According to the indictment the scheme took shape while mr. Williams and the Business Owner were in punta cana february of 2012. When Business Owner number one sent a text in february of 2012 again asking williams to help his friend he responded with a text message saying if he pleaded guildy and from the sentence it seems there is a mandatory sentence there is little i can do the day before without it looks extremely suspicious. My decision to accept gifts caused embarrassment. The Business Owners were not named in the indictment and no indication they were charged with a crime. To those charges the grand jury charged d. A. Essential williams with medicare fraud. He is acontusioned of stealing 20,000 from a relative and using that money for his own personal use. He was unable to reach the District Attorney but his Office Released a statement. The Philadelphia Das Office does not have any comment at that time. The da is not in the office because he is spending time with his family. For now live outside of the federal building, chad pradelli, channel 6 action news. Chad, thank you. Now city officials are responding to the news hashly condemning williams alleged crimes, mayor kenney issued a statement saying its deeply shameful that the citys chief Law Enforcement officer has been implicated in such a flag rant violation of the law. Its disheart earning to give the public another reason not to trust us. Walter perez is talking to people about the charges against Seth Williams. He is live with their reaction. Reporter hey sharrie, essential williams was an absolutely rising political star in the Delaware Valley but at that point the star fell as quickly as it rose. David thornboro says that the most heart breaking element of the rice and fall of essential williams is what could have been. He was rumored to be an attorney general candidate in the commonwealth maybe a gubernatorial candidate or senator. There was a sense at one point the sky was the limit for him and now everything has come crashing down. And that sentiment was echoed by people we spoke with at city and many are disappointed but not surprised. Its frustrating, you locate him and he is on the take. I am not surprised. That is how it goes, the type of system it is. You vote on people and you depend on them. To come through, and you know then all of a sudden they switch up on you. Meanwhile, even before the formal charges were announced. The Philadelphia Bar association released a stern statement. Its imperative that da williams resigned immediately to restore the publics confidence in our public Justice System and the public will get an opportunity to once again make things right. In my mind, it comes to the voters, we have to demand and expect the sense of integrity and accomplishment from these offices and if we dont see that we have to throw people out of office. And i would like to wrap up with more from the Bar Association statement. It goes on to say that the charges beginnings him casts a shade on the das office and the entire city of philadelphia. Walter perez, channel 6 action news. Thank you. And our coverage of the charges against Seth Williams continues on 6abc. Com. There you are read the full 50 page indictment against the embattled da, reaction to the developments and on going updates as the story continues to unfold. We now have video of the thieves behind yesterdays 1. 3 million heist at a lawncrest jewelry store. One man climbs down from the hole in the wall and then puts a ladder up to help his partner and then they disable the camera and it goes dark. Police say he cut through the wall of the business next door. They are still on the run with stolen rings and diamonds and rolex watches. Time for a check of the accuweather forecast for your tuesday afternoon. Lets head outside to meteorologist, adam joseph to see how things are today. Different from yesterday. The sun is shining and the temperatures are warmer than yesterday as we go into the second day of spring but this is where it stops temporarily. 58 in philadelphia right now, and 57 in cleveland. You see a front progressing in across the great lakes and behind that cold air. 27 in sault st. Marie and 23 in international falls. Future tracker when we wake up tomorrow morning, back to near freezing in philadelphia and 30 in new york city and these are the air temperatures not the windchills. For the bus stop first thing tomorrow morning, many layers needed and temperatures hovering around freezing between 6 00 and 8 00 very little jump in temperatures tomorrow. The winds are whipping and windchills are in the mid20s when you step out the door tomorrow morning. Winter does make a return but then saturday temperatures will soar to the 70s. Some big fluctuations over the next several days and a round of rain for the upcoming weekend, well talk about the changes in the full accuweather forecast. Looking forward to saturday that is for sure. In other news police are passing out flyers in the philadelphia section of philadelphia. Hoping that someone will come forward about an overnight homicide. Richard lewis was shot at 4th and rose land streets. His family tells action news that he had a 5yearold son and was planning to study to be an auto mechanic. He was shot in the torso and once in the head. There is no motive and no one has been arrested. A 13yearold injured in a shooting earlier this month passed away from his injuries. He was shot in a Chinese Restaurant on march 10th, investigators say he was sitting with friends when two other teenagers walked into the store and they were all talking and one pulled a gun shooting him in the head. There are still no arrests in the case if you know anything call police. Two liters and 12 packs of Pepsi Products will be off shelves in philadelphia. The latest controversy to