Tonight. Fox 29s Dave Schratwieser is live in rittenhouse with the latest developments tonight. Dave . Reporter iain, the suspect is said to be arraigned at this hour on rape, robbery, burglary and kidnapping charges, bail is expected to be set at a very high figure. Tonight, neighbors in his south Philadelphia Community and folks here in Rittenhouse Square are glad hes behind bars. A lot of leg work a lot of boots on the ground. Reporter thats what police say led hem to 28 year old Martin Garcia just 72 hours after he allegedly attacked and sexually assaulted a 26 year old woman inside her own apartment in this upscale Rittenhouse Square neighbor. We have this guy off the street, and you can rest easy today. Reporter police took garcia into custody monday night just before 9 00 at this broad Street Restaurant where he worked part time for the last three months preparing food. They also seized his bike that could be seen on Surveillance Video at the crime scene in the 1900 block of spr
Police say it was 72 hours of Intense Police work that led them to 28 year old Honduran National martin matteo garcia. He was taken in for questioning monday night just before 9 00 and now stands charged with the Sexual Assault of a 26 year old woman in her spruce street apartment. We have this guy off the street, and you can rest easy today. Reporter garcia was picked up at this broad Street Restaurant where police say he works preparing foods. He makes deliveries for other restaurants in the written house square area where the attack took place saturday morning. Detectives also confiscated his bike, they say its similar to the one seen on Surveillance Video right before the attack. This appears to have been crime of opportunity. Reporter detectivesly searched garcias home at eighth and moore and found the victims stolen cell phone. It was a cell phone search app that led investigators to this area just after the attack saturday morning. A lot of leg work. A lot of boots on the ground
Fox 29 news in hd brought to you by xfinity the future of aweso awesome. Right now on fox 29, a terrifying night at a local wal mart. Masked gunmen storm the store and terrorize two cashiers. The strange way they busted inside. Plus, a woman says a drone hovered outside her window of her high rise apartment and watched her undress. Who cops say was behind his high tech peeping tom. Happening now, the suspect in the rittenhouse rape is in jail with no shot at posting bail. Good evening and thanks for joining us im iain page. Im joyce evans. The suspect is accused of raping a woman early saturday and tonight Police Believe he may have targeted another woman just an hour before that attack. Fox 29s Shawnette Wilson is live in Rittenhouse Square. Shawnette . Reporter well, that suspect is being held without bail and tonight police are looking into another report of a crime to see if this same man is responsible. As nightfalls over this neighborhood of 1900 spruce street in Rittenhouse Squa
The story actually begins in State College november 2011. Former penn state assistant football Jerry Sandusky was arrested and charged with sexually abusing children after a lengthy investigation by then attorney general tom corbett. So lengthy was that probe, candidate for attorney general kathleen cane accused of corbett of stalling the case for political gain. Once lecked as ag cane launch heard own probe of corbetts investigation. It failed to prove much of consequence, but did undercover the widespread practice of state officials in the Attorney Generals Office and elsewhere sending pornographic emails to others in and out of government. Among those snared in that net, Supreme Court justice shamus mccaffery. The search financial controversy former philly cop and the man who presided over eagles court at the old Veterans Stadium mccaffery copped to sending and receiving the sexually explicit emails that he claimed the messages were private. He accused chief Justice Ronald cass stil
Tempers flared tonight. Parents yelling inside the Walter Palmer high school. Their children told today go home. The high school is officially closed. Good evening, im lucy noland. Im dawn timmeney. Iain has the night off this comes just weeks after a lottery for Elementary School students to see who would stay and who would go. Our brad satin was inside that very heated meeting and hes live in frankford tonight with the latest. Brad . Reporter guys, certainly a chaotic scene for sure. We can tell that you all this quiet right now it will ab lot quieter tomorrow with about 275 students grades nine through 12 no longer coming here. They dont know where theyre going to go to school, ton night, the schools leader got an earful. My pain is what im feeling. Reporter it was just Getting Started but already clear this meet wog not go as planned. The morning shocking news just too fresh, 285 high School Students arrived for class at Walter Palmer Charter School to be told the school is now clo