Residents where a copy of the quran and other personal items could be seen. Fbi leaving receipts for items taken away. We execute add search warrant on that apartment and last night we turned that over back to the residents. One the residents have the apartment and were not in it any more we dont control. Farouk marying his wife laughter year after malik a pakistani came to the u. S. On cease S State Department says anyone coming to the us this way is subject to Counter Terrorism screening. The administration not yet willing to say whether there was a major intelligence failure in this case. Were still learning exactly what was motivating these kids. What steps they took to carry out this terrible act of violence. The fbi says right now it has not found evidence that the shooters were connected to a larger Terror Network or part of smaller cell. Investigators say the two suspects tried to hide evidence including damaging two cell phones before throwing them aw away. Also learning a pennsylvania native was among those killed in wednesdays violence. Earlier today Governor Tom Wolf sent out this tweet recognizing 46yearold harry bowman. He says in part on behalf of all Pennsylvanians Francis and i extended our deepest condolences to the bowman family. La times says bowman grew up in york county and moved to california more than 15 years ago. Paper says bowmans mother lives in york township. He died with 13 others wednesday including a former Cape May County Health Inspector nicholas tal zone nass our coverage this developing story continues on fox29. Com. Were posting breaking details on our home page as well. Dawn. Developing new out of buck c. Prosecutors announce the arrest of 30yearold Joseph Becker and charges of child sex abuse. More disturbing he is a math teacher at a local middle scho school. Becker arraigned in Warrington Court a couple hours ago. Where we find karen hepp tonig tonight. Karen . Reporter the girls parents found out yesterday and the detectives and the prosecutors moving lightning fast on this one. They arrested that middle schoolteacher at the school this morning and prosecutors say he was actually trying to get the girl to lie to her parents and even delete some of these photos and videos. 30yearold Joseph Becker a married father of a twoyearold little girl was arrested at Penn Ridge North Middle School this morning where he work as an eighth grade teacher. This involved sexually explicit communication that he had with this student as well as the exchange of sexually explicit photographs of the student who is 14 and videos. The child went to Police Yesterday with her parents. Prosecutors say the inappropriate relationship had been going on for six months. Other middle School Parents are disgusted. We were trusting these teachers, um, you know, to be appropriate with your children, and partially, you know, spending that much time with them in a sense its kind of like, you know, that theyre partially raising them, too, you know, so, you know, its a scary thing and makes you really think about and worry about them even in school now. Reporter today in court, becker apologized saying i made a mistake. Im a good person. I know im a good person. I care about my students and my family. Im sorry. He also confessed to detectives and faces numerous charges. Unlawful contact with minors, corruption of minors, and sexual abuse of children. Some of those are felonies in the Second Degree and third degree really serious charges. Hes facing up to about 10 years in jail right now. And this is one of these case where is they think there could be more victims possibly. He was a longtime sub at some other schools this is Important Information if youve got kids around that middle school that went to Conestoga Middle School that may have had him as math teacher or un a. M. I that middle school, any incidents or problems they need to transfer to the police, please do that. Thats the very latest on this one. Dawn, back to you. All right, karen, thank you very much. Now to a developing story. A student assaulted at a Philadelphia High School that is already in the headlines for violent incidents. School officials insist all is well and the district says improvements are in place but our bruce gordon live in the newsroom says the recent victim has had enough. Bruce . Yeah, absolutely, dawn. George Washington High School in the citys bustleton section is no stranger to violence but this incident was no ongoing feud. Instead the victim says he was sexually ambushed by a fellow student he didnt even recogni recognize. That was where you got hit right near the eye area. Yes. And you got sucker punched. Yeah. George washington freshman son know thomas shows me the effects of assault that sent him to the hospital wednesday midd midday. A fellow freshman attacked him without warning a provocation. He waited for the bus home after early dismissal. Thomas says several other students appeared ready to record the beat down with their smart phones. I