Transcripts For WTXF Fox 29 News At 10 20170117 : comparemel

Transcripts For WTXF Fox 29 News At 10 20170117

She says a cop stopped her because someone had called about her. The problem is, that guy really wasnt a cop. Im chris oconnell. Im lucy noland. Investigators say the guy had no badge new york city uniform and now the real cops both of those things are on the hunt for the imposter. Dave schratwieser is live outside Philadelphia Police special victims unit. Dave . Reporter lucy, heres the inside track on this investigation. Because some of the details from the victim are a bit vague, detectives here at the special victims unit are doing a full blown investigation. Any time it involves a potential Police Impersonator, they check things out very carefully. Its scary. As the 5 30 train pulled into the somerton station monday evening, and passengers headed home for the night, the last thing they wanted to hear was that a Police Impersonator may be working the area. We dont live in a stave world any more. I just moved up here from the city, and people think youre safe in surveillance bush ya. Im nervous to walk over here, yo, because its like now days you got to talk. Because theyre Police Officers. Reporter 2 15 monday morning when a woman living in the 13,000 block of trevose told investigators she was out walking with a friend when a car pulled up and a man stepped out. Police say the man got out of unmarked vehicle and identified himself as a Police Officer. He started asking the woman questions. Saying police had gotten calls about her being out in the neighbor. Its dangerous out here enough, you know, rather than having somebody whose supposed to protect you, you know what i mean, you fear them. Reporter the man wasnt wearing a badge or carrying a gun. His car had no Police Lights and he wasnt in uniform. The woman walk away a short time later the same carrie appeared and the man again indicated he was an officer. And she had to come with him. Again, she walked away then called police. You would think they were trying to help you. You know, then turns around their em 98ing an officer. I keep walking. I keep walking. Reporter special victims unit is now investigating. People we spoke with monday night say they have their guard up. I always ask for identification from any Police Officer. Even if theyre in uniform. You know because you can never be careful enough. Youre foolish if you think youre safe anywhere today. It doesnt matter. Reporter no one was hurt in either of the two stops there was no physical contact between the man and the woman in this particular case. The car is described as a silver vehicle with dark tinted windo windows. Chris . All right, dave, thanks. Scary stuff. On your radar tonight rain and ice. Take live look at Blue Mountain up there in the poconos where depending on where you live it could be slippery morning. Fox 29 meteorologist Scott Williams here to break it all down. Few sprinkles showing up montgomery, bucks county moving toward philadelphia. Also toward the poconos. A little bit of light snow and also some light freezing drizzle but as we expand the view, take look at this big storm system well to the west of us right n now. But take look at that warm front just to the north of that there is a band of freezing rain and sleet and all of this moisture is headed in our direction. In fact we have freeze rain advisories for the pocono mountains and the Lehigh Valley overnight until 10 00 a. M. On your tuesday. So watching out for a little bit of a light glaze especially far north and west allow some extra travel time places like allentown, moving up toward the poconos. Otherwise were looking at some of that light rain moving in tomorrow morning impacting that commute. So heres the bottom line. Temperatures far north and west slightly at or below freezing. A light glaze. Allow extra travel time coming up much more on this system and big warmup with the seven day. Back over to you. All right. Talk to you very soon, scott. Detectives are on the trail of two robbers who terrorize add woman in a south philly parking garage. Police say the man and a woman had a plan to get what they wanted in the late night attack. Ton night neighbors at that condo building are uneasy. Fox 29s Sabina Kuriakose talked to them tonight. She joins us live from South Broad Street. Sabina, how some of them found out that has them upset. Reporter yeah, thats right, chris. People who live here tell me they found out from us, the news, before they found out from management but die speak with management and they tell me they were waiting to gather all the facts from police before they alerted residents but still people who live here tell me this is a crime that never should have happen. The only way i found it because it because i went up there and walked into a crime scene. Reporter random attack on young woman has neighbors at the Marine Club Condos stunned. Many just learning of fellow resident was beaten and robbed in their garage on South Broad Street early sunday morning. Police say a 24yearold woman was pulling into the garage when a masked man tapped on her window, wielding a rifle and attempting to rob her. The woman drove into the garage where she was then followed in a red car by the man and his female accomplice. Marine Club Management says the gunman point the arrival at an unarmed Security Guard who retreated and called police. The window was completely theres glass all over the third floor. Reporter Authorities Say the robbers followed the victim through the garage then smashed her drivers side window with the long gun hitting her before taking her cell phone. Investigator sauce the female accomplice then stole the womans purse. Nobody