Crime log: March 24, 2021
March 1 through 14
As reported by Northeast Detectives. Does not include homicides, sexual assaults, narcotics offenses or other specific crimes investigated by special police units. All locations listed by block, not by exact address.
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Man murdered in Far Northeast
Police said a 55-year-old man was shot to death on the 1500 block of Riverside Drive in the Far Northeast.
Officers in the 8th Police District responded to the scene on Tuesday at about 11:35...
DA’s office charges man in 3 murders
The District Attorney’s Office filed three counts of murder and related charges against Wissinoming’s Donald Tillman, 36, for the fatal shooting of his 33-year-old wife and for the fatal shootings of a couple in...
Murder charges filed in death of toddler
District Attorney Larry Krasner announced charges against two individuals in the fatal beating of a 2-year-old girl that occurred in Tacony. Investigators believe the child had been physically abused for several months.
Officers in the...
Police ID Upper Holmesburg murder victim
Police are investigating a murder on Friday on the 8800 block of Frankford Ave.
At about 5:54 p.m., a 24-year-old woman was shot multiple times throughout the body while sitting in her vehicle. She was...
Crime log: March 8, 2021
Feb.15 through 28
As reported by Northeast Detectives. Does not include homicides, sexual assaults, narcotics offenses or other specific crimes investigated by special police units. All locations listed by block, not by exact address.
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Crime log: Feb. 24, 2021
Feb. 1 through 14
As reported by Northeast Detectives. Does not include homicides, sexual assaults, narcotics offenses or other specific crimes investigated by special police units. All locations listed by block, not by exact address.
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Man sentenced for bank and business robberies
Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Gerald Griffith, also known as “Jerry Porecca,” 47, was sentenced to nine years and two months in prison and three years of supervised release by District...
Police offer $20,000 in fatal hit-and-run
Police have announced they are offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to the identification of a man involved in a fatal hit and run last November.
On Nov. 10 around 5:50 a.m., a person...
Body discovered in U-Haul truck in Somerton
Two people were arrested after a body was discovered in a U-Haul truck in Somerton Thursday morning.
Officers from the 7th Police District were responding to a call at 9:03 a.m. yesterday morning when they...