Go undetected for quite a while. He took the batteries here to Green Recycling in philadelphia, he would get roughly 30 a battery, he was paid 122,000 by this scrap yard. They cracked the case after the detective called Green Recycling on a hunch. The owner of green dog told the detective that he purchased loads of batteries and he gave them a name and the Police Quickly had their suspect. You think the scrap yard knew what was going on here. Its hard to say but when you purchase that many storm surge batteries its hard not to notice. Police say that the suspect is cooperating and we are not naming him because he has not yet been formerly charged. Almost all the alleged thefts occurred outside of upper merion so the authorities are hopeful that the state or federal investigators will take over the case, there are 40 to 50 degrees affected by this. Police tell me that many of the cell phone carriers were unaware, sprint was hit hardest and that company is now doing an audit of its batteries. Chad pradelli channel 6 action news. Thanks chad. Police in Delaware County are looking for three suspects in an Early Morning gunshot robbery, it happened at the suburban armory gun shop here in collingdale. According to police the suspects pull the front window out of the store and stole 19 weapons, the suspects and their get away cars were spotted on several cameras before and after that heist. Sara bloomquist will have details on this coming up in a live report at 6 00. Turning to the forecast its a cool and rainy day for part of our region its not a drenching rain but lets check with cecily tynan to get the latest from accuweather. No sneezing out there. My allergies feel better and everything looking greener with the rain we are getting and not everyone is seeing the rain and double scan live showing this is a matter of location north and west of the i95 corridor, barely a sprinkle but south and east you are dealing with a steady rain most of the day. Zooming in philadelphia on the edge now we have the rain falling for about the next 20 minutes its all moving to the east of the new jersey turnpike glassboro light rain and the steadiest rain is in Cape May County where we have pockets of yl oh just beginning to move offshore we have several hours of the rain continuing down the shore before it moves off at midnight. As far as the amounts these are just a drop in the bucket. Philadelphia. 12 and mown holly the same and millville and dover a. 25 inch and well add to that over the evening hours the areas that did not see rain at all the most concern about the drought, the new Drought Monitor came out today and the Lehigh Valley and berks county under a moderate drought and areas northern and west of philadelphia now abnormally dry and this is the area that did not see any rain at all. With the rain the temperatures are on the cool side, philadelphia 51 degrees right now and you need a jacket and wilmington 50 and Sea Isle City 55 and allentown 60 and reading 58 degrees, im tracking a major warmup as we head through the Holiday Weekend. Thank you cecily. Stay ahead of changes in the weather by checking 6abc. Com weather you can fine live Storm Tracker 6 radar and the forecast and the latest from our team of meteorologists. There is a concern about violence in one wilmington neighborhood and more needs to be done to keep residents safe after a woman was shot in broad daylight yesterday a few weeks after another woman was murdered. Eva pilgram is live outside tonight. Eva . Monica two shootings at the same intersection two weeks apart and the victims are related. Cousins, Community Leaders are saying enough is enough and they are calling for a change. This condition be happening, yesterday afternoon another shooting at sixth and madison, this time a bullet grazed a 42yearold womans head and she went into the Community Center for help and security cameras recorded the whole thing. It happened in broad daylight a Day Care Center on the corner, the little ones want to play in the pretty playground they have over there congo out and play. They had to duck on the floor. Three weeks ago another shooting at the same intersection, this one a homicide, pinkston was arrested and charged with the deng of artise brown they think she was an innocent victim in the wrong place at the wrong time. The two shootings are not related even though the two victims are family and police plan to increase patrols in the city. That has been a keg for a long long time. City councilman mike brown doesnt know what the answer is to make the violence stop but its time for city leaders to have a real conversation. I know we cant police our way out of this, we need jobs. Wilmington had a Record Number of homicides last year 28 and so far this year there have been 11. City council is suptoes to vote on a budget tonight and we are told there are hard questions about how Public Safety dollars are being