CRIME & SAFETY
PSP Vehicle Involved In Crash On I-95 In Delaware County: Troopers
It happened in the southbound lanes near mile marker 6.2 in Chester, police wrote in a report. A driver crashed off the right shoulder and their car overturned, blocking the right and center lanes, authorities said. A driver behind that car immediately hit their brakes and applied their hazard lights...
District Attorney Appeals New Trial Order in Chester Murder Case
From left, Samuel Grasty, Derrick Chappell and Morton Johnson. The men were granted new trials in the murder of Henrietta Nickens. The Delaware County District Attorney is appealing a judge’s order granting a new trial for three Chester men convicted of a 1997 murder, writes Alex Rose for the Daily Times.
Body found stashed in duffel bag identified as missing 4-year-old Damari Carter
A tiny body found in a duffel back in a pile of trash in Philadelphia has been identified as a 4-year-old boy who disappeared last year — with cops saying he was beaten to death while his mom watched. Damari Carter’s decomposed remains were found by a worker who was clearing a trash-strewn alley in West Philadelphia on March 18, but the identity of the dead boy remained a mystery until this week, according to a report by The Philadelphia Inquirer. Damari’s mother, Dominique Bailey, and her boyfriend, Kevin Spencer, are now charged with murder, abuse of a corpse and other crimes...
5 Philadelphia men arrested and charged in connection with 2006 kidnapping and murder cold case
Five Philadelphia men have been arrested and charged with several offenses relating to the kidnapping and murder of Shamari Taylor nearly 20 years ago, U.S. Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced Thursday.
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