Kids told police. It led to a Police Standoff and finally an arrest. Drew smith is live outside the home in chester with more on how this all unfolded. Drew, tell us about it . Well jim, several local departments had to come down and help handle this hostage situation. They closed all the streets. Because thats they wanted quick access. Neighbors tell us theyre relieved that Police Arrested Allen Freeman for assault and several other charges. They watched s. W. A. T. Teams round this block of homes on 22nd street. Marissa says she talked with the family after they finally got out of the house. She okay. The baby is okay. Reporter that in clear contrast to what happened earlier in the day. One of the children were yelling, get off my mother get off my mother. Reporter police found out about this from kids at a local school. A man with a gun broke in through a basement window and held their mother and 5yearold brother hostage. This situation is bad. Its very bad for the mama and the baby
Responded to two calls last week. Another on hurfee road. He says responding to fake calls means his officers cant get to real emergencies. At times, these incidents could take even if theyre a prank, they could take up to half an hour to clear. Finding the people making the phony calls is not easy. As many times these numbers bounce from different ip addresses, different phone numbers, it can take some time. He tells us this prank will not deter him from moving forward with his bill. This is not funny. Someones going to get hurt. Someone could get seriously injured or killed. He says his bill will be heard in the next few weeks. To give you some context, there have been some 20 cases in the past year. The nbc 10 investigators first told him in october about the swatting incident in millville. Playing video games with friends in his basement when Police Called and ordered the group and Richards Family out of the house with their hands in the air. Swatting has become a popular prank to
Crews had to walk far into that tunnel to the middle in fact before they found the sparking that was causing the smoke and then they had to replace the insulators smoking. By that point, the damage was done leaving riders stranded for hours and some said they werent given clear directions on what to do. Communication, what would you rate . Poor . Zero. A negative zero. Like they incompetent. Everything is disorganized. Its just just hectic. Reporter now, coming up at 5 00, can you actually get a refund if you were stuck in that mess . Jim, back to you. All right. Adam thank you. Metro sent an apology to riders this afternoon for, quote, significant delays crowding and inconvenience. It went on to say for your safety both tracks were taken out of service while appropriate Fire Department personnel along with metro response crews investigated and rectified the issue. We established limited Shuttle Bus Service as an alternative. Despite these alternatives we know that many of you experien
Storms can speed up slow down. They can get smaller or bigger. Were preparing for at least what that forecast is suggesting, if not worse. We certainly know well have very high winds and low visibility and know well have lots of conditions that make travel unsafe. We will give you constant updates as we get information. But everything we know so far makes clear you cant underestimate this storm. This is not a typical storm. Its going to pack a real punch and we have to expect heavy accumulation in a short period of time. Its another crucial point. Some storms come in in a measured manner. This is going to come in in a sudden spurt of activity. We saw flurries this morning and that has largely dissipated. What youre going to see in a few hours is something that hits very hard and fast and people cannot be caught off guard. Best thing to do stay indoors, stay off the roads and sidewalks, this is something i want people to act on as quickly as possible. In the next hours, we want people w
Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and the Global Asia Insurance Partnership (GAIP) are launching the NTU-GAIP Insurance Case Competition, focusing on AI.