Packaging get swiped right off front stoops but what was inside these boxes something precious. Clothes meant for children in need gone. Just taken and now the Good Samaritan who checked the donations is hoping for a miracle. Good evening, im lucy noland. Im iain page. That woman who collected the donations reach out to us here at fox 29. Lets get out to fox 29s Dave Schratwieser at sixth District Police headquarters witness story. Dave . Reporter iain n Good Samaritan is heart broken because shes worried that some of the kids who were expecting gifts now wont get them. Shes hoping that folks will replace the gifts and the thief gets caught. They were for gifts in our community. Danielle and her friends on social media are in a giving mood this Holiday Season they donated and collected dozens of coats, hats and gloves for kids at the gw child school in south philadelphia. Either kids between eight and 14 dont have enough money to get basic searches like winter coats, scarves, hats, gloves, et cetera. Reporter people have been shipping those items for danielle for weeks now fridays shipment hit a snag right on her front doorstep when some grinch like thief stole several packages from people who donat donated. It was all caught on tape. Everyone kind of loses out except for the person that stole them. All these people are helping you with this project and theyre stuff gets stolen that would have gone to kids yeah. Surveillance cameras caught the guy placing the case several times before he struck. Pacing back and forth up my block. Finally waite waited for a momeo one was walking their dog by and came and took the packages. Reporter danielle reported the theft to police and called fox 29 with the video she wants to get the word out to her neighbors about the package thefts and shes hoping more donations will come in for the kids she and friends are trying to help. I hope that this person realizes what hes done. I think this person doesnt think about the people hes stealing from. He doesnt care about us. He doesnt know where these thing are going. Reporter now, danielle is actually scene the guy in her neighborhood recently and called police but by the time they arrived, he had gone. Hes wearing very Distinctive Police and Fire Credit Union backpack as you can see from the video. She hopes to deliver the kids that were donated to the school kids later this week. Iain. Dave, thank you. This is the guy police say punched a 50yearold woman in the face and then stole her purse. Police say he grabbed her from behind on the 300 block of walnut street two weeks ago. And when he snatched that purse he got her money, credit cards and all the other important things inside. On your radar tonight work week got off to wet start. Get ready for the return of the polar vortex. Meteorologist kathy orr is here to help us prepare. Sounds like a scare movie. Doesnt it. Polar express was a nice movie. Tweenies move z it will get a lot colder around here for at least a couple of days. Feeling much more like winter. Tonight quite comfortable night in old city philadelphia and across the Delaware Valley even the poconos 31 degrees. 37 in allentown. 40 in trenton. Philadelphia and wrightstown 51 in wildwood with temperatures falling mainly into the 20s and 30s overnight. Bottom out at 32 in philadelphia. 26 in pottstown. 20 in the poconos. Good snow making weather. And in millville bottom out at 29 degrees. The polar vortex gets very close the core of this cold air highlighted in dark purple gets very close to the region just north of maine by thursday and that means well see the coldest temperatures weve seen since last february. How far below average . Well tomorrow 1 degree. Wednesday 2 degrees. Thursday 19 degrees below normal and by friday, 20 degrees below the average of 45 degrees. Coming up well talk about when temperatures fall into the teens when the wind chills turn dangerous and wintry weekend our first one this season. Ill see you later in the broadcast. Kathy, thanks. Buck county family is had it with someone messing with their Christmas Decorations it keeps happening over and over again. Someone has been stealing or ruining their displays for five years. But the thief has pick the wrong family to mess with. Fox 29s brad sattin is live in bensalem. Brad, this familys Christmas Spirit remains strong. Reporter they are better than i would be for sure as you mentioned year after year after year we want to show you the nativity scene that they have set up behind me here. Its simpler one than in years past but also now the sixth one theyve that buy in the last five years. Paul and lynn tour now ski lynn says a thief is not going to ruin their christmas. Lynn tar now ski loves christmas isnt a afraid to show it. We put up a manger thats what were celebrating. Were celebrating the birth of our christ. Reporter back 2012 she and her husband created a 3foot high nativity scene like this one in the front of their house. We were proud. We got little stars that twinkle in the tree. Mary, joseph jesus it look good until one day we came out and the manger was gone. Reporter someone had stolen it. Hardly discouraged they can year they went bigger. After two days we came out and our manger was gone. Reporter again. Again. Somebody had a vendetta against us. Vendetta against christmas. Reporter no one else was getting ripped off it kept happening. Despite wearing down the pieces with stones 2014 they lasted five days but they disappeared. Third time in row. Last year stolen within hours during setup they had to run to the store and when they came back it was gone. They left the box. My husband filled the box with stones and put the box where the manger would be and reporter your display last year was the box that the stuff came in . Yes. Reporter which bring to us this year. He put video security in. He has heavy chains, blocks. The thief struck again last week not able to break the locks instead just vandalized the cords and timers the story could have you focused on the bad in people but look closer and see the good. A thief