those repairs necessary. >> it's a shame. jeez, he's young. you know, he just ruined his life. >> reporter: cam cun tee police charged with 28-year-old alexander peters of gloucester city with deliberately driving his pickup truck over the rain soaked football field sunday before last. he topped off the vandalism by spraying painting a swastika on the concession stand. police say security cameras on the nearby community center and media reports like ours led to numerous tips. >> we brought the suspect in to be end viewed and he confessed to driving his personal vehicle on the football field damaging the property and spray painting the swastika. >> peters was behind bars sentenced last friday to three years on an unrelated aggravated assault case. now add to that criminal mischief an act deprived camden kids of a safe place to play and symbol of hatred left behind for young and old to see. but coach kelly says his players ages five to 14 have already moved past the vandalism. as for his message to peters -- >> all i can do is pray for the guy, that's it. >> reporter: you'd pray for him. >> well pray for him. he's still our brother at the end of the day. he might have did something stupid like this. serve entitled to make mistake let's hope he finds it in his heart he did something stupid and overcome it. that's it. >> reporter: police say peters could not explain why he vandalized the field. we can tell you he may have dodged a bullet. prosecutors apparently considered but ultimately decided against charging him with bias intimidation a hate crime that could have added measurable toll his time behind bars. iain, i can tell you, peters facebook page contains several offensive symbols in terms of racial issues. >> all right, bruce, thank you. happening now, the hun for two men who robbed a woman at gun point in her center city home. police say the men burst into her home on the 1400 block of lombard street during the middle of the day just before 11:30. they got away unknown amount of cash and xbox no injuries were reported. a philadelphia police officer has died after reports say that he had a heart attack while working at the criminal justice center. medics rushed officer douglas bam berger to hahnemann hospital this morning. doctors tried to perform emergency surgery but he passed away this was the procession as it left the hospital. officer bam berger were you a 16 year veteran of the force. new tonight a grand jury indict add man an woman in gloucester county in the death of a two-year-old girl. prosecutors say michael and amber, facing charges investigators say he was the boyfriend of bobo and charged with murdering her young daughter over the summer. the mother is charged with inn daming the welfare avenue child. you decide 2016. and philly suburbs living up to their reputation as a huge battleground and today it was bill clinton who made a stop in our area. >> exactly three weeks ahead of election day he stumped in blue bell and following a week of trump attacking him the former president fired back. >> stronger together versus make america great again. now, folks, i'm a 70-year-old white guy born in arkansas at the end of world war ii in the south. where the income was barely half the national average. i know what great again means. it means vote for me and i will make all your problems go away by giving you the economy you used to have. [ applause ] >> bill clinton won in pennsylvania and both in 1992 and '96 elections. real clear politic poll average shows hillary clinton is i ahead in pennsylvania by about seven points. president obama is slamming donald trump's claims of rigged election as hillary clinton's campaign answers more questions about leaked e-mails. >> with the controversy swirling both nominees are set to meet again tomorrow night' december bait. fox's kristin fisher reports from washington. >> reporter: seemingly confident hillary clinton heads to las vegas ahead of the final presidential debate. according to new monmouth university poll, clinton ahead of donald trump by seven points in the host state nevada. >> i think this debate is going to be pivotal. i think this debate could decide this leck. >> reporter: democrats seifert till grounds in once solidly republican strong hold like arizona where there's investing million of dollars. but the clinton camp still grappling with the fallout from fresh wikileaks release and quid pro quo senior state department official tried to pressure the fbi to change the classification on at least one of clinton's e-mails. donald trump sees on both of those controversying unveiled a new proposal today in colorado. >> if i'm elected president, i will push for a constitutional amendment to impose term limits on all members of congress. >> reporter: from the rose garden today president obama weighed in on the gop nominee's unfounded claims that the election is rigged. >> there's no evidence that that has happened in the past. or that there are instance that is will happen this time. and so i'd advise mr. trump to stop whining and go try to make his case to get votes. >> reporter: in a possible sign that trump will bring up the 1212 attacks in ben gaze see at the final debate his campaign invited pat smith the mother of sean smith to be