Three people were injured after a shooting in the Kensington section of the city this afternoon.

Police were called to North Front and West Allegheny Avenue around 12:30 p.m. Police say someone pulled up in a car and opened fire. At least two cars were riddled with bullets.

All three victims were taken to Temple University Hospital. One person is in critical condition and two others are in stable condition.

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A 7-year-old boy is in critical condition after nearly drowning inside a pool in the Cobbs Creek section of Philadelphia this afternoon.

Police found the boy at the bottom, deep end of the pool at the Cobbs Creek Recreation Center located at 50 South 63rd Street around 12:30 p.m. Investigators say the child was with a camp that was using the pool.

The child was taken to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

The pool is about 5 feet deep. A child must be 45 inches or taller to enter and must be accompanied by an adult, according to pool regulations.

There were four lifeguards on duty during the time of the accident, according to investigators.

“There is one counselor that is with the group then you have lifeguards who oversee the pool. Obviously when you’re making three separate dumps of children with this weather condition, I mean it’s difficult when you have heat as oppressive as we had it today and it’s an unfortunate situation,” said Philadelphia Police Lt. John Walker.

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Philadelphia Police are investigating a deadly afternoon shooting in West Philadelphia.

Investigators say a man was shot and killed around 3:30 p.m. on the 100 block of North 53rd Street.

It's been a violent 24 hours in Philadelphia. Earlier this afternoon, three people were shot in Kensington. Police say someone drove up to North Front and West Allegheny Avenue and opened fire around 12:30 p.m. One of those shooting victims is in critical condition.

Three separate shootings are also under investigation from the overnight hours. One man was shot and killed at Germantown Avenue and Wister Street.

A teenager was critically injured after being shot at North 2nd Street and W. Champlost Avenue in Olney, and a third victim was shot at a gas station at Wyoming Avenue and Roosevelt Boulevard in Feltonville. That man is in stable condition.

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Accident investigators with the Philadelphia Police Department used surveillance video as evidence to help bring charges against two drivers in this week's deadly accident on the Roosevelt Boulevard.

The video, from a nearby business, shows a car hitting Samara Banks, 28, and her children as they walked across the busy highway late Tuesday night.

We have edited a version of the video that does not show the impact, but does show the moments after the deadly accident, when the same car that hit Banks and her family, also hit a street sign.

Banks and three of her four boys died. They were 7 months old, 23 months old and 4 years old. Her 5-year-son survived with bumps and bruises.

Witnesses told police the car that hit and killed the family appeared to be racing down the Boulevard, through the Feltonville neighborhood. The said the Audi was street racing with another car, a white Honda.

The drivers of both cars were arrested and charged on Wednesday with vehicular homicide and third degree murder.

Police say Khusen Akmedov, 23, was behind the wheel of the Audi and Ahmed Holloman, 30, was driving the Honda.

The video also shows the white Honda stopping almost immediately. The driver gets out and walks over to the scene. Friends of Holloman defended him today, claiming he was not street racing and that he not only stopped at the accident scene, they say he called 911.

A check of court records reveals that Akmedov has a history of speeding violations and is facing trial on federal charges in a Medicare fraud case.

Two people have been charged with animal cruelty after two pit bulls were left out in the sun resulting in the death of one.

NJ.com reports that the owner Juanita White, 48, and Davina Kearney, 30, were charged with failure to provide proper shelter, failure to provide proper water, procuring the death of the dogs and were released on their own recognizance.

Monmouth County SPCA says the dogs were left out in the sun with no water or shade.

“[The dogs] tried to save themselves by digging holes in the ground over a foot and a half deep to get out of the sun,” Monmouth County SPCA Chief Victor Amato told the paper.

One of the dogs jumped a chain link fence to reach shade in a neighbor’s yard and hung himself, according to Amato.

