Police in Philadelphia are searching for a 14-year-old girl who was reportedly abducted by an unknown man while she was a on a Facetime call with her mother. Investigators say the incident took place at the intersection of K Street in Venango Street in the Kensington neighborhood just before 5 p.m. Thursday, WPVI reported. The …
A former Philadelphia police officer pleaded guilty on Friday to fatally shooting an unarmed and fleeing 12-year-old boy in 2022. Edsaul Mendoza, 28 — who was fired after the incident — faces up to 40 years im prison when he is sentenced. He was initially charged with first- and third-degree murder, voluntary manslaughter, and possessing …
Philadelphia police are looking for two suspects in a shooting that critically injured a driver stopped at a traffic light in the North Philly neighborhood of East Oak Lane. The 31-year-old driver had a dashcam running during the incident, capturing the passenger in a Nissan Murano stopped in front of him get out of the …
A 28-year-old woman was arrested for a pair of apparently random stabbings in downtown Philadelphia on Saturday. Takeira Hester has been charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault, and other offenses, WTXF reported. Police say she is also wanted in New York City for an aggravated assault just days earlier. The first attack took place at …
A Pennsylvania jury took less than an hour Thursday to return guilty verdicts for a man and a woman charged in the murder of a school teacher and mom shot dead in her car in a Dunkin’ drive-thru with her 11-year-old son in the back seat. Rachel King, 35, was taking her son to violin …
Philadelphia Police have arrested a fifth suspect in the bus stop shooting earlier this month that wounded eight high school students and charged one of the other suspects with murder in a separate shooting in February. Deputy Police Commissioner Frank Vanore said the latest arrest is a 15-year-old boy who was inside a Dunkin’ by …
The fourth suspect in a shooting at a Philadelphia bus stop earlier this month was arrested Tuesday in Virginia. Eight high school students were wounded in the shooting on March 6. Police said one of them, shot nine times, was the intended target and was hospitalized in critical condition, as CrimeOnline reported. Investigators from the …
After the discovery of a child’s body in a duffle bag in an empty lot in West Philadelphia on Monday, police are working to determine if the decomposing remains belong to a 4-year-old boy who disappeared in December. Damari Carter’s mother, 28-year-old Dominique Bailey, and her boyfriend, 30-year-old Kevin Spencer, were charged with multiple counts, …
City workers in Philadelphia found a small child dead inside a duffle bag while cleaning a lot Monday morning. Philadelphia Police Inspector Kpana Massaquoi told WPVI the child appeared to be between the ages of 2 and 4. The discovery was made shortly before 10 a.m. in the city’s Mantua neighborhood. A woman said she …
Philadelphia police have now arrested three suspects in last week’s bus stop shooting that left eight high school students wounded. Authorities announced on Monday they had arrested Jamaal Tucker and Ahnile Buggs, both 18, charging them with attempted murder, aggravated assault, weapons offenses, and other charges, WPVI reported. They are being held on more than …
Eight Philadelphia high school students were shot at a transit bus stop in the city’s northeast. Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel said three gunmen got out of a vehicle near a Dunkin’ store and opened fire as students from Northeast High School were waiting for a bus, WPVI reported. A 16-year-old boy was shot nine times …
A 17-year-old escaped murder suspect — who has been in jail since he was 14 awaiting trial — is back in custody. US Marshals toodk Shane Pryor into custody at 3rd and the Boulevard in Philadelphia on Sunday, WCAU reported. Pryor escaped from custody on Wednesday when he was taken to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia …
