Other people did. Beach goers out early they were in force in ocean city the head of the chamber of mers saying beach badge sales are up over last year. House rentals are up 25 much this weekend theyre saying not so much for renders homeowners using their properties and starting next week theyll rent them out. Looking at pure numbers theyre estimating here in ocean city about 90,000 people will be here here. You can compare that maybe to a july 4th weekend when estimates are about 150,000. Not as big but certainly a nice crowd and shop owners tell me this week does set tone for the success of the rest of the season. We need economic epp gin for ocean city and ocean conte its good vital to have a good memorial weekend it. Sets the tone. It. Gives people a little bit of confidence to go out and hire a few more people to have extended hours. Its the first time wellly all winter you have a chance to start making money. We spent a lot of money over the wintertime all the businesses making improvements fixing, buying equipment paying insurance bills so its time to start putting something in the bank for all of us. Reporter makes sense. A lot of big events this weekend one of them the ocean city beat challenge in the morning. We know in Atlantic City tropicana has a new sound and light show thats happening. Cape may with an International Kite festival so a lot of events just to kick off this weekend. I myself have to get out of the sun because this suntan is really going do number on me, guys. Beautiful weekend if youre inclined to come to the beach and were hearing about 10 of all folks in the Delaware Valley will be traveling at least 50 miles or more so a lot of travelers this weekend for the long Holiday Weekend. Tough, tough work, brad sattin. Check in with you later. This is some of the stuff brad had to get through to get to the shore. Traffic headed down there this is route 42 freeway near the walt whitman bridge. You can see it is stacked. Area bridges all of them reporting heavier than normal traffic. Good luck to you going through that one. Of course well continue to follow the traffic throughout the night. Now these warm temperatures sunny weather have returned. Lets hope it lasts through the big weekend. Chief meteorologist Scott Williams live outside in old city. Its a beautiful one out there tonight, scott. Reporter it certainly is, chris. Considering yesterday at this time we had the clouds. We had the rain and temperatures were stuck in the 50s but a beautiful start to the Holiday Weekend right now here in old city. The sun is out and also we have a nice breeze and temperatures have responded pretty nicely. To the north and we have theres a front that is going to be moving through that will drop the temperatures down tonight to some chilly levels but well zoom in down the shore. You can see looking pretty good. Satellite and radar showing a lot of sunshine and dry conditions. Look at the temperatures right now brigantine 73 degrees. 70 right now in cape may and we have 74 in surf city. But north and west take look toward the pocono mountains tonight, they will deal with frost. Frost advisories posted temperatures there will drop into the 30s. Upper 50s right now in pocono mountains. Allentown rain cool right now at 58. We have 76 degrees current until philadelphia and 75 right now in wilmington. So mostly clear chilly for tonight. Temperatures dip into the 40s. But take look at that saturday snapshot. A chilly start but a milder afternoon with mostly sunny skies. A lie tomorrow of 70. What about the pocono mountains for your saturday . Its going to be cold tomorrow morning. Temperatures in the 30s. But a little milder by the afternoon right around 60 degrees by 3 00 oclock. And look tomorrow down the shore, were looking at sunshine a cool start temperatures by 3 00 oclock in the low 60s. Ill have your entire forecast sunday as well as what to expect for memorial day when i come indoors and also there could be a heat wave brewing by next week guys, back to you. Hard to imagine frost up in the mountains. All right. Stay on top of the weather and traffic this weekend downloading the fox 29 news app. It is free and you can get it on the apple app and google play stores. Developing now some very serious charges against a local college professor. He was in charge of Temple Universitys fiss sick department and now hes caught up in a federal investigation. And its what he may have been sharing with another country that has authorities very concerned. Fox 29s Dave Schratwieser has been following the investigation and joins us live outside the fbi headquarters in center city, dave. Reporter dawn, Temple University moved quickly today to replace the chairman of its Physics Department who was indicted yesterday on four counts of wire fraud and aiding an betting for trying to passe cress to china. Now today we talked to one of the areas top Foreign Policy and Counter Terrorism experts about