Daily Podcast (05.18.21)
WMMR's Preston & Steve Daily Podcast
93.3 WMMR
4.8 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 18 May 2021
⏱️ 170 minutes
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Summary
News (00:00:00)
Entertainment Report (00:17:25)
Fears of Elevators/Escalators (00:44:18)
Bizarre Files (01:13:15)
Hall of Famer: Jay Wright Checks In (01:28:03)
City Beat & Andrew McCarthy Checks In (01:51:51)
Bizarre Files (02:24:55)
Hollywood Trash & Music News (02:33:24)
Wrap Up (02:44:05)
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| 0:00.0 | 93-3-WMR Audio on Demand presents the Preston and Steve show podcast. |
| 0:08.1 | And now, Preston and Steve's news updates with Kathy Romano. |
| 0:13.0 | It is Tuesday, May 18th. Good morning, Kathy. |
| 0:15.7 | Good morning in the news this morning. |
| 0:17.1 | A Philadelphia judge dismissed all charges against former SWAT officer Richard |
| 0:20.8 | Nicoletti, who was seen on video pepper spraying protesters on 676 during the unrest following |
| 0:26.3 | George Floyd's death last summer. Municipal Court Judge William Austin Meehan ruled Monday that Nicoletti |
| 0:31.7 | was authorized by his commanders to clear the highway during protest and was given pepper spray |
| 0:36.3 | as a tool to do so. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. You may not like the methods. That doesn't criminalize their methods, said Meehan. When the prosecutor cited Nicoletti's termination for violating department protocols, the judge said officials couldn't put officers in charge of maintaining order and then tie their hands on how they're going to do it. District Attorney Larry Krasner vowed to vigorously pursue charges in the case. |
| 0:57.2 | Nicoletti will have the right to contest his dismissal per the current collective bargaining |
| 1:01.7 | agreement. |
| 1:03.1 | A lot of us are using apps like Venmo, Zell, and Cash App more than ever before. |
| 1:07.8 | Recent survey shows eight out of every 10 people have used them more due to COVID, but the rise in the use has come as a huge rise in complaints, particularly about one app. |
| 1:19.4 | It's the cash app they're complaining about. |
| 1:20.9 | Customers are alleging mistakes for customer service and scammers impersonating company employees. |
| 1:26.3 | One customer was locked out of her account, claiming she had violated terms and conditions. |
| 1:30.1 | She tried to contact customer service but was not able to get through to anyone. |
| 1:34.0 | Another customer Googled the customer service phone number when she called. |
| 1:37.5 | She said the person on the other end answered the phone saying cash app, but it was a bogus phone number. |
| 1:42.4 | And the customer said that while she was on the call, |
| 1:44.8 | the con artist on the other end drained her entire bank account. She lost $4,689. That sucks. Do you use |
| 1:51.4 | Venmo a lot? Yeah, I use a cash app. Yeah. Okay. Yeah, I don't. For a handful of transactions, |
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