A lot of hits this company has taken for their treatment of animals especially elephant and that Program Ended last may 2 2016 combine that with slumping sales that caused managers to make a decision to turn out the lights at the circus. Behind the walls of the Wells Fargo Center the cast of the greatest show on weather prepared for their nineal philly weekend. But outside, protesters stood in the cold holding seen on and voicing opposition to the show. Any animal should never be used for entertainment. Its not necessary. Not in todays world. Joan kon lives in philadelphia and says the circus should not even be here this weekend and she want it to close immediately. People think when the animals are done performing they run free in a field somewhere. They dont. Theyre locked in box cars, trains, theyre abused to do those tricks. Reporter circus officials denied those allegations. And the show this weekend will include new acts and the usual acrobats, kloupz and animals and animal that
Investigators tell us the officers injuries are not lifethreatening and silver pontiac grant pre hit the officer 10 30 and now police are searching for the vehicle as we speak. Well continue to keep an eye on this and bring you any developments we get. Going back to top stories rin ringling brothers circus is in philadelphia for the final tour. Good evening im jessica dean. Im Ukee Washington. David spunt is outside the Wells Fargo Center where the circus is drawing mixed review reviews, david. Reporter ukee, good evening a lot of hits this company has taken for their treatment of animals especially elephant and that Program Ended last may 2 2016 combine that with slumping sales that caused managers to make a decision to turn out the lights at the circus. Behind the walls of the Wells Fargo Center the cast of the greatest show on weather prepared for their nineal philly weekend. But outside, protesters stood in the cold holding seen on and voicing opposition to the show. Any animal sho
Forced the victim to her own car where he d to several atms in the pike creek area and ordered her tothdraw an u of money. The was able to escape and call 911. Detectives are investigating the kidnapping and believe it is the same suspect who committed the kidnapping at the top of the Hill Apartments on february 13th. Reporter last monday the victim was taken from the park lot at the top of the Hill Apartments in north wilmington. She, too was forced to do her own into her own car taken to an atm and ordered tocash. The suspect struck her ie sexual contact. She was released back at the complex. As an agency our primary focus r to identify and arrest the suspect who is responsible for these incidents. Reporter now police do believe these attacks are random. The suspect kept that that mask on the entire time in both incidents. The victims noted he had a distinct accent and throughout these ordeals talked to himself about his intentions and plans. Police are picking up patrols here in the
She then managed to escape and called police. Detectives are actively investigating the kidnapping and believe it is the same suspect who committed the kidnapping at the top of the Hill Apartments on february 13th. Reporter that february 13th incident took place at the top of the Hill Apartments north of wilmington. The similar Sexual Assault and robbery routine. During the ordeal, the suspect assaulted the victim by striking her in the face. Detectives further learned the suspect had unlawful sexual contact with the victim while in the vehicle. They appear to be random at this point in time. The mask remained on the onset throughout the entire county. Reporter the police have ordered extra patrols as they search for this suspect. Residents remain on edge here in pike creek. Ive never had any issues living here, never so im kind of shocked that it even happened. Im shocked because thats not the kind of thing that goes on here. I mean, theres been drug activity, theres been, you know. B
Tap water could use as a conductor. Who could have been a bad fire could have become a deadly incident. There are minerals in the water that could interact with the electricity and unfortunately cause electrocution and harm to those fighting the fire. Deenergizing a substation of this size is not easy. Once that was confirmed. There were more steps to take. We not only remotely opened the switches to stop the throw of electricity to this facility. We confirmed manually there was no power flowing in the area where these firefighters were about to fight this fire. Finally by the numbers here. Late this afternoon we were told that 2400 people still without Service Since yesterday and then we were told a short time ago that they are starting to cut in the portable generators, the truck mounted generators but had to take an additional 1400 customers off line temporarily. The hope is that everyone will be back and have power sometime early this evening, 6 00 plus or minus. Live in north phil