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| Missing Bustleton Man w/ Cerebral Palsy Found Dead; Man Shot in Robbery; Fatal Crescentville Fire |
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 by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 02/04/19 9:08 pm | updated: 02/04/19 9:08 pm |
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| Philadelphia Police say that a Bustleton man who suffers from cerebral palsy that went missing last week has been found dead. 60-year-old Gerald Fomalont left for work last Wednesday, 1/30, around 6:30 a.m. from his home on the 9900 block of Bustleton Avenue. He did not return later that day after work. Police say that he was last seen walking toward Roosevelt Boulevard to where he takes one of two buses back home near Bustleton Avenue and Red Lion Road. Fomalont had diminished metal... Read More |
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| Tased Man Catches on Fire on South St.; #MuteRKelly Passes Philadelphia Council; Piazza Parents Sue |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 02/02/19 8:49 pm | updated: 02/02/19 8:49 pm |
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| Dramatic video shot by a bystander Pat Tackney outside of Jim's Steaks at 4th and South Street shows a man's pants catch on fire after being tased. It happened on Friday night, 2/1, outside the cheesesteak restaurant along South Street in South Philadelphia. Apparently the man refused to leave the store and was forced outside by security guards. Once outside, the man and two security guards can be seen on video in a struggle. One guard pulls out a Taser and fires at the man's leg. The... Read More |
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| Punxsutawney Phil Does Not See His Shadow, Predicts An Early Spring |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 02/02/19 6:21 pm | updated: 02/02/19 6:21 pm |
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| Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his lair on top of Gobbler's Knob in the tiny town 65 miles northeast of Pittsburgh just before 7:30 a.m. Saturday, 2/2, and did not see his shadow. The furry prognosticator told the thousands of onlookers (through his top hat handlers called the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club's Inner Circle) that we should expect an early spring! According to legend, if it is sunny and the groundhog sees his shadow he'll become frightened and run back in his burrow, signifying... Read More |
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| IBEW John Dougherty Pleads Not Guilty; Sen Cory Booker For President; No Cause Barclay Fire |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 02/01/19 9:18 pm | updated: 02/01/19 9:18 pm |
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| Philadelphia labor leader, John Dougherty, pled not guilty to federal corruption charges on Friday, 2/1. 58-year-old Johnny Doc leads the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 98 and was charged this week with others in a 161-count indictment that includes embezzlement, theft, and wire fraud charges. He is accused of misusing $600,000 of union funds to finance personal expenses. Philadelphia Councilman Bobby Henon pled not guilty on Thursday to charges. Henon is... Read More |
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| Councilman Bobby Henon Pleads Not Guilty; Male Prostitute w/ HIV Arrested; CC Groper In Custody |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 01/31/19 9:20 pm | updated: 01/31/19 9:21 pm |
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| Philadelphia City Councilman Bobby Henon turned himself in this morning and appeared in federal court on Thursday, 1/31, to be arraigned on charges including bribery, conspiracy, and fraud. The 50-year-old politician pled not guilty to all charges which were part of a 116-count indictment announced yesterday against IBEW Local 98 leader John "Johnny Doc" Dougherty and 6 others. Henon's arraignment was moved up a day to accommodate his lawyer's schedule. The rest of the accused will... Read More |
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| IBEW Local 98's Johnny Doc, Councilman Henon Indicted; Snow Squall Causes Pileup; Bill Cosby Drone |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 01/31/19 4:00 am | updated: 01/31/19 4:01 am |
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| IBEW Local 98 union leader John 'Johnny Doc' Dougherty and Philadelphia City Councilman Bobby Henon were at the top of a federal indictment announced on Wednesday, 1/30, by First Assistant United States Attorney for Eastern Pennsylvania Jennifer Arbittier Williams. The 116-count indictment accuses those involved of embezzlement, fraud, and theft. Also named are Brian Burrows, president of Local 98; Michael Neill, training director of the union's apprentice training fund; Marita Crawford,... Read More |
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| NJ Special Ed Teacher Arrested Sex w/ Student; Indictments Loom on IBEW Local 98; St. Joe's Robbery |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 01/30/19 4:45 am | updated: 01/30/19 4:45 am |
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| A New Jersey high school teacher has been charged with having sex with a student. 30-year-old Alexandra Reiner of Eastampton is charged with second degree sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child. Reiner is a special education teacher at Rancocas Valley Regional High School in Burlington County. The school district approached the prosecutor's office last week with information concerning a possible inappropriate relationship. The investigation determined that Reiner and the... Read More |
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| Roosevelt Blvd Road Rage w/ Bat; IBEW 98 Contractor Pleads Guilty; Jimmy Rollins Joins Phillies |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 01/29/19 9:12 pm | updated: 01/29/19 9:12 pm |
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| Philadelphia Police are investigating after cell phone footage captured a violent road rage incident in Northeast Philadelphia last Thursday morning, 1/24. It happened at the intersection of Levick Street and Roosevelt Boulevard. A maroon sedan was on Levick Street sitting at a red light when it was struck from behind by a white work van. It accident was just a fender bender. In the video, the driver of the sedan gets out and approaches the van. The driver of the van never gets out, but... Read More |
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| Hateful Message Left on Restaurant Check; Woman Steals $337k From Mother; NJ School Bus Crash |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 01/29/19 2:59 am | updated: 01/29/19 3:01 am |
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| The owner of a Burlington County restaurant is speaking out after a couple left an anti-immigrant message for a multilingual server on the back of their check last week. Santiago Orosco, the owner of Under the Moon Cafe in Bordentown, shared a picture on Facebook of the bill left by a couple who dined there on Thursday evening, 1/24. They had written, "Don't Tip Immigrants," across the back and did not leave a gratuity. Orosco, who is an immigrant himself, said that the couple who... Read More |
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| Philly DA Contesting Mumia Abu-Jamal Appeal; Rescue on Icy DE Pond; Gym's #MuteRKelly Resolution |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 01/28/19 3:58 am | updated: 01/28/19 3:58 am |
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| The Philadelphia District Attorney's office announced on Friday, 1/25, that it will appeal a judge's ruling that would allow convicted cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal another chance to appeal his case. In December, Philadelphia Judge Leon Tucker granted the new appeal based on a Supreme Court ruling that said a former Pennsylvania justice who heard the appeal had a potential conflict of interest. Ronald Castille was Philadelphia's District Attorney at the time of Abu-Jamal's initial appeal... Read More |
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Alvin Clay
