Transcripts For WPVI Action News 20140621

Its kinda fun to make a splash. Keep on scratchin. Melissa rachel is on the left, and she has been arrested for a fatal hit and run accident, race night, in been sale Steven Pagano said he tampered with evidence hoping to cover up the crime. It is friday night an the big story on action news tonight is the arrest of two people wye Bensalem Police, including an allege hit and run killer. Action News Reporter dann cuellar is live, at Bensalem Police headquarters, tonight, dann . Reporter jim, Bensalem Police acting on a tip work quickly to capture an alleged hit and run driver an an alleged cohort whom they say was working in concert with her to hide evidence. Both were arraigned just over an hour ago. Rachel, do you have anything to say for yourself . Three threeyear old Melissa Rachel and three threeyear old Steven Pagano had nothing to say as they were escorted to and from their arraignment from bensalem. Rachel was driving with the suspend license when she struck and killed six threeyear old vincent perry, junior walking on the shoulder of the roadway at 4100 bristol pike. We received a credit credible tip today, to one of our officers which we were able to followup, and, then make an arrest. Reporter why did you try to hide the car. I didnt do bleep, i dont know what you are talking about. Reporter police say pagano helped the plan to hide gmc pick up truck that rachel was driving and to take it to a location in, northeast philadelphia. They hid the vehicle from our sight that night, they then took to it a location in philadelphia. Where they did some other things that we cannot get into right now. Reporter at this point police have no idea how rachel managed to strike the victim without seeing him and whether she was driving under the influence. At this time we have no evidence to prove there was narcotics or alcohol related to this investigation. Reporter and now just noting severity of the charges ordered rachel, held on 750,000 you dollars bail. Now, as for pagano he has been charged with tampering with evidence, they say he removed the license tag the from the truck and then also watched, washed it, telling police he washs lot of crime shows and knows how it works. He is being held on 75,000 cash what i will. Live here at Bensalem Police headquarters, im dann cuellar for channel six action news. We have a developing story, in burlington county, rescuers came to the aid of four people tonight along the Delaware River in burlington city. Authorities say that a boat hit a dock near 500 block of east pearl street, rescuers are telling us, that all appear to be okay. Police are investigating an accident that seriously injured a boy tonight in the Strawberry Mansion section of philadelphia. The eight yearold was struck at 26th and ridge avenue at 8 30. Police say a car went around a stopped septa bus, and then hit the boy. He was then taken to Childrens Hospital of philadelphia, he is in stable condition. Two people were shot, including a 14 yearold boy in the logan section of philadelphia tonight. Somebody opened fire, in the 1,000 block of west ruscomb street at 5 30. A 27 yearold and a 14 yearold were both shot in the leg and they are in stable condition at this hour at einstein medical center, police are looking for the the gun man. A four yearold child has died, from injuries suffered from a crash on the Atlantic City express waste this morning. And 35 yearold james dennis was pronounced dead at the scene. Two were among the six people thrown from the pickup truck when it struck a guardrail just after 7 00 oclock. The single vehicle crash happened near the farly Service Plaza in hamilton township. The driver remains in critical condition. Three others suffered serious injuries as well. Police in berks county of identified the runner hit and killed by a driver this morning. Police say that the truck hit sally as she ran on boyar road in pike township. Fiftynine twoyear old was the ceo of east penn manufacturing, the largest private business in berks county. The driver of the truck, 56 yearold mark miller, was ordered to have blood tests, no charges have been filed. Osha is investigating the death of the work tore day at a demolition site in cherry hill. The victim was crushed when a concrete wall collapsed at the site of the former Blockbuster Video store on route 38. The worker was a day laborer foremancuso contractors. A backhoe operator was also hurt and taken to kennedy hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. Nearly 2900 drivers will have to find a new route around the graterford road bridge in perkiomen township. Inspectors closed the bridge today after discovering, significant