Cleve. Reporter natasha we all know the expression its better to give than receive, especially around christmastime and in this case, the suspect stole money from a Church Fundraiser here parish meant to help those in need. We give out 1,000 christmas baskets. Reporter the season of giving is at hand in south camdens Sacred Heart Parish but Police Say Two sundays ago this man helped himself. He allegedly stole about 1200 from a fundraiser where parishioners buy and sell homemade goods in the church basement. Its a very joyous occasion. People are eating and drinking and buying and having a good time. Reporter Camden Police released this video of the man they say stole from the church in hopes you can help identify him. The good part of it was that nobody was attacked or hurt. Reporter father Michael Doyle who has been at the church for more than 40 years was doing a special mass to bless expectant mothers at the time of the theft. He says the money from the fundraiser would have helped next week when they give out a thousand food baskets to families in south camden. He says the loss wont stop their efforts and if they need more money, he says god will use his people to provide. My grandfather. Who when he had a bad day, he said its ap3ue terrible day thanks be to god. [laughter] reporter and thats how you feel. Thats how i feel. Reporter parishioner Lynn Cummings says the theft is disappointing but. The gospel tells us to forgive. We are a haven for people who feel as though the church doesnt want them because maybe theyre not worthy and theyre welcomed here. Reporter sacred harry parish will be filling food baskets on thursday and friday if you would like to help out or donate contact the church and if you know who that man is in the video contact Camden Police. Live in camden, im cleve bryan cbs3 Eyewitness News. Cleve, thank you very much. Now yesterdays snow meantime has all but melted byda now and the slush is turning back to ice but those slick conditions arent going to last very long. Theres a warmup on the way for us. Meteorologist lauren casey is live in the Weather Center with a look at whats coming up for us. Well get a break from the snowfall but we got several doses over the last couple of weeks in philadelphia. Now our total 7. 7inches of december snowfall. On average we see about 3. 8inches of snow so weve doubled that so far and we still have a good chunk of december to go but right now we are not adding to that tally. Storm scan3 showing us quiet couple patchy clouds across the delaware valley. Temperatures they are chill and they are subfreezing in some areas. 29 millville, 24 mount pocono, hovering around freezing in wilmington and dover. 38 degrees in philadelphia, so yeah, we saw quite a bit of melting today and some of that could refreeze during the overnight period, so slick spots on the roadways. Watch out for that throughout the overnight and early tomorrow morning. We have a shot albeit kind of patchy shot at some freezing rain as we head into tomorrow night so well talk about the areas that will most likely see a little bit of freezing rain. As we head into next week the official start of winter next thursday and well be warming temperatures. One day well make a run at 60 degrees and ill let you know when to expect that in your full Eyewitness News forecast coming up in a few natasha. Lauren thank you so much. See you soon. Developing tonight additional security is on the job for new jersey senator cory booker and his family after they received Death Threats this weekend. According to the mayor of newark, u. S. Capitol police notified Law Enforcement in the city about the threat. Now officers are working with Newark Police to provide security at the booker home. So far no details have been provided about the specifics of the threat. A ski lift accident mea injured five skiers. It strands dozens of others high above the slopes much these pictures were taken at Tussey Mountain 80 miles northwest of harrisburg. Ski resort Officials Say one chair flipped backwards and into the chair behind it causing a domino effect. Emergency responders used ropes to rescue about 50 people. That took more than an hour. No word on what caused the malfunction. Our region does continue to support a Montgomery County family who lost their two young sons in a devastating house fire. The tragedy happened on summit avenue in schwenksville on wednesday morning. Montgomery county sheriffs deputy brian lukens, his wife and daughter all fire but their 11 and sixyearold sons both died after getting trapped inside. Today the cpya held a pancake breakfast to help raise money for the family. Its been unbelievable honestly its a Small Community in schwenksville but i feel like every person is contributing some way somehow to helping the family and thats all that really matters right now is how people can help. Investigators say an extension cord plugged into a space heater sparked the fire. Authorities searching for the driver of the car that struck and killed a 46yearold man in chester. The driver never stopped. The hitandrun happened in the southbound lanes at highland avenue about 3 oclock this morning. Police identified the victim now as ronald williams. Investigators say he was struck after getting out of his car for an unknown reason. The striking vehicle is believed to be a black into your model volkswagen. Police say it should also have damage to the front end as well as the windshield. And Radnor Township Police now embracing new technology. Officers are moving away from paper citations and welcoming in the digital age. Eyewitness News Reporter anita oh found out how the change is actually helping to streamline the process for officers. And those unlucky enough get a ticket. Reporter while getting a traffic