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date for october 24th. and then stunned the courtroom when they said to handcuff seth williams and take him to jail until sentencing. it's likely he will get five years without a chance for parole. >> today he admitted he sold his office for a corrupt series of payment. payments that included money, trips, cars and other expensive items. >> from jurors that sat through nearly two weeks of government witnesses. this reaction to the sudden development. >> i am disappointed i would like to have seen it through and every day i went one way or the other. one thing i heard would make me go one way and another thing i would hear would make me go the other way. >> brian, seth williams told the judge this morning he is flat broke and not a flight risk at all and the judge told him i don't trust you sold your office. live at the courthouse in senter city, vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. lets switch live to "action news" reporter, sara bloomquist, with reaction from inside of the da's office today. >> as you might imagine this is a surreal day for the people that work here at the philadelphia district attorneys office. seth williams notified his first assistant via text message he planned to enter a plea and design. there is a real since they are ready to put behind them what she called an unfortunate period. kathleen martin stood before a rom packed with employees fill from the district attorneys office. >> i could not be more proud of my hard working colleagues and how they conducted themselves in light of the investigation and prosecution of mr. williams. >> the job now falls to martin to keep the da's office on track and moving forward. something she says that she and the people here are dedicated to doing. >> they should know that the describe attorney's office continues the pursuit of justice and the hope for a safer city. the future here is unclear. the board of judges could choose a replacement for martin to lead until the district attorney is elected in november and inaugurated in january. former district attorney, peter vair vera says they have to undo the blot on the help ration. >> he is going to jail and you don't need that. have you to be a leader if you are a public official. >> weighs not surprised by the plea, the evidence was strong and mounting and the government likely considered the importance of preserving integrity of the office when offering the plea. >> maybe take less than what you want, but get it done and get him out of office and go on your way and serve the public right. >> reporter: now martin has effectively been running this office since seth williams lost his law license since the charges were filed in march. jerry krasner and beth grossman will be squaring off for the job in coming november. we are working now with former district attorney, lynn abraham watch for that on "action news" at 6:00. i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. and of course find the latest on the seth williams plea now on the 6 abc news app. read more about the trial and hear reaction from the fbi and other key figures in this case. >> the teenager killed in a suspected road rage crash in chester county is now identified. police say that 18-year-old bianca roberson is a victim of the crash in west goshen township. it's a tragic story and the search for the other driver involved continues this afternoon. we are joined now from police headquarters with the latest and rough day for the victim's family. >> reporter: yes alicia, i just got off the phone with roberson's devastated father and brother and remember her as a bright young lady and they are searching for the driver of a red pickup truck. >> bianca roberson was headed for greatness when her journey came to a tragic end on the route 100 spur. the 18-year-old's car went off the road and hit a tree. that is something they can't answer yet. >> anyone that can provide us with information taos it could be critical. critical for her family and friends too. her recent alma mater responded quickly. we have grief counselors this morning preparing to help any parents or students or staff about the loss of a former student. >> bound for the university of jacksonville in the fall, roberson left her mark here and received a reward for her strong character and her future bright. >> about to enter college and start the next step in her life. very tragic. >> someone saw a red pickup truck leave the scene. west goshen is scanning footage from penndot cameras, a case of road rain a possibility. they might not know until witnesses come forward. >> coming off route 100 or 202 that may have seen something that caught their i.e. erratic driving or something involving a red pickup truck we would appreciate the information. >> police don't know the make or model and since the cars may not have collided there may not be damage on the red pickup truck. and grief counselors will be on hand tomorrow morning from 9:00 until 11:00. reporting live, channel 6 "action news." >> all right thank you. meanwhile, a 14-year-old became the victim of begun fire early this morning in wilmington. police say she was the passenger in the car when she was shot at rising drive and south cannon road. the car was shot several times shattering the windows, the police determined the girl was inside of the car with other young