U. S. Attorney Zane Menninger says the dominated the community. Authorities believe the group raked in about 1. 8 million in criminal proceeds from cocaine and crack sales. The group allegedly protected its territory with violence. At least 15 firearms and ammunition were seized. Investigators say the dealers would sometimes stash their drugs and firearms in playgrounds, abandoned houses and even mailboxes. Now at least 20 of the defendants face mandatory minimum sentences of at least ten years. People who live in the city of chester, particularly in the areas surrounding rose and upland street deserve a break. They deserve better. Well continue in that community until we eradicate as much as we can, block by block, gang by gang, the violence and the drugs in that area. Todays arrest marked the culmination of a twoyear investigation. This investigation is the third major multiagency Law Enforcement initiative in the city of chester in just the past year. Tonight we are following develo
About haunted buildings. After a show aired, 12 Ghost Hunters were arrested and charged with trespassing. At the time police said the group had seen the mtv show and wanted to see if the inn was really haunted. We have a difficult update to pass along to you. A Mercer County preschooler is dead tonight, Health Officials say he suffered from some type of respiratory illness. He attended yardville elementary school. The state Health Department is testing for various strains of the flu and swabs have been sent to the centers for Disease Control in atlanta which will test for the enterovirus. That facility isc hospitalized children nationwide. Its heart breaking, very scary and as a mom you try to do everything you can to keep your children safe from getting sick. The state test could be back as early as tonight it. The cdcs results may take about a week. The cdc says enterovirus d68 is a respiratory illness. It can cause sneezing and coughing and wheezing. Most hops and doctors offices a
Today skyforce 10 was in Delaware County over havertown where two workers were shocked by power lines, one of them was killed. Nbc 10s Deanna Durante has been on the ground gathering new information since we first brought you this story live as breaking news this morning on nbc 10 news at 11 00. What have you found out since then . Reporter we do know those two men worked for a philadelphiabased roofing kpp. If you take a look behind me at the scene, peco crews are still here. We can see the ladder that those two men were using when trying to get on to the roof of this home. Its still on the ground here. Crews from peco tell me they will be removing the rest of this, this as investigators are talking to a 24yearold mp the only survivor of this construction accident. Sitting on my front porch, i saw the policemen going down this way. At first Susan Callahan said she had no idea what was happening until she looked over to her neighbors house. I saw the men in the street. Reporter they we