Twitter account dedicated. That is right. A twitter account dedicated. Check this out. Obviously. Violently punching each other in the face, pulling each other share and throwing one another on the ground, and it all happened in front of cheering crowds. The account was more than 2,000 followers is getting a lot of attention. Police and the Bergen County prosecutors telling me those who fight will pay. And new jersey we have very substantial laws that protect crimes of violence victims. If someone films all of this a significant amount of laws to and that. Criminal responsible. Even if these videos include mutually consenting participants, there is still a a penalty. Is still an active disorderly conduct. Petty disorderly. You cant just go out there. Tough sanctions. The obvious why would anybody go out and fight and film it and sharon on social media . Friend of the show and psychologist. Todays kids, this is a way to get attention. Say that they have done something which is at the cu
Down my neck and i laid back. Thats all i remember. Reporter witnesses say the driver of the minivan, 30year old Keith Jeffords tried to run away and was even confrontational until he was eventually arrested. He get out running, running. A girl here and he was fighting everyone. He was in front of me. So, he tried to move out and go in the store. So, he was there running. Reporter now, police say jeffords has been charged with assault, dwi, four counts of assault, rather, dwi and leaving the scene of an accident with serious bodily injury. There were two spas gears in his car. They were taken two passengers in his car. They were taken to Christ Hospital but left without being treated. They refused treatment there. Coming up on first at 4 00 we will hear from one of the eyewitnesses and Good Samaritans that tried to tussle with jeffords to keep him from leaving the scene. Darla miles, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you, darla. New at noon a final good bye for the daughter of Whitney H
The urgent search right now. Good morning, america. It is a busy wednesday morning and a lot to get to. So much of the country still being hit hard by severe weather. That is the most powerful storm on the planet right now churning in the pacific and ravaged a u. S. Island. We begin with that news just breaking this morning. The man who helped that minnesota dentist kill cecil the lion speaking out for the first time this morning after appearing in court. He faces up to 15 years in prison for allegedly having that illegal hunt. The dentist is still in hiding. His home vandalized and abcs david wright has been following the story and starts us off this morning. Reporter professional hunter wore dark glasses to court. He lost his hunting license and now faces criminal charges for allegedly luring cecil the lion out of the safety of Hwange National park by dragging a dead animal from his car as bait. Speaking to reporters bronkhorst scoffed at the charges. I think its frivolous and wrong.
We have the laundry, the drier. We have suppliers all out. Reporter Bergen County executive says crews continue to work on the 24inch transmission line, they are concerned with the stability of the roadway and the primary electric and gas lines below. 200 people are without water throughout the area and hundreds in surrounding communities have low water pressure. The people in this area will be affected for the longest period of time. Reporter and city officials will bring in their own crane expert because they are worried about the weight of this crane causing additional damage on anderson avenue. This main corridor will be without water for some time. There is a boil advisory and we are expecting another update from city officials in a couple of hours. Live in Cliffside Park, a. J. Ross, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you. Another water main issue. This one is in brooklyn. Workers opened a valve that caused water to shoot on to the street near 5th avenue and 52nd street in sunset p
78 by noontime. 83 later on this afternoon. Did you say long island . I did. Lets go to a webcam. Look closely at this webcam. Problems. Look at this over here. This is a tractor trailer. Tractor trailer overturned on the l. I. E. This is the westbound side of the leigh near 49 which is route 110. Overturned track completely on its side. Police on the scene. Barely any lanes getting through. Van wyck south at the belt parkway an accident. L. I. E. West at queens boulevard b. Q. E. Going south or west on the kosciuszko bridge a disabled vehicle. B. Q. E. Northbound, eastbound, the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge is just about reopened. The Staten Island expressway echt south avenue into victory boulevard, two lanes are closed down. Shortly. Routes 1 and 9 between ton nilly and liberty avenue, it has been cleared away. Alternate side of the Street Parking rules are in effect. Over to you. Thank you. The search is resumed at this hour for a swimmer missing off the jersey shore. It has been ne