March 29April 5, 2001 city beat No Ordinary Joe Lt. Joe DiLacqua had a history of obstructing DUI investigations. So why did Timoney promote him? by Noel Weyrich The bad lieutenant? Critics want to know why the police department has…
March 18, 2001 city beat Morleys Complaint John H. Morley Jr. The loosest cannon in South Philly politics opens fire against one of the nations top election law experts. He just might have a case. by Noel Weyrich Although election…
February 18, 2001 city beat Beating the Odds? Police Commissioner John Timoney usually discards the Police Advisory Commissions advice. Will he do it again in the on-going saga of ex-cop Christopher DiPasquale? by Noel Weyrich Having formally accused three police…
January 1825, 2001 city beat Expunge Worthy? Pistol packing problems: Just because a judge orders records sealed doesnt mean the cops are in the dark. photo: Dexter Wuest Much to the chagrin of would-be gun owners, police maintain the right…
December 30, 1999January 6, 2000 city beat Deadly Farce A bungled traffic stop, a hail of police bullets, a young life torn apart. by Noel Weyrich It was a cold, dark October night in North Philly, and 20-year-old Dwayne Campbell…
September 28October 5, 2000 city beat Fencing Operation Iron supplement: Which of Spring Garden CDCs invisible benefactors paid for this new garden fence? photo: Jay Matsueda Spring Gardens newest mystery gift-wraps a garden in wrought iron. by Noel Weyrich The…
September 714, 2000 city beat Towing A New Line How Street rewrote the rules on abandoned cars. by Noel Weyrich Three months after completing a Herculean 40-day towing program that earned the city a certain measure of dubious national notoriety,…
August 1017, 2000 city beat Arrested Developments Drop Em: Lynne Abraham, with Commissioner Timoney at her side, announces Monday that gun charges against Jones have been dropped. photo: Noel Weyrich Why the Jones beating probably wont draw criminal charges or…
August 310, 2000 cover story The Dominican Connection, Part Two: Shafted, page 3 Four angry narcotics agents are suing to prove that Uncle Sam is the ultimate pusher man. by Noel Weyrich page 1 | page 2 | page 3…
August 310, 2000 cover story The Dominican Connection, Part Two: Shafted, page 2 Michael P. Stiles, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, said in a deposition that the charges in BNIs lawsuit are “preposterous.” photo: Shoshanna Wiesner Four…
