after a violent prisoner escapes custody and bolts on to the streets of southwest philadelphia. good evening i m jessica dean. i m chris may. let s get right out there. eyewitness news reporter david spunt live at southwest detectives with developing information. david? reporter: chris i just spoke to police here at southwest detectives. they tell me this 16-year-old is still on the run. they ve been trying find him all night. he was on his way actually here to the building behind me to face charges when he escaped. police say 16 year old had a seem singletary is on the run handcuffed in the front. detectives say he committed thee armed robberies and two home inn vagues in pennsylvania earlier this year. just before police tried to make an arrest, authorities say singletary plead he had flowed tennessee then to florida where authorities found him in a stolen car in jacksonville area. police hired a private company to transport him to face the charges and authorities say
to the building behind me to face charges when he escaped. police say 16 year old had a seem singletary is on the run handcuffed in the front. detectives say he committed thee armed robberies and two home inn vagues in pennsylvania earlier this year. just before police tried to make an arrest, authorities say singletary plead he had flowed tennessee then to florida where authorities found him in a stolen car in jacksonville area. police hired a private company to transport him to face the charges and authorities say singletary was in the back seat of this white unmarked kia when he jumped out and ran. people know where he s at. obviously he s back in his hometown. there are individuals who he hangs out like age and family members. reporter: neighbors spent several hours watching the essential. it s scary. who s child is rung the streets. age 16. no safety for our children. we have elderly people in our neighborhood on our block. we have small children. they can t even
eyewitness news . also breaking news right now crewness south jersey are battling a forest fire at wharton state forest. there have been some evacuations so far. this fire started behind the rangers station on 206 near quakerbridge road in shamong. area is now closed. eyewitness news new jersey reporter cleve bryan is at the the scene cleve. reporter: i m at the corner of quaker brown road at route 206, where they are diverting traffic. this is a very busy traffic area. but nobody can get past on 206, just north of here because of the forest fire that they are battling. the call came in around 2:30, the main fire is located just north and east of the ranger station. the initial estimate we have is 100 acres are burning and they do not have any estimate about how much of that is being contained several spot fires, that are also, just east of route 206. fire fighters are dealing with shifty wind and some extremely dry conditions. as ground crews are working to put those
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