Transcripts For WTXF Fox 29 News At 10 20140829 : comparemel

Transcripts For WTXF Fox 29 News At 10 20140829

Blue through a stop sign slammed into a tractor trailer. It happened right around 7 30 at levick and farnsworth streets. Now lets take a look at what was right after the impact. That force you can see knocking the tractor trailer into a house. Police say nobody was home when it hammed. Medics did take both drivers to the hospital with minor injuri injuries. Our other big story night robbery turns violent. Gunshots fired in a packed Grocery Store parking lot. The crooks got away with 70,000 bucks. People all around as those shots erupt and the only person hurt is the man they rob. Our Sabina Kuriakose is live at the scene in northeast philadelphia tonight. Sabina . Reporter guys, police say the thieves lay in wait for their victims were he pulled into a parking spot they ambushed him in front of dozens of shoppers. Cops outside. Tape, i mean you come to a supermarket you come to buy groceries and then you see Something Like this. Little surprising. Reporter shaken shoppers taking the scene in this northeast pathmark parking lot. Shattered glass and handgun lay on the ground after Police Say Two masked man shot and robbed a local businessman at the height of the evening rush. These two perpetrators waited in this parking lot for a long period of time maybe an hour or longer for this victim to drive into the parking lot g chef checked scott small says the 37 year old victim was targeted by thieves in this white dodge mini van seen here on surveillance. He was about to deposit a bank full of 70 grand in cash collected from his businesses to Citizens Bank inside pathmark just after 6 00 oclock. Thats when the robbers boxed him into this parking spot. He locked him sit in his mini van. The two men busted through the windows and shot the victim once in the arm before stealing the cash and taking off. Broad daylight. Witnesses everywhere. Cameras. For something to do Something Like that they cant be thinking past the moment. This is supposed to be like great neighbor. Ive never seen anything or heard anything like that. Reporter victim is in stable condition. He was armed. Thats the gun you see on the ground but didnt fire at the suspects. I was supposed to come here first before i picked up my daughter from school. Thank god i didnt. Reporter rodriguez says the shooting happened a few minutes before she arrived. Some holder her daughter close sr. And wondering how an every day task could turn so violent. I shop here all the time. I never heard or seen anything luke this before much its shocking. Reporter the victim is expected to be okay. Meantime police say the van the suspects were driving it had custom rims an roof rack. Theyre going through Surveillance Video trying to catch these guys and also interviewing eyewitnesses who were all here when everything happened. Iain, back to you. Sabina, thank you happening now Israeli Police say they have found the body of the new jersey student who disappeared last week. 23 year old aaron sofer was student at a jewish seminary in israel. He went missing while on hike in the mountains with friend his parents are in israel rile their community is mourning the loss tonight. Fox 29s chris oh connell joins us live from lakewood tonight with the latest. Chris . Reporter certainly a sadder ending to this story, iain. 23 year old aaron sofer will be laid to rest tomorrow morning in israel much his parents are there as they identified the body. His funeral coming about 24 hours after his body was found about a mile from where he was last seen. Tonight, this Lakewood Community his hometown is in mourning. Deep sadness in the close knit Ultra Orthodox Jewish town of lakewood. The community is in mourning as word spread that the body of 23 year old aaron sofer was found about a mile from where he went missing in the jerusalem forest. Back home, local officials spent the day consoling family members including sofers nine siblings. There was some comfort in knowing that aaron did not meet a violent death that was perpetrated by kidnapping or terrorism. Israeli search crews scowered the area for any science of sofer who went missing while hiking with a friend last frid friday. He was last seen when they became separated near a steep incline. It was feared the student may have been abduction beside hamas for other palestinian militants. But family members including recent in a sofer a Television Act stress sent out this tweet. Thank you for all of your prayers. Aarons body was found today. No foul play, thank god. He had a tragic fall in the mountains. God bless him. Israeli police will still try to find an exact cause of death. According to jewish doctrine, sofers burial and funeral will happen in israel. We understand a broadcast feed of that funeral is being broadcast back to sofers synagogue here in lakewood tomorrow morning. Lucy . All right. Thatching chris. New Surveillance Video shows robbers pretending to be cops in philadelphias fishtown. This happened yesterday at the kawa trading company. Police say the men were Wearing Police caps and one displayed something that look like a badge. They say the men then threatened a couple of employees with guns and stole two bags of cash worth about 100,000. No body was hurt. Your Weather Authority is tracking dangerous rip currents right now. Our cameras captured rescue crews racing into the water early tonight in the ocean in ocean city. Lookisms somebody was in troub trouble. That was false harm. You know what, these rip currents are not over here at the Weather Authority. How long will all of this last . Right now we continue to monitor hurricane cristobal. Still category one storm with maximum sustained winds at 80 Miles Per Hour churning up the waters of the atlantic. It looks like lucy that the rip current risk will start to diminish