Two New Jersey State Troopers rescued a young boy and a puppy after they were accidentally locked in a hot car in Hammonton Township. It happened on Friday in the Batsto Village. The woman placed her 2-year-old grandson and dog in the backseat of her car and shut the door. When she walked around to the driver's door she noticed the car was locked and her keys were inside on the passenger...
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Philadelphia Police have charged the SUV driver that struck and killed a mother standing on the sidewalk with her two children in Port Richmond on Saturday night. 39-year-old Ryan McHugh of Philadelphia is charged with two counts of homicide by vehicle, aggravated assault while driving under the influence, involuntary manslaughter and causing an accident involving death. It happened around...
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Philadelphia Police have now taken a suspect into custody, after striking a Drexel University student in the University City section of Philadelphia. The incident took place during the early morning hours of Saturday. Police say that the 24-year-old victim was crossing 38th and Market Streets when a Lexus struck her. Police say that she was walking against a red light before she was hit....
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A mother is dead and her son is injured after being hit by a car on Saturday evening in Port Richmond. It happened along Aramingo Ave. near Tioga before 9 p.m. The 28-year-old Hispanic woman was standing on the corner with her 9-year-old son and 11-year-old daughter. That's when a 39-year-old male in a Dodge Durango jumped the curb. The mother was able to push her daughter out of the way....
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A car repossession turned fatal as a confrontation between car owner and repo man escalated to gun shots this morning in Point Breeze. It happened at 18th and Dickinson Streets around 10:30 a.m. when a tow truck driver was attempting to repossess a Toyota minivan. The female owner of the vehicle called her male friend to the scene. He arrived with a gun and got into a physical altercation...
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Philadelphia Police are now investigating a deadly shooting that took place in the Hunting Park section of Philadelphia. The shooting took place on the 1400 block of Whitaker Avenue at around 6:45 pm on Thursday evening. Officials have stated that a police officer opened fire on the suspect. They also say the suspect was on a dirt bike before the shooting happened. Investigators found the...
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An employee at a supermarket in Northeast Pennsylvania killed three co-workers before turning a gun on himself early Thursday morning in a workplace murder-suicide in Wyoming County. It happened around 1 a.m. at the Weis Market in Eaton Township, which is about 25 miles northwest of Scranton. The shooter has been identified as 24-year-old Randy Stair of Dallas. His shift started at 11 p.m....
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Two Philadelphia Radio mainstays have teamed up to deliver the kind of radio program they love. "Off the Beaten Tracks" on iRadioPhilly is a free-form show by long-time Philly DJ's Mike Bowe and Chris McCoy.
Airing Saturday mornings from 10 am to Noon on iRadioPhilly's MAGIC, Bowe and McCoy craft a weekly 2 hour...
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A Philadelphia Police Officer is now recovering after being attacked while trying to break up a high school fight on Tuesday afternoon. The incident took place at 15th and Chestnut Street at around 2:30 pm on Tuesday. The police officer who was on a bike, noticed a fight going on between high school students and tried to break it up. He was then sucker punched from behind by a student...
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Philadelphia Police are looking for a man wanted for sexually assaulting another man inside a Wawa bathroom. Police have released surveillance video of the suspect. It happened on April 14th around 2:35 a.m. at 3901 Aramingo Avenue in Port Richmond. Police say the suspect followed the 23-year-old male victim into the restroom and sexually assaulted him. The suspect then left store and got...
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