01/31/07 5:00am
College senior Bryce LeFort was sentenced to two years of probation yesterday for his involvement in the Oct. 5 attack of College senior Andrew Scharf with a beer bottle.
At a remanded trial hearing, LeFort pled guilty to misdemeanor simple assault and reckless endangerment charges.
Philadelphia lower-court judge Lydia Kirkland approved the sentencing agreement reached between Lefort and Scharf, whose right ear was permanently damaged due to the incident.
01/26/07 5:00am
For Philadelphia, it's nothing less than the royal treatment this weekend.
Prince Charles of Wales and his wife, Camilla Parker Bowles, are coming to the city to attend the Academy of Music's Gala Ball this Saturday, but will also be making stops around the city, including an afternoon trip to University City.
01/25/07 5:00am
For students looking to travel to the Big Apple on a budget, cheap transportation just got a little easier.
The P2P Circulator service, which operates low-cost buses between Philadelphia and New York City, is now available at a newly opened Philadelphia terminal at the intersection of 30th and Market streets.
01/23/07 5:00am
Engineering junior Mari Oishi was shot in the left thigh last January as she walked near the intersection of 38th and Walnut streets - the stray bullet came from a robbery that was occurring down the block.
Partly as a result, President Amy Gutmann pledged an additional $5 million to the Division of Public Safety to create Operation Safe, through which the security presence, technology and lighting were all increased on campus.
01/16/07 5:00am
Dec. 22
At 1:45 p.m. on Dec. 22, Penn Economics professor Rafael Robb had a phone call to make. Ten punches into his cell phone later, he had dialed the non-emergency number of the Upper Merion Police Department.
"I just came home and found my wife murdered on the kitchen floor," he told the police dispatcher.
01/12/07 5:00am
If you haven't tried the foie gras torchon at the Striped Bass or foie gras and fig empanadas at Alma de Cuba, your window of opportunity has just closed.
Stephen Starr, owner of 11 of the city's premiere restaurants, has removed the French delicacy, a fattened duck or goose liver, from his Philadelphia menus due to what he has called "incredible amount of protest.
01/09/07 5:00am
For most Penn students, a $30 meal at Brasserie Perrier is a bargain. But the same price for a meal at local eatery Nan? It just doesn't quite have the same appeal.
Starting this Thursday, 21 West Philadelphia restaurants are offering multi-course menus for $30 or less during the third-annual University City Dining Days.
12/12/06 5:00am
THEFT
Dec. 3 - A victim unaffiliated with the University reported that his driver's side door lock was damaged and various CDs and books were removed from the vehicle. The incident occurred before 11:30 a.m. at the University City Sheraton garage.
Dec. 4 - A student reported that his wallet was stolen from Stiteler Hall at about 6:00 p.
12/07/06 5:00am
A Penn student will face reduced charges of simple assault after allegedly severing part of another student's ear with a beer bottle two months ago.
12/05/06 5:00am
College junior Kathryn Lee left 30th Street Station just before dawn during Thanksgiving break. With the road only lit by street lamps, Lee said she and another female friend remained anxious during the walk back to school.
"We were scared to walk back from the train station, so we debated about getting a cab," Lee said.
12/01/06 5:00am
A Penn employee was the victim of a strong-arm robbery Tuesday evening, and police officials are investigating whether the case is related to either of two recent strings of crime in the area.
12/01/06 5:00am
Trespassing and Conduct
Nov. 24 - Carlton Smith, 28 and unaffiliated with the University, was arrested at about 12:05 a.m. when he allegedly attempted to enter an enclosed unit at the 4040 Baltimore St. Gunther Hall Apartments.
Nov. 24 - Andre Soriven, 32 and unaffiliated with the University, was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct when a student complained that Soriven was disturbing residents of Sansom Place East.
11/28/06 5:00am
Another woman has allegedly been attacked by a man wielding a screwdriver, Penn safety officials say, bringing the total number of West Philadelphia screwdriver robberies to eight.
11/28/06 5:00am
Police believe that one individual may be responsible for a slew of sexual assaults and robberies of women that have recently occurred in the area east of Penn's campus, as well as one outside Franklin Field.
At least four women have reported being sexually assaulted and robbed east of the Schuylkill River since Nov.
11/20/06 5:00am
Public Safety no longer saying when students specifically are the victims of crime in area
11/20/06 5:00am
Chaka Fattah has officially declared his candidacy for Philadelphia mayor, barely two weeks after cruising to re-election to Congress.
Fattah, who is the U.S. representative for Penn's district, announced his intentions Saturday outside the West Philadelphia High School of the Future before a crowd of over 500.
11/15/06 5:00am
Student-driven assault cases are on the rise, but the Division of Public Safety is - for the most part - sticking to its current crime-fighting tactics.
11/13/06 5:00am
Reports of aggravated assault on and around campus are way up from last year, and safety officials blame student-to-student violence.
11/10/06 5:00am
Whether you want to make your own sushi or play out your Antiques Roadshow dreams, head to Old City near the Delaware River this weekend.
The Old City Business Association will offer family-oriented activities, promotions and how-to workshops sponsored by Old City restaurants, galleries and retailers as part of the area's fall festival, from 11 a.