Don't forget, it's your job to keep your pets safe as the temperatures rise. Here's some helpful tips to help you:

•    If your pet spends time outside or in the yard, make sure they have some shade to get out of the sun and make sure they have lots of fresh clear water shaded from the direct sun. Water bowls sitting in the sun can get very hot creating a scalding bowl of water.

•    Never leave a pet in a car alone, even with the windows down a crack or the air conditioner running.  Even on cooler days, a car can become a furnace very quickly.

•    Consider getting an inexpensive plastic kiddie pool for your dog to cool down in post- outdoor exercise. Some dogs also like to play in sprinklers.

•    If you have a swimming pool, do not leave your dog unattended in the pool area. Not all dogs can swim -- they can drown if they fall into the water. They can also get sick from drinking chlorinated pool water.


 

A firefighter was injured while battling a 3-alarm fire at a home in Cheltenham.

The fire broke out shortly before 1:30 p.m. at a home located at 12th and Ansley Road. Investigators say the firefighter suffered heat-related injuries.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

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City health officials say a Philadelphia man has died due to this week’s extreme heat. It marks the first heat-related death of the summer on the hottest day of the year.

Police found the body of a 57-year-old man inside his West Oak Lane home Thursday morning.

Authorities say the man died from Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease and heat exposure. The man had an air conditioner inside his home but it was not operating. The victim’s identity has not been released.

On Thursday, temperatures reached 98 degrees just short of last year's record of 100. It also marked the longest persisting heat wave of the year with temperatures soaring into the 90s for the last four days.

The brutal heat also took a toll on roofers working in Delaware County. Three roofers working on the roof of the Chichester Middle School on Meeting House Road were hospitalized after suffering from heat exhaustion. A fourth roofer was treated at the scene, according to officials.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) says they are investigating the incident.

“Today’s incident is a reminder that extreme heat can have extreme consequences (heat stress, dehydration, heat stroke, death) for those who work outdoors, like construction and agricultural workers,” according to Deputy Regional Director Joanna Hawkins. “It is crucial that we spread the word about the importance of heat safety to employers and employees across the greater Philadelphia area, as the temperature tomorrow is expected to reach nearly 100 degrees.”

OSHA says anyone working outdoors should do the following:

•    Drink water every 15 minutes, even if you're not thirsty.
•    Rest in the shade to cool down.
•    Wear a hat and light-colored clothing.
•    Learn the signs of heat illness and what to do in an emergency.
•    Keep an eye on fellow workers.


 

Surveillance video from a SEPTA bus captures the moment of collapse, when a building under demolition crumbled on top of the Salvation Army thrift store at 22nd and Market Street in Center City.

Two employees and four customers were killed during the  June 5th collapse.

In the upper right hand corner of the video, you can see the collapse followed by plumes of smoke pouring into the street. Several people run away, but then stop in the street to look at what happened.

Thirteen people were rescued from the rubble of the collapse.

As we get this first look at video of the collapse, city officials are in the middle of  a third public hearing into the deadly collapse. City Council hoped to question Licenses & Inspections and officials with the Philadelphia Fire Department, but they've declined to testify with the investigation still ongoing.

Kary R. Roberts, also known as Sean Benschop, is the only person charged in connection with the collapse. Investigators with the District Attorney's Office says Roberts was impaired by marijuana and painkillers while operating heavy equipment.

Roberts is charged with six counts of involuntary manslaughter and 13 counts of reckless endangerment. A grand jury will decide if anyone else should face charges.

A Philadelphia Licenses & Inspections worker, responsible for inspecting the building that collapsed, committed suicide one week after the deadly collapse.

In a final recorded message, 52-year-old Ronald Wagenhoffer says he couldn't sleep. He admitted he never truly inspected an adjacent work site after a citizen complained about safety concerns, although he reported there were no violations found.

"When I saw it was too late. I should have parked my truck and went over there but I didn't. I'm sorry," Wagenhoffer said in the message.

Conflict between City Council's special investigative committee and members of the Nutter administration continued as representatives from two City departments failed to appear at the third of five special hearings looking into the deadly Center City building collapse on 22nd and Market last month.