brakes in the beams. The bridge will remain closed until repairs can be made or the bridge is replaced. It has cooled off in the tristate area and tomorrow might see a spotty shower two are in parts of the region. Lets go live to meteorologist adam joseph. Adam, what is latest word from accu weather. It is all burr location whether you see a shower or two. This evening, cloud pushed in and many took to my social media pages both facebook and twitter to share the spectacular view in the sky before sunset of the cirus clouds moving n this is from gina in wilmington delaware. Those clouds were all made of ice crystals. Called cirrus clouds. You can see them pushing in just after the 6 00 oclock hour. Now many clouds draped over the region and they will stick around for the first part of the weekend. So overnight temperatures, will, go back into the 50s in the suburbs. Sixtythree in philadelphia. Sixty in dover. Another very comfortable, night, despite the clouds that are here. In fact 9 00 oclock tomorrow morning thicker clouds to the south. Some thinning to the clouds to the north and east, at 3 00 in the afternoon you can see those spinning showers, mainly south of philadelphia, farther north you are, better chance you will see some sunshine throughout the day tomorrow. When i come back, jim, we will talk about a beautiful second half of the weekend no matter where you are, this being the first full weekend of the summer and in that seven day forecast and we will talk about it. Thanks, adam. Lets switch live to Annie Mccormack on main street in manayunk. Tell us about the solstice fire tonight that kicks off the manayunk Arts Festival. Reporter well, the beautiful night out here in manayunk, jim, and that Arts Festival is a major milestone this year. Twentyfive years it is celebrate nothing manayunk and tonight the streets are lined with people enjoying a summerlike night since were not there just yet but they are also looking forward to seeing even more people coming out, hundreds of thousands in fact, tomorrow. Friday night in manayunks canal, 12 boats filled with fire symbolized night before summers longest day of the year, summer solstice at manayunks busiest with the return of the Arts Festival for the the 25th year. We usually have to hundred thousand over two days. Hundred thousand each day, and midday, it is pretty packed but that is part of the fun of it. Reporter at 3 00 a. M. Main street will be transformed into a sea of tents filled with artist from his all areas of the creative world, photography, painters, to jewelry designer. Jills mother barbara, baroff is the founder. It is a lot of work but we had no idea how it would work out. Reporter twentyfive years ago, there were 200 artists, now there are 300, but the crowds have always surpassed a hundred thousand and remained study. Artists come from all over the country. It is always exciting. We get sometimes new artists who have an idea that you have not seen before, and never done the show or second year show, and they do really well. Reporter also have an emergency artist tent. Which is 30 local up and copping artists so they are from the Manny Youngs Roxborough area. Reporter ten years ago the festival gave this local artist shelley an opportunity to display her work. Now her jewelry line, number 27 collections, is a success. There was a lot of people and i did really well and i was hooked. Reporter now she never misses it. She calls this her super bowl and encourages other artists to display their work as well. Definitely took off. A lot of times other people who own shops and stuff will find you through these festival and then it helps your confidence. Reporter artist will be out here setting up as early as 3 00 a. M. If you want to check it out it begins at 11 00 a. M. On saturday and sunday. If you want to come to manayunk but avoid the the traffic, head to the web site at manayunk. Com, they will have alternate routes on there reporting live from manayunk, anni mccormack for channel six action news. Thanks, annie. Get latest updates from action knew and accu weather. Our apps are free at the apple and google apps store. A swarm of bees terrorized a south philadelphia neighborhood tonight. Neighbors were not too happy with their unwelcome visitors in the 2200 block of mifflin street. The swarm blanketed the doorway of two homes, and tonight, neighbors tell action news that a bee keeper, finally came to the rescue, he retrieved nearly 1300 bees, and believed there must be, a colony, nearby. I guess so. Chestnut hill hospital, workers will stage a one day strike tomorrow, the Health Care Workers are calling on Hospital Management to negotiate a contract with what they say