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Colleagues say craig, one of 150 women served in the department always asked to be at the busiest fire station. She was working voluntary overtime at engine 73 when she was called to the fateful fire in the 1600 block of middleton street and West Oak Lane early tuesday morning. Craig, one of the first on the scene, went into the thick smoke and became trapped. Her crew realized she was missing. When found she was rushed to einstein hospital where she died. One person, though, was saved from the blaze. Firefighters from across the can country are expected to can come pay their respects including gwendolyn a female firefighter from washington, d. C. I had the pleasure of meeting her at the women in fire service conference. So it was a sense of obligation just to come and show my support. Reporter now, the intersection here at 71st and broad near where the funeral home is now closed as police are diverting traffic since the viewing just began at 6 00 p. M. Expect pomp and circumstance tomorrow during the funeral, also during the funeral procession. Members of the community are urged to come out along the procession route so that they can wave and say their goodbyes to their Fire Department reporting live in West Oak Lane Annie Mccormick channel6 action news. Jim. Thank you annie. Again a second viewing for joyce craig will take place tomorrow morning from 8 00 a. M. Until 10 00 a. M. At batchelor brothers funeral home to be followed by her funeral from 10 00 a. M. To noon. The body of a 59yearold woman has been found in a wooded area of evesham township. The discovery was made near the 5,000 block of Commonwealth Drive. Law men think she was beaten to death at her home in gloucester township and then dumped here. New jersey correspondent Nora Muchanic is live after gloucester township police. Nora, late word. Police have made an arrest. What is the story on that . Reporter jim, Police Arrested a coworker of the victim. He and another female coworker were taken in by Susan Johnson when she found out they had nowhere to live. For this mother and grandmother that turned out to be a fatal mistake. Authorities have charged 30yearold miguel diaz with first degree murder in the death of 59yearold aerial resident Susan Johnson. They say diaz an female companion had been living on and off at johnsons home when last friday an argument started about money. During the course of that dispute the argument escalated until something physical. She was beaten with his fists and possibly another object that the witness was not able to identify. Reporter woman who is not being charged led police to johnsons body which was dumped in a wooded area near ball fields on Commonwealth Drive in evesham township and may have been there for a week. My reaction is they should get the death penalty. Of course she didnt deserve that. Reporter neighbor mary crane a friend of johnsons who didnt want to appear on camera sent this joking text to her on tombs i was just wondering did you move . Where have you been. By then Susan Johnson had been dead for days. Oh, thats terrible. I mean, she was so good to them to even invite them into her home. And my husband told her, you got problems. Dont invite people, you know, you you just dont you have to know them a little bit better to invite them into your home. Reporter miguel diaz and the female were coworkers. They worked together for a cleaning business. We have a Good Samaritan as you said tried to take somebody in especially around the holidays. Unfortunately this is how it ended with her loss of life. Reporter now, police tell us they visited the home once after a call from a concern canned coworker but the house appeared to be buttoned up. Now, when a Family Member placed a call yesterday, they broke in, saw signs of a struggle there and that led to the investigation that led to todays arrest. Live in clementon, Nora Muchanic channel6 action news. 17yearold Jacqueline Perez will spend the next 16 years in prison. She was sentenced today for carjacking and kidnapping an elderly delaware woman in march of last year. Perez and a friend approached 89yearold Margaret Smith at a Milton Convenience store and asked for a ride to a home in lincoln. When 93 arrived at the house smith was shoved into her trunk for two days before she was set free in a cemetery. The verdict is guilty tonight in the case of contractor john succi accused of stealing 2. 5 million from bucks county consumers. Action News Reporter Investigative Reporter Wendy Saltzman is live at the bucks county courthouse in doylestown. Wendy, what are the details here. Reporter 12 families took to the stand telling their horror stories, some of shoddy work others of outright theft they said of hundreds of thousands of dollars by contractor john succi. Now succi didnt take the stand on his own behalf but that didnt stop us from asking him where all that money went. Well, what happened to the money, can you tell us what happened to the money . In one of the last walks contractor john succi will make as a free man he refused to answer our questions and defend himself. Do you think youre innocent of these crimes . You have to have a thought on whether or not youre innocent. Again we have pled innocent. Reporter soon the jury would deliver that decision finding him guilty on 27 counts of felony fraud and deception. As far as contractor frauds this probably the worst weve ever seenism victims today gathered in the can courthouse halls waiting for justice. Just horrifying what hes done. Reporter jerry landis was one of 12 who testified. She told the jury