Here’s a summary of the week’s Northeast news we didn’t cover. See others here.
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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Dec18
Here’s a summary of the week’s Northeast news we didn’t cover. See others here.
Escaped convict Oscar Alvarado has been captured as of Monday.
Kamilah Alvarado, 22, Dean Ortiz, 33, and Crysta Otto, 27, of Barnett Street near Erdrick, in Mayfair, face charges for holding up the apprehension of the escaped convict by hiding him inside a Motor Inn in Trevose. Alvarado is accused of murdering a woman in October 2008.
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Jul22
By Shannon McDonald
Kevin O’Shea, a former adminstrator at Philadelphia Academy Charter School, has pleaded guilty to defrauding the school for six years.
O’Shea, 50, admitted to and apologized for taking kickbacks from contractors, using the school’s money to pay for home improvements and pocketing money from its vending machines – actions that add up to $500,000. O’Shea waived his right a jury and admitted to misuing up to $1 million of the charter school’s money.
He will be sentenced October 2, and faces up to 33 years in prison.
Jul10
By Shannon McDonald
Here’s a summary of the week’s Northeast news we didn’t cover. See others here.
The 25-year-old man who died in a Frankford shooting last month is believed to be the agressor. Police initially thought Dallas Custalow was an innocent bystander when he was shot in the stomach inside the Irish Kitchen bar at Pratt and Oakland streets. But it is now believed Custalow, of the 1300-block of Anchor Street, pulled his gun first during an argument at the bar, hitting a 29-year-old man in the leg.
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May18
Courtesy of the Philadelphia Inquirer
By Shannon McDonald
Brien Gardiner, CEO of Philadelphia Academy Charter School, was found dead Wednesday after an apparent suicide.
Gardiner, who founded the school in 1999 and Northwood Academy Charter in 2005, was under investigation for his management of the first school. The 64-year-old was found dead around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in the parking lot of Bethayres Train Station, following a single gunshot wound that police said was self-inflicted.
The investigation into Gardiners alleged mismanagment of the school will continue. Today, the Inquirer ran commentary by Pat McNally, NEastPhilly.com’s regular columnist who writes The Parent Trap.
