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| Mumia Abu-Jamal Hearing Continued to Aug; PPA Amnesty Ending; Lincoln Drive Construction Begins |
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 by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/30/18 7:48 pm | updated: 04/30/18 7:48 pm |
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| Today's hearing on Mumia Abu-Jamal's Post-Conviction Relief Act petition in Philadelphia was pushed back to August to allow for more time to locate missing documents. The defense cites bias and conflict of interest involving State Supreme Court Justice Ronald Castille. As a justice, Castille denied Abu-Jamal's post conviction appeals. He was also district attorney when Abu-Jamal's direct appeal was pending. The missing memo supposedly shows Castille had personal involvement with the... Read More |
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| Mumia Abu-Jamal Returns to Court; Deadly Fire in Oxford Circle; Teen Shot in Germantown |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/30/18 3:25 am | updated: 04/30/18 3:25 am |
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| Convicted cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal will be back in a Philadelphia court room on Monday, 4/30. He has petitioned District Attorney Larry Krasner to vacate his previous failed attempts at appeals, which would then allow him to re-appeal his case. This Post-Conviction Relief Act or PCRA petition cites bias and conflict of interest involving State Supreme Court Justice Ronald Castille. As a judge, Castille denied Abu-Jamal's appeals. He was also Senior Assistant District Attorney during... Read More |
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| Woman Kills 92yo Mother; Watermelons Spill on I-95; Skateboarding Groper Wanted; Perkiomen Fire |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/29/18 2:56 am | updated: 04/29/18 2:58 am |
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| A South Korean woman has been charged with killing her 92-year-old mother at a senior living community in Bucks County on Saturday morning, 4/28. 63-year-old Sung Hee Kim was arrested and charged with murder. Warminster Police responded to the Charter Arms Apartments on Potter Street at 7 a.m. for the report of an assault. They found Kim's mother unconscious on the ground. She was pronounced dead at the scene. The victim had head injuries. Investigators say that Kim beat her mother with... Read More |
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| Rep. Pat Meehan Resigns From Congress; Temple Rescinds Cosby Hon. Degree; Skinny Joey Pleads Guilty |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/27/18 7:35 pm | updated: 04/27/18 7:35 pm |
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| Pennsylvania Republican Congressman Pat Meehan, who settled a sexual harassment complaint by a former aide using taxpayer money, has resigned from Congress today Friday, 4/27. Meehan denies any wrongdoing and believes he would have been exonerated, but did not want to put his staff through an investigation. He also said that he would repay $39,000 to the U.S. Treasury for the "severance payment" made from his office account to the staffer when she left her position. Meehan previously... Read More |
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| Bill Cosby Found Guilty on All Counts; 2nd Coyote Captured by Philadelphia Police |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/27/18 3:25 am | updated: 04/27/18 3:27 am |
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| Bill Cosby was found guilty on all counts in his sexual assault retrial. The jury deliberated for 14 hours over two days after a two-week trial to reach their verdict. Cosby was charged with three counts of aggravated indecent assault against Andrea Constand. The incident happened in 2004 in his Cheltenham, Montgomery County home. Constand worked for Temple University's women's basketball program at the time and claimed Cosby, who she viewed as a mentor, drugged and molested her. She... Read More |
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| Mother Charged DUI Crash Killing 8yo Son; Day 1 Cosby Deliberations; Two Stabbed SEPTA Station |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/26/18 2:01 am | updated: 04/26/18 2:01 am |
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| A Bucks County mother has been charged in the DUI crash that killed her 8-year-old son and injured a married couple. 37-year-old Kelly Anne Colbridge of Warminster is charged with homicide by vehicle while DUI, aggravated assault by vehicle while DUI and other offenses. It happened on April 7th around 7:30 p.m. on the 300 block of Street Road near 2nd Street Pike in Upper Southampton Township. Colbridge was driving a Dodge Avenger sedan and crossed the center turning lane striking a Kia... Read More |
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| Main Line Murder-Suicide Victim ID; Meek Mill Free on Bail; Burning Body in Dumpster in Bethlehem |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/24/18 8:12 pm | updated: 04/24/18 8:12 pm |
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| The victim in last night's Main Line murder-suicide near Villanova University in Radnor Township has been identified. 33-year-old Meredith Sullivan Chapman was found shot to death in a home she recently moved in to on the unit block of Lowrys Lane. Police responded to the scene around 7 p.m. on Monday, 4/23, and found two women dead. The shooter has been identified as 47-year-old Jennair Gerardot of Wilmington, DE. Police say she shot Chapman before turning the gun on herself. Chapman... Read More |
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| Building Collapses in Point Breeze; Murder/Suicide in Radnor; Man Charged Homicide by Vehicle DUI |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/24/18 3:54 am | updated: 04/24/18 3:55 am |
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| Officials were at the scene of a building collapse and possible explosion in Point Breeze on Monday night, 4/23. It happened after 7:30 p.m. on the 1200 block of South 20th Street. Witnesses heard a loud boom and saw the front facade of the row home fall off of the building and onto the sidewalk and street below. A 57-year-old man and his 12-year-old son were inside the home at the time. The father was on the second floor and ended up on the first floor. Both only suffered minor injuries... Read More |
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| Child Killed, Man Injured in DUI Mini-Bike Crash; Victims ID in Party Shooting; Police Good Deed |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/23/18 5:03 pm | updated: 04/23/18 5:03 pm |
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| A 6-year-old boy was killed and a 26-year-old man critically injured when they were hit by an SUV driven by a suspected drunk driver while they were riding a mini-bike in West Philadelphia. It happened on Sunday night, 4/22, at 11:10 p.m. at the intersection of 63rd and Callowhill Streets. The mini-bike was traveling southbound on 63rd. It did not have have any lights or reflectors and would not be considered street legal. The 2010 Jeep Compass SUV was traveling northbound on 63rd and... Read More |
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| Missing Woman Found Dead in Poconos; Deadly Shooting Near Temple; Stolen Dynamite Recovered |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/22/18 3:46 am | updated: 04/22/18 3:46 am |
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| The body of a Philadelphia woman who was missing since late December 2017 was found on Friday afternoon, 4/20, in the Poconos. 24-year-old Nicole Murray's body was discovered at the rear of a property on the 500 block of Foliage Drive in Blakesee, Tunkhannock Township, Monroe County. There is an abandoned mobile home on the lot. Murray was last seen on December 26, 2017 in Kensington. She told friends she had gone to the Poconos. She was last heard from on January 3rd, 2018. Pennsylvania... Read More |
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