To an employees head. People doing their laundry were right there in east mt. Airy. Cops say this exact thing is happening at laundromats across the city. Clearly police want these guys off the streets. Im lucy noland. Im iain page. Laundromats have become prime targets in our city. Fox 29s Dave Schratwieser joins us live tonight from northeast detectives in mayfair with new information. Dave . Reporter iain, one investigator told me tonight these thieves are using laundromats like atm machines going for the quick cash. Northeast detectives just locked up two guys for 22 incidents. Now police are looking for three guys armed with gun. Its big business. Reporter when these three men walked into hongs laundromat on chew avenue saturday night they wouldnt looking to do wash or dry their clothes. They were there to rob the place. Immediately approach the owner who is engaged in a conversation with a customer. Announced a robbery. They produced a handgun. Reporter robbery was caught on cameras were unof the masked suspects point add gun at the back of the 47yearold owners head and marched him straight to the office. Demanding cash and ordering him to open up change machines. This is very vicious brazen robbery where there were customers inside the laundromat. Feel bad for my boss. This woman works at the laundromat. Customers come and go day and night. Seven days a week. She thinks the three bandits targeted her boss believing he keeps a lot of cash here. He think we have a lost money but we no make lot of money. Reporter northeast detectives just took down a twoman crew of thieves who also targeted Coin Machines at laundry facilities like the one located inside this bustleton avenue apartment complex. They also hit this complex laundry facility twice as part of threemonth crime spree that netted them thousands of dollars from 22 break ins. Theres a lot of money obviously in these machines, and theres no secret to people who wish to do the proprietor harm. You worried these guys might come back. Yeah, im worried he might come back. I hope catch the bad guy catch the bad guy. Robbers in this latest case got away with thousand dollars in cash. One of them may go by the nickname green. The two suspects arrested here in northeast philadelphia are in jail tonight on 200,000 bail each. Iain. Dave, thanks. One man is in trouble after police say he forced a kiss on a septa police officer. Heres some video from that officers body camera. It shows the man asking the officer for a kiss. Even after the officer says no, repeatedly, the man just will not give up finally grabbing and forcibly kissing her. That officer was on patrol at the upper darby terminal. Investigators say the officer turned on her body camera when the man would not leave her alone. And it capture the incident. It makes you angry when its over. You know when its all said and done, this is this is a woman who has a family who puts on a Police Uniform to come out and protect the public and some jerk, you know, thinks that he can just kiss her because shes a woman. Thats outrageous. She did everything that our Police Officers are trained to do but i was embarrassed by the behavior of that man. The officer was not hurt but the suspect has been charged with assault and related offenses. President trumps first one head days in Office Turmoil mi mixed with try up much. Vicepresident mike pence swore in David Shulkin as the Veterans Affairs secretary this evening. Shulkin spent some time right here in philadelphia serving as chief medical officer at u penn. At Temple University hospital. The Senate Unanimously confirmed him last night. Also today, a major shake up in the trump administration. New acting National Security adviser in place tonight after President Trump asked Michael Flynn to september down. This all comes after reports that flynn misled the vicepresident about having talks with russias ambassador during last years transition process. Mr. Trump named retired Lieutenant GeneralKeith Kellogg as the acting National Security adviser. The president is also considering former cia director retired general David Patreas and retired Navy Seal Robert harwood for the job. Democrats are now calling for an independent investigation into flynns actions and his connections to the russians. Do you hear that . Do you hear the silence . This is a sound of House Republicans conducting no oversight of President Trump. Zero. White house pregnant sean spicer said today there was nothing illegal about flynns conversations but the russian with the russian ambassador. Governor christie popped by the white house to have lunch with President Trump. The White House Press secretary says the two discussed drug abuse issues which christie has made a priority number one in his final year in office. But some are yet again speculating the governor of new jersey could be up for a white house post. Now we still do not know how inmates were able to take over delawares largest state prison but an independent investigation is about to begin. Governor john carney named two retired judges to lead the review. Lieutenant steven floyd died during that takeover on februar. Former justices will begin digging into what happened and they will make recommendations in june. The Delaware State Police criminal investigation into floyds death has to be finished first. The president for the Correctional Officers association of delaware says there are still concerns about officers safety and the union wants to give their input to the governors office. Kidnapped forced into a car, forced to withdraw money from atm and beat up. The guy who did that to woman in