didnt know what was happening at all. I didnt recognize his face or anything. Reporter you just got punched. Yes. Reporter thomas and his father spoke to me an effort to spread the word. They do not feel safe at george washington. Just at the point where the violence at this particular school is just ridiculous, you know, and administration is doing nothing at all to keep our kids safe. Reporter my bush had particularly harsh words for School Principal jean jones. Seen here last month getting an earful from angry parents after the release of a video showing a brawl in the school cafeteria. Jones told me by phone the school has made improvements and is safe for students. District Spokesman Says additional safety officers have been hired and that a safety manager will soon report to the school. But even he admits parents are frustrated. What are they telling you . Theyre telling thus they feel like the school is not a safe as it was last year. The climate has change that they have concerns. That they hear there are more fights in the school. Kids feel like climate is actually going down. Reporter bush and his son say theyve had enough. I love philadelphia. I love the city. But at this point were thinking about just leaving the city because i dont think our kids are safe in the Public Schools any more. Reporter do you feel safe going back . No. Reporter do you have any plans to go back . No. Reporter School Police officer was nearby when this incident took place. The attacker again a freshman at the school was quickly caught and he will be prosecuted. Jeff . Thanks, bruce. A pair of imposter as cued of impersonating cops last month are facing the music tonight. Tonight theyre dealing with some real authorities. Youre looking at the mug shots of 48yearold terrence, and 28yearold kelly rowan. Investigators say the pair stopped several people in south philadelphia on sunday. The victims say they called themselves Police Officers even flashing a badge. One woman ran away. But when another man they stopped turned over his wallet they stole his cash. Real detectives track them down. They tracked the duo down. Gentleman zone business and rowan are looking at charges impersonating police and robbe robbery. Beautiful weekend in in the offing in your fox 29 Weather Authority. Heres a live look at Blue Mountain from our pocono mountains camera. Looking pretty there. No snow on the slopes. Things will stay chilly this weekend the sun will make it a perfect time to get outside and enjoy. Chief meteorologist Scott Williams is getting an early start. Hes live outside our old city studios. Scott . Hi there, dawn. Yeah, not a bad friday across the area. Folks are out and about here in old city. Ill step out of the way you can see you will need that jacket if youre stepping outdoors. But otherwise, its going to be dry and quiet. Not only for tonight but for the weekend with High Pressure in control. Lets talk about the temperatures right now if youre stepping outdoors. Its not really that bad. Currently, 50 degrees. The high today 52. Several degrees above the normal high for this time of year which by the way is 49 degrees. So as we look at the numbers, 47 degrees currently in atlantic city. We have mid 40s in reading. Not that bad upper 30s right now in the pocono mountains. But grab a jacket by 7 00 oclock mid 40s. Clear skies by 9 00 oclock. 42 degrees. Its going to be chilly overnight. Look for temperatures into the upper 20s for the burbs. Mid 30s in the city. And look at ultimate doppler. The dry, it is quiet. When i come indoors, well talk much more about a great weekend with chilly overnights but mild afternoons and also if some rain is ahead with that seven day forecast. Back to you, jeff and dawn. All right, scott. That sounds like a 10 to me my friend. One man is safe unharmed tonight after a fire in Delaware County thanks to the quick action of first responders. Skyfox over the 200 block of chester pike in norwood. Thats where fire Officials Say flames broke out in a home just before 7 00 this morning. Authorities say the call originally came someone trapped actually inside the home. Police officers were able to rescue that man and bring him to safety. Police were here first. They carried the gentleman from his door to safety. Our ambulance got him and put him in the lance. He didnt go to the hospital. He refused treatment. Right now were trying to determine the cause of the fir at that particular time. Were hearing the fire started in the basement of the home but still no word on what actually spark it. Montgomery county investigators working on finding out what caused a four car crash that leaves one person dead tonight. Skyfox above the scene along swamp pike road in new Hanover Township earlier today. Local Authorities Say one person did not survive this crash. Four others are hurt including three who had to be flown to the hospital. None of the victims entities are being released at this time. Detectives with the District Attorneys Office