this case. No one answered the door at the home of temple fiss sick professor in penn valley friday just hours after fbi agents execute add search warrant at his upscale home here. He was indicted first chargeed in scheme to Sell Technology information to his native china. This is a very serious problem and the chinese are at the very top in terms of those who are responsible. Reporter 47yearold professor was the chairman until today of the the Physics Department at temple which is now housed in the universitys new science, education and research center. Xi is world renowned expert in super conduct have the the feds claim he schemed to Sell Technology from an unnamed u. S. Company to train in a. We lose about 350 billion a year. Thats billion with a b to industrial espionage its built into the cost of everything you pay for as a consumer. Reporter xi was champed with four counts of wire fraud. I was of arraigned in federal court on thursday and released on bail. Friday temple appointed an acting chairman at the Physics Department. In least doctor xi need to focus on the matter at hand he remains a member of the faculty. They have to protect the university, they also want to support Law Enforcement as much as possible while at the same time recognizing that the accused have rights. Reporter federal agents spent several hours at his home on hidden river road in penn valley thursday night. Neighbors watched as the fbi seized computers, records and other evidence. Its a National Security threat that has military and economic dimension. Reporter now the professor faces up to 80 years in federal prison and a Million Dollar find in hes convicted on the charges. He was released on 100,000 bail. Coming up at 6 00 how the fbi is cracking down on industrial espionage. Chris . Okay, dave, thanks. The philadelphia teen accused of hitting a Temple University student with his car then leaving the scene waving his preliminary hearing today. 18yearold Rashaun Roberts will go to trial but according to his attorney roberts hopes to negotiate a plea deal. Prosecutors say roberts hit 22yearold temple student rachel hall on april 29th. She is still in Critical Condition. Roberts who only had a learners permit turned himself in to police a week after the incident incident. 2,500 reward for information that leads to an arrest and conviction of those who involved in a Gun Store Burglary in delaware county. Collingdale Police Say Three to four people broke into the suburban armory gunshop yesterday morning. Investigators say the burglars smashed display cases and made off with 19 guns. They sped away in two cars down macdade boulevard and they are still on the run this evening. Early morning fire in camden sends firefighter to the hospital. Crews called to cane avenue and rose street about 6 00 oclock this morning. Skyfox over the scene as heavy smoke and flames shot through the roof of that home. The fire quickly going two harms before firefighters could get it under control. Theres no word on the injured firefighters condition. More encouraging news from Temple University hospital tonight. Only five victims from amtrak train 188 remain in the hospitals care. Of those five, two are in Critical Condition and all of those patients are expected to be okay. In all 200 amtrak riders were rushed to area hospitals after the tragedy last week. Most of the derailment survivors suffered injuries like broken ribs. New details are emerging in the brutal murder of a wealthy washington, d. C. Family in their home last week. That case Going National attention. Today, authorities confirming that more than one person is responsible. Task force tracked down daron wint late last night in college park, maryland hed been on the run since may 14th. Accuse evidence killing his former employer and his family. Police say wint tried to cover his tracks by burning the mansion but unusual piece of evidence helped investigators identify him. Remember, the police are come coming into a four dead bodies, a fire, all the water that the Fire Department puts into the house in order to stop the fire and somebody there thought of picking up the partially eaten pizza. Investigators found wints dn aft on that piece of pizza crust. Five other people arrested along with wint last night but none of them have been charged at this time. Today the state department releasing the first batch of Hillary Clintons emails from her private address while she served as the secretary of state state. They reveal among other things clinton was advised on the 2012 terror tack in benghazi libya was relateed to an alqaida plot. It was not a spontaneous uprising sparked by an anti muslim internet video. Still there is some question over whether information now considered classified had such a distinction during clintons tenure. Is it permissible under limited circumstances to use personal email for unclassified purposes. In total, 296 emails were released by the state