Live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 10 00. Delaware Police Detective on the wrong side of the law tonight charged with arson and conspiracy. Police say it all started when the wilmington detectives car was set on fire. Good evening, im iain page. Im lucy noland. Investigators now say he set the wheels in motion. Wilmington mayor calls it deeply troubling. Fox 29s Chris Oconnell is live at the Wilmington Police department. Chris . Reporter lucy, eight Year Police Veteran is out on bail and off the job tonight here from the Wilmington Police department charged with trying to higher someone to set his own car on fire. Wilmington police say it was tuesday night when detective omar reddick called his own Police Department to report an arson. Someone had torched his car with gasoline in the parking lot of liquor store on the 3100 block of lancaster avenue. At the time police thought detective reddick was being targeted during ongoing gang investigation. But when a suspect was identified, he told police it was reddick who solicited him to commit the arson to the car. After gathering more evidence including Surveillance Video from the liquor store, reddick was arrested by Wilmington Police without incident at his middletown home. Among the charges, Second Degree arson, conspiracy and criminal solicitation. You got to stop and think we supposed to trust yall. Reporter wilmington residents are disappointed that a person they trust to up hold the law is accused of breaking it. Also, putting firefighters safety at risk. Naturally im disappointed number one because very much. As a Public Service officer were to protect and serve. Reporter we called reddick at home for comment but whoever answered hung up n a statement wilmingtons mayor says hes troubled and saddened by the arrest. Just because theres one bad apple doesnt mean the whole entire bunch is bad because ive seen wilmington Wilmington Police do some of the greatest things. Reporter now detective reddick was released on a 17,000 bond. He was also placed on administrative leave pending a probation hearing with the department. So far no motive on this, lucy . All right. Thank you, chris. In philadelphia, police are on the hunt for the man behind a series of Violent Crimes in juniata. Investigators think this man might have also sexually assaulted four women killing one of them on july 12th. Cops say he snuck up behind a 24yearold woman walking along the 3800 block of jasper street and choked her until she fell unconscious. Investigators say he then sexually assaulted her. They say he matches the description of the person behind three other attacks in the area. We cant tell you absolutely that all the jobs are connected. Mo is is the same. Same general area. Its the same basic physical description. Hes operating 10 speed bicycle. Authorities say the attacks date back to april and in some of the cases he was armed with 95. Two people rushed to the hospital today after an elevator accident at philadelphias criminal justice center. Investigators say an elevator smashed through the concrete ceiling the entire building had to be evacuated. Still be closed tomorrow. Fox 29s Sabina Kuriakose explains. Hit really really hard. Reporter Juanita Johnson was standing next to the Court Employees elevator at the cjc when she heard that immense sound. Court officers yanke yanked opee elevator doors. They pulled the elevators door and nothing in it. The cord, the elevator cord you couldnt see anything else. Reporter just before 10 30 thursday morning firefighter Officials Say a sheriffs deputy was inside the elevator when it crashed on the concrete ceiling of the elevator shaft falling debris falling 15 floors on to another elevator car in the basement. This woman was inside that car. Fell down on top of the elevator exploded. Reporter shes okay taken by stretcher into an ambulance for minor injuries. The sheriff deputy identified as fief yearyearold Sergeant Paul owens suffered critical head and neck injuries according to the fire department. Officials say a fail safe mechanism kicked in to prevent the deputes top floor elevator from crashing down to the car below. The height of the building the entire, of course not it didnt do that. Theyre fail safe elevator systems to prevent an elevator from doing that. I thought it was honestly an attack on philadelphia. Reporter people say there was confusion as people felt the building rattle then the fire alarm went off. You can feel the courtroom shake. You can feel the courtroom inside that . It was like you heard the noise. And then everything just started to rattle and fire alarm went off. We didnt know what happened and then they evacuated ever of everybody from every courtroom. Goodbye the time we got down the stairs to the first floor thats when they said somebody was in the elevator. Reporter her desk on the basement level of the cjc worker Eileen Kaplan sits right next to the elevator entrance. She says the noise of the elevator malfunction penetrating when it happened. She feels lucky more people were not hurt. Just a miracle. Vyke been in the elevator. It could have happened to me. You never know. Its a matter of timing. It was very scary. Sabina reports the cjc will be closed again tomorrow. They have not explained how the accident happened and their investigation continues. On your radar, a great end to the week. Its been gorgeous. But kathy is tracking storms heading our way just in time for the weekend. Kathy . But not the whole weekend. Thats the good news. Okay. We can handle this one. You can look at the radar right now. Ultimate doppler the last three hours not a cloud in the sky. Thats just the way its going to stay. Temperatures very comfortable as you look at the numbers. 