are hand lick the investigation. A philadelphia Police Officer is in the hospital after a vehicle slammed slammed into patrol car. Investigators say the officer was sitting in her vehicle stopped on i76 near passyunk avenue and thats when another driver rear ended her cruiser. Police say she suffered minor neck and head injuries from the impact and was taken to Presbyterian Hospital for treatment. Officers tested the person who struck her car for suspected drunk driving. A Police Officer responds to a shoplifting call and what he did next is getting attention around the country. How he saved a childs birthday. Plus a terrifying Armed Robbery and a store clerk scared to death. Lucky for her a homeless man was nearby to job in and help, and now theres a push to help him as well. And cops say its a billion dollar industry. People in our area stealing cigarettes. How it could be connected actu actually to terrorism. And a Florida Attorney under arrest. When you learn about his specialty, this will seem very ironic. Tonight at 6 00 protesters in wilmington, delaware, demanding answers over Controversial Police involved shooting. What they want the police chief to do immediately. All a clear tonight at two schools after earlier lock down after reports of a male with a gun Near Lincoln High School and me an middle school. Police tell us a middle school teen was stopped on septa bus after someone spotted that he had a gun. Turn out it was a beebee gun. He was taken into custody by police and School Officials lifted the lock down. No word yet on what charges he could be facing. Current military members, their families and veterans taking a hike this weekend with a lot on their shoulders. Theyre taking on very serious issue, veteran suicide. Fox 29 is that so bean in a kuriakose is live at Haddonfield Memorial High School where the carry the fallen event just kicked off. Sabina. Reporter dawn, 22 thats the big number here that were talking about today. Thats the number of veterans every day that loses their battle with ptsd. Its also the number of hours this small but determined group of veterans are going to be Walking Around the track at the high school here. I have to tell you the atmosphere here is very very patriot tick you can see with the flags. Some of these veterans still dressed in Army Fatigues and obviously in light of recent events this is a very tightknit determined group of people right now were joined by brine. He is the organizer here with active heroes. Now, we want to talk about the waits were seeing these veterans carry on their backs. Very very symbolic. Tell us about that. Its a rough march and our military whenever they go on deployment theyre cocking a rock sack and that weight varies. Symbolism ofl ofly the weight or veterans bear once they leave the military. The weight on their hearts. Their hearts, their minds the stress they carry leads to emotional and, you know, other disorders which they end up maybe taking their own lives. Reporter tow night you guys are raising money here to prevent just that, to prevent veteran suicide. I want to bring michael over here im sorry jonathan over here. Jonathan, you are a twotime iraq war veteran. You came back from active duty in 2009 and went through a situation that made this event that much more close to your heart. Tell us about that. Yes. I got out out of active duty and i lost a friend to suicide, so this is this event is very important for me. That was just one month after you got off active duty . Correct. After one month and i am here to support any other friends that they might have lost and im here for my buddy. Reporter okay. I know you know telling me when that happened with your friend, you know, you always just wished that you could do more and thats something youre doing out here today. That you are able to do. Correct, yes. Reporter jonathan, thank you so much for talking to us. I know its a tough topic for to us talk about. Thats why were out here today. 22 hours these guys will be out here thats until 2 00 oclock tomorrow afternoon. We are going to be out here through the night with these guys, too. So come out, come join us. Help prevent veteran suicide. Dawn and jeff, back to you. Sabina, very impressive effort. It is a term referring to hoax calls made to police about potentially dangerous situations. One local lawmaker is continuing his push to make swatting a federal crime. Congressman Patrick Meehan joins many of Delaware Countys top Law Enforcement officials in media today. He spoke about the growing swatting crisis and steps he hopes other lawmakers will take to deter future incidents. Last month meehan helped introduce the interstate swa swatting hoax act. He says its just another way to combat future fake calls that put real lives at risk. Not only has swatting created this response which in many cases easily costs jurisdiction like this about 10,000 or more for a response, but imagine the horror on somebody who has no idea. Goat woke up in the middle