Helicopters and dive teams converge on the Sandy Hook Channel after reports of a sinking fishing boat. Good evening. Im kristine johnson. And im maurice debois. The coast guard with the new Jersey State Police and nypd and fdny searched the sandy hook peninsula for 2 hours. Dave carlin with the latest on the story. Reporter maurice and kristine, the exact location of the fishing vessel remains a mystery despite the long hours of searching with the highest tech equipment. Divers went into the channel as the rescue teams searched from above. The search began at 4 30, p. M. A the sighting of a sinking shrimp. The captain of another boat said he clearly saw the vessel going under. Theres been a search underway. All are searching. Reporter rescuers arrived only to find small clues on the surface. A life ring, and this cooler. Before sunset, we saw an oil slick that could have been from a boat in distress. Divers finished for the night, and then the search relied on side scan sonar. Ryan and
Pull through. When i came in and seen my girlfriend, like a mother to him for 15 years, hysterical, crying and the doctor in there and i knew he didnt make it. Reporter now, becker was pronounced dead at the hospital thursday evening, in the meantime the suspect remains locked up behind bars tonight. Reporting live tonight from Police Headquarters in center city, Todd Quinones for cbs3 Eyewitness News. Todd, thank you. Breaking news right now trial of the philadelphia priest accused of sex abuse ends with a hung jury. Reverend Andrew Mccormack was charged in the 1997 assault of the ten yearold boy at brideberg rectory where he live. The jury deliberated for three days. Mccormack has been on administrative leave from the philadelphia a archdiocese since 2011. Also a car slams in the house in chester, delaware county. You can see that car being towed away. Were told three people were injured, two adult and a child no word on the extent of those injuries though. We do know it had happened