Man shot to death in West Philly

Jalayshia Alford was living in foster care and was reported missing from the 500 block of North Simpson Street on Oct. 26. She was found dead overnight, sources say.

Charles Bowne III, 37, stole the cyclist's bike and cell phone at gunpoint during a confrontation last year, prosecutors said Thursday.

Amere Wright, 20, was sentenced to 3 1/2 to 9 years in prison for the shooting, which seriously injured a 20-year-old man.

Police responded to a reported shooting inside a house on the 2800 block of Benner Street and found the woman unresponsive on the kitchen floor.

Jamal Pistoria could still be in the West Oak Lane area, police said. He's wanted for the killing of Bellaniri Ofelia Hernandez Camilo, 34, and the assault of two other women.

Jackson T. Roberts was arrested Monday at a home on the 900 block of West Dauphin Street, police said.

David Ray, 68, sent money to a woman he was chatting with online. To recoup his debts, he sent her his colleagues' personal information, which she used to apply for fraudulent unemployment assistance.

“Being offended shouldn’t justify a criminal conviction for the rest of your life,” Aaron Marcus said, the lawyer representing the man who yelled an expletive at a judge.

A man with a gun attacked three women at ABBA Blessed Beauty Salon in West Oak Lane on Monday, police said. A 34-year-old was shot and killed, and the others were assaulted, they said.

Raymond Horsch's lawyers said in a 2009 drug case that the Philly pornographer had a letter from former Mayor John Street instructing police not to arrest him.

Jalayshia Alford, who also goes by Malayshia or “May,” has been missing since last week. She was last seen on the 500 block of North Simpson Street in West Philadelphia.

Jerome Check is accused of sexually assaulting three patients between December 2024 and March 2025 in his Mount Laurel office.

John Goodrich Jr. allegedly shot Devin Davenport once in the back on Halloween night.

Stephen Kamnik created thousands of images of women, including his coworkers and strangers he met while working as a state police corporal.

Sean Gerlach pushed the Liberty Bell back and forth to try and make it ring, prosecutors said. And Dawn Hawa was charged with flicking an oily substance onto the famous bell.

A 14-year-old boy and a 25-year-old man are in stable condition following Sunday's triple shooting outside 56th Street SEPTA Station. A 26-year-old man is in critical condition.

The victim, 15, was shot once in the back just before 7 p.m. on Saturday, police said.

Car thieves are exploiting a diagnostic port in newer-model Honda sedans and SUVs that allow thieves to quickly steal them, according to Philadelphia police officials.

Shaun M. Stebbins, who worked as an aide at Woodbine Elementary School, already had been charged in Atlantic County with sexually assaulting young children and making child porn.

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