On buy and stopped the assaults from escalating further. Thursday night jim is offer im Monica Malpass and the big story on action news tonight is a violent assault against a 38yearold students in University City. Action News Reporter Sharee Williams is live at the scene with new information about the suspects possible link to other crimes, sharee. Monica that grad student attacked that happened right here behind me along the sidewalk. Police say dragged 50 feet and in the last half hour more information from police. They tell thus same attacker is now accused of assaulting two 32en powellton and big connection of putting this attacker in scenarios is that he was wearing in the same clothing. We think he was trolling out here for females and walking a loan and trying to rob them. A 38yearold graduate student got off the bus 42 street and walked a block 41 and pine when police say a man struck here in the baingt of the head with a bicycle lock. The come fought back and all while books a
Process the process includes congressional hearings in a floor debate. Final vote may not happen until the spring. Reporting from washington, karen travers, channel 6 action news. And coverage of the fight against isis will continue ton on world news with david muir, a team of reporters are following the delate over the use of military force and the death of hostage kayla mueller. That comes up directly after action news at 6 00. 26yearold Reginald Green police say is the one that pulled a woman into a secluded area of the septa station, she was beaten and robbed and nearly raped after she stopped to ask for directions on monday. Green has several convictions and remains in Police Custody tonight. We are tracking power ball fever right here at the action news big board tonight the jackpot was already one of the biggest ever but it went up again today its sitting at 500 million, because of strong ticket sales, more people are buying into the dream at Stores Across the region now the odd
Were talking about the potential for recordbreaking overnight lows and just when the temperature begins to rebound a bit, well be getting ready for another several inches of snow. Surprised night the big story on action news is nasty blast of bitter cold weather. Tonight temperatures could reach record lows talking about Single Digits wind chills in the negative numbers faen thats not enough keep shovels handy. Were watching a system that could bring some accumulating snow. There we go Team Coverage tonight. Action News Reporter sken live open the ben franklin parkway and we begin with meteorologist Melissa Magee with the latest on what what we can expect. Melissa. Walter, sarah its been brutal the second half of the weekend. Blustery winds and all of today making wind chills feel like subzero. Check out temperatures currently this hour most shots in low teen if not Single Digits below zero up in the poconos and 7 below zero in poconos. Current temperature allentown 3 5 reading and lan
Suspect who is now being treated at kaiser in vacaville. Just outside dixon, nick james, kpix5. That freeway is expected to fully reopen within the hour. Tonight the feds accuse a california prison inmate of masterminding a heist so elaborate it sounds like the plot of a movie. Kpix5s Kristen Ayers on the caper completely behind bars. Reporter the fbi saying that inmate was flying people here to Oakland Airport and having his henchman rob them run being the entire show from his cell block running the entire show from his cell block. They had percussion grenades going off. It was kind of like the fbi. Its crazy. Robbing people at gunpoint, thats just a shame anybody having to go through that and especially getting scammed into it and having their money stolen. Reporter fbi agents say Anthony Martin was part of an online robbery ring that was run from this San Luis Obispo prison. A federal complaint says an unnamed inmate was using a smuggled smartphone to surf craigslist for people sell
Live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. One of the busiest freeways shut down for hours tonight because of this pickup truck. The chp says someone stole that truck from the bay area and then bolted up i80. Officers tried to stop the suspect near dixon just before 8 00 tonight and nick james says thats when things got nasty. Reporter it was shut down all involving that stolen pickup truck behind me out of concord, officers saying the suspect was wanted in connection with an assault with a Deadly Weapon that happened in sacramento. They were on standby looking for that vehicle as they spotted it heading east on 80 at a high rate of speed. They pulled the vehicle over. They say the suspect got out, charged at officers. One of the officers opened fire with a shotgun wounding that suspect who is now being treated at kaiser in vacaville. Just outside dixon, nick james, kpix5. That freeway is expected to fully reopen within the hour. Tonight the feds accuse a california prison