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Man sought after woman attacked on Ben Franklin Parkway, police say
Police are looking to identify a man who, they claim, attacked a woman on a Sunday morning on the Ben Franklin Parkway, punching her several times before he was scared off by a good Samaritan.
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Former Wildwood, NJ, mayor pleads to healthcare fraud charges
Former Wildwood mayor Peter Byron, 68, has pleaded guilty to charges involved with a healthcare fraud scam that, officials said, ‘saddled New Jersey residents with a six-figure bill.’
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Police investigate alleged arson of East Oak Lane apartment
A man is in custody, police said, after he is alleged to have purposely set fire to his own apartment in a building along North 12th Street in Philadelphia on Monday morning.
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Police look to identify 3 suspects in assault in bathroom of North Wildwood bar
Police in New Jersey are looking to identify three people who, they claim, assaulted a victim in the women’s bathroom of a North Wildwood bar during the weekend of the Irish Fall Festival.
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Body in ‘severe decomposition' found in West Philly
A severely decomposed body was discovered overnight near the intersection of Girard Avenue and Lansdowne Drive in West Philadelphia, police said.
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Worker at Germantown bar shot by gunman ‘lying in wait,' police say
A worker at Charlie B’s bar in Philadelphia’s Germantown section was shot while taking out the trash by a gunman who, police believe, may have been waiting outside ‘for some time.’
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Police: Teen would-be thief with fake gun shot by intended victim in Kensington
Law enforcement officials say a 16-year-old was shot in the leg after he, allegedly, attempted to rob a man in Kensington with a fake gun. The intended victim, however, was legally armed and shot the boy, police say.
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2 hurt as gunmen in bulletproof vests barricade themselves in North Philly store
A 47-year-old man and a 37-year-old woman were hurt when, police said, armed men in bulletproof vests barricaded themselves inside a North Philly store when confronted by police.
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Police: Man charged in attempt to run down officers during raucous car meetup
Law enforcement officials in Philadelphia have announced charges against a man who is believed to have attempted to run down two police officers during an illegal car meetup over the weekend.
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Officials open satellite election office in Northeast Philly
On Thursday, city officials opened the sixth of ten planned satellite election offices in the Bustleton section on Northeast Philadelphia.