Philly police officer injured in Kensington hit-and-run, police say
Police said the officer was struck by a vehicle with a missing side mirror at 800 East Allegheny Avenue just before 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday in Kensington.
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Police said the officer was struck by a vehicle with a missing side mirror at 800 East Allegheny Avenue just before 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday in Kensington.
An 11-year-old is in police custody after officials said he stabbed two teacher's aides at a Northeast Philadelphia middle school Tuesday.
A gunman shot a 68-year-old man in the stomach on a Broad Street subway platform in Center City. It happened at the Lombard Street stop just before noon on Tuesday. The victim is in critical condition. Police said they arrested the alleged shooter and recovered a gun. Authorities said the two men were arguing before the shooting.
Philadelphia police are looking for a man seen on surveillance video stealing packages from an apartment building while he was dressed as a USPS mail carrier.
A police officer is recovering after being shot while responding to a domestic incident in Pottstown. It happened in an apartment complex on Chestnut Street Friday afternoon. One shot hit the officer in his right hip. He's now in stable condition. The suspect is facing attempted murder and other charges.
A former police officer from Allentown appeared in court Friday. The allegations date back to 2019 when Jason Krasley and other officers were investigating a scene at a barbershop on Hamilton Street. The former officer's next court date is set for early December.
Philadelphia police are asking for the public's help with identifying three suspects caught on camera assaulting a woman during an illegal car meetup in late September.
A former Allentown police vice officer took over $5,000 after investigating drug trafficking at a local barbershop, authorities say.
The parents of Isya Stanley, who was killed in a shooting in Philadelphia this summer, say they are relieved after the suspected shooter was arrested.
A Philadelphia man will spend decades behind bars for killing four people and escaping from jail. A judge sentenced 20-year-old Ameen Hurst 55 to 110 years in prison for the murders in 2020 and 2021. Hurst was also caught on surveillance video breaking out of the Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center with another inmate last year.
Twenty-year-old Ameen Hurst was sentenced Thursday in connection to four murders committed between 2020 to 2021 and for escaping a Philadelphia prison in May 2023, causing a 10-day manhunt.
Philadelphia police said the two shootings were connected because they were both events that were promoted on social media.
Police are looking for suspects and a motive after a teenager was shot on the 3000 block of Alabama Road in Camden, New Jersey. Meanwhile, an investigation is underway into a dirt bike crash in Philadelphia. Jim Donovan has your morning headlines with the latest forecast from NEXT Weather Meteorologist Kate Bilo. This has been corrected to reflect the shooting in Camden was not fatal.
A 14-year-old boy has been arrested and accused of setting a wildfire that burned 50 acres in Evesham Township, New Jersey.
Three guys are wanted for smashing their way into a corner store in North Philadelphia. Police said the group used a sledgehammer to break into the store and steal money from the cash register in October. Detectives think the same group may have robbed another store down the street a few hours later.
A Philadelphia police officer shot and killed a 47-year-old man in the Cobbs Creek section of the city Sunday evening, police said.
Police have released photos of a man wanted in connection with a hit-and-run that killed a woman in a wheelchair on City Avenue in Lower Merion, Pennsylvania, early Monday morning.
Officials said the woman's body was found in Waltman Park in Millville, New Jersey by a jogger early the morning of Nov. 9.
An investigation is underway after police shot and killed an armed man in the Cobbs Creek section of West Philadelphia, police say.
A 21-year-old Phoenixville man faces charges including first-degree murder in connection with the death of Daniel Gray.
The Chester County District Attorney's Office placed Ellen Greenberg's case in "inactive" status after finding there was not enough evidence to support her family's contention that Ellen was murdered.
A woman is hospitalized after police said she was shot in an apparent road rage incident on Broad Street during rush hour. Investigators said two people were taken into custody in connection to that shooting. But they also arrested more people after large groups of young people caused a disturbance in that same area. Nikki DeMentri reports.
Several weeks ago, a night of street racing and reckless driving paralyzed parts of Philadelphia. Here's the latest on Philadelphia police's investigation.
On Friday, police arrested two more men in connection with the illegal car meetups throughout Philadelphia in late September.
Police released surveillance video showing a man they say sexually assaulted a child on Chestnut Street in Center City.
