district attorney jack whelan says mary lynch ran a scheme. she says lynch commingled funds and used more than $60,000 of stolen money to buy tickets to bob dillon and taylor swift concerts. >> she sat in the front row of the flyers game and those flyers tickets were purchased on stub hub and on stub hub i believe the purchase price of those flyers tickets each was approximately $600. >> reporter: lynch is a 29 year employee of the d.a.'s office. investigators learned of the alleged thefts after launching an investigation into possible stolen evidence at upper darby police. the d.a.'s office has an independent auditor for forfeited funds but it failed to uncover the alleged scheme. >> miss lynch would create an and alter court documents would forge the judge's names onto documents.

>> reporter: whelan says lynch has admitted to the crimes. she's been fired and in convicted will lose her pension. his office is implementing new internal controls to prevent such thefts. >> we believe this would be the first starts of making sure that this doesn't happen in the future. >> reporter: and whelan has referred this case to the bucks county district attorney's office. lynch is out on $100,000 unsecured bail. i'm live in media, chad pradelli, channel6 "action news." jim. >> thank you, chad. video is just in of a brutal attack at a gas station in the olney section of philadelphia. police just released surveillance video of this fight in the 5500 block of north fifth street. the attack happened just before 7 o'clock on tuesday night. you can see a silver honda odyssey pull up, a group of men and women then gets out of the at -- and attacks a 51-year-old man with a hammer, mace and a piece of wood.

two of the suspects were arrested a short time later. they are charged with attempted murder and aggravated assault. police are looking to identify the other suspects. the victim remains in critical condition tonight. a fire that killed one person in newark, delaware, this morning rekindled this afternoon. firefighters returned to the possum park apartments in the 600 block of old capitol trail to put out the smoke and flames. firefighters say the original blaze broke out in the first floor apartment at 10 o'clock this morning. a 60-year-old woman in that apartment was killed. another woman suffered two -- excuse me -- two broken ankles when she jumped from a second floor balcony to escape. one firefighter suffered minor burns. this is the way it looked today in logan circle in philadelphia. temperatures disappointed everybody today. never getting out of the 50's. but that allowed to us avoid

stormy weather. let's check out double scan radar and cecily tynan. >> and jim the warm air is just 90 miles south of us, so disappointing that the cold air just really didn't want to give it up. so, we have that warm front that's just to our south. georgetown it's 75 degrees but it's 56 degrees in philadelphia. that warm front advances out to the west and fortunately when you do have cold air in place, it's like kryptonite to severe weather. so the chance of thunderstorms tonight is minimal at best. satellite6 though, showing that we did have a lot of cloud cover. all these clouds ahead of a cold front that will be sweeping through tonight and that will lead the way to plenty of sunshine tomorrow and double scan showing that you really have to go well down to the south where do you have that warm air to see the severe storms. richmond virginia, this one cluster producing hail an inch in diameter and 60 miles an hour winds. that will well be missing us

to the south. so, what to expect tonight. fortunately i know a lot of kids have proms. it will be mainly dry as that front rolls through. mostly cloudy. temperatures likely will brief spikily -- or spike briefly to the 60's right ahead that of cold front or right after. could have an isolated shower or stray thunderstorm mainly south but the weekend beautiful. i'll have details on that in the accuweather forecast, jim. >> all right, cecily. when breaking news or weather happens in your neighborhoods join the action. become part of the "action news" team by e-mailing your photographs and videos to join the action at 6abc.com or use the #6abc action on social media. pennsylvania attorney general kathleen kane will now have to explain why she fired prosecutor james barker. today a montgomery county judge ordered kane to show that the firing didn't violate his order not to retaliate against witnesses in the grand jury leak investigation. the hearing has been set for april 27th. in a statement released kane's

