A Villanova University student was arrested after police found thousands of dollars in cash as well as LSD inside his dorm room, according to investigators.
Investigators say they recovered 37 tablets of LSD, marijuana and $9,000 in cash in a white shoe box inside 18-year-old Justin Yim’s dorm. Yim, a freshman at Villanova, was arrested and charged with distribution and the intent to deliver.
The investigation began Friday night when police responded to a report of an out of control student who assaulted a woman and public safety officers on campus, according to officials. The student, who investigators say is Yim’s roommate and was on LSD, was arrested and then taken to the hospital for treatment.
“Shortly thereafter there was a total of three incidents, including that one, where officers responded along with public safety and found people to be in some type of drug-induced state,” said Radnor Township Police Lieutenant Christopher Flanagan. “Also alcohol was mixed on board with some of the other people. All of those people were transported to the hospital.”
Yim’s roommate, along with another man and a teen girl spent about eight hours in the hospital and were later released. All three are doing okay, police said.
A Villanova spokesperson released a statement on the arrest:
Villanova University takes these matters extremely seriously and is fully cooperating with Radnor Police in its investigation of the incidents. In addition, the University has instituted an internal review and is moving forward quickly and thoroughly. Those found responsible will be held accountable. Villanova holds all of its students to a high standard and has a deep and continuing commitment to achieving an educational community free of substance abuse.
A man died from his injuries following a house fire in Havertown Monday morning.
A fire started at a home on the 500 block of Strathmore Road shortly after 10:15 a.m. When police and firefighters arrived they spotted heavy smoke and fire in the back of the home. The officers tried to enter the home but were driven back by the heavy smoke.
Firefighters then went inside the home and found an elderly man on the first floor. The man was transported to Lankenau Hospital where he was later pronounced dead. Officials have not yet revealed his identity.
The house sustained heavy damage during the fire and was demolished before fire companies left the scene.
Officials continue to investigate the cause.
At least three people were hospitalized after a fire at a Philadelphia apartment complex forced residents to evacuate.
The fire started at an apartment complex on the 5700 block of Wissahickon Avenue Monday night. At least 40 units inside the building were evacuated. Three people, including a 70-year-old man, were taken to the hospital after suffering smoke inhalation.
Firefighters were eventually able to bring the blaze under control. Officials continue to investigate the cause.
The Coast Guard says a fuel pipe may have burst when a barge collapsed near New York Harbor in Jersey City, resulting in a fuel spill there Monday morning.
"We woke up this morning and there was just tons of oil, it was disgusting," said boat owner Rich Collins.
Pockets of fuel were still visible Monday in the water around the marina at Morris Canal, a small inlet in Jersey City that shoots off the Hudson River and New York Harbor. The dock connected to the barge had completely broken off, and some of it wound up across the canal and ran into boats at Liberty Landing Marina.
The barge owner, who didn't want to speak on camera, said the collapse was linked to the frigid temperature and ice in the water. But he said there was no indication that the broken barge leaked any fuel at all.
He told NBC 4 New York off camera that he thinks the culprit could be somebody dumping old diesel in the marina, too cheap to pay to dispose of it properly.
The Coast Guard is investigating the spill as Kens Marine Services cleans up the diesel fuel.
Collins said he alerted the Coast Guard hours before fuel began leaking into the water Sunday night.
"I'm just annoyed this was allowed to happen, we've made a lot of progress with the Hudson River over the last decade with pollution, and now this basically was allowed to happen, it's really disgraceful."
Should there be mandates on vaccination?
The topic of public health mandates was part of the Franklin Institute’s Monday Night speaker series "Vaccines: to Mandate Or Not?"
The event featuring immunology expert Dr. Paul Offit, chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases and the director of the Vaccine Education Center at CHOP, focused on the controversial topic of vaccination.
“Vaccines have saved millions of lives around the world, but how do we consider their benefits in the context of our personal, community, and global values?” asked the Franklin Institute in its promotion for the event. “Do mandates cross the line, or are they necessary for public health?”