spent. Eva pilgram, channel 6 action news. Thank you. The government is taking a more active role in the massive recall of cars with potentially explosive airbags made by takata fors the first time in its history the Highway Administration started the Legal Process asking for input on how to get replacement inflaters. They inflate with too many force sending shrapnel into drivers and passengers. It has caused five deaths in the u. S. A group of preschoolers crashed on the way to school on the eastbound lanes of schuylkill expressway near the girard avenue exit today the bus hit a barrier at 10 00 this morning, the school bus was full of children from the Hope Church School going to the zoo and nobody was hurt and no word tonight what caused the bus to crash. Chopper 6 hd over the pennsylvania turnpike in Chester County after a trash truck caught on fire during the morning rush and this happened in the westbound lanes of 29 and downingtown. The fire caused a 3. 5 mile backup while firefighters cleared it up. And so far no word on what sparked the fire. An action news viewer joined the action with dramatic video of an ups truck fire, Hasan Harrell recorded this on west mermaid lane, the video begins before firefighters arrived at the scene and shows flames shooting from the front end of the truck and crews arrived as the black smoke reached into the sky and the firefighters quickly doused the blaze and there are no reports of injuries. Any time you see breaking news or severe weather, we want you to join the action, jointheaction 6abc. Com or use the 6abcaction on social media. Time for a check of the action news traffic report thursday night. How are we looking matt . Folks heading to the shore already . Getting an early jump sounds like a good thing shall we go . A lot of people joining the action here quite the crowd specially eastbound three times what it ideally should be a crash approaching montgomery and one vehicle and speeds in the teens and less on 95 as you travel northbound, still the traffic light issues at roosevelt at the cotman mall. Word coming in of a crash on the pennsylvania turnpike this afternoon eastbound approaching Fort Washington knocking out the left lane and giving us speeds in the 30s and montco a crash closing moreland avenue and buyberry lane is a good alternate. And a wreck at kings highway near 70 and another crash on 295 southbound on the shoulder but that long stretch where its normally clogged speeds of just 9 Miles Per Hour. Maybe it will get better in the next half hour. Well see you rick and monica. Im sure it will be bad news. City avenue is freshly paves they celebrated the completion of the long await the project between iowa and Brighton Avenue is now like new. Domestic violence charges again former nfl player ray rice are now dismissed. And a man paralyzed by a gunshot more than a decade ago can now shake hands. Ali gorman has more on his new robotic arm next. And meteorologist cecily tynan, with a close her look at the memorial day weekend forecast. A new jersey jump has dismissed domestic vie length charges against ray rice, surveillance cameras caught rice knocking out his then fiance in a Hotel Elevator and knocking her out and that led to an indefinite suspension for rice and he appealed the suspension and won and the judge dropped the charges all together because he completed the pretrial intervention program. Crews in california are working around the clock to clean up a mile long ill spill there, a pipeline broke and spilled oil into the shore and Pacific Ocean up to 5,000 gallons leaked out and now the coast is under a state of emergency and how much Oil Officials think made it out to sea. And health check we are learning more about the possible link between depression and parkinsonss disease. Ali gorman is live at the big board. This is something we talked about after actor, Robin Williams committed suicide last november, it was reported that he battled depression and was in the early stages of parkinsonss when he died. They found that adults with depression develop parkinsons at three times the rate of people that do not suffer depression. Its a nervous system disorder and can affect their gait and speech and cause tremors. If prevention measures are found, this information gives us the type of people to target for the interventions. And this is grabbing his first beer using a robotic arm its controlled by his mind, we have seen Similar Technology but this is controlled by a device implanted in the part of the brain responsible for intuitive thought. The researcher at Southern California say this allows for much smoother mom. P the big memorial day weekend is coming up and a lot of families are hitting the beach or going to a pool and emergency room doctors have a message, they want everyone to be safe and one of the biggest dangers is drowning, kids between the ages of 1 and 4 are most at risk and adults should always be at arms length and older kids need constant supervision by an adult that is not zrabt distracted by a smart phone or texting. Rick and monica back over to you. Thank you. More coming your way on action news. When a moment spontaneously turns romantic why pause to take a pill . And why stop what youre doing to find a bathroom . With cialis for daily use, you dont have to plan around either. Its the only daily tablet approved to treat erectile dysfunction so you can be Ready Anytime the moment is right. Plus cialis treats the frustrating urinary symptoms of bph, like needing to go frequently, day or night. 