Category Archives: Crime

Cop attacked at Cecil B. Moore station while riders watch

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A SEPTA surveillance video posted to Philly.com Monday shows an assault on a SEPTA police officer inside the Cecil B. Moore subway station that occurred on Thursday, Sept. 19, as onlookers watched with no one taking action.

The video, which showed a time stamp of just after 3 p.m., shows a crowd of subway riders entering the train while a cop, identified by Philly.com as Officer Samuel Washington, attempts to stop a man who had allegedly entered the station without paying.

Shortly after the train departs the station, the video shows the man violently struggle with Washington before grabbing hold of the officer and flipping him over, and then under, a bench.

A crowd of onlookers then gathers around the two, with the Washington remaining pinned under the bench for about a minute before he appears to grab hold of his attacker’s face or neck, and pulls himself up to arrest the man.

No one from the crowd gathered to watch the struggle took action to help the officer, and one woman appeared to have stopped a phone call to take a picture or video of the incident.

The video was posted to Philly.com alongside an article by Daily News columnist Helen Ubinas, who refers to the lack of action taken by passersby as the “Philly Shrug.”

Crime logs 9/14-9/16

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Main Campus

An incident of underage consumption occurred on Sept. 14 at 12:14 a.m. in Johnson Hall. The incident was handled by the university’s Code of Conduct.

An incident of underage consumption occurred on Sept. 14 at 12:50 a.m. in Morgan South. The incident was handled by the university’s Code of Conduct.

An incident of underage consumption occurred on Sept. 14 at 12:09 a.m. in Hardwick Hall. The incident was handled by the university’s Code of Conduct.

An incident of underage consumption occurred on Sept. 14 at 12:58 a.m. in 1300 Residential Hall. The incident was handled by the university’s Code of Conduct.

An incident of underage consumption occurred on Sept. 14 at 1:10 a.m. in Morgan South. The incident was handled by the university’s Code of Conduct.

An incident of underage consumption occurred on Sept. 14 at 1:45 a.m. in Morgan South. The incident was exceptionally cleared by Temple.

An incident of underage consumption occurred on Sept. 14 at 1:47 a.m. in Hardwick Hall. The incident was handled by the university’s Code of Conduct.

An incident of underage possession occurred on Sept. 14 at 4:40 a.m. in Morgan South. The incident was handled by the university’s Code of Conduct.

A theft from auto occurred between Sept. 7 at 7:30 a.m. and Sept. 8 at 7:30 p.m. on the 1500 block of North Carlisle Street. No arrests have been made at this time.

A theft occurred on Sept. 14 at 3:15 p.m. on the 1800 block of North 16th Street. No arrests have been made at this time.

An incident of disorderly conduct occurred on Sept. 14 at 10:15 p.m. on the 1400 block of West Cecil B. Moore Avenue. An arrest was made regarding the incident.

An incident of underage consumption occurred on Sept. 14 at 10:25 p.m. on the 1400 block of West Cecil B. Moore Avenue. The incident was handled by the university’s Code of Conduct.

An incident of underage possession occurred on Sept. 14 at 10 p.m. in White Hall. The incident was handled by the university’s Code of Conduct.

An incident of underage consumption occurred on Sept. 14 at 12:40 a.m. in White Hall. The incident was handled by the university’s Code of Conduct.

An incident of underage consumption occurred on Sept. 14 at 12:45 a.m. in 1300 Residential Hall. The incident was handled by the university’s Code of Conduct.

A theft from auto occurred on Sept. 14 between 6 p.m. and 12 a.m. on the 2000 block of North 16th Street. No arrests have been made at this time.

A simple assault occurred on Sept. 15 at 12:30 a.m. on the 1800 block of North 16th Street. No arrests have been made at this time.

An incident of underage consumption occurred on Sept. 15 at 2:25 a.m. on the 1600 block of North Broad Street. The incident was handled by the university’s Code of Conduct.

An incident of underage possession occurred on Sept. 13 at 9 p.m. in Peabody Hall. An arrest was made regarding the incident.

An incident of underage consumption occurred on Sept 13. at 9:15 p.m. on 16th and Norris Streets. An arrest was made regarding the incident.

An incident of underage consumption occurred on Sept. 13 at 9:50 p.m. on the 1400 block of West Susquehanna Avenue. An arrest was made regarding the incident.

An incident of underage consumption occurred on Sept. 15 at 5:40 a.m. in White Hall. The incident was handled by the university’s Code of Conduct.

An incident of underage consumption occurred on Sept. 14 at 10:20 p.m. on the 1300 block of West Diamond Street. An arrest was made regarding the incident

An incident of underage possession occurred on Sept. 14 at 10:13 p.m. on the 1400 block of West Cecil B. Moore Avenue. An arrest was made regarding the incident.

