Confirm and that garcia has had several run ins with immigrations and Customs Enforcement which raises questions about his immigration status, into this country, of course, garcia remains in cuss todd a wait ago rain. Reporting live from near Rittenhouse Square, im Steve Paterson for cbs3 Eyewitness News. Steve, thank you. As you reported a Smart Phone App led officers to that suspect. What is it and how does it work . We will have more on that part of the story coming up at 5 30. Well, breaking news right now methodist pastor from Lebanon County defrock after officiating his sons same sex wedding has been reinstated by the unite methodist church. The pastor frank schaefer, a celebrated that ruling by dancing at the First United Methodist Church of germantown today. He led zion United Methodist in iona, schaefer was defrocked following a church trial last year, after he refused to promise, that he would never preside, over another same sex wedding. I will never be silenced again. I wil
From the cbs Broadcast Center in philadelphia this is cbs3 Eyewitness News. Tonight chopper three is there as police stop a septa bus filled with passengers to arrest this man. They say hes the robber who struck a local wells fargo branch. Good evening, im jessica dean. Im chris may. Tonight police tell us with this arrest they now believe that a serial bank robber is off the streets. Eyewitness News Reporter Elizabeth Hur is live at Philadelphia Police headquarte headquarters. Liz . Reporter chris, police tell us in recent weeks theres been a rash of bank will be brees in the northeast philadelphia area and in each case police have the suspect description and same mo and tonight Police Believe they finally have their man. Bang robbery suspect under arrest tracking him down according to police took only about 20 minutes. For some reason he felt the need to after robbing the bank get on septa bus as his get away vehicle. Reporter a septa bus known to make frequent stops but thats not al
That humidity ramps up. All this moisture being built up that by the time we hit Late Afternoon storms we have been calling for, they will move in and because we have so much moisture they will probably dump some downpours on us. Now, right the now it does look like the bulk of the activity is going to be confined off across the north and western suburbs. When i say that we are talking about heavier rain. Storm scan three showing signs of life here. The northwestern, pennsylvania. Kind of like what we saw yesterday as the warm front lifts through but eventually it will swing a cold front through our area so we will do have wet weather ourselves. We will break this down in a mina head, give you a sense of the timing and having else that comes with it. Also how is the weekend shaping up. We are getting closer and closer. We will have a preview coming up. Thank you. In the news and developing right now part of the heavily traveled road in Montgomery County just reopened after it was damag
Street. You can rest easy today. More importantly, this young professional woman, and her family, can begin to rebuild. Reporter so how did police catch an accused rape is in less than three days . They say, three reasons a cooperative victim, traceable technology, great detectives. It is good investigative work. Good instincts by the investigators having the right people there at the right time. Reporter twentyeight yearold Milton Mateo Garcia identified, arrested and charged. Police say this is him, Early Saturday Morning on spruce, forcing the victim into her apartment before police say he beats, rapes, and then robs her. This appears to have been a crime of opportunity. Reporter police say have after the attack garcia stole her keys and her phone. They traced it here to this neighborhood in south philadelphia. Detectives pinpointed this home on eighth street, where garcia was living with at least three other men, and this woman. In spanish, she tells us that she didnt want to give
The streets. Eyewitness News Reporter Elizabeth Hur is live at Philadelphia Police headquarte headquarters. Liz . Reporter chris, police tell us in recent weeks theres been a rash of bank will be brees in the northeast philadelphia area and in each case police have the suspect description and same mo and tonight Police Believe they finally have their man. Bang robbery suspect under arrest tracking him down according to police took only about 20 minutes. For some reason he felt the need to after robbing the bank get on septa bus as his get away vehicle. Reporter a septa bus known to make frequent stops but thats not all. Bank employees gave up the money but also put a tracking device in the money. Reporter thats right. With a tracking device on him, police say the suspect was on the run. It was around 4 45 tuesday afternoon. Police say the suspect rob the wells fargo at welsh and the boulevard. Then hopped on a septa bus. Police say officers from the eighth district responded right away