Getting, at combating the heroin and opioid epidemic. Operation wild fire in eight week joint drug operation between six police departments, in chester county, and county detective, has netted 46 arrests. Sometimes youve got to set a fire to stop a fire. Which is what we did here. We took a bunch of our drug cops and had them for two month do nothing but go after heroin dealers and opioid dealers. Chester County District attorney tom hogan said the operation took out street level drug dealers in every region of chester county, among those arrested the father after man who made headlines last month, for an unprovoke attack against a man with cerebral palsy. So while his son was beating up a man with a disability, berry baker, senior was selling us morphine. Heck of a family. Police who headed this operation say while it was aimed at low level drug dealers, it is meant to send a bigger message to those pushing pills and dealing drugs in this county. We may have only just scratched the su
Overdosed, we got them on friday. Reporter also among those arrested the father of barry baker, junior. He made headlines last month for an under provoked attack against a man with cerebral palsy. While his son was beating up a man, with a disability, barry baker, senior was settling as morphine, heck of a family. Reporter officials are working to quantify the drugs, seized most of which is believed to be laced with the deadly chemical fentanyl. The d. A. Demonstrated just how deadly that chemical could be. Have a saltshaker, all right. Take a little bit of salt out into my hand. If that is was fentanyl, that would be enough to kill four or five of news this room. Reporter again, while operation wild fire was sparked as a way to get that snapshot in the heroin, Opioid Epidemic here Law Enforcement says it should send a message to drug dealers about just how aggressive Law Enforcement is in combat ago this drug problem. Reporting live from west chester alycia nieves cbs3 Eyewitness News
But recently mayor jim kenney and others received official notice from the government that their conversations with John Dougherty were wiretapped it is a standard pro forma i dont know how you cannot talk to John Dougherty or majority leader of council over a two year period and not be recorded. Reporter we caught up with the mayor following a news conference, highlighting new programs to put people to work in the philadelphia building trade industry. Kenney said he is not concerned about being recorded maybe i was a little profane here or there but nothing im worried about from a local perspective. Reporter also, philadelphia councilman bobby henon who was at todays news conference. He left a few minutes early and in the hallway he indicated he had no comment. John dougherty known as johnny dock was with his wife who is dealing with medical issues according to spokesmen frank kiehl. He says that the letter is standard procedure, and dougherty with the men and women of local 98 are no
President s original executive order. It still bans citizens from six muslim countries but makes exceptions. The professor roosevelt says defining those exceptions will likely result in a wave of lawsuits. Whats a substantial enough connection, was this created just to let someone come into the u. S. Which the court said wouldnt be allowed and they have set up some difficult line drawing problems. Reporter and for those who do not qualify for an exception anyone else from iran, libya, somalia, sudan, syria, yemen and all refugees are subject to the temporary ban. We speak with iman abdu salaam in north philadelphia who says hes stunned by the announcement. The iman says based on the president s previous comments about islam you dont need a law degree to see this is not a ban on people from foreign countries. He says its a ban on muslims. I hate to hear the Supreme Court make the decision that they made because they should have said, you know, theres no roll lidge. Youre stopping a reli
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