Student nabbed for child porn

By Morgan A. Zalot | The Temple News
A Temple doctoral student convicted of possessing and attempting to posses child pornography is scheduled to appear in court for sentencing later this month.
A jury found Roderick Vosburgh, who also formerly taught at La Salle University, Ursinus College and Delaware County Community College, guilty on one count of [...]

Man shot to death outside Norris Apartments

By Morgan A. Zalot | The Temple News
A young man died of multiple gunshot wounds after a shooting on the 2000 block of Norris Street, blocks from Main Campus, early Sunday evening.
A spokesperson from the Philadelphia Police Department Public Affairs Division said police responded to a radio call of gunshots at approximately 6:02 p.m.
When they [...]

Wheels of a Dilemma

Still reeling from Love’s loss, city skaters await the Paine.
By Morgan A. Zalot | Philadelphia Weekly
When she was in middle school at Masterman, Jamie Elfant would watch the skateboarders who once ruled LOVE Park.
“I thought it was fascinating the way they were really integrated into urban culture, so when LOVE Park closed, it really left [...]

Hearing held for student accused of rape

By Morgan A. Zalot | The Temple News
Andrew Porter’s mother left the courtroom in tears Thursday morning when a judge ruled that her son would still face charges of alleged rape for an incident in late January.
His father stayed in the courtroom after the preliminary hearing and pleaded with the judge to lower the charges.
Porter, [...]

Students accused of hate crime appear in court

By Morgan A. Zalot | The Temple News
Students accused of perpetrating an anti-Semitic attack on campus two weeks ago appeared in court Tuesday morning.Bryan Pedreiro, 18, and Michael Walsh, 20, were present in court, where Judge Frank T. Brady presided. They are two of the four Temple students facing charges of aggravated assault, simple assault, [...]

Fourth suspect of hate crime turns himself in

By Morgan A. Zalot | The Temple News
Bryan Pedreiro, 18, the fourth suspect in the alleged anti-Semitic crime turned himself in a few hours after the other three suspects on Thursday Feb. 28.
A detective from the Philadelphia Police Department confirmed that he turned himself in and will face charges of simple assault, aggravated assault, ethnic [...]

Campus gathers after attack

By Morgan A. Zalot | The Temple News
His son’s broken nose and fractured eye socket are healing, but the father of the victim of the recent hate crime said he worries about the emotional scars the incident may leave.
“My father survived over five years’ captivity by the Nazis. His boyhood days were in Auschwitz,” said [...]