Today that all changed. The new Jersey Medical examiner after review of autopsy reports medical records, crime photos and other materials has changed John Sheridans cause of death from suicide to undetermined. It was Somerset County Prosecutors Office which first called it a suicide. Sheridans family challenged that dan the change to undetermined was announced. John sheridans son mark pressed to change ruling released a statement saying in part we feel a huge wrong has been made right at least in part. Unfortunately we still dont know who killed our parents and so ill we accept todays decision as a vindication of what weve said all along, we have a long way yet to go. The Somerset County prosecutor declined comment unclear tonight whether a criminal investigation will begin again. Im jeff cole. Chris to you. Jeff, thanks. Back to fox 29 Weather Authority now. Lets take trip up to the pocono mountains this evening much lots of people likely headed there to do some skiing as you see some
After a high of 74 today. Close to the record but not quite close enough. Wilmington still seeing a southerly wind at 66 degrees. Now, this is what to expect into the evening a few additional spotty showers. Thats just about it. The Severe Threat is over across the entire region. Winds are already increasing gusts to 35 miles an hour likely during the evening period and temperatures will continue to fall fast. Coming up well talk about the possibilities of wind advisory as those winds increase late tonight and also theres talk of snow for friday. Ill be back with that as well. Oh, my good negligence thanks kathy. As we take live look outside our studios in old city remember you can see Live Ultimate Doppler Radar and get up to the minute weather conditions on our website. Just go to fox29. Com. Developing right now another disturbing act of anti semitism in our area. A family in the citys bustleton section discovered a swastika spray painted outside their ho home. This of course comes
Owners. Prosecutors say the goods were swiped in an elaborate burglary ring that spanned all across the Delaware Valley and allegedly ended up jewelers row store st. We found him at one of his stores today. Are these allegations true . Were you selling stolen goods . Did you know they were stolen he refused to open the door and comment on what investigators are calling a whopping 1. 5 million in stolen goods. Sha zazz was charged with belo belonging to corrupt organization and receiving stolen property and has since been released. Four other men were also charg charged. These defendants effectively targeted highvalue homes and specifically looked for jewelry, designer purses and cash. Reporter detectives say they recovered 50,000 stolen pieces of jewelry and other valuables grabbed at numerous highend homes between august of 2015 and july of 2016. Extensive ring that investigators say were responsible for eight burglaries in Montgomery County, six in delaware county, one in chester cou
This and anybody who would wants to target any religious group could me is, um, shocking behavior. Reporter police say this teenager who they are not identifying used antennas and advanced satellites to mask the calls which created fear, panic and chaos. Even with the arrest, many are not convinced its the end of it. They worry about copycats. I feel very bad that children who go to school like the jcc have to worry in school or parents have to worry if theres bomb threats. Im scared to death. Have i four grandchildren and obviously were jewish. Reporter rabbi Erin Krupp Nick of bethel in cherry hill says the threats inch changed the way they operate. I think jewish people are you havely used to feeling that we need to protect ourselves and this is only raced a septor of wariness and weve had to respond accordingly with levels of security. Reporter katz jcc says it will still remain on heightened alert. There is an unrest. There is an uneasiness and because of that, were going to remai
Pictures of the scene right now. Were told that is where the man got out of the car and ran. Police say a confrontation somehow started which ended with Police Shooting and killing the man. A young woman whos family owns an ice cream shop nearby says they heard the gunshots. A lot more cops here and it was very all the traffic was closed. I mean a bunch of traffic all the lanes were closed down. There was passing through getting hard. So, you know, i parked over at the shop and i came over and everyone just standing around and no one knows knew what was going on. Reporter back here at the scene, it appears that officers are at least attempting to clear this intersection here. Again at philadelphia pike and washington street. Blocked off traffic being diverted again right now still a lot of Unanswered Questions again we know that Police Confirmed they did shoot and kill a man. Were told that officers were taken to the hospital for medical treatment. We do not know what their injuries ar