Blazing throughout this springfield township home. And witnesses say it all happened in just a matter of seconds. Kevin keller neighborthere were flames that were probably 10 feet in the air above the porchthe porch was fully engulfed. Kevin keller has lived in the neighborhood for 30 years and says his first concern was for the elderly man next door. Briana harper briana wcponeighbors tell me one of their worst nightmares was confirmed once they spotted the mans car in the driveway which is one of the telltell signs that most likely he was inside. Immediately i just grabbed my phone, called 911 and ran over to the house and started pounding on his door to see if i could get him up. But it was all too late. After battling the blaze for at least two hours firefighters found the mans body in the kitchen. Neighbors say hes in his 60s and describe him simply as a good guy. Saw him yesterday on the way home from church. He was walking his dog and hes got a big white beard and i call him san
These are Police Photos of the prescriptions, pills, and pill bottles she obtained. Enough evidence to fill two tables. When it comes to a medical assistant in the medical field, have you ever seen anything this extensive . Weve seen Office Employees in physician offices do this before but this is the most extensive ive zion my career. Reporter investigators told me that she gave them two reasons why she was selling these pills. She said number one she was trying to pay off her student loan for becoming a medical assistant. And two, she says she was trying to get a relative into rehab for heroin addiction. And theres more to this story. She was using social media as part of her scheme. She told me face maier was also using the drugs and she used the names of 17 friends and relatives without their knowledge to purchase the prescriptions. But she needed their birth dates. She was able to get their family records or there facebook. Reporter she faces numerous fell loan niece. She is being
Happening now, the department of corrections in delaware is looking for an inmate at this hour. On saturday, 21yearold brittingham was discovered missing. He never returned from a work release program. An escape warrant has been issued for his arrest. Brittoni brittoningham was serving a oneyear sentence for theft. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather. Now a look at some of the first flurries of the season. Thats right, i said it, snow. This was the scene in allentown today. With this early sign of winter, were feeling the dramatic dip in temperatures. And the winds were flapping the flags on temples campus. One week ago we were basking in temperatures that topped out at 70 degrees and tonight we could see that mercury fall into the 20s. Oh, my goodness. That made some shivering shoppers at the king of prussia mall. Tonight it is finally starting to feel like the holidays. Yeah, lets get right to nbc 10 meteorologist Sheena Parveen. Only going to get colder from here, right . From tonig
Place to sleep for the night. The no one there was hurt. Crews are investigating the cause of that fire. Pennsylvania lawmakers will vote on a School Funding plan. It would do away with School Property taxes and mean attack increase in other areas. Walk us through this, katy. Tracy, here it is. More than 100 pages of a new tax plan that would eliminate School Property taxes in pennsylvania. The bills author is david argle. A republican from schuylkill county. He represents parts of berks county. It calls for no more School Property taxes for millions of households and businesses beginning next july. To offsthet our goal raises the Interest Rate by 1. 5 and increases state sales tax on many items. Sales tax would be applied to Services Currently exspemt like tv service. Even work performed by lawyers and financial institutions. Also in this plan renters would pay higher taxes too. Its important to know when a similar bill was voted 0 it did fail. A man will find out how long he is going
Gloves, the wind is blowing and the temperatures are cold. Look at the breeze at 8 miles an hour in philadelphia. A bit stronger in delaware, wilmington and dover. The temperatures, 20s in the pocono mountains, below freezing in allentown. Middle 30s for interior new jersey and 35 degrees northeast philadelphia airports. So a cold start this morning, we have clear skies, the temperatures are fill falling and the wind will keep blowing. 38 at 9 00 and a chilly 42 degrees at noon time today. Well go through the forecast neighborhood by neighborhood when im back in ten minutes. Jessica boyington has your first alert traffic. An accident scene on 95, this is between cottman and bridge, only one lane getting by. You can see that here on the righthand side. So, we do have Police Activity on the scene, a few vehicles involved and the left and center lanes closed right now on 95. So something to watch for. On the southbound side where we typically see more traffic for the morning hours. Mass t