people and being treated for non-life-threatening injuries. thanks to one woman's quick actions not a single person was hurt when a car drove into a beauty shot. this surveillance shows the car driving through the beauty shot. nicky watson warned her employees and customers to exit through the back of the building and then went inside to get the driver out. the driver was cited for inattentive driving and police say she stepped on the gas instead of the brake. it's time to head down to the shore with the holiday weekend almost upon us. meteorologist, adam joseph, right in the thick of all of it with those crowds. hi adam. >> reporter: i'll tell you this camera attracted quite the crowd as well. here in ocean city on the boardwalk as we approach the holiday weekend. are you guys excited for the holiday weekend? yay! >> they are extremely pumped up and the weather is beautiful on the boardwalk, let take a look the eastern half of the united states with the heat index right now. memphis 93 and 99 in dallas and philadelphia again still in the 80s but that will change over the weekend. dew points though they will start to jump up here tomorrow and started to turn humid here today and tomorrow 65 to 70 degrees and turning extremely humid and starting tomorrow over the holiday weekend. and the next five days the chances for rain and 20% tomorrow and saturday afternoon and evening 70% and goes back down for sunday, monday and the holiday itself to 20%. a pretty good weekend ahead. you guys have dry weather right. >> yes! >> you went into the ocean frnls yes. >> how was it? >> it was rough right? there is a whole crowd around here everywhere. have you popcorn for me? >> you want some? sure. >> we'll have the full accuweather forecast coming up. after we eat the popcorn. >> she is a natural. >> i wonder what flavor it is? meantime a water main break created the scene in upper merion township, chopper 6 hd was over head as the geyser shot overhead at moore road and old valley form road and was gushing for almost an hour just like that. aqua water says that a rotten section of an old water line broke and they were able to shut the water off shortly before 9:00 a.m. it's time for a check of the "action news" traffic report today. lets take it live to gena gannon. >> we are starting rush hour with an accident. downingtown, route 30 on the westbound side past 340, here is your delay shot. if you travel out expect the left lane to be blocked. route 30 at 340, and delays to reeceville road. give yourself time. lets look at the big picture a lot of slow speeds and rush hour is heavier, 9 miles per hour if you travel out on the vine and 9 as well as 95 and 10 on the schuylkill expressway and 14 on the schuylkill as well. and 18 on the blue route, here is why. blue route heavy 36 minutes and the biggest chunk is saint davids at springfield and give yourself time we are looking at route 1, the southbound side is heavy and the northbound side things are getting better, we like to see that. and lets take you out into limerick where we have downed wires at swamp road. a fender bender there. and newcastle an accident at college avenue at route 2. and we have word there are injuries with that accident. heads up. back to you guys. >> thank you. in only a few hours, part of president trump's travel ban takes effect and we'll look at the restrictions for people. and a car swallowed hole in the middle of a missouri street. >> plus -- >> i would not let him get away with t it's not right and not fair. >> a would be thief meets his match in a wal-mart parking lot. a 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by president trump's tweets. criticism from two cable news hosts, calling one psycho and one low iq, and said the female host had plastic surgery and mocked her for it. and the white house called the tweets a reasonable response. the report is coming up tonight at 5:00. the chief financial adviser to pope francis george pell is facing sex assault charges. the highest ranking vatican official ever implicated in a scandal. they say it happened years ago and announced the charges today. he is denying it's charges, a north carolina wal-mart customer caught the thief red hands and did not let him go easily. she ran him down with her car and he is okay today. the man was allegedly going through the belongings in christine's red ford explorer and she came out of the store and confronted him and she took off with her purse. >> i took off after him and 5 months pregnant. i came back and got in the car and ran him over it's not right and not fair. >> he messed with the wrong lady they took him to the hospital and is now facing theft charges and she is under arrest for assault with a deadly weapon charges. an enormous sinkhole swallowed a car after ale inch water main break. before starting street repairs and the crane had a hard time reaching the car to hoist it out. finally they got the car out as you see and nobody was injured and traffic experts says it will take weeks to repair this part of sixth street. >> it's time to head back down to the shore today as people try to get out of town for a long holiday weekend. adam joseph already did that. he is here with the word. >> reporter: thousands of people have done that here, they have jumped their gun for the upcoming holiday weekend, a lot of people are packed on the sand here in ocean city