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Com it was a day for celebrations at the Atlantic City airport as the new Charter Service got off the ground this morning, plenty of festivities on hand here as the new airline called choice air launched their flights south to nashville choice air will offer an affordable nonstop flights twice a week miami and nashville are the only destinations but other cities could be added soon if business really takes off. A special exhibit is going up on the ben franklin parkway, mayor Michael Nutter welcomed a manufacturing known for all things like making the here ors at the palace of versailles and the statue of liberty, they are taking the traveling exhibit around the world and philadelphia is their only north american stop, from may 30th to june 6th. Time for accuweather meteorologist, cecily tynan is here and its rainy and raw. And that is what we needed we needed the rain from areas south and east and double scan live showing that the rain has now moved out of philadelphia and its still across south jersey and parts of delaware right now and we do have pockets of the steadier rain and one right north of route 70 near browns mills and another one to the northern and east of georgetown over the new jersey turnpike, this is all continuing to push to the east and it will gradually be clearing out from the coast after midnight tonight and then its going to be much nicer tomorrow. Temperatures though today definitely raw and cool, philadelphia 51 degrees and average high for this time of year in the mid70s, wilmington 50 and Sea Isle City 51 degrees and the areas not getting rain, allentown milder at 60 and reading 58 degrees. Stormtracker 6 live double scan showing the system responsible for todays rain shows low pressure to the south and moving off the coast of North Carolina and this is causing a line of severe storms and even tornado warnings and severe thunderstorm warnings in effect that and will continue to move north and east and as it does the drier air will move in during the overnight hours as we head through late tonight some rain is just lingering along the coast and nothing more than a sprinkle and look at the overnight hours by tomorrow morning 7 30 in the morning, not only is the rain out of here the clouds are out of here as well and loads of sunshine and its a nice kickoff to the Holiday Weekend, your friday get away for tomorrow philadelphia breezy and warmer 76 degrees and down the shore mostly sunny and 76 degrees and the poconos condition rule out the possibility of a spotty afternoon shower with a temperature of 64 degrees, if you are heading to the shore or to the bay the temperatures in the water a little bit chilly and the ocean temperature 59 degrees and it warmed up into the upper 60s to 70 in the bay, the fiveday at 5 00, breezy and warmer and mostly sunny and a reenforcing shot of cooler air on saturday 70 and loads of sunshine and sun more in the way of clouds and a nice day with a high of 80 and here comes the summer like heat and humidity on memorial day tuesday could hit 90 for the first time this year and the possibility of a thunderstorm. But if you are down the shore like meteorologist, Melissa Magee, the place to be indoors in wildwood. What are you doing there melissa . Reporter well im trying to fly a kite, its hard to do it inside but we are gearing up for the International Kite festival that kicks off tomorrow and goes through the weekend. Well have all the hot happenings down the shore. Look at this check this out. Go fly a kite. Well have all the details when action news returns. I tell that to rick all the time. Ill take your advice. State and local police converge on a Berks County High School and well tell you why. And a big step forward for a famed National Organization and its policy towards gays. And a policy in new jersey honoring the brave men and women that lost their lives touring the line of tooty. Action news continues with meteorologist, Adam Joseph Jaime apody Rick Williams and monica malpass. Hello again on action news tonight its a race against time along the california coast after an oil pipeline spewed oil into the ocean threatening wildlife and shore communities. Two thieves use disguises and guns to rob a local business