wilmington last night is still roaming the streets. Police say an armed man target add woman who had just left her car at the top of the Hill Apartments after he stole her cash, he kicked her back to the curb near those apartments. She has minor injuries and police are still after him. Philadelphia teacher trying to send a message to city leaders. He plans to take out a billboard on i95 thats pretty bold. Teachers have been working without a contract and they are fed up. Our Shawnette Wilson is live tonight outside Philadelphia City hall with more. Shawnette. Reporter iain, this teacher actually had the support of a lot of teachers in the district and, boy, do they have something to say. They have started gofundme page to raise money for billboard about the issue and well take a look heres what it says. We need 5,000 in order to get a prime billboard right before the center city exit. Reporter a philadelphia schoolteacher has his eyes set on billboard along i95 south just us a take the exit into center city. Its going to be src member bill green on there. Superintendent dr. Hite on there and mayor kenney will be in the middle. Reporter this is what Central High School social studies teacher envisions his ad will look like. Its going to say, welcome to philadelphia, where we dont care about our public education, um, philly teachers have been working for five plus years without a raise. Reporter ouch george, is using the power of words and perhaps public shame to force city officials to get teachers a raise and a contract which theyve been working without for almost five years. He came up with the billboard idea after he says mayor kenney announced two weeks ago that he wouldnt seek any budget increases. Thats very troubling for me. The teachers push very hard to get mayor kenney elected. Reporter he claims not much help has come from the School District or src in resolving the matter either. Instead of settling with us, they took the pft to court in order to try to impose a contract upon us. Theres a huge responsibility there, too. Reporter he says its taking a toll on educators. He says some are leaving the district and others are taking on second jobs. The sacrifices are immeasurable. Weve given so much back and it seems like no one really cares about us. Reporter he started a gofundme page seeking donations for the billboard hoping it will help teachers get back where they put in. Teach sag special place in my heart. I love doing it. Its a calling but it doesnt mean i have to be a martyr. We need to get paid. Reporter and we contacted the Mayors Office and the superintendent for their response. The Mayors OfficeStatement Read in part despite the fact that it is the state, not the city hooks controls the School District, the city has increased its funding to the district by 400 million over the last five years, most recently with attacks increase in 2015 to raise 70 million in additional funding for the district. And district spokesperson for the School District his name is lee wack his statements read in parts we continue to talk witness Philadelphia Federation of teachers as we try to work out a fiscally responsible teachers contract that puts the students of philadelphia first if youd like to read the statements in their entirety go to fox29. Com. Weve posted them there. Also, we have a link to the teachers gofundme page for that billboard. They have raised so far half the money they need to reach their goal. Lucy . All right, thank you, shawnette. Nearly 40 years after the crime and tonight a conviction. A jury in new york says a former south jersey man killed a sixyearold boy in 1979. 56yearold Pedro Hernandez once lived in maple shade. A jury of his peers say that he killed eta patz. Patz became one of the countrys most eyeing connick missing children he disappeared in New York Soho neighborhood on his way to school. All these years later and his family is relieved that justice is finally been served. Hernandez confessed to the murder in 2012 but his lawyers argued then he was mentally ill. A grieving philadelphia family wants to make sure their tragedy will force a change for the better in the community. And now theyre working with local leaders to try to make sre it happens. Theyre trying to make the roads safer and trying to help police catch hitandrun drivers more quickly. One of those drivers killed pools eightyearold daughter Jay Anna Powell last november. It took weeks for police to catch them. They have come up with something they call a jay alert. They say it would work like an amber alert. But instead of reporting missing children, it would send out notices about hitandruns, and they have taken the right to state senator Anthony Williams to philadelphia. I dont want to have to see another parent be on the news crying or another aunt or uncle hurt because they lost a Family Member through a hitandrun. This is for the benefit of all pennsylvanians that a parent, grand parent, aunt, uncle, will feel safer within their community. State senator williams says he hopes to have the bill on the governors desk and signed into law win the year. Whats a russian spy ship doing off the coast of delaware a lot of people want to know. We look at the Us Coast Guard for answers. Do they even have any . One year has come and gone since fiery wreck killed a local man. Hot on his trail. Investigators say Philadelphia Housing Authority cops crazy fast speeds. His family is not only still heart broken. They have questions. A lot of them. Almost a year and still were grasping and trying to find answers. Thats troubling. What his father has done to try to get to the bottom