Alleg alleg alleges District Attorney essential williams soliciter righted from two Business Owners including them trips and a sofa and checks and cash and a used convertible jack war. In exchange for the bribes, mr. Williams agreed to be ready to help Business Owner number one should the need arise. According to the indictment Business Owner number one needed help getting preferential treatment through customs and assistance of a friend that was being prosecuted by williams office. He responded saying if he pleaded guilty and there say mandatory sentence there is little i can do the day before without it looks extremely suspicious. Another Business Owner that owns bars in philadelphia and california wanted williams to write a letter of recommendation to the California Department of Beverage Control in a license revokation case. Was brought in to avoid a possible conflict of interest here in pennsylvania. Its a violation of federal law to corruptly solicit bribes and make yourself avai
Philadelphias top to prosecutor finds himself on the other side of the law. Mr. Williams was willing to compromise his position of public trust in exchange for private financial good faith seth william faces nearly two dozen counts of corruption, accused taking to thousands in gifts for favors. And now theres a growing call for him to resign. Williams is set to appear in court tomorrow. Good evening, im jessica dean im nicole brewer. Ukee washington has the night off. Todays indictment follows a twoyear long investigation. We do have live team 3 coverage of the case. Lets start with david spunt. Hes live outside the federal courthouse. David . Reporter seth william is now a defendant in a federal corruption probe. Hell appear before the federal judge behind me tomorrow at 2 00 p. M. To answer charges that could land him behind bars for at least a decade. Official told Eyewitness News its a case of paying for justice. Philadelphia District Attorney seth william is accused of bribery, ex
Court tomorrow. Good evening, im jessica dean im nicole brewer. Ukee washington has the night off. Todays indictment follows a twoyear long investigation. We do have live team 3 coverage of the case. Lets start with david spunt. Hes live outside the federal courthouse. David . Reporter seth william is now a defendant in a federal corruption probe. Hell appear before the federal judge behind me tomorrow at 2 00 p. M. To answer charges that could land him behind bars for at least a decade. Official told Eyewitness News its a case of paying for justice. Philadelphia District Attorney seth william is accused of bribery, extortion among other federal charges laid out in this 50page indictment. Hes accused of taking more than 100,000 in gifts. Mr. Williams simply took money that did not belong to him. And then elied about it. Reporter Authorities Say williams had multiple dealings with an associate listed in the indictment as Business Owner number one. Beginning in 2010. According to the ind
Lets get to berkeley for several were transported to area hospitals and a dozen ended out ended up behind bars. Lee martinez questioned police on how the handled and prepared for a second meeting of two violent protests. Reporter witnesses and participants in the protest tells us that they dont believe the police intervened as much as they should have, either to prevent fights or projectiles being thrown. However, Berkeley Police say they did confiscate quite a few weapons of people entering into the park year. And even one of their own officers was exposed to pepper spray from being inside of the crowd. Same park, same clashing demonstration. Berkeley police say they changed some police tactics. The same way we handle something last time is not the same way we handle it this time. Reporter this time, Berkeley Police tried to separate access inside of the park. Fencing meant to protect supper the protesters did not stop them from reaching each other. One girl jumped on my back and pepp
Arrested the man suspected of killing two iowa Police Officers. Officials say 46 year old Scott Michael greene was found in dallas county. Just outside of des moines. Green allegedly shot two officers in an ambushstyle attack. Both officers were sitting in their cars at different locations when a gunman came up and shot them. The Police Sergeant says there are no words to describe what happened. Imagine that you lost a friend or family member, thats the only way feeling at times, but the sorrow that comes with it is just as if you lost someone close to you. These are our friends, our coworkers. The names of the two officers killed have not yet been showers will become more scattered this afternoon and the temperature will begin to fall, however, well stay in the 50s. Rain will taper off this evening and clouds will decrease overnight. Lows will drop into the middle and upper 40s. Some clouds will linger into thursday, keeping us in the upper 50s, then sunny and quiet conditions return