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| $1.5M Bail For Crane Operator; 25 Cops arrest couple having sex; Gosnell rejects drug plea deal |
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 by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 06/26/13 8:59 pm | updated: 06/26/13 9:00 pm |
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| Bail has been set at $1.5 million for crane operator Sean Benschop. He has been charged with involuntary manslaughter of 6 people and and 13 counts of reckless endangerment after the building collapse June 5th at the Salvation Army in Center City. Prosecutors wanted him remanded, noting he is a possible flight risk being a non-citizen. The defense said that Benschop turned himself in when issued a warrant. He'll have to post 10 percent of $150,000. A grand jury will investigate if others... Read More |
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| Crane Operator Hearing, Ravens Running Back Bernard Pierce Robbed, Cigarette Tax at State |
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 by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 06/26/13 11:37 am | updated: 06/26/13 11:37 am |
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The crane operator involved in the deadly building collapse on Market Street this month is in court today for a preliminary hearing. Sean Benschop is charged with six counts of involuntary manslaughter, one count of reckless endangerment and causing a catastrophe. Benschop allegedly had marijuana and pain killers in his system at the time of the collapse on June 5th.
Baltimore Ravens running back and former Temple Owl, Bernard Pierce was robbed at gunpoint on Sunday afternoon... Read More |
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| North Philadelphia Fire, Pine Hill Luring, Bernard Pierce Carjacking |
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 by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 06/26/13 2:14 am | updated: 06/26/13 2:14 am |
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A fire in North Philadelphia on Tuesday night left two people injured inside a home at 3400 N 11th Street around 9:20 p.m. One victim, a 32-year-old male, was transported to Temple University Hospital in critical condition. The second victim was still being worked on at the scene. The fire was placed under control around 9:50 p.m.
Police in Camden County are investigating an attempted luring that allegedly happened in Pine Hill on Tuesday. Police responded to West Branch... Read More |
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| Police dig in Collingdale for Woman; Teachers Rally in Harrisburg; Flyers buyout Bryz |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 06/25/13 8:33 pm | updated: 06/25/13 8:33 pm |
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| Police in Collingdale, Delaware County have dug up the yard of a woman who has been missing for over two months. The team of county sheriffs and police cadaver dogs spent around two hours at the residence but did not find anything. Melissa Ortiz-Rodriguez, mother of two, has been missing since April 19th when she had planned to visit friends in North Jersey and never arrived. She was reported missing by her seperated husband a few days later when she never arrived at work or picked up... Read More |
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| CHOP Gift of $50 Million, Craigslist Murder Suspect Linked to Other Robberies, Code Orange Air Alert |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 06/25/13 11:21 am | updated: 06/25/13 11:21 am |
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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia will build a new Pediatric Care center thanks in large part to a $50 million gift from a Fort Washington financial services firm. The building will be called The Buerger Center for Advanced Pediatric Care. The $50 million gift is the largest ever to CHOP and will be a big help covering the $425 million cost of the new building on the University City site.
The man accused of murder after a Craigslist ad may have done the same thing several... Read More |
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| Carrero Sentenced Up to 46 Years, Bill Clinton NCC Speech, NJ Medical Marijuana for Kids |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 06/25/13 1:39 am | updated: 06/25/13 1:39 am |
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A man has been sentenced to 23 to 46 years in the strangulation murder of his girlfriend in eastern Pennsylvania last year. Thirty-four-year-old Edwin Carrero II of Pottstown was sentenced Monday in Montgomery County Court. He pleaded guilty to third-degree murder and theft in February, a year after 31-year-old Alicia Schmidt was killed in her Pottstown home.
Former President Bill Clinton will deliver a lunchtime speech today at the National Constitution Center. This will be... Read More |
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| Body of Missing Gloucester Woman Found; Point Breeze Store Winning Powerball; Hunger Strike 8th Day |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 06/24/13 9:05 pm | updated: 06/24/13 9:05 pm |
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| The family says the body of a missing Gloucester Township woman was found on Monday shortly before noon. 59-year-old Carol Reiff was reported missing on Friday after her family had not heard from her since Thursday and she did not arrive at their home in Manahawkin, NJ for a planned visit. The body was found near the Lakeview Apartments on Lower Landing Road in Blackwood, NJ where Reiff lives. Officials need to perform and autopsy to determine the exact cause of death and to confirm... Read More |
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| Turnpike Pay To Play Hearing, Powerball Winner in South Philly, Heat Wave This Week in Philadelphia |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 06/24/13 11:44 am | updated: 06/24/13 11:44 am |
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Today a preliminary hearing is underway for defendants in connection with "pay to play" schemes at the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission. Accused in the schemes include the former CEO, Joseph Brimmeier, former Turnpike Commissioner Mitchell Rubin, and former longtime Democratic state Senate leader Robert Mellow who is currently in prison after pleading guilty in a federal corruption case.
There is a new mega-millionaire in our midst. The winning Powerball ticket worth more than... Read More |
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| Mandela Condition Critical, NJ Earthquake 2.1, Camden Racial Arrest Made |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 06/24/13 1:21 am | updated: 06/24/13 1:21 am |
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The South African presidency says the health condition of Nelson Mandela has become critical. The president had visited Mandela on Sunday evening and was informed by the medical team that Mandela's condition had become critical in the past 24 hours. Mandela, who became South Africa's first black president after the end of apartheid in 1994, was hospitalized for what the government said was a recurring lung infection.
Officials say a small earthquake in northern New Jersey has... Read More |
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| Schools Closing Today, Live Music This Weekend, U.S. Open Alcohol Heist |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 06/21/13 11:49 am | updated: 06/21/13 11:49 am |
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For many, School's out for the Summer. But for 22 Philadelphia area schools, School's Out Forever. Today is the last day of classes and many schools will not re-open in the Fall. Among them, Germantown High School will close after 99 years. The closings are a result of a $304 million budget shortfall.
Join us for some live music this weekend. Today is Make Music Philly Day with free performances across the city. iRadioPhilly will be at the Piazza at Schmidt’s. We... Read More |
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