April 15, 2024 Seniors scuffle, she’s charged with false imprisonment and battery on a younger person 65+ He showed up to fix her computer and was lucky to leave without his cellphone or glasses. That’s what a deputy determined in this case of he said-she said.
April 5, 2024 Busted in a sting operation: ‘Victim’ posed as girl, 11, but she’s not law enforcement This case started with a woman who “operates a Facebook profile where she portrays an 11-year-old girl by the fictitious name of ‘Emily Mangum,'” police said.
February 15, 2024 Mom charged with ‘severely malnourished’ teen’s death at 33 lbs., ‘bed sores throughout’ A 14-year-old boy found “extremely malnourished, weighing only 33 lbs.,” with bed sores is dead and his mother is facing criminal charges.
February 7, 2024 Child pornography suspect free with GPS monitor, other conditions after judge reduces bond A man arrested twice in the past year on child pornography charges is out of jail, at least for now, and he has a judge to thank.
January 18, 2024 Man’s child pornography arrest: ‘More charges are expected’ when encryption defeated A tip about a man uploading child pornography led to his arrest on a possession charge but authorities say “more charges are expected.”
December 27, 2023 Sentenced for stealing fire rescue truck ‘with emergency lights activated,’ first responders were ‘on a call for service’ A repeat offender who “had been previously arrested in five different states” has been sentenced to prison for stealing an emergency vehicle.
December 11, 2023 Claims adjuster who helped armed robbers find victims, look like cops sentenced to prison A claims adjuster who helped a group of people commit a string of armed robberies around Florida has been sentenced to federal prison.
December 8, 2023 Tow company owner charged for charging insurance company 3 times what it should’ve, prosecutors say The owner of a towing company working outside Philadelphia is charged with overinflating a bill to an insurance company after a driver’s crash.
November 30, 2023 Man’s latest arrest was for possession of 2 controlled substances, exposure of sexual organs (again) A man is under arrest for at least the sixth time in two years. He was wanted for exposing himself. Authorities say it wasn’t his first time. They also charged him with three other crimes.
November 29, 2023 Robbery suspect accused of violent, bloody barbershop holdup with pocketknife, pool cue Barbershops are not often targeted by robbers since they’re not known for keeping a lot of cash on hand, but there’s always an exception.
November 28, 2023 Driver’s license was revoked after 4 DUIs, passenger had 9 arrests in 4 years in the county Leave it to technology. A police officer wrote about an alert from an automated license plate reader that the owner of a car on the road didn’t have a license.
November 20, 2023 Serial molester convicted of child exploitation, sex offender registration, firearm offenses and hacking NFL jumbotron A man in Florida has been convicted of a long list of charges and the feds say his many crimes took place over several years.
October 27, 2023 Sexual abuse victims from across the country identify themselves in man’s child pornography photos A man has been sentenced to 60 years in federal prison for two counts of production of child pornography. He lives in Florida but his crimes stretched across the country.
October 24, 2023 Retired hospital director charged with stealing $600,000+ from charity fund over 14 years The former director of a hospital outside Philadelphia has been charged with embezzling more than $600,000 from a hospital charitable account.
October 13, 2023 Dad charged with infant’s death between mattress and wall while he watched YouTube elsewhere The father of an infant is charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child in the death of his daughter, who was not even 3 months old.
September 27, 2023 Philadelphia ransacking suspects facing criminal charges, mostly burglary so far The faces of dozens of people facing criminal charges in Philadelphia after a night of flash mob-style ransacking have been released, 24 hours after the violence.
December 11, 2022 Drinking deputy ‘abandoning his post, sleeping in his truck’ instead of patrolling PBIA A Palm Beach County sheriff’s deputy was accused of reporting for duty at Palm Beach International Airport while intoxicated — again.
October 25, 2022 Dad sues Palm Beach Co. schools, says teacher ‘put up 2 gay pride’ flags, ‘proselytized’ A father in Palm Beach County is suing the school district — along with his 12-year-old son’s school, the principal, and teacher — but not exactly under a controversial new Florida law.
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.
May 4, 2022 Friend-with-benefits facing several charges of violence against woman, her brother They seemed to have a good thing going, so what went terribly wrong that their relationship got written up in an arrest report?
October 20, 2018 Thinking about teacher’s child porn trouble and my old school’s website Today, I found out some news about someone who went to school with me, pretty much since kindergarten. In fact, I think he lived…
October 2, 2018 News starting out good but going downhill fast It’s a happy moment at CohenConnect.com. (Online definition of moment: “a very brief period of time.” The italics are mine.) September’s blog numbers were…
June 2, 2018 Sign, sign, everywhere a sign Who would’ve thought of me as some type of music expert? Definitely not anybody who knows me! I’ve been planning this blog for a…
April 17, 2018 Comey comes alive with tough talk against Trump I didn’t know much about James Comey until about two years ago. Since then, I thought pretty highly of the guy and that really…
March 26, 2018 Facebook: Friend or foe? Keep or delete? If you were reading the Sunday paper, you may have come across this full-page ad from Facebook with a letter signed by Mark Zuckerberg….
January 23, 2018 Don’t post your content on Facebook if you don’t want readers getting it for free! Time for the obvious, yet again. News organizations post their news on Facebook and other social media sites. Those articles, videos, slideshows, etc. also…
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…
May 25, 2017 Dinner in my honor: A favorite memory The spring of 1997. It was pretty much my first time away from home. Steve and Tom hired me to produce the 11pm news…
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…