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Monday, February 6, 2012

Second suspect in gunpoint robberies near Temple surrenders

Timothy Ballard (left) and Kevin Wilson, suspects arrested in N. Philadelphia robberies

Police on Monday announced the arrest of the second suspect wanted in connection with several gunpoint robberies in North Philadelphia.

Timothy Ballard, 33, of Erie Avenue near 9th Street, surrendered to police on Wednesday. The other suspect, Kevin Wilson, 27, of Franklin Street near Butler, surrendered on Dec. 5.

After receiving several anonymous tips, police identified the pair as suspects in the November robberies, including those of at least four of Temple University students near the school’s main campus.

Both men face charges of robbery and related offenses.

Posted by Morgan Zalot @ 4:14 PM Permalink | 3 comments

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 4:44 PM, 02/06/2012

I often read about the arrests, but see little about the subsequent legal proceedings and/or punishment. Can you please provide those updates in the future? If not here, maybe it could be in a different section of the site. Frankly, reports of these arrests are only as heartening as the punishments that flow from them.

— evolutionary

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 5:17 PM, 02/06/2012

I got in a time machine, evolutionary, and saw how this case was concluded. Now I'm back; here's your update: they both pled down - way down - from their initial charges, because the DA's office didn't want to take a chance with Philly juries, and because keeping people out of jail, and a "soft" approach to criminal law enforcement in general, help our DA politically (I took another trip a little further into the future, and saw that he's gonna run for mayor)).

Also, the presence of several glaring young men, who appeared to be associates of the accused, seemed to have a strange effect on the memories of a couple of their victims, who were suddenly unable to recall the precise details of being robbed at gunpoint. The mandatory penalties for the gun charges were, of course, ignored - this is Philadelphia; we do things differently here. They're both back out on the street - these were their first (known) acts of armed robbery, and it's unreasonable and cold-hearted to suppose that it might be a predictor of future conduct, and the best way to hold people accountable for their actions is to not hold them accountable for their actions...but they're on parole, so we have nothing to worry about.

Oh, and everyone they pointed a gun at and threatened with lethal force (hey, kids make mistakes) took their Temple degrees and got the he11 out of here. Don't worry, though; tourists don't read local papers before they come here.

— TheodorePikul

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 9:43 AM, 03/22/2012

If you don't want to be robbed near Temple, don't build nice houses and live there. These fine men are part of the real community, not you 'newcomers'. *note my sarcasm

— pbnewcomer

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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.

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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