Hour. The winter storm hitting tonight. Set to strike much of the south and the east, then the system moving north overnight. And a final goodbye. The names bidding farewell to a famous mother and her daughter. Good evening. And we begin tonight with that horror that played out this afternoon inside the baggage claim at the ft. Lauderdale airport. Authorities say a passenger, an army vet, pulled out a gun and suddenly began firing. Five people were killed. Several more rushed to the hospital. Papassengers got out of the terminal, many running in fear, right onto the tarmac, hiding where they could, others, trapped on planes. And within minutes, a powerful show of force. The fbi, local law enforcement, sweeping across the airport. Frightened passengers with their hands in the air. Tonight, we have new reporting here on the lone gunman, and the passengers who are still stuck on that tarmac at this hour. We begin with the moments right after the shooting. Tonight, the cries of the passeng
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Former state Rep. Kevin M. Haggerty faces forgery and related charges after police say he fraudulently used credit cards belonging to his elderly motherâs caregiver to buy hundreds of dollars worth of booze, food and other items.
In another instance, the ex-legislator walked out of a South Scranton supermarket with a $6.99 pack of ginger ale without paying for it, investigators said.
Haggerty, 48, of 1704 N. Webster Ave., Dunmore, a Democrat who represented the 112th District in the state House for two nonconsecutive terms between 2012 and 2018, was arrested Wednesday after an investigation by Dunmore police and the state attorney generalâs office.