Philadelphia Will Do

April 14, 2008

Cops Make Nicely-Timed Arrest

On Friday, the Philadelphia Police began a trial run of four Segways that police officers would use to, uhm, roll the beat.

And what do you know! The same exact day, Segway officers nabbed a man allegedly calling in bomb threats to City Hall at 15th and Market Streets. And, get this: It was apparently the guy with one leg who panhandles near the clothespin!

I say the Segway trials are already a success. Because if there's one kind of criminal the cops need Segways to catch, it's a one-legged man.

City officers to try patrolling on Segway scooters [Inquirer]
Segway Officers Nab One-Legged City Hall Bomb Threat Suspect [NBC 10]

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April 18, 2006

Quickies: Dog Gone

• A woman and her one-month old baby in Upper Moreland were attacked by two dogs, but their dog jumped in and fought the dogs, dying in the process. Yes, it's sad, but be sure to watch the video, where CBS 3 goes through the events like it was the Kennedy Assassination. [CBS 3]

• A woman was killed by her boyfriend for refusing to cook in Western Pa. I'm kind of surprised the boyfriend didn't die, too, since his BAC was .338, which is like if you just had Everclear injected directly into your veins, I think. [AP/6 ABC]

• A teenager who wrote bomb threats on the walls of her high school in Bucks County has to pay $4,500 for the costs of bomb-sniffing dogs. She also has to write her number on every bathroom wall in the high school with the message "For a good time call..." [AP/CBS 3]

• To be honest, when I started this thing I meant to do more Michelle Malkin bashing. But then the Daily News dropped her as a syndicated columnist, and I lost interest. My apologies, folks. Keith Olbermann did a nice job recently doing what I should be doing more of, though. [Crooks & Liars via Atrios]

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March 09, 2006

He was stopped before he could write 'BOMB WAS HERE'

Way back when this blog began, I kept focusing on all the little, stupid crimes in crime reports (from various sources, but mainly in Bucks County).

I haven't done that in a while, because, well, it appears crime has gotten much more serious:

BRISTOL TOWNSHIP - Bristol Township police said officials found the word "BOMB" scrawled on a men's room wall Tuesday morning at the Bucks County Technical High School. Police said school administrators are investigating this most recent threat.... Police said there were no indications that Tuesday morning’s threat was connected to the 20 previous bomb threats at local schools.

Later, police also investigated if this had anything to do with Susie Walker, who was threatened to give "a good time" if you called her in another similar bathroom wall threat.

Police investigate apparent threat [Bucks County Courier Times, 2nd brief]

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