of the night with swat efforts pointing weapons at them. Meehan says Police Responded to about 400 swatting calls nationwide that they do that each year under his act. Offenders would face federal punishments. Closer to home, more than four dozen graduates are ready to begin their careers in Law Enforcement today. The Philadelphia Police department celebrated the graduation of its newest class of officers. The department had 53 recruits in crass three dash seven philadelphia, the philadelphia Housing Department and Falls Church Department had one recruit complete the eight month training program. An act of kindness and compassion by a New Hampshire Police Officer is getting global attention trending on social media. He reported to shoplifting call and saved a childs birthday. Foxs Rick Leventhal has the story for us. Reporter officer michael, 19 year member of the port smith New Hampshire Police Department was called to the store recently for a report of a shoplifter who just left the place. Before long, he was able to identify the female suspect and track her down at her home where he interviewed her and recovered the items. She admitted to the theft, and stated that the only reason she took it was she what she took because she couldnt afford it. Reporter what the woman stole was a number of baking supplies from crisco to vanilla frosting. The officer quickly learned the suspect was a desperate mother. The ingredients that she we found she took were for a birthday cake for her daughter. Reporter instead of making an arrest, the officer opted to talk with the woman about the theft and pay for the stolen items out of his own pocket. It doesnt excuse what she did. But the officers he stated it didnt think the kid should have to suffer from the actions of his mott. Reporter police say the officer isnt comfortable with the attention his actions are now bringing him. He was very modest. He didnt do it for recognition. One of the more kind hearted gestures weve seen im personally scene that weve seen here at the store. Reporter it was witness who first reported the officers charity to the local news. She, too, does not want to be identified. But did say this. Stories like that need to be told. Because all you hear is bad stories about cops. Reporter police say no one is condoning the theft but in the end the female suspect at the enter center of all this was not charged inform new york, Rick Leventhal, fox news. A Kindergarten Teacher learns a less own what she reportedly did to diss flynn a student that land her in a lot of trouble. You may gravitate towards foods that say natural on the level. A Storm Trooper walk through hollywood may not look too out of place wait until you learn who is wearing this suit and why he is doing it. The brother of an american journalist whos been jailed in iran for 18 months filing a petition for his release. Ali ryan delivering the petition to irans United Nations mission in new york. The petition containing 533,000 signatures demanding the release of Washington Post reporter jason. He was jailed in iran back in july of 2014. He was convicted there of espionage charges both the Washington Post and the family deny that jason was involved in any kind of spying. What we know is theyve had a trial. It lasted four months although my brother is only in court for four half days. They then said he had a verdict but they havent told us what the verdict or the sentence is and they havent told us what hes been convicted of. Thursday marked his 500th day in prison. North carolina kindergarten teachetee accused of of using od School Discipline in her classroom. Shes turning a tough lesson about taking it too far. She washed one much her students mouth out with soap. A spokesperson released statement calling the incident unacceptable and as you can imagine the news isnt sitting well within the community. Its sad. Its diss heart tepping. Its disappointing. When you take your child to school, you trust theyre in the best of care, and you dont want anything done to them that you dont do. The teacher resigned shore shortly after the incident. The School Department and Police Department are investigating to night. Terrifying Armed Robbery at a store. The clerk scared for her life. Lucky for her, a homeless man was nearby and jumped in to help. Now, theres actually a push to help him as well. All right. Plus underground discovery in mexico. The big secret that could reveal that could solve a century old mystery. Scott. Big weekend plans, the first weekend of december, maybe putting up some holiday decorations. Well talk about the temperature changes that could impact you next. 