City Council Reaches Compromise In Bill To Crack Down On Aggressive Panhandlers
A compromise has been reached on a bill that would give police more leeway in handling aggressive panhandlers in the city.
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A compromise has been reached on a bill that would give police more leeway in handling aggressive panhandlers in the city.
City and state police were out in force along the Manayunk Wall throughout the bike race to make one point clear: they wouldn't tolerate rowdy parties or underage drinking.
Philadelphia district attorney Seth Williams has created a new task force designed speficially to weed out public corruption in the city.
Police have released surveillance video of the shooting early Sunday morning that left nine people wounded outside a Feltonville nightclub.
Police are investigating a shooting in Southwest Philadelphia that left a victim critically injured.
Police sources tell Eyewitness News authorities have arrested a man believed to be responsible for the death of a college student gunned down just days shy of graduation.
Pennsylvania state representative Angel Cruz (D-Phila.) says there are too many unknowns when it comes to even minor traffic accidents, and he wants to make it mandatory that cops respond and investigate.
Isaac Porterfield, 22, has been charged with the drive-by shooting of 39-year-old Yvette Saunders. Police say she took a bullet intended for her son, killed only because she was there.
It's unclear whether defendant Lenny Tavarez knew it was a police helicopter, or that his action had the potential of causing a crash.
A man was killed after being shot multiple times at a BP gas station in North Philadelphia.
Philadelphia police officer John Pawlowski, murdered in February 2009, has been honored with a memorial plaque near the spot where he was shot to death, at Broad and Olney.
Despite an emotional show of remorse, corrupt former Philadelphia police officer Robert Snyder was sentenced to nearly 13 years in prison for taking part in a conspiracy to rob drug dealers and resell the stolen drugs.
Philadelphia and Temple University police are searching for a man who shot and killed a college student Monday evening.
Former Philadelphia police officer James Venziale has been sentenced to federal prison, but he got a big break for cooperating with the authorities in the prosecution of his partners in crime.
Philadelphia police are searching for several suspects who left a man unconscious after a violent attack that was caught on tape in a popular nightlife district.
The Philadelphia Police Department has announced the arrest of eight tow truck drivers for illegally towing vehicles to various scrap and salvage yards in the city.
Police commissioner Charles Ramsey says Julian Frisby, 21, is suspected of killing Jarell Seay. Frisby was found hiding in the basement of a house in Norristown.
Police in Philadelphia say they arrested a state representative and charged her with drunk driving.
Despite a steady rain in Philadelphia, dozens of police officers, firefighters, and family members of those killed in the line of duty gathered for the city's annual "living flame" memorial on Wednesday in Franklin Square.
A Philadelphia police officer has been arrested and taken off the street after authorities say he was driving drunk and crashed into another car.
Philadelphia police commissioner Charles Ramsey, who was the police chief in Washington, DC on September 11th, 2001, says he had trouble sleeping on Sunday night after hearing the news about Osama Bin Laden's death.
A new unit of eight to 10 officers will rotate among five zones in Center City each day during the summer, enforcing laws such as no bicycling on the sidewalk, no texting while driving, and for pedestrians -- obeying signals at crosswalks.
Fiften people, including a Philadelphia police detective and two other Philadelphia police officers, have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their alleged involvement in an illegal steroid and HGH distribution ring.
The city says it rejected Vento's offer because he demanded his name on plaques on the trailers, but Vento says it was out of of spite.
A 22-year-old man was rushed to Temple University Hospital after being robbed and shot at a SEPTA station Saturday afternoon.