are fair wages. Workers say that Chestnut Hill is a for profit hospital but spend on workers wages and benefits compared to the average Pennsylvania Hospital that is from the workers, reached out to hospital officials tonight but have have not yet received a response. Still to come on action news tonight summer officially begins tomorrow, and philadelphia pools are opening for the season. All pools will soon be ready for the residents to dive in. Cameras captured the moment a man is thrown off his motorcycle, and he walks away, without a scratch. Phillies hope to extend their winning streak in st. Louis, Ducis Rodgers with sports, adam joseph back with the weekend accu Weather Forecast when action news continues tonight. Heavy rain, in minneapolis have led to a mud slide, behind the fair View University of minnesota medical center. Twenty workers in one section of the hospital had to be evacuated, hospital officials have assured staff and patients that the buildings foundation has not been compromised. There are no reports of any injuries, in other parts of the minnesota the heavy rains have flooded farm fields and washed out roads. Those 300 military advisors being sent to iraq could start their mission very soon if they have not already. Among their major priorities, to gather intelligence on the militant jihad isis. Washington wont say exactly hot advisors are but a former navy seal said they are seals, green barrettes and tier rangers. Meanwhile battle continues in the iraqs biggest oil refinery, 150 miles north of baghdad which isis has now surrounded. The refinery supplies a quarter of iraqs needs. Ukrainian president petro is a Eastern Ukraine to personally put his peace plan in effect. He has told his troops to seized military operation as begins pro russian separatist for a week. The president wants to follow the seized fire with joint security patrols and then locally electricians, but moscow has dismissed the peace plan calling it an ultimatum because it contains in offer of talks, with the insurgents. Tracie morgan has been, moved to a Rehab Facility to continue his recovery after that crash on the new jersey turn pike on june 7th the spokesmen says he is showing signs of improvement but has a long recovery ahead. Morgan broke his leg and ribs. His friend james mcnair was killed when a tractor trailer slammed into their limo bus. The truck driver, 35 yearold kevin roper, has pleaded not guilty to death by auto and assault charges. Police in south jersey are investigating how a car, ended up, in a home, in lindenwald, camden county. The accident happened just before 4 00 oclock in the 600 block of fifth avenue knew, fortunately, nobody was hurt. Officials are still assessing the the damage, done. A lawmakers in new jersey is trying to stop scrap metal thieves from detrying the city of trenton. That is how he puts it. Police say that the people are stripping copper and other metals from near liz every old building and even stealing from grave sites. So far five men have been arrested on theft charges. Assemblyman read gustera is introducing legislation from buying grave markers, historical signs or religious or military memorials. Over 50 workers at the the cdc in atlanta are taking antibiotics, because of a accidental exposure to anthrax. A safety lapse happened when a high level by other security lab failed to completely inact rate anthrax samples sent to less secure labs for further research. Experts say that the public shouldnt be concerned about an out break, spreading beyond the employees, who were initially infected. On health check tonight a new study shows those popular fitness bands may not be as accurate as you would think. Researchers at Iowa State University tested eight different activity monitors against a portable metabolic analyzer. Results revealed that some are better than others. When it comes to calorie burn estimates, the most accurate were the body media fit, followed by the fit bit z i p and fit bit one. Through have it. Well, this scene may look like it is from a movie but this was no stunt. A Traffic Cameras in florida, caught the moment of impact between a motorcyclist and a car. Twentyfour yearold Michael Smith was tossed from his motorcycle, flying head over heels, remarkably, he hands on his feet. He got up and walked away, like nothing ever happened. Smith only suffered a minor shoulder injury and he was cited for not wearing a helmet. School is out, summer starts tomorrow, and pools are opened. The whistle mark the opening of the pool at the Cruz Recreation Center in north philadelphia today. More than a hundred kids lined up for day one. Cruz pool is first of 70 Philadelphia City pools that will open