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Two had more than 1600 bullets on hand when they died in a shootout with police on wednesday. A homeless man being mailed a hero after coming to the rescue of a clerk who was about to be robbed in california. This is actually the second time this has happened this week. Foxs cay has the story. Reporter shes still frightened despite the severe the chevron gas station attendant spoke to us after she came face to face with a gunman in stockton monday night. He was so aggressive. Tran says even before he threatened her with gun she knew something wasnt right. The man seemed drunk and urinated outside the store. My homeless friend steve he was inside the store with me to kick the cone closed and wed shot the door. That was enough for tran to take act. Mother of three had been robbed two weeks before. Here she is in gas station Surveillance Footage from that night. A woman points a gun in her face. On monday, tran was again staring at the barrel of a gun. Guy comes in. He has the gun out and he said give me all the money. With a gun in her face fort second time in two weeks tran went behind the register while her friend steve smith a homeless man keeping her Company Since she was robbed weeks ago moved near the door. I didnt know what to do. And heres steve over by the door. Then i started grab fog the fire extinguisher right by the door. What did he next may have saved her life. I said finally pull the opinion out of the fire extinguisher and squirted him. Grateful yet concerned tran asked smith woo why he put his live on the line. Why dud that. He could have shot you. He told me because you have ki kids. Shes still scared but her gratitude for steve is stronger. Im grateful for him. So thankful. Good friendship. Little help foreman who used a fire extinguisher to actual safe his friends live. A gofundme account now set up to get him back on to his feet. Save that ladys live. Back to your fox 29 Weather Authority now. It is a chilly evening out the there. Yes. Its going to be a little chilly over the next several days, but the afternoons are going to be mild. Above average temperatures in the 50s. Thanks to High Pressure in full control. Take live look outside of our studios looking toward, yeah, look at that the linder brothers building kind of festive there with green and red. But look at the temperatures. Pretty mild for a decent to friday. 50 vees degrees. The high made it up to 52 and look at this the normal high for this time of year is in the upper 40s. So doing pretty good considering it is december. Grab a jacket if youre stepping outdoors. Temperatures in the mid 40s by 7 00 oclock. 42 degrees by about 9 00. Dropping to around 40 by 11 00 oclock and it will be chilly temperatures tonight dip below freezing outside of the city. But take a look at your saturday planner. A lot of sunshine, a chilly start. 10 00 oclock though 44 degrees. 53 degrees will be the afternoon High Temperature. So looking good. If youre doing some shopping, parades, festivities maybe hanging up some ornaments or some decorations outdoors. I think jeff cole youll do that this weekend, right . I am going to do that scotty. Come over my place after youre finished with yours. How about . Ultimate doppler right now is dry. Its quiet. High pressure is in full control as we expand the view looking pretty quiet around the lower 48. But take a look whats happening in south florida and the florida keys. Looking at some very heavy rainfall. That will stay well to our south. High pressure that will be the prominent and dominant feature for days. Saturday dry, quiet, High Pressure is in control. Well keep those clear skies but the clear skies overnight mean those temperatures dip into the 30s and then the afternoon High Temperatures will climb into the 50s. It looks like by the time we move to monday that High Pressure offshore will get those winds out of the south and west warping us near 60degrees in some spots by monday. But take a look at the temperatures right now. 41 in pottstown. 44 degrees in wilmington. We have mid to upper 40s still down the shore so looking pretty good. The pattern blame el nino. Well be talking about those High Temperatures in the 50s for much of that seven day forecast. So well above average for this time of year. 52 degrees. That was the high today. You can see a little bit of an up tick each and every day this weekend. Well peak on monday then drop a little bit by next week. But look at the numbers for tonight. Into the 20s for the burbs and were looking at mid 30s in the city. So it is going to be cold for the overnight. But look at this. Mostly sunny, 53 degrees for the High Temperature tomorrow. So a beautiful december weekend. And, yes, it is going to be a 10 by sunday. How about that . Nine tomorrow . 10 for monday. 58 degrees. Cooler tuesday. Maybe a spotty shower late tuesday but it looks like that coastal system will stay well enough offshore but then better chances for some rainfall by the latter part of the next week but still look at the temperatures. Were talking upper 50s, thursday and friday. In terms of those decorations, you like those but you like the blow ups on your lawn . Just surprise me. Okay. The blow ups i can do. Since youre going to do it you can stop by my house, too, jeff. All right. Im busy here. Im sorry. Something just happened for the First Time Since Actor Charlie Sheen revealed hes hiv positive. How this will soon make life even more difficult for the actor. Police say its a boullion dollar industry. People in our area stealing cigarettes. How it could be connected to terrorism. Tonight at 6 00 a story that will make you think twice about heading to the atm late at nig night. What happened moments after this plan tried to make deposit. 