Crime
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Crime in KensingtonFamily Offers $5,000 Reward for Suspects in Shooting of Young Kensington Teen
Diamond Santiago, 13, was just hanging out on the porch of her Kensington home on May 29, when she was critically wounded by a stray bullet in a random neighborhood…
K. Andrew Deffley | 06/28/2015 -
Crime in KensingtonVideo Shows SEPTA Cop Choking Man With Child In Hands For Evading Fare, Chief Acknowledges This Is Not Cool
SEPTA Police Chief Thomas Nestel gave a 3:30PM press conference regarding a video that emerged this morning of SEPTA officers pushing a man who was holding his young daughter off…
Spirit Staff | 06/26/2015 -
Crime in KensingtonUPDATE 2:24 P.M. : Watch Video of SEPTA Police Arrest Man With Child In Hands For Kid (Maybe) Not Paying Fare (Not Illegal)
A video shot yesterday afternoon by G. Ahmad Najam—originally posted to Facebook before being made available to The Spirit—allegedly shows SEPTA police arresting a man at the Huntington station of the…
Joshua Albert | 06/26/2015 -
Crime in KensingtonOfficers Held for Trial in Kensington Beating Case
After a preliminary hearing on Tuesday, June 23, the criminal case against former Philadelphia police officers Kevin Robinson and Sean McKnight was held for trial in the Court of Common…
spiritadmin | 06/24/2015 -
Crime in KensingtonUPDATED: Multiple Victims—Including Children—Injured in Kensington Shooting, Suspect Still At-Large
Happy summer, Philadelphia. Longtime residents of Philly know that as temperatures rise in the city so does the amount of heat on the street. Homicide rates tend to tick up…
Max Pulcini | 06/22/2015