Lifestyle. On june29th he plead guilty to one count of bribery as part of a deal that ended his trial prematurely. Shame, shame, shame reporter in a Statement Read by his attorney in court, williams apologized to his family, friends and supporters and said quote ive made mista mistake. Mistakes of character and judgment. But prosecutors called it a pattern of criminal conduct. As for others who might follow in williams dishonest path we hope they take this unmistakable message ive stood in this same spot year after year after Different Cases and said which is that we will find you, we will prosecute you, and what happened today will happen to you. Reporter Seth Williams remains locked up in philadelphia tonight await assignment to a specific federal prison. Could be anywhere in the nation. Hell learn that in a couple of weeks we believe. For now, Seth Williams trading a pin striped suit for a prison jumpsuit. Dawn . All right, thank you, brew. And back to your fox 29 Weather Authority
Plead guilty to corruption on one count and 28 other charges are dropped. Mr. Williams is a criminal. He did not make a mistaken and engages in these crimes for many many years, anybody he was in a position to exploit. The judge denied the question to be let out on house arrest to visit with his ailing mother before he is sent away fearing she will pass away when he is incarcerated. You stole from your mother now you want a visitor . A reference to evidence presented at trial that williams defrauded his mothers nursing home out of 23,000. His mother read an apologetic letter to the people of philadelphia for letting him down. I made the question for him and for his mother and daughters, unfortunately the court denied the request. And his mother and girlfriend were in court and left court white house without comment and the girlfriend making an obscene gesture. And you sold yourself to the parasites you surrounded yourself with. Jim, judge paul diamond was making reference to the local
Whats that smell . The mystery hitting parts of the city and into the suburbs. Tonight, we track down where its coming from. And robbed at gun point on the way to work. Septa workers say enough is enough. Theyre tired of fearing for their lives and now they want protect. Now fox 29 news at 10 00. We begin tonight with breaking news. A double shooting in south philadelphia. And two, 16yearolds are dead. Thanks for joining us tonight. Im iain page. Im dawn timmeney. Those two boys died at the hospital. Our Dave Schratwieser is live at the scene with the breaking details. Dave. Reporter dawn, real tragedy here tonight at 12th and ritner in the heart of south philadelphia around 8 30 tonig tonight. Gunshots at least three were heard here on the corner. Two, 16yearolds were shot in the chest. They were race to do Jefferson Hospital by police. Ill step out of the scene. You can see very active crime seen a half block down here at 12th and ritner. Police, homicide detectives, crime scene unit
The scene with the breaking details. Dave. Reporter dawn, real tragedy here tonight at 12th and ritner in the heart of south philadelphia around 8 30 tonig tonight. Gunshots at least three were heard here on the corner. Two, 16yearolds were shot in the chest. They were race to do Jefferson Hospital by police. Ill step out of the scene. You can see very active crime seen a half block down here at 12th and ritner. Police, homicide detectives, crime scene units still on the scene here. We have some video from skyfox, i believe, were showing you right now. This was earlier around 8 30 tonight. Both boys were raced to Jefferson Hospital. Both were pronounced at the hospital according to police here on the scene. Both died from gunshot wound to the chest. We just spoke to chief inspector scott small. Heres what he had to say about what led up to the shooting. Preliminary information theyre both shot one time in the chest. Now, were getting information from witnesses that there were two group
65 degrees. Bob kelly . Good morning, everybody, ticktock, 5 00. And our top story also going to be the top traffic story. South phillys favorite bridget foys, fire scene this morning, we will go out to jenny joyce there live at second and south, headhouse square, but this morning, be ready for alternates, instead of second street, you want to use either fourth or sixth. If youre headed down south street, you want to use pine or bainbridge, expect delays through the morning rush hour. Septa also has buses 12 and 40 on detour. Theyve been trying to cut down some trees here, and running into problems, this is a live look at the montgomery drive onramp to go east on the schuylkill expressway. So, penndot waiting for a bigger saw from a private contractor. So thats going to cause delays through the morning rush hour. The benny looking good. No fog here. And mass transit, other than the two septa buses were off to good start, karen, back over to you. Bob, thank you. You mentioned it, lets g