NJ Dad Beats 78-Year-Old Grandfather To Death In South Philly Home: Police
A 78-year-old man was brutally beaten and later died of his injuries after a disturbing attack inside his South Philadelphia home, police announced on Monday, Dec. 16, 2024.
Santo Procopio, of the 2600 block of South 10th Street, was found with severe head and facial trauma after officers responded to reports of a person screaming around 7:33 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 2, according to Officer Tanya Little of the Philadelphia Police Department.
Procopio was rushed to Jefferson University Hospital in critical condition with facial fractures, head and chin lacerations, and bleeding on the brain, inv…
DHS Calls 'Allentown Grandfather' Story A Media Hoax, Says ICE Never Deported Him
A national outcry over the alleged secret deportation and death of an elderly man from Allentown has been debunked, the Department of Homeland Security announced on Monday, July 21.
Luis Leon, an 82-year-old Chilean national, was never deported to Guatemala, never arrested, and has no record of any green card appointment in Philadelphia on the day in question, according to DHS officials.
“ICE never arrested or deported Luis Leon to Guatemala. Nor does ICE ‘disappear’ people—this is a categorical lie,” said Assistant Secretary McLaughlin.
The Morning Call had published a report on Sunday, Ju…
Philly Truck Driver Struck Car After Running Red Light, Fled Scene: Lopatcong Police
A 39-year-old truck driver from Philadelphia was arrested and charged with hitting a car and fleeing the scene in Lopatcong, authorities announced Sunday, July 20.
On Thursday, June 12, at 4:43 p.m., a 2023 white Cascadia Freightliner struck with Illinois plates ran a red light and struck a 2016 white Jeep Compass traveling northbound through a green light, Lopatcong Township police said.
Following an investigation, the driver was identified as Almaz Uulu Beishenbek, police said. Beishenbek was operating the truck for Tornado Shipping Inc, police said.
Beisenbek is charged with assault by …
God Save The Scene: CBGB Fest Unleashes Iggy Pop, Sex Pistols, Jack White
CBGB lives again this fall as legends and loud guitars take over Brooklyn, NY for one night of pure rock-and-roll chaos. On September 27, the CBGB Festival will light up Under the K Bridge Park with a lineup straight out of your wildest punk dreams headlined by Iggy Pop, the Sex Pistols, and Jack White, the shape-shifting rock innovator behind The White Stripes, Dead Weather, and Raconteurs.
This isn’t just a concert: It’s a full-blown revival of the spirit born at 315 Bowery in the ’70s, when CBGB launched icons like Blondie and the Ramones. The club may have shut its doors in 200…
Philly Man Busted In Predator Sting At Bensalem Parking Lot: Police
He thought he was meeting a 13-year-old girl for sex. Instead, he was met by vigilantes and arrested, Bensalem police announced on Friday, July 18.
Eric Rooney, 42, of Philadelphia, was caught in a sting set by members of an internet vigilante group called Predator Poachers, according to police.
For the past eight months, Rooney had been messaging with someone he believed was a 13-year-old girl on Instagram, authorities said. He sent her sexually explicit messages and made plans to meet in person to have sex, police explained.
Around 9 p.m. on Thursday, July 17, Rooney arrived at the 2500 …
