Tag: philadelphia

  • craigslist job interview gone wrong

    Woman: Craigslist Ad Leads To Inappropriate Interview:

    This is a new one on me since people who place employment ads with craigslist have to actually pay for the ad. I guess you can’t even trust employment ads on the internet’s hive of scum and villainy.

    PHILADELPHIA — A Conshohocken woman said she was just looking for work when an online ad on Craigslist caught her eye.

    Aleshia Endy, 22, said she now hopes police catch the man who ran the ad.

    “I thought it was a legit position. I really thought it was something, but now I’m grossed out,” Endy said.

    Endy said the job ad on the nationwide Web site, Craigslist.com, appeared to be perfect for her.

    “I responded to it, said apply for personal assistant/office manager, so I sent my picture and resume,” Endy said.

    Endy said she later found out that when the author wrote “female preferred” and “obey instructions” in the ad, he meant it.

    After responding to the ad, Endy called her potential employer, Eber Devine.

    Endy said Devine told her he was moving from one office to another, so he wanted to set up the interview at the University of Pennsylvania campus at the Van Pelt Library.

    “He met me outside. We went upstairs to where there’s, like, conference rooms,” Endy said.

    Endy said, at first, everything seemed fine. She filled out an application and agreed to a background check, and he promised her a generous salary.

    But right in the middle of the interview came the shocker.

    “He told me, ‘I want you to stand up. Go walk around the room. Go stand in the corner. I want to look at your ass,’” Endy said.

    Endy said she told him no, and when she started to walk away it became uncomfortable.

    “He stood up. He came over and started touching my shoulders and my chest and got real close and started breathing on me heavily,” Endy said.

    Endy said she pushed him away and left, but Devine had Endy’s cell phone number from the application and apparently was not finished talking.

    “Yeah, Aleshia, I think you are an excellent candidate,” one message said.

    “He called me about six times. I have it in my call log,” Endy said.

    Endy contacted the NBC 10 Investigators and the police.

    NBC 10’s Harry Hairston started looking into Devine’s background and found pages and pages of court records.

    Court documents show Devine’s criminal history goes back as far as 1986.

    NBC 10’s investigation turned up five different mug shots, some of which were taken between 2002 and December 2006.

    The self-proclaimed CEO also has a laundry list of guilty pleas.

    Records show he pleaded guilty to theft of leased property, unlawful use of a computer, forgery, and criminal conspiracy.

    NBC 10 went to Devine’s Philadelphia home. The 38-year-old self-styled entrepreneur lives with his father.

    Hairston asked Devine’s father if he knew anything about the ad on Craigslist.

    “That’s something he’s doing. He’s a grown man. I don’t know anything about it,” Devine’s father said.

    Hours after the visit, Devine called NBC 10. He wouldn’t go on camera, but he did admit to placing the ad on Craigslist, claiming to be the CEO of his own company and interviewing Endy.

    Devine denies anything inappropriate happened during the interview,

    That may be for a court to decide. The district attorney’s Office has issued a warrant for his arrest.

    He’s facing charges of sexual harassment, false imprisonment, indecent assault, unlawful restraint and burglary.

    “I just want him off the streets. I want the women out there to know what kind of person he is. I want him off the streets,” Endy said.

    Police said they are looking for Devine.

    And a spokeperson for Craigslist said illegal activity is forbidden on Craigslist by the company’s terms of use, and is not welcome on the site.

    I can almost see the craigslist spokesperson winking as they say that.

  • West Philly man arrested for luring teens on MySpace

    Man Charged with Luring Teens on Myspace:

    27 or 28-year-old Jerome Booker of West Philadelphia was arrested for luring teens to his apartment while posing as a teenage girl named Jasmine and promised the boys sexual favors.

    Police are investigating to see if there have been any other victims.

    A word of advice for teens from your Ol’ Uncle Trench. The hot girl on MySpace doesn’t really want to have sex with you.

  • LaToyia Figueroa Found

    LaToyia Figueroa Found

    Remains Found:

    It seems that more than likely the body of LaToyia Figueroa has been found As far as suspects go…

    Police say the Figueora’s ex-boyfriend was found blocks away from the scene wearing a bulletproof vest. He and a suspected accomplice have been charged in connection with her death.

