Northwesterly winds 18 miles per hour. So it feels like freezing. 32 degrees right now in philadelphia. Look at the temperatures dipping into the upper 30s millville as well as wildwood. 39 degrees right now in allentown. But take look at the wind chills. Pretty much area wide right now mid to upper 20s. So as we take look at future feels like temperatures by 7am on your saturday morning, its going to feel like the teens north and west. Low 20s along the i95 corridor. What about 20 degrees in atlantic city. So bundle up. If youve been waiting to wear the jackets, the scarves those winter coats, tomorrow is definitely your day because take a look at 2 00 oclock. Its going to feel like freezing in philadelphia. So coming up well talk about the coldest air of the season. That weekend winter chill, but we could be talking about records and temperatures flirting with 70 degrees in that seven day forecast. Its going to be pretty short lived. Dawn, back to you. Crazy. Thank you scott. You can track this cold weather and your holiday forecast at fox29. Com or download the fox 29 weather app. Now to a developing story out of Delaware County that has residents there feeling very uneasy tonight. Police say this man possibly others are breaking into peoples homes in broad daylight and making off with valuable items like tvs and jewelry and in one case a gun. Fox 29s joanne phil will he gee is in bethel township where she talked to nervous residents. Joanne . Reporter yes, dawn, a week before christmas, and instead of holiday cheer, theres pre holiday fear and quite frankly anger. After a series of burglars in and around bethel township in one case the thieves stole expensive laptops an x box and guns and in another jewelry. Very upsetting. Were been nine years. Weve never an issue. Feel completely violated. Reporter in homes where the Christmas Lights sparkle and residents in southern Delaware County getting ready for the holiday this woman one of the victims was fearful of an on camera interview. I was notified that my neighbor was robbed yesterday afternoon. I rushed home to check our neighborhood and drove into my driveway and noticed that my basement was burglarized and someone had entered the home. Reporter in her home and from others on the street nearby neighborhoods the thieves took electronics, laptops, video equipment, christmas presents, jewelry and weapons. It all happened during the day when most people were at work. I think its random although i believe that some of these places have been cased by the perpetrators. Reporter from what police know, its a trio of thieves. They were seen driving a four door silver vw jetta. Police were able to come up with this composite sketch of one of the thieves. Cops say the group hit multiple towns in delco and also in new castle, delaware. So theres a warning for area residents now. We want them to take all the precautions. You know, locking doors, keeping garage doors down. And being vigilant. Fortunately, none of the victims has encounter the the thieves. The thieves who have ransacked many of the homes in search of valuables and now those thieves have guns so police are telling residents to be extra vigilant and on the look out for anything strange in their neighborhood. For now were live in bethel township, Joanne Pileggi fox 29 news. Back to you dawn. Thank you joanne. With temperatures falling police need your help finding an elderly man whose been missing for more than 12 hours now. West town east goshen Regional Police say 86yearold man left his home around 10 00 this morning heading to a doctors appointment. He never showed up. He was last scene riding a red 2002 crown vic toryism he doesnt have a cell phone or ez pass or any other tracking devices on his car and no activity on his credit cards today. If you have seen may or you know where he is, please call police. The daughter of a local police chief found guilty today for her involvement in the violent attack of a gay couple in center city last year. But she was acquitted of the most serious charges. Fox 29s brad sattin is here with reaction from the jury after that verdict. Brad . Dawn, the verdict is in. Catherine knot convicted only on diss demeanor charges after heated deliberations in the jury room. Some jurors wanted to convict or more serious charges but the definition of the law wouldnt allow it. Should she go to jail. I think so. Reporter jurors wont decide her zenbut they did convict the 25yearold daughter a Chalfont Police chief. Catherine knot leaving the courtroom with nothing to say after jury roars found her guilty of less serious charges of simple assault and Reckless Endangerment in in a septembe september 2014 Violent Center city attack on gay couple that left one victim with a broken jaw. Knot was out with 14 friends when the encounter occurred. Three were charged. The other two men pleaded guilty and were sentenced to community service. The victims were hoping to avoid a public trial. All they ever wanted was an admission