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WTXF Fox 29 News At 10 June 22, 2024

Fox 29 news in hd brought to you by xfinity the future of awesome. Right now breaking news. Several people hit by a car in Burlington County including at least one child. Sky fox over the 100 block of bud town road in southampton township late tonight. Police confirm to us four people were hit around 8 30 to. Were not sure how many kids but we do know at least one victim was rush to the hospital in a helicopter. Officers still sorting out all the details. And they have yet not yet confirmed whether the driver stopped at the scene. Rosie odonnells daughter missing for a week found safe in south jersey. Good evening, im lucy noland. Im iain page. Fox 29s Chris Oconnell is live at Barnegat Township Police Headquarters tonight. Chris . Reporter iain and lucy, good evening. New york state sheriffs deputees actually came here to Barnegat Township, new jersey about 40 minutes ago to pick up Chelsea Odonnell. She left here. She was in the back seat safe and sound according to police. The 17yearold daughter of actress comedian Rosie Odonnell had been missing for the past week but she was found earlier tonight inside the home of a acquaintance. Now the actress tweeted out the message earlier tonight. Chelsea has been found and is safe in police custody. Thank you all for the help and light. Now odonnell had left her home with her therapy dog and may have been headed for new york. Odonnell said her daughter who suffers from a Mental Illness was without her medication and this morning odonnell made the plea to find her daughter public but just hours later the call came in to Barnegat Police that she will see may have been in this area, new york Law Enforcement was dispatched here to new jersey to pick her up. Police here explain what happened when they found her. Went to one of the residences. Spoke to a subject there. Good oldfashioned police work recognized something wasnt right he was acting very nervous and the officer just advised him we believed she was and there we werent leaving without her and he admitted she was in the hou house. Reporter now just why Chelsea Odonnell was missing and who she was staying with remains unanswered at this point. Police do say she was in good spirits when she left here. She was safe and not in any ha harm. Rosie odonnell herself was not here to pick her daughter up. We understand no criminal charges will be filed in this case. Lucy . All right. Thank you very much, chris. On your radar the sweltering heat that just wont go i was away. Lying life look from south philadelphia after day four of this heat wave. Four days topping 90 degrees. Scott youre talking about possible breaks in the heat . We are looking at some clouds as well as scattered showers and downpours. Wednesday through thursday as we look at ultimate doppler right now most of the area quiet. However, in parts of chester county, also, moving into New Castle County looking at a couple of light showers. Then as we expand the view you can see were looking at more green on the map and look at this potent front moving through the midwest. That will slowly move toward our area wednesday through friday. But take a look at the numbers. Our fourth day of our fourth heat wave of the year. Into degrees. That was the High Temperature today. Making it the 26th day that we have hit 90 or better in philadelphia. Take look at past years so far you can see 2014 we hit 19 days. And back in 2012 it was close to 40. Now, as we talk a little before the about those headlines, we do have some heat relief ahead but little bit of a trade off because scattered showers and downpours ahead as well as the tropics heating up. We have Tropical Storm danny. Details on all of that coming up. Iain. Scott, thank you. Popular mainline restaurant once voted one of the best in the country is closed tonight. Why . A roach problem. Problem so bad the township had to shut it down. Fox 29s dave kinchen life outside that eatery tonight. That community is a little grossed out tonight. Reporter no doubt about that. Radnor police say they found roaches all over the kitchen and many people were shocked to hear that. Hungry at the dinner hour looking for bite at the Chinese Restaurant in radnor township but the orange sign on the door was enough to turn their stomachs Radnor Police say it was shut down after roaches were found everywhere inside. What . Youre kidding . Reporter Radnor Health department sign also called a quote gross facility after investigators say a girl found a roach in her noodles on friday. Thats pretty gross. Reporter when given another dish police say that unwere, too had a roach in it. Officers on scene found roaches all over the kitchen with many coming from an electrical outl outlet. We had reservations this evening. We just called today and theyre closed. I think its a loss. Because this was a real favorite restaurant in this area. Reporter yank ming was one listed as americas greatest Chinese Restaurant according tots website. Investigators say the building was decontaminated and checked on tuesday but its still closed although a handwritten note says the closure is for renovation. Thats kind of dishonest. You know, you have an infestation you should own it. Workers did not say much. Are there roaches . No idea. Im sorry. Reporter many regulars believe in second chances. Im open minded. Things happen. But others have lost their appetites. I dont think ill be coming here again after hearing that. Reporter the manager did talk with us off camera. He says