should have to live somewhere and get robbed like that. You want to feel safe in your own building. Reporter people who live here along with Property Management say the electronic access to the garage was broken over the weekend which may have allowed the gunman to enter behind the victim. The marine club says it has now stationed an armed Security Guard at the gate and is work to go fix the door. Monday management sent this letter to residents outlining the incident and promising new safety measures. I wish i knew so that i wasnt upstairs up there walking alone by myself. Elizabeth has lived here for two years. She is taking added precautions. Kind of afraid to be in my own home. Reporter a lot of people we spoke with out here saying just that same feeling. Now, despite what management told me longtime residents i spoke with disputed the fact that there have been Security Guards here at the garage in the past before the robbery. Well have much more coming up at 11 00. Lucy, puke. Thank you much, subpoena in a. Developing right now in turkey nightclub attack manhunt lasting two weeks is finally over. Police arrested gunman accused of killing dozens of people at a new years eve celebration istanbul. This is reportedly the first image of him under arrest. Authorities have not released his name and isis has claim responsibility for the attack that left 39 people dead and dozens of others injured including a delaware man. Graffiti on Jewish Community building has lots of people upset in northeast philadelphia. Black squiggly line was painted on a nick have a building in the citys somerton section. Mikvah used for ritual baths and this one on renard street is currently under construction. The rabbi had oversees it says their building was the only one vandalized but he is not sure why. If this was done discrimina discriminately try to learn a little about was judaism is and what the jewish people are and maybe youll feel differently if you did this as an antisemitic gesture. Philadelphia police are investigating. They dont have many leads. They also dont have any Surveillance Video because someone apparently vandalized the cameras several days before the graffiti incident. Heartbreak and mourning in one Montgomery County community tonight after the murder of a 14yearold girl hundreds gathered for memorial to honor grace packer. Her adoptive mother and her boyfriend are accused of raping and killing her. Among those attendance her birth mother. Fox 29s bruce gordon was there for the service that spilled over with emotion. Reporter rose hun singer was inconsolable she arrived at the new life presbyterian church. The little girl to whom she had given life is dead. In the cruel left way imageable and this birth mother was here to say goodbye. What would you like people to know about your daughter . That her memory and her smile will never fade away. Reporter Authorities Say 14yearold grace packer was raped, murdered, dismembered and discarded by her adoptive mother sarah and her boyfriend jay cab sullivan. A case that shocked and horrified this community. Most of the mourners who pack the search did not know grace but thats not why they came. We can at least honor her life. This is a human being made in the image of god. It was important, and she matters to us. She matters to the community. Reporter she was born two months premature susan hun singer but Child Welfare authorities decided her birth parents could not properly care for her. They removed the little girl from the home and ultimately placed her with the woman now charged in her heinous murder. I cant find it in my heart or anything to forgive them. Hooch pain . Yeah, its too much pain and it hurts. Reporter tv cameras were not permitted inside the church for a service organized by several local moms. Service that included these words about a murder victim who lived a tragic painful life and might have been forgotten in death. We have come to bare witness to her life so that grace Anastasia Packer should not disappear. This little girl grace is everybodys daughter. Shes everybodys daughter. She needed people, and here are the people. Reporter belatedly but theyre here. Still ahead the criminal kiss against the accused of killers and plenty of tough questions for Child Welfare authorities responsible for grace packers safety. But on this day at least little girl received in death the dignity and respect she did not get in life. In glenside, im Bruce Gordon Fox 29 news. Many people in our region spent Martin Luther king, jr. , day doing some good. Hundreds of thousands of people pitched in to help with projects to make life a little better for so many others. Its all part of the citywide day of Service Honoring dr. Kings legacy. We were at the main project site at Girard College in north philadelphia. This years theme celebrates educational justice. Volunteers joined Mary Jim Kenney in building bookshelves so children will have a book nook around the city places to keep their books so they can read in laundromats or barbershops its one of hundreds of projects completed today. And in miami, florida congressman and civil rights icon john lewis honoring the legacy of his colleague and friend dr. Martin luther king, jr. Lewis is the final surviving member of the big six a group of civil rights leaders including dr. King who led the massive march on washington in 1963. Lewis appearance comes a mid a fire storm after he said he wont attend the inauguration because did he does not believe president election trump is we lit mat president. Philadelphia congressman dwight evans, brendon boil who released a statement tonight that he wont attend either. They are a popular cover band and members are no strangers