office said the move was aimed at efficiency and tighter controls. one day you spend $82 million to buy the revel casino in atlantic city, the next day or almost the next day, you're paying thousands of dollars in daily fines because the massive building has lost its power. that's the world of glen straub. live in atlantic city tonight is "action news" reporter john rawlins and john, straub had to see this coming, didn't he? >> reporter: everybody else saw it coming, jim that's for sure. after months of contentious bankruptcy proceedings here the handwriting seemed to be pretty clear on that wall that the power company had signaled it needed to have some sort of deal in place if it was to continue to provide power or otherwise it was going pull the plug. it pulled the plug yesterday and that has brought the city into the mix. the city says with no power the building's fire systems including sprinklers won't work, that even a small fire could grow into a threat to firefighters. >> if it is a small fire it's going to propagate into a

large fire because no system is in there that can help contain this area. >> reporter: officials say the current situation violates the state's fire code. >> as a response the city had to fine polo north $10,000 on the first day and we will continue to fine the company because the they are the owner of the building $5,000 each additional day. this morning tara lord the owner's new point person scrambling to correct the situation meeting with engineers and working on getting portable generating trucks like this one here to provide emergency power. when do you hope to have them up and operating? >> we will -- i'll be able to tell that you after a few more meetings. >> reporter: within hours do you think? >> sorry it's mr. straub. i have to take this. thank you. >> reporter: that's florida develop are glen straub the new owner. the blackout following harsh words between straub and acr energy that managed revel's electricity since it was built. acr has claimed it offered

straub below market rates but that he wanted free electricity. he is quoted calling their efforts blackmail. lord declined to talk about the acr impasse. her focus. >> we're working as fast as we can to get power. we obviously don't want to have our building burn down, either so -- >> reporter: okay. well, last we heard the new ownership here still looking for ways to power things back up here at what was once the revel. mr. straub was to have arrived here about an hour ago jim. so far we have not seen any sign of him here, nor do we hear in it generators firing up. live in atlantic city, john rawlins, channel6 "action news. >> all right, john, thank you. local clergy gathered in vineland new jersey to appeal for calm after the death of a man in police custody. they offered prayer in support of the family of white. white died after being arrested on march 31 s.

he was handcuffed and restrained when he became unresponsive on the way to the hospital. an autopsy will determine the exact cause of death. >> ♪♪ some of philadelphia's mayoral candidates met with parents today. philadelphia parents support groups hosted the forum in center city. anthony williams, jim kenny milton street and lynn abraham talked with family members and advocates for young people with intellectual disabilities and autism. the group says it wanted to educate the candidates about their needs. coming up on "action news" tonight, a political standsoff in the borough of colwyn has led to a lockout at borough hall today. and the phillies are preparing to host the nationals tonight. jeff skversky with in story and more coming up in sports. and cecily tynan back with the seven-day accuweather forecast when "action news" continues

>> she is no stranger to political drama and tonight paula brown finds herself in the middle of a firestorm in colwyn delaware county. "action news" reporter vernon odom is live at colwyn borough hall tonight. vernon. >> reporter: jim paula brown says she is now a whistle-blower exposing corruption here. the former mayor of darby borough has been colwyn's business manager for more than a year now. this morning county detectives seized more financial records from the colwyn borough hall. part of an ongoing investigation into how this tiny town's money has been spent by various public officials here. >> crazy. >> reporter: during a

chaotic borough council meeting last night a fashion of the council voted to fire borough manager paula brown who locked herself in the borough hall this morning saying she was ousted for cooperating with the corruption probe by gathering and protecting the reams of files going back years which she claims will show widespread misuse of public funds. >> there's been $1.1 million misappropriated funds in the last few years. so a lot of records inseed here and i have a duty to protect them. >> i hope the authorities step in. i hope somebody steps in, the d.a. the cid the state somebody. >> reporter: brown claims her firing was not valid because a four member majority took the vote after the meeting had been adjourned. also fired last night the borough's code enforcement director who claims his ouster was the result of a vendetta after he refused to be shake den down by a local elected official. >> he said you have a cushy job and if you want to keep that job, you know, i need

cash money. >> reporter: how much? >> 3,000 -- three to $4,000 he told me. >> reporter: paula brown has locked herself in public buildings before. back in 04 when she was neighbor of darby bore borough she did something similar to dram advertise her bitter dispute with that town's veteran police chief. now just moments ago paula brown left the borough hall for the weekend she says planning to return to her disputed post bright and early on monday morning. she says she's confident that she's made her point about what's going on out here. as for the leader of the council faction that fired her last night she refused to comment tonight and tonight delaware county u.s.d.a. confirms there's a long going investigation well under way here. live in colwyn, delaware county, i'm vernon odom, channel6 "action news". >> thank you vernon. connell strong was the motto today at cardinal john foley school and saint dennis' parish in havertown. students and staff dedicated the day to prayer and support for their four-year-old