he believes the roaches came in through the ventilation system. He says crews were here stripping that system and he expects the Health Department back out here tomorrow to evaluate. By the way we did point out that handwritten renovation sign it has since been removed. Iain . Dave, thank you. Philadelphia police are looking for two men they say robbed and carjack add man right outside of his business. It happened last thursday morning on the 2800 block of north ninth street. Police say two men walk up to the victims car while he was sitting inside and they took off in the car and got away with more than 4,100. If you know who these men are, call police. Community is coming together in wilmington this evening praying for a 10yearold boy someone shot. Ma can i mitchell in his head while he was home early this morning and tonight as his Family Friends pray for him theyre also calling for justi justice. Police are quickly helping them get closer to what theyre seeking today they took two people 92 custody including a man you saw it all live at 5 00. Officers handcuffed and he is cored him out of his home just a few doors down from mitchells how. Let than hour earlier Police Announce the arrest of another man 24yearold jalill golds borough facing charges tied to the shooting. Family members did not want to show their faces on camera but they do want their voices heard. We just want yall to know that we love him and that he was a very loving child and that whoever did this, we want justice for it because this should never have happen. Family members say makai is fighting for his life at ai Dupont Hospital for children. Attorney general Kathleen Kane plans to release more details about pornographic email scandal as part of her criminal defense. Kane accused of of leaking grand jury information to the media then lying about it claims the criminal charges are a plan to keep her quiet about the pornographic emails. Last week kane called on the state Supreme Court to give her the authority to release them. Today the state Supreme Court said kane is allowed to release the emails. Developing to night Congress Mack fattah enter as packed courtroom this was his first time in front of a judge for the federal racketeering charges against him. He said he is innocent. And he wants to remove the cloud from his good reputation. Fox 29s jeff cole was part of that packed courtroom. Reporter chaka fattah strolled in to federal court just after 11 00 Tuesday Morning a good two hours before he was to face a judge. He talk football. Im hoping the eagles have a great season. Im concerned about their trade of desean jackson. Reporter in the fifth floor courtroom fattah appeared anxious. Blurting out his claim of innocence before the judge even asked. I would expect if you were charged with something you didnt do you would be anxious to say the same thing. Reporter thats what you believe did he not do that. Whole heartedly. Fattah in congress for 11 terms is charged for alleged role in racketeering conspiracy. The feds claim he and others misused hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal charitable and Campaign Funds to further their own interests. The contract i have with my community the warranty is still good. That im going to never do anything that would embarrass them. Reporter after officially declaring his innocence bond was set at 100 grand which fattah will have not to have to pay until he violates the terms of his release. He can do this his job and travel but stay away from the witnesses in the case against him. He went after the office of the u. S. Attorney. Take people in my family smear their good name says a lot about character. In letter monday to members of a House Oversight Committee Fattah attacked prosecutors naming sift taft u. S. Attorney paul gray and charging gray had said, congressman fattah was guilty of something. The prosecutor was in no mood to talk today. I dont have any comment. Letter where he said somehow you acted inappropriately. Put something a pleading well litigate it in court. Until then we have no comment. Fattah was ringed by report reporters and photographers. At one point he was approached by a constituent who wished him well. In the newsroom, jeff cole, fox 29 news. Escaped prisoner makes a run for it in berks county but he didnt get very far thanks to local k9 unit. The berk county Sheriffs Office says the man escaped a Police Transport fan in lower heidelberg township just past noon today. He was on his way to a court hearing. Four other prisoners were in that van but only he took off. K9 officer picked up his scent about an hour later and found him up a tree near blue marsh lake. Vandals destroy a local hockey street ring causing thousands of dollars in damage. Check this out. Whats left of the ring in Veterans Memorial park in egg harbor township. Police there say vandals hit the park two nights in a row sunday and monday. They believe the damage looks like it came from an atv. Police say the cost to fix this mess will run around 35,000. Police see the driver speeding running red lights they finally get him to stop. But thats where the real drama begins. The surprise waiting inside that car. A local shelter trained this adorable dog. Then adopted her out. So why just days later was she euthanized. The outrage over what happened. A quiet afternoon turns terrifying when a mom tries to stop a driver racing through her neighborhood. Ran over there and i started screaming at him, and everybody was like jennifer hes got gun. I was like i dont care. Oh yeah it turn ugly what police say