succi stole 600,000 from her. He was supposed to build a second home at the shore for her. I had to hire another builder and that cost me another 400,000 to actually build the house. In total i paid a Million Dollars for a 400,000 home. Reporter succi was supposed to finish a basement and deck on richards home. It was never really put up. Had two by fours holding it up. Reporter annette said work put her elderly mother in danger. She fell right down to the basement. Reporter while its mystifying where the money went the victims agree on one thing, its unlikely theyll ever see penny of what they lost. I think he should pay for all that hes put us through. Reporter the only payment they may get is justice knowing succi may never have another day of freedom. Goal right now is to make sure mr. Suture clear is away for a long period of time. Reporter while we may never know what happened to that 2. 5 million, we do know that john succi left the courtroom in handcuffs and hes facing 135 years which means he may spends the rest of his life behind bars. In doylestown, im Wendy Saltzman, channel6 action news. Thank you wendy. Police believe they have caught the man behind several attacks on women in university city. The 55yearold was arrested last night when officers caught him assaulting a thirty eightyearold graduate student at 41st and pine. The female student was followed after she got off a bus, struck in the head with a metal bicycle lock and then dragged 50 yards before Police Stopped the attack. Investigators think the same man groped two drexel students yesterday and sexually assaulted and robbed a student on monday. 87yearold Frank Cavallero woke up this morning to find an intruder in his south philadelphia home on the 700 block of jackson street. He was robbed of 3,000. Surveillance from a nearby business shows the suspect approaching cavalleros house at 4 30 in the morning. The victim believes that he was targeted because the intruder knew exactly where to find the money. Police are still looking for that intruder tonight. President barack obama will be making a visit to new jersey on monday. The president will travel to joint base Mcguire Dix Lakehurst to thank the troops and their families for their service and sacrifice. The white house will release more details over the next couple of days. Coming up on action news tonight, a brawl inside Chichester High School leaves three teachers hurt and several students facing criminal charges. And make a wish makes a fashion dream come true for a 14yearold in center city philadelphia. Just in time for the weekend and clouds are thinning out and im tracking brighter days ahead along with a slight warmup. Ill have details in the accuweather 7day forecast. Ducis rodgers with an eaglesdallas preview when action news continues. We put all the apps you love inside a car designed to connect you to a world of possibilities. The connected car by volvo. Innovating for you. Give the gift of volvo this season and well give you your first months payment on us. Philadelphia rapper beanie sigel remains hospitalized with lifethreatening injuries tonight. The update from police came as they identified two persons of interest in the shooting that left sigel critically wounded. The 40yearold philadelphia native was shot in the chest inside a home in pleasantville Atlantic County last friday. Police say they have interviewed one of the persons of interest. They have yet to locate the second. Authorities tried to reestablish order at Chichester High School today. One day after an all outbrawl broke out inside the school. Action News Reporter david henry has that story. Reporter all quiet today here at Chichester High School after yesterdays ugly brawl. Police say criminal charges are coming as they review video on social media. Cell phone cameras captured the action as the fight erupted in a hallway of the c wing. Police are using those videos for evidence as they prepare criminal charges. It started with punches thrown by two boys. Police say others quickly jumped in and it became a full scale melee. They say three teachers were injured as they tried to break it up. Police say one had a cut on his hand, another was slugged in the head and the third was punched in the nose. The teachers drove themselves to the hospital to get checked out and were back on the job this morning. Witnesses say it was chaos. One kid just swung at another kid and utter bedlam in the hallways i tell you. Reporter several students were treated by the school nurse for minor injuries. Police are now looking at the videos and interviewing witnesses. They say as many as 10 students will be facing criminal charges. The school notified parents last night and said the students involved were removed from the school and sent home with parents or guardians. Students say there have been other fights and theyre getting tired of it. I think its crazy. Like its not acceptable. If youre going to do this do it on your own time dont do it in school. Were here get a education and were here to do our own thing but you dont have to fight. Reporter we tried to get a comment from the School Principal and the School Superintendent but they have not responded to our calls and messages. In boothwyn, david henry, channel6 action news. The victims of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in connecticut were remembered today in center city philadelphia. People gathered for a vigil at broad street ministries. They held tshirts with the names of the 20 children and six adults who were killed by gunman adam lanza on december 14, 2012. The two Year Anniversary of the shooting falls on sunday. A Young Fashion designers ideas have jumped off the page and into macys. Today ashley debuted a line of sweatshirts for the retailers sixth annual national believe day. Each features one of 17 inspirational quotes that ashley created to help get through her own battle with a lifethreatening illness. Ashley says she hopes girls will walk with confidence when wearing her clothes. Eaglescowboys 2. 