🌱 Teens Beat Woman + Guilty In Pat's Steaks Shooting + Pothole Fix

Hey, everybody! It's me, Patty-Pat Kozlowski, your host of the Patch newsletter. Here's all the community news you need to know right now. In today's issue, you'll find these stories and more...

• A woman was savagely beaten and then robbed by 8 young adults at 15th and Chestnut Streets.
• Two people have plead guilty and were convicted in the deadly shooting of a man outside Pat's King of Steaks in July 2021.
• Shhh, we think winter is over and potholes are getting fixed earlier than expected!

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But first, today's weather:

Windy with clouds and sun. High: 48 Low: 31.

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Here are the top three stories in Philadelphia today:

1. A horrific beating and robbery of a woman at 15th and Chestnut in Center City becomes all the more devastating when video shows it was eight teenagers and young adults attacking her. The 33 year-old woman was swarmed by the assailants as they pummel her to the ground and stomp on her head and back until she loses consciousness and then they take her belongings. Some of them were on bikes and police released still photos of them in a store before the attack. The attack was around 7 p.m. and in a very popular area of downtown Philadelphia. (Philadelphia Patch)
2. The Padro family finally has closure but they will forever miss their son and brother, David. Paul Burkert pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter for the shooting of David Padro Jr.outside of Pat's King of Steaks in South Philadelphia back in July 2021. The two men got into an argument over a parking spot and Burket pulled a gun and shot Padro in the back, killing him. Jamie Frick, a woman with Burkert, pleaded guilty to simple assault and other charges connected to the fight. (6abc Philadelphia)
3. A mild winter without plowing and salting of the streets means that potholes can be repaired earlier and with more money and resources! PennDOT is out and about repairing potholes about a month and a half ahead of schedule due to a budget surplus and one of the region's warmest winters on record. So, no busted rims for you! (inquirer.com)

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From my notebook:

• The Betsey Ross of the Reading Phils. Here's a good story to get you into the Spring Training frame of mind without flying to Clearwater Beach. Meet Diane Baldwin -- the seamstress for the Reading Fightin Phils. ( 6abc Philadelphia)
• Even though this guy is going to jail for five years, don't you smell a Netflix movie about him? Bill Omar Carrasquillo was known to his 800,000 fans online as "Omi in a Hellcat" as he showed off his luxury cars, big diamond necklaces and McMansion in NJ. With a $30 million fortune selling hijacked cable set-top boxes at prices as low as $15 a month, he was proud of ripping off the cable giants with a loophole he felt was legal! (www.inquirer.com)

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— Patty-Pat Kozlowski

About me: Patty-Pat Kozlowski has been writing community news and Philly-cenric Op/Eds for over 20 years. A Jill of all trades she's been a stand-up comedian, chef, DJ, newspaper editor, food trucker and Parks Director for Philadelphia Parks & Rec as well as a community relations/legislative aide for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and Philadelphia City Council.

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