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cash. >> and now an arrest in a stream of convenience store robberies. the thieves have -- a handful of stores. "action news" reporter sara bloomquist is live outside of a 711, in gloucester township. >> sharrie, 31-year-old charles walls of collingswood is charged in connection with six more armed robberies in pennsauken that ends with the shooting of the store clerk. investigators believe that charles walls one of these men, committing the string of violent armed robberies, at 7-eleven stores in south jersey, right now walls behind bars charged with three crimes and suspected
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in three others, including this january 10th holdup at a 7-eleven in pennsauken where the store clerk was shot and wounded. >> we have taken -- driving a red or orange or red -- >> looking for that type of car with that type of traffic violations, assuming anyone committing an armed robby, and walls name came on top of the list and the description matched one of the suspects. >> we narrowed it down to one individual and with the help of cherry hill that set up a servers team and they serve veiled him one night and from there it just progressed. >> three men robbed this 7-eleven on church street in gloucester township. and the police saw walls return
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to his apartment carrying a large bag and wearing the same clothes. >> the gun that was seized appears to be the same as the gun used and we see in the video tapes in a number of 7-eleven robberies. >> that gun recovered from walls apartment has been sent to a state lab, if it is in fact the weapon used in the pennsauken shooting. we are told he has limited use of his legs now. police are looking at two other persons of interest and so far she have not made any arrests. live in gloucester township, new jersey, i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you sara. >> in berks county a dozen men including a teenager are charged in a county wide pornography ring, the 13 individuals were
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arrested following a 18 month investigation, they discovered the suspects possessed and distributed thousands of images of children using cell phones, each man is facing several felony accounts. >> crack downs like this send a message that possessing child sexual abuse. not depicted, a closer look we have a slideshow at 6abc.com. the montgomery county man accused of exposing himself to women plead guilty at his trial. he admitted to indecent exposure in the case of four women and he was sentenced to sex offender counseling and probation. he was picked up after offering
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money to perform a lewd act. lightning strikes likely spark aid house fire at the 200 block of summer ridge circle overnight. they said that the fire started in the attic of the storm, it took crews to get it under control and fortunately nobody was hurt. >> in stanton, delaware, they hope that the newly installed surveillance cameras help police catch a vandal that targets his lot. the man broke into nally's automotive early tuesday morning, that he smashed his way into several cars, and that the crook caused $15,000 in damage and in a stroke of luck, the owner surveyed the damage a day before the break-in. >> there is another bear sighting, a video of a black bear crossing mount holly road,
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during it's evening hours yesterday. this is the 1800 block of rita's water ice, several people will standing in line for treats when the bear walked their bay. no one was hurt. if you see a bear, don't go near it, contact police immediately. >> again, it's time to see what is cooking. >> meteorologist, melissa magee is live tonight in brigantine, and melissa, what are you up to now? >> she is not catching anything. >> yeah, you know. >> i have to show you when you cast your rod you have to pull it up and reel it down. we have more fun here in brigantine new jersey, in the meantime, i'm going to cast my rod and see what i catch. walk with me this way.
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it went that way. lets go down the shore. rev up your engines for the antique auto show in ocean city, hundreds of vehicles will be on display, colorful classics and customs and hot rods, at 6th street and asbury avenue. it starts at 9:00 a.m. and lastsing in 2:00 p.m. followed by a parade on the boardwalk. >> bend, plank and pose in wildwood. this sunday marks the beginning of yoga on the beach. grab a towel and start your day with a good workout all while taking in beautiful views of the shore, classes are offering sunday, monday wednesday andfully starting at 9:00 a.m., and it's only $5, goat your stretch on behind the wildwood convention center at berk
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avenue. >> bring your appetite out to tucker ton for the annual seafood and music festival, enjoy jersey clams and crabs and shrimp, full of family fun and activities vendors as well as live entertainment. head out to the tuckerton sea port. hope to see you this weekend down at the shore. >> so you know this is going to be the official start of summer. starting saturday at 6:51 in the morning, brigantine is a great place to start. and celebrate the start of summer, a striped bass is a lull right now but blue fish and spot fish for those that love to surf
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fish, if you are not in brigantine, in atlantic city today marks the beginning of the atlantic city sand sculpting competition. we'll be there next weekend to check out that fun. rick and sharrie hopefully you have fun this weekend down the shore. remember the trick, you pull it up and reel it down. >> pull it up, reel it down. reel it down. and you reel it down. pull it up. reel it down. >> melissa there is a seafood restaurant around the corner, can you catch something there perhaps. >> that is the easy way for you always. >> that is the way i do it. >> stay on top of the hot weather this summer with the 6 abc storm tracker app get warnings for heat and live radar for storms heading our way. and the app is available for your apple or android device. >> now a check of the roads and what is happening outdoors. >> what is fishing for you over there matt. >> what we are catching on the roads is a bunch of accidents and delays, on the blue route
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476 stacked through this point villanova, a crash, taking out the scene and the left lane and the southbound travel time 42 minutes from the schuylkill to 95 should be 18, that is the name of the game this afternoon, one on the turnpike taking down downingtown, one along 252 and valley forge road, and on valley forge road in the park, route 42 and colonial springs road there is extra construction and one lane is getting by. here in perkiomen township, they closed the bridge over the creek, emergency construction is there, use 113 to get around it, huge delays on the schuylkill and 95 and the turnpike in new jersey, ten mile backup. not the best ride home. >> thank you matt. more to come on "action news"
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thursday night. no more teachers no more books, they said so long to the school year. that kid is happy. >> plus ducis rogers has sports including an update on josie altador and adam you are watching the weather. >> tomorrow the sunshine will be back and lower humidity for the first summer day off. i'll talk about the changes in your weekend coming up.
