City Briefs
Jordan Osecki
Issue date: 10/12/07 Section: News
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Supect in security guard killings last week remorseful
The man accused of killing two security guards last week was remorseful and ready to face the consequences of his actions. Mustafa Ali, a former Drexel engineering major then known as Shawn Steele, was so ashamed he waived a bail hearing. A psychiatrist believes that Ali turned to crime out of desperation because he could not pay his tuition bill at Drexel University.
Ali had graduated with honors from Germantown High School and had completed three years at Drexel. On March 18, 1992, Ali robbed a bank in Center City and made off with $350. After that, he robbed five more banks with friends and made off with $18,000. In the same year, the FBI arrested him and he was sentenced to seven years in prison and five years of supervised probation. He was released in 1999 and finished probation. He changed his name from Shawn Steele to Mustafa Ali in 2005.
Last Thursday, Ali fatally shot two former police officers during the stickup of an armored truck at the Roosevelt Mall. The story gained national attention because surveillance cameras captured the gunman methodically shooting his victims.
Trans fat issue revisited by City Council
Artificial trans fats, which have been banned by the city, may be allowed to be used by some neighborhood restaurants. The Committee on Public Health endorsed a bill, sponsored by Councilwoman Joan Krajewski, which would exempt neighborhood bakeries from the citywide transfat ban, which was to start in January, according to an Inquirer article. The full Council may vote on the bill in two weeks.
The protests started after testimonies from bakers from many neighborhoods complained that they would be unable to reproduce their delicates without the trans fats. The City Council also debated forcing these bakeries to post signs to let customers know that they were eating trans fats. The committee did approve a menu-labeling ordinance that would require restaurants to make nutritional information available for all menu items.
The man accused of killing two security guards last week was remorseful and ready to face the consequences of his actions. Mustafa Ali, a former Drexel engineering major then known as Shawn Steele, was so ashamed he waived a bail hearing. A psychiatrist believes that Ali turned to crime out of desperation because he could not pay his tuition bill at Drexel University.
Ali had graduated with honors from Germantown High School and had completed three years at Drexel. On March 18, 1992, Ali robbed a bank in Center City and made off with $350. After that, he robbed five more banks with friends and made off with $18,000. In the same year, the FBI arrested him and he was sentenced to seven years in prison and five years of supervised probation. He was released in 1999 and finished probation. He changed his name from Shawn Steele to Mustafa Ali in 2005.
Last Thursday, Ali fatally shot two former police officers during the stickup of an armored truck at the Roosevelt Mall. The story gained national attention because surveillance cameras captured the gunman methodically shooting his victims.
Trans fat issue revisited by City Council
Artificial trans fats, which have been banned by the city, may be allowed to be used by some neighborhood restaurants. The Committee on Public Health endorsed a bill, sponsored by Councilwoman Joan Krajewski, which would exempt neighborhood bakeries from the citywide transfat ban, which was to start in January, according to an Inquirer article. The full Council may vote on the bill in two weeks.
The protests started after testimonies from bakers from many neighborhoods complained that they would be unable to reproduce their delicates without the trans fats. The City Council also debated forcing these bakeries to post signs to let customers know that they were eating trans fats. The committee did approve a menu-labeling ordinance that would require restaurants to make nutritional information available for all menu items.
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