A theft occurred on Sept. 14 between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. on the 1800 block of North 15th Street. No arrests have been made at this time.

A theft occurred between Sept. 14 at 9 p.m. and Sept. 15 at 4:45 p.m. on the 1800 block of North 10th Street. No arrests have been made at this time.

An incident of criminal mischief occurred on Sept. 15 at 5:40 p.m. on the 1100 block of West Susquehanna Street. This incident was exceptionally cleared by Temple.

An incident of criminal mischief occurred on Sept. 15 at 1:15 a.m. in Morgan Hall. No arrests have been made at this time.

An incident of underage consumption occurred on Sept. 14 at 4:15 a.m. in Morgan Hall. An arrest was made regarding the incident.

A violation of city ordinance occurred on Sept. 115 at 12:05 a.m. on the 1900 block of North Broad Street. An arrest was made regarding the incident.

An incident of underage consumption occurred on Sept. 16 at 12:40 a.m. in Morgan Hall. The incident was handled by the university’s Code of Conduct.

A theft occurred between Sept. 10 at 8 a.m. and Sept. 13 at 4 p.m. on Ritter Annex. No arrests have been made at this time.

A retail theft occurred on Sept. 16 at 8:20 p.m. on the 2000 block of North Broad Street. No arrests have been made at this time.

A theft occurred on Sept. 16 between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. in Paley Library. No arrests have been made at this time.

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A robbery occurred on Sept. 15 at 11:45 p.m. on the 1400 block of West Ontario Street. No arrests have been made at this time.

An incident of criminal mischief occurred on Sept. 16 at 10:40 p.m. on the 3000 of North Broad Street. This incident was exceptionally cleared by Temple.

Crime Logs for 9/11 to 9/12

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 Main Campus

A theft occurred on the 1800 block of North 16th Street at 5:30 a.m. on Sept. 11.  No arrests have been made at this time.

A theft occurred between 9 p.m. on Sept. 10 and midnight, Sept. 11, at University Village. No arrests have been made at this time.

A theft was reported on Sept. 11 to have occurred at 5:20 p.m. on Aug. 28 in Alter Hall. No arrests have been made.

An incident of criminal mischief was reported at 8:05 p.m. on Sept. 11 on the 1300 block of Cecil B. Moore Avenue. No arrests have been made.

An incident of criminal mischief was reported at 2:30 a.m. on Sept. 12 on the 1500 block of North Broad Street.  An arrest was made in regards to the incident.

A theft was reported to have occurred between 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. on Sept. 11 on the 1900 block of North 15th Street. The case has been cleared.

A theft occurred between 6 p.m.  on Sept. 11 and 8 a.m. on Sept. 12 in Alter Hall. No arrests have been made.

A theft occurred around 5 p.m. on Sept. 12 in the Tuttleman Learning Center. No arrests have been made.

Health Sciences

A theft occurred between 9 p.m. on Sept. 9 and 5:15 p.m. on Sept. 11 in Rock Pavilion. No arrests have been made.

Continuance set for former Temple football player awaiting trial

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A motion of continuance set by the commonwealth for a former Temple football player charged with raping a woman on campus has been delayed until Thursday.

Assistant District Attorney Joseph McGlynn was attending another trial while the defendant, Praise Martin-Ogikue, 19, was waiting in the courtroom with his parents by his side.

Martin-Ogikue is pending trial for an alleged rape of a woman during Memorial Day weekend in May 2012.

According to numerous news sources, a 21-year-old female Temple student was inside the defendant’s dorm room when he allegedly attacked her, forcing the victim upstairs and raped her before signing her out of his dorm apartment as if nothing happened.

During the motions hearing, Defense Attorney James A. Funt was not reluctant to mention his need to continue, expressing concerns of collecting and filing more than 40 text messages to be used as evidence for trial.

The trial is set to begin on Oct. 7.

Man arrested for ‘showing off’ to cops

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A Philadelphia resident was charged with indecent exposure in the Montgomery parking garage on Sept. 3rd at 10:18 p.m. campus police said.

29-year-old James French of the 5300 block of Washington Lane was found by Temple Police officers whilst exposing his privates inside of the garage and was  immediately processed.

“He just wandered in,” said the Acting Executive Director of Campus Safety Services Charlie Leone, “We have never had this person before.”

Leone said that this event has caused TU police to examine the garage’s current safety measures and to consider new processes to prevent such events from happening in the future.

Crime Logs for 9/5/2013

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Main Campus 

A warrant was issued at 12:05 a.m. on Sept. 4 on the 1500 block of West Cecil B. Moore Avenue. An arrest was made in regards to the issue.

