But as you mentioned one couple took it upon themselves to turn the table on a would be thief. And it is really a shame thaw cannot trust what you put on your porch. After getting something stolen after their steps in manayunk jen and her boyfriend hatch a plan. The package has a fishing line attached to a beer can on the other side of the door, so , if someone were to pull it , hear the beer can rattle. Reporter that deterred a thief from jens home on monday afternoon. Surveillance video caught a man attempting to steel a decoy package filled with rocks. They believe the same man caught on camera stole a lost christmas other than from their important respect last wecht. It was clear as day somebody walk up to our, on to our porch and stole the package without really even thinking twice bit. Reporter after realizing he wont be successful the man quickly walks away but in separate incidents others have not been so lucky. I had a base guitar shipped to my friend in montana, stolen. He se
Marshall received an email from the parent concerned about an occurrence that happened on the campus yesterday. Reporter police say nobody was hurt and there was minimal damage. We are told fires were extinguished with water, what is interesting investigators are now examining this there is a possible connection to racist graffiti written in this same cabrini dorm room earlier in the semester. I was shocked. Reporter they talked with us in september about the hateful word left on her door, University Community quickly reacted, condemning the racial slur but the Police Investigation has dragged along with no results. Officially the case is stalled , investigators say they are no longer looking for suspects due to a described lack of information. Students, many now leaving for winter break are desperate for answer about what is happening on campus. It was just a very safe environment for me, as it is very sufficient that everything is happening in this same building. Reporter now univers
Peterson. One thats not too bad today. I like it. We start out, get little sunshine, then we could even be talking 60 degrees maybe . You know, i cant believe is it. By tuesday. Totally different than what we had last week, of course all of the snow, slippery drive home from work, lots of folks evening, nothing like that, in store for us, today, or real think week, should be pretty quiet week, across the entire delaware valley. We want to take you outside here early on on this sunday morning, though. Because it is a quietthe day. You see few high clouds, and the area, but overall, we will see some sunshine early in the day, then those clouds, unfortunately, do thicken up later afternoon, but enjoy what should be very nice start to our sunday. 32 degrees, lit sitting right at the freezing mark, and with the breeze coming in at 7 miles an still getting a feelslike temperature of 26. Thats not still nearly as bad as what we had at times even yesterday where we were looking at the feel lik
Wind chills in the area of 0 degree mark as we head tomorrow night into early thursday, including in the city and we could have our coldest new years day in philadelphia in over, 40 years , and ill have all of the awesome, warm news, in your full eyewitness forecast in a few. All right, now get inside, lauren. Thanks very much. This bitter blast has also cause sod damage underground, Eyewitness News reports leash a nieves is live in northeast philadelphia with the clean up and damage from a water main break there, alycia reporter jessica, crews just wrapped up with repairs to the main here but you can still see the damage and the mess, left behind from this main, and break this break is one of the two in the region today but it is also one of the many caused by bitter cold recently. If you are out and about today you already know. It is cold, and windy, yes. Are you a fan of it. Yeah, i dont like it. Reporter lynn miller of norristown seems to feel the same about the cold weather today
Degrees by 9 00 oclock with that bitter cold, bundle up at 11 00 temperatures dropping to 13. It will feel like the Single Digits once again tonight. I will have more in the full forecast but for now back to you. Chelsea, thank you. While we think we have it bad imagine how philadelphians felt 200 years ago during the coldest winters. Eyewitness News Reporter david spunt has Historical Perspective as he joins us live from Franklin Square in center city with more on that. David. Reporter big light show going on right now. People outside. It doesnt seem to bother them single digit wind chills going on right now. I have to tell you it made me think about going back in time and thinking about these cold winters during the revolutionary war. It feels like the Single Digits in philadelphia, and it is not letting up. These are the faces of the american revolution, images of men and women who lived during the brutal winters of the late 1770s, in pennsylvania, new jersey, and delaware. The peri