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Police Rescuer Acted on Instinct; Cigarette Tax Hurting Retailers; Pigeon Shoot Cancelled |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA started: 11/10/14 10:40 am | updated: 11/10/14 10:40 am |
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He has training as a first responder, but he was acting on instinct. Those are the words used by the young man who pulled Philadelphia police officer, Mark Kimsey from his burning cruiser Saturday evening. Seventeen year old Joe Chambers is being hailed a hero after witnessing an accident involving the police car and another vehicle. Officer Kimsey was trapped inside his burning car when Chambers jumped into action. Officer Kimsey is expected to be okay.
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Teen Becomes Local Hero; Strip Club Security Shooting; Woman Murdered in Nicetown |
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by: SWest - Philadelphia, PA started: 11/10/14 4:02 am | updated: 11/10/14 4:02 am |
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Local teen Joe Chambers has become a hero after saving a cop's life Saturday night. Chambers, along with the help of Dante Johnson, pulled the unconscious Officer Mark Kimsey from his burning vehicle, moments before it exploded. Officer Kimsey had been trapped inside his car after colliding with an pickup truck on 28th and Tasker Street. Both Kimsey and the truck's driver survived.
Security guards at a South Philadelphia strip club shot a man early yesterday when the... Read More |
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Officer Injured in Fiery Crash (video), Teen Rescue; Temple Student Shot Off-Campus; Charter School |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA started: 11/09/14 4:17 am | updated: 11/09/14 4:17 am |
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A Philadelphia Police officer was injured Saturday evening in a fiery hit-and-run accident in Grays Ferry. It happened just before 5:30 pm Saturday at 28th and Tasker streets. Officer Mark Kimsey's cruiser was involved in a crash with pickup truck causing the police vehicle to catch fire. Kimsey was trapped inside the cruiser and neighbors on the block quickly came to his assistance, pulling him through the window before it burst into flames. He was rescued by 17-year-old volunteer... Read More |
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Facebook Candlelight Vigil for Scotty; 1 Dead in Boarding House Fire; 3 Carjacking Suspects Wanted |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA started: 11/07/14 9:25 pm | updated: 11/07/14 9:28 pm |
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Tens of thousands are lighting candles tonight starting at 7pm across the Delaware Valley or wherever they are in honor of 3-year-old Scotty McMillan who was tortured and beaten to death earlier this week in Chester County. Scotty's mother Jillian Tait and her boyfriend Gary Fellenbaum were charged on Thursday with the horrific murder. ( SEE ALSO: Chester County Couple Murder 3yo ) There is a candlelight vigils at Gateway Church, located at 160 Cowan Road in Sadsbury... Read More |
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Kidnapping Charges Filed; Details in Murder of 3 Year Old; Sunoco Gas Pipeline for Marcellus Shale |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA started: 11/07/14 11:21 am | updated: 11/07/14 11:21 am |
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Federal kidnapping charges have been filed against Delvin Barnes, the suspect in the abduction of Carlesha Freeland Gaither. Gaither was rescued and Barnes arrested by U.S. Marshals after a coordinated effort by Philadelphia police and the FBI in Jessup Maryland. Barnes has a rap sheet that is over 30 pages long full of charges from Pennsylvania and Virginia.
Gruesome details are emerging in the horrific story of the Chester County couple who beat her three year old son to... Read More |
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Underground Old City Fire; Haverford High Football Coach DUI; Armed Robberies NE Philly Video |
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by: darceypaulding - Schwenksville, PA started: 11/07/14 12:37 am | updated: 11/07/14 12:37 am |
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A ruptured gas main caused a severe underground fire in Old City yesterday. The first signs of the fire were seen around 9 a.m. near 4th and Race streets. The cause is thought to be from a construction crew hitting the main. Luckily it was a smaller 1" low pressure main and not a 8" high pressure pipe. Buildings along Race Street were forced to evacuate. No injuries have been reported and the area is now all clear.
Longtime football couch of Haverford High School, Joe... Read More |
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Chester County Couple Murder 3yo; 9yo Killed in Willow Grove; Germantown Woman Goes Into Hiding |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA started: 11/06/14 9:51 pm | updated: 11/06/14 9:51 pm |
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A man and his girlfriend have been charged in the horrific murder of her 3-year-old son inside their trailer home West Caln, Chester County. Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan announced the arrests of 23-year-old Gary Fellenbaum and 31-year-old Jillian Tait this morning. They are charged with first degree murder and other offenses. The two lived in a mobile home together with Tait's two sons, 3-year-old Scotty McMillan and 6-year-old Ryan McMillan, from a previous relationship.... Read More |
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Abducted Woman Reunited with Family; Margate Duneboggle Vote; Eric Frein List of Items Recovered |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA started: 11/06/14 11:18 am | updated: 11/06/14 11:18 am |
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The 22 year old woman abducted in Germantown has been rescued and reunited with her family. Carlesha Freeland-Gaither was forced into a car Sunday night in Germantown. A team of U.S. Marshals in Jessup, Maryland apprehended her suspected abductor, Delvin Barnes, a 37 year old who also has an outstanding warrant for attempted murder and other charges in Virginia.
On Election Day, voters in Margate, New Jersey authorized the city to fight the state’s beach replenishment... Read More |
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Officer Wounded in Shootout; $124 Million Goes to Murder Victim's Estate; Wolf's Promises |
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by: SWest - Philadelphia, PA started: 11/06/14 1:50 am | updated: 11/06/14 1:50 am |
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An officer has been wounded after serving a search warrant at a Delaware county home. The shootout occurred on Lafayette Avenue in Collingdale. after 9 officers and some members of the Upper Darby SWAT team visited the home, attempting to investigate a shooting that occurred on October 27th. Lamar James was charged with attempted murder and aggravated assault of a police officer. Tony Gale was charged with obstruction of justice.
Yesterday a Montgomery County Court jury voted... Read More |
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Philadelphia Woman Found Safe and Sound; Suspect Arrested in Germantown Kidnapping |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA started: 11/05/14 10:50 pm | updated: 11/05/14 10:50 pm |
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The 22-year-old abducted Germantown woman has been found safe in Maryland and her kidnapper arrested. Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey alongside Special Agent Ed Hanko made the announcement tonight. "Tonight, the FBI and Philadelphia Police Department have great news that Carlesha Freeland has been rescued, her abductor has been arrested in Maryland," Special Agent Ed Hanko said. He has been identified as 37-year-old Delven Barnes. Barnes is now being held on a warrant from... Read More |
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