the citys beverage tax. Bob brooks is live now with more on this story. Reporter sharrie, basically what pepsico is saying that their larger products are too expensive to sell in the city and no one is buying them so items like their 2 liters or 12 packs of said are abeing pulled from the shelves. Pepsi products are running low on supply because they along with any other store in the city wont be able to purchase Pepsi Products like 12 packs and 2 liters they say because of the beverage tax. They said they received this letter saying it read quote, because of the philly beverage tax. People are buying fewer taxed beverages. Especially large package sizes because they cost more. She says its crippling her store leaving the city to get their drinks and then do all of their shopping. If they go out of the area they get their 12 pack a lot less expensive and obviously pick up other items while they are there. Customers said the same thing. You are driving out of the city . I will go to cheltenham or bensalem to get my drinks. Are you doing additional shopping as well . Yes. They quit buying the taxed products all together. I will not buy anything. No sodas, its ridiculous. The products are available in the city but in smaller amounts. Another statement reads, we are offering the products in sizes that family are better able to support. And giving businesses a chance to succeed in this challenging environment. What you see on the scene is response from the city of philadelphia. In rebuttal to this, saying pepsis reason for their layoffs and not distributing beverage sizes, by a Company Fighting to overturn the beverage tax in court and issued a response saying a lack of sales has opened in philadelphia since the tax passed. Reporting live in rhawnhurst, bob brooks, channel 6 action news. Thank you, bob. Time for a check of the action news traffic report. Lets go live to matt pellman. Trouble popping up on the roadways, like here on the schuylkill creating a taxing ride home on the westbound side. This is the scene of the accident by University Avenue taking out the left lane, there is a tow truck here and hopefully it is gone soon. And on the schuylkill past passyunk and eastbound is extra heavy from montgomery into university with the gaper delay. On 95 it was a broken down vehicle that gave us problems near allegheny avenue northbound cleared out of the way now. But still just 11 Miles Per Hour. Down to the walt whitman bridge and allegheny in that formerly busy spot. In king of prussia a crash north of the mall at red lobster and this construction spot at the toll plaza. The lanes in the middle remain closed that means the lanes on the blue route are slower and north of landsdale a vehicle fire blocking the lane there as well. Lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report. King of prussia a crash along south gulph road. Well check it again in the next half hour. Thanks matt. More ahead on action news at 4 00. The uk is jumping on board banning Larger Electronics from some flights. We have the latest on the travel changes and more on the security concerns. And hear president Trumps Supreme Court nominee defend his record as lawmakers pepper him with questions today. Tomorrows the day well play something besides video games. Every day is a gift. Especially for people with Heart Failure. But today theres entresto. A breakthrough medicine that can help make more tomorrows possible. Tomorrow, i want to see teddy bait his first hook. In the largest Heart Failure study ever, entresto was proven to help more people stay alive and out of the hospital than a leading Heart Failure medicine. Women who are pregnant must not take entresto. It can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. Dont take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren. If youve had angioedema while taking an ace or arb medicine, dont take entresto. The most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure, kidney problems, or high potassium in your blood. Tomorrow, im gonna step out with my favorite girl. Ask your doctor about entresto. And help make the gift of tomorrow possible. Politics this tuesday and stern words from the top down concerning the gops Current Health care bill and the urgency to pass it. President trump pay aid visit to capitol hill to persuade reluctant republicans to push the bill through, he warned that House Republicans dont be quote, fooled. And the white house says that those that oppose the Health Care Bill will quote, probably pay a price at home, unquote. That republicans could lose their seats in congress during midterm elections xs and the house is expected to vote on the bill on thursday and a number of gop members expressed concerns over the bill that would replace president obamas Affordable Health care act. Neil gorsuch is trying to convince senators he is a fair judge. He was answering questions for hours today and is he calm and polished under pressure especially while democrats challenge his prior statements and judicial records, he says he is part of 2700 opinions where he often ruled for the little guy instead of big business and made it a point to say he would not be a surrogate for the president. I have one client, its the law. Its a great joy and great privilege and daunting responsibility to come in every day. And to try and get it right. When pressed about President Trump and National Security issues, gorsuch says that no one is above the law. Despite resistance from democrats, republicans are fairly optimistic of their chances of securing his approval. The British Government is following the lead of the United States by enacting new security measures for international travelers. Both countries have ordered Certain Airlines to follow new rules for electronic devices, passengers flying from eight