Transcripts For WTXF Fox 29 News At 10 20240622 : comparemel

Transcripts For WTXF Fox 29 News At 10 20240622

Reporting the plane headed to seattle appeared to be in some danger. Some callers reportedly claim they saw flames coming from an engine. Police say they couldnt tacked the airports tower werent told the plane was being monitored and is not in danger, again it landed a short time ago. Police say there were no signs of a fire. There were 145 people on board this American Airlines flight. No one was injured. Right now on fox 29, our other top story irving friar had an nfl career, a pro bowler, a once beloved philadelphia eagle. But now the former football star could be head to do prison for years. Good evening, im dawn timmeney. Im chris oconnell. A jury today finding prior guilty of stealing more than a million dollars. Fox 29s brad sattin live in the newsroom tonight with more on this verdict. Brad. Reporter chris, the allegations first came to light almost two years ago and now there is a verdict after three threeweek trial friar and his mother found guilty today by Burlington County jury of Second Degree charges of conspiracy and theft by deception in the crimes do carry significant jail time. The popular pro bowl wide receiver played for the eagles in the mid 1990s but friar score from seven banks will almost certainly land him in prison a jury convicting him and his mother of stealing more than 1. 2 million. After football friar found and became pastor of New Jerusalem house of god in mt. Holly new jersey but his good guy image sacked following this 2013 indictment and conviction for using miss mothers willingboro new jersey home as collateral to take 700,000 for five equity loans on the property four closing on the same day in december 2009. Each bank thinking theres was the only loan. Three week later getting another 150,000 loan from a sixth bank. Friar and his mother were also convicted in a mortgage scheme for another 400,000 loan. Prosecutors say friar himself spent 200,000 of that money. The banks eventually taking losses on most of it. New jerseys acting attorney general john hoffman whos office prosecuted the case says a Financial Crime said friars football and religious status dont mitigate the fact he and his mother engaged in elaborate criminal scheme to defraud seven banks of more than 1 million. Sentencing now scheduled for october 2nd. They could face five to 10 years in prison along with 150,000 fine. Dawn . All right. Thank you brad. Developing to night, three people are in the hospital after a bad accident in limerick Montgomery County. It happened just before 8 00 oclock this evening at west ridge pike and south limerick road. Skyfox over that nasty scene there. You can see rescue workers working for nearly an hour to free one of the people who was trapped inside a car. We dont know the conditions of the three who were injured. No word yet on what might have caused that nasty crash. Triple shooting in north philadelphia leaves one man dead and a second in extremely critical condition. At least five shots rang out in the 3,000 block of b street it happened around 4 30 this afternoon. Police say a man in a mask ran up to a toyota and opened fire. 23yearold man was killed. A 25yearold shot in the chest is now critical an third is in stable condition. Someone then drove the trio to the hospital. But then did something unusual. From preliminary information it appears that the driver of that toyota who drove the other three to the hospital was not a shooting victim. Preliminary information is the driver drove all three to Episcopal Hospital then fled the scene. Police now have the bullet riddled car but still no suspect or motive. The two surviving victims were transferred to temple hospital. A brazen attack against a local Business Owner. A philadelphia baker shot and robbed right outside of her store and tonight shes still fighting for her life. Fox 29s Shawnette Wilson is live outside of the Overbrook Park section tonight. Shawnette what is the latest. Reporter chris that woman had surgery earlier today at last check they she was in critical condition. Alt this hour you can see behind me crime seen investigators are back here on the scene. They are park outside the back door where the victim was approached this morning. They believe this whole thing was planned. Im sorry this happened to her. Its a shame. Reporter terry gains is saddened to hear what happened to Business Owner in the same parking lot where she works at a doctors office. Police say 56yearold baker the owner of the bakery in Overbrook Park went out back of her business to smoke around 6 00 this morning. Someone shot her in the face. We believe its a robbery. They were here to take her apron she keeps her and in but there was a struggle at that point. Reporter Police Believe the victim was forward inside and thats where the shooting happen. They believe she tried to fight off the robbers. She would have been there this morning much shes a regular customer. It shakes me a lot i would have been there this morning had i come in earlier. Due to circumstances i was a little late and never know what happens. Report roar Police Arrived and rush the bakery owner to the hospital. The bullet went through wind pipe and into her neck near her spine. Fellow Business Owners say shes been here a decade. Very nice lady. I know her for 10 years. Very nice lady. Reporter as crime seen investigators comb the business throughout the day longtime customers stopped by in shock and hoping for the best. Im horrified. Really nice woman. My children get doughnuts here. We buy birthday cakes here. If you didnt have enough money she would actually help you. I hope everything pulls through for her. Prayers going out. Reporter and back here live, heres Something