Much to questioned. He is among three others who said they have been towed here and yellow paint but nothing that they argue that spells out that it is legal or illegal to park there. And that is a problem for city officials like Council Woman Maria Quinones sanchez. Clearly they are not receiving the scrutiny that they should. Reporter joe said he left for a few minutes after 5 00 on thursday and returned to see it hooked up. He was now left to plead his case. He said no, no, no. I cannot do it. I just september cash. Reporter department of licenses and inspections tell cbs3 it is illegal for tow truck operator to accept only cash and if he did so violated the Tow Companies license to do business in this city. Council woman sanchez watched the video, she is pushing for tighter regulations, and it claims socalled illegal parking spots, just mysteriously pop up, she says to benefit the towing companies. She wants every space in the city, registered in a database. We have companies that
There usually is a big closure involved and a lot of cleanup underway. This is on east hunting park avenue and thats closed for a pretty big stretch. Your best bet for an alternate, you can see with that closure, that big strip of red. There are some slow speeds in the area, but east prairie avenue runs parallel to the scene directly underneath it and that will be just fine for now. Looks like its getting a little bit better in terms of volume. A few minutes ago, it was in the red. Speaking of red, were talking about the plu route, we have rolling work crews moving down the northbound side, creating some big delays. You can see those crews just actually moved through the scene. A 12minute trip right now. Average speeds down into the 20s, in between 95 and route 1 if youre headed northbound. Also the schuylkill, still looking a little bit slow, but this is typical for this time of morning. Eastbound and westbound, doing okay, but those drive times into center city with 21 minutes. Also
Information to escalate the situation. Reporter the victim and her boyfriend are in this car. You can see the blinking turn signal on the right side. But the officer claimed they didnt properly signal. Its clear as day that this individual used a turn signal. Reporter the this incident happened on april 5th and the victim went to prison but when police started digging deeper, they found all this new video that contradicted the officers story. So now hes the one facing charges. Arrest damage personal property are in violation of the statute entitled official oppression. Now hes on administrative leave expected to be turning himself in shortly much all the charges werchargeswere dropped against m and her boyfriend. By the way, all right loud to video an encounter with police says the District Attorney up here. Thats the very latest from reading. Im karen hem. Iain, back to you. Karen, thank you. A man is in the hospital after crews rescued him from burning home in south philadelphia. Fir
Live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 10. Still developing tonight, a neighborhood told it is too dangerous to go home. Forced from their houses hours ago. Schools even locked down. Montgomery county neighborhood is on alert of course right now. Good evening, im lucy noland. Im iain page. This is all because of whats happening inside one home. Fox 29s Shawnette Wilson is live in franconia township where shawnette this started think afternoon . Reporter yeah, lucy and iain, it has been more than seven and a half hours since police were called here to this home. Take look behind me. You can see the road that leads to that home which were told is actually on a culdesac at the end of the street. This road is still closed off as negotiators continue to try to make contact with the man. You have all these Police Activity shutting down the neighborhood it was kind of concerning. Reporter neighbors watch well into the night from their porch as surrounding streets remain
And two Police Officers. One of the officers was actually sitting in his Police Vehicle when he was shot at. Im told the round went through the windshield and actually glanced off his forehead area. Reporter the takedown following a 911 call from a new jersey bar owner who told police there was a man sleeping in the hallway of his business. When the Police Officer arrived and to wake the individual and within a matter of seconds the suspect fired on him, he had his vest on and he was hit in his vest and so that that saved him. Reporter investigators now revealing they identified rahami as their suspect using a cell phone found attached to a Pressure Cooker undetonated on 27th street in manhattan. Right now were not actively seeking anyone. I have no indication that there is a cell operating in the area or in the city. The investigation is ongoing. Reporter thats one of four bombs discovered in new york and new jersey over the weekend. The latest in elizabeth, new jersey. Not far from w