Outside media don’t care about the Northeast. We have all seen them misuse, misspell and mistake our neighborhoods and our streets, so we at NEast mag wanted to do something about it. When they get it wrong, we set it right in a segment we like to call Right NEast/Wrong NEast.

By Shannon McDonald

The city’s larger media outlets could not agree this weekend when a speeding driver injured two police officers early Sunday morning.

The accident happened around 1 a.m. on the 4200-block of Aramingo Avenue. That’s about all the reporters can agree on. continue reading »

The FBI has confirmed that the man fatally shot by police on Borbeck Avenue on Monday afternoon was a suspect in a recent bank robbery.

Daniel Trinsey, 48, was suspected of robbing a TD bank near Northeast Philadelphia Airport. Police say Trinsey refused orders to put down his gun before officers opened fire.

By Shannon McDonald

One person is dead following a shooting on the 900-block of Borbeck Ave. near Veree Road.

Philadelphia Police and the FBI were on the scene when a shooting broke out around 3 p.m. today. Though no other details have been released, the deceased is believed to be involved with recent bank robberies

By Shannon McDonald

The Inquirer has the latest on an accidental shooting in Mayfair on Sunday.  Christopher Donaghy, the son of a Philadelphia police office, was fatally shot during a Super Bowl party in his Bleigh Avenue home by his neighbor, 49-year-old Ronald Parncutt, who was playing with the gun of a Plymouth Township police officer.

Donaghy was later pronounced dead at Frankford-Torresdale Hospital. It is reported that Parncutt is cooperating with police.

The Inquirer has a story about a Lawncrest man who was fatally shot by police. Police arrived at the man’s home on Lawndale Avenue in response to a call about domestic violence. One officer shot the man when he brought out a knife.

Sit tight, some of the NEastPhilly.com team members are in D.C. for the inauguration.  Check back for photos.

By Shannon McDonald

Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey visited St. Jerome’s in Holme Circle this morning to thank the 8th graders for their support of the Philadelphia Police Department.

Ramsey shook the students’ hands and gave them certificates of appreciation after he addressed the entire school in the church. The 8th grade class is making pocket rosaries for every Philadelphia police officer, a project that began in November 2007 after Officer Chuck Cassidy of St. Jerome’s parish was killed on duty.

To date, the students have made almost 4,000 rosaries, which leaves them with nearly 3,000 to go before all of the city’s officers have one. Once the project is completed, the students will begin making rosaries for firefighters.

Image courtesy of St. Jerome Parish.

Police responded to a robbery with force on the 1400 block of Pratt Street  at 11:26 p.m. More than $50 in valuables was taken from the victim.

Police responded to a report of a vehicle theft at 8:41 a.m. Dec. 15. A passenger vehicle on the 9800 block of Northeast Boulevard was reported stolen.

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Police responded to a call about a theft from vehicle on the 15100 block of Carter Road on Dec. 15 at 8:55 a.m. More than $50 in valuables was taken from the outside of the car.

Police responded to an aggravated assualt at the intersection of Academy Road and Nanton Drive on 11:30 p.m. Dec. 15.