along with nine spray ground. Swimming is a tradition for Juan Rodriguez family. I come here with my family, my sister, my mom, my dad, i come here having a good time. Reporter the recreation leaders want to remind all swimmers to obey rules at all times, the rest of the pools will open over the next few weeks. Good day for swimming today, sunday especially. Were. It will be a good day for swimming. Tomorrow there will be water in a different form so to speak in some areas falling from the sky but overall, a pretty nice first weekend of summer. As we look at double scan live out there right now, the the clouds have pushed in, but not finding any blips of green on the radar just yet, and, as we take a look at the last day of springtime, and take a look at spring overall for the last three months, as we say good bye to it, temperatures will be pretty much be on par, just. 2 degrees, above normal but it was the rainfall that with a surplus around here, close to 6 inches above normal in philadelphia, and, the more water you have in the ground during this spring season, that is a son that has to go to work and evaporate it on the ground and so that is one reason why it wasnt as hot as we go in the late spring or early summer because of the suns radiation is trying to rip that moisture out of the ground rather than warm the air. As we lot at summer solstice, that arrives first thing tomorrow morning at 6 51 a. M. When direct rays of the sun are right over the the tropic of cancer, and, that sun, and actually the earths tilt, the Northern Hemisphere is towards the sun, that is why it is warmer this time of the year and as we move forward into sunday, monday, tuesday, the Daylight Hours start to get shorter and shorter now. As we lot at temperature in allentown, 69 degrees. Sixtynine in trenton as well as wilmington. Sixtyfive in millville. But still warm, with the urban heat island effect with all of that concrete around philadelphia, that is why it is so much warmer at 76 degrees. There are the clouds, spilling in from the north and west but most of the energy with this boundary is to the south over the virginias with the heavier downpours and showers, is there a little bit of pittsburgh, there is some light green, so that major of low will spill clouds our way but also a few showers south of philadelphia, far from a wash out. Brighter to the north at 77 degrees but then High Pressure squash that he is front down to the south. Northerly win comes in, low humidity, gorgeous finish at 82 degrees. Seven on is your ocean temperature. Heading to the shore a lot of clouds tomorrow and an on and off shower. 74 degrees. Much better on sunday 76 with full sunshine. And then in the poconos no threat of showers tomorrow. It is sun and clouds both days, with temperatures, mighty fine, 72 on saturday and 75 on sunday. The exclusive seven day forecast tomorrow rather cloudy. A couple of showers south of the city, 77 but we he all grasp the sun here on sunday, a gorgeous day at 82. Still low humidity and sunshine monday 84 degrees. Before we crank up that humidity again come tuesday at 86. It is humid wednesday with a pop up thunderstorm around at 87. Stays warm and muggy, thursday at 87. And still summer feel but not oppressive here, on friday, 86 degrees. So is there one good thing about rip spring. Still a slower start to the oppressive heat and humidity of the summertime. Weather was perfect for graduation ceremonies tonight in salem county. Class of the 2014 Penns Grove High School in Carneys Point received their diplomas tonight wearing red and white gowns, with that yellow trim that graduates proudly walk into the stadium in front of family and friend holding balloons and cameras, the crowd clearly excited for the the achievements of their loved ones. [ male announcer ] tvs come a long way. From color. To the remote. To flat screens. Now its taking a quantum leap. Introducing fios quantum tv. Record up to 12 shows at the same time. Store up to 200 hours of entertainment in hd. Plus watch live tv anytime with the fios mobile app. Redefining what tv can be. Thats powerful. Call the Verizon Center for customers with disabilities at 800. 974. 