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EveryBlock collects 17 types of news in Philadelphia — including articles, real estate listings, meetups and conversations neighbors are having — and organizes it by location. Below is all the recent news and discussion near Mantua.

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28 hours ago

Bail Set For W. Phila. Man Charged With Throwing Hot Coffee on Cashier

Police say 52-year-old David Timbers, of the 3700 block of Haverford Avenue, surrendered yesterday evening to authorities and was charged with aggravated assault and related offenses (see related story and video).

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30 hours ago

Accused Coffee Thrower Makes Bail

Timbers, of the 3700 block of Haverford Avenue, was arraigned at 4:15 a.m. Tuesday on several charges including aggravated assault, simple assault and recklessly endangering another person, according to court documents.

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31 hours ago

W. Philly man charged with assault in hot-coffee tossing incident

Timbers, 52, of the 3700 block of Haverford Avenue, surrendered at Police Headquarters Monday, and was charged this morning.

Timbers gained notoriety last week when police released a surveillance video from Fresh Donuts on Lancaster Avenue near 39th Street showing him arguing with an employee at the shop over whether he paid the full...

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45 hours ago

Suspect In Hot Coffee Assault Surrenders

Fifty-two-year-old David Timbers of the 3700 block of Haverford Avenue showed up at police headquarters with his lawyer Chaka Johnson a little before 5 p.m.

...at about 11 a.m. on May 8th, inside the Fresh Donuts store in the 3900 block of Lancaster Avenue, Timbers got into an argument over payment of a sandwich. The clerk maintained he did...

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46 hours ago

Police: Man Who Threw Hot Coffee On Donut Shop Employee Surrenders

Fifty-two-year-old David Timbers of the 3700 block of Haverford Avenue showed up at police headquarters with his lawyer Chaka Johnson a little before 5 p.m.

...at about 11 a.m. on May 8th, inside the Fresh Donuts store in the 3900 block of Lancaster Avenue, Timbers got into an argument over payment of a sandwich. The clerk maintained he did...

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2 days ago

Man Who Threw Hot Coffee On Donut Shop Employee Identified

Police say it happened May 8th at about 11 a.m. inside the Fresh Donuts store in the 3900 block of Lancaster Avenue in West Philadelphia.

At one point, the suspect, who is identified as 52-year-old David Timbers of the 3700 block of Haverford Avenue, is heard yelling, “Miss, I paid you for my sandwich. I don’t need $2.25 or whatever you’re charging me, $2.40.”

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3 days ago

Cops: His weapon was coffee

Timbers, of Haverford Avenue near 37th Street, was not home when cops stopped by Friday, and was labeled a fugitive, police said.

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5 days ago

Police: Man Who Threw Hot Coffee On Donut Shop Employee Identified

Police say it happened Tuesday at around 11 a.m. inside the Fresh Donuts store in the 3900 block of Lancaster Avenue in West Philadelphia.

At one point, the suspect, who is identified as 52-year-old David Timbers of the 3700 block of Haverford Avenue, is heard yelling, “Miss, I paid you for my sandwich. I don’t need $2.25 or whatever you’re charging me, $2.40.”

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5 days ago

Authorities detain four-time robber - Drexel Police arrests suspect

Carbonara was on patrol May 8 when he saw a man fitting the description of the robber coming out of the Super Deli located at 415 N. 34th St.

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5 days ago

Olney man, 40, ID’d as victim in fatal shooting at Jiffy Lube

Lancaster Avenue near Sloan Street

This article has 4 other Philadelphia locations (Show)

Aramingo Avenue near Venango

Nelson Street near Woodlawn Avenue

Kinsey Street near Tackawanna

12th Street near Bigler

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5 days ago

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6 days ago

Police: Man Throws Hot Coffee On Donut Shop Employee

Authorities say at about 11:05 a.m., a man inside the Fresh Donuts store in the 3900 block of Lancaster Avenue got into an argument with an employee regarding payment for his order.

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6 days ago

Man attacks clerk with hot coffee in West Philadelphia

It happened Tuesday at 11:05 a.m. at the Fresh Donuts store at 3914 Lancaster Avenue in West Philadelphia.

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6 days ago

Angry Customer Throws Hot Coffee on Woman

May 8, 2012: An angry customer throws hot coffee on a woman behind the counter at the Fresh Donuts at 3914 Lancaster Avenue in Philadelphia.

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6 days ago

Woman, 52, beaten to death in North Philly

Torin Myer, of Baring Street near 39th in West Philadelphia’s Powelton section, was stopped and questioned Tuesday by Drexel University police because he fit the description of a man shown in a surveillance video fleeing the scene of one of the recent robberies, cops said.

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Gratz Street near Susquehanna Avenue

64th and Elmwood Avenue

8th Street near Indiana Avenue

Arlando Pickett, 25, of Algard Street near Knorr, was charged with murder, gun offenses and related crimes in the Oct. 11 slayings of...

...gun offenses and related crimes in the Oct. 11 slayings of Duane Talley, 36, of Seltzer Street near 12th; Craig Lassiter, 38, of 8th Street near Indiana; and Mashanda English, 33. Police responded about...

On April 26, a man robbed the Green Line Café on Locust Street near 44th at gunpoint about 9:30 p.m. On April 30, a man fitting the description...

...the description of the suspect in the first incident robbed another Green Line Café, on Lancaster Avenue near 36th Street in Powelton Village. Police said the same man returned to rob that café a second...

On Sunday, a man fitting the description of the suspect in the first three incidents robbed a Chipotle restaurant at gunpoint on Walnut Street near 39th in University City. n

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May 09

Suspect Arrested For String Of Robberies In Philadelphia

Torin Myer, 23, of 3900 Baring Street, first struck the Green Line Cafe on Lancaster Avenue on April 26th at 9:35 p.m. and demanded money from the employees. On April 30th at 4:29 p.m. and again on May 4th at 5:30 p.m., Myer returned and again robbed the Green Line.

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On May 6th, Myer struck at the Chipotle at 3925 Walnut Street.

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May 08

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"Does anyone know what was going on at 4th and Tasker today, there were two police cars parked at the park and police tape on the NE corner of 4th and Tasker."

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