and it was all captured on surveillance video. And it may not feel like it we are just days away from the Summer Season unofficially we are down the shore with all the memorial day weekend events. And the developing news, Just Announced into the baltimore death of freddie gray. All six officers have been indicted by the grand jury, they include Second Degree murder and involuntarily manslaughter. Mosby says his neck was broken because he was shackled and put in the wagon head first. Well follow this story and bring you updates as we get them. Environmental cleanup crews are working around the clock to contain a Massive Oil Spill along the coast. A pipeline ruptured spilling smelly, stinky crude north of Santa Barbara its impacting nine miles of surf, sand and wildlife. Reporter the cleanup effort along along Santa Barbara beach is growing. We continue to boom and clean up oil in all sensitive environmental areas, of,000 gallons has been removed. With a total of up to 105,000 gallons of oil spilled the work is far from over, every day that goes by the effects are taking a toll on wildlife. These include lobsters and kelp bass. And the history of the ruptured pipelines owner planes all america, they have 175 maintenance and safety violations since 2006. And a spokesperson walked away from reporters and governor jerry brown declared a state of emergency. Its terrible we came for our anniversary and we come every year and now we are being told to leave. Cleaning up the effects of the oil spill will take a long time. Campgrounds and beaches are closed until at least next thursday. Well containing Massive Oil Spills like the one in california is the focus of a drill on the Schuylkill River in Montgomery County today. Crews set up oil booms as if they were trying to contain a real spill it tested the skills of responders trying to stop the spread of crude that is shipped by rail. And the situation developed new Disaster Response strategies. Philadelphia police are still searching for the shooter of an overnight murder of a man in the park section of the city. They found a 29yearold man shot multiple times and afterwards he was run over by a passing car and he died a short time later. Investigators are checking surveillance cameras to see if they have video of what happened. Philadelphia detectives are looking for two armed men that robbed a bar in tioganicetown. In hunting park yesterday morning, the 47yearold worker told investigators that the suspects walked in with guns drawn and announced a robbery, they took her cell phone and 300 theres cash and ran and the cell phone was found at roughner and polaski avenue. She was not hurt. A mother and baby taken to the hospital and the woman was driving on wright street when she lost control and slammed into a house on the 200 block of fifth avenue its unclear how it happened. An outbreak of heroin related crimes led to a sweep at a buck County High School this weekend, they swept through Brandywine Heights high school this morning looking for illegal drugs, the investigators say that several students were found with heroin during the past weeks but nothing was found during todays search and they are bringing in extra security and monitors. When you see breaking news or severe weather, we want to you join the action email your photos and videos to jointheaction 6abc. Com or use 6abcaction on social media its how you can be a part of action news. You know its the unofficial start of the Summer Season when action news is down at the shore. Melissa magee is live at wildwood with more indoor fun. Reporter yes its hard to maneuver this kite, its a kite that requires very little wind and im more afraid of it than flying it we are getting ready for the International Kite festival that kicks off this weekend in time for the Holiday Weekend. Its a big family event going on for 30 years, we have paul and paul behind me and they have been flying for more than 30 years and well have more on the kite festival and the hot fun happenings this weekend down the shore check it out. It has become a right of pass able in ocean city and anyone daring to try is invited. Hundreds of merchants donning full business attire and carrying briefcases will march into the ocean and take the plunge, its the unlocking of the ocean in time for the Summer Season, you can watch the pomp and circumstance this friday at noon at more land terrace and the boardwalk. The unofficial start to summer would not be complete without a barbecue and this weekend only you can fire up the grill in ventnor, remember no open fire pits allowed and beach badges are required. Kickoff memorial day weekend with a bouquet of color. The kite festival is flying high in wildwood with tons of activities for the entire family, it started on friday with an illuminated kite fly and continues through the weekend. If you want to see the largest kite festival in north america, head