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Crime

A ghost gun kit
Courts & Law

Supreme Court upholds Biden rule requiring serial numbers and background checks for ghost guns

Sales of the homemade firearms grew exponentially after kits that let people easily build them at home came on the market, Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote in the majority opinion.

2 months ago

George Read Middle School
Education

Delaware gym teacher, coach charged with using Instagram and texts to sexually solicit 13-year-old student

Ricardo Vila is the latest Delaware educator charged with sex or child porn crimes. Police say he sent explicit photos to an eighth-grade girl.

2 months ago

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Bob and Nadine Menendez walking
Courts & Law

At Nadine Menendez trial, prosecutors portray her as ‘partner in crime’ with her convicted husband

Lawyers gave opening statements Monday in the trial of the wife of former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, who was convicted last year of accepting bribes of cash and gold.

2 months ago

A SEPTA bus on the street
Community
6abc

15-year-old shot and killed on SEPTA bus in West Philadelphia

Police said about six juveniles were fighting in the back of the bus. When the driver stopped, one of them left through the back door and then fired into the bus.

2 months ago

A rifle seen in the street near an officer
Courts & Law
6abc

Man shot by police in Point Breeze was carrying airsoft-style BB gun

The 46-year-old officer who fired his weapon has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of this ongoing investigation.

2 months ago

A.I. du Pont Middle School
Courts & Law

Delaware principal was indicted 7 months ago for raping student, but authorities never alerted public or families

Tasha Oliver allegedly abused the girl from 2010 to 2014. After she was arrested last year, law enforcement and district officials said nothing.

2 months ago

Listen 1:45
Police tape and the flashing lights of a police vehicle behind
Courts & Law

Man grabs Philadelphia police officer’s gun outside hospital, shoots him before being fatally shot

The man was driven to a psychiatric hospital in a police van but was not handcuffed because he had agreed to go voluntarily.

2 months ago

Lori Peterson speaks to protesters
PlanPhilly
Courts & Law

West Oak Lane tenants say their landlord illegally collected rent for months. Now they’re suing

The class-action complaint calls on Odin Properties to make Bentley Manor safe and repay tenants who unlawfully paid rent.

2 months ago

Listen 1:13
A rifle seen in the street near an officer
Courts & Law
6abc

Police shoot man in Philly’s Point Breeze neighborhood, rifle seen lying in street

Officers confronted the man on the 1600 block of Moore Street after he was seen walking with a rifle. The man is hospitalized in critical condition; no officers were injured.

2 months ago

Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife Nadine Arslanian
Courts & Law

Trial begins for Nadine Menendez, wife of former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez

Menendez was originally scheduled to face trial last year with her husband, but a breast cancer diagnosis led to surgery that forced her trial to be delayed.

2 months ago

John Arnold and his bogus degree
Courts & Law

Delaware K–5 therapist with bogus doctoral degree pleads no contest to raping 5-year-old girl

John Ervin Arnold counseled kids who experienced trauma or had behavioral health issues. His rape arrest came after child disclosed abuse at summer camp.

2 months ago

Listen 1:50
a Bethany Beach police vehicle
Courts & Law

‘Estos tipos no estaban trabajando’: 2 jefes de policía de Bethany Beach, Delaware, sustrajeron $150,000 en pagos de horas extras

El jefe Redmon y el capitán Cathell no les dijeron a los oficiales de menor rango que había cientos de turnos de horas extra disponibles. Entonces se apropiaron del dinero.

2 months ago

Larry Krasner speaking at a podium
Courts & Law

Philly DA says ‘Big Naddy Gang’ is no more after 3 members sentenced

Three more BNG members entered guilty pleas for murders and related offenses, and could be spending much or all of their remaining lives in prison.

2 months ago

A view of fentanyl and other drugs seized by law enforcement in Delaware
Courts & Law

‘Strong enough to kill an elephant’: Delaware fentanyl dealer convicted after state’s biggest bust

Investigators tracked a trail of drugs from a Mexican cartel to Delaware, seizing about 35 pounds of fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, meth and “tranq.”

2 months ago

Listen 1:50
Jack Stollsteimer speaks
Politics & Policy

Delco district attorney charges Millbourne Borough official with election fraud

DA Jack Stollsteimer alleges Millbourne Borough Vice President Mohammed Nurul Hasan falsely registered people and cast ballots on their behalf in his losing mayoral bid.

2 months ago

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