a guest tomorrow night. in washington us kristin fisher fox news the. >> the third and final presidential debate is tomorrow night at 9:00. hillary clinton and donald trump facing off at the university of nevada in las vegas. and you can watch it all right here on fox 29. objection 18th, right? feels like a gorgeous summer day. no matter where you are across the area from the shore to the poconos it really doesn't feel like autumn. you're not going need your coat for a couple of days either. >> because we're pushing record temperatures today. how long will this heat stickie run. fox 29 meteorologist kathy orr is live outside old city studios enjoying this warm weather. kathy. >> don't you wish you were out here with me? the pictures don't do it justice. just a beautiful day in old city philadelphia. everyone out just wanting to be outside. why not? not cloud in the sky. take look at you ultimate doppler you'll see really clear skies a few clouds far to the north and west, and that means some records. we've already had some. allentown the high 84. it's already broken a record of 81. trenton new record of 83. wilmington a new record of 82 and new numbers aren't even out yet. right now in philadelphia, 82 degrees. we know we've been made up to 84. the records is 85. 81 in trenton. some 70s through south jersey and down the shore. 81 in dover. lancaster 83 degrees. this evening temperatures will be falling through the 70s. but still warm at 7:00 p.m. with temperature of 78. by 9:00, 74. and just a light wind at 11:00 p.m. with a temperature of 72 degrees. coming up we are going to go for one more day of record warmth tomorrow even warmer than today before the rain moves in and changes everything for the weekend. i'll be back with that later in the broadcast when i join you inside. >> all right, kathy. thank you. happening now a dog tack in chestnut hill sends one woman to the hospital. the victim tells us the dog was off his leash when he jumped on her and bit her. >> and the woman just overcome a very big health hurdle. fox 29's dawn timmeney joins us live from chestnut hill. so, dawn, how is she doing? >> reporter: well, lucy the victim is doing much better. but frankly, she is extremely shaken about this whole thing and she worries if people don't leash their doing the next person might not be as lucky. >> come on lucky. >> reporter: long-time chestnut hill resident caroline king often walks her dog lucky on a leash in pastorus park but two weeks ago, a stroll in this surrene spot on a beautiful fall day turned to terror. king says two dogs that were not leashed came running over to greet her jack russell. she didn't think much of it. but then -- >> out of the blue, third dog barrels towards me. >> the mother of two says the next thing she knew the large white dog with his leash dragging behind was biting her in the arm. >> i thought it was just greeting me and i love dogs. and i like pitbulls. it was a white pitbull, and he just immediately started biting. >> reporter: king says she frantically called out to the owner to get her dog as she tried to get away. >> i turned back around he bites me right in the face. and under the chin. >> somehow the woman was able to grab her dog. bleeding and in shock, king who lives two houses away told the woman she be right back to get her information. when she returned moments later, the woman and her three dogs were gone. >> it was kind of like a hit-and-run. that's how it fell. report roar since king didn't know if the dog had been vaccinated she had to go to the hospital and begin a full cycle of rabies shots to make matters worse, king had just completed seven months of chemotherapy and radiation for breast cancer. her last radiation treatment just two days before. >> i had just finish it. i was on my wellness trip, you know, i was on my -- that was going to be my first week of wellness. >> reporter: the park is not a designated dog park even though many consider it an unofficial one. there are several signs that clearly state dogs must be on leash. but most ignore the rules and let their dogs run free. >> i just keep thinking about the little kids that come here and even the little dogs, um, it's not safe. >> reporter: now police say it is difficult to enforce the leash law. it is considered a code violation notice and comes with a $25 fine. much like a parking ticket. not much of a dieter render coming up tonight at 6:00 o'clock caroline king would like to see happen here at pastorus park want people who walk their dogs here almost every day off leash have to say about it all. lucy. >> i'm sure they've got a lot to say. thank you very much, dawn. see you at 6:00. coming up a local man thought he was talking to his energy company and it was just bad ne news. >> they said they were on their way out within 20 minutes to disconnect the power. >> the power was never cut. but his bank account was. fox 29 investigates exposes the hustle so you don't get burned. the bear that went viral after a person after person spotted him walking on the two back legs. well, a hunter took down the beloved bear. what one lawmaker is trying to do to prevent that from happening again. >> new at 6:00 police on the hunt for a man that may be involved in series of 7eleven rob