Found 16 packets inside a School Bathroom specifically a toilet. Crack cocaine was very addictive in nature. Cocaine, these are young kid. Reporter lieutenant john walker with the Philadelphia Police say the the 13 yearold gave an eight yearold a packet and told him to hold on to it until after school and wow pay him 7. The student broad the drugs to two other, eight yearold, one of them sniffed the cocaine according to police. Three, eight yearold and 13 yearold who brought the cocaine in the building went to the hospital as a precaution. I cant imagine how if it was my child od or was snorting or whatever they were doing with it. Reporter parent and dwayne evans said he is worried about what todays discovery means for the the future. We will be drug testing Elementary School kid. The it is just sad. Reporter police say all four kid are supposed to be okay and expect to be okay. I should say no word on charges of the students or any of the parents. Police continue their questioning, t
More. They had a call to the plum are where they found additional eight packets. We are told four student are expect to be okay. Police are talking to their parents right now n word if there will be any charges. Reporting from southWest Philadelphia, david spunt for cbs3 Eyewitness News. Thank you very much. Two Philadelphia Police officers are charged beating a suspect and then lying bit. Cbs3 iteam broke this story last night. Investigators reporter walt hunter has latest from Police Headquarters walt . Reporter well, chris those two officers now, dubbed suspects are await ago rain. After surrendering this morning. They are accused of beat ing this suspect lying bit, and then trying to frame that suspect and accusing him of a crime. It was wrong, even if he was the devil himself is they should not have done what they did to him when they stopped him. Reporter twentythree yearold nigel riveria an innocent man paid a terrible price for driving away on his motor executer from two office
Look closely. Police say the two officers through rivera against a wall before punching him several times while he was on the ground ground. It was wrong. Even if he had been the devil himself they cannot have done what they did to him when they stopped. Reporter Philadelphia Da Seth Williams and Police Commissioner Charles Ramsay were blunt. They do in the support the two officers. What they did was totally inappropriate, tollly improper, totally in violation of any p. M. See, any training anything. Ramsay said the two officers broke Police Protocol by not following rivera with their lights and sirens on before they knocked rivera off his scooter. But officer robin son defense attorney fortunato per roo says his client did nothing wrong. I would cark terrorize what the tape shows as good, solid police work under the circumstances. Reporter river are had cuts to his head and a fractured orbital bone. When people flee and they try to keep themselves from getting arrested sometimes offic
In to face charges. Now were going to show you video of the confrontation that left philadelphia man battered and brew. Eyewitness News Reporter david superintendent joins us with new information in the case. Reporter 10 00 oclock the night, may 29th 2013. Near somerset in north philadelphia. Police officers Kevin Robinson and Sean Mc Knight were making rounds and pulled over najee rivera on his motor scooter for a traffic violation. Rivera left the scene. The two officers chased him. And youre about to see what happened next. Look closely. Police say the two officers through rivera against a wall before punching him several times while he was on the ground ground. It was wrong. Even if he had been the devil himself they cannot have done what they did to him when they stopped. Reporter Philadelphia Da Seth Williams and Police Commissioner Charles Ramsay were blunt. They do in the support the two officers. What they did was totally inappropriate, tollly improper, totally in violation of
Shutdown both sides of the 495 here at 12th street. So drivers in the area are being forced off the highway at this portion back around the rec here. As you can see, there are a tractortrailer being lifted onto a tow here, caring away. Driver, we know, he is injuredment the extent not known here. The investigation is said to tie up traffic throughout the morning. So if you are in the area, going to work or school, you will want to re plan your route. Live in wilmington, justin finch, cbs3, Eyewitness News. Justin, thank youment Team Coverage continues right now with vittoria in the Traffic Center more on the closures, vittoria . Thank you so muchment us a justin said, you will have to re plan your route. With that incident occurring on the northbound side of 495 and the closure affecting both sides of the road. One, you can exit at 12th street and reenter if you loop around. Thats one option, or just stay on 95. But with the northbound and southbound closure at 12th street on 495 in de