This Week In Crime
February 23, 2011 at 3:30 pm
It's DP crime log time - my favorite time of the week! Let's dive into the generally tame world of West Philadelphian legal violations, shall we? Lots of fruity stuff happened this week, so let's get cracking.
On February 18th, an 18 year old Penn student of "the 1800 block of Mango Way in Los Angeles, was arrested for a liquor law violation of underage drinking at about 3:45 a.m. on the 3900 block of Sansom Street." Wait, dude - is your house the house on Mango Street? Is Mango Way just maybe a more suburban version? I'm not sure where this is going, just - 9th grade summer reading list nostalgia, you know?
And forget stealing from Houston Market! West Philadelphia's hottest place to steal from is the CVS on 40th and Walnut. It's got everything - Flintstone vitamins, nail polish remover, nougat, cotton balls, and self checkout. You know, it's that thing of when you just throw a ton of stuff in a bag and only pay for a pack of gum that's on sale. Three of the past seven days have seen someone steal from the same CVS, which doesn't speak well to the coming advent of checkout robots.
Also, one of the alleged perps from the CVS theft rash lives on Melon Street. A bad week for people who live on streets that are named like fruit names!