department today. It is unclear when the Department Plans to release a second batch of those communications. A traffic obstacle no one saw coming. A cow makes a break for it this morning in the middle of Holiday Travel. How this whole thing came to an end. Local landfill set to close. Good news for one town, bad news for another. Weve got both sides. Plus put a heart with angel wings because i know he went to heaven heaven. A girl accept home for school because of her tshirt. She says she was honoring a friend but the school says the shirt sends the wrong message. Rare find right in the heart of the city. A pair of very special birds making their home here in philly. Who is protecting the two and their new baby . Another live look from skyfox heading down the shore. This is new jersey route 42 near the walt whitman bridge. Well continue to follow the traffic throughout the night. Thanks for coming. We want a spirited performance. Who offers the most horsepower . Lincoln mkc. We also want clever thinking in a tight spot. Anyone offer handsfree in and out park assist . Lincoln mkc. Bravo. Its the final days of the lincoln luxury uncovered event. Lease mkc for 329 a month. And for a limited time competitive owners and lessees get onethousand dollars bonus cash. We are watching area roadways tonight as people head down the shore for a long Holiday Weekend. Take look at highway 73 at the Atlantic City expressway. This is in winslow township. Traffic moving pretty good. Still a little thick as people head down the shore. Of course, well keep watching the roads all night. With so many expected to hit the road this memorial day weekend year youre gonna to need to gas up the family truck. Lets take look at the gas prices here in pennsylvania the average right now 2. 84 a gallon. That is up 20 cents from last month but down 93 cents from last year. And if you are going down the shore, you might want to wait till you cross the bridge to get that gallon of gallon. Right now it is a little cheaper cheaper. 2. 53 a gallon in new jersey up 19 cents from a month ago but 96 cents cheaper than it was last memorial day. And if you are driving in delaware, take look at what youre expected to pay. 2. 60 a gallon today but thats up a bit from last month but almost a dollar less per gallon than it was last year. Dawn . All right this highway traveler was head down to the shore this morning but it sure got the attention of drivers on the road and a few Police Officers as well. Video showing the cow really moving on interstate 295 in Hamilton Township mercer county. Police had to round up this guy. He was eventually caught and i295 reopened. Gave people something to talk about. Interesting. Long nasal nightmare for residents in new jersey town is nearly over. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection this week ordered the tullytown landfill to close within the next two years. That landfill right across the Delaware River from florence new jersey. Thats where bruce gordon is tonight. Bruce, residents there literally breathing a sigh of relief. Ive been there. I smelled their pain. Reporter yeah, actually todays wind is in the right direction. So its not so bad but youre right it can be brutal. The calendar says its memorial day weekend but for folks here in florence, new jersey, living in the shadow of that 300acre landfill christmas just came early. Trash trucks rumbling into the tullytown landfill since 1988. Last year alone they left behind more than 1. 6 million tons of garbage. And the smell it generates. But the pennsylvania dep decision to order this site closed by may 2017 has folks across the river down wind in florence, new jersey, shouting hallelujah. You got that news what went through your mind, first reaction . I screamed. I was like ahh. You were that happy. Oh, my god. Yeah. We were thrilled. Debbie bones debbies snack shack. Citizens against the smell of tullytown. And there are plenty of citizens to raise a sting. Its hard to have a picnic because you never know whether youre going to be able to have people come into your home and say what is that smell . Reporter caitlin morning card dell was born and raised in florence but she moved to mt. Laurel last year. You had enough you lived here your whole life and moved away in part because of the smell. Smelldefinitely of. Its really nice to wake up and smell fresh air. Reporter over in tullytown the landfill owner Waste Management pays host fees and provides free trash pick up and other services. Bob white gets a 6,000 check from the borough each year. Courtesy of the landfill. Of course they do it the right time early december just before christmas. Smart. Its good for everybody. Reporter folks in florence would clearly disagree. But now with an end to their misery in sight you feel like you got your town back . Were getting there. Yeah, this is positive. This is big win. Reporter dep spokeswoman tells me complaints from folks here