March 13, 2024 10 times! Christmas tree, lights, Grinch ornaments among items stolen in Walmart thefts, cops say Managers at a Walmart in Florida told deputies about a string of 10 thefts at the store between the beginning of November and shortly before Christmas.
February 29, 2024 Senior’s ‘continuous harassment’ caused next-door neighbors ‘fear and emotional distress’ People don’t get to choose their neighbors, and, in this case, a couple said they put their house for sale due to harassment from their next-door neighbor.
February 28, 2024 Porsche problem: Arrested after being told he couldn’t buy a car with a $78 million check A young man with a big check was turned down at a Porsche dealership and he ended up under arrest.
February 27, 2024 Mom’s social media post led to man’s latest arrest for stealing $600 scooter, police say A man is under arrest for stealing a boy’s scooter and police say it happened because the victim’s mother posted about it on social media.
February 9, 2024 Woman with ‘very large purse’ brought ‘plastic Publix bags’ to shoplift groceries, police say A woman in Florida is banned from her local Publix grocery store after her arrest for shoplifting there. She agreed to that as part of her plea bargain.
January 19, 2024 No-show doc, 72, convicted of prescribing controlled substances for cash: $4,000 daily A Florida doctor faces decades behind bars after he was convicted on seven charges of illegally dispensing and distributing controlled substances.
January 11, 2024 Bank employee charged with stealing $100,000 from elderly customers’ accounts An employee at a bank is under arrest, accused of stealing more than $100,000 from accounts belonging to elderly customers.
January 10, 2024 Subway sandwich thrown, food preparer hit, ‘upset’ would-be customer arrested for battery A situation at a Subway landed a would-be customer behind bars after his rejected sandwich hit the food preparer.
December 22, 2023 Case manager charged with not making Dept. of Children & Families home visits, falsifying records A former case manager with Florida’s Department of Children and Families was arrested and charged with falsifying home visit records.
December 4, 2023 Your new gift card came with a zero balance? Police say this scam may have happened Two men are under arrest for what police are calling a “gift card scam” happening at supermarkets.
November 29, 2023 Man charged with stabbing mother of his children 100 times, burning apartment, killing infant A man in Florida is charged with murder, attempted murder, and arson in a gruesome crime. The victims were his three children and their mother.
January 31, 2023 Busted by boy returning from school: ‘Dad, some guy is masturbating behind the building’ Police had to deal with a touchy situation when a father and son stopped at a gas station on the way home from school.
July 15, 2022 Hundreds of gallons for $1.10 with a pried open gas pump, remote control Two suspects are accused of using high-tech equipment to steal several hundred gallons of diesel.
February 8, 2022 Suspect in girl’s drive-by killing arrested at home of the ‘Island Boys,’ per report The man charged with killing eight-year-old Ronziyah Atkins on Friday night apparently grew up with some famous people and was arrested at their home.
June 13, 2019 Adding my own few points to Nexstar’s ‘Digital First’ strategy The phrase “Digital First” is nothing new. Managers in TV station news departments have been saying it for years, but they really hadn’t practiced…
November 28, 2018 Level-headed moderation needed now in The Birthplace of America Philadelphia is a great place to live. It has so much, so close-by: history, museums, sports. It’s walkable, livable, has green space. No, it…
May 31, 2018 Where have you gone, Sasha Savitsky? I don’t know why TV stations (and networks) allow mistakes to remain without corrections but it’s certainly a disservice to viewers and readers. One…
May 29, 2018 The lousiness of laziness and liars I hate lazy people (and stupid ones, but that’s a blog for another time). I can understand being sick. Last year, I showed up…
April 3, 2018 Villanova Victory, Volume III They did it again! Villanova University’s men’s basketball team is celebrating its second national championship in three years. According to the school’s president, Rev….
March 30, 2018 Tiffany Trump’s trouble, what unions could do to Amazon and the media It’s nice when Americans exercise their First Amendment rights (freedom of religion, speech, the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and…
March 20, 2018 Be nicer to Mike Jerrick, and other thoughts on what’s making news People who know me can never, ever say I’m not loyal to people I like and respect. You’ll see that in a moment, along…
March 13, 2018 Fox News: Really ‘Real News. Real Honest Opinion’? They haven’t been “Fair and Balanced” in a while but stating Monday, Fox News will be marketing itself as “Real News. Real Honest Opinion.”…
January 11, 2018 Follow-up, fewer watching TV news, future president? First, I have to thank everybody who looked at Monday’s blog post. The analytics were incredible, the best ever (and that’s all that counts, right? :)). If you haven’t seen it yet, it gives a brief overview of the place I worked for 15 months until August.
January 8, 2018 The news where I used to work: Unbelievable! Most of you know I was a web producer for the Fox station in Philadelphia, but fewer of you know I haven’t worked there…
December 20, 2017 Today, Merry Christmas to Comcast! You’re welcome! No waiting until Christmas on Monday. Comcast, you obviously consider yourself too powerful. Today, your hard-earned rate hikes take effect. Santa says you’ve been…
November 29, 2017 Hey, you accused! Would Mom say, wait until your father gets home? Today, it was Matt Lauer. Some of you want the newest, shocking details. The Miami Herald called the accusations against him “crude misconduct.” Less…
November 21, 2017 Lessons on addressing, our government’s gift to you! On Facebook? You’re probably signed up for a lesson on mailing a letter, paid for by the U.S. government, like the one above.I was…
September 5, 2017 No more newscasts, but what a swan song! I’ve mentioned the sad state of the U.S. broadcasting industry these days, with big companies eating up smaller ones like never before. There are…
February 3, 2017 The media: Certainly imperfect, definitely necessary and trying This is my first blog in several months, and only my second since arriving back in Philadelphia. The first was shortly after my return, so…