73 in pottstown. In philadelphia 74. Some good sleeping weather through millville, Atlantic City, even in cape may. As you head north towards wrightstown temperatures in the 60s and tonight. Down the shore we had sea breeze ocean water temperatures in the 70s so thats where were hanging on right now. Overnight, 68 in the city. 61 in the suburbs. Mainly clear and comfortable. Coming well talk about the heat coming back to the delaware valley. Its not going to last long but it will make a return. There is a Severe Threat this week and. Of course well take look at the better, drier half of the weekend if you have plans. Ill see you laterred in broadcast. All right, kathy, thanks. Judge set a retrial date for monsignor william lynn two days after his release from prison this is video from an earlier appearance. Prosecutors will retry lynn on may first. He tried to cover up pre sex abuse. The 65yearold endangered boy by transferring a suspected predator priest to his parish. Lynn is the first u. S. Roman Catholic Church official ever convicted helping to shield child molesters. And maintains his innocence. Developing to night taking steps to protect people from the zika virus days after learning mosquitoes are carrying the virus in florida officials in Delaware County made a move to try to protect their residents and weve learned county officials have secured funding to do just that. Fox 29s dave kinchen life in media with the details. Dave . Reporter lucy, Health Officials here in Delaware County say they do not have any cases of zika here but they are working in the name of prevention. Al johnson of springfield, Delaware County, plays ball with his niece thinking about the zika virus reports hes seen on the news. He knows its spread by mosquitoes. My niece be out here playing all the time, you know, they got a lot of mosquitoes out here. Reporter we told him about the Delaware County council approving a near 47,000 Grant Application to boost its Mosquito Control efforts which will now test for zika along with west nile. I just hope they spray and keep it away, you know, thats the problem over there the olympics right now. They worried about that catching them and bringing it back, too. So hopefully, you know, they find a way to stop it. Reporter laura devlin directs the Inter CommunityHealth Office of Delaware County. The grant will pay for traps like this one used to secure, test and treat mosquitoes to watch for those carrying zika. It would allow for additional equipment and personnel to do that job. Reporter Penn State Extension technicians using trucks like this one to spray suspected areas. The technicians from penn state go out and test water, storm sewers, retention base since and thats what theyre looking for mosquitoes. Reporter this comes days after the cdc pregnant women and their partners not to travel to my am me. Experts say there are more than 1600 confirmed zika cases in the us with 61 in pa. And they have a warning to those traveling to the caribbean or latin mercury johns any time soon. If theyre traveling you want to make sure if youre of, you know, plan on getting pregnant or pregnant receiver to your doctor to make sure youre doing everything you can to prevent the spread of zika. Reporter Health Experts here in Delaware County tell us education is the best defense and they encourage research all you can about zika. Iain . Good advice, dave. Thank you. Food to Service Workers from Citizens Bank park band together for recall toll night. We are the union, the mighty mitty union a couple of hundred workers demanding their employer aramark pay better wages. They also want year round employment and want the company to move employees to other sports complexes during the phillies off season. Union leaders from unite here also claim its harder for africanamericans to get higherpaying jobs at aramark. In statement aramark tells fox 29 in part as an employer of more than a quarter Million People aramark operates everywhere with the highest regard for all of our employees. That includes maintaining full compliance with labor agreements. Aramark is proud of our commitment to diversity and inclusion. President obama headed to the pentagon tonight for update on the fight against isis. The president says we are making progress in iraq and in syria because isis is not regained any territory it has lost. The terror threats are losing ground, president obama says islamic terrorism can still be a threat to the us. He says isis can inspire attacks that are harder to detect and prevent. The president says u. S. Nodes to disrupt Terror Networks and incept the messages online that inspire troubled individuals. Isil leaders are safe and well keep going after them. On the ground in iraq, local forces keep pushing isil back. In major success iraqi forces with Coalition Support finally liberated fallujah. The president also denied claims that the 400 million in cash air liv lived to iran in january was a ransom payment to free four detain americans. It just happened he says thats the same time. A couple of guys burst into this home looking for cash. They throw one of the men inside to the ground. Whats worse, who people say they were targeting in this bold crime. All out brawl creates chaos inside this wawa. Tonight, two are under arrest. What cops now say set them off. Saving the site of people had dont realize theyre slowly going blind. What local doctors are doing that will soon be used around the country and bruce . Reporter from the guy whos brought you dumpster pool, how about chevy s10 pickup truck pool. What do you say fellas, is this happy hour are a what. Its happy hour. Coming up straight ahead. Talk about