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See your doctor if your asthma does not improve or gets worse. Ask your doctor if 24hour breo could be a missing piece for you. See if youre eligible for 12 months free at mybreo. Com. Charlie sheens ex fiance is suing the actor after learning he has hiv. Shes suing sheen for assault, negligence and emotional distress. This is the first known legal case against the actor since he announced he was hiv positive saying he was diagnosed four years ago. The lawsuit also accuses sheen of kicking and choking ross on numerous occasions and claims he forced her to have an abortion after she became pregnant in 2014. Sheens lawyer says he plans to vigorously defend the lawsuit. A New Discovery has history buffs in mexico really excited tonight. An archaeologist say his team found a tunnel like pass satisfy way. Its the latest chapter in the seven for the as yet undisclos undisclosed discovered tube of aztec ruler. Aztecs are believed to have cremated the remains of their leader during the 14th through 16th centuries but the final resting place of the remains has never been found. Outside experts say the find at mexico city ruin complex could be significant. Now the hollywood walk of fame just felt the force after Luke Skywalker himself went undercover as a Storm Trooper. It was all for a very good cause. Heres video showing mark hammel transforming into the character. The clip is already becoming a hit on the internet with more than 150,000 views on youtube but hammels public appearance as Storm Trooper was all part of a charity push. If people donated at least 10 to amaze. Com Star Wars Force for change campaign they were all entered for chance to win vip tickets to the upcoming world premier of the force awakens in la and all the money that was raised will be donated to 15 different charities. Thats pretty good. Traffic nightmare in a new jersey town blamed on this Amazon Warehouse that looks like theres a solution, though, we will explain coming up. And you may gravitate toward foods with the word natural on the label but are you reeling doing yourself any favor . Why the federal government isnt so sure. Sean. No jahlil okafor, the sam hinkie the sixers continue to throw brett brown to the wolves. Brown talks about okafor and all his troubles coming up later in sports. Police say they have arres arrested norwegian man accused of of calling in a bomb threat at Philadelphia International airport. Youre looking at 30yearold fenn johanness son. He called in two threats yesterday afternoon because he missed his flight to london and was trying to catch the reschedule flight. Police say he used a pay phone in the airport and mentioned an explosive near a baggage terminal. A bomb squad sweep revealed no danger. He is facing charges of making terroristic threats. Frustration over pennsylvanias five month old budget stalemate continuing to night. State senators returned to harrisburg today meeting for the First Time Since thanksgiving. Lawmakers preparing for weekend session to discuss a wide range of tax options for the budget plan. Governor wants attacks increase to boost aid to Public Schools. Workers at an Amazon Warehouse in robs binsville, new jersey will start working on staggered shifts to avoid grit gridlock on nearby roads after a meeting between amazon and local official. The four shifts at the Fulfillment Center will be scheduled own 90 minute period instead of a half hour. The goal is to ease the bumper to bumper traffic conditions caused by the warehouses 4,000 employees going in and out of the facility during rush hour. Amazon said reschedule link had already been in the works. Eating healthy can be particularly difficult this time of year. So you may be trying to focus on socall Natural Foods as much as you can. Right. But what the label actually means, well, the fda is asking that question. So is dr. Oz. When youre at the Grocery Store you see a food labeled natural does it make you want to buy it . If so, is it because its healthier, is it pesticide free . If you dont know, thats because nobody does. Natural isnt clearly defined label on packaged foods like the word organic is. All the fda has said about Natural Foods they shouldnt be made with added colors, artificial ingredients or flavors. No wonder consumers are confused about the term. One study found majority of people think natural means no pesticides or chemicals were used in processing. Groups are now calling for changes. So this month the fda announced it will be seeking feedback from the