to rio grande avenue and the Wildwoods Convention center. Hope to see you this weekend down at the shore. So the kite festival again starts this friday and lasts through monday you can come down to the beach at rio grande avenue or also come down inside to the Convention Center i have beatrice the director of the event. What are we expecting . Fabulous weather and great family fun and lots of activities so come on down. Its going to be a good time, thousands and thousands of people come and here is a tip you have to hold the strings tight and dont run with the kite and keep your back to the wind and let the wind feed the kite it will be a lot of fun down the shore and the weather promises to be much better outside. Well see you down at the shore back inside to you. Thank you. Stay ahead of changes in the weather by checking 6abc. Com weather, you can find live Storm Tracker 6 radar and the forecast. Time to check the traffic story for folks heading out early and trying to get a free extra day tomorrow frmg kites are flying but the traffic is not. Its a sure thing that we see extra volume along 42 southbound and its extra crowded at creek road to 55 and definitely wet leading to a bunch of accidents out there in Burlington County an overturned dump truck is blocking 206 a couple of accidents this afternoon on 206 smithville road could be an alternate and in Gloucester County a car turned over into a pole. And delaware watch for a wreck at harmony road and a crash at pennsylvania turnpike approaching Fort Washington is off to the side but causing big delays on the turnpike as well as the blue route the northbound side stacking up from the schuylkill and a solid line the whole way from mid county on down to the media bypass and septas route 30 trolley. Still to come on action news, a left over pizza left the scene of the murder of a washington, d. C. Businessman and his family leads to a person of interest. Well tell you how. It was a cool, damp day across parts of the area but that rain is sliding off the coast and ill let you know the exact timing when it ends for the shore. Plus, jaime apody has sports including phillies and rockies and eagles and all of that. A person of interest is being sought in the murder of a family in d. C. Police in d. C. To new york are looking for this man darren wint they say he killed a successful iron works owner and his wife and son and house keeper and that wint was once his boss. We believe there is a connection in this case. The dna was on a crust before the fire. The homeowners assistant dropped off 40 grand in cash, wints girlfriend lives in brooklyn and was interested in turning himself in. There is change on long standing band on gays, gates raised the policy during the Scouts National meeting in atlanta, he says that scout organizations would be able to decide on their own whether to allow gays as leader two years ago openly gay youths were allowed to serve. They were allowed to hire the fires openly gay scout leader. Jaime apody is now live in the sport centers. They bounced back in a big way last night and today they hope to take three of four, sandberg is getting them to play good ball as of late and he had toike this. Darren darren a singing to left. And here is a guy on fire, ryan howard homers for the second straight night the ninth home run in the past 27 games that tied it at 33 he hit it to the perfect spot right at a phillies fan. Look at that guy, you think he is excited . A great fatherson moment there that father would be jumping for joy and mike mchenry gets this shot and phils are down 53 in the seven and right now. And all eyes are on their top draft picks nelson agholor. The wide receiver has big shoes to fill given the departure of Jeremy Maclin and that is big shoes to feel but hopes to have a hands on coach that from the sounds of it made him feel comfortable already. Chip walks around and he is the head coach of this organization but he does a great job of being one of the guys, that is not saying he is not a great head coach but it mean a lot to me that he is able to get as much out of the guys just being there like he is in the battlefield with you. School is winding down and so the season for one local team looking to finish on top and within i say on top i dont mean on top of the city or the state, i mean the nation the Haverford School undefeated a250 ranked number one in the country, hopefully they finish how they started. Its crazy to think after all the hard work and morning workouts and every lift we have done and every sprint we have ran, its finally come true, its an unreal feeling right now. Well have much more on the undefeated fords coming up at 6 00 and the black hawks and ducks play again tonight and in the east, tampa bay took a lead on the rangers last night. Have you to listen to this call. Down the red line and to the center point shoots score what a shot the lightning win