pros. the unusual weapon employees say he's used to steal the store's cash. when government bureaucrats refused to approve a cancer vaccine equally for both girls and boys, i stepped in to change that rule. when my own party held up recovery funds after sandy hit us, i took them on and won. and when veterans were forced to travel out of state for health care, i brought in new local clinics and expanded services. but there's much more to do. my mission is to protect south jersey's way of life. i'm frank lobiondo and i approve this message. ♪ deadline is near for pennsylvania 14 state universities if the state system of hire education and the union representing more than 5,000 faculty members and coaches does not reach an agreement by 5am tomorrow. they could just walk out. more than 100 thousands students a trend the 14 schools, west chester, chaney and kutztown in our area. two sides are at odes over health care and work rules. now in montgomery county, police are looking for two men who posed as construction workers to steal from a home. now police say the men wore construction hats had vests on when they walked up to couple in the backyard of their ambler home last week. they claimed they were working on route 309 just nearby. and needed homeowners to run their faucets once inside the couple new something was up threatened to call police and that had the two guys running out the door. if you've had similar experience, police would very much like to hear from you. in collingdale, delaware county, suspicious trip to cvs leads police to uncover a suspected meth lab. employees at the drugstore called the cops about a man acting strange when police caught up with him at a home on mcdade boulevard they found bags with white powder, crushed pills, lighter fluid somebody other chemicals. police say even though it appears to be a small operation, it is dangerous. >> i have to give the officers credit. they stopped and they back out and took us 8:40 from 1:20 we're in. we're all going home tonight. nobody got hurt. >> police have arrested three people timothy falls who was at the cvs christine andrews new and michael papale. risk and and causing a catastrophe. >> police are searching for a cold-blooded killer. they say someone shot a man minutes before his 30th birthday on the 700 block of east al gain me avenue happened right before midnight. police transported the man to temple university hospital where he died a short time later. so far police don't have any suspects. they are reviewing video from the area. he's become a beloved bear in north jersey known for walking up right as if he was a man in bear suit. video went viral. but now officials say someone hunted and killed that animal last week. >> as you can imagine upset a whole lot of people in the community. and now one lawmaker is pushing for new hunting laws in new jersey. fox's lydia, has the story. >> reporter: there's no denying that pedals new jersey's up right walking bear waltzed into the hearts of many. >> he was a good soul. he was a good guy. he used to walk right through the neighbor. >> reporter: pedals was often seen walking around this oak ridge area while he was never actually tagged by wildlife officials, they do believe he was killed during last week's hunt. >> he couldn't harm anyone or do any damage even to a garbage c can. >> reporter: department environmental protection officials say the bear killed had injuries to his front paw that is would have made it dull for him to walk on all foursings. he was one of 487 bears killed during new jersey's five-day bow and arrow hunting season for black bears. >> pedals was defenseless and pedals was taken down by a hunter to be a trophy. >> new jersey state senator raymond lesniak started online petition that's already received 10,000 signatures for a bill he's proposed that would ban bear hunting in the state for the next five years. it's called, pedals law. >> this legislation will require beary sifting containers when people throw trash out, that's what brings bears into neighborhoods. it will ban baiting when bears are baited with doughnuts and sweets, that's what they want then, and they leave their natural habitat and go into neighborhoods. >> reporter: senate economic growth committee voted three-two to advance the measure. many who live in those neighborhoods though believe hunting is the only effective way to control the bear population. >> we'd be out with the kids in the yard and all of a sudden one of them would cream bear. gather them up and run to the deck because they've come right through your yard no matter what time of day. >> reporter: dep said there was no practical way to protect one bear out of thousands. however, even hunting advocates say they just wish it didn't have to be pedals. >> i think it's terrible. i think whoever did it was like being cecil -- killing cecil the lion again. >> in passaic county, lydia, fox news. >> one very big powerful show of support for two palm springs police officers killed in the line of duty. 10,000 people said their final farewell to 63-year-old jose gill vega and 27-year-old leslie zerebny. a man shot and killed both officers during domestic disturbance call in early october. officer vega was a father of eight. 