investigator says it's a suspicious death. and we'll have a live report for you coming up at 6:00. in other news, an oral surgeon is under arrest for feeding his wife's addiction by giving her illegal drugs. records show the wife used the drugs while caring for the couple's children. eva pilgram is outside of the office that is now closed tonight. >> reporter: the office is closed. it's locked up and there is no activity here all day, the dentist is in trouble for writing prescriptions for pain pills for his wife. this happened for ratting out an employee for snatching his prescription pad and writing her own prescriptions. when they talked to her they

found out what was going on inside. >> absolute oral surgery is not open as usual it's closed after the dentist here admitted to police that he wrote fraudulent prescriptions for pain pills. >> they were either directly for his wife or to staff members and the staff members would then get them filled and turn them over to his wife. >> rebecca who happens to be the sedation nurse for the practice that she also stole the very drug she was suppose to be using on patients. >> they were taking the fentanyl here and replacing it with saline so when they were suppose to be is he dated they were getting saline. >> she was shooting up at home while her four kids were in the

next room. when police searched the home they found bottle after bottle of pain pills detectives say she was going through a500 pills a month. >> we are lucky she didn't permanently knock someone out. >> one complaint is for overis he sedating a child during surgery. >> now the d.a.'s office is telling us they expect more people will come forward with complaints if you think you are a victim are you asked to call the east town police department. we are live in berwyn eva pilgram channel 6 "action news." philadelphia police are still looking for the driver that hit a 19-year-old mother and her 2-year-old son while they were crossing the street

it happened monday night in the city's west kensington section, they are looking for this white infinity possibly with damage not front bumper and the right headlight, the woman mit was released from the hospital, her son david remains in critical condition if you know anything about this are you asked to call police. police in south philadelphia are looking for the men involved in a robbery at a gas station, it happened at the lukoil on columbia boulevard one man shot at a car while leaving the station and they got into a black chevy impala and drove on west garden street. police in princeton say that a man tried to lure a young boy into his vehicle while walking home from school. the man parked a gray minivan or suv on the curb and left the engine running, the man stood on

the sidewalk and approached the 11-year-old victim and motioned him to come toward hip and the child ran off. the police were called but the suspect got away. a teetering crane shut down a road in middlesex county the crane came close to tipping over after it drove off the road and the wheels sunk into the ground, emergency officials were called to the scene to investigate any potential fuel leak and they needed a crane to pull the stuck crane free. >> police arrested a man that landed his gyro copter on to the lawn of the u.s. capitol today. a robot bomb detector was sent in and nothing dangerous was found, the capitol visitors center was shut down for a short time. we'll have the latest including who the pilot is and what was

behind his stunt. turning to the forecast what a difference a day makes today, a real spring beauty out there, and lots of folks enjoying the temperatures here at fdr park in south philadelphia and tomorrow looks to be just as good, meteorologist, cecily tynan joins us outside with the accuweather details. >> another day and then a bump in the road on friday before sunshine returns for the weekend, but today what a gorgeous day. the high in philadelphia so far hitting 70 degrees and this is only the third time this year, with temperatures in the 70s, this past monday and the monday before that we hit 75 degrees, we did see more sunshine today and higher thinner clouds are beginning to thicken and still 70 and allentown 68 and wilmington 69 and millville 68 the e exception along the shore.

the sea breeze has a big impact temperatures there only in the mid to upper 50s. wind speeds showing it's breezy and winds 10 miles per hour in philadelphia, allentown 12 and lancaster 14 and millville 8 miles per hour winds because of the breeze and the low humidity there is an increased fire danger so tonight especially until 7:00 along i-95 corridor and west, where we didn't get much rain, you do want to be careful with open flames and cigarette butts because they can quickly start a brush fire. what is ahead tomorrow? a repeat performance of today more in the way of clouds and temperatures slightly cooler and friday we need the umbrella and it's damp and dreary and a splendid saturday and saturday we could experience something we haven't yet so far this year. >> thank you cecily.

