Saturday at 3:30 p.m. at Broad Street and Cecil B Moore Avenue, a 20-year-old female was approached from behind by an unknown male in a black hooded sweatshirt.
After the male told the complainant to give him her phone and that he did not want to hurt her, she handed over the cell phone.
There were no injuries and the phone was valued at $500. No arrests were made.
Temple Police were called early Friday, Oct. 28, regarding a domestic assault involving two Temple students near Cecil B. Moore Avenue and Sydenham Street. The incident occurred around 1:45 a.m. and was reported by police at 3 a.m.
“We met a female student at 1520 West Cecil B. Moore around 3 a.m. who stated a male she was in a relationship with grabbed her by the arms and shoved her. The officers observed marks on the complainant’s arm where she said she was grabbed,” Charles Leone, deputy director of Campus Safety Services, said in an email.
Both students are 19 years old.
The alleged male offender is a student living at Hardwick residence hall.
Following the report, the officers made contact with the male and brought him to the Philadelphia Police Central Detective Division where he was charged with domestic assault.
According to Campus Safety Services, the victim was vague about exactly where the incident happened, so details surrounding the crime still need to be confirmed.
-Becky Kerner
Saturday at 12:34am a fight broke out on the street at 16th and Fontain streets. It resulted in a 20-year-old male being stabbed in the left rib and nose.
The defendants were two white males, one wearing a red hat and blue Phillies shirt and the other in a black and grey plaid shirt. The police report does not state whether any of the involved parties were Temple students.
The complainant is at Temple Hospital in critical condition. No arrests have been made; the investigation is still open.
Looking for something spooky to do for the Halloween season this year, but tired of hearing of the same old Terror Behind the Walls suggestion?
This year the Battleship New Jersey, that frequently sited and wondered about ship on the Delaware, is hosting the Voyage of the Living Dead haunted ship tour.
It runs every Friday, Saturday and Sunday in October, and every day October 26-30 on the Camden Waterfront. Tickets are a bit pricey at $30 (plus $3.90 service fee when bought online!) and the evening could wind up costing even more if you decide to partake in the food, drinks, music and dancing on board after the tour.
But, if you’ve seen the Battleship New Jersey and wondered about it in the past, it could be a good time to check it out!
For more information, check out the website.
A vehicle hit the U Got Munchies truck and drove away today just after 1pm. The lunch truck shook a bit, and the collision seemed to injure one of the workers, according to a witness.
The witness speculated the male employee may have burnt his arm, while the other employee seemed unharmed.
The incident was not reported to Campus Safety Services.
Several shots were fired Tuesday morning around 2am at 18th and Jefferson streets. They woke international business and finance major Bridget Quint, who then looked out her window at the action.
“I saw a black man, about 20, standing at the corner shooting up toward west Jefferson,” said Quint.
She saw the man fire three shots and then run down Jefferson toward Broad. Then, another man appeared and ran in the same direction as the shooter. Minutes later, three more men walked by.
“I did not see any of them with a gun, but I heard the one say he had a gun. He said he “shot him” but I don’t know who or what they were referring to,” said Quint.
The Philadelphia Police arrived shortly after. Quint saw no indication of injury or arrests.
No TU Alert or Advisory was sent out for the shooting.
“Now I imagine there are many crimes that go unknown to students, although these are student-populated areas. I guess I am kind of angry we didn’t get one, it makes me feel more separated from the campus,” said Quint.
Because this area is not in the Temple Police’s jurisdiction, they are not required to send alerts for incidents like this.
“That is outside the definition by law for issuance. However, we do take incidents on a case-by-case bases depending on the circumstances and if there is a need for immediate action by members of our campus community. All said, although we have an excellent communication base, we may not always immediately know of an incident outside the campus area,” said Charles Leone, deputy director of Campus Safety Services.
Three men were shot tonight shortly before 7pm at 24th and Cecil B. Moore Ave.
Police responded to a report of shots fired. When they arrived on the scene they found a man shot multiple times in the legs, another man shot, and a third man with multiple shots to the upper body.
Two men were taken by police to Temple Hospital, while the third was taken to Hahnemann in critical condition.
No arrests have been made.
According to an update from Campus Safety Services, the Philadelphia Police may have the male wanted for last Wednesday’s Bagel Hut robbery in custody. Brian Crownfield, a 34-year-old white male, was arrested on September 18th for committing a similar style robbery at the Travel Lodge Hotel on Race Street.
Crownfield has been identified by the complainant in the Bagel Hut robbery, owner Joann Ciallella, but has not been formally charged for that crime pending further investigation. He is currently in custody for the Travel Lodge robbery.
Crownfield has a history in Lehigh County but currently lives in the area of 16th and Brown, southwest of Temple’s main campus. Charles Leone, deputy director of Campus Safety Services said, “We have not found Crownfield to be connected with Temple; however, a number of students live in the Brown Street area and may have interacted with Crownfield at some point.”
Today at 10:23am a 20-year-old man was shot once in the mouth inside a residence at 12th and Susquehanna streets, according to The Philadelphia Police Department.
“Apparently, a male she had a previous relationship with came into her home and attempted to assault her,” said Charles Leone, deputy director of The Temple Police and Campus Safety Services.
The woman’s son then attempted to intervene but was shot by the male. The shooter was described as an African American male approximately 40 years old, 5’7” in height, bald with a beard and mustache and last seen wearing a blue plaid shirt and jeans. After the leaving the residence, he ran towards Broad and Susquehanna streets. His identity is known, but he has not yet be found.
The victim was admitted to Temple Hospital in guarded condition in the Intensive Care Unit this morning.
A young North Philadelphia resident was shot and killed only blocks away from Temple’s Health Sciences campus around 3:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, a Philadelphia Police Department spokesperson confirmed.
Shari Haris, 23, was on the 3300 block of North 13th Street when she was shot in the head. The PPD believe the motive of the action may have been robbery.
When police arrived, they saw the female lying in the street. She was pronounced dead on the scene at 3:36 a.m.
Haris was a resident of the 3300 block of North Park Street, just west of the Olney subway station and almost 3 miles north of where she was killed.
There are currently no leads in the case.
