The city would also add an additional $2 per pack tax on cigarettes on top of the regular taxes starting January 1st hoping to raise $45... Read More |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/14/13 6:48 pm | updated: 05/14/13 6:48 pm |
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| Former West Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell has agreed to give up all future appeals in his case in exchange for life in prison without parole. Gosnell was found guilty yesterday of first-degree murder of three babies born alive and viable during abortion procedures, involuntary manslaughter of a woman who died of an overdose on anesthesia, as well as over 200 counts of other violations. Philadelphia prosecution agreed to not pursue the death penalty against Gosnell. After... Read More |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/13/13 5:16 pm | updated: 05/13/13 5:16 pm |
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| The popular DJ who was shot inside the Haagen-Dazs Ice Cream shop at 2nd and South Street over the weekend was found with a large amount of drugs in his apartment. Tom Watson, 36, also known as DJ Fenicx, was going to his apartment above the shop when he was murdered. Surveillance video shows Watson trying to fight off his attackers before he was shot. The are only described as black males last seen wearing dark-colored hoodies. Police believe they were after the drugs because his... Read More |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/13/13 3:20 pm | updated: 05/13/13 3:20 pm |
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The jury in the capital murder trial against former Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell has reached a verdict. The jury has found Gosnell guilty of 3 of the 4 counts of first-degree murder for snipping the necks of babies born alive during abortion procedures. He was also found guilty of involuntary manslaughter of former patient Karnamaya Mongar after she was given a lethal dose of anesthesia.
Earlier this morning the jury passed a note to Common Pleas Judge Jeffrey P.... Read More |
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