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Dog Found Severed In Somerton
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A dog was sawed in half and the upper portion of its body was left on the back porch of a Northeast Philadelphia home as an apparent message to the homeowner, officials said...
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Identities Released Of Two Killed In Somerton Crash
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Two young women were killed and a driver is under arrest for DUI following a single car crash in Northeast Philadelphia early Friday morning. Philadelphia police have released the...
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1 Injured In Somerton House Fire
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – An elderly woman was taken to the hospital after being injured in a house fire in Northeast Philadelphia early Tuesday morning. The fire started just after 7 a.m. inside a home in...
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Out-Of-Control Car Ends Up On Train Tracks In Somerton
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Police are investigating whether the wet weather may have played a role in a bizarre accident in Northeast Philadelphia early Wednesday morning. The accident happened at about...
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Car Crashes Into Apartment Complex In Somerton
By Steve Beck PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Authorities are investigating what caused a driver to crash into the side of an apartment complex in Northeast Philadelphia early Monday morning. The incident...
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Tires Slashed Outside Somerton Bar
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Philadelphia police are searching for the person(s) responsible for slashing the tires on several vehicles early Monday morning in the city’s Somerton section. Police say a total...
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EXCLUSIVE: Buckets Of Gasoline Found Inside Philadelphia Garage
By Elizabeth Hur PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — With gas prices soaring, people in one Philadelphia neighborhood can only wonder why their neighbor had buckets of gas stored in a garage. That concern led to...
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Car Crashes Into Northeast Philadelphia Gas Station
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – A car crashed into a Sunoco mini-market in the Somerton section of Northeast Philadelphia Monday. The accident happened at about 12:15 p.m. when a car drove through the glass...
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Police Search For Clues In Somerton Sexual Assault
By Michelle Durham PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Philadelphia Police Special Victims Unit investigators are searching for the man they say sexually assaulted a woman in the city’s Somerton section late Saturday...
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Tire-Slashing Vandals Strike In Somerton
By Steve Beck PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Once again, residents in a Northeast Philadelphia neighborhood woke up to find the tires slashed on their cars. The latest vandalism happened in the Somerton section...
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Police Investigating Brutal, ‘Personal’ Murder Of Teen In Northeast Philadelphia
By Steve Beck, Al Novack PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Police are investigating the “brutal” and “very personal” murder of a teenager in Northeast Philadelphia Monday. The body of 19-year-old Daquan Crump was...
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UPDATE: 1 Injured In Explosion At House In Somerton
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – A 40-year-old man is hospitalized with second degree burns after an explosion at a Northeast Philadelphia house Wednesday night. The incident was reported at about 8:19 p.m. at...
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Cops: Northeast Philly Teen Murdered Childhood Friend Over Theft Of...
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Police have charged a suspect in connection with the “brutal” and “personal” murder of a teenager in Northeast Philadelphia last week. Malik Anderson, 18, of the 1800 block of...
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Suspect Wanted For WAWA Robbery In Somerton
PHILADELPHIA (CBS)–The Philadelphia Police Department is on the hunt for a suspect who robbed a WAWA store in Somerton. The incident occurred on August 24th at 5:18 p.m. An unknown male entered the...
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Barricade Situation Ends In Somerton; 1 In Custody
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – A barricade situation in the Somerton section of Northeast Philadelphia has ended with a man in police custody Friday night. The incident was reported shortly before 6 p.m. at the...
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2 Police Officers Injured In Somerton Apartment Building Fire
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Chopper 3HD was on the scene of an apartment building fire in Philadelphia’s Somerton section on Tuesday morning. The fire broke out around 9:20 a.m. on Tuesday in the 400 block of...
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Some Voting Issues Already Cropping Up In Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – As voters head to the polls on Election Day, polling problems were already being reported in Philadelphia. In Somerton, where DA candidate Daniel Alvarez popped in to vote, there...
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Celebration for Upgrade to State-Run Park in Northeast Philadelphia
By Mike DeNardo PHILDELPHIA (CBS) — The only state park within the City of Philadelphia has received a long-awaited makeover. The ribbon was cut today, officially opening Benjamin Rush State Park....
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Police: Teen Kidnapped, Money And Jewelry Taken In Somerton Home Invasion
By Elizabeth Hur PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The search continues for three suspects wanted in a home invasion and kidnapping in Northeast Philadelphia. Philadelphia police say a teenager was kidnapped and...
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Man Struck And Killed By Suspected DUI Driver On Roosevelt Boulevard
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Police say a pedestrian was struck and killed by a suspected DUI driver overnight on Roosevelt Boulevard in Northeast Philadelphia. It happened around 12:30 a.m. Saturday near...
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