Child opens door
to trio of intruders
* Jamison Avenue near Scotchbrook Drive, Bustleton
A 6-year-old answered the door to three thugs who forced their way into a home at gunpoint in Northeast Philadelphia shortly after 2 p.m. Tuesday, police said.
The intruders then struggled with a 27-year-old man, who was pistol-whipped but managed to get the gun from one of the men, police said.
The man then fired at the intruders, police said, but cops were unsure if anyone was hit.
The victim was taken to Aria Health's Torresdale hospital and was listed in stable condition. Cops said a woman and two children who were in the house at the time were not injured. Police recovered the gun at the scene.
Cops ID victim in fatal NE shooting
* Woodhaven Road near Millbrook
Police identified the man who was shot in the back and killed in Northeast Philadelphia early Monday. He was David Cintron, 41, of Morning Glory Road near Sweet Briar, in the Northeast.
Police found him wounded early Monday morning. He died later at Aria Health's Torresdale hospital.
Man shot to death in West Philly
* Locust Street near 54th
A man was shot in the back and killed early Tuesday in West Philadelphia, police said.
Officers found a shotgun next to the victim when they responded to the scene at 4:30 a.m. Medics pronounced the man dead at the scene, police said. He appeared to be about 35 years old.
Cops: Pills swiped during holdup
* Market Street near 56th, West
Philadelphia
Cops are looking for a man who they say robbed a pharmacy at gunpoint Monday and got away with several bottles of prescription painkillers.
Three employees were working at Sunray Drugs when the gunman went inside the store at 10:50 a.m., police said. Surveillance video shows the man, who cops say brandished a small black handgun, approaching the counter.
After an employee who saw the gun opened the door to the back room, police said, the robber ordered the three employees to the floor and loaded several bottles of oxycodone and Percocet into a bag. He then fled north on 56th Street.
The robber is described as a 160-pound black man who is age 30 to 35 and between 5 feet 9 and 6 feet tall with a light complexion, curly hair, a beard and a mustache. He wore a black shirt and blue jeans and carried a black semiautomatic handgun.
Tipsters should contact the Southwest Detective Division at 215-686-3183/84 or the police tip line at 215-686-8477.
H.S. trainer eyed in teen assault
* Cheltenham High School
An athletic trainer at Cheltenham High School was arrested and charged with sexual assault Tuesday after allegedly making "unwelcome sexual contact" with a 14-year-old student, authorities said.
Ramon Cintron allegedly assaulted the girl in his high-school office on Thursday, said Risa Vetri Ferman, Montgomery County district attorney.
Ferman said Cintron sent the girl several text messages apologizing for his behavior and begged the girl not to tell anyone because he "could get locked up" if anyone found out.
Cintron is not an employee of the school district, said Superintendent Darlene G. Davis, but works for Moss Rehabilitation Center, which contracts with the township.
Cintron, who was being held on $100,000 cash bail, is also charged with indecent assault, corruption of minors, endangering the welfare of a child and unlawful contact with a minor.
- Morgan Zalot, Sam Wood
and staff reports
