Police say this is the man responsible and tonight, were learning how detectives tracked him down all the way to wisconsin. The philadelphia victims all told the same story, their attacker drove a white work truck, a vehicle that was immaculately clean. Officers say it was dna evidence that ultimateeyc cracked the case. Nbc 10s Rosemary Connors live at Philadelphia Police svu. Reporter investigators here bring their suspect back to philadelphia. He had been out of state serving time in wisconsin for a rape he committed one year ago. Im just glad he was caught. I guess hell pay his dues. Neighbors who live across the street from Pennypack Park are relieved to hear that Philadelphia Police have a 38yearold robert palen, accused of beating and raping three women in separate assaults at the park in the summers of 2010 and 2011 palen is now in jail, his dna police say helped to put him there. Evidence recovered from the one victim in august of 2011. That dna was uploaded into the national s
Trial for the rapes in pennypack park. Oh, my god almighty, im shocked. I really am. Reporter we did reach out to palens family went to his parents house but they declined to speak to us on camera. Reporting live outside the special victims unit im Rosemary Connors nbc 10 news. Take a look at this to the left of your screen, a Police Sketch of the suspect that philadelphia detectives gave nbc 10 back in 2012. To the right, a current mug shot of suspect. Hes in custody for these crimes. Now to disturbing video released to us from Philadelphia Police this afternoon. It shows a pregnant woman being punched an robbedk;ms on a south philadelphia street. This happened a longlong manton street last week. You can see the man running up along the woman and knocking her on the ground taking her purse and a bag of food. He was driving this car here its described as a gray suv possibly a 2004 to 2009 dodge durango. It has damage or dulled paint onm0lwn the passengers side. And now breaking news ou
Forecast. Its all coming up in just a bit. For now, lets check in with first alert traffic reporter jillian mele. Good morning to you. Lets start in new jersey where we have an accident on the turnpike southbound approaching route 322, exit 2. Its on the shoulder so its not blocking anything there. Area bridges are free of any delays clear of any accidents out there, so thats good news for drivers. This is a live look at 95 right at the interchange with cottman avenue. In the midst of this longterm construction zone, you can see just a few drivers out there, so no delays to report at all on 95. We are really off to a quiet start. Same situation on 76. Drive times pretty average right now. You can see about 12 to 14 minutes in both directions between the blue route and the vine. Tracy . Jillian, thanks. 6 01. Were following breaking news out of Northampton County, where fire crews are battling an Apartment Building fire in bangor. Skyforce10 is in the air on the way. Were told that this
Final day of 2014. Thats right, downright freezing especially in the suburb locations and into the poconos, and we wont warm up too much more than what were seeing right now, temperatures staying in the low to mid30s today. Heres a live look at our skyline this morning. Clear skies expected for us and then plenty of sunshine by the afternoon. 28 degrees in philadelphia. Humiditys at 56 . Feels like 19 degrees when you step outside. Wind speeds out of the northwest at 10 miles per hour. Other feelslike temperatures. It feels like the Single Digits in the poconos, 17 degrees in wilmington and 19 degrees in millville. As we head into the rest of today, 30 degrees by 9 00 a. M. And freezing. Still at freezing by noon. 34 degrees by 3 00 p. M. , cold and sunny. Ill let you know how long the cold air will stick around coming up in my first alert sevenday forecast. First, well check in with first alert traffic reporter jillian mele. Good morning. Good morning. Well start off in new jersey, wh
Two police shootings, two suspects dead. We have new information this morning in both cases, including a tip at a local gym that made Law Enforcement spring into action. Plus just a short 19 1 2 hours from now, well be ringing in a new year. Preparations are under way now, and well tell you how mass transit is preparing for the influx of people into the city. And 2014 will end on a freezing note. Were off to a very cold start already. And for some people it will feel like the teens outside. And you can see the wind blowing, too. Good morning. This is nbc 10 news today. Im tracy davidson. And im chris cato. And yes, you can chill the champagne for that midnight toast without putting it in the fridge. On the porch will be fine. Lets start with meteorologist Brittney Shipp and her first alert forecast. Its really cold out there it is really cold. Its going to be a very cold start to the morning even as we head into the afternoon temperatures are going to stay just above freezing. And then