According to Councilman Curtis Jones, Jr.'s office, representatives from the Fire Department and the chair of the Department of Licenses and Inspections committee Maria Quinones-Sanchez were originally scheduled to appear at today's hearings but were not in attendance. Written testimony was however submitted on behalf of both departments.

Jones said City officials' neglect will not prevent the committee from reaching its goal of determing ways the City can improve its licensing and demolition policies.

"This is a point of frustration but not a point that will deter us from accomplishing the best possible safety methods for the citizens of Philadelphia," Jones said in opening remarks at the hearing.

The investigative committee made up of five council members and led by Jones does have the right to subpeona witnesses to appear. Jones' office declined to coment as to why they have not yet used that power to get City officials to testify.

Today's hearing began with a case study of the hypothetical demolition of the Third Regiment Armory Building at 1221 South Broad street. The study was presented by Robert Brehm from Drexel University's Engineering Management Program and demolition industry expert Alvin Davis who offered advice as to how buildings such as the Armory should be properly demolished.

The Armory building and the Market Street building that collapsed share several similarities pointed out in the presentation including the fact that both buildings were attached to retail stores with a shared wall, and both are surrounded by residential units, vehicular traffic, street parking and sidewalks used by pedestrians.

"We hope to look at this case study to see how can we take best practices and gain some insight from Drexel and other experts to figure out what we should incorporate into City policy. There are hundreds, if not thousands of potential catastrophes that this process may well avoid," Jones said.

During the presentation, Jones posed several hypothetical questions to the department of licenses and inspections to highlight the significane of their absence.

"If L&I were here, which they are not, we would ask how would they calculate the permit that it would take to demolish this building. If L&I were here, we would ask how did they determine that this building was eminently dangerous. If L&I were here, we would ask is the traffic on Broad street -- how does it compare to the traffic on Market street and how would impact their recommedation on how that building would be demolished. Without those actual questions being answered by them, we'll have to turn to our panel of other witnesses," he said.

Three City employees, Acting Commissioner of the Streets Department David Perri, Commissioner of the Water Department Howard Neukrug, and Deputy Commissioner of the Revenue Department Frank Breslin did appear at the hearing and provided testimony.

Six people died and 13 were injured when a four-story building under demolition collapsed onto the Salvation Army Thrift Store in Center City on June 5.

The next hearing is scheduled for August 1 and will focus on the best practices of other municipalities. Jones says a short portion of the hearing will be open for public comment.

A child was hit tonight along Roosevelt Boulevard in the Lawncrest section of the city.

Skyforce10 flew over the scene, as police investigated the accident at Roosevelt Boulevard near Garland Street.

Police say the child was taken to St. Christopher's Hospital with serious injuries.

Two southbound lanes of Roosevelt Boulevard are shut down, as of 6:15 p.m.

This is just over a mile from where a mother and her three sons were killed while crossing the street at North 2nd Street and East Roosevelt Boulevard in Feltonville. One child survived the accident, that investigators say involved two men who were street racing.

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On a day like today, when extreme heat is expected to cause delays on several of SEPTA’s service routes, conversations with customers tend to get a little hectic. When they do, the staff of SEPTA’s social team is on the front lines of 140 character customer service, ready to respond.

"People get upset, and rightfully so sometimes, and this is an outlet for people to ram and just let off steam," assistant general manager for customer service Kim Scott Heinle said.

"As part of our overall commitment to customer service, we realized that with social media becoming more and more vital to our riders and our demographic, we needed to be able to reach out to them through different channels. We felt that creating a Twitter presence seemed to be the best way to go about that.”

SEPTA Social is a customer service initiative that uses social media to address riders’ concerns. The initiative began on Facebook in 2011 and expanded to Twitter earlier this year.

Today, riders took to Twitter with complaints about lack of air conditioning on certain buses and trains.