35 year veteran of the force who was two months from retirement. officer zerebny had just returned to duty following maternity leave. her baby is four months old. >> in houston is man trying to steal a baby is caught in the act by the mother. surveillance video from grocery store caught the whole thing. you can see the man walking up to the woman's cart. the mom turns her head for few seconds and the man picks her up right out of the cart and she says the man didn't say anything to her, but it's what he said to her child that has her shaken up. >> it was the scariest feeling in the world. what's so creepy about this whole scenario way said after he picked her up. he said "aww i wanted to take you while your mom wasn't looking". >> police are investigating the incident as an a ducked abduction. no charges have been filed as of yet. us military relief mission in the aftermath of hurricane matthew. naval forces will pull out of haiti in the coming days. at least 400 troops deployed to the port-au-prince airport they helped relief efforts and delivered hundreds of thousands of pounds of rice and medical supplies. the head of the navy southern command says most of the roads are now open and no longer need to transport supplies solely by air. >> we're coming up on the point where they will not longer be for a quiet to have to move things by air as is appropriate obviously at that point and we'll begin to pack up and redeploy our forces. >> the category four hurricane killed at least 546 people in haiti. more than 170,000 people lost their homes. police released video they say shows man burglarizing a local store. he didn't get in through a door or a window. how did he get in and what he was after. big night at the white house. president obama is hosting his final state dinner. the celebrity chef who is in the kitchen. >> so you're one of those people that likes to get their holiday shopping started right after thanksgiving dinner. one store is opening its doors early just for you. ♪ i can't believe we're doing this. gus, you're not scared are you? you're the second most famous groundhog in pennsylvania. i don't like thunder! 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(sfx: loud thunder clap) grrrr, did you say creepy? creepy cash? the new instant game from the pennsylvania lottery. yeah, with top prizes of 50 grand. that's a monster of a prize. keep on scratchin' philadelphia police want you to take a good look at this newly released surveillance video. they say this guy's burglarizing a logan business after busting a hole through a back wall to get in. it happened earlier this month in inside the lolito grocery along the 1300 block of west rockland street. investigators say he got away with nearly 500 bucks worth of cigarettes. in your health tonight according to new research a walk after meals can help people with type two diabetes manage their blood sugar levels. the study led by scientists from university of new zealand revealed that walking after meals is better for reducing blood sugar levels than taking a 30 minute walk at any time of the day. vice-president joe biden delivered his final report to president obama on the white house moon shot initiative. >> vp laid out this plan to transform cancer research and treatment before the next president takes office. vice-president calling for enhanced prevention and screening efforts and also engaging patients as partners in research. he also emphasized the importance of expanding access to new treatments and dealing with sky rocketing drug prices. biden says he hopes the moon shot task force will serve as a blueprint for future white house administrations. >> we now have a powerful new technologies and tools. we have an army and with this moon shot a clear strategy on the road ahead. >> vice-president biden's son buy in 2014. >> entertainment news tupac is a car, janet jackson and chaka chan amongly knot nominees for rock and hall hall of fame list. 19 musicians were nominated. pearl jam, british bands yes and the clinical list of winners will be nounsed in december. breaking news out of south philadelphia. police say a truck hit an off duty crossing guard while she was crossing the street at the 100 block of schneider avenue. 70-year-old victim is at hahnemann hospital right now with broken leg. police say the truck was trying to turn south on to front street when the driver hit her. we don't know yet if driver stayed on the scene. a loaded gun wound up at an elementary school. police say a student brought it in. how a teacher found the weapon. the mayor avenue small pennsylvania town resigns. what he posted online about president barack obama that had his community furious. kathy. >> if weather we're talking about sunshine, dry conditions and tomorrow being even warmer than today. we've already broken several records. we'll have the numbers to beat coming up when we come back. it's not uncommon for autistic kids to flap their hands. and so when i saw that, that was completely disqualifying. i'm a republican, but this election is so much bigger than party. my son max can't live in trump world. so i'm crossing party lines and voting for hillary. i don't always agree with her, but she's reasonable. and she's smart. she can work with people to solve problems. i want to be able to tell my kids that i did the right thing when it really mattered. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. it is obvious that this mayor is not willing to work together for the best of the public. >> one small town in pennsylvania has grabbed national attention for all the wrong reasons. in the spotlight the mayor's racist facebook posts. it's republican mayor charles as company now resigned. some of his posts on social media depicted apes with captions referring to the president's family. another referred to lynching. residents in council members and even little children have demanded the mayor's resignati resignation. police in delaware have arrested three women who are accused of carrying out an elaborate theft scheme. the three women are responsible for a rash of thefts from local home improve many stores. they stole more than $20,000 worth of kitchen and bathroom faucets. police say they hit at least seven stores. big dogs at the white house tonight and the day began with a welcome for italy's rhyme minister and his wife on the south lawn. president obama said it's a bittersweet day. prime minister matteo renzi's rival mark the last official visit and state dinner of his presidency. dinner highlights strong ties between italy and the united states. and developing to night, it is day two what's expected to be a long and hard battle to push isis out of its last major strong hold in iraq. >> iraqi forces are taking the lead in the offensive and getting an assist from the u.s. military. fox's connor powell has the story from jerusalem. >> reporter: iraqi forces slo slowing their advance on mosul to consolidate efforts to reclaim the city. curdish fighters were able to wrestle away 80 square miles from isis on monday. taking control of several nearby villages pushing the line of fighting east of mosul to some 20 miles away from the city. >> this is a decisive moment in the counter isil campaign. it is mosul isil leader chose to nouns caliphate. >> isis in control of mow suss sill the summer of present 14. more than 25,000 troops are ta taking part in the effort to retake the area. iraqi or leading the operation. they're being helped by us military air strikes and advisers on the ground. >> this won't be an easy struggle. we're confident that brave iraqi forces with the support of the international coalition will eventually be victorious in this effort. >> reporter: mosul is iraq's second largest city and the last major isis strong hold in the country. more than a million people are believed to still live there. the red cross asking all those fighting to put civilians first. >> it means not targeting civiliacivilians infrastructure. not attacking medical facilities and medical personnel. it means avoiding the use of heavy explosive weapons in densely populated areas and mosul is definitely one of those. >> reporter: the pentagon says there are about 5,000 american troops on the ground in iraq. americans are on the outskirts of mosul but behind the front lines. in jerusalem, connor powell, fox news. let's turn back to your fox 29 weather authority now. it's fall here in the delaware valley. it feels like summer but check out sierra county, california. higher elevations of the sierra nevada looking like a winter wonderland i was tull snowstorm dusted the range with some snow. >> isn't that beautiful. when we're here we can appreciate scenes like a way different story around here. looking live at reading berks county record high temperatures are a real possibility for some of our area. what season are we in again? >> i forgotten. kathy orr has your full forecast in 15 seconds. what an afternoon we're talking about warmth. we're talking about sun. we're talking about records and yeah those wintry pictures were pretty but i'd rather look is the sunshine. dry conditions across the delaware valley. we have a front but you can see on future radar it washes out tomorrow and we stay in the warm summer like heat. right now the temperature is 80 degrees in pottstown. 82 in philadelphia. close to the record we'll see when the official numbers come out within the next few minutes p lancaster 83 and the poconos it is 74 degrees. when you look at the northeast, looking southeast canada. even into new york state. still pretty warm. quebec okay. that's the chilly spot but ottawa 73. upstate new york syracuse 81 degrees. pittsburgh 79. so many of us seeing the warmth so it's warm on the east. it's cold on the west. nature always tends to seek that balance. high pressure building off the coast. we've been talking about that summer like pattern we get one more really good day of this with temperatures running about 15 to at least 20 degrees above normal. so tonight it's a warm night. in the city 65. the suburbs 60 with clear skies. a moonlit evening with southwesterly winds. during the day tomorrow, another gorgeous day. it will not be difficult to break the records tomorrow. the record in philadelphia is 80. that was set back in 1947. we're going for 85 degrees on october 19th. pretty mazing. winds out of the west mouth west about five to 10 miles an hour. so here's a look at the numbers to beat. philadelphia the record 80. in reading the record is 84. atlantic city 