The Greater Philadelphia Area
WEST CHESTER, PA — Curtis Smith, 34-year-old resident of Coatesville, was shot dead by a Sheriff’s deputy at the Justice Center in West Chester. Curtis had attacked another Sheriff’s deputy with a knife causing injury to deputy’s arm and wrist.
Curtis was also involved in a March incident for climbing the White House wall in Washington, DC.
PHILADELPHIA, PA — HitchBOT is… was a hitchhiking robot from Port Credit, Ontario. HitchBOT traveled over 10,000 km in Canada from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Victoria, British Columbia. “We want to see what people do with this kind of technology when we leave it up to them,” Frauke Zeller, one of the creators and an assistant professor in professional communication at Toronto’s Ryerson University, told the AP. “It’s an art project in the wild — it invites people to participate.”
But, after only two weeks traveling in the USA, HitchBOT was vandalized and destroyed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The HitchBOT team has issued a statement:
Oh dear, my body was damaged, but I live on back home and with all my friends. I guess sometimes bad things happen to good robots! My trip must come to an end for now, but my love for humans will never fade. Thank you to all my friends.
A message from the family:
hitchBOT’s trip came to an end last night in Philadelphia after having spent a little over two weeks hitchhiking and visiting sites in Boston, Salem, Gloucester, Marblehead, and New York City. Unfortunately, hitchBOT was vandalized overnight in Philadelphia; sometimes bad things happen to good robots. We know that many of hitchBOT’s fans will be disappointed, but we want them to be assured that this great experiment is not over. For now we will focus on the question “what can be learned from this?” and explore future adventures for robots and humans.
We have no interest in pressing charges or finding the people who vandalized hitchBOT; we wish to remember the good times, and we encourage hitchBOT’s friends and fans to do the same.
PHILADELPHIA, PA — The Philadelphia Police Department would like to thank the media and the public for their assistance in the apprehension of suspects Tony Kimhong (left) and Chhoeuth Kim (right) for the following burglaries.
On July 23, 2015, at 4:43 am, Tony Kimhong and Chhoeuth Kim were arrested for an attempted burglary at a Saloon located at 750 South 7th Street. Kimhong was attempting to force open a door to the Saloon while Chhoeuth Kim acted as a look-out. Kim was also identified as a suspect in a burglary at Bridget Foy’s located at 200 South Street along with Tony Kimhong. After further investigation of Kimhong, he was identified as the suspect in the following burglaries:
DC 15-03-026317, April 30, 2015, Little Italy Pizza, 342 Queen Street
DC 15-01-020337, May 24, 2015, Centerfolds Lounge, 1602 East Passyunk Avenue
DC 15-03-034617, June 7, 2015, Pho Ha Saigon, 320 Oregon Avenue
DC 15-03-038607, June 24, 2015, Bing Bing Din Sum, 1648 East Passyunk Avenue
DC 15-03-038806, June 24, 2015, at Cloud 9 Vapor Store, 1832 Passyunk Avenue
DC 15-03-038785, June 25, 2015, Stogie Joe’s, 1803 East Passyunk Avenue
DC 15-03-039507, June 28, 2015, Adobe Cafe, 1919 E Passyunk Avenue
DC 15-03-040860, July 3, 2015, Bainbridge Barrel House, 625 South 6th Street
DC 15-03-041066, July 4, 2015, Artisan Bakery, 1218 Mifflin Street
DC 15-06-031442, July 6, 2015, Four Father’s, 319 Market Street
DC 15-03-042039, July 8 2015, Birra Bira, 1700 East Passyunk Avenue
DC 15-03-043852, July 16, 2015, Bridget Foy’s, 200 South Street
Tony Kmhong is 24 years-of-age and is from the 23xx block of South 6th Street. Kimhong is charged with multiple burglaries and related offenses.
Chhoeuth Kim is 31 years-of-age and is from the 7xx block of Jackson Street. Kim is charged with multiple burglaries and related offenses.