Twitter user @itanyeri tweeted, “@SEPTA commuters pay so much money every month! To get what? bus with no functioning  #airconditioning? Shame on you @SEPTA!”

Another user @terilyns68 tweeted, “omg we have no air on this train!!"

James Siler is one of five customer service gurus who respond to these kinds of tweets on the @SEPTA_SOCIAL Twitter account and inquiries on SEPTA’s Facebook page. The team responds directly to customers’ comments, concerns and questions from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on weekdays and from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekends.

Despite customer complaints, Siler says he enjoys engaging with customers on Twitter.

“They’re not all that bad. I actually think being on the phone is worse in a way. As far as bad attitudes, well there’s a new one every week. We had one the day before yesterday; a woman was very displeased with a detour and she was just bombarding us with tweets. But we stayed calm, we looked into the issue and we took care of it,” he said.

“I think it’s good though because, number one, it gives riders insight into how things work. If you don’t know how the system works and what goes on behind the scenes, and the issues that go on, you just assume it should be how it is listed on the schedule with no deviations. With the extreme heat we have potential for delays, so it’s good to educate people on what affects our delays. To my surprise, people are very receptive to that and they just want to know what’s going on.”

Since January, the @SEPTA_SOCIAL account has drawn more than 2,000 followers and is gaining about 50 to 75 new followers per week. To date, the social team has sent out nearly 12,000 tweets.

Siler says responding to inquiries on the fly can be challenging.

“It definitely keeps me on my toes. It’s instantaneous; the tweets come in, the Facebook questions come in and the challenge is always answering it as quickly as possible. And sometimes it’s a lot of information so we really have to scramble to get the right information to the riders as quick as possible,” he said.

Aside from the challenge of having to respond to inquiries quickly, SEPTA’s social team also has the added task of responding in less than 140 characters as Twitter requires. Heinle said younger guys on the team like Siler are much better at it than he is.

“Very early on, when I was crafting tweets, I was rambling on too much. But the three guys that we selected are really good at that. We sat down and discussed it as a team and I let them know that I wanted it to be -- not like a traditional customer service -- it’s a lot more spontaneous, a lot more casual, but still professional and sometimes snarky when needed,” Heinle, pictured on the right, said.

“It can be difficult at times. We try to make it as grammatically presentable as possible but we will sometimes have to substitute the number 2 for the letters t-w-o and sometimes we even Google abbreviations to make it fit,” Siler said.

SEPTA also has a channel on YouTube and Heinle says discussions about expanding the social initiative are underway.

“We're starting to look at Instagram for presence, but we do have a YouTube channel that we're trying to develop more and we're constantly looking for new channels to communicate with our riders.”

Privacy experts say a court ruling in New Jersey this week on cellphone tracking could resonate beyond the state's borders.

In a unanimous ruling published Thursday stemming from a 2006 burglary case, the state's Supreme Court directed that beginning in 30 days, all law enforcement officers must get a search warrant based on probable cause if they want access to cellphone locating data. Since 2010, police have had to satisfy a lower standard of demonstrating there are “reasonable grounds” to believe the information would be relevant to an investigation.

An attorney for the California-based privacy advocacy group Electronic Frontier Foundation said it's the first time a state supreme court has ruled on that specific issue. Federal courts have split on whether cellphone users have the right to privacy in public places, but several cases are pending in federal appeals courts as well as in other state courts, according to Hanni Fakhoury.

“The ruling definitely is not binding in any state outside New Jersey, but it's persuasive,” Fakhoury said Friday. “As a litigator I would tell a court, ‘Look, New Jersey did it and here are the reasons for that ruling and you should adopt this.’”

Nathan Wessler, an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union's speech, privacy and technology project, said courts addressing the issue in the future “may well look to the New Jersey opinion as one source of authority on this issue.”

“Momentum in the states is toward greater protection of the privacy of our location information,” he said. “Other state legislatures have considered or are now considering the issue, and we expect more states to soon require police to get a warrant before gathering private information about people's location and movements.”

