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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

A 19-year-old man was in critical condition after police say he was shot in the chest on a corner in North Philadelphia Wednesday afternoon.

Shots rang out at 2:20 p.m. at 24th and Oxford streets, and the man was hit in the right side of his chest, according to cops. Police took him to Temple University Hospital, where he remained in critical condition around 4 p.m.

Cops said they were holding a man and a vehicle in connection with the shooting Wednesday afternoon, but no weapon was recovered.

Posted by Morgan Zalot @ 4:04 PM  Permalink | 8 comments
Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Community activists will rally tomorrow morning at the Olney intersection where a young man and his girlfriend were gunned down Monday night possibly as retaliation for the man testifying against an accused murderer last week.

Members of Philly 300, a new collaboration of community groups who mobilized to fight crime in neighborhoods, will meet at 11 a.m. at Sparks and 3rd streets tomorrow, where Rodney Ramseur and Latia Jones, both 21, were shot to death. Police are probing whether the killer targeted Ramseur for death because he testified during Garland Doughty's preliminary hearing May 8. Doughty is accused of gunning down a neighbor during a block party in May 2010. 

"Enough is enough and the weary in the community want the crime, violence and murder to end!" the group said in a statement this morning.

Members of Philly 300 include the National Exhoodus Council, Men United for a Better Philadelphia, Men In Motion in the Community and Men of Mill Creek.

Posted by Dana DiFilippo @ 11:39 AM  Permalink | 17 comments
Tuesday, May 15, 2012

A 33-year-old woman was at Hahnemann University Hospital Tuesday night recovering from a gunshot wound to her left arm after a shooting on 10th Street near Brown in North Philadelphia, police said.  

Shots were fired around 10:15 p.m. and 14 9mm shell casings littered the scene, said Chief Inspector Scott Small. It was unclear whether the woman was the shooter’s intended target or if she was an innocent bystander, Small said.

Police in the Central Detective Division were combing the scene for additional evidence around 11:30 p.m., and Small said a surveillance camera at a nearby corner store may have recorded footage of the shooting.

The victim was listed in stable condition as of 11:30 p.m., and police were working Tuesday night to determine whether there were any witnesses to the shooting.

Posted by Phillip Lucas @ 11:39 PM  Permalink | 6 comments
Tuesday, May 15, 2012

A police officer was hospitalized with minor injuries after a patrol car he was riding in was rear ended on Tabor Road near Adams Avenue in Crescentville Tuesday night, police said.

The patrol car was stopped when it was rear ended, and police said the cruiser only sustained minor damage.

The injured officer was riding as a passenger and was taken by medics to Jeanes Hospital, police said.

He was complaining of back pain and was expected to be treated and released. No other injuries were reported

The vehicle that hit the patrol car remained on the scene as police investigated the cause of the accident.

Posted by Phillip Lucas @ 8:58 PM  Permalink | 1 comment
Tuesday, May 15, 2012

A 17-year-old boy is in stable condition after a shooting on Marston Street near Allegheny Avenue in North Philadelphia Tuesday evening, police said.

The victim was shot around 6:25 p.m. and medics took him to Temple University Hospital. Chief Inspector Scott Small said the victim did not provide police with information on who shot him, or the circumstances that led up to the shooting.

Another 17-year-old boy - who told police that he is the victim’s brother - tried rendering aid to the wounded teen, Small said. He was arrested by officers from the 39th District after he accidentally dropped 18 small bags of marijuana onto the crime scene.

Police said the drugs were concealed in his clothes and fell out when he bent over to try helping the victim.

Police found no shell casings on the scene and there were no witnesses.

No arrests were made.

Posted by Phillip Lucas @ 8:20 PM  Permalink | 10 comments
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Harold Williams, alleged job-hunting tool thief

Some free advice from the Crime for Dummies handbook: Don't return to the scene of your crime, if you hope to get away with it.

Harold Williams of North Philly apparently didn't heed this advice. Williams, 59, of Mayfield Street near Broad, is now charged with theft and related offenses after he allegedly stole a tool from an East Falls auto-repair shop, and then returned four days later and applied for a job, police said.

When Williams visited Joe's Auto April 27 inquiring about work, a garage employee recognized him as the man who stole a half-inch impact wrench from a mechanic's tool box on April 23, police said. The employee directed Williams to sweep the front of the shop, located on Indian Queen Lane near Cresson Street, and then went to his office and alerted police.

His arraignment is set for May 30, according to court records.

Posted by Dana DiFilippo @ 12:19 PM  Permalink | 6 comments
Monday, May 14, 2012

UPDATE: Click here for Morgan Zalot's full story on the double murder in Olney.

A double shooting on 3rd Street near Sparks in Olney left a 21-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman dead Monday night, police said.

The man was shot multiple times and was pronounced dead on the scene, police said. The woman was shot once in her head and was taken by medics to the Albert Einstein Medical Center.

She was listed in extremely critical condition and was pronounced dead at 9:37 p.m., police said.

No arrests were made and no weapons were recovered.

A detailed description of the suspect was not immediately available.