A theft occurred between 8 a.m. on Sept. 3 and 1:30 a.m. on Sept. 4 on the 2000 block of North 11th Street. No arrests have been made at this time.

A theft occurred between 8:30 p.m. on Sept. 3 and 8 a.m. on Sept. 4 on the 1200 block of West Norris Street. No arrests have been made at this time.

A theft from an auto occurred between 9 p.m. on Sept. 3 and 2 p.m. on Sept. 4 on the 2000 block of North 10th Street. No arrests have been made at this time.

A theft occurred between 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. on Sept. 4 on the 2000 block of North 13th Street. No arrests have been made at this time.

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A theft occurred between 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. on Sept. 4 at the Emergency Department. No arrests have been made at this time.

Crime Logs for 9/3

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Main Campus

An incident of criminal mischief occurred between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Aug. 30 on the 1400 block of West Berks Street. No arrests have been made at this time.

A theft occurred at 9:03 a.m. on Sept. 3 on the 1000 block of West Norris Street. No arrests have been made at this time.

An incident of criminal mischief occurred between 12:30 p.m. on Aug. 20 and 9:30 a.m. on Sept. 3 on the 2000 block of North Carlisle Street. No arrests have been made at this time.

A burglary occurred between 6 p.m. On Aug. 30 and 9:30 a.m. on Sept. 2 at Alter Hall. No arrests have been made at this time.

An incident of indecent exposure occurred at 9:35 p.m. on Sept. 3 at the Montgomery Garage. An arrest has been made in regards to this issue.

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A theft occurred between 9:45 a.m. and 10 a.m. on Sept. 3 at Boyer Pavilion. No arrests have been made at this time.

A DUI occurred at 12:42 p.m. on Sept. 3 on the 1300 block of Rising Sun Avenue. An arrest has been made in regards to this issue.

Man killed by punch on 17th

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A 49-year-old male died after being punched in face by a 18-year-old male on the 1600 block of North 17th Street earlier this morning. Philadelphia plain-clothes police officers witnessed the event and chased down and arrested the suspect, Charlie Leone, acting executive director of Campus Safety Services said.

Leone said the officers apprehended the suspect on the 1500 Block of Bouvier Street around 1 a.m. The victim was transported to St. Joseph’s Hospital where he was pronounced dead around 2 a.m.

According to a report by ABC6, the teenage suspect is facing homicide charges.

CSS bike program opens, police catch thieves

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During the first week of the fall semester, the Temple Police claim they have been aggressively patrolling bike racks around campus since the new prevention initiatives were implemented on Aug. 26.

Last Wednesday, Temple Police stopped two incidents of bike thefts by the use of surveillance cameras around the campus. At 4:31 a.m., one male suspect was observed by camera taking a bike in front of James Beasley School of Law. The suspect rode away with three other accomplices on bikes as the police gave chase, but was later apprehended and the bikes were confiscated for further evidence.

Another incident occurred at 10 p.m., when a female student reported her bike missing from the 1800 block of North Broad Street, on the north side of McGonigal Hall.

Based on video footage, the theft took place about a half hour before the report came in. Police located and apprehended the suspect at the corner of Woodstock Street and Montgomery Avenue, and charged him with theft.

“The quick action of the dispatchers viewing our videos assisted greatly in apprehending bike thieves,” Leone said.

In addition to traditional patrols and video surveillance CSS created a new bike registration program over the Internet. The idea was to make it easier for bike commuters to register their rides, Leone said.

“We encourage our students to visit our website,” Charles J. Leone, the deputy director of Campus Security Safety said via email. “Our department have registered over 150 bikes since Monday.”

Once a student has registered their bicycle, they can take a trip to the main headquarters at the 1100 block of West Montgomery Avenue, across from Sullivan Hall, where an officer will place a registration sticker on the bike and receive a free U-Lock.

Crime logs for 8/30

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Main Campus

An arrest warrant was served at 2:39 a.m. on Aug. 30 on the 1700 block of North 13th Street.

A theft occurred at 7:35 p.m. on Aug. 30 on the 1700 block of North Broad Street. No arrests have been made at this time.

A theft occurred between 6:40 p.m. and 11 p.m. on Aug. 29 on the 2000 block of North 13th Street. No arrests have been made at this time.

An incident of fraud occurred at 5:12 p.m. on Aug. 29 at Temple Towers. No arrests have been made at this time.

An incident of disorderly conduct occurred at 6:30 p.m. on Aug. 30 on the 1500 block of North Broad Street. An arrest has been made in regards to this issue.

An incident of underage possession occurred at 8:25 p.m. on Aug. 30 at While Hall. an arrest has been made in regards to this issue.

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No incidents were reported at this time.