Sentenced for his guilty plea on a single corruption charge. However, he basically admitted he was guilty of all 29 charges where he took bribes while in office. Williams resigned immediately and faces five years in jail. His deputy, assistant District Attorney kathleen martin, whos basically been running the office ever since williams lost his law license, will continue to run the office until a new d. A. Is sworn in. Val, you went to school with Seth Williams, you know him very well. Id like to start with you. Why do you think Seth Williams put everyone through a long, arduous investigation, a trial that lasted the better part of a couple of weeks, and his relative absence at the d. A. s office itself . Whyd he put everyone through this . Well, let me say i start off by saying its a sad day for philadelphia. Its a sad day for people who knew seth. Like, in high school, a great guy, a leader. Im shocked by this. Ive been shocked all along at why he went, why he did this. I mean, maybe
Changing for the better. Reporter the restaurant opened a decade ago. When we came here, we were trend setters. Reporter the area evolved, grown, and change has happened a little slower than expected. Were a destination. People are driving in, taking cabs, or the train in. We. To see people walking in. Reporter having people move into the loraine two blocks down could help, bringing new life, eliminating a vacant building. I think now is just our time. Its north broads time. Reporter and now there will be 101 apartments, 24 hotel rooms, and the developer tells me this is the kind of place you want to live if you like noise, if you like activity. It is meant to be a gathering place, and there is an open house tomorrow if you want to check it out. Live on north broad, nbc 10 news. And the Devine Loraine dates back to the late 1890s. Father devine, the leader and head of the devine piece Mission Movement bought it in 1948 renaming it. And it was abandon for the past 15 years. That was unt
Havent seen in quite some time. People are extremely passionate on both sides of the issue because youre talking about children, but youre also talking about the potential loss of jobs. So were getting that level of debate in the council, in the street. Wherever you go, people want to talk about sugary drink tax. So, i think, at some point, we will come up with a solution, cause we do need to figure out a way to do these very worthy causes. Im not sure how we do them. The actual Implementation Phase is still not clear to me. I have a lot of questions, as the other members do, as it relates to, why do you set up a totally new prek system when there already is a prek system . Why dont you just give the money to the existing prek system . How do we get the diversity that we need to have as it relates to construction on new rec centers and libraries . All of those things need to be discussed. Lets take both ends of that question. Lets start with the money. Everybody that ive called in city
Not worried. The government has a job to do. Let them do their job. Okay . Im very comfortable with where were at right now. Once we get this ugly scenario by everything will be fine. Reporter targets of multiple searches fbi spoke man would say only they were part of Ongoing Investigation included the headquarters of ibew local 98 the Electrical Workers Union where johnny dock is the longtime business manager. Ibw Training Facility anbar owned by dougherty. Nothing for anybody to find. Theres nothing there. Im the most vetted guy in philadelphia in 20 years. Reporter federal agents seized boxes of documents and other materials from the City Hall Office and the home of city councilman bobby heenan. Bew official and longtime dougherty pro thai jay. Back at doughertys home spokesman frank keal notice the feds have been after dock for years. Its somewhat puzzling theyre investigating johns home because nothing in johns home or about johns home has changed in the last 10 years since the la
Live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 10 00. Federal and state investigators fanned out across the region today to essential properties connected to wellknown union leader John Dougherty. Its a story we first broke this morning on good day philadelphia. Good evening, everyone, im chris oconnell. Good evening, im dawn timmeney. Investigators could be seen swooping in and out of dougher dougherty properties with boxes full of evidence all day long but its still not clear tonight exactly what they are looking for. Fox 29s dave kinchen has been on top of this story all day. Hes live in center city with the latest. Dave . Reporter good evening to you. We can tell you numerous properties were searched by federal investigators but the big question remains tonight, why . Boxes full of documents and electronic records sit april side the Federal Building in Center City Philadelphia tonig tonight. This after day of extraction from the south philly home of ibew local 98 boss