public, from you, on labels that claim to be natural. They want to know if it should be defined and if it should be, what it means, and when its appropriate how to use it. For now, dont spend more just for product because its labeled natural. Its not worth it. And you can catch the dr. Oz show right here on fox 29 weekdays at 1 00 p. M. Its a 10 billion a year problem and now its sweeping across our area. A crew of thieves breaking the stores to steal cartons and cartons of cigarettes. The cigarettes are then sold right there on the blackmarket. Fox 29s Dave Schratwieser explains how it could all be used to fund the mob even terrorists. Quick, fast and hit you hard. Reporter thats the way veteran detectives describe this group of stealth thee thieves that have taken our area by storm. It hit 15 times in philadelphia and bucks county in recent weeks. Making off with tens of thousands of dollars in cigarettes under the cover much darkness. By the time the alarm goes off the police are on the way. Theyre gone. Disgusting. Reporter jeff brown knows the sting of these masked bandits all too well they buffed into his store on Franklin Mills circle twice and got away scott free. Busted the glass on the front door, went in, got cigarettes, got some cash on the way out and got some beer. Reporter these carefully disguised bandits spent the past two months breaking into gas stations, big named pharmacies like walgreens and beer stores where hundreds of cartons of cigarettes costing 90 to 100 carton have been stolen. Theyre in and out in a few seconds and load them into a uhaul truck. Reporter in this burglary caught on surveillance cameras two suspects place Free Standing signs in front of this philly gas station on bustleton avenue in the northeast. Broke through the front door, crawled inside and began loading cartons of cigarettes into 55gallon trance cans. They made off with over 9,000 in cigarettes. Its almost like they were going in for demolition. Its not the money. Its the mess to clean um. The glass all over the floor and the to be open by 9 00 oclock and nobody know that we were ever hit. Been an issue over the last couple of months these guys and as you know this stuff is worth thousands if not in some cases could be into the millions depending on the organization use involved with. Reporter Bensalem Police say the cigarette bandits struck more than half a dozen times there. Including three times at this 76 gas station on knights road. A lot of them just being sold out of back of cars, on the streets, kind of in the blackmarket. Quick cash. No questions asked. Roar report heron says his detectivedeckarrested one susped tracking others. Police are using surveillance video, fingerprints even dna to track down the illusive thieves. Youre leaving your d inform a behind anywhere you go. If we can get your dna, we get dna off a product well do it. Any time when they can make money criminals will look to take advantage of that. Reporter this agent from the atf says stealing cigarettes by the carton is a 10 billion a year problem nationwide. Bigtime rip offs have been occurring across the country now the bigtime burglaries have come to our area. It goes from the local market to the blackmarket which drives the price and the profits for these individuals. Probably making 200 times what they would on a pack of cigarettes. So what happens to all those stolen cigarettes once they disappear off of store shelves here in philadelphia and bucks county . Investigators say, they end up on the blackmarket being resold on the street, peddled to mom and pop stars, tax free or sometimes they even end up in the hands of a bigtime criminal organization. Thats not shockin shocking. Theres other things over the years that theyve found a niche to and when they find a niche, they do it until we can shut it down. Victims of these crimes usually cigarette trafficking are the consumers, the mer chaps and the taxpayers. Reporter police say its not unusual to find stolen cigarettes sold right out of the pack at location transportation hubs. These entrepreneural thieves call them loosies as in loose cigarettes or onsies as in one at a time. Blackmarket traffickers dont have to pay steep taxes on cigarettes cant make up to 20 bucks a pack selling them like that. Theyll sell one cigarette to you for a dollar or 50 cents or 75 cents. Reporter federal authorities have gone as far saying the multi billion stolen cigarette trafficking business now rivals drug dealing as a means for terrorist groups to raise money for the purchase of firearms and explosives. Experts say groups like alqaida, hamas, even the Irish Republican Army have used funds from illegal cigarette trafficking not to mention the russian mob and italian mob. They use it to fund other illegal activities. All these leads back to the impact on our area. Investigators say trafficking in stolen and blackmarket cigarettes hurts taxpayers, local government and Business Owners like jeff brown. He took every pack of