in florence and elsewhere for that matter played a quote significant role in their decision to order the landfill closed. Waste management spokesman tells me the company has always done its best to try and minimize the odors license continue to do so until the day the facility shuts the doors for good. Dawn . All right, thank you, bruce. Nations education secretary visits the Philadelphia School and opens a broad side against equal School Funding in the commonwealth. Fox 29s jeff cole in our newsroom with Arnie Duncans sharp criticism of state leaders jeff. Remarkable. Nations education chief says the gap between rich and poor School Districts in pennsylvania is the very worst in the nation. Mayor nutter called it educational apartheid and said leaders should be shamed of themselves. Duncan joined nutter and School Superintendent william hite at the Edwin Stanton school at 17th and christian. They came to talk about promise zones. Their reference by leaders of under funded schools partner with Community Groups in nonprofits to improve the quality of education in school resources. During around table with students duncan said there are some in washington ready to write off four communities. I will tell you there are lots of folks in congress who dont quite believe communities like this could be successful. For all kinds of reasons its not going to happen. Its incumbent upon all of to us prove them wrong so we can continue to invest. Duncan spoke of all students graduating from high school and receiving some type of Post High School training. He says he continues to return to philadelphia and its schools because of the hope and challenge they represent. Jeff cole in the newsroom. Folks, back to you. Jeff, thanks. A wild day at school for some fifth graders in camden. All thanks to the philadelphia zoo. Their zoo on wheels brought some cool wild animals to the wiggins family school. Students got up close and personal with some lizards some other creepy crawlers. The event was sponsored by the Cooper Medical School of rowan university. A drag spoof of the Miss America Competition held this fall in Atlantic CityBorgata Hotel casino relocation of the missed american pageant will gay friendly Tourism Campaign at the casino as well as citywide efforts to attract gay vacationers. Partnering with the greater Atlantic City glbt alliance and the International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association to host the september 26th show. The missed America Pageant has been held in recent years at boardwalk hall, harrahs resort and house of blues first since first returning to Atlantic City in 2010. Some alabama bam High School Students learn a tough lesson. The senior prank that got them paying a big price. And drivers on new jersey highways may see the newest patrol car on the road this Holiday Weekend. Then again they may not. The socalled ghost cars that were just unveiled. Plus video you got to see out of japan. A huge record set in the name of pacman. Why all these people are celebrateing. Just cant seem to escape. Another sneeze attack. You may be muddling through allergies. Dont get caught off guard. Try zyrtec® dissolve tabs. Powerful allergy relief, now in a tablet that starts dissolving instantly. Zyrtec® dissolve tabs. Muddle no more™. It is the long Holiday Weekend. Memorial day and we are watching area roadways tonight as people head to the shore and to the poconos. This is i76 and Market Street in philadelphia. You can see traffic is heavy but its moving there which gas news if youre on the road and trying to get your destination. Well be watching the roads for all night long. Historic vote in ireland on same sex marriage. The polls opened today for a National Referendum on whether to legalize same sex marriage. The vote on amending the irish constitution to give marriage rights to lgbt people is expect expected to pass. If it does, ireland will be the first country to adopt same sex marriage as a result of a public vote and not an act of legislation. Incredible video out of the indonesia. Fire filling a building in jakarta this morning. The situation getting so bad that people had to evacuate a Large Office Building nearby. So far no reports of any injuries and no word on what sparked that fierce fire. A girl sent home from school because of her tshirt. She says she was honoring a friend. The school says she was sending the wrong message. This is the tshirt haley wore to her california school. She wore it to honor a classmate who deputees say committed suicide but she says she was sent home from school to change because administrators thought the shirt glorified suicide. I put a heart with angels wings because he went to heaven. They said, no, we dont think you understand. I said i understand. I cant do that. And so they said, okay, were going to have to call your parents havent them pick you up because we will not let you back on campus. Students at the school say they will have closure when theyre allowed to mourn however they choose. So far the school has had no comment. Japan taking pacman to whole new level. Hundreds of japanese men and women forming a giant image of pacman in tokyo for the record book. Look at this. Incredible. Human pacman set agnew Guiness World Record for promotional event the participants forming a massive man eating picks stole promote sonys latest film pixel pixel. The pacman was first released in japan 35 years ago today. 