6006 tty v the government can move forward with the lawsuit begins disgraced cyclist lance armstrong. A federal why denied a request from armstrongs lawyers to dismiss the case today. Lawsuit is seeking hundred milliondollar in damages on behalf of the u. S. Postal service and u. S. Ps sponsored armstrongs team, from 1998 until 2004. The phillies may be the hottest team in the National League and they are looking for yet another victory tonight. What a difference a few days, and a few weeks make. Couple weeks ago we were writing them off. Tonight we are cautiously optimistic. Phillies won eight of last ten games heading into tonights game in st. Louis. Cliff lee throws a bull pen session prior to the game. He is still feeling something in his pitching elbow but hopes to return before the allstar break. Fifty minute rain delay to start. Phillies down a run, aj burnett, gets it. Couple more biscuits for breakfast that might have been gone. Marlon byrd, he tags garcias offering. His 12th of the season. Right now they lead fiveone. Were in the eighth inning. Chip kelly has found a few diamond in the rough as a College Coach in oregon, he hopes he has found another at nfl level. Alexander is a 6foot nine, defensive end. The 25 yearold has not played football since he was in college in 2009. Back then he was a wide receiver. He then spent three tours of duty in afghanistan. He is a captain in the u. S. Army. While the Coaching Staff trying to measure his intangible hes he is hopeful he can make this foot wall teach. Coach kelly, an unbelievable human being who gave me the opportunity. For me it is all uphill. That is how turf look at this opportunity. Hopefully with this work i have put in during the off season it can pay dividend in training camp. He is a guy we have to keep an eye on just because he has such an upside. I dont know where he will, and how it will pan out but in terms of the work ethic and things like that his is second to none. Still ahead here in sports the sixers tell us how important they feel, this years nba draft is to the franchise, plus we will update you on that 11 yearold girl playing in the u. S. Open, womens u. S. Open. [ tune resumes ] [ tune resumes ] ice cream ice cream its ice cream time anytime enjoy dunkins baskinrobbinsinspired iced coffee flavors. America runs on dunkin. vo cars for crash survival,ning subaru has developed our most revolutionary feature yet. A car that can see trouble. And stop itself to avoid it. When the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety tested front crash prevention nobody beat subaru models with eyesight. Not honda. Not ford or any other brand. Subaru eyesight. An extra set of eyes, every time you drive. While stopping at dunkin donuts, so now im sitting in the bed of my truck, sipping a latte and smiling. Mydunkin get any small hot or iced latte for just 99 cents from 2 to 6 p. M. Share your story. Mydunkin we are inside of a week until the nba draft. The sixers have two picks inside the top ten, number three, and number ten. The sixers know they cannot afford to screw this up. It is, critical that we get it right. Just depend on how you define get it right and what that might mean. For us it means being and sticking with the plan. As we have heard from brett and samantha this is a plan that will take sometime. So this is a piece of the puzzle, but is the draft important . It is critical. Look at the great teams around the league several of them have been built through draft and others have been built through trades and free agency. There are different ways to build a team. We will explore all of them. U. S. Is gearing up for its big world cup match on sunday, the americans will face portugal. Ecuador and honduras, emotional for this kid, tied at one in the 65th minute. Enter, he scored earlier in the match. He scores again. Our buddy, he agrees. Ecuador wins twoone. Italy and costa rica the italians are four time world cup champs and they are done. Tonights goal here, by brian reid from the fortyfourth minute and that is all of the scoring, costa rica wins one to nothing. No weekend play for lucy li, the 11 yearold qualifier at u. S. Womens open. She had another 78, and missed her cut. That is sports. We have come to know her. Finally tonight, a new jersey Senior Community said thank you to the local First Responders tonight. Cardinals village hosted recognition barbecue in sewell, gloucester county. The seniors wanted to let the fire fighters, police and emergency technicians in the community, how much, they are appreciated and how valuable they really are. Jimmy kimmel live next on channel six followed by night line. Action news continues at 5 30 with eva pilgrim and meteorologist chris sowers. For cecily tynan, adam joseph, Ducis Rodgers and the entire action news team, im jim gardner, good night, have a dicky from hollywood, its Jimmy Kimmel Live tonight curtis 50 cent jackson. Jenny slate. The National Spelling bee champs. And music from one republic with cleto and the cletones and now, look at this, heres jimmy kimmel [ cheers and applause ] jimmy hi, Everyone Welcome to the show. Thank you for watching. Thank you for joining me here on this night of basketball. Earlier tonight