Transcripts For WTXF Fox 29 News At 10 20140925 : comparemel

Transcripts For WTXF Fox 29 News At 10 20140925

Storm moving in right now. Just look at the mess the same system already dumped in florida. Cars up that their windshields in water. Live radar showing some parts of our area already started to get hit. Good evening and thanks for joining us. Im iain page. Lime sues noland. Lets get right to chief meteorologist Scott Williams. Where is the rain right now, scott. Good evening. Right now the rain is moving into south jersey as well as delaware as we watch this coastal storm moving in overnight to impact your thursday morning commute. As we focus in on ultimate doppler, you can see that rainfall albeit light right now moving into wildwood, cape may, rehoboth beach, dover, all the way into new castle county. So its approaching the i95 corridor as we speak, and it will continue to move northward during the overnight. So now through midnight were logging at it in south jersey sections of delaware, but moving north and west after midnight and overtaking the entire area with rain. In addition to that, we have a minor tidal flooding concern down the the shore. You can see the counties highlighted here in green. Thursday morning, from 8 00 a. M. Until noon, the high tide tomorrow morning begins at 9 00 a. M. So the bottom line for your thursday morning commute, were looking at rain and wind. Temperatures will be in the low 60s. Grip that Steering Wheel because its going to be windy. Were talking about whipped gusts as well as heavy rain tomorrow morning. One to twenty fours of rain locally higher amounts. Once again that flood threat down the shore and also those winds inland gusting over 25 Miles Per Hour gusting close to 35 to 45 Miles Per Hour down the shore. Coming up well have the specific break down of the expected totals as well as timing out those strongest winds. Iain and lucy. Scott, thank you. Now to a story you will see only on fox. A dramatic scene at a septa station. Good samaritans rushing in to help a passenger. The episode was all caught on camera and septa police says it shows what philadelphians are made of tonight we see just what these Good Samaritans today. Fox 29s Jennifer Joyce is live in sent city tonight. Jennifer. Reporter iain this video is really exciting. You get a rush as youre watching these passengers chase after an accused criminal and tonight police want to know if you recognize the man in this video. It was a gutsy pursuit during the evening rush. He runs off the train she chases after him, sprints down the steps and take as spill. Her fellow passengers pick up the job for her hot on their trail. This is good story. This is good people came to the rescue of another passenger that was in peril. Reporter septa police chief says the man in his 30s with a bluish cast on his left wrist stole the victims cell phone while she was riding on the fran market frankford el yesterday at sick p. M. He hopped off at burke street. It ignite add group chase. Theyre chasing after this guy much thats great stuff. Thats philadelphia. The best part, this crew caught up to him. They trapped him in the turn style before he could exit. Somebody reached in and grabbed the phone back then let him get out. The man got away. No one called 911. Chief says he respects the groups kind hearted effort but says its dangerous work. She slipped and fell. She could have been seriously injured. And always concerns me. Reporter septa police are now trying to the victim and learn more about the crime. They want this man in custody. This person is going to keep on doing that kind of crime unless we arrest him. We have great video. If you commit a crime on septa youll get caught because well have your pick which are and mom will see you on the 10 00 oclock news. Reporter so if you recognize the man in that video, call septa police. If you happen to be the victim in this case, police want to hear from you also. Lucy. That is a great story. Thatching jennifer. Then theres this. In Philadelphia Point breeze neighbor one person is dead after a shooting on the 500 block of west watkins street. Police say the 19 year old victim was shot in the head. It happened right around 5 00 p. M. Police believe two men fired at least 26 shots in the street. So far no arrests. Cops catch up with man wanted for a shooting that left a man paralyzed. Police say 23 year old allen stokes is in custody. They found him today on the 100 block of abbotsford road in hunt park. Shot 49 your old edward lynn i started when lynn accidentally bumped into stokes outside a west philly deli. Stokes is facing attempted murder charges. Social media helped catch them ton night social media is shedding more light on one of three now charged in a viral leapt attack on gay couple in center city. All three turned themselves in today and what one of them apparently tweeted is now generating a lot of chatter. Fox 29s Sabina Kuriakose live at central detectives. Sabina. Reporter lucy all three suspects remain who are at central detectives awaiting to be are a raped and as you mentioned tonight were learning much more about one of them, the daughter of a local police chief. 