35 . Wow. I remember playing that. Well if you are like Many Americans you will be hitting the road this Holiday Weekend. Traffic will even be heavier than last year but thats not the only thing you need to worry about. Well explain coming up. Scott. A lot of weather changes. When youll need the jackets and also a potential heat wave with the seven day forecast next. Thanks for the ride around norfolk and i just wanted to say geico is proud to have served the military for over 75 years roger that. Captains waiting to give you a tour of the wisconsin now. Couldve parked a little bit closer. Its gonna be dark by the time i get there. Geico. Proudly serving the military for over 75 years. Not everyone is flocking to the shore the poconos right now. The race to leave town fort unofficial start of a Summer Travel season is really underway throughout the entire country. Officials say roads will be much busier this year compared to last year. Fox 29s doug luzader reports heavy traffic isnt the only complications for travelers. Reporter whether you travel by plane train car foot or even some kind of amphibious vehicle youll find yourself with plenty of company. Crazy drivers. Always very scary out there driving. We asked professional tour guide Tamara Thomas to give us some weekend advice. Check with your family. Allergy medication eye drops. Water bottles, et cetera. Mack sure and your family are parked and prepare. Reporter of course along with the actual reason for the holiday, recognizing sacrifice this year there may be some added anxiety for those hooven which are out. Amtrak is just getting back on its feet after that derailment near philadelphia last week that claimed eight lives. Fair compare. Com says flights will be much more crowded this travel season. And car travel may not offer much piece of mind either. Especially when about 34 million vehicles are being recalled to fix faulty and sometimes deadly air bags. Just before a weekend when roads can be packed. Probably have to do with a lot of traffic. Driving here was kind of crazy. Also crazy gas stations and all important Holiday Travel metric fuel prices. Down from the same time last year but rising pretty fast. Even with those gas prices edging up aaa expects well see the heaviest travel volume for memorial day weekend in about a decade. In washington, Doug Luzader Fox news. Okay. Back to your fox 29 Weather Authority now. A lot of people heading down the shore. Theyre going up the mountains. Yeah. Theyre watching your forecast all over the place. Pressure is on. One thing much better today than it was yesterday. We were in the 50s. We had the clouds, the showers the sun is out. Mild conditions right now. But its going to be kind of chilly tonight. In fact low temperatures are going to dip into the 40s pretty much area wide. Into the 30s for the pocono mountains so definitely grab that jacket or sweater. The farther north and west that you head but for tomorrow temperatures rebound. 70 degrees for the high tomorrow. Thats still below where we should be for this time of year. Then sunday a high of 80. And look at this. As we move into memorial day monday temperatures in the mid up to per 80s. 90degree heat is on the way by next week. We could be talking about our first heat wave so pretty dry and quiet along much of the east coast as we move toward the midwest stormy, also, out towards sections of four corners pacific northwest. Looking at clouds as well as showers. Currently no airport delays flying out of the Philadelphia International airport. 76 degrees. Looking pretty good. Pretty quiet weather wise across the country as well not looking at any airport delays. Towards sections of the northeast and new england atlanta looking good. A few thunderstorms right now in miami so well watch that. But otherwise were watching a pretty much dry cold front moving through the area. That will bring some of the cooler conditions our way tonight. Down the shore, though its been a beautiful day. You can see right now pretty quiet ventnor city moving toward Atlantic City no weather worries right now. But look at the temperatures. Toward the pocono mountains into the upper 50s behind that front thats cleared that area but 76 right now philadelphia. 74 in dover. Low 70s in Atlantic City. Mostly clear chilly temperatures tonight. Once again into the 40s. But tomorrow, a rapid rebound. Still a little cool for this time of year tomorrow. So keep that in mine. 70. Then 80 on sunday. 