Alex Wigglesworth
Alex Wigglesworth was born and raised in Philadelphia. She worked as a gas station attendant, photo lab technician, radio station intern and legal secretary before joining Metro's staff as a full-time city desk reporter in 2011. Wigglesworth covers crime, politics, civil rights and anything else interesting or absurd happening in the city of Brotherly Love. She is aware that her last name is hilarious and is totally cool if you want to make fun of it. And yes, it is real.
New Jersey police officer shot while making arrest speaks out
Officer Frank Ambrifi, 40, of Delanco Township Police, issued a statement Tuesday from Cooper University Hospital after being shot while making an arrest.
VIDEO: Man pistol-whips victim after overhearing him call police
Philadelphia police released a video of a brutal assault in Kensington showing a man following a victim, then pistol-whipping him when he calls police.
Suit: LeSean McCoy stranded woman at rest stop after party bus assault
Philadelphia Eagle LeSean McCoy and bodyguard “Big John” assaulted a woman, poured beverages on her and stranded her at a rest stop, a lawsuit claims.
75-year-old among those arrested in N.J. senior home prostitution bust
Police said James Parham, 75 and Cheryl Chaney, 66, were using cocaine and running a prostitution ring out the Vincente K. Tibbs Senior Citizen Building.
Report: Youth homelessness in Philadelphia has doubled
The number of homeless youth in Philadelphia more than doubled between 2009 and 2011, according to a People’s Emergency Center study on youth homelessness.
Unions protest outside Fox 29′s Philadelphia studios
Three Philadelphia unions – complete with rat mobile – protested outside Fox 29, whose camera technicians have been working for months without a contract.
Animal advocates protest push to extend horse-drawn carriage hours
The Peace Advocacy Network is protesting Councilman Mark Squilla’s proposal to extend horse-drawn carriage hours during Philadelphia’s tourist season.
DA: Man had shotgun, handcuffs, knives during Philly car stop
Investigators said police pulled over Mark Danison, 55, of Stafford, Virginia and found in his car a sawed-off shotgun, handcuffs and daggers.
Woman allegedly sped wrong way past DA’s security detail during DUI
Prosecutors said Chanae Morris was speeding in the wrong lane while drunk Sunday when she passed District Attorney Seth Williams and his security detail.
Police: 170 fish stolen from Berks County ‘Handicap Kids Trout Rodeo’
Police said someone stole 170 trout slated to be used in Friday’s “Handicap Kids Trout Rodeo” at the Pike Township Sportsmen’s Association in Oley, Pa.