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
Business owner mohommad en ali who sells prepaid telephone cards picked up the tab and wrote him a 7,000 check, bought him a watch and purse, and gifted williams a 3200 custom sofa that he put in the living room of his oak brook home in 2012. What ali got in return was an offer from Seth Williams to help ali bypass Airport Security after foreign travel and help alis friend whose came was being handled by the d. A. s office. More air travel and prosecutors say more trouble for williams when he allegedly accepted 16 roundtrip tickets and lodging to key west, las vegas and san diego from Business Owner michael wise, the coowner of the popular bar woodys. The Text Messages show him arranging a family trip to the san diego and zoo. Prosecutors say williams accepted a jaguar convertible and 900 in cash. Seth williams appointed wife as a special advise tore the d. A. Office. Documents obtained by nbc 10 show wise using the position to ask a judge to cut short his parole for tax evasion. And t
At 11 00. A typically Quiet Community rattled by the sound of gunfire. The unwanted neighbor they want gone. Terror in the streets of london. One of the busy yesterday parts of the city. Islamic is suspected but no group claimed responsible. Im jessica dean im nicole brewer. Ukee has the night off. Five people are dead. 40 more injured. David spunt live in the stat Center Following the Development Scotland yard and other officials continue the investigation. Its in the middle of the night in england, so to speak. British Prime Minister teresa may used the word terrorism. She believes this was intentional. Chaos erupted as hundreds ran from the scene yards from british parliament. Authorities say a terrorist ran over several pedestrians on the Westminster Bridge before crashing into the gates of perform the. Early wednesday afternoon london time and members of parliament were in session but quick went into teresa may was rescuered to an undisclosed location several hours. She later addr
Islamic is suspected but no group claimed responsible. Im jessica dean im nicole brewer. Ukee has the night off. Five people are dead. 40 more injured. David spunt live in the stat Center Following the Development Scotland yard and other officials continue the investigation. Its in the middle of the night in england, so to speak. British Prime Minister teresa may used the word terrorism. She believes this was intentional. Chaos erupted as hundreds ran from the scene yards from british parliament. Authorities say a terrorist ran over several pedestrians on the Westminster Bridge before crashing into the gates of perform the. Early wednesday afternoon london time and members of parliament were in session but quick went into teresa may was rescuered to an undisclosed location several hours. She later addressed the public. The United Kingdom and it will not change. Reporter the driver was somehow able to get past security before stabbing and killing a policeman named keith palmer. Police s