Police ID man slain
in triple shooting
* Darien Street near Somerset, Fairhill
Police yesterday identified the 29-year-old man gunned down early Tuesday evening in a triple shooting on a Fairhill street as Kerri Perkins.
An argument is believed to have sparked the shooting, which happened shortly after 5 p.m., police said. Perkins suffered several gunshot wounds to the chest and abdomen, and was pronounced dead at Temple University Hospital at 5:26 p.m.
Police said that another man, also 29, was shot in the abdomen. He remained in critical condition at Temple. A third victim with a gunshot wound to the hand showed up later at Albert Einstein Medical Center.
Police said Tuesday night that they found 16 shell casings fired from several weapons at the scene. They were unsure if any of the victims were the ones doing the shooting, and no arrests had been made as of last night. Perkins lived on the block where he was killed.
Robber claims Occupy ties
* Joann Circle near Darby Creek Road, Havertown
Haverford Township police are looking for a robber who made his way into a home yesterday saying that he was member of Occupy Philly.
Officials said in a statement that the robbery on the unit block of Joann Circle, in Havertown, unfolded about 10 a.m. when a female resident answered a knock on her door from a man who claimed to be a member of Occupy Philly.
Inside, the man announced a robbery and took the woman to a second-floor bathroom, where he told her to stay and to be quiet, police said. After the thief left with an undetermined sum of cash from the victim's wallet, she called police. The victim was unharmed.
Anyone with information of this crime should call the Haverford Township Police Department's Investigations Unit at 610-853-1298 ext. 1230, or the anonymous tip line at 610-853-9213.
Arrest made
in double murder
* Hammonton, N.J.
Gloucester County authorities have arrested Patrick Latko, of Wenonah, N.J., for the slayings of a mother and son found stabbed in their home four weeks ago.
Latko, 32, is charged with the murders of Diana Patterson, 64, and her son, Ryan, 29. Their bodies were discovered on Nov. 3 in their house in Hammonton. Both had been stabbed multiple times.
For his efforts, he will spend five years on probation and perform 100 hours of community service. He was sentenced Tuesday in Somerset County Court.
Anderson, 20, pleaded guilty. He told a judge, "I know I messed up in all the things I did."
-Staff and wire reports