strikes five years in a row but the tar gnaw skis have no intention of giving up on christmas. Are you a maced at their persistence and perseverance. Love it. Im sure if they have to get big for less around here theyll the manger scene on fortress. Maybe one year. What christmas means will actually be understood by the person doing this much thats all i can pray. Reporter if you add up the costs of all of those in a tiff at the scenes over the years they figure it costs maybe authors sap dollars including that surveillance camera they put in. By the we mentioned it was actually running last week when the vandalism occurred but too dark outside, iain, and really didnt capture much. All right, too bad. Brad, thank you. Heavy hearts in Atlantic City as mourners came in masses to the boardwalk for a final goodbye to new jersey state trooper. Hundreds grieving the death of remembering the life of trooper frankie william. He died last week when car swerved over the median, hitting his patrol car head non millville. The driver also died. Those who knew the trooper say he was an example to everyone around him. Frankie williams was on the job just 11 months. He was a model trooper. He was a model recruit. Always wanted to be a trooper. To see somebody cut down really in the most productive wonderful time of their life after being married just two months is horrible. Trooper williams was just 31 years old. The estate of philadelphia firefighter killed in the line of duty says the equipment that was supposed to save her life failed her. The suit claims that joyce craig died inside a West Oak Lane row home because her protective equipment did not work properly. Now, according to the lawsuit, she had no air in her breathing tank and her personal alert Safety System failed to notify responders during the 2014 fire. The companys name in the suit have not commented. She was the first female firefighter to die in the line of duty. Pennsylvania has finally certified the commonwealths president ial Election Results with donald trump as the winner. Also, today a federal judge rejected the green partys request for a president ial vote recount. Us district judge paul diamond call the green party suspicion of a hacked election systems quote irrational. Lawyers for former president ial candidate jill stein led the recount effort claimed its possible commuter hacker changed the election out come. President elect donald trump won in pennsylvania by less than 1 of the vote. From u. S. Capitol to federal prison today a judge sentenced former congressman chaka fattah to 10 years behind bars. The allege term former us representative is going to prison for corruption. Corruption judge called astonishing and abuse of the publics trust. Fox 29s bruce gordon has the story from the federal courthouse in old city. Reporter chaka fattah arrived at the federal courthouse flashing his ever. smile. He would leave two hours later with that smile mostly intact. Though now facing 10 years behind bars. I want to thank my legal team and i want to thank the support of my family and my staff and friends through this very tough time. Thank you very much. No further comments. Reporter the seeds for at a fa at a tosses political and personal implosion were planted back in 2007. During his failed campaign for philadelphia mayor. A jury would find fattah accepted bribes and stole money to pay off Massive Campaign debts and to fund lavish lifestyle. The scandal led to his defeat in the 2017 Democratic Congressional primary he would quit his second seat after his june conviction on 18 corruption counts. Government request add sentence of 17 to 22 years but u. S. Attorneys sevenned he was not disappointed by the judges ruling. He used his position in congress to benefit himself rather than his constituents and engage in kim cal activity for his own financial benefit. Chaka fattah also an individual who has done significant thing on behalf of the city of philadelphia for number of years. Reporter courtroom was packed with fattah supporters. Some of whom testified his as character witnesses describing a career of helping his constituents and others in areas like education and scientific research. You believe he was a goodman . I know he was a goodman. And i think a goodman who made some grievous mistakes. We lose a guy whos got a whole lot still to give. A whole lot still to contribute. Reporter his wife renee former longtime philadelphia tv news anchor whos own repute was sill led in this case left Court Without comment. His father david remained confident the final chapter to his story has not yet been written. I feel he can treatmently confident that chaka is going to be exonerated on appeal. Reporter fattah addressed the judge prior to being sentenced said he regretted his actions but offered no full blown apology. That could be seen as a sign of arrogance or is it a tee trick decision, remember an appeal of this case is likely. Chaka fattah will remain free until surrendering to authorities on january 25t 25th. Under federal rules hes likely to have to serve just about all of that decade behind bars. At the federal courthouse, im bruce gordon, fox 29 news. Its a trouble spot for drivers in one of the most popular spots in the city. If you stand here and watch long enough, youll see this ramp is an accident waiting to happen. To night were getting to the root of the problem figuring out what can be done about it. Chilling crime rock the jersey shore. Four women found dead 10 years have passed and their killer still has not faced justice. Something tells me we might be sitting here 10 years from now, 20 year anniversary, and it will still remain unsolve. The erie similarities to a string of murders in another state and one mans theory about who police should track down. my hero zero by lemonheads zero really can be a hero. Get zero down, zero deposit, zero due at signing, and zero first months payment on select volkswagen models. Right now at the volkswagen sign then drive event. Two people went to the hospital after a shooting in burlington