and let me tell you, these are the best looking sandals i have ever seen. anyone have a camera to take a picture. they have a better smile than me. we have fine and a sea breeze and look at the temperatures around the region, 80s inland and low 70s here in ocean city as well as wildwood up to long beach island and temperatures now 72 and 73 degrees and 87 in philadelphia and 86 if allentown, a warm front passed through early this morning and the warm front is in the northern part of new york state as well as heading into new england with a lot of cloud cover and that front came through and pumped in higher temperatures today as well as a little bit of increase in humidity. as we look at future tracker tomorrow morning. we start your friday perfect around here and lots of sunshine and not a cloud and as we get into the afternoon tomorrow it stays fairly dry and sunny and all inland locations here at the store and could be pop-ups closer to the poconos and the lehigh valley. late in the afternoon and again it will be isolated up there. tomorrow, no problems, temperatures go back up into the 90s and as we head into saturday, at the shore. listen to this, 79 degrees and really nice and breezy as well. and any thunderstorms hold off until at night. you are good here on saturday. in the city 90 degrees soupy but the storms come in earlier on in the afternoon and the poconos t-storms develop quick with high humidity and a temperature of 79. that is not the whole story. the heat indexes saturday afternoon will peak 96 philadelphia and trenton and 95 millville and reading and here at the shore the heat indexes stay in the 70s due to the sea breeze. hot and humid for tomorrow. 92 degrees and very oppressive on saturday with the afternoon storms developing from the north to the south and some could be on the strong side and the front moves away on sunday and not as humid but 91 degrees and the heat wave continues into monday as the heat sticks around, temperatures at 90 degrees, but again we have lower humidity as we go into next week. all right -- meteorologist, melissa magee. >> taking selfies. >> should i hug you. wow we look so cute. there is the camera the real camera. >> guys are you excited about the long weekend ahead? >> yes! >> i see an injury are you okay? >> yes. >> what happened? >> when we were in florida my friend accidentally, i did nothing to him he just hooked my food -- >> that is not nice but you are still here. >> he did not apologize. >> we need to call him up. >> he needs to apologize. lets go talk to these folks really quickly here. >> you are here for the weekend? >> yes. >> where are you from? >> philadelphia here for our birthday. >> 29 nevada looks so good. >> you go girl. next after hour we'll have more on what to do down the shore plus adam a lot of people are on the beaches and sand and it's all about safety, the lifeguards are manned and on duty and this he have tips to share with you. coming up in the next half hour. >> we are joining the sun and sand and breeze and beautiful people in the next half hour. happy birthday to the lady and the little girl on live tele ♪ oo, yeah. are you ready for a rush? yes, yes i am. you're in for a treat. fast 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the annual free holy day and a 6 ton hoagie salute an independence day tradition for sure. the day was a celebration of our troops. they filled the independence center, hoagie syracuses were treated to a performance by the uso show troops. >> and today was the kickoff of the constitution center's all american celebration. it's independence week in the city with talks and walking tours and reenactments and the philadelphia historic block party that takes over independence mall all day on monday. >> there is free admission to the national constitution septemberer and you should know now through sunday july 2nd. and very fun, right now on 6abc.com you'll find a list of the independence day fireworks happening across our area. no better place to celebrate. we are biassed though. >> thank as leash a. more ahead on "action news" at 4:00, including pizza on the beach in a way you may not expect. >> we'll show you how the restaurant is making bathing we just moved into this house and didn't 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"action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, alicia vitarelli, sharrie williams and brian taff. >> hello again 4:30 now and "action news" continues with new details about a murdered disabled marine corps veteran. a stranger broke into their homes and threatened their lives after the shooting. and a cable heats up beneath a manhole. >> and developing news today philadelphia's former da, seth williams, is district attorney no more. he plead guilty to a single count accepting a prescribe. bringing to an end the trial and his political career and his freedom. still it's enough to put him behind bars for five years. >> it came after 29 corruption counts, he is accused of accepting thousands in gifts and vacations and misspending money from his own campaign fund. moments after the deal was announced. the once promising da was handcuffed and led away. he is behind bars until he is formerly sentenced in october. jim kenney said quote, i wish he had done it much much sooner but glad for the employees of the da's office now we can move on to a new chapter. from the