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4 Adults, 6 Children Taken Into Police Custody In Connection With ‘Basement...
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – New disturbing details emerged as police continued their investigation into the horrific discovery of the four malnourished, mentally incapacitated adults being held captive in a...
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Philadelphia Police Officer Arrested For Assault
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – A Philadelphia police officer was arrested Thursday for allegedly assaulting someone while off duty. Authorities say on February 11, 2010, Anthony Alexander, 22, and his girlfriend...
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Philadelphia Police Force Donates, Distributes 500 Thanksgiving Meals
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – The Philadelphia Police Department is continuing its annual tradition of giving away Thanksgiving dinners to needy families. Today, volunteers boxed up the packages and shipped...
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Police Seek Help In Solving Triple Murder At West Philadelphia Grocery Store
By Pat Loeb PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Philadelphia police issued a plea for the public’s help on Sunday in solving a triple homicide at a neighborhood convenience store, in September. They say the trail...
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Philadelphia Closes 2011 With Highest Per-Capita Murder Rate In U.S.
By Steve Tawa PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Philadelphia is closing out another year with homicides up again. On a per-capita measurement, the city has the highest murder rate among big U.S. cities. The...
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Nutter’s Budget Includes Funds For New Police Headquarters In West Philadelphia
By Mike Dunn PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Among the items in the fine print of Mayor Nutter’s new budget are plans for a brand new, state-of-the-art police headquarters in West Philadelphia. The mayor is...
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Nutter’s Proposed Budget Includes Funds To Hire 400 Police Officers
By Mike Dunn PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Among the many details in Mayor Nutter’s new budget is a plan to hire 400 more police officers over the coming year. Commissioner Charles Ramsey says that’ll help, as...
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Police: 6-Year-Old Died Of Malnutrition, Abuse; Parents In Custody
By Elizabeth Hur PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – A smiling little boy is gone and police say he was murdered by his own parents. Khalil Wimes was just six-years-old who, according to sources, was abused, beaten...
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Philadelphia Cops To Experiment With ‘Tweeting’ From Officers on Duty
By Mike Dunn PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Tweet on the street: Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey says that in coming weeks, he’s starting a test in which officers on duty will post updates on...
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Officials Urge Restoration of Funding For Philadelphia Area Law Enforcement
By Ian Bush PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Pennsylvania’s top Democrat and Philadelphia’s top law enforcement officials are calling on Congress to free local police and prosecutors from the federal budget...
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Funeral Today For Officer Marc Brady
By Mike Dunn PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – For the second Friday in a row, a Philadelphia Police officer will be laid to rest, today. Officer Marc Brady, 32, was killed last Sunday near his home while riding a...
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Rendell, Ramsey Weigh In On Gun Violence And Colorado Massacre
By Mike Dougherty PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – On ABC’s “This Week” Sunday morning, Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey and former Governor Ed Rendell talked about the Colorado shooting and why...
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Family, Friends Remember Fallen Officer At Candlelight Vigil
By Oren Liebermann PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – As the search for fallen Philadelphia Police Officer Moses Walker Junior’s killer intensified and a reward for information leading to an arrest increased to...
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Second Suspect In Custody In Murder Of Officer Moses Walker, Jr.
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Philadelphia homicide detectives said on Sunday the second suspect in the murder of Officer Moses Walker, Jr. is in police custody in Montgomery, Alabama. According to police, the...
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Police Officers Treated To Gourmet Chinese Food At Phillies Game
By Robin Culverwell PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – It’s a longstanding tradition during the football season: feeding police officers working at the stadium. Yesterday, for the first time, cops working the...
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On Its 100th Anniversary, Honoring The Anti-Defamation League
By Special Contributor Larry Kane PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). It was created to fight hatred around the world. The ADL was created to...
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Search Continues With $10K Reward Offered In West Philadelphia Tire Slashings
By Jim Melwert, Dray Clark PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A $10,000 reward is being offered after tires were slashed on nearly 60 cars in West Philadelphia. The reward comes from the city and from the Fraternal...
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Vice President Biden Brings His Push For Stricter Gun Laws To Philadelphia
By Mike DeNardo PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Vice President Joe Biden brought his push for tougher gun laws to Philadelphia’s Girard College on Monday. Vice President Biden met with members of the local...
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2 Sisters Injured In Separate Philadelphia Hit & Runs
By Walt Hunter PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Two sisters. Two separate hit and runs. And a lengthy police response has prompted an investigation by the Philadelphia Police Department. An exclusive CBS 3 I-Team...
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911 Call About Toy Gun Prompts Warning From Commissioner
By Jim Melwert, Jericka Duncan PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – What turns out to be a toy gun, looked very real to a man who called 911 when a group of kids pointed it at him earlier this week. In video released...
