Post. Reporter employees took cover. He was behind the bar. The guy was whacked out of his mind. He was on some, something. Owe crawled out from the van. Police transported the driver to the hospital, where he is currently in custody. Incredibly close call this afternoon, for those on the street, and especially those patrons inside of the brewing company. Im sitting here in south philadelphia homeowners are dialing with a crime graffiti spray painted on their houses. Police are investigating, and, hateful messages. Greg argos is in south philadelphia right now with more on this investigation, greg good afternoon. And ukee good afternoon most of the, fortunately have been removed but you can still see behind me on this one wall , what remains here neighbors in this neighborhood say, they are concerned about what happened, all the while Philadelphia Police, combing over, hours of Surveillance Video, hoping to catch a suspect. Concern in south philadelphia. It is, richs house which he has
Reporter he admitted redirecting money for care of his own mother and acknowledge accepting money, trips and cars for official action and influence. Mr. Williams asked me to express to you, and to the public, his sincere apologies, not only to his supporters and voters of philadelphia but also to the hard working men and women of the Philadelphia District Attorneys Office. Reporter williams first popped on the feds radar years ago home land Security Officials have been tracking this man muhammad ali, for allegedly money laundering. It was during that investigation that home land security official, saw contact with Seth Williams, on mr. Ali cell phone. Reporter williams pleaded guilty to single count of bribery relating back to a trip muhammad ali provided to him, ali wanted williams help in reducing a jail term for a convicted felon. The gifts that mr. Williams received, represents the greed to which he cheated the public reporter Eyewitness News just obtained this document, it read, i
Reporter jim, jan good afternoon. The judge accepted Seth Williams guilty plea to a single count of bribe bree at 11 35 this morning. It was about 10 15 in the morning that Seth Williams acknowledged that he was going to enter this guilty plea. What this means is that he is facing a potential maximum of five years in prison. This is williams on the way in today. I can tell you his voice quaking at times, looking down appeared to be very tense and very perplexed as he told the judge, yes your honor i am guilty of bribery. It is tied to the testimony of mohammed n. Ali who is a business associate named in the indictment. Muhammad ali bribed williams for that official action in connection to a case that came before williams office. Now, williams wall actually never able to exert any influence over that case but nonetheless, it is still a count of bribery that williams is pleading to. Seth williams is also resigned within the last hour. His office has called a 2 oclock News Conference and
Reporter he admitted redirecting money for care of his own mother and acknowledge accepting money, trips and cars for official action and influence. Mr. Williams asked me to express to you, and to the public, his sincere apologies, not only to his supporters and voters of philadelphia but also to the hard working men and women of the Philadelphia District Attorneys Office. Reporter williams first popped on the feds radar years ago home land Security Officials have been tracking this man muhammad ali, for allegedly money laundering. It was during that investigation that home land security official, saw contact with Seth Williams, on mr. Ali cell phone. Reporter williams pleaded guilty to single count of bribery relating back to a trip muhammad ali provided to him, ali wanted williams help in reducing a jail term for a convicted felon. The gifts that mr. Williams received, represents the greed to which he cheated the public reporter Eyewitness News just obtained this document, it read, i
Seth williams, as resigned affective immediately after a plea deal in his corruption trial. He plead guilty for one count of accepting a bribe in return for 28 counts being dismissed. Vernon odom has the full story. Reporter good afternoon. Seth williams entered a guilty plea and resigned as his post philadelphia da possibly being sent to prison for five years. He plead guilty to accepting a bribe from muhammad ali. And essential williams admitted under only to all the other alleged misdeeds that were in the governments charges against him. It was a sweeping indictment including accepting free trips to the Dominican Republic from muhammad ali and accepting bribes in run for more than a dozen Airline Tickets and he got that from bar owner michael weis for helping him with regulatory issues especially on the west coast and defrauding his own Political Action committee for his own use, including mass ables and expensive dinners at union league. And defrauding his mothers nursing home in d