A 7-foot gray seal eluded an attempt to net it and splashed back into the Delaware River, where sightings have been occurring since Saturday. Bob Schoelkopf, director of the Marine Mammal Stranding Center, in Brigantine, attempted to throw a net over the 300-pound male seal Tuesday in an area of woods and marshes in suburban Philadelphia, about 50 miles upriver from where the river becomes salty. Schoelkopf said he had to release the net before the seal dragged it and Schoelkopf into the river. He said the animal was “very strong,” with “not a very good disposition.” “He doesn’t like […]

David Pellicott, a resident of 3rd Street near Monroe, was arrested by undercover narcotics cops who had been informed that Pellicott was selling 10 pounds of hydroponic weed for $50,000, according to officials from the Montgomery County District Attorney’s office. Cops searched Pellicott’s Queen Village apartment and recovered $247,450. Officials said the pot Pellicott sold was grown in Canada and contained an especially potent mix of tetrahydrocannabinol — THC — producing a powerful hallucinogenic effect. DAILY NEWS: Reportedly It Made Side Four Of Physical Graffiti Sound Fucking Awesome!

Comedian Bill Cosby took to the streets of his native Philadelphia yesterday to rally residents against gun violence, and delivered a defiant challenge to those who believe the solution would be heaven-sent. “Stop waiting for Jesus to come,” he told a crowd of about 300 people from the steps of Bible Way Baptist Church at 52d and Master Streets, and urged the adults to be better parents and guides to children. “The revolution is in your neighborhood . . . in your streets . . . in your apartment . . . in your mind,” he said, telling parents to […]

The mother of a little boy whose 1994 murder was so unremarkable that his anonymous corpse lay unclaimed in the Philadelphia morgue for more than a decade pleaded guilty today in his death and agreed to testify against her husband, who she says battered the boy to death. Alicia Willis Robinson, 34, who gave birth to the child who forever will be known as Boy in the Bag, pleaded guilty to a charge of hindering apprehension in exchange for an agreement to serve five years in prison. As part of the plea deal, she will testify against Lawrence Robinson, 38, […]