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Police Release Surveillance Video Of Deadly Police-Involved Shooting In...
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Philadelphia Police have released surveillance video of a deadly police-involved shooting in Germantown. The incident happened at about 10 p.m. near the 4500 block of Wayne Avenue...
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Police: Search Continues For Suspects Who Allegedly Dressed As Utility...
By Jim Melwert, Dray Clark PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Philadelphia Police are looking for three suspects in a home invasion, who allegedly imitated utility workers to gain access to a home in North...
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Homicide Detective’s Attorney Addresses Investigation
By Tony Hanson PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Philadelphia Police continue to hold a possible crime scene, near 4th and Westmoreland Street in North Philadelphia, as investigators search for clues to a suspected...
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EXCLUSIVE: Police Commissioner Ramsey Unveils New Addition To Department’s...
By Walt Hunter PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey, in an exclusive one on one interview with CBS 3’s Walt Hunter, spoke for the first time, about a new addition to the Police...
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Philadelphia Police Commissioner Examines 2013 Crime Statistics
By Paul Kurtz PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey says his force is making good progress combating violent crime but more work needs to be done. In a comparison of statistics from...
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Ramsey: Teen Suspects In Brick Attack Will Learn ‘It’s Not Funny’
By Jim Melwert PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Philadelphia police are asking for the public’s help finding a group of teenagers who they say attacked a Temple University student with a brick. READ: 4 Suspects...
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Two Men Charged In Carjacking Crash That Killed Three Children
By Dan Majka and Walt Hunter PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Police have charged two men in connection with a carjacking and hit-and-run crash that killed three children in North Philadelphia. During a press...
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Daily News Reporters Forced To Defend Pulitzer Prize Winning Series
By Pat Loeb PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The Philadelphia Daily News reporting team that won a Pulitzer Prize for a 2009 series on police corruption is in the uncomfortable position of challenging the...
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Philadelphia Police Preparing For Ferguson Grand Jury Reaction
By Tony Hanson PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – With people around the country waiting on the Ferguson grand jury decision, and planning rallies or protests depending on the decision, police departments —...
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Obama Taps Philly’s Top Cop To Lead National Police Task Force
By Tim Jimenez PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — President Barrack Obama is calling on Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey to lead a national task force, which has the mission to come up with ideas on...
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Philly’s Top Cop Weighs In On Shooting Deaths Of Two NYC Police Officers
By Jim Melwert PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey is a co-chair of President Obama’s task force on policing and said he got a call from the president following the...
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The Future Of Stop And Frisk In Philadelphia Is In Question
By Walt Hunter PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Following his win in the Democratic Mayoral Primary, Jim Kenney made it clear, as he did throughout the campaign, that he planned to end the “stop and frisk” policy...
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Investigators Examining Cell Phone Records Of Engineer Of Derailed Train
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Eyewitness News has learned that a review of the signals system in the area of the Amtrak train derailment found no issues. Officials are now examining the cell phone records of...
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Students March To City Hall In Support Of The Black Lives Matter Movement
By Kim Glovas PHILADLEPHIA (CBS) — Dozens of students ranging from 5th through 12th grade rallied at the Philadelphia Art Museum Friday morning and then marched to City Hall in support of the Black...
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Phila. Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey Takes The Stage At TEDx
By Alexandria Hoff PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — If you haven’t heard of a TED talk, it’s a forum where industry leaders share “ideas worth spreading.” A local version of that took place here in Philadelphia...
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Caught On Tape: Officer Pressures Driver To Buy Tickets To Police Fundraiser
By Natasha Brown PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A Philadelphia police officer has been placed on desk duty after being caught on video pressuring a motorist to buy tickets to a police fundraiser. “You and your...
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Ribbon Cutting Held For New Phila. Police Training Center
By John McDevitt PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A ribbon cutting ceremony was held Thursday for the new $15.5 million Philadelphia Police Training Center in Northeast Philadelphia. Mayor Michael Nutter, police...
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Ramsey Offers Condolences To NYPD Over Slain Officer
By Tim Jimenez PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — As New York City’s Police Department mourns the fourth officer killed in the line of duty in 11 months, Philadelphia’s outgoing Commissioner offered his condolences...
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Philadelphia Police Officer Arrested, Charged With Assaulting Woman
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A Philadelphia police officer has been arrested and is facing assault charges, authorities said on Tuesday. Officials said 48-year-old Officer Joseph Sees was taken into custody on...
View ArticleBurglaries, Other Thefts Help Push Crime Total In Philadelphia Higher In 2011
By Tony Hanson PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Crime was up about two percent in Philadelphia last year. Homicides were up, but a driving force behind the overall increase in crime was burglary and other thefts....
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