According to Wessler and Fakhoury, Maine and Montana are the only states where legislatures have passed laws requiring warrants.

Writing for the court Thursday, Chief Justice Stuart Rabner noted that federal courts have been divided over the issue. In some other areas, he wrote, New Jersey's constitution goes farther than the Fourth Amendment in protecting citizens from unreasonable search and seizure _ particularly in previous cases involving Internet usage, bank records and hotel telephone records.

“When people make disclosures to phone companies and other providers to use their services, they are not promoting the release of personal information to others. Instead, they can reasonably expect that their personal information will remain private,” Rabner wrote. “For those reasons, we have departed from federal case law that takes a different approach.”

In the 2006 case, police tracked Robert Earls to a motel on Route 9 in Howell using information provided by T-Mobile about the location of a cellphone believed to be in his possession. When he opened the door to his room, police saw items they believed had been stolen and arrested him. He eventually pleaded guilty to burglary and theft.

The new warrant rule applies only to Earls' case and future cases and won't be applied retroactively. The state attorney general's office has trained county law enforcement personnel to obtain warrants for GPS-based location data since 2006, and warrants were obtained in about 85 percent of 600 cases involving cellphone location data for a six-month period last year, according to Thursday's ruling.

The attorney general's office said Thursday it will comply with the ruling.

Robert Laurino, Essex County's first assistant prosecutor, said the county already requires warrants for cellphone tracking data and that the ruling will have minimal effect.

 

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Haddon Township Police are looking for a man who assaulted a cashier during a robbery at an adult bookstore.

Investigators say the suspect, driving a red Toyota Matrix or Prius, pulled up to the Edward’s News Agency on Route 130 and exited the passenger side. Police say the man entered the store and asked the cashier if he could have change for a $50 bill.

In surveillance video released by police, you can see the man pace back-and-forth in front of the store counter. After the cashier finishes counting the change, the suspect extends his hand and appears to offer the man a handshake. Instead the man jumps over the counter and starts punching the cashier in the head and biting him on the arm. The cashier fought back striking the suspect several times in the head.

The suspect then ran from the store to the awaiting car. Police say he stole about $48.

Investigators say the suspect is in his late 30’s or early 40’s and has several tattoos.

If you have any information in the case you are asked to contact Haddon Township Police at 856-854-1176.


 

One of the men admittedly involved in the 2009 double murder that rocked a popular Philadelphia neighborhood will spend the next 20 to 40 years behind bars.

Caesar Holloway, the alleged getaway driver in the murder of two people inside an apartment at the Piazza at Schmidt's, pleaded guilty in May to third-degree murder and robbery, according to court records.

Holloway, now 37, apologized to the mother of victm Rian Thal before learning his fate.

He was the last of eight people arrested in the deaths of Rian Thal and Timothy Gilmore back in June of 2009. Thal, 34, a popular party planner, and her friend, Gilmore, 40, were shot to death during a botched drug-related robbery attempt in Thal's apartment.

The last seconds of the victims' lives were caught on surveillance elevator when they got off the elevator at the Navona, right before they were ambushed.

Police found four kilos of cocaine and $100,000 inside Thal's apartment.

One of the admitted triggerman in the killings, Donnell Murchison, is serving life in prison without the chance for parole, as are other trigermen Anotino Wright and Edward Daniels. While others convicted in the case are serving various sentences.

The mother of a 10-year-old girl whose fight to obtain a lung transplant resulted in a court ruling in her favor says her daughter is doing well.

Sarah Murnaghan's mother, Janet, wrote on Facebook Friday that she underwent her first Trach change, had her last chest tube removed and was moved back to a traditional ventilator.

"Sarah's feeling such pride in her accomplishments this afternoon," Janet wrote. "She did a dance in bed over that."

On July 12, Sarah underwent surgery for a tracheostomy. Janet wrote that she was relieved the procedure was over and it was a joy to see her daughter's face sans tubes and tape.