the driver did next that landed him in jail. A medical break through in the bedroom with just approved just for women. That set twitter on fire. Narrator first pat toomey voted to defund planned parenthood risking health care for millions of women. Now republicans want to shut down the government to block funding for planned parenthood. What would a shutdown mean for pennsylvania . Veteran will anyone be there to process my Veterans Benefits . Senior what will that do to Social Security and medicare . Mom will i be able to get my daughter into head start . Small business woman what about Small Business loans . Narrator tell senator toomey stand up for planned Parenthood Health care not a government shutdown. All out brawl caught on camera inside a west philly Convenience Store. Surveillance video from august 5th shows two men going at it inside this Corner Market at 56th and arch streets. You can see how close a small child came to getting caught up in all of this violent. One of the suspects even pulled out handgun but he never used it. Police say someone fired shots in that area later that that night and theyre hoping youll recognize the men in this video. Police are stepping up patrols in one philadelphia neighborhood after a rash of shootings. The story was breaking last night right here on fox 29 news at 10. Three shootings in two days has left one man dead and four others hurt. So far tonight no arrests. Fox 29s dave stratt wise sr. Reports police are worried that this spade of violence has only just begun. Five people shot in the last 24 hours in olney is ridiculous. Reporter neighborhood around second and nedro is on edge after three shoots in two days left four people wounded and one dead. These kids killing each other for no reason. Get a job. Do something with your life. Thats ridiculous. You know what i mean . Its like we at war but we not at war. Reporter bullets have been flying here almost daily. First it was gunfire on Linton Street that left gaping holes in a front porch barbecue grill and an airconditioner. This is not the 80s no more. We don live this life any more. Reporter sunday night three people were shot here at second and widener. Then monday night, 32yearold anthony, was gunned down in 22yearold woman was wounded in the middle of the 200 block of nedro. The decedent, this female and we believe at least one other male were sitting on the step. Unidentified male comes upon them and fires several shots. A good friend of mine got guilt, innocent bystander. Innocent bystander got killed last night for no reason. For no reason. Its very scary. Very. Steve haas grandmother lives here he says all this shooting leaves him one choice. Thats very scary. I will move out. I will move out as soon as possible, you know i no going to live here. We got kids running around here. You got people going work and stuff like that. You known dough know who youll hit. Reporter police dont know whats behind the rash of shootings a car on the block had the word rat scratched night. Police are now concerned about retaliation. I know that the captain of that district is deploying personnel in that area just trying to stop these shootings and make some arrests. It needs to stop. You know what i mean . Its a shame. Its a shame we got to live like this. As dave tells us police are still interviewing witnesses in last nights murder. At this point theres notified shes shootings are connected. Lehigh valley Soccer Player facing charge as cues evidence assaulting a referee during game. It happened sunday in bethlehem. During an adult Spanish League soccer game. Police say 35yearold andre reyes is facing charges of assaulting a sports official. Hes accused of kicking the ref after being ejected from the game. There was a call made by a referee. He gave a red card to one of the players. The player objected and when the referee turned his back, the Soccer Player kicked the referee in his left leg. The referee was taken to the hospital. Hes okay. The suspects wife tells fox 29 the ref had been intentionally taunting players during the past several games and forced the game to end by ejecting the teams goalie. Security guard fired from a new Jersey High School for comments she made on facebook is getting her job back. The vineland Daily Journal reports that mary, will return to her job on september 1st vineland high school. The school fired her last year for,ing when she used the phrase black thug to describe the men accused of of killing Philadelphia Police officer robert wilson. The United States coast guard based in Atlantic City found themselves flying to the Delaware Water Gap for a rescue this morning. Officials say the air crew medivacked a man after he fell from tree. They also hoisted up a local paramedic provide something ca care. The injured man was taken to Lehigh Valley hospital in allentown. No word tonight on his conditi condition. Special thank to you some of philadelphias finest Whose Campaign helped raise thousands of dollars for cancer research. Susan g. Komen philadelphia teamed up with the citys Police Department today to celebrate one of their most important figures in the fight against Breast Cancer. Officer karen walker helped found Team Pink Cuffs within the department. Well she lost her battle with Breast Cancer last year and today komen philadelphia honored her with a special lunch for the officers who continue to carry on her work. Its an ongoing process. Were not done yet. And we need to help not only the Police Department but the entire commu

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