
Kristen Johanson
Reporter and Host at KYW-AM (Philadelphia, PA)
@KYWNewsradio Crime & Justice Reporter & ‘Gone Cold KYW’ [email protected]
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2 days ago |
audacy.com | Kristen Johanson
PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) - Philadelphia police have arrested a teenage suspect they said stole a car and sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl who was sleeping in the back seat. The suspect was arrested at his West Philadelphia home Thursday morning. He is 17 years old, so detectives are not releasing his name. The incident happened on May 30 in North Philadelphia's Hunting Park neighborhood, near Germantown and Erie avenues.
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5 days ago |
audacy.com | Kristen Johanson
PHILADLEPHIA (KYW Newsradio) - Authorities said they have recovered the car at the center of a abduction and rape of a 12-year-old girl in North Philadelphia over the weekend. Police said the white Ford Taurus was found at 54th and Poplar streets in West Philadelphia. According to investigators, the girl had been asleep in the backseat Friday night when her mother had left the car running with keys in the ignition. They said a man took the car and drove off, and at some point, the girl woke up.
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5 days ago |
audacy.com | Kristen Johanson
PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) - Detectives are trying to identify seven alleged robbers who attacked a 20-year-old man and stole his belongings last week near Temple University in North Philadelphia. It happened around 6 p.m. on May 26 near Broad Street and Susquehanna Avenue. Police said the suspects jumped the victim from behind, then punched and kicked him. The victim eventually fell to the ground, and that's when the group swiped his bag, which contained his IDs and credit and debit cards.
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5 days ago |
audacy.com | Kristen Johanson
PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) - A man was fatally shot in the stomach in Center City overnight, police said. It happened on Camac Street, near Locust Street, around 2:30 a.m. Monday, in the Gayborhood section of the city. Police believe an argument between two people who knew each other led to the shooting. The 31-year-old victim was declared dead at the hospital a few hours later. Officials have not yet released his name. Detectives are trying to piece together what happened.
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1 week ago |
audacy.com | Kristen Johanson
PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) - A repeat sex offender from Philadelphia has been sentenced to up to three decades in prison for possessing child sexual abuse material. While awaiting a sex trafficking and assault case, Craig Coleman was sentenced to 18 to 36 years behind bars for possessing child sex abuse material, which he pleaded guilty to in January. He was on parole from another child pornography conviction, as well as sexual assault.
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