Quiet Philadelphia neighborhood after arrests and emergency order
In southwest Philadelphia a tense calm returned after arrests tied to a protest and a state of emergency extended to December 27. Cpl Roy Watson said officers found no disturbances, while the Southwest Task Force led by Bobby Wahine reported the incident followed an arson fire at a Malone-area house.
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Philadelphia
Cpl
Roy Watson
Bobby
Southwest Task Force
Goode
Anti-Racism Committee
Ated Peaceeey
Malone
Sieatae
Charles Williams
Marietta Bloxom
Police round up city's homeless in cold snap
Philadelphia authorities activate the Homeless Weather Emergency Plan as police and social workers move to shelter homeless people for the second night, with a related court ruling and remarks about a defendant’s mental state.
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Philadelphia
Arrington
W. Wilson Goode
Bogus Nazi hunter ruled incompetent in NJ case
A defrauding claimant, Bartolomeu Netto, 59, who posed as an Israeli spy hunting Nazis was ordered retained in Ancora Psychiatric Hospital after alleging a plot. Police and city workers urged 35 people to seek shelter from the cold at a city center shelter, about 50 entering voluntarily as a second shelter opened. Marion Reitz said police teams searched Center City streets in vans for homeless people.
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Mount Holly
N.J
Bartolomeu Netto
Ancora
Double homicide probed in Overbrook
In West Philadelphia an early Sunday shooting left Rhonda Martin 28 dead from head and chest wounds. A male in his 20s also found shot dead, name unclear. Police and fire units investigated the scene and surrounding property, including a metal works site with several warehouses.
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West Philadelphia
Rhonda Martin
Overbrook
Arthur Woody
Woody
Berks County man struck and killed near Hamburg
Roy Jenkins, 35, a resident of the state mental health center, wandered away and was struck by a car driven by Todd Allen Billig, 16, of Hamburg. Police said Jenkins died at the scene in Hamburg, Pennsylvania.
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Hamburg, Pa
Berks County
Cen Roy Jenkins
Todd Allen Billig
Hamburg
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Riverton
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Caen
James Morrissey
Albrad Metal Co. Inc
M. H. Saltz
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