The judge questioned dell vin barnes and he reiterated he grabbed the victim at random. His goal was to rob her so he would have money to head back to virginia. Investigators say barnes is the person you see in this gripping image, snatching a 22yearold woman right off a germantown street last november. The highprofile case gained National Attention as the fbi joined philadelphia detectives in the search for the victim and her kidnapper. If the case had gone to trial, federal prosecutors would have argued barnes took this victim to maryland. They would have shown video of a man they believed to be barnes using the victims atm card. Then this video of the same man casually shopping in a convenience store. The suspect and victim were found inside barnes car in a parking lot two days after she disappeared. Now, under the terms of this plea agreement, barnes will be sentenced to 35 years in january. In the next half hour, im going to comb through some notes i took inside the courtroom, and
Controversial in the first pla place. The vast majority of them having been set aside for local parishes and other select groups to get the close up views of the pope during his many Public Events here in philadelphia. Well, today the first batch of free to the general public passes was made available on the world meeting of families website saying you guessed it the scalpers quickly took over. The hottest ticket of the papal weekend has mayor nutter hot under the collar. Tuesday at noon the world meeting of families made 10,000 free ticks to the popes Independence Hall event available on their website. The ticks would offer a relati relatively up close view of pope francis as he speaks on immigration and religious freedom. The passes were gobbled up in less than two minutes time. Short time later, some were already for sale on sites like ebay for hundreds of dollars piece. We told mayor nutter about the mark yup. I even showed him the resale sites. He was appal. You get a free ticket
September 26th visit to independence mall. But most were not as lucky. They were sold out online. Reporter couldnt get them. Couldnt get them. Reporter in fact more than 400,000 tried to get passes online but by 12 0 2 00 p. M. They sold out. Gone. Or so we thought. Just minutes after those free tickets were given out, they were right back on the blackmarket selling online for big bucks. On craigslist we found 20,500 each and on ebay, two tickets plus seven at a passes were going for a whopping 1,500. Ebay has since told us it is now removing the listings since they violate the sites policies. I think its kind of scum me, but people are trying to take advantage of the system. Even mayor nutter was taken back when we told him how scalpers are moving in on the papal turf. In the neighborhood i grew up thats trifle link. Its just trifle link. Reporter there are those using luck for good like this guy on craigslist from new york. He along with this two friends told us over a web cam they a
September 26th visit to independence mall. But most were not as lucky. They were sold out online. Reporter couldnt get them. Couldnt get them. Reporter in fact more than 400,000 tried to get passes online but by 12 0 2 00 p. M. They sold out. Gone. Or so we thought. Just minutes after those free tickets were given out, they were right back on the blackmarket selling online for big bucks. On craigslist we found 20,500 each and on ebay, two tickets plus seven at a passes were going for a whopping 1,500. Ebay has since told us it is now removing the listings since they violate the sites policies. I think its kind of scum me, but people are trying to take advantage of the system. Even mayor nutter was taken back when we told him how scalpers are moving in on the papal turf. In the neighborhood i grew up thats trifle link. Its just trifle link. Reporter there are those using luck for good like this guy on craigslist from new york. He along with this two friends told us over a web cam they a
Um, i think thats pretty ignorant. To be honest. Reporter world meeting of families made 10,000 free tickets to the pontiffs highly anticipated speech on immigration and religious freedom available to the public through its website tuesday at noon. The tickets which allow for a closer view of the event were gobbled up in less than two minutes. But just moments later, some began showing up on resale sites like ebay for hundreds of dollars a piece. One offered four for thousand bucks. Said the mayor when i showed him the resale sites on my phone its just wrong. Reporter nutter med met with reporters to praise last weekends made in america Music Festival a sort of tune up for the big papal weekend. Nutter boasted of record crowds and few major problems. He did say there were Lessons Learned that may be put to use when far larger crowds invade the ben franklin parkway for the papal visit. If conditions remain dry, for example, the grounds may be wettest down to reduce dust and portable wat