that wrong was done to them and to have it be over wi with. She didnt give them either of them things. Reporter knot insisted she never through a punch or shouted slurs at the victims. Prosecutors tried to paint the woman as homophobic by releasing earlier twitter posts that include add gay slur. This young woman is not homophobic. We all say things at times that we wish we could take back they dont come from the heart. She would have become a better character to me if she would have been like you know what, i messed up, i said those things, it was stupid. But i felt like she had this kind of air invincibility. Some jurors say she showed no remorse. It is so bad she saw nothing wrong with what she d she didnt appear apologetic. It was like what is the big deal . And it was a big deal. It was a big deal for everybody and i am so offended by everything about her. I think she needs a couple years to think about her behavior honestly. But im not the judge so ,. Reporter from here knot is going to be sentenced in february. She could get a couple of years up to two years but probation is probably more likely in this case. By the way we can toll that you this case led to an expansion of the citys hate crime law that now includes sexual orientation. Dawn . All right, thank you, brad. The harrisburg teenager accused of of conspiring to support isis reportedly tweeted that pennsylvania is an easy place to get a gun because of loose gun laws. Federal agents say 19yearold jahlil aziz attempted to provide Material Support to the terror group. Investigators say a search of his home turned up magazines for high capacity weapons, ammunition arc 95, Survival Gear but no gun. Senator robert casey says the teenager was self radicalized and commented on the tweet referring to the states gun laws. We have a Major National problem with Mass Shootings and with violence because of the easy access to extraordinarily highpowered weapons. So people have to make their own decision about how to confront that. Im going to continue voting for common sense measures that ban these military style weapons. The teenager is also accused of of using social media to help those traveling overseas join the terrorist group. A former Delaware County Police Officer has been charged with stealing thousands of pills from a Police Evidence room. Today Delaware County District Attorney jack whelan announce the charges against brad roth a 17 year veteran of the Upper Darby Police department. Da says ross stole 3700 pills to feed his own addiction and at least three cases ross worked on had to be thrown out due to proved evidence. Hes facing theft, tampering with evidence and obstruct. Governor tom wolf says he has the support he needs to pass major tax legislation in the state house of representatives and it could mean an end to the state budget standoff in pennsylvania. A vote is set for tomorrow and if the bill passes, a vote on the main spending bill could follow. House Republican Leaders turned against bipartisan tax and spending package. They challenged the democratic governor to come up with enough republican votes to get it through the chamber. Wolf claims he has done it. Up until this point the race for the democratic nomination for president hasnt had nearly as much turmoil as their republican counterparts. That is until today. In a surprising move vermont senator bernie sanderring threatened to sue the Democratic National committee. This all comes ahead tomorrows democratic debate between sanders and the front runner hillary clinton. Sanders is claiming the party is showing favortism towards clinton. Something they strongly deny. Meanwhile the dnc says Sanders Campaign illegally assessed accessed confidential voter information. The latest fox news poll shows clinton with a 56 to 34 lead over bernie sanders. A woman heads down into a manhole to save her pet pig. How her determination and some tears saved her beloved swine. Plus a rare behind the scenes look at a local police department. The ride along meant to teach the lessons and improve Community Relations next. And Philadelphia High School Football Players battling for a spot in the history books. Does the city have a new state Championship Team . Find out if they pulled off what no city more swastikas and other hate symbols appearing inside a Rowan University dorm hall. It is the second time in the last 15 days that someones etched or carved antisemitic markings there. University officials found them on december 3rd carve flood wooden doors but after sanding and repairs, another set of symbols a week later. Edged into the sides of stairwells there. Rowan Officials Say the hit filled message will not be tolerated. Intolerance and bigotry and particularly religious intolerance in this particular case has no place at Rowan University. Faculty leads with the Jewish Student Center will promote messages of love, peace and tolerance. Getting up close and personal with some of the men and women who protect south jersey. A local branch of