Month: July 2008

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Frankford man on most wanted list

From the Northeast Times:

The Philadelphia Police Department’s Northeast Detectives division is seeking the public’s help in locating the following five most-wanted suspects in connection with crimes linked to the Northeast. Northeast Detectives updates the list every four weeks and releases information about each suspect to the Northeast Times.

• Daryl Cleckley, 36, of the 4800 block of Darrah St., for burglary.
On May 1, Cleckley allegedly used a pry bar to break through the front door of a home on the 8900 block of Frankford Ave. The victim told police she had not given anyone permission to enter the house. Cleckley is black, 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighs 170 pounds. He has black hair and brown eyes.

You can see his picture in the print version of Times.  Read the entire list here.

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The Second of July

From yesterday’s Inquirer:

In July 1776, John Adams wrote to his wife, Abigail, after helping to secure the votes to declare independence from Britain:

“I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the Day of Deliverance by solemn Acts of Devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more.”

The date Adams referred to was July 2, 1776, the day that Congress actually declared “That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States” – a date all but forgotten on the American cultural and social calendar.

What makes this more of interest to us is that the first public reading of the Declaration may have been in Frankford.  It is subject to debate but there is some evidence to support it.  It would be a great idea to have a ceremony to commemorate that event every year.

Thanks to Joe Menkevich for the link.  Read the entire story here.

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Crime in Frankford

Fram nbc10.com:

A 21-year-old man is fighting for his life in a hospital after police said he was shot by strangers who wanted his cell phone.

 Joshua Hernandez, who will turn 22 years old on Thursday, was hospitalized at Temple Hospital.

“My son’s laying on the ground crying for help, 22 years old and being shot over a cell phone,” said Robyn Hernandez. “What I don’t understand is why.”

Hernandez, who was comforted by friends at her Mayfair home, said her son has a horshoe-shaped wound that goes from his hip to his chest and back down to his other hip.

Witnesses have told Hernandez that her son was shot in the stomach over a cell phone, NBC 10’s Kristen Welker reported. Hernandez said this past Sunday, her son was hanging out with friends in the area of Frankford and Orthodox at around midnight.

Don’t blame the victim for being out at midnight in Frankford.  Don’t blame the schools.  Don’t blame the cops.  Blame the low life scum who pulled the trigger.

Read the entire story here.