The actual travel lanes. And the problem here, in the saint Davids Villanova area. King of prussia roadblocked at Radnor Chester road with some police activity. So getting out early this morning be ready for the detour, only one accident up here in norristown, this is lafayette, right at swede street. Otherwise the bridges look fine, in problems on mass transit. Karen, thomas, back over to you. Bob, thank you. We want to get right to. This because we still had this developing story. Day two of massive search for that teenage murder suspect, who escaped a Youth Detention Center in south jersey. There were three other teens who also broke out. Theyve all been recaptured, back in custody. Out to bridgeton where steve keeley is with what we know right now. Steve . Reporter yes, our viewers yesterday morning at this time saw the story starting out in atlantic county. We are now in cumberland county, and we are believe it or not almost an hours drive, 50 miles from the place those teens esca
Good afternoon, we begin with breaking news. Police have captured the teenage murder suspect that Youth Detention Center i Michael Huggins was arrested this morning in Atlantic City. T18yeaas o the run tt is live with facility in eg. More. Reporter that is right. They had searched residential areas and the woods here in bridge tonas in Atlantic City where Michael Huggins was found this morning. Lets go t chopper 6 hd over the scene not that long ago. You see some of the activity in the area where he was apprehended. It was on South Carolina avenue. And there were Unmarked Police vehicle theres and this is where 18yearold Michael Huggins was apprehended this morning. We are waiting for more details on how it unfolded. 18yearold accused murderer Michael Huggins is in custody in a search that moved from egg harbor to bridgeton and to Atlantic City where he was captured at 10 00 a. M. U. S. Marshals and the new Jersey State Police Fugitive Task force had a hand in this apprehension. He bro
Atlantic city. Chopper 6 hd was over the location a short time ago and the arrest is part of a joint effort by the new Jersey State Police Fugitive Task force and u. S. Marshals office and others. We should hear more details at the News Conference scheduled for later this afternoon. We know that 18yearold Michael Huggins was recaptured but dont know the details of his escape. He was allegedly one of four reads at the harbors field Youth Detention Center in edge harbor city that overpowered a guard and stole keys and stole a car. They did not say if the ambush was in a secure or unsecure area of the facility that was housing eight residents at the time and it show a stolen car sideswiping a jeep and the car was abandoned a few block as way three of the escapees were found 30 miles away in bridgeton. But huggins eluded what became a large scale manhunt that prompted the lock down of area schools. So yesterday intense focus in Cumberland County and bring ton. The three escapees were found
Towards his home but reverred his travel. During the course of the day the defendant huggins ultimately made his way back to the Atlantic City area. Not giving details about the actual escape that triggered the manhunt or the assault on the guard was inside of the secure area. Was it in a secure area or none secure area . I dont have that information at this time. We dont know if it was in a secure zone . I do not have that information to disclose to you. A state agency, the juvenile Justice Commission operates the juvenile Detention Center only to say that it remains under investigation. We wont get quick answers as to what went wrong but all the escapees are back in custodies. John recall rawlins, channel 6 action news. And the jury trial against bob mendez ended in a hung jury. Mendez teared up talking about the outcome out sired of the courthouse in newark. He says while he made mistakes in his life none have been a crime. Want to thank the jury. 12 New Jerseyans that saw through t
Tentwo in favor of innocence. I dont think the prosecution had a smoking gun. How tight was it i should say . Can you tell me about the attitude in it was difficult but were relieved. Definitely a big impact on lot of, um, a lot of emotion and, um, im really happy its over. We were deadlock right out of the gate. So you know when youre deadlocked out of the gate, i cant force somebody elses opinion. Reporter menendez conviction would have forced him to resign from the us senate. Doing so before democratic governor elect phil murphy takes office in january means governor Chris Christie would have likely replaced him with republican. A fact not lost on the senator. To hose who were digging by political grave so that they can jump into my seat i know who you are and i wont forget you. Reporter this trial lasted 11 weeks. As for the next step the prosecutorprosecutors must decide if they are going to seek a retrial. Reporting from newark, antoine lewis, fox 29 news. Also breaking in new je