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The pope is using his visit to Mexico to address the pervasive violence in the country.
Of the 20,000 people who will occupy seats in the first of four designated zones during Wednesday's papal Mass in Ciudad Juárez, the majority will be the families of victims of violence, mothers of missing girls, those who are impoverished, and members of Mexico's indigenous community. The open-air mass will be held at a fairgrounds with a capacity of 220,000 people.
Priest Alejandro Martinez Gallegos, the coordinator of ticketing for the event, said that the bishop of Juárez and others within the church there developed a criterion to determine the best distribution of tickets.
"Our first criteria was to serve people that were more vulnerable, extremely impoverished, and people that were suffering the most," Gallegos said, referring to the rash of violence that has occurred in Juárez in years past.
Temple University alerted students after gunfire rang out near campus overnight.
“Shots fired in the vicinity of Cecil B Moore and 11th Streets. Window shattered on the south side of View Apartments. No Injuries. Police have responded,” read the TUalert message sent out around 1:35 a.m. Tuesday.
The apartments where the gunfire occurred sit about one block from the eastern side of the North Philadelphia campus, across the street from Columbia Field.
No word yet on the circumstances behind the shooting and no word on any arrests.
Downed wires caused by a PennDOT truck blocked both directions of one of Chester County’s busiest roads for more than an hour during a wet Tuesday morning commute.
Wires wound up across U.S. Route 202 near Swedesford Road in Malvern, Pennsylvania shortly after 6 a.m. causing traffic to back up back to S Morehall Road (Route 29). The downed wires aren't far from Penn State's Great Valley campus that was set to open at 10 a.m. and the Vanguard campus.
Motorists were urged to avoid the area if at all possible. U.S. Route 30 served as an alternate route until the roadway was cleared around 7:10 a.m.
PECO reported around 600 customers in the area without power as of 7 a.m.
A PennDOT truck struck the line causing the traffic troubles, said county officials.
No one was hurt.
People who served their time in Pennsylvania and have spent years crime free can now petition to get a clean slate.
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf signed a bill Tuesday morning that allows individuals who have served their punishment for nonviolent third- and second-degree misdemeanors and avoided arrest or prosecution for seven to 10 years to petition the court to get their record expunged.
"This legislation proposes that the commonwealth join a growing number of states that have expanded their expungement laws to reduce the period during which a minor criminal record can punish people," said a news release from the Wolf Administration. "This legislation would benefit not just former offenders, but Pennsylvania as a whole, by countering high rates of recidivism, relieving an overburdened pardon system, and providing an opportunity for ex-offenders to join our workforce."
A masked gunman opened fire on two men in Center City Philadelphia overnight, leaving one man critically wounded.
Police said gunfire rang out at 15th and Locust streets about 12:55 a.m. as two men stood on the corner together. One of the men, a 38-year-old, was wounded once through his arm. Police said he was taken to Hahnemann University Hospital and immediately went into emergency surgery. He remained there in critical condition Tuesday morning.
The second man on the corner, a 50-year-old, was not wounded.
Police said the victims did not recognize the gunman. Police described him as a 5-foot-8 to 6-foot man with a medium build. He wore a black coat, black pants, a black mask over his face at the time of the shooting. He was last seen heading east on Manning Street from 15th, according to police.
Police have not released a motive in the shooting. Tipsters should contact Central Detectives at 215-686-3093.
Firefighters jumped into an icy Delaware creek after a woman’s car flipped upside down through the ice.
The dramatic rescue played out along Snuff Mill Road near Creek Road in Yorklyn, New Castle County Tuesday morning around 7:30.
Firefighters from Hockessin Fire Company 19 jumped into the water without wet suits to free the woman from the upside car, reported WDEL.
The firefighters were treated at the scene while medics rushed the woman to Christiana Hospital with undisclosed injuries.
No word yet on what caused the woman to lose control of her car but roads in the area were icy at the time.