the naacp getting unique chance to ride along with Police Officers tonight. Fox 29s Shawnette Wilson is live in evesham township. Shawnette arc big step toward improving relations between residents and police. Reporter . Evesham police are giving the community a closer look at how they police. Tonight members of the naacp and Faith Based Group riding along with police to see how they respond to calls. Start running around the side. Its part of an effort to improve relationship between police and the community. In this case, specifically the africanamerican community. Crystal charlie is the president of the Southern Burlington County Branch of the naacp. Moss ago they started holding forums with area police. Both sides are absolutely on edge creating a very unsafe dynamic in our communities and i think its important that we have this kind of dialogue to assure the residents that theyre being protected and help Law Enforcement to know its okay to do their job. Reporter chief christopher chew and his department went over their Community Policing programs and the innovative ways theyre being transparent with the people they protect and serve. Paul Tanner Kennedy pastor who attend. Theres tension and some of the tension is founded on facts. Pastor kennedy is concerned about striking a balance between the black lives matter campaign. Police officers, they are men and women who also wanting to home and perform their task and then go home to their loved ones and be safe. In the same tone also when theyre performing their duties, its important that the Community Feels that our loved ones will also be able to go home. Reporter chief chew says his department is fortunate to have not experienced crimes that pitt communities against police and he wants to stay ahead of it. It has come this way our Community Members are watching whats going out out there and theyll start believing in developing their own beliefs of police so we constantly going to be ahead of the curve. Reporter and back here live, this particular group says theyve been really impressed with this departments innovative ways theyve done out reach with the Community Nest past and look forward to reaching out to other area departments. Back to you. Thank you shawnette. A georgia woman climbs in a manhole to comfort her trapped pet pig. She says the swine went missing on wednesday. She discover it in this hole this morning. She called 911 but help never arrived so la Torre Ya Middleton says she decided to take action. The pig weighs 200 pounds. She couldnt get the swine out herself. So she went into the hole and waited. Hes my baby and i was told that no one was going to help us. So i couldnt let him sit down here alone. After about an hour, some News Coverage and several tears shed by the owner atlanta fire rescue showed up and used special equipment to lift the pig to safety. The big guy was not happy at all but he was not hurt. Middleton says if she hadnt gone into the hole, well, help probably would not have come and her pet may not have made it. Today tens of thousands of pounds of food delivered to help feed the hungry all across our area. 75 toyota pick up trucks loaded with food boxes were he is cored by the police to philadelphia sports complex. It was all to help philabundan philabundance. In all 250,000 pounds of food delivered to help supply the areas largest hunger relief agency. That food will help feed as ams 90,000 people each and every day. Its a herculean effort but believe me its a labor of love, because its still the more you give the more you bet. Were getting a lot out of this. Organizers say that while a big turn out for events like this are great, feeding the hungry is a year long evident. Toyota by the way is a fox 29 sponsor. On your radar tonight, sta starting to feel a lot more like december out there, scott williams. Yeah it certainly is. I mean temperatures have been running well above average for the entire month of december. But finally a dip in that jet stream opening the doors of canada and ushering in some of the coldest air of the season pretty quiet on ultimate doppler but some lake effect snow off to the west with that fetch over the great lakes drawing down some of that colder air from canada. Take a live look outside of our studios. The air temperature currently 41 degrees. But you have to factor in the wind. How your body reacts. We have a wind chill of freezing right now in center city. Take a look as we expand the view. Upper 30s millville, wildwood, 39 degrees. 37 in pottstown as well as rea reading. But take a look. 41 philadelphia. 