Police believe phone scam may have swindled hundreds of elderly victims

PHILADELPHIA - The Philadelphia Police Department is asking for the public's help to identify a robbery duo caught on camera stealing from a market in the Southwest Philadelphia section of the city. According to authorities, the incident occurred on January 18 at a market on the 7000 block of Woodland...

PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia police are asking for the public's help to identify suspects accused of attacking a man and robbing him in Center City. The Central Detective Division says the robbery occurred on January 2 at 4:18 p.m. on the 100 block of North Broad Street. According to authorities, a...

PHILADELPHIA - A suspect accused of fatally stabbing a man at a Center City SEPTA station Wednesday night has been arrested, law enforcement sources tell FOX 29's Steve Keeley. Officers from the Philadelphia Police Department were called to the 8th and Market SETPA stop around 6 p.m. for reports of...

DOYLESTOWN, Penn. - A skull found nearly four decades ago on the banks of the Delaware River has been identified thanks to advanced forensic testing which matched a man’s remains to his daughter, who currently lives in Florida. Using forensic genetic genealogy, the investigation found that the skull belonged...

MOORESTOWN, N.J. - Moorestown police were kept busy early Tuesday morning after three men stole two different vehicles from two different homes. Officials say the first incident police responded to happened on the 200 block of Country Club Drive, around 4:15 in the morning. A vehicle pulled up and a...

Police later identified the driver as Richard Collins. Investigators say after striking the pedestrian, Collins drove for several blocks and parked his car before walking to his mother's house. Authorities say his mother then drove him to the 39th police district to make a report.

POINT BREEZE - A 17-year-old teen was shot and killed on a Point Breeze street and police say they are searching for two suspects. Officials said officers were called to the 1200 block of South 23rd Street Thursday night, around 8:30, on the report of a shooting, in Philadelphia’s Point Breeze section.

MAYS LANDING, N.J. - The Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office has charged a New Jersey man on animal cruelty charges, officials say. According to authorities, On Wednesday, 50-year-old John Roblin of Mullica Hill was arrested and charged. Officials say a tip led law enforcement to Roblin's home, alleging he was not...

PHILADELPHIA - A former Philadelphia city leader is the latest victim of rampant vehicle thefts across the city after he was carjacked at gunpoint outside his Northeast Philadelphia home. Alan Butkovitz, 70, told FOX 29's Jeff Cole that he was sitting in his car around 8 p.m. Tuesday when a...

WILMINGTON, Del. - Police in Wilmington say a teenager has been arrested in connection with an attempted carjacking. According to officials, the incident occurred on January 26 around 3:22 a.m. Police say officers were dispatched to the 500 block of West 38th Street, where they found a victim of an...

NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, Pa. - Police in a Pennsylvania county have released the photo of a man they say exposed himself to several victims earlier this month. Surveillance shows the suspect entering the Hobby Lobby on Easton-Nazareth Highway in Northampton County on January 20. Once inside, he exposed himself to numerous...

PHILADELPHIA - Police in New Castle County are investigating a deadly crash involving a pedestrian in Newark, authorities say. According to police, the crash occurred at the intersection of Verbena Drive and Periwinkle Lake in Newark on Wednesday morning just after 7:30 a.m. Police say officers responded to the Hitchens...

CENTER CITY - A 22-year-old man was stabbed to death at the 8th and Market Street SEPTA station, police say. Officials say police were called to 8th and Market Streets Wednesday evening, just before 6 p.m., on the report of a stabbing. They found a 22-year-old man suffering from two...

PHILADELPHIA - A man's home became the scene of a crime after police say he was robbed and shot by three suspects now sought for the shooting. Police say a 36-year-old man was bound to a chair with a belt and duct tape inside his home on the 400 block of 60th Street on January 26.

An elderly woman and her grandson were hospitalized in a Bucks County condo fire that tore through multiple units and displaced dozens early Thursday morning. A neighbor told FOX 29 that the fire started in a condo where an 89-year-old woman and her grandson lived. Both were rushed to a nearby hospital and their conditions are unknown.

WARMINSTER, Pa. - An elderly woman and her grandson were hospitalized in a Bucks County condo fire that tore through multiple units and displaced dozens early Thursday morning. Firefighters in from the Warminster Township Fire Department were called to the Saxory Manor community on York Road around 2 a.m. for...

PHILADELPHIA - A man has died after being shot in North Philadelphia on Tuesday night, authorities say. According to police, officers responded to a report of gunshots on the 2600 block of North 13th Street just after 11:30 p.m. When officers arrived on scene, they found a 36-year-old man with...

PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia police are investigating a shooting that left a 19-year-old man critically injured in North Philadelphia Wednesday night. Just before 6:30 p.m., police responded to the 2700 block of Seltzer Street for reports of a shooting. When officers arrived, they say they located a man who had been...

PHILADELPHIA - An over century-old West Philadelphia recreation center where NBA legend Wilt Chamberlain once played as a child is getting a multi-million dollar renovation. The Shepard Recreation Center on the 5700 block of Haverford Avenue opened in 1921 and over the years has fallen into a state of disrepair that includes a sorely worn hardwood basketball floor.