Collingdale Corner

Archive for August 2008

Surburban Armory Update ~ No. 2

Posted by: Leese on: August 28, 2008

Had to chuckle at this one…
The 11 year old Philly boy that part of this band of idiots will be released from the Juvenile Detention Center in Lima and will be monitored at home. Considering that his mother thought that he was HOME IN BED during the time he was boosting a gun shop, how [...]

Posted by: Leese on: August 27, 2008

Don’t know if you’ve noticed or not :: probably not.. not everyone has my OCD Anal Retentiveness as my husband likes to call it :: but the word CRIME is the biggest word in the tag cloud. Unfortunately, that’s what I’ve been writing about lately because that’s primarily what’s been going on in Collingdale.
But there [...]

… and yet ANOTHER Stolen Bike Story

Posted by: Leese on: August 27, 2008

Not sure whether I wasn’t paying attention to it before or if the ebb and tide of bike stealing in on up-swing but I heard of another stolen bike story today.
Apparently, a bike costing ALOT more then a mongoose was stolen and the kid who stole it was approaching people on Laffayette in an attempt [...]

Two Wheel Discount

Posted by: Leese on: August 25, 2008

This afternoon a neighborhood kid and his friends… actually, I think one was his brother… has stopped in Collingdale Deli and left his bike in front of the store. He was only in there for a few minutes but it was enough time for ANOTHER kid to ride by and steal it.
Not only did he [...]

Suburban Armory Update

Posted by: Leese on: August 25, 2008

One has to wonder just how hard it is to own a gun shot these days… it seems to be a no win situation.
The guy who owns Suburban Armory on MacDade is a hell of a nice guy… I’ve talked to him a number of times and he’s just passionate about guns. Not in a [...]