That it happened the way the agents say it did, that he first fired the gun at them. Tim furlong, nbc 10 news. A solemn farewell today to a fallen new jersey state trooper. Police officers from across the garden state, pennsylvania, delaware, and far beyond, paid their respects to trooper Frankie Williams in Atlantic City. More than a thousand members of Law Enforcement game to boardwalk hall for williams funeral. The 31yearold rookie trooper and another driver lost their lives in an accident on route 55 in Cumberland County a week ago. Williams death came 11 months after he joined the state police force. To see somebody cut down really in the most productive, wonderful time of their life, after being married just two months, is horrible. Williams was remembered today as someone who always had the most positive outlook, no matter what the circumstances, he is the fourth member of the new Jersey State Police to die in a car accident in the past 18 months. Today former u. S. Congressman
Live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 10 00. We start tonight with fire down the shore. Skyfox over the scene earlier. You can see the flames engulfing a familiar bridge. Anyone who uses the garden state parkway to get to the southern shore points probably remembers the beasley point bridge. Parkway now runs right passed it all toll bridge caught fire around 7 30 tonight. No word yet on the extent of the damage or how it started. Dads all over the city are getting ready for a very special walk with their children tomorrow morning. Its call part of a National Movement to get more dads involved in their childrens lives. Good evening, im dawn timmeney. Lucy is off. Im iain page. Organizers say it can help inspire countless children to do great things. Fox 29s Shawnette Wilson is live at city hall tonight. Shawnette. Reporter its a powerful thing happening tomorrow. Fathers all over the city plan to walk their children to school then join other men for a march and to
About 2 million over the course of a 10year contract. But the majority of residents here are vehemently against the move. Many of them making their presence known at the Council Meeting tonight. Many want their local police force patrolling their streets. Their Police Officers about 150 residents stuffed inside this tiny Borough Council chambers. Windows had to be opened so people could watch from the outside. The plan is to disban the department of 10 parttime officers and its fulltime police chief a very contentious meeting on a very passionate issue. If you take them aware whats going to happen our little town penndel, the drugs come in. The guns come back. People are going to be robbed and stealing. Where is everyone going to be. The borough is kind of up against financial straits. We dont have a lot of room left to increase tacks. We just recently had a pretty big tax increase on our residents so were already straining them. Reporter there are a couple Police Officers right now st
Live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 11. The future of a local Police Department is up in the air. The Small Department is fighting to survive as town leaders propose disbanding them to save money. Good evening, im iain page. Lucy is off tonight. Its heated issue as you can imagine. Fox 29s Chris Oconnell live in penndel, bucks county. Chris this department has got a lot of community support. Reporter yeah, this is a major controversy in this small buck county borough of just 2400 residents, iain. Borrow council tonight is poised to vote on firing its entire Police Department. Borrow council telling me tonight here in penndel says the Police Department just costs the borough too much money, and cracking with nearby middletown township could save the borough about 2 million over the course of a 10year contract. But the majority of residents here are vehemently against the move. Many of them making their presence known at the Council Meeting tonight. Many want the