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| Delco Man Stole $350k Skin Grafts; Archdiocese to Tell Parishes' Fate; DE Teen Shot Grandfather |
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 by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/31/14 3:44 am | updated: 05/31/14 3:44 am |
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| A Delaware County man has been charged with stealing $357,000 worth of human skin grafts from a Philadelphia hospital. 54-year-old Gary Dudek of Wallingford worked as a sales representative for a Massachusetts-based regenerative medicine firm. He was in charge of placing orders for Mercy Hospital in West Philadelphia. From November 2011 - July 2013, Dudek would over-order skin grafts for the hospital and skim the extra off the top for himself. Individual grafts are worth $1,700. An... Read More |
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| Bear Spotted in Horsham Euthanized; Police Release Video in Holmesburg Tire Slashings |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/30/14 5:41 pm | updated: 05/30/14 5:41 pm |
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| A black bear spotted early Friday in Horsham Township, Montgomery County was eventually euthanized by the Pennsylvania Game Commission. Several people spotted the bear around 2am behind the Wawa on Route 611 near County Line Road. The bear left the parking lot and disappeared back into the woods. When Game Commission officials caught the bear they had to euthanize the animal due to a sever injury to its back leg. They believe this is the same bear that was spotted earlier this week in... Read More |
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| Tollefson Held For Trial; Majority of Paulsboro was Sick; Holmesburg Tire Slashings |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/29/14 7:01 pm | updated: 05/29/14 7:01 pm |
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| Former Philadelphia sportscaster Don Tollefson has been ordered held for trial after he waived his right to a preliminary hearing in a Bucks County court Thursday morning. He is accused of selling ticket and travel packages to individuals and groups under the guise of charity but never delivering the goods. Originally charged with stealing $100,000, prosecutors expanded the scope of the case today saying that there are more than 150 victims totaling $250,000. Prosecutors had witnesses... Read More |
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| Student Pulls Gun at CCP; Philly Won't Bid on 2024 Olympics; Bear in Chalfont, Bucks |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/28/14 6:02 pm | updated: 05/28/14 6:02 pm |
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| Early this afternoon a student at the Community College of Philadelphia rushed into a classroom and pulled a gun on a classmate. The confrontation led officials to evacuate the building and lockdown nearby middle and high schools. Around 12 noon, 23-year-old Ryan Martinez Fitch entered a chemistry class and argued with one of the students. He allegedly brandish a gun which prompted everyone to leave. Fitch then left the building. 911 was called and Police, SWAT, and Homeland Security... Read More |
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| Three Teens ID'd in Pleasantville Crash; 5000 Lose Power Center City; $10 Counterfeit Couple Arrest |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/27/14 5:28 pm | updated: 05/27/14 5:28 pm |
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| Police have identified the three teenagers who died yesterday when a car crashed into a New Jersey Transit Bus in Pleasantville, Atlantic County. Tevin Campbell, 18, of Absecon, Kira Strider, 14, of Pleasantville and Amber Fernandez, 16, of Pleasantville were all passengers in the car. Campbell and Strider were pronounced dead at the scene. Fernandez was taken to the hospital but died shortly after midnight Tuesday. The crash took place at 1:50 in the afternoon on Franklin Boulevard... Read More |
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| Truck Crash on GS Parkway; DE Tornado, Boil-Water Lifted, Bensalem Bear; Heart Defect in 1st Grader |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/23/14 6:07 pm | updated: 05/23/14 6:07 pm |
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| Just as everyone heads to the shore to start the Memorial Day Weekend, disaster struck on the Garden State Parkway. At 2:30 this afternoon a construction dump truck went off the southbound Parkway's Great Egg Harbor Bridge and into the water near the Somers Point Toll Plaza in Cape May County. The driver was able to free himself from the truck and was airlifted to the Atlantic City Medical Center. The southbound lanes of the Garden State Parkway have been closed off and on all day... Read More |
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| Watch New Meteor Shower Camelopardalids Comet 209P/Linear in Philadelphia Tonight; Video Webcasts |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/23/14 4:45 pm | updated: 05/23/14 4:45 pm |
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| Philadelphia may get a chance to see some of Mother Nature's own spectacular fireworks late tonight/early tomorrow morning when a newly discovered meteor shower lights up the skies just in time to kick off Memorial Day Weekend. The meteor shower is called the Camelopardalids and will be caused when the Earth will pass through dust trails left by Comet 209P/Linear. Most meteor showers happen predictably at the same time each year as Earth passes through the same debris fields along its... Read More |
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| Hail Storms Across Philly; $190,000 in TV's Stolen; Two 12-year-olds Arrested Selling Ambien |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/22/14 7:40 pm | updated: 05/22/14 7:41 pm |
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Severe thunderstorms pounded the area this afternoon. Frequent lighting and golf-ball sized hail stones caused widespread damage. Hail shattered car windows and windshields as well as some skylights at local malls, especially up in Berks County near Reading. Storms left the ground covered in hail 1-2” in diameter in some cases as if it snowed. There were also reports of a possible tornado in Kent County, Delaware.
A trailer containing 240 Vizio flat-screen televisions... Read More |
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| Made In America Festival 2014 Philadelphia Lineup Announced; Kanye West and Kings of Leon Headline |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/22/14 2:01 pm | updated: 05/22/14 2:01 pm |
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| The initial Budweiser Made In America Festival 2014 Philadelphia Lineup was announced today via twitter. Kanye West and Kings on Leon will headline the two nights. The festival will be held on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway over Labor Day Weekend on August 30-31. This is now the third year for the festival. Jay Z has curated the entire festival each year which is expanding to Los Angeles this year for a simultaneous show. (update: LA's lineup has now been announced see... Read More |
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| 4th Annual Sundrop Music and Arts Festival at The Fire May 23-25 Memorial Day Weekend |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/21/14 7:18 pm | updated: 05/21/14 7:18 pm |
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| Just if you need another reason to stay in Philadelphia this Memorial Day Weekend look no further than the 4th Annual Sundrop Music and Arts Festival presented by iradiophilly at The Fire in Northern Liberties and sponsored by Philadelphia Brewing Company and Vita Coca. The 3 night / 2 day festival lasts Friday - Sunday, May 23-25, 2014. Over 30 bands are scheduled to perform during the festival. (Read More |
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Alvin Clay
