News. Police have arrested and charged a man with the hit and run in overbrook. Paul woodland faces homicide by vehicle in the death of 8yearold Gianna Powell. She was struck and killed on november 18th. Vernon odom is in overbrook with the details. Reporter rick and sara good afternoon. Woodland formerly charged by police overnight. Sad, just sad that is how one of the neighbors described the tragedy that left the 8yearold child dead. This is their man, Paul Woodland from overbrook. Charged with the hit and run crash that hit and killed Gianna Powell whose home is not far away. She was killed while crossing the street with two siblings, the driver did not stop and the siblings were not seriously injured. Police were tipped about a car fitting the hit and run car trips in chester county. The person saw the vehicle and got suspicious and we went up there and matched the auto parts to that particular car, its absolutely the car. Earlier this giannas parents asked for help finding the hit
To help them stop criminals with a new Security Camera registration program. Vegas safe cam lets police have access to you home surveillance videos to help the solve cases faster and easier. They only look at your footage if there is a crime in your neighborhood and the system always asks for your permission first. Police say registering with the system will save them a lot of extra leg work. As of now youll will occur well start at the point of a crime and then work our way out in canvassing a neighborhood and trying to find video. This will allow us to go specifically along a path and say okay we have cameras here, we have cameras there and well be able to reach you by phone because you wouldve logged a phone number or contact information. The system has already been implemented in big cities like philadelphia and saint louis. Both give the system good reviews. A mother is now going to trial. Two months after police say her roommate killed her sevenyear Roshaun Malone was arrested a
Closed captioning will resume shortly and more breaking news tonight. Police are investigating a suspcious death. One person is dead. Another hospitalized. Fox5s adam herbets joins us live near rainbow and gowan. John christine the police told us they couldnt get the dead woman out of this house for a while because the place was cleaning with poisonous gas were not sure what the chemical wise but obviously the police arent here anymore the street is dark lets at one point the police said that they were looking into the possibility that this was a meth lab were not sure if that still the case because they left without giving us an update it sounds like they have a lot of evidence to go through but either way they are definitely looking into the possibility that even if this wasnt a meth lab that it is drugrelated and some of the neighbors weve talked you were concerns that there have been drug problems in this neighborhood and possibly at this house before they say the house does not ha
Morning 23 people are getting help from the red cross with a place to stay as well as breakfast. Katy zachry is live for us in allentown with more on that. Give us an update. Reporter vai, take a look behind me. This block on fulton street, the 400 block, is the one that was devastated by fire. The fire began at 8 00 last night. The fire is out now. Im told firefighters got control just after midnight. This engine you see here, i talked to one of the guys assigned to it. This firefighter tells me theyll be here until day break so watch out for hot spots. Thats a fear that something will ignite inside this block of row homes. A total of 23 people, as you said, vai, are out of their homes this morning, forced to evacuate as flames tore through home after home. We have video of that. Im told by people who were here at the scene that firefighters got control of the blaze around 10 30. That means for four hours, dozens of firefighters battled this growing fire. The 400 block of fulton stree
Inside of an apartment on fire. Crews put a ladder up, found a Man Threatening them with a hammer, fire crews were able to make entry with the police who used shields. The man had barricaded himself inside of a bathroom and put furniture up to barricade the door. We spoke with the woman who lives next door to this man. She had to evacuate this morning with her children. Very scary. My daughter is very shaken up, my son hes probably lost 2 family members to us tonight unfortunately. Reporter your pets . Yeah, but, you know, were out, were safe and thats the main thing. Reporter now, that woman did have a few pets that she was concerned about. We did just learn that they are all okay and safe this morning. All 4 pets, the children and that woman were able to escape. No injuries were reported in this fire. Back here live in south tampa the forensic Investigation Unit we are told that that man will be charged with felony arson. Right now hes at tampa general hospital, he was baker acted th