Else thats interesting. Police say that two men approached this woman just last friday and tried to rob her. Then they were unsuccessful. Police believe those same people likely came back today and pull this whole thing off again looking for two suspects crime seen investigators still processing the scene at this hour. Dawn . All right. Thank you shawnette. Calls for justice at a somber memorial for a young philadelphia mother who was murdered inside her own home. Family members friends and neighbors gather the towing along the 3,000 block of aramingo avenue to pray for stephanie. Police say someone shot and killed the 22yearold eight days ago while her child was there in the home. Neighbors reported seeing a man in a hoodie leaving the scene just after that shooting but so far no arrests. Homicide detectives are still working to find her killer. On your radar tonight pretty nice day out. Pretty nice looking weekend ahead according to scott. Good evening sir. Hi, chris. The storm system that we saw early this morning has rapidly moved out to sea. We are looking at dry conditions for your friday evening out. Low humidity and comfortable temperatures right now. 68 in millville. Low 70s dover. 74 in wilmington as well as philadelphia. Look at the pocono mountains already into the upper 50s. For tonight its mostly clear arc comfortable night. Upper 50s in the burbs mid 60s in the city. What about tomorrow . Well take you around the region. Staying in center city look for warm breezy conditions. 86 degrees for the High Temperature. Thats the average for this time of year. Down the shore 80 degrees. There will be a risk of some rip currents. Lehigh valley pocono mountains sunshine. Temperatures top out in the mid to upper 70s. Coming up, the timing of a rainfall back in the seven day forecast as well as a little at powerful typhoon. All right well talk to you in few minutes scott thanks. Colorado Movie Theater shooter has avoided execution and will spend the rest of his life in prison. Jurors failed to agree on whether james holmes should get Death Penalty the same group of nine men and three men convicted holmes of murder a few weeks ago. In 2012 the 27yearold walked into a midnight screening of a batman movie and opened fire on the capacity crowd. 12 people died and 70 others suffered injuries. Jurors were unanimous in rejecting holmes insanity defense all the more reason why todays came as a surprise. We the jury do not have a unanimous sentencing final sentencing verdict on this count and we the jury understand that as a result the court will impose a sentence of life in prison many without the possibility of parole on this counsel. Holmes showed little emotion as the verdict was read but after it was all said and done he leaned over to his attorney, smiling and saying, thank you. State attorney general Kathleen Kane will turn herself in tomorrow to Face Criminal Charges accused of of leaking grand jury information to get back at enemy and lying about it under oath. The states top lawyer spent the day at her gnome in scranton according to her office much she is set to face a judge in norristown tomorrow. Montgomery County District attorney ferman charging her yesterday with criminal conspiracy perjury and false swearing among other charges. Of course well have complete coverage on fox 29 news tomorrow tomorrow. Berks county ymca Child Care Center is shut down by the state. Officials from the department of Human Services issued an emergency order to the ynca Berkshire Center in wyomissing on thursday. State officials received a complaint about the center but wouldnt give any details about that complaint. Statement from the Department Cites several violations involving gross incompetence, negligence and misconduct that pose serious danger to the life or health of children. A threeyearold runs through a neighborhood dodging traffic. When police go looking for answers they get nothing but questions from shocked neighbor. Just said he was running down the street and i said, theres lots of cars end said yes. The mystery surrounding this little boy and how police figured out where he belonged coming up. Plus history making history. How a civil war relic there play a par in the popes visit to philadelphia. An disturbing video going viral. A fast food worker rubs a bun on the floor. What the restaurant is saying tonight. Valuable parking spots on a city street gone. Residents are furious. Why they say the reason their precious Street Parking is lot is ridiculous. Details about the popes visit coming up in september. Secret service says pedestrians should expect some kind of Law Enforcement presence on the ben franklin bridge but no screening stations. Agency which is in charge of security for the popes visit to philadelphia says today neither the secret service nor the city of philadelphia will be screening papal visitor whos are walking across the bridge. The bridge will be closed to all vehicles except trains during the weekend of september 26th and 27th when the pope is in town. Now history will meet history when the pontiff delivers his speech from independence mall. Pope francis will be speaking from the very same lectern used by president Abraham Lincoln to give the gettysburg address and fox 29s Joanne Pileggi joining us live from independence mall. Joanne two historic speeches at the same podium. Pretty cool. Reporter it is pretty cool dawn. If you are waiting like so many other people are weve got about 45 days until pope francis is here. And now weve learned he will be speaking from the podium and lectern with major historical significance. Who better historical figure pope francis is, you know, his whole thing hes looking out for for you know under privileged and people that are have been necked by society and thats kind of