80. trenton 83. allentown 82. and wilmington 81 degrees. so i do expect probably all of them if not 99% to be broken tomorrow. so this is a way we'll set it up. during the nighttime hours, clear skies. during the day tomorrow, a few clouds moving through but you can see that rain just disappeared. few clouds moving in late tomorrow evening. but then by thursday, we watch and area of low pressure along a front pushes this moisture toward the delaware valley. thursday morning, our sue serio will be talking about the rain getting close and by the time we air "good day philadelphia" we'll be seeing some showers then into thursday evening we still have some rain and a showers could linger into frid friday. so when we look at the rain for thursday and for friday, we see the heaviest going to the west through new york and upstate pennsylvania to the west where we could see about 3-inches in the delaware valley about quarter of an tomorrow half an inch of rain over the course of thursday, thursday night and some showers on friday. so not a lot of rain but as we look at our two computer models the gfs and european model we're still in that range between about quarter of an inch to half an inch of rain by saturday morning. so you may need to water the lawn. take look at the seven day forecast. showers thursday a few showers friday. of course we have the temple game. we do have a beautiful day for saturday although a big dip in temperature the high only 59. sunday, monday and tuesday, more seasonal for this time of year with highs in the 60s. lows in the 40s. and lucy and iain this is the way it's supposed to be, 60s are our average and that will be the average temperature for tonight. wow! >> that is big wow. all right. thank you very much, kathy. president obama is hosting final state dinner at the white house tonight and in the kitchen a celebrity chef extraordinary. who is cooking for the preside president. >> are you one of those people that likes to get their holiday shopping started right after thanksgiving dinner. one store is opening early just for you. >> i feel so sad for the employees. new at 6:00 driving a south philadelphia family crazy. who they plame for the pests want you can do if you're dealing with the critters, too. planned parenthood. i would support legislation in pennsylvania that would ban abortion and i would suggest we have penalties for doctors who perform them. would you put people in jail for performing abortions? at some point doctors performing abortions i think would be subject to that sort of penalty. dscc is responsible for the content of this advertising. in your money tonight you plan on shopping after thanksgiving dinner. many stores are choosing to stay closed this thanksgiving day, may see's is doing just the opposite. the department store will open even earlier than usual on thanksgiving. the doors will open an hour earlier than last year at 5:00 p.m. then they'll close at two am m. macy's will reopen at 5am of course for black friday. attention giant shoppers. there will be no free turkeys this year. last year, the program offered free 20-pound turkey if shoppers spent at least $400. giant has been offering the deal for 15 years but it's coming to an end. however, giant says they will continue to offer holiday value deals instead of the free turkey program which was a big hit. senior and disable americans are about to get a raise. >> which sounds fantastic except that raise is only point 3% for those on social security. next year will mark the fifth year in row that older and disabled americans have to settle for historically low raises this year they got siege sip. average social security payment is about $1,200 a month. add in next year's raise and that adds less than $4 to that check. the government bases the raise or lack thereof on inflation, but senior and disable advocates say the feds do not factor in the costs many americans face such as sky rocketing prescription drug prices and increasing health care costs. local businessman got a call from his energy company saying it will cut the juice to his home but it was really the utility on the other line. fox 29 investigates what every customer needs to know. >> a loaded gun wound up in an elementary school. police say a student brought it in. hear how a teacher found that weapon. sean bell? lucy, eagles lost two in row and their sex coming to town to make things worse. sam bradford knows way too much about doug pederson and pederson talks about it later in sports. ♪ nearly three thousand miles - that's how far away republican party bosses looked to find 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battle with scammers right now. >> fox 29 investigates reveals how this swindle is pulling big bucks from local energy user. here jeff cole. >> reporter: perch the water in bensalem high tides restaurant and bar served up booze and grub for almost two years now. early days in the restaurant business are often the toughest as a loyal clientele is built any bump in the road can mean business trouble. >> they said they were on their way out within 20 minutes to disconnect the power. specifically to take the meter. >> reporter: the call came in on a land line in august. it was energy giant peco or at least coach