29 degrees in pittsburgh. But were looking at 11 degrees right now in minneapolis. So most of the lower freight starting to get preview of winter. Were looking at future wind chills by 4 00 a. M. On your saturday its going to feel like 18 in reading. What about 25 degrees in philadelphia. Then saturday morning, maybe youre doing Holiday Shopping running some errands, bundle up. Dress for winter. Feels like temperatures in the teens and 20s and really by the afternoon look at 2 00 oclock. Feeling like 32 degrees. Feeling like freezing tomorrow afternoon in philadelphia. For tonight, winter coats on the town. Upper 20s burbs, freezing in the city. And thens planner a lot of sunshine but somewhat deceptive a high of 43 degrees and wind chills tomorrow stuck in the 20s and 30s. Take a look at the Weather Authority seven day forecast. Because we start to warm things up after sunday. Take a look. 56 degrees on monday. 60 on tuesday. Record warmth for wednesday. Christmas eve near 70 degrees. And then a little cooler but still above average friday for christmas high temperatures in the upper 50s. Clear and chilly sunday night at the linc kick off temperatures around 42 degrees by the end of the game its going to be into the 30s. But a lot of folks theyre happy. Its finally feeling like winter and feeling a little more like december. A little seasonal. Feels like the holidays. We got football weather although tom youre talking 76ers. Weve got a little football and we have a little sixers. Id rather talk football to be honest these days the way the 76ers are playing. Help is on the way for your 76ers. Veteran nba coach becomes the new set of eyes and ears for this still one win team. Rest may have been what the doctor ordered for the eagles. How a weekend away from the game may have helped get this Grover Cleveland here. Yes, the handsome gent on the thousanddollar bill. With cash4life, the great game from the pennsylvania lottery, you could win a thousand dollars a day for life you could invest it, or save it for a rainy day. Or you could buy a new car and with drawings every monday and thursday, that means 2 chances to win every week. Cash4life from the pennsylvania lottery. You could win a thousand dollars a day for life. Now your winning lottery numbers. As expected help is on the way have mercy. 76ers made it official tonight they hired former nba head coach mike deanne knee as on associate head coach hell work with brett brown but more importantly hell be a set of eyes and ears for new chairman of basketball operations jerry colangelo. Hes not with the team tonight but 76ers taking on the New York Knicks and it was ugly as usual. Derek williams look at the slam. Sixers defense was simply awful. Itit was like bread and butter d brother was it bad. The New York Knicks up 21 points at the break. The final score not indicative of how bad it was. How about langston somebody want to guard this guy. 10797 the final. Brett brown running out of ways to describe this mess. The thing i said since i got this job is making sure we keep guys in the boat. We have to keep guys in the boat. They have to remain spirited, theyre not beaten down and you know, youre at a stage when you drop games with have the yum of points weve given up, that worries me more. Thats my as much a focus i have on anything as it is shooting your way out of the it. The 76ers will be in cleveland on sunday. That should be fun. At six and seven youre saying theyre theres stale chance. Six and seven eagles tied for first place in the nfc east getting ready to host the 11two Arizona Cardinals sunday night at the linc. Eagles were four and seven after losing to tampa bay and detroit in november. Gave up 45 points in each one of those games. But after that thanksgiving game with the lions the eagles had the weekend off. It was a fourday reprieve and that fourday stretch well it may have helped get this Football Team back on track. We had those four days to kind of reflect, um, and obviously that was very low point for us in the season. And i dont think anyone wanted to be defined by those two games but at the same time we had heck of an opportunity against the patriots and in this anyone in this room in this locker room doubted that opportunity. We can either give up on the rest of season or we can go fight for this team. And the guys know in this locker room we had few days off. I think everybody cleared their mine out and we came back ready to go. Fox 29 game day live 20 at 10 00. 1 00 oclock a good one the giants host the 13zero carolina panthers. How about the state playoffs. 38 title game between imhotep charter. He rushes for 201yards. 40three the final. Imhotep charter becomes the first Public League school in philadelphia to win a state football championship and they did it tonight convincingly. Congratulations to the panthers. Bringing home a state title to philadelphia. At least we have some winne winners. We need them, guys. We need them. Thats fantastic. Great group of kids in that program. For the rest of their lives they can call themselves champions. I love it full hours of Entertainment News is coming up with tmz followed by dish nation tune into chasing news and the simpsons good day weekend starts at 8 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning. Your mega million drawings is next v great night. And thanks for watching. Stay warm
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