A local woman helped nab a man who eventually was charged with the pharmacy store attack that left a 1st District lieutenant with broken ribs.
Aug. 17, Tarrah Curcio was talking to a neighbor after returning from coaching a swim team at Barry Playground, 18th and Johnston streets, when she saw a man drive by on a red bicycle. She spotted him turning on a side street shortly before police flocked to the area. She described the man — later identified as Perry Martin, 42, of the 1700 block of South 28th Street — and inquired if he was who they were looking for.
“I pointed in the direction where he went,” she said. “I stood on the corner telling every cop.”
She then learned Lt. Douglas Stanford, a 29-year veteran of the department who was promoted from traffic sergeant two years ago, was assaulted at the Rite Aid, 1500 W. Moyamensing Ave., at 5:40 p.m. that day and was outraged.
“I had emotional feelings, as well as much respect for this lieutenant,” she said. “It was my natural adrenaline going crazy.”
Curcio, whose sister Melissa is a 3rd District cop, helped police in their search and her instincts took her down an alley, where she says she saw the bike-riding man turning his clothes inside-out. After greeting him, she ran to contact police.
As the man later deemed Martin, who has since been charged with aggravated assault, resisting arrest and related offenses, sped out of the alley, Curcio remembers yelling, “Stop that man. Stop that man. He’s the one that’s wanted.”
The 33-year-old who stands 5-foot-1 tossed her sandals aside and chased the man barefoot for five blocks. On the phone with 911, she told the operator of her pursuit block by block until she located police, but she had lost sight of the man.
Detectives interviewed Curcio and the following afternoon she identified the bike and Martin’s photo from an array. Martin was arrested at 3:55 that same day.
Stanford, who suffered three broken ribs, a bruised lung and a bruised skull, was released from the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Aug. 23. SPR
Contact Staff Writer Amanda Snyder at asnyder@southphillyreview.com or ext. 117.
What was behind the gunfire that left a man paralyzed from the neck down on the 1400 block of South 20th Street is still unknown.
A 14-year-old was charged with robbing a driver at gunpoint as he parked his car on a Point Breeze street early Monday. The 32-year-old stopped on the 1400 block of South 22th Street and, as he removed the keys from the ignition at 12:05 a.m., the teen allegedly walked up to the driver’s-side window and demanded money, Detective Danielle Tolliver of South Detective Division said. The offender is believed to have pulled a chrome-colored weapon from underneath this shirt and said, “Give it to me now or I’ll bang you.” The man handed over his wallet with $9 and identification, as well as his keys. The teen allegedly fled south toward Gerritt Street on a mountain bike, Tolliver said. Police arrived on the scene minutes later and saw a 14-year-old boy riding a bike on Gerritt’s sidewalk, Tolliver said. Police followed him westbound for three blocks and arrested him on the 2400 block of Reed Street. Police found $9 on the resident from the 2600 block of Earp Street, Tolliver said. He was charged with robbery, theft, simple assault, firearm violations and related offenses. Contact Staff Writer Amanda Snyder at asnyder@southphillyreview.com or ext. 117....
The stun gun used in the robbery of a 24-year-old near the Italian Market Monday evening was recovered, but the duo responsible are still at-large.
The man who allegedly murdered a Passyunk Square woman was apprehended last week for her, as well as a Logan man’s, death.
On a Grays Ferry street, police spotted a Mercedes-Benz going the wrong way down a one-way street and then discovered the driver had allegedly just run over her ex-girlfriend.
The duo allegedly responsible for two robberies of a Grays Ferry home were nabbed by police — and the second burglary is believed to have caught a neighbor on video surveillance doing the deed.
A group of four followed the three teens they believed mugged them in Marconi Plaza, leading police to a Girard Estate home.
The 3rd District will hold a community meeting 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Sept. 8 at its 11th and Wharton streets headquarters.
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1. ted beals said... on Sep 3, 2010 at 10:40AM
“I feel sorry for the officer involved [ Lt. Stanford] He did his job ,and will be rewarded by seeing the courts releasing this animal back on the street again.”