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Thursday, August 13, 2009

Daily roundup
Billy Ray Barker, wanted by FBI for three bank robberies

Who's ready for another daily crime roundup? Here goes:

* A 32-year-old man was fatally stabbed by his stepson in North Philadelphia yesterday, police said. The victim, whose name wasn’t released, suffered several chest wounds inside an apartment on Allegheny Avenue near Broad  about 2 p.m., said Sgt. Ray Evers, a police spokesman. The man died at Temple University Hospital a short while later. Evers said investigators took the victim’s 17-year-old stepson into custody, but criminal charges weren’t immediately filed. The motive was unknown.

* The reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the slaying of Philadelphia Housing Authority worker Rodney Barnes has increased to $53,000, PHA officials said earlier today in a news release, reports the DN's Christine Olley. Barnes, 46, was shot once in the back of the head July 25 while working at the Raymond Rosen Manor Housing Projects at 23rd and Norris streets in North Philadelphia. He died Aug. 5. Tipsters can contact the Citizens Crime Commission at 215-546-TIPS.

* The FBI and Philadelphia police are hoping the public will help them track down Billy Ray Barker, 41, who has been charged in a warrant with robbing the Wachovia Bank branch, at 601 W. Erie Ave., on Aug. 5. Barker is also a suspect in two bank robberies that occurred earlier today at the Wachovia branch at 2843 N. Broad St. at 10 a.m., and  the PNC bank at 3244 N. Broad St. at 9:52 a.m., authorities said. Barker is also wanted on a federal parole violation, authorities said. The bearded fugitive has tattoos on both arms. Tipsters can call the FBI at 215-418-4000

 

 
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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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