a traffic jam. What was creeping along the side of this highway next to a police car that had traffic backed up for miles. Whenthe state made aers, commitment to us. I knew that i wasnt going to make a fortune. But i would have a secure pension plan when i retired. Each and every one of us made that contribution from every paycheck we ever earned. Theyve been negligent in their responsibility over the years of not funding this pension the way it should have been funded. They have made a promise, theyve made a commitment, and they need to stick to it. One big mob take down. Fbi agents arrested reputed philadelphia mob boss in florida today. Federal prosecutors charged joey merlino and nearly four dozen other suspected mobsters in new york city with crimes that read like a hollywood script. The indictment goes on and on charges like racketeering, gambling, loan sharking, arson and firearms offenses as well as Health Care Fraud dating back to 2011. Thats when merlino first got out of prison on federal racketeering conviction. Unfortunately, i think he got right back into the world he came out of and thats why hes jammed up again. The trial is likely more than a year away. But if convicted it would be his third federal conviction. Six arrests in major drug bust in philadelphia. So big authorities are calling it one of the biggest cocaine seizures ever in our area. We are talking more than a quarter ton of coke worth million and millions of dollars. It started with a traffic stop in the city earlier this week. Fox 29s karen hepp explains. These are the actual kilos of cocaine. Reporter one of the largest hauls they have ever seized in our area. 238 kilos thats 23 million bucks worth. Monday the case broke when investigators say they stopped a car here at east lehigh and trenton in philly and found 40 kilos of cocaine hidden in traps. Investigators gave us an exclusive look at the actual hidden compartment under the back seat where they say they found all those drugs. At this warehouse on cambria street, they say they found another 192 kilos from puerto rico and the Dominican Republic along with 77,000 in cash. A money counter and a heat sealer commonly used by drug traffickers. We will cut your umbilical cord off and take your proceeds, we will take your load and we will arrest you whether youre a street level dealer or whether youre hierarchy. These six suspects were arrested. Two are from our area. John, of philadelphia and argie yous of allentown. Investigators say theyre part of a trance National Criminal organization bringing columbian cocaine to this country through the islands. Joint federal state and local task force just created a few months ago to protect philadelphias courts and borders helped to get all these drugs off the streets. We welcome new cars. We welcome Fresh Produce into the philadelphia area, but if i was tempt to bring pure cocaine into the area from overseas, you have a task force here that stands ready to stop that activity. Karen tells us this is still an open investigation. Authorities suspect there may be more arrests. Philadelphia Police Arrested to people started a cry yacht inside a tacony was what because all because they tried to buy cigars. The melee was caught on cell phone video and now viewed more than Million Dollar million tim. Prosecutors charged barbara and Jonathan Rodriguez with insight ago riot, criminal conspiracy and disorderly conduct. More than 700 in damage was done to to that store. The steve philadelphia is urging people not in swim in dumpsters after pictures like this started raising eyebrows. Its a warning they say shouldnt require an explanati explanation. Yeah. Yeah. So we sent our bruce gordon over to the neighborhood to find out more. Only to learn the guys behind dumpster pool have another ways to beat the heat. Live in ken sink ton. Bruce, what you got . Reporter yeah, lucy, if you thought dumpster pool was unusual, lets face it, it was, wait until you see what was waiting for us when we arrived tonight on the 2400 block of cedar street. Whats better on a warm summer months evening than a cool dip . Whoo reporter back end 1993 chevy s10 pickup truck. Thats where youll find jake long and justin myers during happy hour. Its warm. Toasty. I love it. Im all about the river live this summer. Im just trying to get out and get in the water as much as possible. Whats not to like. Its 90 degrees out, and you can sit on the sidewalk and have a beer at your house. Reporter liner from a childs slip and slide a couple hundred gallons of water and some braces to keep the truck bed from bottoming out. Its not bad. Reporter youve got your set a curb side oasis thats the talk of the neighborhood. Portable pool a great way to meet new neighbors 18 month old presently stopped by with his dad. He just bought a house down the block. Occasional problems that arises this is a city environment aft all. My pool has been stolen three times and i get it back every time. Its just destined to be here on this block. Reporter the truck has been swiped unget it back every time. Every time. Kensington car share. Jake and justin made headlines last weekend. They ren add dumpster, cleaned it, lined it, and filled it with a city fire hydrant. City hall was not amused. Not with the dumpster idea or with the source of the water. But truck pool is legit. Water comes from a garden hose leading from their own home. Any reason to believe the city will have problem with this setup. I have no idea. I didnt know they were going to have problem witness dumpster so reporter best of all when happy hour is over training the pool is faster than you can say niagara falls. laughter . Reporter well, dumpster pool has temporarily caused jake and