classmate connell harvey. the bo boy was recently diagnosed with leukemia. he's at children's hospital of philadelphia right now recovering from complications of a step infection. connell's brother says the prayers and support are lifting his spirits. >> reporter: what has this done for your brother. >> it's a lot better actually. we just saw him the other day. he's laughing a lot and he just moved up to a better floor. >> reporter:. >> at a mass in the boy's honor this morning his classmates donned connell strong t-shirts.

>> phillies trying to get get back to .500 as they host the nationals. >> ryan howard not in the lineup, zero for 11 in his career against him big piece in the phillies lineup will be missing when the phillies host the nationals. ryan howard is hitting .83 with three strikeouts. he's on the bench in favor of darin ruf. no batting practice outdoors.

the weather keeping them inside. howard is not the only one who could use a little extra bp. as a team the phils hitting .149. >> we're going to have to turn it up a notch and play better baseball and that's our thing. we need to pitch better overall. we need to play defense and on the offensive side of things we have to create that action on the bases. >> i think it will be good to see how we measure up against some of these guys and it will be fine. any time you florida i was team that has high expectations and pretty much picked to win the world series you get a chance to see where you're at. >> the phils did not measure he against the red sox. boston beat them up in two of the first three games of the season. david buchanan beat up, allowed six earned runs all with two odds in the third. only managed two runs. howard strikes out with two on in the third killing that rally.

what were you doing at 21 years old? well, jordan spieth hopes to be celebrating more than just a big birthday. the golfer has a shot to become the youngest to ever win the masters. spieth is in line to do something not even tiger woods has accomplished. second round today tiger doing much better, much better dame on seven for birdie, got it. tiger two under for the tournament tied for 18th. spieth the best story at august today. he will be a senior in college instead he's knocking in shot after shot on 10 for birdie then spieth again on 13 for birdie. spieth is 14 under par the lowest score at the masters ever after two rounds. did i mention he's only 21 years old. well, what would a season in philadelphia be without a goalie controversy? and no we're not talking about the flyers goalie. there's drama in net for the union. the highest paid free agent goalie has been replaced by philadelphia native john mccarthy who started north catholic high school then lasalle.

mccarthy will make his mls debut tomorrow. this at the same time last year he was sitting in the stands watching as a fan. >> the feeling is indescribable. a lost energy and a lot of good positive vibes from people telling me to really enjoy the game and that's what i plan to do is enjoy the game and do whatever it takes to win you. >> must be so excited. >> yeah, like i said excited is not even a word right now. you see me cheesing like a little kid on christmas. i'm really happy looking forward to it. >> special moment for him. i'm familiar with it. you feel a little bit of the pressure of the family being here. i'm a philly guy so he'll be fine. he's a confident young goal keeper and he has been playing great in preseason and now he has his chance for the first time in the big game here at ppl park. >> you can see mccarthy's debut as the union look for that first win tomorrow right here on 6abc. coverage begins at 3:30. flyers forward vinnie lecavalier had more penalty minutes last night than the rest of the season combined he's paying for it.

lecavalier will not play in the season finale tomorrow because of an upper body injury. the flyers beat ottawa tomorrow maybe they could steal this celebration. check this out. this is how a russian junior hockey team celebrates their big wins, their human dominos. take one more look at this. and they're down. i love it. >> you enjoyed that. >> i love it. had a good time. >> thank you jeff. those who donate their time and energy to help the blind were recognized at an event today in center city philadelphia. the associated services for the blind and visually impaired held its 32nd annual volunteer luncheon today at the lowes philadelphia hotel. volunteers record books and magazines on tape, they record them to help with fundraising and transcribe print into braille. >> ♪♪