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to boot. >> very good for them. >> time to talk about sports and ducis rogers is here and the eagles are wrapping up the spring workout. >> they seem to have one every other week here. the three day mini camp was productive if not eventful, that is how chip kelly want its. guys can get in trouble, grow a gut, get kidnapped by aliens. >> when we acquire these guys and select them, that is an important thing to us, i don't want a bunch of guys to worry about when we are away and how they should behavior. and anything they do has ramifications positive and negative and that affects themselves and it affects the team. >> we are gone for ten weeks, i take a couple of days off and get away of course.
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more me july is a high intensity month for me because training camp is so close. >> the phillies begin a serieses in st. louis against the cardinals. the phillies have won 7 of 9 against the nationals and braves. ryan is coming of a big serieses in atlantic with six rbis, is he a career .368, with nine home runs and 26 rbi there. there are two no hitters this season both turned in by the l.a. dodgers, kershaw said it was cool afterwards. >> the sixers may directly affect what they are able to do in the nba draft.
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kansas big man was to go number one to the cleveland cavs and he will undergo surgery on friday and there was questions about the health of his back, if he went one, jabari parker two leaving wiggins as three, the player they covet, all of that may change now. to the world cup, josie altador is a no go, the hamstring he suffered in monday's win over ghana, clint dempsey was hurt in that one too, he broke his nose. >> it can't be any worse that what it was, i have both nostrils plugged and i can breathe out of one now, i'll be fine, better than i was second half that is for sure. beauty and the guy that face planted on the box. england is down 1-0, and sweet
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anywhere to sea isle city, and the sun even returning near philadelphia and points to the south. this particular front passed through showers the heat buster, 81 degrees earlier and much of the afternoon, the temperatured stayed in the mid-70s, 75 in philadelphia and 74 in allentown, 73 in the poconoss, millville in the last hour, 78 degrees, a quick 5 degree drop as the boundary sinks to the south, and in wilmington cooler at 72. light showers passing by all the severe weather passed through off the coast, confined to the virginia and the carolinas, where they had a decent amount of sun with temperatures in the 90s this afternoon. a refreshing change moving in with a north wind tonight and
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settles in here and low humidity and 82 degrees, and the front stalling to the south and along this boundary a wave of low pressure develops and the latest information shows the rain with that low will move over northern parts of virginia and the delmarva, and it spreads clouds our way and showers in southern parts of delaware on saturday afternoon. the rain is almost over, and melissa magee is in brigantine and taking advice from rick. you found a spot, the laguna beach and grill, awesome spot, grab a menu, grilled salmon and a side of sweet potato fries for me. >> anything else to drink with that. >> iced tea it's all good. >> i'll see what i can do for you adam. we are taking a break from the showers, protected from the showers at laguna grill, a great
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place to dine, the shore forecast is coming for you as well. there is improvement, as early as friday it's sunny and less humid and 77 degrees, as the front stays to the south, on saturday we are tracking the front to the south way ripple of energy along the front, there could be clouds around and a shower possible as well with a high temperature of 74, sunday sunshine and clouds as it sags to the south. our pick for the weekend as we get ready to kick start the official start of our summer season and the summer solstice. that is a look at your shore forecast and brigantine we are drying out from the showers we had earlier. hopefully, adam joseph you have a great weekend down the shore and i'll work on the order for you. >> there was a lot of servers behind you waiving, they are watching behind you inside, get them to work, tell them to bring me home some food.
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>> where did everybody go? >> they waived and left. enjoy yourself down there. as we take a look at the poconos forecast, looking good all three days friday through sunday, mid-70s with a decent amount of sunshine. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, tomorrow is a beautiful day and 84 degrees, a beautiful finish to the week and saturday 77 and a beautiful end to the weekend, low humidity 83 and we stay that way monday and stay humid tuesday into wednesday with a pop-up shower, we won't see any food, you realize that, i know how this works. >> melissa will see it but we wo my dental hygienist, she's awesome.
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right now jim gardner and the "action news" team is standing by with these stories next at 6:00. city council holds two important votes ahead of their summer break. >> plus, thousands of people flock to dover, delaware, for the firefly music festival with a look inside of the setup. >> coming up a look at comic-con, you won't believe some of the characters i have met today. that and much more coming up next at 6:00, for cecily tynan, melissa magee, sharrie williams and
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"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers, meteorologist, cecily tynan and jim gardner. thursday night, the big story on "action news" tonight is the final step of our accuweather transition, temperatures are down and showers are moving through, this is the way it looked today in center city philadelphia, as the expected rain helped to move out that very hot weather, we'll see the spectacular results of this cold front come tomorrow, lets check out double scan radar and
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meteorologist, cecily tynan. >> we got rid of the heat and now the showers, stormtracker 6 live double scan showing nothing more than some lingering showers along the coast. yesterday's high was 94 in philadelphia, and the high came after midnight, 81 degrees, you can see all the heat pushed well down to the south, with the cold front that continues to push from the north to the south and this is bringing us a breath of fresh air, dew points show how much moisture is in the air, the dew point in philadelphia, that is slightly humid, looking to the north binghamton, 46 and that is very dry air, this continues to push down to the south as we head through the overnight hours, tonight is a good night to open the window and turn off the air conditioners, you will not need them tonight. satellite 6 along with action radar showing wead
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