Cities. Prosecutors say a paid to play culture exist were youed officials putting for sale signs putting on the city hall of allentown and reading pawlowski and expenseser are are accused of doleing out city contracts, several have pleaded guilty since the corruption investigation began more than two years ago. David spunt is live in allentown with the mayor of response to the charges as well as calls for his reviewing nation. Reporter ed pawlowski is still the mayor, not only does he refuse to step down, he is full steam ahead on his reelection bid. Integrity is incredibly important and i hate that my integrity is in question. Reporter hes going to fight the federal corruption charges hes facing. He held a News Conference with his attorney and supporters cheered while others chanted to quote, lock him up. Federal Authorities Say pawlowski and Vaughn Spencer ran play to pay schemes that benefitted not only politically but personally pawlowski and spencer essentially put a for sale sign
Nine people have pled guilty in this case so far. Others are coming forward as witnesses. You can hear supporters and protesters who gathered on an allentown street yesterday as pawlowski answered to some of the charges in the complaint talking about how he has a job to do and he is going to continue doing it. Prosecutors say pawlowski sold his office for high priced entertainment like eagles game tickets and big time seats for senate. I have done nothing wrong. Nor have i ever personally accepted a dime beyond my salary as mayor. Reporter now, ed pawlowski is expected to appear here in federal court by this afternoon. The hearing will be relatively short. Hell go before a judge. Hell be represented business hi attorney and hes expected to head back to allentown to the job he says that hes not giving up. In fact, hes also speaking reelection. Reporting live, nbc 10 news. Thank you. New from overnight, flames destroy this home in montgomery county. Fire and smoke were coming from the ho
The home or taken to the hospital, but were on the way to the scene and well have more information. And a devastating impact of the opioid epidemic. Authorities say he delivered right to a Womans Hospital room and she died. She overdosed on fentanyl in may. Nurses found her unresponsive on the bathroom floor with Drug Paraphernalia nearby. Travis suda brought her drugs before her death, not once, but five times. Were talking about 80 here and weve lost a life. Back in april, District Attorney promised quote, if you deal drugs like pills, heroin or fentanyl and can and that we can prove that it killed someone, you will be charged with homicide and thats exactly what happened in this case. Two Police Officers are recovering from minor injuries following this accident. This was at skinton avenue a little after 9 00 last night. The police suv has heavy front end damage. And police have taken someone into custody after teens were seen throwing rocks on to i95 in philadelphia and putting dri
Moving especially toward the stuk l expressw schuylkill expressway. For that opening, scheduled for 5 50 so for now take the betsy ross bridge. Ill be back in ten. Were following two breaking news stories. First a fatal fire and a man is dead after this house fire in abington township. Fires found the man in his 60s dead on the living room floor. He has not been identified. Fire officials are calling this a case of hoarding. Heres what theyre telling us. They say the hoarding made it difficult for them to fight the fire. Were gathering more information right now and well get the latest coming up at 6 30. Also breaking, shots are fired, dozens as Philadelphia Police chase down two suspected car jackers. They say the men were responsible for two separate car jackings. Officers tried to pull them over and they both took off running. Gunshots were fired during the chase. Its not clear by who. Police and swat teams later found the men hiding in the woods. No word on if anybody was hurt. Hap
Taking their midterms. As for the suspect, hes in stable condition. Police say he does not have a criminal record in philadelphia. Charges are pending in this case. Reporting live Rosemary Conners nbc 10 news. The rain returns to our area in the next couple of hours. Nbc 10 first alert radar shows the showers that will move in for the evening commute. This guy took advantage of the warm up and gave his truck a bath. A perfect opportunity to clean off his plow and get ready for the next round of snow. Hard to believe how warm its going to be tomorrow. We have to get through some rain, first. We can deal with this. Nbc 10 first alert meteorologist tracking the showers in your neighborhood. Thats right. Tracking already developing clouds moving in from west to east. But right now, of course, tracking the showers approaching maryland and soon enough will be here for parts of new castle counties. Were monitoring them closely. Otherwise a live look outside. Seeing the clouds develop quickly