Police: Man Arrested For Setting Fire To Famous 4th Street Deli
Police have arrested and charged a man in a string of arson fires in Philadelphia, including one at a landmark sandwich shop.
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Police have arrested and charged a man in a string of arson fires in Philadelphia, including one at a landmark sandwich shop.
The city is saying "Thanks" to a Philadelphia police sergeant, for his volunteer work beyond the force.
Detectives are continuing to investigate the suspect's involvement in several other incidents in the area.
City police are searching for the suspect who they say snatched an 80-year-old woman's purse last week.
The shooting happened on North 11th Street and West Stiles Street.
The victim was transported to Temple University Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
It happened around 6 a.m. Sunday along the Boulevard at Summerdale Avenue in Lawncrest.
His day job is filled with risk and challenges. His day job carries the omnipresent specter of life and death. It's Manny Folly's night gig as a professional fighter that receives the attention, yet it's his day job as a Philadelphia police officer that merits the real accolades.
City police are searching for a suspect who they say struck an officer with a vehicle on Wednesday evening.
Police say W.B. Saul High School at 7100 Henry Avenue was placed on lockdown shortly after 1 p.m. because someone said they saw a gun.
Javine's death was ruled a homicide after an autopsy revealed head trauma.
It was a shooting on Monday in Northern Liberties that shut down part of the city during the heat of rush hour.
Police say a maintenance worker at Temple Menorah Keneseth Chai found a baseball-sized stone thrown through the side window.
The body is so badly decomposed that authorities are not yet able to determine the race and age.
Authorities say 6-year-old Trevor Montgomery was discovered missing from his bedroom at a home along South Ithan Street in city's Cobbs Creek neighborhood around 8 a.m. Saturday.
Police say a text message sent from a home security system helped officers arrest five people who were robbing a home in the Northeast Philadelphia.
The Philadelphia Police Department and Big Brothers Big Sisters launched a new initiative this week, and it's designed to change the lives of more than a dozen kids in Philadelphia public schools.
Police say Kadene Bryant was taken into custody Thursday at his home in East Germantown after being identified as a suspect by Northwest Detectives.
The Pennsylvania SPCA said in a statement that Michael Long has been charged with two counts of animal cruelty, one count for possession of an instrument of a crime and one summary charge of animal cruelty.
Police say officers responded to a "hospital case" call on the 7100 block of North 15th Street shortly before 8 p.m. Wednesday.
The burglary took place at Kim Thanh Jewelry, which is in a shopping center on the 5500 block of Whitaker Avenue.
Authorities say a 17-year-old is charged after he allegedly tried to rob a 7-Eleven store and then assaulted a Philadelphia Police officer the next day.
He was pronounced dead at the hospital.
A fundraiser was held Sunday afternoon at Sweet Lucy's Smokehouse a Northeast Philadelphia restaurant for the Philadelphia Police's K9 Unit.
It happened around 1:30 a.m. Sunday in the 2400 block of Germantown Avenue.