former new england patriots star aaron hernandez will spend the rest of his life in prison for murder he was found guilty for the murder of odin lloyd back in 2013, lloyd was shot several times in the middle of the night in an industrial park near hernandez's massachusetts's home. this comes automatically with an appeal to the highest court. you'll hear from the jury coming up tonight on world news with david muir. back here tractor trailer philadelphia fire and police departments went before city council to present their annual budgets and the police department is in need of more funding to meet recommendations and keep up with crime fighting technology vernon odom is live outside of city hall with more tonight on that. >> reporter: good evening rick, it could take three years or more to fully outfit

philadelphia's 6,000 plus police officers with the body cameras. crime is enormous. police brass went through the budget hearing. commissioner ramsey wants 5% more from city hall and one member asked what the department is doing in the wake of the overuse of deadly force by philly cops, recommended reforms have already started. >> reality based is scenario driven and it's not just target practice, it's based on circumstances that the officer may be confronted with on the street and test their judgment. >> what about security and logistics planning for the visit in september no specifics offered in public any way. its not just police it's all the different city agencies all the

people participating in that and outside agencies participate in that and that will continue and become more frequent as we become closer. the diversity numbers are down for non-whites, the commissioner believes the video and questionable force is having an impact on the possible recruits. >> i don't have data to support that but it makes sense, you go through a period of time where the profession looking less attractive. if you have options you may kloos not to do that. >> the council sailed through the budget hearing presenting a spending plan 5% lower than the current one, controlled overtime they say. nearly all members of the city council are running for re-election this spring so none of them want to get into a dispute with the police the fire department or their powerful unions.

vernon odom channel 6 "action news." >> time now for a check of the "action news" traffic report midweek. >> matt pellman is in the traffic center. >> midweek and mid month and we need drivers to budget extra time on the roosevelt boulevard, northbound side you can see completely locked up from the schuylkill to approaching broad street, that is where a disabled vehicle just cleared and trouble comes in 2's on the boulevard because there was a broken down vehicle on the southbound and the northbound delay is worse. in northeast philadelphia toward the boulevard at 95 look out for this emergency construction because of an accident late this morning that damaged the guardrail at franklin mills boulevard. the vehicle broke down on the vine street express way eastbound near broad street taking out a lane causing heavy traffic around the schuylkill. and the activity because of

earlier car fire in south philadelphia at mifflin road. and a crash at westchester pike. a lot going on rick and monica. we'll check it again in the next half hour. >> see you then. thank you. more ahead on "action news" at 5:00. they are the all first female make that the first all female quintuplets born in the united states, and their mom and dad are talking about the busy days ahead. >> a shot from the new camera at the center city skyline, looking great. we'll enjoy a spring day.

health check tonight. snoring is not just a nuisance it could be the signs of a serious health problem and it could affect your memory ali gorman joins us from the "action news" big board to explain. >> we all know someone that snores or who has been diagnosed with sleep apnea and the toll it takes on their memory and sleeping skills a new stud yes

shows that someone that snores could develop mild memory loss than those with no problems but getting treatment with a breathing machine delays the loss and that links it to an early onset for alzheimer's disease another reason to get treatment. doctors may have identified a new risk factor for autism. babies born to mothers who develop digestonal diabetes have a higher risk for autism, it was 22% higher but none for women beinged later the study did not look at why it is but it could be the affect of higher blood sugar on the developing brain of the fetus. >> it was a special and very

pink delivery for one family in texas. they had the first all girl quintuplets every born in the united states. danielle and adam welcomed the five girls last week at a houston hospital they were born at 28 weeks and the dumb did undergo fertility treatment and they thought they were having four girls and one embryo slit into twins and now the mom talks about eating for six. >> i had a 4500 calorie diet, that is laughable and i tried my best to try to do it. and coming from being feeling pretty fit having to eat 4500 calories a shock but any priority was the babies. >> the babies all need help breathing during their first week of life but they will generally healthy for preemys and they have one daughter named

blake and now they have six girls, the baby's name is olivia and hazel and parker and reilly. >> i cannot imagine. >> i can imagine. thank you ali, in other news, philadelphia district attorney seth williams believes in putting his money where his mouth is today he donated $2500 to the foundation, money he raised from the ice bucket challenge last summer his cousin has als and today he honored him and other families living with the disease with this special check presentation in center city this morning. students were jumping for fun with officers they joined 20 stuntz for an hour on trampolines, playing arcade games and dodge ball and more, part of their community policing

initiative and a way to build trust in your police.

well, today is tax day and if april 15th leave a bad taste

in your mouth maybe this was the solution free cupcakes at the liberty shop it was the 10th annual let them eat cake event people got to eat cupcakes at no charge to take the sting out of tax day and cough up some dough sorry. and the part of a wedding cake design competition. hundreds of representatives across the schools look to delaware for their new hires each district in the diamond state was represented in schools as well as delaware maryland north carolina and virginia. organizers say that today's fair had the highest amount of recruiters they have ever had. school children are getting a hand tonight, for the hygiene company gave $4800 to becks

middle school and it's used to fund sixth through eighth graders from everything from reducing plastic use and air quality control. fca has awarded $40,000 nationwide.