    For a better and more detailed report, check Steve Huff’s report.

    My prayers and condolences go out to the friends and family of LaToyia Figueroa.

  • Latoyia Figueroa

    Latoyia Figueroa

    Pregnant Philadelphia woman missing for 9 days:

    Please take the time to read the accompanying article and look at the picture…

    Police in Philadelphia are searching for a 24-year-old pregnant woman who has been missing for more than a week. Latoyia Figueroa was last seen on the afternoon of July 18 in the area of 59th and Walton.

    Figueroa, a 5-foot-2 African American, is five months pregnant and has a 7-year-old child. She has long, dark brown hair and brown eyes and two tattoos — an angel on her right wrist and her daughter’s name on her left arm.

    Anyone with information is asked to call the Philadelphia Southwest detective division at 215-686-3183.

    The Philadelphia Citizens Crime Commission has established a reward fund for information about the whereabouts of Figueroa. Santo Montecalvo, vice president of the crime commission, said that as of Wednesday morning the fund was up to $10,000.

  • Veteran’s Stadium R.I.P.

    Veteran’s Stadium R.I.P.

    They blew up Veteran’s Stadium in Philly yesterday. Well, since it was an implosion, I guess they blew it in.

    Anyway, I am sad to see it go. As a stadium, it sucked ass, but I have a lot of great memories there.

    The first time I remember going there was a hot day in August when my Dad took me to see the Eagles play the L.A. Rams. The place was packed, and it actually shook from the crowd noise.

    It was the place where I got to meet Tex Schramm. It was the place where either the pre-season before or the pre-season after I got to meet THE Pittsburgh Steelers before they won their last Super Bowl. I got the autographs of Terry Bradshaw, Mean Joe Greene, and most importantly, I got to meet one of my heroes in Rocky Bleier.

    It wasn’t all football, either. My dad took me to see a lot of Phillies game there. I got to see such greats as Mike Schmidt, Larry Bowa, Steve Carlton, just to name a few. I also remember the lesser guys of the team like Manny Trillo, Greg Luzinski, and Bake McBride. I also got to witness Pete Rose both as a Phillie and a Red.

    As a stadium, it was a hole, and I’m kind of glad it’s gone, but I’ll always remember it as one of the few places where I actually have fond memories of spending time with my father.

    Vaya con Dios.

  • Cop killer death sentence overturned

    Cop killer death sentence overturned

    So I’m reading the local rag here in Charlotte and I catch an article from back home in Philly. And I have just one word to say. Un-fucking-believable.

    Some half-assed judge in Philly decided to overturn convicted cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal’s death sentence. For those of you who may not be familiar with the case, Abu-Jamal shot and killed Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner in 1981. Abu-Jamal claims he didn’t receive a fair trial and was a victim of a racist judicial system. But at no time has he ever denied shooting Daniel Faulkner. Many celebrities have come to the aid of Abu-Jamal like Ed Asner, Mike Farrel, and Rage Against The Machine.

    In a recent documentary, I saw on PBS about Abu-Jamal the evidence was overwhelming against him. A bullet from his registered gun was found in Daniel Faulkner. But liberals and radicals claim that Abu-Jamal deserves a retrial? On what friggin’ grounds? However, since Daniel Faulkner was white and Abu-Jamal was black, it must be a racist system. Apparently, this judge overturned the death sentence for his own personal motives.

    This scumbag has been glorified by some people as some sort of hero. Comparing him to the likes of Dr. Martin Luther King. Here’s the thing, Dr. King did not kill a cop.

    And lost somewhere in all this is Maureen Faulkner, Daniel Faulkner’s widow. While celebrities are coming to the aid of a convicted cop killer, where are the celebrities coming to the aid of Maureen Faulkner.

    And what really fries my ass is that Abu-Jamal has been made an honorary citizen of Paris. The same city that harbored convicted killer Ira Einhorn for years. Just one more reason to nuke France. The world has its priorities all fucked up when we’re supposed to idolize a convicted cop killer.

    Abu-Jamal will be resentenced, and he could be sentenced to death again. But as liberal as Philly is, I highly doubt it. But if there is true justice, there’s a needle with his name on it in Pennsylvania.