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• Antwione Hough was arrested and charged with various felonies for apprehending and beating a man who raped his 14-year-old niece. All said and done he spent more than $10,000 on bail and court fees. In the case of Jose Carrasquillo and the mob that beat him, two men split a reward of $11,500 and faced no charges.
• There have been six stickups in the neighborhoods around 51st and Market Streets in the past three nights. The Police are on a manhunt for the bandit, who carries an Uzi to threaten his prey. In three of the robberies he has had an accomplice who carries a 9mm handgun.
• Philadelphia lost two of its proposed gun controls in a state appeals court. The Court ruled that only the legislature has the right to enact gun laws such as the ones proposed to ban assault weapons and "straw purchases" of handguns.

• Taking a $1,000 check and a rent-free apartment from property owners who badly need City Council's help with a mega-project is likely to get a municipal employee in trouble with the city's Board of Ethics. In the case of Christopher Wright, chief of staff to Councilman Jack Kelly, it won him a federal indictment. But was Wright's behavior criminal? Did he exchange private favors from his boss' campaign contributors for public ones? Or did Wright, down on his luck, simply take some ill-advised help from people he regarded as friends? Today, a jury in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia will begin what is expected to be a two-week trial centering on those questions. Jury selection is today, with opening arguments probably following late today or tomorrow.




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