Briefly... CITY/REGION
Pair slain in Camden are the city's first two this year While Philadelphia police deal with a homicide rate in 2007 that is running at a pace of more than one a day, Camden, once designated the most dangerous city in the country, just has seen its first two killings of the year.
Pair slain in Camden are
the city's first two this year
While Philadelphia police deal with a homicide rate in 2007 that is running at a pace of more than one a day, Camden, once designated the most dangerous city in the country, just has seen its first two killings of the year.
The victims, both men, were found riddled with bullets Thursday inside a car that had flipped over after hitting a tree. Autopsies done on Alfredo A. Martinez, 21, and Jesse Hernandez, 20, both of Camden, found that they both died of multiple gunshot wounds, acting Camden County Prosecutor Joshua M. Ottenberg said in a written statement yesterday.
In every year since at least 1980 - the earliest for which records are easily accessible - Camden had its first killing before March 8.
A.C. slots revenue tumbles
in wake of Philly's new parlors
February was the first full month that Atlantic City's 11 casinos went head-to-head with two new slots parlors in the Philadelphia area, and the numbers are not pretty for the shore resort.
For the second month in a row, revenue from slots declined sharply in Atlantic City, falling 7.8 percent in February to $264.4 million after declining 7.2 percent in January.
Overall, gamblers lost $378.3 million in Atlantic City in February, down 4.8 percent from the $394.5 million the casinos took in during January.
Voting coalition sets drive
to register the homeless
The Vote for Homes! Coalition will launch a massive registration and education effort on Monday in an attempt to lure some 15,000 homeless and low-income people to the polls for the upcoming mayoral election.
Fleets of vans will travel to various city shelters, soup kitchens and health centers to register potential voters and educate them on key economic issues
Alzheimer's victim missing
in West Philadelphia
An elderly Ethiopian woman who suffers from Alzheimer's disease was reported missing in West Philadelphia Thursday night.
Police said Sara Gebretekle, 85, was last seen near her home on Baltimore Avenue near 45th Street wearing green pants, a gray top, a green scarf, white sneakers and a brown skull cap.
Gebretekle, who is 5 feet 3 and weighs 125 pounds, does not speak English and has lived here for only six months.
Anyone with information about her can contact Southwest Detectives at 215-686-3183 or -3184. *
- Staff and wire reports
