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Former IBEW head Johnny ‘Doc' Dougherty heads to prison to begin 6 year sentence
On Tuesday, former labor leader John “Johnny Doc” Dougherty reported to federal prison in Lewisburg to begin a six year sentence after being convicted of embezzling funds from the union he formerly led.
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Police: Man hid shotgun shell filled with meth in groin at Philly airport
An Orangeville, Pa. man was arrested on Monday after he was, allegedly, found with a shotgun shell stuffed with methamphetamine hidden in his groin as he attempted to enter the Philadelphia International Airport.
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At City Council, police say investigation into raucous car meetups far from over
Philadelphia Police officials, at a hearing on public safety, discussed the steps that law enforcement is taking to find and prosecute those responsible for recent car meet ups and prevent future issues.
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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.