Philadelphia & Seattle 10/12/2009
A Philadelphia police officers veteran has been charged with soliciting an undercover officer he thought was a very young boy, authorities said yesterday.
The one year long study began after a 15-year-old Northeast Philadelphia boy told police that a man had got near to him and offered money to take nude photos, Chief Inspector Anthony DiLacqua told reporters.
The boy refused, but after that he saw the same man driving around the neighborhood. He copied down the license plate and contacted police.
The car belonged to Adrian Makuch, a 21-year veteran of the force.
In other actions, the board agreed on uses for most of its remaining economic-development money:
1.5 million to vouch the Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia in 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, and 2017.
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Elliott Bay Book Company, a landmark independent bookstore in Seattle, published tonight that it is pulling up stakes.
36 years later, it is going to move from Pioneer Square, downtown, to the highly urban Capitol Hill neighborhood.
Like many independent bookstores, Elliott Bay has been struggling with multiple pressures chain stores, online competition and the economic downturn. Supplementary, Seattle insiders have been frustrated by downtown parking challenges, panhandlers and Dan Savage, at least its basement reading room.
A likely move has been rumored for months, and people of Seattle looks to be split about whether or not its a good idea.
While the bookstore will be missed in Pioneer Square, it is going also be highly expected in Capitol Hill.
Not only does the neighborhood have a powerful commercial region, a lively nightlife and lots of pedestrian traffic, but it lost longtime indie Bailey/Coy Books last month