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>> interesting dave weather. the storms never materialized. >> it's because we have the cold air in place. cold air is very dense it's very heavy and i underestimated just how strong it was. so it stayed here so instead of temperature in the 70's we were stuck in the 60's and 50's but storms,. >> at least we don't get the storms. >> exactly. cold air is like kryptonite to the storms. good news is storm tracker six live i'll show you the good news, we don't have any storms out there. that cold front will likely sweep through dry tonight. the bad news is that it was another gray day. we are live on sky six taking a look at reading pennsylvania, the view from the pad going

atlantic city the sun trying to break through the clouds. the good news is we will get rid of these clouds in time for your weekend. the weekend is looking very nice. and the accuweather highlights will show you really the only downside to tomorrow with high pressure building in will get winds out of the northwest at about 12 to 25 miles an hour. so, future tracker showing 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon wind gusts around 20, 25 maybe even 30 miles per hour in the poconos. it will be a breezy day but remember last saturday. last saturday we had wind gusts up to 45 miles per hour. it won't be nearly as windy as last saturday. sunday the winds diminish and temperatures even a little bit warmer. tomorrow 62 degrees. future tracker showing 2 o'clock in the afternoon philadelphia up to 68 degrees. so, it's going to be one of those weekends you want to get outside. right now our winds have shifted out of the south. it's just too little too late. philadelphia 56. millville 62.

sea isle city 55. allentown 52. the poconos stuck in the 40's today, 49 degrees. satellite6 along with action radar showing the cold front is sweeping through central pennsylvania. here are just some clouds. you look to the south remember that cell i pointed out in richmond virginia there's a severe thunderstorm watch box with that now with hail and gusty winds. that's where the warm air was and that's actually what we would be dealing with tonight if we got some sunshine and if we had temperatures in the 70's. the good news is we don't have to deal with storms. could have a spotty shower mainly south of philadelphia as that cold front moves through. it will move through around 9 o'clock or so and then our skies will begin to clear. the overnight low 45 degrees in the cooler suburbs about 48 degrees for center city. so, not all that cool tonight. heading into the weekend this very broad area of high pressure builds in tomorrow. that brings us loads of sunshine, again breezy with winds up to 25 miles per hour. so, it will feel slightly cooler than that high of

62 degrees. if you're heading to the union game, it's looking really nice, though. we're seeing a lot of sunshine. at 4 o'clock it will be 61 degrees. by the 90th minute the end of the game 58 degrees. and then on sunday, temperatures up into the upper 60's and the winds diminish with high pressure right over us looks to be a beautiful spring weekend. so, the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast, tomorrow breezy with a good amount of sunshine 62 degrees. sunday the pick of the weekend, 68. it gets even better on monday. another beautiful monday. 73 degrees but unfortunately looks to be another wet tuesday, a soaking rain arriving on tuesday 67 degrees. wednesday and thursday pretty decent. clouds and sun with a high of 70. and then on friday we cloud up with the possibility of some rain with a high of 67 degrees. so, today definitely a disappointment with the temperatures but the weekend should be beautiful. >> thank you, cecily. >> uh-huh. >> finally some young men and women in west philadelphia are ready to have a flight to remember this prom season. state representative vanessa

laurie brown host add pom suit and gown give away today at the greater bible way temple. in addition to new outfits the students received information about prom safety. the give away will continue through the weekend. abc's world news tonight with david muir is next on channel six. "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl17 with brian taff shirleen allicott, adam joseph and ducis rodgers and then please join us for "action news" at 11:00 here on channel six. for cecily tynan ducis rodgers and the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner.

on this friday night, bracing for severe weather hitting tonight. and the deadly tornado outbreak already. the 50-mile path of destruction. a town leveled. the tractor-trailer blown off the road. and the new video inside this school bus, children onboard. the officer charged with murder. the new dash-cam video tonight. the part we didn't see. the other person in that car. also tonight, this arrest caught on tape. late today, authorities coming forward. ten deputies put on leave tonight. we're on the scene at this hour. the discovery. authorities now fearing a silent killer yet again. their urgent warning for millions. and barbara walters with mary kay letourneau. now asking to be taken off the sex offender registry. married with children, with that same student all these years later.