ticket is hardly enjoyable the process of issuing one in radnor township is getting stream lined. Gone are the days Radnor Township Police officers have to issue handwritten paper citations which leave room for error and take time to process. The reason for your excessive speed today. Reporter with the help of a new piece of technology,. Yup, very simple to us 82. Reporter officers say they no longer have to get in and out of their car multiple times in high traffic areas, plus drivers can spend less time at a traffic stop. By scanning this in two scans all that information is populated in literally under five seconds. Reporter the department purchased nine of these hand held devices at about 3,000 each. Radnor Officials Say this is the first local Police Department in the state to use them. Deputy superintendent Chris Flanagan says the department started planning for the hand held devices two years ago which instantly scan the bar code on a drivers license and car registration. Reduces the amount of time that officers are on scene. Frees up the public quicker. It also gives a very professional document. Reporter the Company Behind the device, united Public Safety hopes to add another feature shortly. This hopefully soon will be able to once we enter the drivers information will let us know potentially if any warrants exist. Right now checking for warrants is not an instant process nor is it done at every traffic stop. This will allow technology all to come into one point and give us maximum safety and efficiency. Reporter in radnor township anita tow cbs3 Eyewitness News. In washington, President Trump says that he expects the tax reform bill to be passed before christmas. This weekend lawmakers are reading through the final version of the tax bill before voting on it next week. The final plan includes seven personal tax brackets with rates dropping for almost everyone. Democrats say there will be less money going to programs that many americanss rely on. Seniors, disabled americans and veterans all count on various tax provisions that are now on the chopping block. Effectively raising their taxes. This is going to be one of the great Christmas Gifts to middle income people. Democrats also point out that most of the personal tax cuts would expire by 2025. And now the Trump Administration is reportedly prohibiting the use of seven words and phrases in official cdc documents for next years budget. According to the Washington Post the words are fetus transgender, diversity along entitle. Evidence based and science based. The department of health and Human Services says theis not accurate arent. A controversial bill may make change inherri gregg goes inside one of the businesses in question to check out how the new rules would impact their bottom line. Celebrity chef mario batali unonfder fire accused of sexual misconduct. Why his weekend apology is now going viral for all the wrong reasons. And coming up later, a creature thats been extinct for thousands of years goes on sale for thousands of dollars. A closer look at the amazing gds g. And thats why Small Business owners need more. Like internet thats up to the challenge. The gigspeed network from comcast business gives you more. With speeds up to 20 times faster than the average. That means powering more devices more video conferencing, and more downloads in seconds, not minutes. Get fast internet and add phone and tv for only 24. 90 more per month. Comcast is building americas largest gigspeed network to give Small Businesses more. Call 18005016000 today. Welcome back. Philadelphia city Council Passed a bill this weekend that will force beer delis to comply with state law. Asian Business Owners called the measure a kill bill referriuld eventually call for the removal of bulletproof barriers. Cherri gregg of kyw news radio a tour of the socalled stop and goes to see what the controversy is all about. Reporter this is kennys seafood and stakes on wayne avenue. When you go inside behind large plexiglass barriers theres beer Tobacco Products and single servings of medications for sale. You see a number of different cigerello product. Reporter liquor laws require seating for 30 and an accessible bathroom. This does not fit the requirement of being a restaurant. Reporter kennys owner jeff lieu admits they sell little food. What do you sell the most . Beer, sodas. Asianamerican licensed Beverage Association strongly opposed the bill rallying near city hall. There beef, the bill gives licenses and inspections power to create rules for possible removal of the plexiglass barriers in 2021. Our city needs fully prepared. Reporter chang roys is that was gunned down in their south philadelphia shop. More people die, yes. Reporter she now has plexiglass and members of alba believe removal of plexiglass will push them out of business. What do you say to the Business Owners who claim that this bill is race discrimination. I really dont care what race they are. They could be burple for all i care. What we care about is taking care of our citizens taking care of our communities and this is a Business Model that is completely unacceptable no matter who is running it. Reporter bass says the bill which mayor kenney is expected to sign is not about the glass. Its about stopping the sale of beer blunts and more. What they really are are places that you can buy products to get high. Reporter she says their goal not to shut down the delis but to get them to stop selling adds diction producing products in vulnerable communities. Cherri gregg for cbs3 Eyewitness News. An from celebrity chef mario batali is confusing some. Its going viral this weekend following allegations of sexual misconduct. In his online newsletter the former host of the chew acknowledged many mistakes and apologized