02 days away. A lot on the line when they met two days ago. More at stake sunday night at the linc. Winner will have an inside track to win the division. The loser could miss the playoffs altogether. I dont big red never did that. Mark san can chez shows coach how its done. Eagles crushed the cowboys on thanksgiving day. They feel they know what to expect from dallas. Theyre still going the try to run what they did against us. There will be some wrinkles they add and we have to be ready to adjust. For us its always been about our execution. As long as we execute well be fine. We need to be the best version of ourselves this game and i think our Football Team understands where were at at the season and why you play this game and its for games like these. It is december. Mike quick and i will bring you Eagles Eagles game day kickf sunday morning at 11 30. Mike will have an extended interview with Jordan Matthews who is tearing it up in his rookie season. Eagleseagles game day kick off. Its like waiting your tax return. You know its coming you just dont know. The Jimmy Rollins trade to l. A. Has not been announced. Jeff taught up with larry bow watch he knows the time to rebuild is now. As great as those guys were, some of them are still going to be with us theres a time where you got to cut the cord and move on. Reporter do you feel like its that time. I think if you watch us the way we played the last couple years, and its nothing against them because i think if you look at the staff, those guys hit pretty good last year, i think that its a young guys game and i think the Phillies Front Office for the most part tried to get another championship out of them and it just didnt happen. Villanovas Football Team is in the quarterfinals of the scs National Championship tournament its a familiar spot tort cats. Its a twist to their matchup. Jeff is back to explainism villanova its run at another National Championship continues saturday against sam houston state ateam theyve never played before. But the cats know their coach all too well. Casey spent 11 years at delaware, villanovas biggest rival. It is unusual but you know weve known each other a long time and back to his days at delaware and rowan and hes a good man an good coach. Reporter when he was out of work all of last year andy tally actually invited him here to villanova to hang around practice and games. Now cure is coming back to beat tally and hopefully he didnt learn too much hanging around the wildcats. You worried at all that he may steal some tricks and use them against you . No, not really. I think casey knows us pretty well. You know, he has all 13 games that we played this year, so theres really no secrets. Hes a good friend. When i was out of football for a year guy who really was one of the first guys to call me and say hey come over and watch practice. While its no secret the cats run and they run wild red led by quarterback John Roberts Nova averages near. Were looking forward to doing that this saturday. Villanova and sam houston state are both ranked in there top 10 in the entire country in rubbing jeff skversky. All right ducis. Bucks county second graders winds on a shopping spree today but they didnt get to keep the goods. Students from Walter Miller Elementary School fanned out across the target in langhorne with christmas lists for families in need. Not only did they get to shop but they raised the money as well. Each child sold random acts of kindness to family and friends to fopped the fund the project an opening into that accuweather forecast. Heres meteorologist cecily tynan. Well see some sunny breaks. Storm tracker 6 live double scan showing that we have dry conditions out there. The snow showers from yesterday and last night have moved on and we did see some is peaks of sunshine here and there. This was sent in on our Facebook Page actually well have that in a few moments. I want to talk about the winter highlight but i cant wait to talk about the sunshine today because we did have a winter preview this week. Temperature on the cool side. Wednesdays high 43, yesterday didnt even make it out of the 30s, 38 degrees. Today 42 degrees. Normal high for this time of the year is 46 degrees. And then we have a big game coming up on sunday night as the eagles take on the cowboys and its looking pretty nice. Definitely have to bundle up if youre heading to the linc but it will be dry. Winds not a factor. Partly cloudy skies. Kick off temperature 39 degrees by the Fourth Quarter temperatures dropping down to 37. Heres the proof we saw some sunshine. Hello sunshine today, this was sent in by action news viewer cecily on my Facebook Page, actually i took this when i was out for a run and it was nice to see some peeks of sunshine, some blue skies although clouds were ruling the skies today. Right now philadelphia 39 degrees. In millville 37. Trenton 36. Allentown 37 and wilmington 39 degrees and satellite 6 along with action radar showing we still have some clouds but if you notice, were seeing a few more breaks in the clouds. So really thinning out as this High Pressure nudges in and that High Pressure will bring us lots of sunshine as we head through the weekend. Mixing in with some clouds. Tomo