Results tagged “prostitution”

Asshole of the Week

The courts say, if you get screwed, it's on your own dollar. At least that's what they're saying to John F. Peoples, a blind Delaware County resident who sued his lady visitor (or prostitute, if you will) and Discover for overcharging him for his biweekly sessions. Because he can't see the slips she printed for him, she frequently charged more than the negotiated standard rate. Peoples signed them.

Yo, Philly in the News

  • Speaking of racial bias accusations: Local lawyer, tax deadbeat, and former Asshole of the Week Joseph Santaguida is now accusing Mayor Nutter of only going after white people who owe back taxes, and letting others off the hook.
  • The best part of this video is definitely the contents of the wad of cash.

  • At a defendant's sentencing hearing yesterday in a robbery and attempted rape case, the woman who had been the victim of the attack began hyperventilating in court and then collapsed in an anteroom. She was taken to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and later released. The defendant was given the maximum sentence of 20 to 40 years in state prison.
  • A Philadelphia police officer was responding to a call to assist another officer around 1AM this morning when his police car collided with another car at a downtown intersection. The officer is listed in critical condition, but his prognosis is good.
  • Some lucky schmuck bought the winning Powerball ticket last week at the Turkey Hill Minit Mart in Willow Street, PA, just south of Lancaster. This Phillyist can sadly report that it wasn't him. But whoever it was will be revealed at 10 this morning.
  • I've used this column before to emphasize that one should not call into question the ethnic, religious, sexual, or racial identity of a person just because he or she doesn't fit into a stereotypical mold. Jews can be naturally blonde, gay men can play sports (just ask John Amaeci), and not all black people have to speak or dress like rappers. It's the twenty-first century. Get over it.

  • For the first time in more than a decade, SEPTA has a monetary surplus due to a ridership increase, so yesterday the company unveiled a $1.08 billion operating-budget proposal for next fiscal year that actually includes service increases instead of cuts.
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