middle eastern and african countries to the u. S. Are banned from carrying devices larger than a cell phone and all other devices must be checked in a packed bag and the uk is imposing a similar ban that applies to six countries. What likely happened is that the u. S. Government develop smd intelligence that a group or individual has developed some type of device they can get on to an airplane using a laptop or other electronic compliance. All the affected airlines have until 3 00 a. M. On saturday to begin enforcing the ban. And penn states former president they said let evil run wild when he failed to report child molestation accusations against Jerry Sandusky and spanier says they are trying to criminalize a judgment call. And the trial got underway in harrisburg after the jury was seated. Is he facing child endangerment and conspiracy. Of how he handled a 2001 report accusing sandusky of abuse. The biggest loss on wall street in a month, the dow dropped 283 points and the nasdaq dropping 107 points and the s p dropping 29. 5 points. Its a down day on wall street. And hopefully well continue to see green arrows tomorrow. Basketball super star lebron james is used to putting smiles on the faces of young fans and today he maybe also touched their hearts as well. Lebron hosted kids from the hospital and each youngster received a new pair of nike sneakers that were officially launched today. The nike flies. Made for children with disabilitied because they can be slid on and off easy because they use velcro and not laces. The youngsters received new especially made sneakers. I could use them. Easier for my sure. Why not. They deserve them though. Great work by lebron. Time now for a check of the accuweather forecast. Meteorologist, adam joseph, has a check of the forecast. The first full day of spring. We started with clouds and ended with sun. Here at the Commodore Barry bridge we have a race boat there and that is flying up the delaware underneath the commodo Commodore Barry bridge and above the bridge the sunshine and temperatures warming above normal. 58 in philadelphia and same for wilmington and dover and millville. The numbers are uniform across the area and light wind from the west northwest and the northwesterly wind and Atlantic City at the airport. Similar to philadelphia in the upper 50s, as we look at satellite and radar, the morning clouds and a couple of showers off the coast to the south, you see the clouds ripping apart to the north and west and there is a front and that means business and snow shower as long it. From green bay arcing its way into the northern great lakes towards north bay and canada we wont see precipitation but the wind shift comes in late tonight and the winds start to whip up by dawn. Overnight partly cloudy and 30 allentown and wilmington and same for dover and cape may matching the 35 degrees. But tomorrow its the winds that will feel winter like out of the northwest. The numbers you see from 7 00 in the mornings and 9 00 in the afternoon. Those are sustained winds not wind gusts, sustained at 20 Miles Per Hour and swind gusts f 30 to 40 Miles Per Hour. This is how it feels tomorrow morning, teens to the north and west and 25 in dover and Single Digits in the poconos. And as we go into the afternoon, windchills stopping in the mid20s. Philadelphia points to the south teens for trenton and allentown and 2 degrees in the poconos anz we get into thursday morning feeling even worse so to speak here. Teens across the board. Zero in the poconos and many layers meaning for the bus stop wednesday and thursday morning. But this particular shot of cold air coming in from canada not as harsh as it was this time last year that spilled into the deep south, they did the assessment here in the deep south a devastating freeze, an estimated 1 billion in crop losses, 80 of their peach crop in georgia were wiped out and 80 of the georgia blueberries taking a big hit. The four day at 4 00 forecast we have to rely on the local crops here hopefully they dont get later on this month. 39 degrees tomorrow for a high and windchills in the 20s and 45 and the winds relax on thursday and 70s and warm with breaks of sun on saturday. So we go from one extreme to the next in the four days and bigger changes come sunday in the next half hour. The roller coaster continues, thank you. Still to come on action news at 4 00, a teenager is accused of handing out fake traffic tickets how he convinced his victims to pay up. And a scheme in north philadelphia, but as people head to the polls there is only one candidate on the ballot. Well explain what is going on its coming up. Horns on their helmets. Ostriches dont really stick their heads in the sand. A peanut is not a nut. And a real john deere is actually real affordable. You learn something new everyday. The surprisingly affordable john deere e series tractors. Now you can own americas tractor for just 99 a month. Learn more at your john deere dealer. A Chester County teenager is accused of making fake traffic tickets and leaving them in victims mailboxes, here is what the phoney violations look like. Pictures of the victims cars and ordered them to pay a speeding fine by leaving cash in the mailbox. They also add that west town east Goshen Police do not collect cash for parking tickets. They found that the teen was printing them at home that led to the arrest. And now grants for nonprofit organizations and religious institutions, they are 1 million grants and they come in the wake of threats against jewish centers, they go to camden, cape may and six other counties. These grants are meant to make sure that we protect against any acted of hate as are the hate laws in new jersey that will be vigorously enforced. The governor says that all the counties getting the grants are not eligible for fed