cigarettes that we had in the store. Report roar big loss to you guys. Very big loss. Obviously an issue. Now were seeing it here. Where we been before. People are making a ton of money off of it. Reporter Philadelphia Police and bucks county decks have joined together in a task force trying to track down these bigtime burglars. Vest gathers admit there is no quick fix to this 10 billion problem. Dave schratwieser, fox 29 news. A Florida Attorney under arrest and when you learn his area of expertise, this will seem very ironic. Tonight at 6 00a burger wasnt on the menu for these three men. What these three men used to rob a burger king. A local Youth Football Team gets the chance of a lifetime and its all thanks to you. Winter is hard on your nose. From first sniffles to endless runny noses. Puffs plus lotion is soft. They help soothe irritation by locking in moisture better so you can face winter happily. A nose in need deserves puffs indeed. And try puffs softpack today. Bitter case of irony in florida to report involving a lawyer who prided himself on helping people avoid dui convictions. Well tonight hes facing a charge of his own and you might be able to guess what it is. Heres foxs josh cass yo. Im tom hudson. Tom hudson wrote the book on duis author the drinkers guide to driving. The secrets of dui from one of americas top dui lawyers. Inside youll find a manual on the topic including how to avoid a conviction. Hudson also is outspoken in advertising his law firm. If you want to learn more about floridas drunk driving laws go to our website dui sarasota. Com. He may have to take some of his own advice. Sunday the dui expert was popped for driving drunk in sarasota. According to arrest report hudson admitted to having a drink. He also took two breath tests. They were. 121 and. 128 respectively. Both above the legal limit of. 08. He wept even further agreeing to voluntary blood test. A more definitive test. Knowing what he knows, it may that be he felt he wasnt impaired and thats why he requested the blood test in addition to the breath test. Reporter tampa dependence attorney points out this. None of the breath samples he gave whether it be blood or breath are going to be able to determine what his blood alcohol was when he was actually driving his Motor Vehicle because obviously that happened two hours before him giving the breath or blood. We reached out to hudson. He wouldnt comment on the case due to the pending litigation. He did tell the Sarasota Herald tribune quote its been an eye opening experience to see what my clients have been going through for the past 15 years. I guess. Hudson was issued a citation for dui and speeding. It isnt just good boys and girls who are getting gifts from santa this christmas. The big man in red also bringing gifts to some animals. Adventure aquarium camden today santa puttin putting on scuba gd paying a visit to turtles, stingrays, he had treats for them to enjoy. This has become an annual tradition at the aquarium. Tonight at 6 00, breaking new details released in the mass shooting in San Bernardino. This is now a federal terrorism investigation led by the fbi. Massacre now declared an act of terrorism. The investigation so far has developed indications of radicalization lie the killers and of potential inspiration by foreign terrorist organizations. Tonight for the first time, a look inside the home of the killers. Also at 6 00 protesters hitting the streets of wilmington, delaware, demanding more answers after a recent officer involved shooting. What they want the police chief to do immediately. Live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 6 00. We are now investigating these horrific acts as an act of terrorism. A chilling announcement tonight from the fbi. Good evening, im dawn timmeney. Im jeff cole tonight new evidence linking the killers in the massacre in San Bernardino to radical islamists. Fox 29s brad sattin joins us live from our newsroom. Brad, more information being released about these shooters minute by minute. Reporter for sure, jeff. That is the case. Lots of new information what was now the second full day of this investigation. What is new here the fbi has taken over the case from local officials. It is also now official theyre investigating wednesdays mass murder as case of terrorism. Number of pieces of evidence that has has essentially push us off the cliff to say were not investigating this as an act of terrorism. Reporter fbi announcing the killing of 14 people in Southern California wednesday was an act of terrorism. Though still being investigated, the specific motivation of the accused killers 28yearold syed farook born in chicago and 27yearold wife Tashfeen Malik who grew up in saudi arabia and living in the us on aves s neither had been on the radar of u. S. Laurel and so far they havent been connected to any terrorist organizations or people either worldwide or on the us watch list. Are there others
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