for disappointing Family Friends and fans. He also included a recipe for Cinnamon Rolls saying ps in case youre searching for a holiday inspired breakfast these pizza dough Cinnamon Rolls are a fan favorite. Kiss frontman gene simmons sued for sexual battery. A civil complaint filed in los angeles on friday says he groped a woman at a restaurant opening. His accuser who has not been identified now says she was interviewing simmons at the time and according to the complaint he used the situation to inappropriately touch her throat and buttocks. Meantime as flames continue to burn through southern california, smoke from the enormous wildfire, it can be seen from space. A nasa satellite here captured this image of a thick blanket of brown smoke streaming from the fire. Winds are also fueling the flames this weekend. New evacuation to tell you about its being enforced in Santa Barbara county now. The evacuation zone is about 17 miles long and 5 miles wide. The thomas fire is bearing down on montecito which is home to Oprah Winfrey and other celebrities. Winds are gusting at 60 miles an hour. The fire has burned more than 700 homes since december 4th and 1 firefighter died battling that blaze on thursday. All right, well, lauren casey is in with us now. Okay, snow is out of here. Yup. Hopefully the cold weather will be soon. Yes. Old man winter hes going take a break. He made an early appearance. Hes going to take a little nap before he comes back. We have one mild day in store next week but more snow yesterday and a chilly day today. But a quiet day today and we did some melting with that sunshine and above freezing temperatures. We didnt make it to normal. Our High Temperature 42 degrees in philadelphia. Our normal high 44. And we had a chilly start to the day down at 21 degrees this morning. Getting a live look at center city philadelphia, all is quiet. Temperatures 38 degrees a southerly wind around 7 Miles Per Hour so feeling more like 33 at this hour. But temperature change over the last 24 hours. We are much more mild, even though its still chilly on the order of about 10 to even 20 degrees from this time yesterday evening but despite that temperatures are still near or below that freezing mark. Theres some concern for black ice overnight tonight and tomorrow morning. Did quite a bit of melting today so slick spots on the roads so use extreme caution if youre traveling out and about. Overnight in the city well be dropping down below freezing 29 degrees and with those light winds that will allow ice to form more efficiently for our sunday. Pretty quiet day though if youve got that Christmas Shopping to do. Sunshine to start then increasing clouds, 41 degrees so chilly. Light winds not too much of a wind chill impact for our sunday. Storm scan3 showing us quiet conditions across the region, no flakes falling right now as we get a live look on our Neighborhood Network all is quiet in Rehoboth Beach right now, light wind speeds as well. Future weather showing us a quiet start to the last day of our weekend. Patchy clouds for the first half of the day. Increasing clouds into the afternoon but we stayed precipitation free during the Daylight Hours but as we head into tomorrow night well see a little moisture moving in. You do notice some of this pink breaking out that does indicate the potential for some patchy light freezing rain, pockets of just light rain liquid rainfall possible as well. Again, its not going to be widespread in nature. Not going to be heavy in intensity. But if you have to be on the roads sunday night early monday morning its something you have to consider because it can make for slick spots. That threat will minimize in time for our monday morning commute so good news for there. This threat will mainly come in the overnight period as we head into the day tomorrow. We could see very light accumulations of ice. Even if we just see. 02 of ice or freezing rain that could yield very slick conditions in some areas so keep that in mind. As we head into monday we begin our warmup. 48 degrees under mostly cloudy skies to kick off the work week. Then check out tuesday. A random and very mild day 57 degrees. Our record High Temperature for the day is actually 65. But then as we head into wednesday, we chill things off once again. Back closer to average just in time for the official start to winter which hasnt even started yet, i know 43 degrees and sunshine on thursday. Are you sure about that . Fling, i know, right. Joe, birds on the road. Our season without carson wentz coming in full view. Birds with the chance to secure Home Field Advantage tomorrow with a little help plus a high stepping touchdown celebration to show you. The flyers looking to extend their winning streak plus deny a former coach. Sports is next. Check this out, bro. Whats that, broheim . I switched to geico and got more. More savings on Car Insurance . Yeah brofessor, and more. Like renters insurance. More ways to save. Nice, brotato chip. Thats not all brotein shake. Geico has motorcycle and rv insurance, too. Oh, thats a lot more. Oh yeah, im all about more, teddy brosevelt. Geico. Expect great savings and a whole lot more. It feels good to be back. Joe holden with sports highlights. Natasha flyers have found their stride and theyre looking to keep the momentum going hosting the stars orange and black going for the sixth straight win. Flyers former head coach and e current stars coach Ken Hitchcock going for his 800th win. Second period flyers down a goal and on the power play Jake Voraceks shot misses but Shayne Gostisbehere is johnny on the spot. Were tied. Game in overtime. Flyers on the power play shane big again. Obviously we havent been successful early in the season in overtime and we talked about kind of system