days of the abscan scandal and the conviction of philadelphia's most powerful and longest serving congressman, sheriff chaka fattah. he is serving ten years in prison. for decades vince fumo rained among local democrats in 2009 he was convicted on federal corruption charges and serves two years of a five year fence and from the halls of city council. two notable cases, leon belloff convicted of extortion with a former mob boss and -- exchanging money for political favors served three years and wrote a book how to survive children. for the latest on the seth williams plea head to 6abc.com and read more about the trial and reaction from the fbi and other keyfics in this case. in other news, police have a person in custody for the shooting of a u.s. military veteran in the olney section of philadelphia. the one time marine was killed outside of a bar. katherine scott has the story. >> reporter: this surveillance footage shows the moment before and after the homicide in olney that claimed the life of howard white. former u.s. marine. >> not just a hero but an american hero. >> white is seen wearing a polo shirt and the suspended gunman wearing a white t-shirt at north tavern at spencer. they interact and walk back into the frame and walk back in and people scene outside of the bar darting in different directions. white believed that the suspect was casing the bar and stepped in to stop a robbery. >> he is military trained to observe things and he tried to keep the peace and told the gentlemen, sir you don't want to do this come on. >> his family says in the process of getting the suspect away from the bar white was shot twice and killed. his cousin armed with two guns and a permit to carrie chased the suspect until the police arrived and told him to drop his weapon and the police pursued and the suspect went into this home in annest to get away. javier vazquez was asleep and saw a person in the kitchen. the suspect hit him knit face with his gun multiple times. i grabbed his wrist and pulled his hair and scuffled with him, he is a lot younger so he overpowered me. >> the kitchen bears the sign of the struggle, his 23-year-old son registered nurse, javier vas ez jr. came running and overpowered him. >> i slammed him to the floor to get him off my dad and luckily the police were outside. >> vazquez was released from the hospital with cuts and sprains and bruises and interview by homicide detectives as for the 25-year-old suspect he remains in custody. katherine scott, channel 6 "action news." we have an update from wilmington where new charges are filed in the shooting of a 60s-year-old boy. michael pritchard is quited on charges including attempted murder. detectives say he opened fire earlier this month attempting to shoot another man but the bullet shot banner in the face instead many the young victim was sitting in the car at the corner of 6th and spruce streets. at last check he was still in critical condition. a frightening situation in wilmington when an underground cable -- from the street and received reports of a transformer fire and power outages too. at 4th and madison. the cable got too hot causing it to rise up and heat the roadway and broke the pavement. and a transformer caught fire knocking out power to homes and businesses but that has since been restored. the transit system, dart, is launching a new app for mobile payments. it goes live in time for the july 4th, weekend after you pay, it will display a digital pass to board the bus. >> all right. time now for down at the shore. you couldn't ask for a better day to spend by the ocean today. that is where we find meteorologist, melissa magee, so lucky picture perfect there today. >> it is gorgeous outside guys, we are down the shore if ocean city and i tell you what as people get ready for the weekend it's a collaborate effort here at ocean city as the beach patrols from south jersey get ready, this weekend the all about making sure you are safe in the water and in the sand and right now they are doing a water simulation, they have got someone out in a rip current and trying to rescue them right now. you see them as you look off to the west. this is what they do each and every day, keeping you safe and prepared as you get ready for the 4th of july holiday weekend they have tips to share with you. >> it's a good thing we like about this, the rescue needs to be quick we are out in the water quick. safety is the number one topic this afternoon during the south jersey lifeguard symposium. 15 different beach patrols sharing tools and tips and technology to keep swimmers safe and improve procedures. >> our goal is to make the beaches of south jersey as safe as they can be. people are expected to travel to the shore and water is where everyone wants to go and lifeguards say even on a calm day changes in the win or tide with activate a rip current. that is a big concern the water at one stand could be completeply different a quarter mile down, it's important for the guards to be prepared and know the water and when people come down we have the knowledge to give them to keep them safe. >> no matter what, from you in ocean city, our guarded areas are guarded by two green flags and we ask you to swim in between them. >> lots of families are soaking up the sun and spending time if the sand and building sand castles and tunnels seems harmless but the sand can easily