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a magnificent spring day.

>> can you come to my house and plan flowers. >> come to my house a great day to do gardening at monica's house and yesterday on the boardwalk i was showing the same sky 6 hd and the boardwalk was glifrt ening with rain and now fileters sunshine and impeachment are out and about for a walk. i bet they are wearing jackets or sweatshirts because it's colder near the ocean. philadelphia 70 and atlantic city boardwalk 55 and allentown and reading 68 and trenton 69 degrees. a beautiful looking day as well. rose sent us this great photo of the blue skies and the weeping cherry we see a lot of the trees blooming the problem with magnolia and dogwoods blossoming

is that the pollen is high, trees are the main culprit and mold spores are high, it's a tough time of year if you have allergies. i can certainly attest to that. you can see the clearing that is high pressure that is sinking down to the south and east and what this will do is bring us win off the ocean from the southeast, that means we'll see clouds and a little bid cooler and cloudy skies and seasonably cool and 46 degrees, allentown 37 and wilmington 44 and trenton 42 degrees, future tracker is showing as we head through the day we see winds again through the south-southeast. philadelphia 66 degrees and not quite as warm today and again along the coast with the ocean temperature still in the 40s, afternoon highs only climb into the 50s. quite a bit cooler at the shore again tomorrow just like today. the five-day at 5:00, looking

nice filtered sunshine and high of 68 degrees. not a washout but late in the afternoon we could see sunshine and saturday is looking better and better 76 degrees, mostly sunny skies and if we hit that it will be the warmest day this so far this year, cold front moves through saturday nitd and cools off to 64 degrees on sunday and monday our first wet monday and a soaker at 60 degrees and when will we clear out, adam will have the answer in the accuweather forecast. >> thank you cecily. more ahead in our next half hour off "action news" at 5:00. marchers in philadelphia join thousands across the country condemning police brutality. and the thief goes to great

lengths to get hundreds of dollars of cigarettes in the northeast. that's a hard question. (laughing) we are the fay family from chesapeake, virginia. williamsburg is just beautiful. because we have thrill seekers and not such thrill seekers, i try to find something that everybody likes. this is a very good spot to do that. the most exhilarating part about this vacation was being with the whole family. it was amazing.

"action news" continues. >> hello again here is what is happening on "action news" tonight. a man on a political mission lands his gyro copter on the lawn of the u.s. capitol, we are live with the latest. dozens of officers and first responders are gearing up for a massive training exercise at independence mall and a battle is brewing over a school mascot some say offensive and some say the symbol of a long standing tradition. >> and from washington d.c., a pilot landed his gyro copter on the lawn of the u.s. capital late this afternoon. a man was sent in in full bomb gear and a robot. the pilot a post man says it's and act of civil disobedience. karen travers live with the details. >> reporter: hi rick, this was a

remarkable scene here at the u.s. capitol earlier today. that gyro copter landed behind me on the grass the west front of the capitol, an area familiar to most americans that is where the inaugurations take place every four years and you see kids sledding there in the winter time and the gyro copter was traveling slow and under 50 feet, that is important because it was not picked up by radar that is raising serious questions, what would have been do if this man was deemed to pose a violent threat. >> people started to panic and there was chaos a man said he was delivering a political message to congress and land tropical disturbance right there on the lawn, the capitol when on lock down and everything shut down. law enforcement officials brought in a robot to clear the scene and capitol police say one

man is in custody and charges are pending. the man piloting the gyro copter, was identified as a mailman that drove there from washington. >> i got a call last summer from a gentlemen that said i am going to commit an act of civil disobedience and i thought long and hard about this and how to make a show to bring a message to campaign finance reform. >> this is the latest of a string of incidents at the capitol. the capitol was an lockdown after a man shot himself a few blocks away after people flocked the national mall for the annual cherry blossom and a drone crashed on the lawn in the middle of the night the president and first lady were not there at the time, it turned out the man operating the drone was a government employee who admitted he was drinking when he

lost control of it. the pilot had 535 letters with him on the gyro copter that was one for every member of congress the secret service was aware of him a year ago and actually spoke to him and the pie lot spoke to a reporter at the time and said he will commit an act of civil disobedience but was not sure how far he would actually get. >> karen thank you for that report. >> demonstrators took to the streets across cities across the country, chopper 6 hd was over the march 2nd justice group they are walking from new york city to washington, d.c. the group was just a few dozen of thousands demanding change, this comes on the heels of new dash-cam video showing a police