Murnaghan says the procedure created an opening into Sarah's windpipe that she can breathe through.

Officials at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, where Sarah is being treated, have declined to comment on her case.

The Newtown Square girl, who has end-stage cystic fibrosis, received a pair of adult-lung transplant after a federal judge ruled in favor of her parents' lawsuit challenging national rules regarding organ donations.

"Our heads are spinning, definitely not slow and steady today, just improving left and right," wrote Janet on Friday. "I am so proud of her! We are told a move out of Cardiac Intensive Care Unit is in our near future, now that will be a victory. Stay tuned."

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A Philadelphia judge has ruled in favor of a local Hebrew Israelite group whose protests in front of the shops at Liberty Place in Center City, Philadelphia, prompted shop owners to sue.

Members of the Israelite School of Universal Practical Knowledge (ISUPK) have conducted weekly protests outside of the shops at Liberty Place in Center City. The group is based in Upper Darby and part of the Black Hebrew Israelites, a religious movement which believes African Americans are descendants of the Twelve Tribes of Israel.

The group has been labeled as “extremist” and “black supremacists” by several organizations, including civil rights group Southern Poverty Law Center.

Israelite member John Lightbourne, who goes by his group name and title "General Yahanna," is the head of the ISUPK. He describes their Center City protests as “shock treatment” designed to stir people into action. The protests, which group members record and post on their school website as well as YouTube, feature members shouting statements such as, “the white man is the Devil.” General Yahanna says the demonstrations are within their first amendment rights.

Shop owners at Liberty Place say they’ve heard enough however. Their lawyers appeared in court, arguing that the group is trespassing and making their private space unusable and impossible to rent. They also say the group’s offensive language frightens customers.

“They preach about how they hate white people and how they hate gays,” said attorney Jason Gosselin. “They’re calling women whores. Really hostile language that makes people feel intimidated and fearful. That’s not protected by the first amendment.”

“We don’t hate white people,” said Commander General Yahanna. “But God hates white people.”

Yahanna says members of his group have never physically harmed anyone at the demonstrations.

“You white people can rest assured,” he said. “We’re not gonna riot. We’re not gonna burn down your cities. What we are going to do though, is fix black and Hispanic people.”

Judge Ellen Ceisler rejected the argument by shop owners. In the ruling, she said that peaceful protests conducted in a peaceful and legal manner are lawful, regardless of their impact on a business.

"The Black Israelites speech is on public issues," Ceisler said. "It is protected by the highest laws."

She added that "people annoyed or security costs" are not legitimate reasons to stop the free speech of a controversial group.

Gosselin argued that the group is trespassing the building's property, standing and shouting anti-gay and anti-white speech. Gosselin said there are "no cases that say you can trespass on private property unless you're exercising First Amendment rights. The First Amendment is not a defense to trespass."

Attorney James Funt, representing the ISUPK, said in its 30 years of existence, the group has no arrests, maintaining that the rallies may involve offensive dialogue, but have remained peaceful and remain protected under Free Speech.

Gosselin showed videos of rallies held in New York City's Times Square, where group members berate a white passerby attempting to walk directly through the Israelites. But Ceisler said the speech was not directed individually and could not hold strong evidence of a hostile environment.

Other important Free Speech cases were used as precedence, including Snyder v. Phelps, where members of the Westboro Baptist Church, known for its "God Hates Fags" slogan, were allowed to protest a soldier's funeral.

Despite Gosselin's argument that the rallies create a tense atmosphere around the popular shops, no economic changes were reported. Businesses have not lost money because of the protests.

"I empathize with Liberty Place, and with the diminished ambiance of Liberty Place," said Ceisler, "but that's the price we pay for Free Speech. If a Neo-Nazi protested in front of my synagogue on Yom Kippur, they would not be arrested."

Yahanna hailed the ruling as a victory for African Americans, Hispanics and native Americans, whom he describes as "the Lord's People."