county. Skyfox over the scene on plum tree lane in willingboro. One person was hit in the foot. Were not sure about the other. So far no word on any arrests. In west philadelphia, someone shot three people on the 5800 block of delancey street all three victims are now in stable condition at a hospital. Happening right now, some call it an accident waiting to happen. Actually accidents have happened. Like lot of them. Drivers are breaking the law and putting others at risk at one of the busiest intersections in the city. Were talking about front and mark streets in old city. And tonight fox 29s Chris Oconnell is at that intersection trying to get results for some frustrated drivers and pedestrians. Chris . Reporter iain, lucy let me get right it to. Check it out. Skid marks from a truck on the sidewalk. A part of a concrete wall toppled over by a tractor trailer. And here two lanes of traffic going in to one lane of an interstate all hard evidence of an intersection many say needs a major overhaul. Usually theres an accident at least couple types a week. Reporter when marcus walks his dog ash these days he grabs his German Shepherd a little bit more tightly. Dangerous, yeah, i got to keep him extra tight and extra close report roar his worry front and market streets near the onramp to i95 south. Causes such a big commotion. Reporter anyone who has driven or tried to navigate this old city intersection knows the problem. Sometimes im on that lane and i want to get on 95. Reporter drivers in the right lane on market are supposed to turn on to front street. Instead many ignore the signs and drive straight into the other lane. This is the result. People in the right lane think that theyre turning right when theyre going on 95 in reality thats straight they should be in the left lane. Reporter we started counting car after car. Another cab breaking the rules. We saw taxis to peco trucks all making illegal turns and we witnessed many near misses. There are signs and arrows but many think more needs to be do done. Heres the second problem. Large trucks and bus have trouble navigating the tight turn. This was the result last week when a concrete truck lost its load. Shutting down the onramps and 95 for the entire evening rush. Jeff is used to Walking Around accident scenes. I would say at least three to four times a week. To the point where we, um, we bought orange vests and stop signs we can come out and help. Reporter in just two hours during the evening rush, we counted 72 drivers who made an illegal merge. People like cal kins say until changes are made theyll be watching their step. Appears the city and state are now listening after we started asking questions the philadelphia Streets Department and penndot are now teaming up. Theyre hoping to come up with a solution as you see its happening right in front of us. Lucy, back to you. Sure is. Hopefully we can get that fixed in and thank you much chris. Bill cosby heading back to court for Pretrial Hearing and source close to the trial hell try to hammer out a plea deal. Fox news reports cosby is hoping to avoid prison time and now plans to ask his attorneys to try toy avoid a trial. Cosby faces three counts of felony aggravated indecent assault stemming from an incident involving a former Temple University staff member. More than 50 women accused of cosby of drugging sexually assaulting them. Developing right now, the investigation of what went down when suspected gunman on the run for months is confronted by the feds trying to serve a warrant. The man was killed in the confrontation in the Oxford Circle section this morning. His own mother tells us she had not heard from her son since the summer and shes heart broken. Fox 29s dave kinchen has more. He was so kind hearted. He had the biggest heart ever. Sorry. Reporter emotional Shirley Biehl speaks about her son 28yearold kenneth rob led dough they called alec. He was shot by us marshals after allegedly pulling a gun on them while they tried to serve a warrant along the 1300 block of hellerman in northeast philadelphia. He has mental problems. So hes like a loose cannon. So it didnt surprise me. It was like 10 00, 10 30 just woke up and three loud bangs out of nowhere. Thats why i went upstairs and i seen two bullets in the back and one, you know, when he got shot. Reporter investigators say the Fugitive Task force had been on the hunt for him for shooting a man back in july on the 400 block of west hunt ton in philly. Theres an individual sitting on the steps at that location. This male apparently with two other individuals pull up in vehicle, he exits the vehicle, and begins firing at this individual sitting there the victim. I didnt know he was here at all. Ive been looking for hill and trying to talk to him and everything but the phone number he did have he mut have changed it right away. So i con tack him or anything. Reporter biehl remembers the last time she talk with her son right after that summer shooting. He said, um, he didnt want to live any more. He was tired of living. Thats the last thing i heard from him. That he loved me a lot. Reporter she says she had feeling something bad would happen. It was hard because i was washing clothes the other day and found a pair of his shorts and i starter crying and i felt like something was going to happen because ive been crying all week and missing him and i didnt even know this happened today until somebody seen it on the news and called me. Reporter there were no injuries to Law Enforcement. Philadelphia police say they are handling the death part of the investigation. Us marshals is happened link the shooting portion internally. At police headquarters, dave kinchen, fox 29 news. A firefighter saved dozens of lives in restaurant but the building was not on fire. The odd behavior from fellow diner that conclude him in something was very wrong. And many sub advisors of the Deadly Wildfires in tennessee may feel like theyve lost everything but today they learned they can still count on the generosity of strangers. Its a small favor it doesnt cost b it its h