The 33-year-old Levittown man who killed and beheaded his father will spend the rest of his life in prison. A judge today found Justin Mohn guilty of first degree murder, terrorism, and abuse of corpse. KYW Suburban Bureau Chief Jim Melwert reports from Doylestown.
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Members of District Council 33 will start voting on Monday on the tentative agreement with the city.
The union says voting will last until next Sunday.
The union president is warning that they could go back on strike if the membership votes it down.
The contract includes 3 percent raises each year and a $15-hundred dollar bonus the first year.
The union was fighting for 5 percent a year.
In the meantime, curbside trash collection will resume on Monday. The city has been closing trash drop-off sites.
Regina Franklin leaves near one that was set up at 50th and Locust Streets in West Philly. She tells NBC10 the dumpsters are gone, but people are still leaving their trash on her block:
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A 16-year-old boy has turned himself in to police to face murder charges in the shooting death of another teen in the Mayfair section of Northeast Philadelphia. Here’s KYWs Crime and Justice reporter Kristen Johanson:
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Philadelphia police are searching for the woman who robbed an 81-year-old woman in Center City last month.
It happened on Wednesday June 25th around 11-30 in the morning at 19th and Pine Streets.
Authorities say the suspect was riding a bike when she pushed the elderly woman to the ground and took her bag.
The suspect took a hundred dollars and then dropped the bag and ran away.
The victim was not seriously injured.
Investigators have released a picture of the suspect that you can see on our website, KYW Newsradio-dot-com.
Anyone who might recognize her is asked to call police.
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Long before the Philadelphia city workers strike, the smell of garbage was a familiar companion to anyone who walks through the city’s alleyways.
The Center City District has taken stock of alleys within its purview and, today (FRIDAY), released a report on them. KYW’s City Hall bureau chief Pat Loeb has more.