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New Jersey State Police detectives arrested 39-year-old Joseph Baer after he was spotted at an Atlantic City casino Tuesday morning. Baer is the man who robbed the PNC Bank on the 6800 block of Frankford Avenue on April 13.

Baer, also a suspect in the April 16 robbery of a TruMark Bank in Center City and the robbery of a Citizens Bank on Monday, is considered a serial robber and was previously convicted of bank robberies in 2004.

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The Historical Society of Frankford housed a presentation of the history of the Globe Dye Company on Tuesday. The event, hosted by Torben Jenk, founder of Workshop of the World, was titled “Local Color” – Five Generations of GLOBE DYE COMPANY (1965-2005). continue reading »

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The man who allegedly shot 22-year-old Rachel Marcelis has been arrested. Michael Elliot, 25, of the 6100-block of Hegerman Street, is the suspect in the shooting of Marcelis early Wednesday outside of Fat Pete’s Bar on the corner of Torresdale and Devereaux. He was showing off his gun when it allegedly went off, according to police.

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William Hollaran was sentenced in 2004 to one to two year in prison, plus an addition three to six year for homicide after being found guilty in the Wissinoming hit-and-run accident that killed young Peter Roberto. Hollaran was supposed to serve his terms back to back, but was released early because of a clerical error. Peter’s parents are fighting to get the laws changed so that the minimum sentence is stricter, as reported when Dolores Roberto spoke to Senators Mike Stack, John C. Rafferty, and Larry Farnese at Nazareth Hospital on March 12.

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Assistant District Attorney Michael Barry was one of many panelists at yesterday's hit-and-run hearing at Nazareth Hospital.

Senators, advocates and victims packed the Marian Hall Conference Center inside Nazareth Hospital yesterday morning to unite for a common cause. The hearing, hosted by Sen. Mike Stack and Sen. John C. Rafferty, chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee, discussed hit-and-run accidents in the Northeast.

The hearing was used to formally introduce senate bills that would toughen and increase the penalties for hit-and-run drivers who flee the scene of an accident that results in injury or death.

“The tougher penalties will help deter people from fleeing an accident,” Stack said. continue reading »

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An Amtrak Northeast Regional train heading toward 30th Street Station struck and killed a man at the Holmesburg Junction station last night. The preliminary investigation shows the death was an apparent suicide.

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Twenty-three-month-old Mischa Weston, of Northwood, made the top 10 of Beautiful Baby Week, a contest from Live with Regis & Kelly that started with 300,000 entries.

Unfortunately, Michael Klein of the Inquirer reports that she didn’t make it into the Top Five.

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Here’s a summary of the week’s Northeast news we didn’t cover. See others here.

Northeast Detectives is asking for help in discovering the identity of a man who has been robbing 7-Eleven stores in the 15th Police District since December. The man has robbed eight store locations, with the latest being at the 7-Eleven at 6927 Torresdale Ave. in Tacony Monday.

The suspect has been described as a white male in his 20s, under 6 feet tall, with a thin to medium build. He can usually be seen wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, sweatpants and a black mask over his mouth and nose. He has been carrying a black handgun. All information on the suspect can be given to Northeast Detectives at 215-686-3153.

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According to a recent poll, Mayor Michael Nutter’s highest approval rating is in the Northeast. The poll, done by Pew’s Philadelphia Research Initiative, has Nutter’s rating at 59 percent in this part of the city, while only 42 percent of North Philadelphians favor Nutter.

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On Tuesday, the Philadelphia City Council held a hearing to learn more information on the death of 63-year-old Joaquin Rivera, who died last November in the E.R. waiting room of Aria Health-Frankford. Rivera, having been told to wait, sat and died over an hour later. A few minutes after, camera caught three men robbing him. In turn, the hospital is defending its handling of the situation.

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