saved a girl in a pool. and looking back at michael jackson career that is still alive. now the details, a neighborhood is on edge after several reports of an intruder creeping into homes in the middle of the night. four women in the past few months have awoken to find a stranger standing over their beds. reporter vernon odom is live at police headquarters with this story for us. >> good evening, police are sending out the message tonight to make sure your doors tonight to make sure your windows and doors are shut down tight tonight as well. there say dangerous predator on the loose in upper darby. >> upper darby police have their police on high alert. largely confined to a large part of town, perpetrated by the same

man. each time a woman was sleeping alone on her bed or her couch. one recent incident was on june 17th. >> we are lucky so far that nobody has been hurt. as i said earlier that a woman was grabbed by the groin. >> the man left when the woman screamed. it has shaken up the neighbors. >> they are all scared right now after this happened. like three or four times it has happened here. >> at 3:45 i get off the bus the 113 down here, so seeing that time, even though i get off the bus and there are people around it could happen to anybody. >> oh is 5'8" to 5'10" inches

tall and a goatee and a gap between his teeth. >> he is a sick puppy, this guy is truly a predator to get into a house and stand over the woman. they awake, i guess just by the presence of this guy and he screams and he runs, runs out and takes nothing and says nothing. >> if you see someone prowling around residential areas here tonight call the police right away, they are patrolling tonight in heavier numbers and on high alert here in upper darby. vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you vernon philadelphia police are on alert for a stolen taxi on west manheim street in german town, they say that a man wearing a mask was stolen at gun point and he took the cab driver's cell phone. he was headed west to

wissahickon avenue. a former philadelphia police officer is in prison for interfering with a drug investigation. rafael cordareo is sentenced to 15 years in prison. officers say he tipped off his half brother about a surveillance camera monitoring a drug trafficking organization that police say his brother was a member of. a peco worker was shocked while performing maintenance work in delaware county, the 26-year-old from ridley park was saved by the emergency service unit. that unit is especially trained

and can carry out responses like resuscitation. the medic was taken to the hospital and conscious when admitted. peco is investigating what actually happened. alert lifeguards prevented a girl from drowning, they spolted the girl in trouble and four of them jumped into action. >> we cleared the pool and one got the supplies and two were doing the cpr. the girl was unconscious when she was pulled from the water and came to after cpr and was taken to the hospital. the incident is a reminder to always be aware where kids are at a pool and take toys out when children are not swimming and even if kids are not old enough to swim they should learn how to float. >> governor chris christie voted to veto a package of tax hikes, during his 122nd budget -- he doesn't believe that tax hikes will solve the problem.

he recently -- the pension fund. a rare moment of bipartisan in washington last night. ♪ democratic and republican leaders joined hands and sang we will overcome to commemorate the civil rights act and posthumously awarded the congressional medal to martin luther king and his wife, coret a. and the president has issued orders for some of his programs because the republican controlled house has blocked legislation and the president is suppose to execute laws not make them unilaterally, they say that the lawsuit is just another gop blocking action. it's been five years since michael jackson died of an

accidental prescription drug overdose, but his financial perspective his career is more alive than it has been in decades. mary bruce has the story. >> reporter: it's hard to believe that it's been five yours since the world loss the king of pop. his career is more alive than ever. big of the hits like thriller are bouncing back. dominating the airwaves, earning him a new 10-year record deal earning him a quarter million dollars and jackson is even performing. he was back on stage moon walking in the form of a hologram in the form of music awards, and his estate pulling in an astounding billion dollars. the come back that the super star saw the in his final years, he was preparing a tour promoted

by a.g. live. a show he hoped would pull him out of deep dead. he proved again he was the top entertainer. he died at the age of 50 in a desperate search for sleep. his former doctor convicted for manslaughter for giving him a lethal dose of propofol. around the world jackson fans still as loyal as ever are paying tribute to the great today. a vigil is planned today at the star on the walk of fame. now a check of the roads, matt pellman is in the traffic center with an update. woe have more information on the situation on the tracks in delaware county, chopper 6 was overhead just a bid ago.