and how we want to play in overtime. He did a good job on a couple of the shots they had but overall we played pretty well. The eagles may8 have to shuffle the offensive line tomorrow when they play the giants. Guard instead of van wisniewski listed as questionable with an ankle injury. If he cant go chance wore mac or isaac will start. Eagles defense need to step up now that carson wentz is out for the season much they have given up 59 points in the last two games. The seahawks and rams were seven for seven in the red zone against the birds. While the giants have one of the worst offenses in the league, the eagles arent taking them lightly. Weve got to pin them down early. I think the biggest thing is i mean, theyre not going to get rid of the ball quick. Thats every time they play us. As a pass rusher we have to be patient and knowing that at some point in the game hes got to hold the ball a little bit until we get him on the ground. Just got to believe and well get after em. The eagles could wrap up Home Field Advantage for the playoffs with a win and if the vikings lose to the bengals. Well break down the game and the playoff scenarios tomorrow morning on chevy sunday kickoff. Sports director don bell will be in studio. Lesley van arsdale live from Metlife Stadium along with the voice of the eagles, merrill reese. Thats tomorrow morning right here on cbs3. Saturday football Matt Stafford and the lions hosting the bears in an nfc north matchup. Second quarter lyons up by six stafford gets the stat rolls hitting jones in the flat and he takes it into the end zone for the touchdown. How about a Little New York new york. Jones and his crew giving a tribute to the rockettes. Very nice. Lions keeping their playoff chances alive with the 2010 sixers off. Monday night theyll be on the road to face the bus. Now last night they lost in triple overtime to the thunder. 119117. The sixers have now lost five out of six and are one game out of the final playoff spot. College hoops. The city sixth game between drexel and temple at the liacouras center. Owls up by two, dragons with the ball kirk lee drivers into the paint kicks the ball out to mohican, he knocks down the 3pointer drexel with the lead. Game is tied. Alston drives and misses, he gets the rebound scores. Temple takes the lead for good. The dragons with one final chance to tie the game but lees 3pointer, keep your eye on it coming up a little short. Temple holding on to beat drexel 6 all kind of action tonight. It was a close one. Flyers keeping it alive. Stay with us. Still ahead, a blast from the past sells for thousands of dollars. A closer look at this massive mammoth and who bought hey, man. Oh nice man cave nacho . [ train whistle blows ] what . stop it mmhmm. Weve been saving a lot of money ever since we switched to progressive. This bar is legit. And now we get an even bigger discount from bundling home and auto. I can get used to this. It might take a minute. Swing and a miss slam dunk touchdown together sports welcome back everyone. A 15,000yearold skeleton of a woolly mammoth was auctioned off for more than 643,000 in france this weekend. The amazing blast from the past here is a rare skeleton because its complete. It features two gleaming 10 a combined 353 pounds. The mammoth will be displayed inside the headquarters of a strasburg based construction company. Well be right back everyone. Stay michael im thankful that im alive and have a second chance. James im thankful for the help and the opportunity that i received. Darlene im thankful to be able to help people in crisis. Vanessa im thankful that addiction is treatable, and that help is available. Christie new jersey is experiencing a heroin epidemic fueled by opioid painkillers. But if you or someone you love is struggling with addiction i want you to know we are here for you. This holiday season, choose help. Call 844 reach nj or visit reachnj. Gov. Well, our regions Jewish Community celebrating the fifth night of hanukkah. The this is the largest car menorah parade. A hundred menorah topped cars made their way along the ben franklin parkway tonight concluding at Independence Mall where phillies manager gabe kepler lit a giant menorah. A caravan of trucks delivered all of these toys to Youth Service incorporated in west philly today. These gifts are all part of the tenth annual tristate area tow for tots. Ysi provides support services for thousands of kids every year. Our volunteers show up with food and clothes and toys like you see in this room. It is overpowering for many families. They ive seen people cry just not just in awe of someone being so kind and tow for tots is organized guy dave and Charles Norton of the norton low lodge. We certainly will be collecting all day long beginning at 6 00 a. M. Until 8 00 p. M. Monday night right here at cbs3 studios. We hope that you can stop by say hi and drop off a new unwrapped toy for a little boy or a little girl. We would so appreciate that. That is Eyewitness News. We always appreciate you being with us. Im Natasha Brown for joe lauren, all of us. If youre up early join our morning team and were always on cbsphilly. Com. Have a great night everyone. s hope you brought me some bug spray. How come people dont get killed in highend spas or nice handbag stores . What fun would that be . Oh, my god. She looks about 18. Well, howd she end up here . Probably not voluntarily judging by the bruising and scrapes. Shes posed. Looks like her necks broken. I dont see a wallet or a purse anywhere. Well, shes all dressed up. Yeah, dressed to kill. Or be killed. Im gonna look around. Yeah. Can i get a couple of unis to do an area search up that way . You two, start an area search. Woman got it man yes, sir
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