as we move into early friday but right now you can see its racing on off to the east northeast at about 36 Miles Per Hour and we still have some of those impressive wave heights anywhere from four to five footers offshore. But once again it will start to diminish as we move into early fry today. But we have Team Coverage tonight with Lauren Johnson. She was in ocean county today assessing the rip current risk and even witnessed some rescues. Reporter labor day weeken weekend. Its been pretty busy is almost here. A lot of people. Families are come down the shore. The waves have been really coming in intensely. Reporter some spending big bucks along the boardwalk. I think it will be big weekend. Were getting prepared. Reporter while others opt for the ocean. Its fun, but a little scary. Reporter scary because of hurricane cristobal still churning in the ocean. When the storm start kicking in it gets worse. Reporter forecast along the injuries seashore big waves. Strong rip currents. Left lifeguards like ryan mclane busy on thursday. Actually we probably had about 30, 30 rescues today. Report roar one call coming in we have like whats called a Rapid Response team. Reporter our cameras were rolling. Lifeguard doctors a great job. Reporter angry waves. The water was pretty rough out there. Reporter created the perfect condition. All this water is rushing. Reporter for strong rip currents. All this water on the outside has to get back out to sea. So it will rip one way and then out. Reporter lifeguards say they cant do it alone. Biggest help for us when parents are watching their children. Reporter and kids do their part. She just told me be careful. Dont go in the water when the lifeguards are off duty. Reporter beach patrol says dont be fearful, just alert. Make sure you swim in front of the lifeguard stand. Reporter more rules mean less trouble this holiday weekend. Were not trying to be nasty. If were keeping you in, were just trying to keep everything safe. So they can come back another day. Reporter beach patrol tells us lifeguards will be on duty the a eight, nine, and 12th streets every day until 8 00 p. M. Through the holiday weekend. Reporting in ocean city, Lauren Johnson fox 29 news. President obama is flatly ruling out any u. S. Military action in ukraine. President obama says russia is responsible for whats happening right now in ukraine. Fighting continues between Government Forces and pro russia rebels. The rebels have been major offensive to take astute tick town in the south of that country. That town is reporterly under their control. The violence is encouraged by russia. The separatists are strand by russia. They are armed by russia. They are funded by russia. Next month president obama says hell meet with ukraines president at the white house. The president making it clear that his priority is isis in iraq. Today iraqs military release ago video showing Government Forces fighting isis militants. The army claims the footage was video taped earlier in the day in the fallujah area. Iraqi military commander says troops killed more than 30 terrorists. Comedian joan rivers is in New York Hospital tonight after going into cardiac arrest. Foxs Antoine Lewis has the latest on her condition. She just a tremendous lady and weve had the pleasure of having her in our lives for decades. Reporter faith copeland one of joan rivers fans sending well wishes. She was under going a medical procedure when around 9 30 the clinic called and in 11 reporting that rivers had stopped breathing. Cpr was performed before emergency workers got on scene. This construction worker saw the ambulance arrive. I see a couple investigators down there with an examiner here you know what i mean. Im hoping its good news. But who notice. Reporter paramedic rushed joan rivers to mount sinai hospital placing her in ica. Melissa rivers is traveling from l aft to be with her mother. Shes become a household name. Shes been one for decades and shows like Fashion Police on the e travel and joan and melissa and wiitv kept are in in the public eye. Todays news stun those who admire her. God bless. Hope everybody gets better were her. People just like us. We have accidents. We get sick. Its sad. You can stay with fox 29 news of course well have any updates on rivers condition as they become available. Police have just released video of two vehicles of interest involved in a recent hitandrun in gloucester township. The victim is in the hospital tonight still one is a light jeep cherokee. The other a light four door vehicle. Police are saying that they were both in the area when a driver hit kevin trant and kept going on sunday night. He was walking across the street near the intersection of sicklerville and jarvis roads at the time of the accident. He has a broken pelvis, broken shoulder and a punctured lung. His mother tells us he had another surgery today. The good news tonight hes been moved from intensive care to a trauma step down unit. It is not the same old made in america festival this Labor Day Weekend. New year mean new steps happening to mick sure you have a great time an safe time this time. The most important thing to remember, you cannot bring your own drinks this year not even water. If you want water, bring an empty bottle or container and you can fill up various water stations you can buy other drinks at concession stands. Organizers are ramping up security with dozens of police, fbi and Homeland Security agents spread through the area to make sure everybody enjoys the event. If you would like to check out the lineup of performers at the festival just go to our website myfoxphilly. Com and click on the scene on tv under the news tab. Drivers doing a double take on one pennsylvania road. Guessing you would too, if you saw this billboard. God loves sex. Why one church says its sending the message. And the new school year brings a new policy