87 on memorial day. Pocono mountains in the 30s to start tomorrow morning. Low 60s. Cool. Milder though for sunday and monday. Down the shore, its going to be cool. So you might want to have that wind breaker temperatures tomorrow 66 for the high. Upper 60s on sunday. 74 degrees on memorial day itself. But look at the temperatures as they rebound. 87 degrees on monday. There could be a popup storm as that humidity increases. But then look at tuesday wednesday, thursday, friday, were looking at 90degree heat. Wow the heat is on. All we need is three consecutive days with temperatures at or above 90 our first heat wave. Were right in it. All right. Teen mom defies the odds and not only graduates high school she hits the goals many dream to chief. How her future just got even brighter. And coming up tonight at 6 00 oclock, it can be an unfortunate side effect of Holiday Weekends. Drunk drives on the road. The app aimed at helping some drivers that Authorities Say can be very dangerous. Eighths big weekend and we are watching the roads for you tonight. People head to the shore for the long Holiday Weekend much this time its delaware highway one at 299 it doesnt look too bad there. We will keep watching roads for you all night long so you know where the trouble spots are and there are plenty of them. There are. A group of High School Students are paying the price after a senior prank. Four alabama students are being forced to pay back the school and do 120 hours of community service. Its apparently for the role in spreading chicken litter all across their school grounds. The department of health said there were no health risk but police say the prank went too far. Basically boys took a spreader truck full the chicken litter and thought it would be a good prank to drive it around the high school after they graduated. The cleanup fee estimated to be in the thousands. One teacher took to social media to blast those students involved in the prank, but she too got in trouble. The teacher was placed on administrative leave. Well teenaged mom defies the odds by graduating at the top of her high school class. The very top. She gay gave birth three days before her freshman year of high school. Next month shell graduate Phillips High School in chicago as val will he dick attorney and she keeps a rigorous schedule. In addition to working parttime and raising her child as a pay off for all her hard work, pope has been awarded more than 80,000 in scholarships. Im a cheerleader. Im in National Honor society. Im a member of the behind the paws. In one goal. For an an adult to tell me an inspiration, i just go to school and do what im supposed to do. Pope will head to Western Illinois University this fall. Congratulations to her. Yeah. Okay. A rare find right in the heart of the city. A pair of very special birds making their home here in philly. Who is protecting the two and their new baby . Drivers on new jersey highways may see the newest car patrolling the roads this Holiday Weekend and then again they may not. The new socalled ghost cars that were just unveiled. The phillies head to take on the nationals. Hottest hitters in baseball will be in action. Check out ryan howards numbers over the last 10 days. Thats later in sports. A little ceremony today for four little birds at city hall. The Pennsylvania Game Commission just band special special falcon chick. Their parents decided against the remote side of the cliff and headed to downtown philadelphia to make it their nest. The little birdies will spend the rest of the summer teaching the chicks to fly and fend for themselves. They hope the parents will return next spring. Arent they cute . Creatures were just removed from the endangered list. Getting some help from humans tonight. Joyce evans introduces to us a couple of busy guy whos take time to make sure nature takes its course. Little hard to tell from the distance. Reporter thats not a pigeon you see gliding around center city these days. There he is. Reporter but its fierce a real predator but quiet illusive illusive. Theyre actually a couple of them that return every spring and put on show. How cool is this . Its great. Really great. Reporter thats a passion for attorney donald pearlman. I guess theyll be headed back pretty soon. Reporter who has binoculars an camera always at the ready. Theyll be times when theyll be poised above us and ill sit there with a camera for half hour just waiting for it to take off. Reporter but he and we wanted to see them up close. Its not something thats guaranteed. Lucky for us city hall busiest no nonsense try and get this sticker off over here. Building Services Manager very tedious. Also watching the birds. I continue to come back and try to help them out. Reporter up, up, up we go 15 stories high to a level in city hall tower where nobody is allowed to get off. Usually from april till august i was very skeptical about getting off the elevator