what Abraham Lincoln did in a way. I think its very fitting. It will be cool. Reporter average person this simple walnut lectern might not seem to matter. But it is an important civil war artifact that will link former president Abraham Lincoln and pope francis historic visit to philadelphia. The holy fathers use of this lectern is incredibly significant as it is the same lectern used by president Abraham Lincoln to deliver the gettysburg address on November November 19th, 1863. Reporter it was little over 150 years ago when president lincoln used this lectern to dedicate part of the Civil War Battlefield at gettysburg as a cemetery giving one of the most famous speeches in american history. So to borrow a phrase from the address it is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this that this lectern be used by pope francis to deliver his address at independence hall. Reporter lectern is on loan to the union league for its civil war art facts collection. The idea to have pope francis use it at a meeting of vatican officials and event organizers at union meet earlier this year. To have this man of faith who speaks for peace love and religious freedom around the world to use president lincolns gettysburg lectern to address all of those who will visit philadelphia and come to see him at this historic moment is truly eventful. I think its awesome. I think its going to be a great affair. If youre going to speak from the same podium Abraham Lincoln spoke from thats really i dont know thats kind of philly showing our love to the pope, though. Reporter thats right. Next month the experts will remove the famous lectern from its current locate at the union league on broad street to prepare it for pope francis historic visit here. Tonight were live at independence mall, Joanne Pileggi fox 29 news. Back to you in the studio. All right, thank you joanne. You can fine everything you need to know about the popes visit in one place. Head over to myfoxphilly. Com and look for the special section that weve created on our home page. A legendary Philadelphia Business will no longer call philadelphia home. Ammo row sos bakery is moving from its longtime southwest philadelphia location to a new facility in bellmawr, new jersey jersey. The moves will mean 200 layoffs at the philly site. Company Officials Say similar number of employees will be hired to work in jersey. The company says its simply out grew the century old factory they called home since 1960. Workers told us they were not surprised that the terminations but losing a job still stings. Where am i going to go now . You know everybody is looking for a job. Have to find a job. Reporter hard to find a new job . Yeah. It doesnt bother me. Reporter youll find something . Yeah. Im a motivator you know. I just keep on going. Amoroso pass been making bread and famous roles since 1904 it actually started in camden moving to philadelphia in 1914. A frustrating discovery for residents in one part of a philadelphia neighborhood. They woke up this week to a newly painted bus zone on their busy block. Most people who live in the city know how tough it can be to find a parking space in front of or even near their home. Right. We sent our bruce gordon to richmond street where folks there say theyve lost some of their precious Street Parking for reasons that they find to be ridiculous. Reporter there it is, freshly painted and gleaming white. The pair of elongateed xs with the word bus in between. Linda woke up wednesday morning to find Streets Department crew putting the finishing touches on this newly painted bus zone. What went through your mind . Are they out of their mind . Reporter septa reminds this was always a no parking bus stop zone and that the newly painted lines simply followed a repaving of richmond street. But for folks at richmond and ontario, the lengthy zone represents a loss of precious Street Parking already in short supply. Its going to be horrible. I dont know what were supposed to do with five spots we just lost. Reporter to make matters worse, she and her neighbors say this bus stop is rarely ever used. No surprise. Since it sits two block from the septa bus terminal at richmond and west moreland. I see a fellow there maybe once or twice a week, and i see a lady get off once in a blue moon. Reporter theres more. By policy septa bus drivers are supposed to pull out of their driving lane and into the painted bus zone to pick up and discharge passengers. But if youve ever gotten stuck behind a septa bus, you know they rarely pull over. They have to fight their way to get back into the traffic lane. Sure enough, the bus that dropped off the lone passenger we saw at this stop never pulled into the newly painted zone. Never happens. Never ever happens. Reporter you dont see the bus pull over into the bus zone. Never. So says she and her neighbors have lost parking they knew was there to begin with a zone buses dont pull into and a bus stop few passengers use. What goes in your mind when you see this kind of a situation. That its absolutely ridiculous. It really is. Reporter septa notes that parking is prohibited in these bus zones. In part, because they dont want passengers walking in between parked cars to get out to the bus. Its a reasonable point but one that probably gets them nowhere with the folks on richmond street. In the newsroom, im Bruce Gordon Fox 29 news. So the citys Young Musicians gathering in southwest philadelphia showing off think talent tonight. Music group hosting Community Night of music. Organizers theyre theyre using music to spread the word of the gospel. Two dozen came out to play or take in the tunes. Police check out a report of kids left home alone but find something far worse. The scene they

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