collapse around you. they are asked not to dig a hole up to their knees. they simulate a rescue to work on response times. >> we would aid and try to identify the point of reference where it collapsed and start 10 feet out and work outside in to not collapse the hole further. >> and lifeguards are on a 7 mile stretch of ocean city. as you have fun with the family this weekend down at the shore. >> all right so we are doing this all weekend and they have 150 lifeguards on duty this weekend and rip currents it's a risk today and into tomorrow. so it's always good to swim where the lifeguards are on duty, one tip for you when you are if doubt do not go out. i have meteorologist, adam joseph here he found a whistle. >> violation -- >> why? >> i don't know i just wanted to blow the whistle. >> guys we'll have more on what to do this weekend down at the shore. plus the all important accuweather forecast. when we come right back. and the green flag is your friend swim by the green flag and find the whistle. >> and don't let adam find the whistle. he always wanted to be a lifeguard and now living his dream. new motivation for being organized be get rid of unwanted stuff. and you like pizza at the beach and now you can take it everywhere you go at the shore, bikinis made out of pizza ingredients. i imagine the seagulls would be a problem. meteorologist, an a 15-year-old millville high school student embarked on a trip to help youngsters battling can't. carter spent the last year collecting books for children in the hospital. and today he loaded them up in a van and delivered them to the kids. carter is dealing with autism. big talkers now abc prime time powerhouse shonda rhymes just talked about losing 150 pounds and the world and how it treats her has changed. the mind behind "scandal" and "grey's anatomy" opened up about being thin. as a thinner version of herself people started to pay attention to her and paying compliments, when she was heavier she felt lightning an invisible woman. these days i feel like a chunky spy in a thinner world. she says that strangers tell fat jokes in front of me jokes not meant for me but completely for the woman i used to be 150 pounds ago. she goes on to say the woman i could one day be again. the woman i will also be inside because being thinner doesn't make you a thinner person it just makes you thinner. a lot of people are talking about that today and she is connecting with her fans. >> more hearts and less 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you have to get it fitted for your shape and it is $10,000. if you want one. there is a villa italian pizza in pottstown or philadelphia international airport terminal a. maybe you can put it in a pizza box. >> how do you deal with the pinching if a park. do you sit? >> countless questions -- >> no words. thank you. lets get a check of the roads right now. gina gannon is in the traffic center. >> don't have any answers about that bikini. if you travel out right now we have a lot of big delays out there and slow speeds, here is a look at the big picture and as you see 7 miles per hour on 95, so if you travel northbound from the walt whitman all the way through to allegheny, a slow down as well as the vine street expressway the schuylkill and the blue route and parts of new jersey we are definitely jammed if you head out for rush hour. a live look at montgomery driving this is our westbound delay and a greater delay from what we are used to see,ing 35 minutes from the vine to the blue route a half hour there. and eastbound here at montgomery looks nice. lets look outside into new jersey at the burlington bristol bridge this was scheduled to go up around 4:20 and they are a little behind schedule but should go up in the next couple of minutes, general traffic in and around this general area, the vine street expressway very crowded as well. if you travel out on the eastbound side and westbound you are good to go and a delay traveling into new jersey on the 42 freeway. here southbound it's a slow go. back to you. >> all right gina thank you. we have a look at the all important 4th of july weekend forecast coming up next. stepping outside sky 6 hd look agent city hall some folks enjoying a beautiful afternoon. the fountains got turned off and enjoying a beautiful afternoon. the fountains got turned off and adam joseph fios is not cable. we're a 100% fiber optic network. now with our new fios gigabit connection, you get amazing download speeds up to 940 megs, 20 times 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no it's fine. >> you have any food? >> we have to get some. >> crashed the wrong party and i have a fashion faux pas wearing sneakers in the sand. it's beautiful here at the shore a sea breeze kicking in off the chilly ocean and 70s right now as you look inland it's in the 80s for all places like philadelphia, trenton, allentown and warm inland and turning a little bit on the humid side. as we look at satellite 6 along with action radar warm front to new york state and new england and bringing the heat and humidity and more of a southerly wind our way. tomorrow your friday, 91 in allentown un92 in reading and philadelphia 92 degrees sunny hot and on the muggy side and at the shore you see that sea breeze in effect with temperatures in the upper 70s are. pretty refreshing down here. down at the shore if you head here for the