Yearly Archives: 2013

Police search for gunman in motel robbery

Surveillance photoPolice arrested one gunman but are searching for two more who robbed two women inside a Northeast motel room last month. The holdup...

Suspect arrested in pair of bank heists

A Northeast man who allegedly robbed two Mayfair banks last week found himself behind bars hours after police released photos of the crimes to...

Convicted murderer now on death row

Omar Cash will be switching prison cells.Cash, a twice-convicted murderer, will be moving from general population to death row now that a Philadelphia jury has...

NE man arrested in string of burglaries

Police on Monday announced the arrest of a Northeast man for breaking into at least seven area businesses last month.Howard Jacobson, 40, of the 2500...

Gunman sought in Somerton robberies

Surveillance photoPolice are trying to identify a masked gunman who held up two Somerton businesses on Nov. 3.The robber struck twice within about three hours....

Rhawnhurst Raiders coach arrested for child molestation

Leon WatsonA volunteer football coach for the Rhawnhurst Raiders was arrested last week for sexually assaulting two boys repeatedly in his North Philadelphia home.Authorities...

Candidate for governor releases education plan

In other political news: State Sen. Anthony Williams, who will likely run for mayor in 2015, recently attended a fundraiser at Bustleton’s Congregations of...

Warming hearts

Volunteer Al Jones delivered the donations. MARIA POUCHNIKOVA / TIMES PHOTOJohn Quirk V has a lot more in common with his grandfather, John Quirk III,...

Collecting history

An all-star honor: Last month, the United States Mint recognized Walter Waholek as an age-group winner of the nationwide Kids Baseball Challenge Design Contest....

SFBN bringing high school athletics to life

The crew: (Left-right) Marc Indelicato, Jack Kapp, Ari Bluestein, Josh Bellman and Lyle Boden make up the majority of SFBN, which began broadcasting high...

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