It happened at Orthodox Street and Trenton Avenue and then moved to the 1300 block of Foulkrod according to Fox 29 news report. Click on the picture below for the rest of the story.
Girl, 16, Kidnapped and Sexually Assaulted
Category: Miscellaneous
Phishing for Suckers
Another phishing email about Paypal is going around and this one was good enough to post. If you get it, delete it.
Phishing is the attempt to obtain sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details (and, indirectly, money), often for malicious reasons, by disguising as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication.
Veteran of the Month: Bill McGeehan and Leon Brantley
We thank you both for your service!!!
Bill McGeehan was born in 1940 while his family lived on the 1400 block of Front Street. He attended St. Michael’s grade school and went to Northeast Catholic high school, graduating in 1959.
That same year he enlisted in the Air Force and was trained in Technical Reconnaissance and assigned to Westover Air Force Base. He was there through the Cuban Missile Crisis and released from active duty in 1963. He joined the Philadelphia Police Department.
He married Marge and they settled in Frankford. They have been married now for 52 years and together, they have 4 children, 9 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren.
After 5 years with the Police Department, he left and went on the road, driving trucks in delivery service and then construction. He retired in 1989 and has been busy since volunteering his time with various charitable groups, his church (St. Joachim) and now, Keep the Faith in Frankford.
He is an outdoors man who never misses deer season or the chance to catch a fish.
Leon Brantley was born in 1949 and grew up in Frankford and Tacony. He went to Hamilton-Disston Elementary School and Lincoln High School. In January of 1967 he enlisted in the Army and went to Basic Training at Fort Jackson in Columbia, South Carolina. After basic training, he went to Schofield Barracks in Hawaii with the 6th Battalion, 11th Artillery as a base piece gunner. He served in Vietnam with the 23rd Infantry Division Americal from December of 1967 until November of 1968. He survived the Tet offensive. He was separated from active duty in 1970 and was honorably discharged in 1973 and is now U.S. Army retired.
He has been married and is a father, grandfather and great grandfather. He has had several careers, among them, working for General Tire in Waco, Texas, the City of Philadelphia, the Naval Depot and the Postal Service and is now retired.
He has been active in the Frankford community serving with the Frankford Plan in the 1990s. He has helped many veterans with his knowledge of veterans’ benefits and disability issues. He is a born story teller and one of the primary advocates for the history of the African-American presence in Northeast Philadelphia.
Memorial Day 2017
Happy Memorial Day to all of our visitors. The video below is our tribute to the 55 men who sacrificed their lives in the service of their country from the Civil War through the Vietnam War. After several months of research, I feel like I know them all.
They were mostly fairly young, some were drafted and others enlisted. Most died in action while others died due to other causes. In every case, they did not know their fate. They put their trust in their country and served as best they could. They left families and friends one day and did not return. Many of them remain at rest in foreign lands.
Megan Soto: Home Safe
Megan Soto who had been missing since the 23rd, is home safe and sound and her family thanks you for your concern.