24 year old Philip Williams walks into central detectives with his attorney wednesday one of three people turning themselves in on arrest warrants issued in the vicious beating of a gay couple in center city two weeks ago. 24 year old catherine knot and 26 year old Kevin Harrigan were also charged the case generating national attention. He was not involved in the altercation until one of the purported victims in this case struck one of the young girls in the face. She would not hurt anybody period regardless of their orientation. Reporter attorneys for two suspects assert the beating was a mutual fistfight that escalated. Something the couples friends dispute. Leaving somebody practically dead on the sidewalk is not a mutual dispute. Surveillance and footage and line and helpeddism d the suss specs after the arrest allegations knot the daughter of the Chalfont Borough Police chief posted homophobic slurs on her twitter feed. Hes going to rip today for my hair, just wait. She uses a homophobic slur on a hash tag. Pictures appear to show xrays and medical images posted by knot a lansdale hospital emergency room technician. In a statement Abington Health says knot has been suspend after her arrest and theyre investigating her twitter account for possible violations of parent privacy. The trio of suspects still being processed here at central detectives waiting to be arraigned and possibly have bail set. Lucy, iain, back to you. Thank you very much, sabina. Three schools on lock down as bullets fly in north philadelphia. Tonight one man is dead and another is in the hospital after a gun fight just outside the pan american cad mow Charter School right around 1 00 this afterno afternoon. That is just before students were getting out of school and police say it happened right next to the schoolbuses. No students are injured and Police Believe the 22 year old man in the hospital is the one who started shoo shooting first. An innocent bystander is injured and no word yet on that persons condition. Happening now, Police Released new photos in their search for suspected cop killer eric frein. These are photos of his 2001 Jeep Cherokee in the mud after it was pulled out. Police are asking anyone who saw his jeep before monday septemb september 15th especially in the areas of Blooming Grove station much the Delaware State Forest and white deer recreational areas to give them call. Police are narrowing down the area where they believe hes hiding to the pike and Monroe County border in northeastern pennsylvania much the last sighting of him was about 24 hours ago. Police say frein has been seen wearing black clothing and hes leaving things throughout the wooded areas where hes hiding including used diapers. We continue to find evidence of freins presence and found several items hes abandoned or hid didnt for possible future use. Some of those items include serbian cigarettes and soiled diapers that we have found in the area among many other thin things. We have had sighting by Law Enforcement officers as well at a significant distance. Frein has been on the run for 12 days now. Police are also asking for anyone who has seen these serbian cigarettes around or know of think bunkers hes used in the past to give them call. Frein is accused of ambushing two say the state troopers outside their barracks in Blooming Grove killing one and critically injuring the other. Officials believe he may have been planning the attack for months or even years. Pennsylvania state senators have overwhelmingly passed legislation to legalize several forms of medical marijuana. Now, unthe proposals state residents would need an access card from the Health Department after proving they have a qualifying medical condition. The patients cannot smoke. Instead theyd have to get it through oils and edible products or luids made with it. The bill now heads to the state house of representatives. As of october 1st smokers in philadelphia will have to shell out 2 a pack more. Today governor tom corbett signed that tax bill into law. The money it generates will help philadelphias cash strapped Public Schools and district Officials Say that it add up to about 83 million a year. The governor says he signed the bill because of concerns for students. It has happened again. A pregnant woman shot and killed in a barrage of gunfire. Erupted early this morning at 20th and nedro avenue in ogontz. 25 year old Jasmine Williams and 26 year old boyfriend were sitting in a car when a gunman opened fire. Williams and her unborn baby died. Her boyfriend is hospitalized in critical condition. The gunman is on the run. And neighbors say they are sick and tired of the violence. I feel horrible. Its horrible. What is the city coming to . Like, we just had a child killed two days ago. This is the second time in two weeks gunfire killed a pregnant woman and her unborn baby. 25 year old meghan doto lost her life when a stray bullet struck her while she sat in front of her home. The suspect in that shooting is devon. Police are still searching for him. Isis affiliate be heads other hostage this time a french hostage was decapitated by stream mists in algeria. The terrorists said they would kill voyeur odd man unless france stopped air strikes in iraq. The group said it was answering a call by Islamic State leaders to tack americans and europeans. That marks the fourth beheading a westerner in five weeks. Those acts spurred the u. S. To launch air strikes on isis in iraq and now syria with the help of an arab coalition. The president obama says the rest of the world needs to step up with more than 140 leaders in attendance president obama addressed the United Nations General Assembly in new york city today. Just two days ago, the us began the military campaign to take out isis strong holds inside syria. The only language understood by killers like this is the language of force. So the United States of america will work with a Broad Coalition to dismantle this network of death. The president also telling the General Assembly quote we come together at a crossroads between war and peace. A terrifying 911 call from two teen girls in panic. Kidnapped for 19 hours driven more than an hour away. How the teens finally called for help. Plus deputees heard baby crying when they pulled this woman over but didnt see a baby in the car until they asked her to open the trunk. Why they say she hid her five month old. And finding a cure for the same cancer highlighted on the Red Band Society right here in philly. How local