GRAYS FERRY (WPVI) -- Philadelphia Police are searching for suspects after two separate shootings in the Grays Ferry neighborhood. The first incident happened on the 1800 block of South 31st Street just before 11:30 p.m. Monday. Police say a 6-year-old boy was shot in the foot while playing … [Read more...]
Woman ID’d in fatal Berlin Township stabbing
BERLIN TWP., NJ (WPVI) -- Authorities have identified a woman who was fatally stabbed in Berlin, Camden County. Police were called at 10:17 p.m. Wednesday to a home on the 100 block of Patton Avenue for a report of an assault. Officers arrived and found the victim, 39-year-old Carole Bowne, … [Read more...]
Police: Boy, 12, stabbed trying to protect sister during fight
FRANKFORD (WPVI) -- Authorities say a 12-year-old boy was stabbed while trying to protect his sister during a fight in Philadelphia's Frankford section. The incident was reported just before 4:00 p.m. Thursday at Mcilvain Park along Pratt and Saul streets. Witnesses say the fight involved … [Read more...]
West Chester Univ. student charged with rape at frat house
WEST CHESTER, Pa. -- A suburban Philadelphia college student has been arrested in connection with an alleged rape at a fraternity house. West Chester University student Mauricio Sanjuan-Martinez was charged Thursday with rape, sexual assault and other offenses. Police say he's a suspect in … [Read more...]
Police: Man wakes up to find masked gunmen in bedroom
HUNTING PARK (WPVI) -- Philadelphia police are searching for three suspects who broke into a Hunting Park home and at least one assaulted a resident with a gun. The incident took place around 3:00 a.m. Sunday on the 4300 block of North 8th Street. Police say a 56-year-old man awoke to find … [Read more...]
Police investigate attempted child abductions in Berks Co.
CUMRU TOWNSHIP, Pa. Police are investigating several attempted child abductions in Berks County. Investigators have released a composite sketch of a man they say terrorized an 11-year-old on the way to school Monday morning. A separate attempted luring was reported Monday morning in Cumru … [Read more...]
Arrest made in killing of limo driver in West Philadelphia
WEST PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Police say a suspect has been arrested and charged in the killing of a limo driver in West Philadelphia. Alonzo Dilligard, 20, of Darby, Pa., has been charged with murder and related offenses. Police had questioned a second person, but that person has been … [Read more...]
Gunman fires through windshield, striking driver in NE Philadelphia
NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Police are looking for the gunman who shot at a car while the driver was going down Castor Avenue in Northeast Philadelphia early Thursday morning. The incident occurred around 1:00 a.m. on the 6600 block of Castor Avenue. According to police, the suspect shot … [Read more...]
Police ID 2 killed in murder-suicide at Chester County YMCA
COATESVILLE, Pa. (WPVI) -- Police have identified the victim and alleged shooter involved in an apparent murder-suicide at a YMCA in Chester County. It was shortly after 6:00 p.m. Monday when the Brandywine YMCA on the 200 block of Hurley Road in West Brandywine was placed on … [Read more...]
Masked man sought in connection with 3 bank robberies
CHALFONT, Pa. (WPVI) -- Authorities are asking for the public's help in their hunt for an armed robbery suspect who held up a bank in Bucks County. The robbery occurred back on September 24, 2014 at theWells Fargo Bank branch located at 4275 County Line Road in Chalfont, Pennsylvania. New Britain … [Read more...]