http://www.yourstreet.com/news/philadelphia-police YourStreet collects the latest local news and information from around the web. Find out what's going on in your town. en-us Philadelphia Police are investigating claims that a woman was attacked in Pennypack Park by a man who pretended to be a police officer. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6737495/police-probe-reported-attack-in-pennypack-park Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:05:08 -0700 Paul Hondros, raised at Front and Norris, wanted to be a Philadelphia police detective. A career detour made him a capitalist, and now a philanthropist. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6737469/phillydeals-in-a-life-of-detours,-he-s-now-a-philanthropist Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:01:08 -0700 PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Philadelphia police say a man caused a theater full of moviegoers to panic by walking in with what appeared to be two hand grenades hanging from his belt. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6734762/philly-man-accused-of-grenade-scare Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:00:08 -0700 Wearing a look more appropriate for a funeral than a reunion with his best friend, former pro basketball player Jerome "Pooh" Richardson has begun testifying how Philadelphia police officer Rickie Durham called him just hours before an Aug. 10, 2005 drug raid. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6729393/basketball-star-testifies-officer-tipped-him-to-drug-raid Mon, 21 Sep 2009 07:25:08 -0700 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia police say they suspect a connection between the shooting deaths of a teenager and a man separated by only minutes and a block away from each other. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6729155/2-shot-dead-in-north-philly Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:55:08 -0700 Philadelphia police yesterday were awaiting a ruling from the Medical Examiner's Office on whether the stabbing deaths of a couple in the Northeast on Saturday were the result of two slayings or a murder-suicide. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6722847/probe-continues-into-two-deaths-in-n-e-phila- Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:01:08 -0700 Philadelphia police yesterday were awaiting a ruling from the Medical Examiner's Office on whether the stabbing deaths of a couple in the Northeast on Saturday were the result of two slayings or a murder-suicide. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6722862/probe-continues-into-two-deaths-in-n-e-phila- Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:01:08 -0700 Philadelphia police last night were investigating a possible murder-suicide of a married couple in a residence on the 100 block of Greycourt Road in the Bustleton section of Northeast Philadelphia. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6718092/couple-found-dead-in-home-in-n-e-phila- Sat, 12 Sep 2009 23:01:08 -0700 Philadelphia police last night were investigating a possible murder-suicide of a married couple in a residence on the 100 block of Greycourt Road in the Bustleton section of Northeast Philadelphia. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6718104/couple-found-dead-in-home-in-n-e-phila- Sat, 12 Sep 2009 23:01:08 -0700 Twelve people from across the country - including Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles H. Ramsey - have been chosen to review the arrest of black Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. by a white police sergeant, Cambridge, Mass., officials said todday. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6712303/ramsey-in-panel-to-review-black-scholar-0146-s-arrest Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:04:08 -0700 Washington - White House officials on Sunday tersely accepted the resignation of Van Jones, the administration's special adviser for environmental jobs, after a number of his past statements became fodder for conservative critics and Republican officials. Jones, a... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6692652/embattled-obama-adviser-resigns Mon, 07 Sep 2009 04:51:34 -0700 Philadelphia police are investigating a shooting that happened around 3 a.m. Sunday morning that left one person dead and another injured. The incident happened near the corner of 7th and Cumberland Streets in North Philadelphia. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6685233/north-phila-shooting-leaves-1-dead,-1-injured Sun, 06 Sep 2009 07:22:08 -0700 PHILADELPHIA - The award-winning Philadelphia police officer who suffered a facial injury Friday morning during a chase and shootout with armored car robbery suspects in Southwest Philadelphia was released from the hospital Saturday evening, Fox-29 reports. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6685160/wounded-philly-officer-released-from-hospital Sun, 06 Sep 2009 02:11:08 -0700 The Philadelphia police officer wounded Friday during a shoot-out with two robbery suspects in Southwest Philadelphia was released yesterday from the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, police said. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6685200/wounded-officer-released-1-suspect-in-stable-condition Sat, 05 Sep 2009 23:01:08 -0700 The Philadelphia police officer wounded Friday during a shoot-out with two robbery suspects in Southwest Philadelphia was released yesterday from the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, police said. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6685214/wounded-officer-released-1-suspect-in-stable-condition Sat, 05 Sep 2009 23:01:08 -0700 One year ago Sept. 5, Philadelphia police Officer Isabel Nazario was killed when an SUV driven by a 16-year-old suspect struck her cruiser during a police pursuit.Saturday, Lancaster city police joined Philadelphia police and about 400 motorcycle riders to honor her... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6683540/all-for-one Sat, 05 Sep 2009 20:10:08 -0700 PHILADELPHIA - An award-winning Philadelphia police officer suffered a facial injury Friday morning during a chase and shootout with armored car robbery suspects in Southwest Philadelphia.  http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6677159/honored-philly-officer-wounded-in-gunfight Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:52:08 -0700 Three bodies in less than seven hours. Thursday night was hectic for Philadelphia police, who scrambled to two unrelated homicides and a fatal hit-and-run moped incident in a seven-hour span. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6677399/2-shootings,-a-hit-and-run-lead-to-a-lethal-night-in-city Fri, 04 Sep 2009 23:01:08 -0700 Three bodies in less than seven hours. Thursday night was hectic for Philadelphia police, who scrambled to two unrelated homicides and a fatal hit-and-run moped incident in a seven-hour span. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6677433/2-shootings,-a-hit-and-run-lead-to-a-lethal-night-in-city Fri, 04 Sep 2009 23:01:08 -0700 Philadelphia Police are looking to speak the driver of a silver or gray van that was present last night when a moped rider was killed by vehicle that left the scene in the Overbrook section. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6677445/police-seek-possible-witness-in-w-phila-hit-and-run Fri, 04 Sep 2009 05:09:08 -0700