Crime and Courts
Police up presence for St. Patty's
The Southwest Police Division’s patrol personnel worked overtime to make sure Wednesday’s festivities ran smoothly.
Feb. crime rates up from last year
Overall crime in February rose by 17.4 percent as compared to last February, according to Division of Public Safety crime statistics.
Fresh Grocer closed preemptively
Documents in Philadelphia’s Court of Common Pleas confirm that Fresh Grocer negotiated the terms of the 40th Street store’s closure prior to its temporary shutdown on Feb. 17.
HUP hit with federal lawsuit
A federal lawsuit was filed Tuesday charging the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania with denying a patient care because he did not have health insurance.
Crime Log: Feb. 20-26
A summary of crimes committed in University City during the week of Feb. 22 to Feb. 26.
Comparing campus alert systems in Phila.
In the wake of the assault earlier this month near 38th and Sansom streets, much discussion has centered on the efficacy of campus emergency notification systems.
Local abortion clinic raided
Investigators say they found fetuses in jars and bloodied floors in Kermit Gosnell’s clinic at 38th Street and Lancaster Avenue. Gosnell has temporarily lost his license.
Sex-for-tickets trial delayed until March
According to Finkelstein’s defense attorney William J. Brennan, the move was purely to accommodate a separate, federal trial he is handling.