showing us the scene of the fatal pedestrian accident involving the amtrak train, you see from chopper 6, it halted all amtrak service along clifton avenue, we are hearing that amtrak service between wilmington is resuming with significant delays. we have not gotten the all clear on the regional line and all service remains halted. if you normally travel septa through delaware county you may be better off on the trolley as the investigation continues here on sharon hill, we see delays on the patco trains, the eastbound trains over the ben franklin bridge because of the ongoing construction and if you are heading into new jersey from buck county you are experiencing the wet ride, by the scudder falls bridge and there is not

significant delays in either direction. we are watching a downed tree in upper moreland at paper road and ellis road and hawthorne lane. >> well, thank you sir. a handful of middle school students are learning how detention dogs are trained. a week long hands on training at the vet training center in philadelphia. people get to experience how the dogs learn and how they are employed around the country. very cool. there is so much more ahead on "action news" tonight. hollywood loses a talent whose career ranged from the godfather to spaghetti westerns. >> monica, the humidity has spiked today and there are a couple of thunderstorms around the region, we see them on double scan live, and more pass through on the radar. [ male announcer ] ortho crime files.

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this. the auto maker is now telling dealers do not sell any chevrolet cruzs of the 2013 or 2014 model year because the concern is the airbags, they believe that some of them may have been assembled with a part that doesn't work properly. they are trying to determine which vehicles do have the part problem and resolve it by the end of the weekend. switching gears, on the people scene tonight. eli wallach one of hollywood's most versatile character actors passed away at the age of 98. just a year ago he was in the sequel in the movie wall street and was in the magnificent 7 and the good, the bad and the ugly. time for sports, the nba draft coming up tomorrow and

jeff skversky is live at the big board with more. >> speculate all you want, the sixers keeping quiet. not a word, not a peep, and sixers general manager picking third overall tomorrow in the nba draft, and they could trade up with milwaukee or cleveland to assure they land jabari parker. but they did not even work out and lots and lots of questions, we'll get answers to tomorrow night, wiggins and julius randal like their visit there's. >> it would be cool, i like to think i would fit any team perfectly. >> i love philly, i had a great time there, you know the gm and stuff, sam hinke had a great

time and had dinner. >> the eagles open up their camp in a month. and they have practices free to fans, the first two are at the linc and sunday august 3rd and the eagles will have an open practice at franklin field, their old home where they won a nfl championship, that should be a lot of fun. scott hartnell says it has not sunk in, he is fighting back tears since being traded to columbus and he feels like he let the city of philadelphia down because he did not win a stanley cup here, here he is saying good-bye to a teammate and he packed up his locker and worked out of the practice facility one last time. while upset about the trade hartnell knows it's a business. >> i would never talk bad about the business, or any of the guys. and it's just you know some

things you have to make a change and change is good. phillies-marlins back at it tonight. watching the phils these days is like watching the stock market. up and down, up and down, they want to see more consistency in the upward direction. >> two nights ago we came up short on the offensive side and we hit the ball hard and had no base runners to show for it. we want to carry it over into tonight's game. good news for former phillies star, curt shilling, he is in remission after a battle with cancer and he is undergoing treatment since february but did not reveal the type of cancer he had. >> tony gwynn jr. what a moment last night phillies fans giving tony gwynn jr. a standing ovation after his

father died last week. he got so emotional, he got tearies eyed in the locker room. what a class act by the fans. now they are looking to -- to fight boredom at the red light. and sky 6 hd looking outside tonight, and everything looking good. we'll be back with much more including adam joseph with the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast next. >> and don't forget you can get forecast next. >> an[ male announcer ] can get tv's come a long way. from color. to the remote. to flat screens. now it's taking a quantum leap. introducing fios quantum tv.

