Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania student attacked in Center City; female suspect sought
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — Philadelphia police and SEPTA police are on the hunt for a lady who they are saying is viciously attacking different ladies at random.
A violent and unprovoked assault has left a 23-year-old girl with a damaged nostril and a scarred sense of safety.
“She turned towards me and began operating towards me. (She) swung on me and broke my glasses and my nostril,” mentioned the younger girl, who didn’t need to be recognized.
The College of Pennsylvania pupil is talking out to warn different ladies after she was attacked whereas strolling in Heart Metropolis.
“It felt prefer it was happening for a very long time with out anybody stepping in,” she mentioned.
Video posted on Instagram is now being reviewed by Philadelphia police as a part of their investigation. It reveals the feminine suspect, repeatedly hitting the sufferer and even dragging her on the bottom in the course of the road.
“When she had me on the bottom is once I was actually panicking and making an attempt to combat again. I attempted to seize her ankle to get her off steadiness nevertheless it did not work. She simply overpowered me. It was scary,” mentioned the sufferer.
It occurred on Sunday, November 20 round 12 p.m. at Broad and Spruce streets. Onlookers recorded the assault and likewise captured this video of the suspect strolling away the place you get a transparent take a look at her face.
“Nonetheless very shaken and adjusting. I am nonetheless tremendous uncomfortable resuming regular metropolis life as a result of it did occur out of nowhere,” mentioned the sufferer.
SEPTA police say the identical feminine suspect is needed for attacking one other girl that very same day. Captain Rodger Partitions says she boarded the practice at fifteenth Road station and slammed a lady’s head towards the wall.
“The actor, who is that this Black feminine in query was mumbling to herself and simply out of nowhere randomly attacked her after which disembarked from the practice,” mentioned Partitions.
Again on September 1, police say she attacked one other girl close to the Spring Backyard station.
“She positively must be affected by some type of psychological sickness that is why it is simply the images of her have been disseminating all through all patrol, so we actually are on the manhunt for her,” mentioned Wells.
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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania SPCA seeks homes for former working dogs rescued from poor shelter
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The Pennsylvania SPCA is looking for forever homes for 10 working dogs.
“These guys need their retirement home, and we’re looking to the public to help us with that,” said Director of Animal Law Enforcement and Shelter Services Nicole Wilson.
Wilson said the dogs are happy and healthy now, but that wasn’t always the case.
She helped save them, along with a number of other dogs, from a rescue organization in Northumberland County that took in working dogs when they had no place to go.
She said the Bureau of Dog Law Enforcement alerted her team after they conducted a routine inspection.
“We were seeing dogs that were living in their own waste, that had significant medical conditions,” she said. “For dogs that serviced us so well, the least we can do is provide them with the service of clean housing and medical care.”
The dogs had quite a career before they were retired. Some were on the front lines with the military while others worked with law enforcement agencies across the country.
“These dogs came from military work, whether that be contract work or directly for the United States military. They came from police departments, so retired bomb detection, drug dogs or protection dogs,” she said.
Wilson said one of the best parts of her job is seeing the dogs bounce back from health issues.
“He was really a shadow of himself when he first came to us, and now we are so excited to see how he has progressed,” Wilson said about a dog named Rex.
The PSPCA says they want to give the working dogs a loving and safe home that they deserve.
“These dogs performed a service for us to keep the public safe, to keep our soldiers safe, and so our goal is to provide them with the retirement that they earned,” she said.
Staff said they are looking for people who have knowledge and experience dealing with working dogs.
Pennsylvania
Bow hunting could start near Philly’s Somerton neighborhood this fall
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A newly acquired piece of property on the edge of Philadelphia will become Pennsylvania’s latest hunting grounds later this year.
The new state game lands are part of a recently acquired extension of Benjamin Rush State Park in the Somerton section of Philadelphia, near the city limits. The Pennsylvania Game Commission said a deer hunt will be conducted there.
“What we are doing is basically incorporating the 18 acres of state game lands that were recently acquired into their hunt program,” said Dustin Stoner with the PGC. “Their hunt program is highly regulated. They have a drawing and they select [a] few certain hunters to go in and harvest deer.”
The hunt would be limited to archers who would use tree stands, giving them a better view up in the trees.
“So that when they discharge their crossbow or they use their bow and shoot an arrow, the arrow’s trajectory carries the arrow to the ground. You know, if it misses the target, then the arrow has a safe backstop,” Stoner said.
Pennsylvania
Teen, Adult Man Hurt In Memorial Day Shooting: Philadelphia Police
PHILADELPHIA — A teenage girl and an adult man were hurt in a double shooting on Memorial Day in Philadelphia, police said.
The shooting occurred at about 3:35 p.m. Monday on the 6300 block of Horrocks Street.
A 17-year-old girl suffered a bullet graze to her left leg and a 28-year-old man was shot in the right shoulder and the chest, police said.
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They were taken to Jefferson Torresdale Hospital where both are in stable condition.
Police said three people were taken into custody and two firearms were found.
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