dogs with the same disease are leading the charge. Plus theyre calling it the latte salute. Why a caffeine pick me up for the president set social media on fire. And it sounds like a joke. Police across the cup tree are actually warning people to stop breaking news in the disappearance of university of virginia student. Police arrest add man suspected in kidnapping hannah graham. Cops say they found 3284 old Jesse Matthew in texas. Investigators believe matthew was the last person with the teen before she vanished. Graham disappeared after going to party on september 12th. Surveillance video shows her with matthew in the middle of that night. Prosecutors are now charged him with abduction with intent to dee file. Police are still trig to find hannah graham. The Garnet Valley middle schoolteacher accused of having sex with a 15 year old makes bail. William barber became a familiar face to many he and his wife started the lemon shot challenge to help their daughter and oth others like her who have cancer. Fox 29 bruce gordon was there as barbers pan posted his bond. Reporter only fox 29 was there when barbers posted bail to secure his release from the Delaware County prison. Your son was accused of what do you say to folks who have donated to the charity . I dont know what to say. His bail conditions prohibit him from making any contact with the alleged victim or any minors including his own children. The veteran health and phy. Ed. Teacher at the Garnet Valley middle school was arrested tuesday charged with having sex with a 15 year old girl. A former student of his. Charging documents say barber and the teen exchanged inappropriate messag messages st him nude photos of herself and that on september 12th, they had sex in a room behind his middle school office. An assembly was held at the school today during which students were advised to report anything that makes them feel uncomfortable. Parents are still shaking their heads over the allegations. Its upsetting. Its disappointin disappointing. Surprising. Reporter state police say barber acknowledged he and the girl were alone in his office that the quote victim began kissing him on the mouth and on the neck. They do not believe barber forced himself on the teen. If we had any idea this was not a consensual act rape would have been charged but it was n not. They founded the lemon shot challenge to raise money and awareness for pediatric cancer research. Their four year old daughter is battling a brain tumor. I would just hope it wouldnt affect the raising of money for that fund, you know, its not the daughter. Its not anybody elses doing that should take away from the fund that is have been raised. He may be involved. Its not a charity for him. Reporter no new accusers have come forward since barbers tuesday arrest. Hes due in court october 2nd for a preliminary hearing. There is no Security Camera footage that puts barber and the teen in his office together. Nor is there dna evidence. If this case goes to trial, it will be his word against hers. In concord township, bruce gordon, fox 29 news. Only on fox 29, a former Philadelphia Municipal Court judge appears in federal court to admit to corruption. Joe waters walked into court with his attorney today. Pleaded guilty to influencing the out come of two cases in Philadelphia Municipal Court by calling on other judges and asking for favors. The 61 year old sentencing is in january. Waters facing a maximum sentence of 40 years in prison and a fine up to five hun doctor thousand dollars. A beloved tortoise in germantown has disappeared. Hans has been a fixture at this historic wick house garden and farm since last spring but he disappeared during a routine romp around the grounds last week since he disappeared those who run the farm say things just arent the same. Fox 29s dawn tim penny explains. He hasnt been with us for that long but hes i guess hes become a little bit of a mascot. Reporter hes missing. Hans haines horse field the desert tortoise rescued from the wissahickon has wandered away from his historic home here at wick farm in germantown. Hes very small. Hes, um, i dont know maybe 8inches long, um, he has kind of orange and black coloring. Reporter if youre anything hes a tortoise how far could he have gotten . This guy is no slow poke. Hes not. He would be you would be surprised. Hes small and he can get around quickly. Report roar this is where hans usually hangs out. Until the weather gets cold. But he also loves to roam around the property. We like to have him get out and have exercise every once in while because it gets boring for him hes so active. Reporter thats when he made his great escape last week. The only trace of hans was a bright yellow sunflower taped to his shell to keep track of him and it fell off. It was in the garden on the farm behind us. So, no, it wasnt found on the sidewalk or kind of special victims unit type of sign report roar his colorful name comes from the first owner of the farm hans which dates back to 1690. The Haines Family who once lived here and the scientist who discover his species, horse field. On the corner of germantown and walnut lane, all kinds of Educational Programming for children and families. And even though hans is only a small part of it, many here are heart broken. Hes very important. Hes important to the kids who come here. Theyve gotten really fired up about him. As soon as they realized hans was on the lamb, everyone started scowering the property. Its an old property so theres spots he could have made the out. Reporter so far theres just no sign of hans. They even filed a Police Report but theres no designation for a missing tortoise so right now hes classified as missing property. His friends here at wick are hoping that someone finds him and brings him home. Da

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