holiday weekend. saturday 79 degrees and a thunderstorm saturday hold off until the latter part of the day. mainly at night down at the shore in the sand, 84 degrees and monday it is a great beach day. 83 degrees. the ocean temperature 65 and the only thing you watch like melissa was chatting with down at the shore. if you head to the poconos saturday humid with thunderstorms around and late in the morning hours going into the afternoon 79 and on sunday sunny and less humid 80 degrees and monday sun and clouds 78. nice in the poconos after we get through the storms on saturday. the 4th of july that is what everyone wants to know. looking good. temperatures near 90 degrees with moderate humidity and partly sunny skies for the most part the entire day and most areas stay dry and a spotty thunderstorm, keep all of those outdoor plans for the fourth. as we look at the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast hot and humid and 92 tomorrow. any storm tomorrow is isolated in the lehigh valley and the poconos and storms from the north at 90 on saturday. and sunday hot and not as humid and 91 and the heat sticks ash but not too humid on monday 92 degrees and out of the 90s on tuesday with an ice light the storm with typical weather and thursday sun and clouds, with your temperature coming in at 85 degrees. all right i'm kind of roaming from one place to the next and trying to find where meteorologist, melissa magee, may or may not be. >> where he she? i don't see her. >> she is in the water. >> what is your name? >> joan. nice to meet you joan. >> are we crashing another party. this is sweet jenny she is 6 we are making sand castles and the whole disney theme going on here. i love your bathing suit. let me see you make it. >> i made that one. >> can we tip it over. >> look at this it's a masterpiece and pat it down. it's a tedious process. there it is high five! next half hour we'll have some treats. i have a treat for you. see you guys. we have a great holiday weekend perfect dasure is.game huh? i don't know about you gus, but i think a foul ball's coming our way. i'm ready! 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(giggles) (crowd cheers) keep on scratchin'! summer is a great time to get organized. nydia han has great ideas to get rid of the stuff you don't need and help others at the same time. this is great incentive to get all of that excess stuff out of the house and into the hands of someone that could use it. our thanks for the terrific ideas. >> first, if you think to get rid of just about anything. check out free cycle.org. >> connects people that want to get rid of stuff to people that want to get stuff for free. the lions club sorts and separates and repurposes eyeglasses for the needy and instruments for the clouds brings instruments throughout the country if you have an old tennis racket go to play it again sports. it operates consignment storeses across the country and donate books to your free library across the country this is off of south street. >> they are bird house size libraries where people can pick up books for free. >> and you can donate for books for soldiers that gives free books to active military members and if your baby grew out of a diaper size, there is the national diaper site. and earthone.com. >> a big data base and gathering of where to take what. used car batteries and old oil for your lawn mower. in fact it has put together a guide from a to z where to take everything from apple cores to cups. go to 6abc.com for a link. i'm nydia han, channel 6 "action news." >> and that will do it for "action news" delaware valley's leading news program with jaime apody, rick williams and monica malpass. philadelphia's district attorney headed to prison. that after the city's top prosecutor agreed to plea guilty to one of the dozens of corruption charges he is facing. the democrat is behind bars and city officials are working out what happens next. brian taff joins us tonight and the big story is seth williams sudden guilty plea. vernon odom is covering the trial from the very beginning he is live now with how it all played out in the courtroom today. >> reporter: it was dramatic and sudden late last night seth williams and his lawyers concluded it was time to throw in the towel. the soon to be former district attorney signed the deal this morning and now as age 50 he faces up to five years in jail and having to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines and restorations when he gets out. the deal has been on the table since before his trial began. williams pleaded guilty to one corruption charge and resigned from office and 28 other countses were dismissed but seth williams had to confess to all theal gages that the prosecutors laid out. from accepting airline tickets to using city owned vehicles on his personal time. his resignation was immediate. >> mr. williams asked me to express to you the public his sincerest apologies to the voters and people of philadelphia and the hard working people of the district attorneys office. >> judge paul diamond declared him a flight risk and ordered federal deputies to handcuff him and hold him in prison until sentencing date until october 24th. >> it was very clear that mr. williams was accepting benefits in exchange for his official conduct. here is reaction from a juror

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