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Monday, May 14, 2012
David Timbers, 52, surrendered to police Monday. He allegedly hurled hot coffee at a Fresh Donuts employee in Mantua during an argument over whether he paid for a sandwich he ordered last week. (Photo: Philadelphia Police)

David Timbers, the man wanted for allegedly hurling a cup of piping hot coffee at a doughnut shop employee last week, surrendered at Police Headquarters late Monday afternoon, officials said.

Last Tuesday, police said Timbers, 52, got into an argument with a woman who worked at the Fresh Donuts on Lancaster Avenue near 39th Street over whether or not he’d paid enough money for a sandwich he ordered.

Cops last week released surveillance video – with audio – that showed a man later identified as Timbers putting a few bills on the counter then arguing with the employee about whether he’d paid enough for his sandwich.

Check out the video below. (Note: Video contains expletives).

When the employee hands him a cup of coffee in the video, he takes it and hurls it back at her, prompting pained squeals from behind the counter, and walks out, cursing at a bystander who tries to intervene. Police said the employee suffered severe burns.

After the surveillance video was released, the Southwest Detective Division was flooded with tip calls identifying the suspect as Timbers, police said late last week.

Lt. John Walker of Southwest Detectives said Monday he surrendered to police with a lawyer present. He’ll likely face charges including aggravated assault and related offenses. Timbers, of Mantua, has not yet been officially charged.


Posted by Phillip Lucas and Morgan Zalot @ 6:16 PM  Permalink |
Monday, May 14, 2012
Kevin Wingfield, 18, of the Parkside section of West Philadelphia. (Philadelphia Police photo)

A West Philadelphia teen is wanted in connection with a pair of armed convenience store robberies in Nicetown between April 28 and May 3, police announced Monday.

Cops identified Kevin Wingfield, 18, of the Parkside section of West Philadelphia, as a suspect in the robberies, although two or more men were involved in both incidents.  

Two men robbed the Irma Mini Market on Brunner Street near Wayne Avenue around 8:15 a.m. on April 28. A man grabbed a store employee, covered his mouth and wrestled him to the floor while a second man ran behind the counter and grabbed the cash register. The suspects fled on foot with the cash register in hand, police said.

Around 7:05 on May 3, a mini market on Germantown Avenue near Juniata Street was robbed at gunpoint by three men. Police said they fled on foot with about $1,800 in cash.

Wingfield, of Leidy Avenue near 42nd Street, was identified as a suspect Monday and police are asking for help from the public to make an arrest.

Tipsters with information on Wingfield’s whereabouts are asked to call the Northwest Detective Division at 215-686-3353, or the tip line at 215-686-TIPS (8477).

Posted by Phillip Lucas @ 5:09 PM  Permalink | 1 comment
Monday, May 14, 2012

Cops are seeking the public's help identifying and tracking down a bilingual bandit who robbed the Mendoza Deli in Olney at gunpoint on Thursday.

The man went into the deli, on Ruscomb Street near 3rd, at 10 a.m. that day and pointed a small black handgun at an employee, then demanded, “Give me the money,” in both English and Spanish, according to police.

Surveillance video released by police on Monday shows the man bursting in the door and brandishing the pointing the gun over the counter, obtaining what cops said was an unknown amount of cash, then running out the door and around the corner.

He’s described as a thin, Hispanic and about 5 feet 3. He wore a knit ski cap over his face with holes cut into it, blue jeans that were cuffed at the bottom, a long-sleeve navy blue shirt and black sneakers. Police said the victim told them the man spoke English without an accent, but spoke Spanish with a Puerto Rican accent.

Cops said the man fled in a 1992-1994 gold Honda Accord sedan, possibly with a tag that has the last four digits “1819” east on Ruscomb Street, then north on 2nd.

Tipsters should contact the Northwest Detective Division at 215-686-3353.


Posted by Morgan Zalot @ 4:59 PM  Permalink | 1 comment
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About The PhillyConfidential team

Dana DiFilippo has covered murder, mayhem and miscellany at the Daily News since 2000. She grew up in Delaware County and studied journalism and photography at Penn State University. E-mail tips to difilid@phillynews.com.

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Stephanie Farr has been reporting for the Daily News since 2007, covering everything from gay porn stars who entered the burglary business to moon trees, skinheads, murders and naked bike rides. She covers crime, both in the city and suburbs, and keeps clippings of bizarre Associated Press articles. Her favorite this year was the story about the drunk in Punxsutawney who gave mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to a dead opossum. E-mail tips to farrs@phillynews.com.

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Phillip Lucas joined the Daily News crime team in 2011. He grew up on the mean streets of Seattle and studied journalism and psychology at Howard University in Washington, D.C. Before landing in the City of Brotherly Love, Phillip was a reporter for The News Journal in Wilmington, Del. Email tips to lucasp@phillynews.com.

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Morgan Zalot is the newest crime reporter at the Daily News, starting in 2011 after interning at the paper twice as a Temple University journalism student. In her past stints at the DN, she covered just about everything, from drunken Phillies fans to a barber shop in a high school to a grisly murder-suicide. She’s a born-and-raised Philly girl who grew up in the Northeast. E-mail tips to zalotm@philly.com.

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