owner paul stock brook thought it was. threatening to pull the plug on the bar unless some money was slapped down on an overdue bill. >> they say they're coming to shut your business down? >> correct. >> reporter: they're going to cut the juice. >> correct. your. >> reporter: you'll go dark here. >> correct. >> reporter: you're thinking what the heck. >> exactly. it's 4:00 o'clock on wednesday afternoon, you know, i'm running a restaurant. >> reporter: stockbook who says the bar was late on its bill and was working with peco calls the number that was left and gets an operator who he claims knows specific details about his business. like problems with getting the bar's mail. he claims the caller knew their billing address was different from the restaurant's address and he says the operator confirmed the phone number linked to their peco account. >> which happened to be my partner's cell phone number. which is not listed anywhere. i doorway they tell me and make the payment. >> reporter: he says he had some doubts, but he followed the destructions to buy money pack cards at rite aid and called back with the card number. he says did he it in part because of what he heard on the phone. >> so when you called the number they gave you, you got peco? >> peco. >> reporter: you got the peco line. >> i got the peco record. >> reporter: you heard right. he was taken for 3800 bucks, and the bookkeeper for yet another peco customer both tell fox 29 when they called the phone number left behind by the scammers, they got what they thought was peco's voicemail system. it's all part of a sophisticated swindle that separating utility customers from their money. >> driving a peco truck. >> ben armstrong is a peco spokesperson. he says the utility is aware of what's happening and has alerted its customers to the scam. but so far has been unable to stop it. >> you know that they have the technology to fake your system? people are calling in and think they're actually talking to you. >> these scammers are replicating portions of peco's voicemail system, and we are working with local authorities and to investigate how this is happening. and to determine whether or not there's any way to prevent it from happening. >> reporter: armstrong says, the scammer calls started with a trickle back in 2011. with just six attempts but they jumped to 28 the following year. nearly 500 the next and peaked at over 1700 in 2014. and there's still coming. peco says in 2015, 86 customers were taken for $67,000. this year, 67 customers have lost 78 grand. remember, the scammers had detailed information about his peco accounts. >> there's been no breach of your data system. >> no one is in there poaching and then using it to take money from your customers? >> we have absolutely not will breach of our security system or of our it system, of our customer information system. >> reporter: peco believes the scammers are just guessing about what its residential and business customers may oh. >> when they asked me for the name on the account, i told them my name was sandra o'connor. >> reporter: lisa solis is a bookkeeper for a couple of city bars with a sense of humor. >> it might be my full name sandra day o'connor. >> the name of the first woman on the supreme court. >> when the scammers hit her bar, she knew it was bogus because she says they're on auto pay with the utility but she called back to have a little fun. >> i was really surprised to hear peco's phone greeting. so it through me off little bit. >> reporter: she listen to the scammers pitch and even recorded it. listen carefully. >> the only way we can avoid this disconnection is making a minimum payment for $495. >> are you able to make the payment? >> i'm not -- i'm not sure. >> peco says it knows of electric, water and gas utility customers across the country and canada being chased by scammers. it has a scam alert page on its website claims it has stuffed info into customer mailings and has even posted warnings on the electronic billboard a top its headquarters. >> many of these scams are beginning offshore. dominican republic, mexico and some other places. >> reporter: lisa says she takes for the small business owners and the elderly who could be taken by these scammers. so when she got one on the phone, she made him go through his pitch over and over again. >> you made him go back and ba back. >> i made him go back and back at least six times. >> are you getting pleasure out of this? >> it was hilarious. >> reporter: green dot the maker of money packard removed the cards from the market for awhile when they realized swindlers were abusing them. they're lookin looking stockbros complaint but they recovered a thousand dollars for him. rite aid says it too is aware of these types of exams but wasn't made aware of this particular one. it says it's trying to resolve the situation for its customer. jeff cole, fox 29 news. president obama getting ready for his final state dinner tonight. the celebrity chef who is lending a hand in the glitzy affair. and new at 6:00 police are on the hunt foreman they say behind a series of 7eleven robberies. the aggressive move he made to get his hands on the cash in the register. a break in the case of a football field that was destroyed by a vandal in camden. who police arrested. i had frequent heartburn, but...my doctor recommended prilosec otc 7 years ago, 5 years ago, last week. just 1 pill each morning. 