Overdoses in all. The dea says counterfeit drugs are being passed off. They are 50 times more powerful and it can be lethal even in small doses. A man beaten in november, arrested friday by the fbi is due in federal court this week. Kathryn has more on this. The hearing was set for today. Originally it was put off until wednesday. Attorneys may have been there for a short time. The federal case against him rein mas sealed and they are not offering any comment. He was arrested friday by the fbi, released from custody this morning. This was the scene friday as agents took him into custody. This was from a home and visitation valley. Several others were arrested including a woman identified as his girlfriend. His mother said outside the court house since the beating at the hands of deputies, he has become unpredictable. She said he is suffering from paranow wa and posttraumatic stress and he was beaten on streets at the end of a car chase that began an unincorporated november 12th. That b
Month ago that there was an investigation they had in south jersey. I didnt think much it because there was no followup conversation around it whatever it was had been pretty much taken care of, and my understanding from the questions i was getting is there anything current, anything direct, things of that nature, and the answer to that and still is to my knowledge no. You know, we live in world where between twitter and facebook and all these different platforms and so far forth a lot of information comes to our attention. Some of that information of course is to be taken all of it to be very seriously some may have little more substance than others. I dont have a lot of detail around thumbs fbi certainly would have more detail. But this is not something that people should be alarmed about. Reporter there you have it from philadelphias top cop nothing to be alarmed about. Again the 15yearold were told is still in custody because these are federal charges and he is a juvenile those rec
Fox 29 news hd brought to you by x fin the the future of awesome. Right now crews are working to secure the ben franklin parkway. This video just in to our newsroom showing peco and police sealing Manhole Covers late tonight less than two weeks ahead of the popes visit. Meanwhile, we are learning new details of a south jersey teens plot to attack the pontiff. Good evening, im lucy noland. Im iain page. Thanks for joining us. Fox 29s Dave Schratwieser spoke to phillys top cop. Hes live on the parkway knew the art museum tonight. Dave. Reporter iain, as you can see workers are out here right now working theyre way down the parkway stealing up the light stanchions and the Manhole Covers with a special digital seal. Theyre checking them, then sealing them up all in preparation for the popes visit here in 11 days. Theyre also building the stage and the altar right in front of the art museum. All this is going on while philadelphias top cop is speak out tonight about a Camden County teenager
Out tonight about a Camden County teenagers plan to mount attack on the pope. This is not something that people should be alarmed about. Reporter those words from commissioner Charles Ramsay tuesday as authorities down played the arrest of a 15yearold south jersey boy for plotting to attack the pope during his visit here next week. I was made aware by the fbi over a month ago that there was an investigation they had in south jersey. I didnt think much of it because there was no follow up conversation around it. Reporter federal authorities described the teenagers plot as aspiration al but noted the teen was allegedly inspired by isis and speaking about explosives and weapons on the internet and social media. We live in a world where between twitter and facebook and all these different platforms and so forth a lot of information comes to our attention. Reporter commissioner says police and federal authorities are closely monitoring social media and the internet for terrorist chatter as
Dont take threats seriously. We take threats seriously. It does not mean they shouldnt investigate these things. They d its a good thing they d you never know. You never know. I do think with all the things going on around the popes visit, everybody is kind of looking for that one little nugget of something that would kind of make this story something more than just the pope comes to america. And i dont think this is it. I mean thats the world were in right now. Social media has no noose boundaries in terms of geography now. So we have to be very vigilant in that rash. But, again, you know, we monitor that. Its monitored at the state level. Its monitored at the federal level and there is followup and follow through on these things if something comes to our attention. Now again the commissioner told us he does not believe this plot was operational. That it was in its infancy stages in early stages and that the 15yearold is did not have the money or the resources to carry this out. The f