Briefly... CITY/REGION

Cops nab West Oak Lane man

for attempted murder, assault

* Albanus Street near 18th, Logan

Police said they have arrested a key assailant in a shooting in East Germantown on Thursday.

Levern Jackson, 26, allegedly shot an acquaintance, 33, Thursday morning, but was tracked down by police later in the day.

After arguing with the victim over a debt, police said Jackson shot him in the left side of the chest.

Bike officers in the area heard two gunshots at 9:57 a.m. and rushed to the scene. They followed Jackson's car toward 21st Street, but lost sight of him. Cops later found him hiding in a house on Albanus Street near 18th in Logan.

The victim remained in critical condition yesterday at Einstein Medical Center.

Second suspect caught in home invasion

*  * East Jacoby Street, Norristown

Delaware State Police have caught the second suspect in a deadly Oct. 17 home invasion near Dover.

Saleem Shabazz, 21, was captured on Thursday at 5 p.m. in Norristown. He awaits extradition to Delaware, where he will be tried for murder, attempted robbery and related charges.

Early on Saturday Oct. 17, Shabazz and Matthew Harrington, 23, broke into a home on the 1440 block of John Clark Road in Rodney Village, a town near Dover, Del. After entering the home, one of the suspects killed Clifton Leager, 52, and injured his son. In a foot chase after leaving the residence, one of the suspects also shot Haley Henwood, 18, who later died.

Harrington turned himself into Buckingham, Pa., police the day after the home invasion. Shabazz had been on the lam until Thursday.

Woman arrested for animal cruelty

* Somerville Street near American, Olney

An Olney woman was forced to turn over custody of two Pomeranians, a pit bull and a cat to the Pennsylvania SPCA and fined after pleading guilty to four counts of unsanitary confinement.

Patricia Frazier, 37, gave up the animals and will pay a total of $400 in fines.

"The Pennsylvania SPCA actively and relentlessly works to protect animals from cruelty, prosecute the offenders and rehabilitate the animals so they can regain their physical and emotional health," Jerry Buckley the PSPCA's CEO said in a statement. "Cruelty against animals is unacceptable."

The Pomeranians, are in foster care, and the cat and pit bull are available for adoption at the PSPCA's Erie headquarters.

- Dan Spinelli