"The judge was absolutely fair," Yahanna said "This means black people will not die silent."

When asked about the group's inflammatory speech he replied, "We use these words to bring attention to us. The First Amendment was written for words not liked."

Yahanna said that other rally groups such as the KKK are allowed to use their Freedom of Speech without backlash from police, but believes his group is targeted because "'it's black men with braids and boots."

The Israelties plan to return to 16th and Chestnut Streets next Friday at 1 pm.

Judge Ceisler reminded them that they cannot put people at risk, violate laws or block the sidewalk.

Officials are investigating the suspicious death of a baby found inside the bedroom of a Bucks County home.

Investigators say a woman was visiting a friend on the 200 block of Lakeside in Tullytown on Wednesday around 11 a.m. when she noticed a smell coming from a bedroom. When she walked in, police say she found the remains of a newborn inside a black trash bag. 

The woman contacted police who took the child’s mother in for questioning. According to court documents, the mother told police she didn’t realize she was pregnant until she gave birth to the child. She allegedly told police she thought the baby was stillborn and placed the child in the bag.

The coroner is currently performing an autopsy on the child to determine the exact cause of death.

Investigators say the results won’t be revealed until Monday. No charges have been filed yet as police continue to investigate.

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In response to requests from NBC10 and other Philadelphia media, Mayor Michael Nutter today released more than 30 documents related to the deadly Center City building collapse that occurred on June 5 at 22nd and Market Streets, killing six people and injuring 13.

The documents show a Philadelphia demolition contractor racked up several violations at the site where a wall collapsed onto an adjacent store, killing six people.

Demolition subcontractor Sean Benschop is charged with involuntary manslaughter for allegedly operating heavy equipment while impaired.

The documents show that contractor Griffin Campbell had been cited for starting interior demolition before informing the city, and for having asbestos-laden material in a dumpster.

Campbell allegedly told the inspector someone had discarded the material into his truck.

The records show that asbestos has since been found at the site, despite a pre-demolition pledge the buildings were asbestos free.

Campbell's lawyer did not immediately return a message Friday.

The documents, which include permits, violation notices, service requests, and other files from the Department of Licenses & Inspections and the Department of Health, as well as emails to and from City officials, are now available on the City's web site and were released in accordance with Pennsylvania's Right to Know Law.

In a press release, City Solicitor Shelley R. Smith said, "The collapse of the building at 22nd and Market was the kind of tragedy that should never recur. Given its magnitude, we of course recognize the public interest in documents pertaining to the events leading up to the collapse, but our responsibility to the citizens always requires that we balance the demand for information with the need to protect the integrity of critical investigations."

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A man and his friend were sentenced on Friday in the home invasion of his own grandmother.

On March 3, around 10:30 a.m., Gregory Drobish, 27, along with his friend, Christopher Brunkel, 31, drove to the home of Drobish's grandmother on the 2800 block of Unruh Avenue in Mayfair. Brunkel knocked on the door, forced his way inside and threatened to harm the 94-year-old woman with something that looked like a syringe.

"This male pushed her inside, assaulted her by punching her and secured her with duct tape," said Lieutenant Michael Gross.

Brunkel stole jewelry, valuables and the victim's purse while her grandson waited in the car. The two then fled the scene.

The victim was taken to Torresdale Hospital where she was treated for facial injuries. Police also say her medical alert necklace was torn off during the attack. She was treated and later released.

Investigators say the victim's family called police after hearing she was attacked, suspecting that Drobish was involved. Detectives say he's borrowed money from her in the past and never paid it back.

Investigators later arrested Drobish and Brunkel at a home on the 3200 block of Tyson Avenue. Police also served a search warrant at that home where they say they found the stolen items. While they were in custody, police say the two men implicated each other in the crime. Both men lived in Northeast Philadelphia and had a history of drug arrests.

On Friday, Drobish was sentenced to three and a half to seven years in prison while Brunkel was sentenced to 13 to 26 years.