it 65 in overtime a little excited there. Maybe those guys should have saved their voices it was only game three quite the overtime game winner and i think the same thing happens to rick. Yes, just you wait. A special ceremony was held today to commemorate memorial day to sacrifice their lives to protect us this is the wreath ceremony the ceremony honors pen and women and local police. Time to check the weather. Dont let today fool you its going to be a beautiful Holiday Weekend but it was wet today. It was wet especially south of philadelphia but well try it out for everybody. Even rick. I dont know about him. Im indoors all weekend any way. You are a couch potato. A wall of green the southern parts of new jersey and tell wear rain north and west of the philadelphia what rain today it did not drop one ounce of liquid west of the pennsylvania turnpike this afternoon. Double scan radar you can see from Seaside Heights to surf city the heaviest of the rain pushing off the coast but this rain is ending in smyrna and dover, jut a few more minutes of light rain and then that ends and pushes to the north and east, this rain continues to move to the shore line, and stalls over the next few hours and it wont be until midnight that the shore really tries out. The High Temperature that is it. Two as above normal for this time of year, the 17 degrees below normal we should be sitting around 75. 60 in allentown where it did not rain today temperatures of 50 and 51 degree its right now that includes the shore with temperatures around 52 the low pressure is way to the south clipped by the northern fringe of that low and it extends all the way back to pittsburgh. It continues to collapse here overnight and the stars reappear at 2 00 or 3 00 in the morning. Showers lingering in far southeastern areas and as High Pressure comes in tomorrow its a breeze out of the northwest and 66 degrees and a good recovery here on friday and winds 12 to 25 Miles Per Hour and as the high settles. 70 degrees with reenforcing shot of warm air. Over the poconos for the weekend. Clouds in the mix sunny and 32 and on memorial day not bad with a temperature of 74 meteorologist, Melissa Magee is live in wildwood inside of the Convention Center where she mastered the art of flying a kite indoors. Who would have thunk . Its difficult to do its a delicate dance between the wind and these kites its hard work but we are getting ready for the kite festival that starts tomorrow and lasts through the Holiday Weekend, its wet today but gets better over saturday and sunday saturday plenty of sunshine and breezy though wins from the northnorthwest, chilly at the shore and 69 degrees and a nice mixture of sunshine and clouds and High Pressure takes over off the coast, 74 degrees the actual memorial day holiday an on shore flow and temperature coming in at 72. Ocean temperature not bad upper 50s and that is the latest with the shore forecast ill keep flying, its a nice dance well do. Its about the lung capacity. Taking a deep breath and letting the air out to keep the kite close to the ceiling. Really . I guess. Im trying to think of something funny. Enjoy the rest of the time the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast warmer tomorrow and 76 degrees and sunny and refreshing and saturday its 70 and the rebound the second half of the weekend and summer like for the unofficial start to the Summer Season and 85 and looks like scattered storms hold off until tuesday, wednesday and thursday when the heat and humidity kick in a string of upper 80s to near 90 at the end of next week. The air is this way. Cecily saying that way. Some of philadelphias oldest residents got an honor today. It was the mayors sentcentenarian celebration. Including 108yearold fannie mae one of the citys old evident residents, she enjoys john wayne movies and soul food. Happy birthday to everyone. Action News Delaware valleys leading news program. With ducis rogers. Meteorologist, cecily tynan, and jim gardner. Thursday night and Police Investigate three medical emergencies at the same newcastle home and the wounded state trooper speaks out about his encounter with eric frein. And the big story is a gun bandit and made three or four. Three our four men smashed a window and smashed into the store on mcdade boulevard. Both the police and atf are on the case, sara bloomquist is live on the 1,000 block of mcdade boulevard. Reporter you can see the boarded up window where the suspect got into the gun store at least of the vehicles they used were spotted multiple times by surveillance cameras up and down mcdade boulevard before and after they made off with 19 weapons. These grainy videos show some of the suspects in action as they moved in on the gun shop on collingdale this morning. They got out of a maroon minivan. Another camera captured them placing the glass in a nearby parking lot and they returned to the waiting minivan