CRIME & SAFETY
Parents react after brutal middle school fight leaves student hospitalized in Montgomery County
NORTH WALES, Pa. - A 13-year-old student at Pennbrook Middle School is facing charges for what police are calling an unprovoked attack against a classmate. The brutal incident broke out around 1:15 in the afternoon. The school was placed on a "hold" according to administrators, while they worked to bring calm to the situation and as law enforcement and medics proceeded with their tasks.
Students, parents pack school board meeting, demand answers after violent attack of student
NORTH WALES, Pa. - Emotional students and parents packed the North Penn School Board meeting Thursday night after a student was violently attacked at Pennbrook Middle School and sent to the hospital. Students and parents addressed the school board to share how the traumatic event impacted them and to ask...
Fatal shootings in Camden, Gloucester Township claim two lives
Two men were shot to death in separate incidents in Camden and Gloucester Township, according to the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office. Desmond Mark Williams, 56, of Camden, was shot around 7 p.m. Monday, April 15, on the 1400 block of Carl Miller Boulevard, the prosecutor’s office said. Fatal...
Second body found in Schuylkill River mystery death, family confirms
PHILADELPHIA - Two missing bodies have been found and identified after sources say three friends went for a drive to Northwest Philly, but only one out of the three returned home. On Tuesday, Taniesha Diaz, identified the second body found in the Schuylkill River as her 18-year-old son, Quadir Diaz.
Man charged with playing nurse, performing exams on more than a dozen unsuspecting women
ABINGTON, Pa. (TND) — A man is facing two dozen criminal charges after authorities said he pretended to be a nurse at an urgent care facility, when he was actually “a medical assistant not authorized to perform any medical exams.”. The district attorney’s office outside Philadelphia said Ramon...
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