for middle schoolers in one district. Random drug testing. For us to say we dont have problem, we would be lying. Where Officials Say its necessary and who they say theyll target. Plus wooden pallets and window frames, tables, Lawn Equipment and other machinery covered in tall grass and weeds. Neighbors say this yard is just covered with junk while the home own are in tells us he needs all of it and everybody is going crazy over this thing. I guess they want to see whether or not its my real hair. Surrounded by miss usa and Miss Universe donald trump takes the ice bucket challenge. See what h h new details in a wild abduction that ended with three men tossed into the schuylkill river. Investigators swarmed a home in southwest philadelphia today. Theyre looking for clues that could lead to the people who did it. Police say someone abducted the men stabbed them, bound them together, then dumped them into the river early yesterday morning. Two of the men died. Fox 29s Dave Schratwieser now with where police stand in the investigation. Look at it. Reporter call it the compound of big house surrounded by surveillance cameras on south 72nd street in southwest. Theres money tee cars, trucks and assorted items. Thursday it was the focus of crime scene investigators and detectives who are looking for clues to a agree some gang related double murder. We are making i believe really Good Progress in identifying the individuals responsible for this brutal murder. I am surprised because, you know, they seemed like they were nice people to me. Just that the house were dirty. Reporter neighbors who didnt want their names used kept a close eye on homicide detectives and evidence teams as they swept through the yard and garages here along with a trailer across the street. They believe this could be where two asian brothers were duct taped, tortured and killed in a hundred thousand alleged drug deal gone bad. A third victim suffered multiple stab wounds. Thats just savage. Thats crazy. Reporter investigators recovered two buckets of roof settlement similar to those used to anchor down the two bodies dumped in the schuylkill. The two still unidentified brothers had their throats slit, the barbaric discovery set off a manhunt for five killers an work truck used in the slayings. They were beaten many their hands and feet were tied together. They were stabbed repeateedly ad two of the cases their throats were slit. Reporter gone from the house were luxury cars scene coming and going by neighbors. Some have new york. Police believe this could be tied to one or more local asian gangs. The suspects are still on the run. It is asian gangs involved with this. We have organized crime unit working with us. We have the dea working with us. These are very dangerous people war dealing with. Reporter Dave Schratwieser, fox 29 news. The pennsylvania spca rescues 118 animals from a shed in northampton county. Animal control officers got a call last night about the animals on daniels road and nazareth. They found birds, cats, dogs and chickens living in the filthy shed. The Investigation Continues tonight and charges are pending for the own are in of the shed. Meanwhile the nfl is toughened up its poll so on domestic violence. Commissioner Roger Goodell sent a letter today announces there will be a six game suspension for a first offense and lifetime ban for a second offense. Goodell quote didnt get it right when he gave Baltimore Ravens running back ray rice a two game suspension for allegedly hitting a woman who is now his wife. Fox 29 working to get results in a debris dispute in Glenside Cheltenham township. The backyard this time on lime kiln pike is piled with all matter of junk or is this Research Equipment . As fox 29s bruce gore didnt reports, that question has had neighbors squabble link for years. I dont understand any of it. Reporter ma row ya, says the property next to her elder mothers home has a been problem for years. She lives two doors down. Its just raully an eye sore, a junk yard, a hazard. Its not pleasant to live next to. Reporter piled in the backyard of roberts home or lavender plants and wooden pallets, window frames, tables, law equipment and other machinery most of it cloaked in tall grass and weeds. I neff enjoy my house. Her mom has had to build a fence to block the view out back and a wall to block the view of the tools and other did brie piled on dee marias front porch. She says their repeated complaints to cheltenham township officials have gotten them nowhere. Making her mother a virtual prisoner in her own home. You should be able to and joy your property without having to look at all of this excess. My name is bruce gordon i work at fox 29. We caught up with mr. De maria and asked about his backyard. He says hes got a farming and Research Project underway. Growing lavender and oyster mushrooms to produce ethanol fuel. He insists his roughed equipment is not junk. Beauty in the eye of the beholder. As researcher these things are very beautiful to me. Reporter he says hes in the process of moving some of the gear to friends farm near skippack. But he bristled at our suggestion that his farm was considered an eye sore by neighbors. Are you a farmer . Im not. How would you know a farm if you tripped over it. Ive seen thousands of them. They dont look like your backyard. Okay. Reporter and he would not commit to a timetable to clear out the yard. Im not going to tell you in two week its not going to be here. Its going no not be here when i can get it up to the farm. Reporter tell chen ham township may have something to say about this. The township manager disputes dee marias claim he can under zoning rules farm on his property. And haber says the township will take dee maria to court over the weeds and the debris in that backyard. Well keep you posted on this one. In t

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