24 hours and zero heartburn, it's been the number 1 doctor recommended brand for 10 straight years, and it's still recommended today. use as directed >> president obama will host the final state dinner of his administration tonight. it looks like he plans to go out with a bank. crews are putting the finishin g touches on preparations from the dee core to the guest list and of course all the food. the state dinner honors italian prime minister matteo renzi. mario join the white house executive chef and white house executive pate tree chef to unveil the food they're serving. he says he wants to make authentic italian meals with local ingredients. >> what the message is no matter how you're cooking whatever style you embrace you're using your local ingredients because they stand the best chance to smell like the wind when it blows through the trees wherever you're having dinner on a tuesday night in the fall if i can capture that then everybody will capture that. >> love that. smells like the wind this is president obama's 14th state dinner during his eight year presidency. gwen is he fanny will perform after tonight's dinner. >> big night thursday right here on fox 29. fox's much anticipated remake of the rocky horror picture show will air. we were all impressed by greece live earlier this year. this life show is promising to blow your socks off. >> how account cast and crew pull it all off on life tv is rather incredible. fox's jonathan hunt is in hollywood tonight with a previ preview. >> reporter: new cast jumps to the left and steps to the right as the rocky horror picture show let's do the time warp again airs on fox. >> victoria justice feels the rocky horror community is part of why this story is so time less. >> it's made anyone feel like if you feel like an outcast or you're a weirdo i think a lot of people who have been put into certain categories may be society looked down upon them i think when they found like the rocky horror picture show community and when they watch the movie they feel empowered. it's okay to be anything that you are and to love anyone you want to love and i think that has brought lot of people together. >> reporter: audience interaction is a key part of the cult classic and new version makes sure to recognize that. >> hello. >> in terms of taking breaks from what you see within the screen pulling back and seeing the audience and the fans experience and paying hospital match to the fans of the last 42 years. >> ryan is excited to introduce it to a new generation of fans. >> i think people in the younger generation are going to be reluctant to watch something made in the 17 meant. it's not high quality they're used to or whatever so we're able to show them what they're used to seeing but bringing the story into a new generation of people. >> and they're all humbled to have the original doctor franken further tim kerry joining them for the retelling. >> jump to the left. >> jim kerry is like a former president support the new president. having him around i mean he gives such great energy and i remember one of things he said to us, i just want to be there to hang out. so sweet. he's such a sweet obviously monumental talent. >> having him as the godfather figure made us feel like we could advance constantly. it's huge to have him. >> in hollywood, jonathan hunt, fox news. ♪ a stroll through a local park takes an ugly turn. a woman is bitten by a dog. >> i think he's coming up to greet, and he just jumps up and bites me in the arm. >> she says one thing would have kept her safe. what she wants done so no one else gets hurt. ♪ a meth lab bust forces people out of their homes. what tipped off police to the danger. >> live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 6:00. first tonight at 6:00 developing story out of camden. police arrest add man they say ruined a youth football field. police say the man first drove over the field then vandalized a nearby concession stand with a hate symbol. good evening and thanks for joining us i'm iain page. >> i'm lucy noland. arrest is huge and welcomed news to the community. bruce gordon has been following this case all along. live in camden now, bruce. >> reporter: lucy, the offense charged here is criminal mischief. but that hardly describes the damage done to these kids who use this football field as a sort of save haven from the violent streets of cam. make no mistake, this arrest is welcomed news. the newly receded football field at milandra hall is still unfit for coach robbed kelly's kids to use. >> it's a shame. >> i showed kell al picture of the man responsible for their loss. confessed vandal 28-year-old alexander peters of gloucester city. >> that was stewed did the to come out here and do a hateful act like that. now your name is and face is all over the place. you got family. that reflects on his family. >> reporter: camden county police say peters deliberately drove his pickup truck over the rain soaked field sunday before last. then spray painted a swastika on the cinder block wall of the

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