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new jersey and delaware beaches get high marks for clean water in a yearly environmental report card, the national resources counsel ranked delaware number one and jersey came in number three. beach pollution can cause pollution like pink eye and stomach flu, national 10% of the water failed so good for everybody around here. >> adam joseph is here talking about the heat and the storms popping up. >> the storms are coming up in the west and a perfect day to beat the heat in delaware, and new jersey, and as we look at

double scan live work have one thunderstorm in the area. we are still awaiting the front, it's a few hours away, west of harrisburg and pottsville. seven lightning strikes flair up in ewing and pennington as well. heavy rain and seven lightning strikes in the last 15 minutes, between scotts road and highway 31 east of yardley. a quick half inch to inch of rain as this passes through. give it 15 to 20 minutes and it will be out of our viewing area and everyone will be quiet. as we look at the number in philadelphia today, 90 degrees it did hit the normal 92 and the sunset as late as it is going to get around here at 8:33 p.m. 75 in trenton and cooled off

because of the rain and 82 and 82 in millville. we look at the numbers at the shore and the numbers kick in and it keeps southern delaware dry overnight, it sun should rip apart the marine air, the stable air off the water. there is the line in central pennsylvania we are watching near state college as it pushes from the west to the east, right now some of these to the northern end of the line are severe and moving towards the north and we get scraped by the southern end, it's scattered and still quiet at 7:00 this evening, can you see it breaking up a little bit around 10:00 in the western suburbs, around midnight in philadelphia, some torrential rain and lightning strikes and two hours later it rips apart as it hits the marine layer and much of new jersey and delaware should remain quiet tonight and by 10:00 tomorrow morning the sunshine is returning after morning clouds.

watch the scattered downpours and thunderstorms later on this evening, a quick 1 to 2 inches of rain where they do hit with the possibility of flash flooding and even an isolated gusty wind or two. as we look at the day planner for tomorrow, morning clouds and turning muggy with temperatures at 82 at 11:00 and tomorrow afternoon temperatures top off at 88 degrees with returning sun and a little bit lower humidity but the humidity starts to wipe on out of here come friday at 85 degrees and the weekend looking nice, saturday and sunday and sunshine and clouds with highs in the mid-80s and the humidity starts to creep in on monday and 88 and the first day of july, tuesday into the second day, 90 degrees and high humidity with afternoon thunderstorms come late tuesday. be on guard for later on, in the state of pennsylvania, it's hit or miss and not everyone will see them guys. still ahead on "action news,"

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art. they are putting art on signal buses, though all have a cowboy theme. and it gives you something to look at when the light is red. they are looking for more artists for the outdoor gallery. >> that is unique. right now jim gardner and it's "action news" team is standing by with these stories next at 6:00, a philadelphia state trooper is hurt after a holdup with an armed suspect. we are live with more. and police are looking into what led up to a stabbing in an olney home that was packed in debris and trash. for sharrie

with ducis rogers, cecily tynan and jl. jim gardner. wednesday night and the big expansion is approved for the gardidn't state parkway and a violence struggle is captured on camera. but it's big story is the arrival of downpours in the tri-state area, this is the sky over center city philadelphia through the eyes of sky 6, the storm clouds painted an ominous picture over the philadelphia skyline, and this is a results of the visitors at an outdoor farm market. they were pelted by heavy rain just a short time ago. we should check out double scan

radar, woe know there is rain and how heavy and where. >> it's all the moisture in the atmosphere, it will be move scattered than widespread and that is some good news and mainly confined to the state of pennsylvania and new jersey and much of delaware escaped the downpours later. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing it's quiet out there, one thunderstorm in mercer coin, moving away from pennington and cherry valley road and 206 south and east of the princeton, 14 lightning strikes in the last 15 minutes and this has the history of producing heavy rainfall in the pennington area, at the rate of 2 inches of rain per hour, it's moving quick enough that we don't see enough in the way of flash flooding, a heavy amount of rain in a short period of time and it's moving out of our area in the next 10 to