here. Reporter why . Because their scream just scared me. I was afraid by chance theyd be able to get and in it would be just the two of us in here. Reporter one of the reasons for Rick Marianos stash of brooms and hard hats. There it is. There it is with the birds. A rare falcon dont let them spook you. Mom is check us out up here. It there goes. Reporter to feed her babies inside a nesting box set outside the 15th floor balcony but the Pennsylvania Game Commission. There she is. There she is. Reporter rick named his favorite. No such luck for her hub. So thats him. Thats the male. Thats the dad. You see his left ankle thats his identification band. Reporter the claws say it all. All genetic. Thats what they say. Reporter still don and rick volunteer in group of protectors of the para grins. They take their job to keep things quite and private seriously. The entire falcon family, mom dad and four chicks are right on the other side of this curtain. Were not even allowed not even a peek. They dont want to disrupt mating and or nesting process in any way shape or form. Reporter nothing more to see here. So we head over to dons law office at one south broad. His 23rd floor walls are lined with his passion for para grins. Floor too. Good luck finding him at his desk right now. When you hear them you have to take pictures. The terrace outside his office offers a birds eye view of the action. Not everybody gets to have a falcon right outside their window. Reporter g theres a good chance you wont see them. New Jersey State Police are calling them ghost cars and theyll be used to catch those who are breaking the law behind the wheel. The black chevrolet caprices look like unmarked cars from far away. But theyve also got faint hold Graphic Police emblems on the side. Something you probably wont notice until its too late. Watch your speed. Exactly. Some local families say they were in deep financial trouble when they paid a local attorney to file them for bankruptcy. They claim he picked them when they were down by taking the money then just hitting the road. Investigative reporter jeff cole found this guy. Heres jeffs report. Reporter playful threeyearold daughters arent the only thing these two south jersey moms have in common. Both hired attorney philip drink drinkwater the third to handle bank rupp seat. They paid him but they say their cases were never filed and hes vanish. Everybody needs to get every cent back they gave this man. Mr. Drinkwater they claim that you took their money. These are people who didnt have anything. Took their money for bankruptcy filings and made no filing at all. No. It wasnt it wasnt purposeful. Reporter when this mother of three katie crashed her fiances car his insurance didnt cover her. She got sued. She hoped bankruptcy payment plan would help her regain her drivers license. I had to get rides to work. Rides to take my kids to their sports activities after school, rides to go get a gallon of milk milk. Reporter she paid drinkwater 700 to start sending more when she could. After paying more than 2300, little progress came the next two months. Then she received a letter that drinkwatery tired. A trustee referred her to a new lawyer but there was trouble. So he got all these files from all mr. Drinkwaters clients but he had no money to do the work. Kelly dayton spent nine years in the Army National guard including one in iraq before staying home with her young daughter. A Workplace Injury to her husband left him seeking bankruptcy protection. After the they paid 2,900 over nine months, they learned drinkwater wouldnt represent them either. Now her marriage has fallen apart. Their williamstown home is in foreclosure. Kelly is living in an apartment with her toddler and an older daughter moved away. What do you do at that point. I dont hire a new lorraine try to get my money back from this guy. How . Spread the word. Reporter these two indignant clients chase their lawyer online. They met each other along the way. Found a couple dozen others with similar complaints and formed a Facebook Group which they called duped by drinkwater. One member asked us not to show his face due to his line of work. He says money got tight for his family when his overtime dried up. Upon hiring drinkwater, they say the lawyer suggested borrowing more if necessary to cover his fees. And this was his mortgage advice advice. He said we didnt have to pay it because we were claiming bankruptcy. Next lawyer he said, no, thats crazy. You cant stop paying your mortgage. You lose your house now. So far police say five thefts complaints have been filed and they would like to talk with drinkwater but he moved out of pitman where he had a home and office. My name is jeff cole. Im with fox tv in philadelphia. Yes. How are you . Good. How can i help you . We were able to locate the 56yearold and his wife. They turned up living in the Rolling Hills of Schuylkill Haven pennsylvania. Weve heard from a