Police: Man Who Owed Drug Debt Held Captive For 8 Days, Shot In Shin
Philadelphia police say a man escaped from a house in Kensington where he was shot and held captive for more than a week.
Watch CBS News
Philadelphia police say a man escaped from a house in Kensington where he was shot and held captive for more than a week.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Southwest Detective Division at 215-686-3183/3184.
City police are searching for a suspect who was caught on video stealing a man's car at a gas station last weekend.
Police say the 16-year-old boy was found outside in the freezing cold in the 800 block of North 42nd Street.
Officials say 25-year-old officer Francis Seibert was found around 11 p.m. Friday inside a home on Waldemire Drive in Northeast Philadelphia with a gunshot wound to the head.
It happened around 10:30 p.m. Friday at the Gold Fish near 20th Street and Hunting Park Avenue in the city's Nicetown neighborhood.
City police are searching for a knife-wielding man who police say attacked a store employee last month.
City police are searching for three people they believe were in involved in the theft of an oxygen tank last month.
Two top spots in the Philadelphia Police Department are now held by women: Christine Coulter, and Robin Wimberly.
Police say 84-year-old Pearl Hill walked away from her residence located on the 1700 block of North Bailey Street.
Three men and two women will now stand by the side of Commissioner Richard Ross as he leads the department.
Police say the group watches their victim, sometimes as that person leaves the subway, walk with them for a block and then attack.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said any "reports of I.C.E. Checkpoints and sweeps are false, dangerous and irresponsible."
The Philadelphia Police Department welcomed 58 new officers to the force Friday morning.
Police say a woman walking out of her house on the 10000 block of Clark Place found the swastika spray painted on her front step around 11 a.m.
Two people were shot and killed in separate shootings overnight in Philadelphia.
Police are searching for a suspect they say robbed more than $19,000 worth of lottery tickets from a Philly business.
Police have released video showing a suspect appearing to light a fire in a trash can, with the fire then spreading to a nearby car.
Police said the damage was reported just after 9:30 a.m. Sunday at Mount Carmel Cemetery in the Wissinoming section of the city.
Authorities say it's unclear if the pit bull killed the man or if he was attacked by the dog after he died.
It happened around 4 a.m. Sunday at Club Onyx along the 2900 block of South Christopher Columbus Boulevard.
It happened around 1:30 a.m. Saturday near 5th Street and Wyoming Avenue.
Police say a 57-year-old woman was found dead in the 3200 block of Mercer Street.
A one-year-old boy is alive today, thanks to the quick actions of three Philadelphia police officers in North Philadelphia.
Officers were called to the area near Market and Conestoga Streets at about 9:15 p.m. Saturday.