of what happened to his son. Kathy . In weather, lucy, were talking about milder temperatures moving our way but also two storms passing by that will create gusty winds its back to blustery. Well take look at that seven day coming up. If you were out today, you probably saw a lot of these. How these balloons can cause some serious damage, damage that could leave you in the dark. Developing to night russian spies may be more or less in our own backyard. Its not a movie plot. This is real life. Its happening off our coast. A russian spy ship just like this one was spotted off the coast of delaware heading north. Has it reached new jersey . Is it headed somewhere else . We dont know. But you can bet the pentagon has coast guard ships keeping very close tabs. Its been almost two years since the ship has gotten this close to the us and fox 29s Chris Oconnell is live tonight in atlantic city. Chris . Reporter well, lucy, iain, just think, some of these boaters, some of these fishermen could have been cruising right next to a russian spy ship early this morning. Thats right. The pentagon reporting a russian intelligence ship was spotted just 70 miles off the coast of delaware out here in the atlantic ocean. But what was it doing there and could it have been watching us as we speak . Well, this little spy intrigue has a lot of people here talking. You may not be able to see it but according to u. S. Officials, it is out there. A russian spy ship spotted 70 miles off the atlantic coast. Theyve been out there befo before. I think our military is well equipped to handle the situation. Reporter he should know. Teddy, served two tours in the new Jersey Army National guard. He says the spy ship doesnt concern him. His wife, thats another story. She gets nervous. Im nervous. Just because that means deployments and everything else, and puts me a little bit on edge. Reporter ssv175 victor was seen docked in cuba two years ago. The 300foot vessel with a crew of 200 is capable of intercep intercepting communications and can measure sonar capabilities. But why . The coast guard isnt and cant say much. Coast guard has cutters deployed, um, all over the world. We heard the reports of the vessel. Thats pretty much. Reporter lurking spy ship certainly has people talking. Something going on. Reporter thomas moore vietnam vet from west philly wonders why the russians are coming so close. Anything can happen and you cant believe everything what you see only part of what you hear. Reporter thats what people are talking about down here now. Keep in mind, this russian spy ship never entered u. S. Waters. International water lawn is about 12 miles out into the gulf of mexico, and keep in mind, this is not the first time this has happened. This very same ship has been spotted around the United States the last time a couple years ago off the coast of florida. So defense Officials Say they are not too concerned but they are watching. Of course they are. Iain, lucy. Thanks much, chris. Guarding the coastline as you know, chris, in keeping the us save has s part of the mission of the coast guard. Take what went down on the Delaware River off penns landing today. U. S. Coast Guard Security zone. Stop your vessel. Homeland security in action today four coast guard boats raced through the Delaware River with their crew honing their skills to intercept an adversarial vessel. Tactical trainings mission will protect us while intercepting and defeating bad guys who mean to do us harm. This valentines day shelter dogs in philadelphia could use a lot of love. Dozens of dogs at philadelphias animal care and control team need help now more than he have. Act philly is citys open in take shelter the biggest one under going a much needed renovation. Unfortunately, for the next couple of months, already limited kennel space is much more limited and every dog is urgent. Every dogs life is on the line. Normally we have 100 kennels to house dogs and because of the construction its been cut down to only about 50. And that puts a lot of stress on us because we dont want to have to euthanize for space. As the citys open intake shelter act philly has to take any animal abandoned there. Well you see these balloons everywhere today. Those mylar balloons filled with helium you buy them because you just trying to make someone feel special and show them that you care. But that little token of appreciation can actually be a menace to your entire neighborhood. Heres fox 29s bruce gordon. Reporter at illusion party store at eighth and tasker last minute shoppers were stocking up on Holiday Themed foil balloons. John benson just walked outdoor with this beauty. A gift for the mrs. What are you going to tell your wife when you give her this . That i love her and i wish we can end our life together. Reporter foil or mylar balloons heart shaped and on the wise are popular on valentines day. Very popular. How many figure you figure youll sell on valentines day like this. Around 400. Reporter 400 . Yes. Reporter just on valentines day. Reporter just for valentines day. Thats a lot of balloons. A lot. Reporter good for business . Yes. Reporter good for business, not so good for power lines. Youtube chocked full of videos showing happens when a bans loor released then rise into the area and metallic skin makes contact with electrical lines much this one started a fire. Good job, balloon people reporter peco Ben Armstrong says foil balloons cause outages and valentines day around graduation season. That blows the fuse causing an outage in to an area. Reporter any time the balloons are purchased and then carelessly released. These foil cove