number of your clients your legal Bankruptcy Business that said you left them high and dry. I was hospitalized. Did you take their money and not do work for them. Actually, no. My firm was insolvent at the time i was hospitalized. In a letter to new Jersey Superior Court last fall, drink drinkwater wrote he experience add serious mental break down. That plus Ongoing Health and financial strains led him to the unavoidable decision to close his practice. His apologetic november 3rd letter asked the court to mark him inactive disabled. Next week a trustee was app pointed to take control of a law firm its accounts ton inventory its files. Did you have have no idea that you were physically sick before you took these peoples money . No, i didnt. They dont believe that, sir. No. They believe youve hurt them. No, i didnt purposely hurt them. I do agree they were hurt. Reporter hold on. One client says 1,000 check was mailed on november 12th and put in the bank account on the 18th. Thats 15 days after drinkwater asked the court to intervene. Did you do that . I dont recall. You dont recall if you did that or not . No. Reporter that have been improper if you did do . I dont i dont have any comment. One of his employees told fox 29 they were operateed as if hed returned. It was the trustee who said to close down. We pressed for more answers. Why did you tell people to stop paying their mortgages . Significantly hurt them. It was youve said enough. I cant answer all your questions. I dont need a court of bankruptcyily people want to know where their money is gone. How much money did you take, sir sir. Okay. I dont have any further comment. No charges have been filed. Nor is there a publicly acknowledged complaint before the states attorney discipline review board. Its investigators must claim confidentiality but drinkwaters clients say theyve talked to them and sent documents. Some clients reached out to new jerseys lawyers fund for client protection. But theres a big problem. Theres no reimbursement unless the attorney has been disciplined. Others were steered into arbitration. Do you have an apology you can say to them or anything . Yes, i can. What would it be . I would say i would say im very sorry for the circumstances that led to the loss. It was not intentional on my part. I was hospitalized and im disable. I havent made a dime since then and i lost i had a 23 year career. He says hes never before been accused of malpractice. They believe that you should be arrested, that you have commit add crime. Its going through the Legal Process and the Legal Process will have to take its course. Good are you going to make any of these people whole. Okay. Go. Sick months later, his former clients are still trying to get their money back. Are you concerned that the authorities have not moved quickly enough . They havent moved at all. Quickly enough is not at all. Giving me the run around. Drinkwater claims some money was stolen from him but police say they arent aware of that. Meanwhile, former clients are moving ahead. Katie browns new attorney filed her bankruptcy the first time they met. Jeff cole, fox 29 news. Straight ahead at 6 00 its finally here. A stampede to the shore for the unofficial start of summer. Temperatures are rising with the traffic were getting you prepared for the big weekend. Plus, drunk behind the wheel . Now theres an app for that. What developers are promising people about the arrested for d dui. I want to have a fox 29 news hd brought to you by xfinity the future of awesome awesome. Right now on the fox 29 news at 6 00, the unofficial start to the summer. Many of you are already there. Others are just hitting the road this evening and youve got long drive ahead of you. People headed to the shore in droves. Ill physical was, it is a weekend of sun and fun and it sure seems like a long time in coming. Ooh good evening are im dawn timmeney. Im chris oconnell. We got you covered from every angle. Chief meteorologist Scott Williams has your forecast. Were also watching traffic. We begin with brad sattin live in ocean city last time we check you were working on your tan already, brad. Reporter yeah, im starting that tan as we all are i think. Lots of people here for sure. For good reason. Aaa is saying for instance this is going to be the busiest travel weekend for memorial day weekend in 10 years since 2005. Part of that reason, gas prices theyre about a dollar a gallon lower than they were this time last year. Im going to step out of the way you can see some of the crowds here im convinceed in people blue off work or school because they spent the day on the beach. Others as the crowd picks upcoming here after work and so far its clear that Business Owners are smiling. It is that time of year again. Sit on the beach and look at all the bikinis. Reporter well for that and digging to china. We need a nice summer. Yes, we do. Reporter dont we deserve it . We sure do. Reporter your grandso