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| Philadelphia Zoo Improvements, Marlton Jewelry Smash and Grab, Video Beating Teens Arrested |
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 by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 09/28/12 12:14 pm | updated: 09/28/12 12:14 pm |
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The Philadelphia Zoo is planning some big improvements around the gardens, a children's zoo and outside the zoo. A new $24 million parking garage is planned with funding from federal, state and city grants as well as private zoo loans. The garage and improvements are expected to be completed in the Spring of 2013.
There was another smash and grab robbery last night. Jay Roberts Jewelry store on Route 73 in Marlton, NJ was hit about 8 o'clock last night by two men who got away... Read More |
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| Terrance Williams Ruling Today, Costco Jewelry Heist, America For Jesus in Philadelphia |
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 by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 09/28/12 8:39 am | updated: 09/28/12 8:39 am |
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| Just five days before the scheduled execution, a Philadelphia judge will rule this morning on a defense stay of execution for convicted killer Terrance Williams. Williams is scheduled to die next Wednesday for the 1984 murder of Amos Norwood. The prosecution presented evidence the murder was committed during a robbery, but a convicted co-conspirator, who cooperated with authorities, now says he was coached to lie. Meanwhile, the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons is reconsidering clemency for... Read More |
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| Video of Teen Girls beating Woman on Facebook; Parole Board votes to rehear Clemency for Williams |
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 by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 09/27/12 8:15 pm | updated: 09/27/12 8:15 pm |
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| A disturbing video posted on Facebook was discovered this morning by a concerned citizen and reported to Chester police. The video (seen below, warning contains graphic images and language) shows a group of teenage girls beating and taunting an older mentally challenged woman. The girls, who appear 15 or 16, first confronted the 48 year old woman outside her house. They jumped her as she sat on her stoop and began to punch and beat her, laughing and yelling at her the entire time. They group... Read More |
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| NFL Referees Return, Streamlined Voter ID Process, Mitt Romney On Goal in Philly |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 09/27/12 11:43 am | updated: 09/27/12 11:43 am |
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The NFL referees are back. The referees' union and the NFL reached an agreement Wednesday night to end the three month lockout. A blown call on Monday night that cost the Packers a win got both sides pushing for a resolution. The NFL refs will be back on the field this weekend starting with tonight's Browns-Ravens game,
The new streamlined voter id process went into effect and long lines formed at PennDOT offices. Some waited for hours while staff dealt with the volume of... Read More |
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| Neumann-Goretti Coach Pleads Guilty, SEPTA I-76 Three Car Accident, Delran Woman Fakes Cancer |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 09/27/12 8:43 am | updated: 09/27/12 8:43 am |
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| The former baseball coach at a Catholic high school in Philadelphia has pleaded guilty to charges of assaulting one youth and drugging another at a hotel. Thirty eight year old Louis Spadaccini pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges including involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, endangering the welfare of children, indecent assault and corruption of minors. Authorities said Spadaccini, a part-time coach at Neumann-Goretti High School, assaulted a 13-year-old in July and August of last year and... Read More |
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| Dog Struck and Killed After Thrown From Car; Wrong Way Killer Appears in Court |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 09/26/12 6:24 pm | updated: 09/26/12 6:24 pm |
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| A chocolate lab named "Mugsy" was struck and killed late Saturday night on West Chester Pike in East Goshen Township, Chester County. The dog's owner, Pam Ardell, says that he had escaped from a yard of a nearby home they were visiting. Someone must have picked him up and brought him in to their car. Eyewitnesses say that they saw the dog being thrown from the car as it was driving along West Chester Pike. The vehicle is described as a small red sedan. The Ardell describe Mugsy as one of the... Read More |
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| DUI Checkpoints in Radnor, Wells Fargo Declared Safe, Rock the Vote |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 09/26/12 1:11 pm | updated: 09/26/12 1:11 pm |
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Delaware County's DUI Task Force will be setting up sobriety checkpoints in Radnor this weekend searching for impaired drivers. The Task Force has been productive since 2009 arresting 71 drivers at 33 checkpoints for driving under the influence and issued 26 citations for underage drinking.
Hazmat crews investigated a situation in Old City this morning. Police and Fire were called to the Wells Fargo building at 4th and Market early this morning when a white, powder like... Read More |
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| Human Trafficking, Hazmat Team to Wells Fargo, Plosser Comments Deflate Investors |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 09/26/12 12:33 pm | updated: 09/26/12 12:33 pm |
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| Three people pleaded guilty in a human trafficking, assault and torture case in Philadelphia. Michael and Tamara Rhoades lured victims to their North Philadelphia home, and then, along with Steven Mills, took part in sadistic abuse of young women. Victims were lured to the home for a sexual relationship, and then the defendants started stealing the women’s money, work, social security and college aid checks all while threatening and beating the women to prevent them from leaving.Read More |
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| Voter ID's Access Streamlined; Gloucester Man Robs Kmart $27000; DNA test ordered in Hemsley case |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 09/25/12 8:51 pm | updated: 09/25/12 8:51 pm |
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The Pennsylvania Department of State and PennDOT have both declared that they have met the standards of the Voter ID law providing “liberal access†to obtaining one. They claim to have streamlined the process of procuring proper identification. You need to go to a PennDOT center and give your name, date of birth, Social Security number and address. If you are a confirmed registered voter you will be issued a photo Voter ID. The Commonwealth Court has until Oct. 2nd to review... Read More |
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| Radnor Scout Leader Child Porn Charges, West Chester Teachers, Philly School Closures |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 09/25/12 11:29 am | updated: 09/25/12 11:29 am |
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A former Radnor Boy Scout leader has been arrested on child pornography charges and Radnor Police want to know if there are any possible victims out there. Forty seven year old Garrett Conover, now living in Swedesboro New Jersey was an active scout master of Radnor Troop 284 from 1991 to 2001. The Conover case is related to a larger one involving 150 child victims and 45 arrests so far.
West Chester teachers are picketing for more money again. The Teachers Union claims to... Read More |
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