to perform tag inaugural balls. But this year theyre skipping the big event after they said theyd there be. So why . Have you ever been on a private jet before . Um, no, i havent. What was that like . It was pretty cool. Had the pleasure of talking to his brave little boy today. Hes made the long trip to philadelphia and it just might save his life. Why did a guiness beer mirror roar an fancy guitar end up in the back of a local public works truck . Thats what south jersey homeowner wants to know. Fox 29 investigates for answers. They didnt know it longed to the owner. Supposed to be abandoned building. It was supposed to be ban donned . Yes. That doesnt give you the right to walk in there and take the stuff, though, does it . No, it doesnt. Why did you do it. We didnt. Sure did you. Like i said it was out in the truck. Did the worker end up in hot water . Fox 29 investigators digs in. Tonight young boy with huge heart is spending what will be the first of many days here in philadelphia. Eightyearold Jackson Hunter came from florida to get a potentially livesaving treatment. And just getting here was half the battle. Dads hug on the tarmac at Philadelphia International airport. A thousand miles, two years and one lear jet in the making. Have you ever been on a private jet before . Um, no, i havent. What was that like . It was pretty cool. But this lifesaving journey for Jackson Hunter has just started. This is the last resort. This is it. Were so grateful to have. Five years ago we really wouldnt have had choice. Jack had to from sebastian florida to Childrens Hospital of philadelphia for potentially livesaving t cell therapy thats done in only a few hospitals nationwide. After hundreds of days in the hospital, it is a last resort doctors say to fight an aggressive form of leukemia. Without it they would send us home and say enjoy, you know, spent the most time you can with him and just try to make him comfortable. The problem is jack was too sick to fly commercial and thats when a stranger stepped in. With a private jet they call him miracle mike. He heard about the social Media Campaign called action for jackson. When the corporate pilot told his bosses about jack, the plane owners who wanted to stay anonymous, did he say patched the jet to florida to pick him up. Great timing timing. Plan came on the ipad. Jack has to get back to good health. Thats because his mom is pregnant. Hes got big brother duties and hes already practicing to change diaper. If it was boy im naming it thomas. If its a girl im naming it julia. You get to name your brother or sister. Yeah. You have a great trip, okay a lost people out there are rooting for you. What do you want to say to them . I love you all and thank you for rooting for me. I love you all the most. What a kid. Crying second time now. Well jacksons dad actually had to leave his job to care for his son the whole family relocating to philadelphia for six weeks next month when jackson starts his treatment. My goodness. He has an arm army of people praying for him. The power of social media. He wouldnt be here without it. Good right. Wonderful gentleman that volunteered to fly here. Grabs my heart. Jackson youre going to make it. And be such a wonderful, wonderful life and light for us all. Were praying for you. Yes, we are. You can see jacksons progress by going to fox29. Com. All right. Live look at Philadelphia International airport where police say a man is in custody after a Security Breach today. Airport spokesperson tells us a man was somehow able to climb over one of the Airport Security fences topped with a foot of barbed wire. He end ended up in the area leading up to the runway thats where an American Airlines worker confronted him, police grabbed him from there. No word on charges or the motive for the breach. Well, president elect donald trump spending his Martin Luther king holiday with dr. Kings eldest son. He met with mr. Trump in new york city to discuss the need foveated reform. King the third for years campaigned to establish a free Government Photo Identification Program that would make it easier for americans to vote without a drivers license. Trump had earlier been rumored to spend the day visiting the Smithsonian Museum of africanamerican history in washington, d. C. But the trip was called off due to quote schedule link issues. The phillies are celebrating the life of dr. Martin luther king, jr. The team hosted instructional cling at the brand new Ryan Howard Training Center in graduate hospital. Outfielder roman quinn work with children from all over the city who hope to one day play for the phils themselves. And philadelphia chevy dealers sweeter tend with the day with 25,000 check to the phillies Youth Academy to go toward college scholarships. Tonight the country is mourning the loss of astronaut gene crier ran the last astronaut to work on the moon. His family says he never lost his passion for lunar exploration. Cerran was the commander of apollo 17 mission on his third space flight when he set foot on the moon december of 1972. He died at a houston hospital surrounded by family today. He was 82 years old. A true american her row. A guy walks up, forces a couple right from their car and speeds off but its what was in the back of the car that had the two in an absolute panic. Forget the traffic on the roads we may soon be able to get around like George Jetson. Which company is start to go mess around with flying cars. Now with tomorrows traffic heres bob kell. Good evening, everybody. Get ready for some crews out tomorrow on a tuesday on the roosevelt boulevard working southbound on the boulevard approaching the kelly drive ridge a

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