officer ramming a suspect with his vehicle firing into the air. the man was cleared of any wrong doing. world news will have more on the nation's marching against police brutality. you can watch it all at 6:30 following "action news" at 6:00. a former colwyn police officer accused of killing his ex-girlfriend and wounding her 15-year-old daughter will stand trial on first degree murder charges, he waived his preliminary hearing, and it was back on december 15th when he allegedly shot and killed valerie morrow and shot her daughter in the arm. he was then shot by morrow's husband a part-time officer in morton today he told the court perhaps. >> mr. morrow hit the intruder and the intruder went down in the hallway and mr. morrow unloaded his own weapon and realized the intruder was reloading, the only way to save

himself and get help was to run out of the second story window and run to a neighbor and call 911. they had been romantically involved but obtained a restraining order just before the shooting. and this video shows a smash and grab robbery, the suspect used his truck to break the glass door in january at the lukoil and jumped through the opening and stuffed a bag with cartons of cigarettes and took off, nothing else was missing from the store contract police, we posted this on our website at 6abc.com. when you see news or severe weather, we want to you join the action email your photos and videos to us at jointheaction@6abc.com or use #6abcaction on social media. that is how you can be a part of

"action news." the philadelphia police department is creating a drill at 6 and and market tonight at 6:00 it involves a large scale operation with dozens of officers and emergency personnel it's only an exercise the public should not be alarmed. a new government report released shows that philadelphia's vetd rans affairs department is in need of a major overhaul investigators say that poor leadership and unreasonable policies led to unacceptable issues, it took over 150 days to respond. and they found please manipulated dates to make old claims look new and the va gave out duplicate payments in millions. and they will pleat to discuss the handling of claims.

a delaware high school is facing tough decisions about the future of the name of their mascot used since the 1930s. the feathers head dress and red skins part of conrad high school's tradition as long as we can remember. >> we modeled after the native americans that were here before the school it's nothing but respect. >> jeff and other conrad alumni wear their red skins pins and clothing with pride. >> never has there ever been any disrespect to red skins or any derogatory of red skins it's a feeling of pride and it's a shame that other people don't see that. >> but the retire the mascot committee made of up students and teachers and parents is looking to change the name because of its possible derogtory connotation what does it mean to use race as our mascot. >> if one person takes offense

to the red skin, i feel like that is enough. >> luke is native american and has heard the term used as a rash slur. >> everything with this school is pride loyalty and truth. >> these students understand the origin but feel it's time to make the change. >> it doesn't negate the other people that find offense, not just in school settings but a petition for the washington red skins. >> the discussion to change the name of the school mascot will continue into the next school year the alumni school association will have people at the meeting tonight to express their concerns. you may want to find an alternate route to i-276, they cannot do the work because of wet conditions, the vine street will be closed in both directions instead of just one

from broad street to the schuylkill from midnight until 5:00 a.m. part of the bigger project to fix the bridges over the vine street expressway. lets look at traffic now. >> matt, i just did half of your work for you. >> that is really nice of you, such a giver i appreciate that. good evening wrerk looking live at the vine street expressway with busy traffic in both directions, as you said it's closed after midnight part of a four year long project and we are just getting started on this, the local areas will take traffic from the schuylkill to 95 and by the way the broken down vehicle on the vine no broad street is on the side. and northbound by broad street is gone, and you can see it's crowded from the schuylkill up to broad street. we have the protests going on in center city. blocking portions of jfk and market at city hall. and expect congestion, the last

sixers home game of the season and last sixers game. period. we wish them the best with their final game. >> thank you. still ahead on "action news," the president of europe central bank is suddenly confronted by a protesters. >> and this bountiful spread is helping people in our region. >> and temperatures are nice in the lower 48 but we are tracking the warmest day of the year we'll let you know when in the accuweather forecast. and flyers are addressing the season and coach berube.

a protester made quite the scene in germany with the president of the central bank, yelling end the dictatorship. she was quickly taken away by security and the bank president was not hurt but clearly startled. google to be facing billions in fines because of the way it does business in the european

union, the way it does google searches an official with google search says that other alligations are wide of the mark, if the au wins google could be forced to change their practices and face a $6 billion fine. the 150th anniversary of the death of president lincoln, there was a ceremony at fairmount park, lincoln was shot and killed on april 14th 1865 and st. joe's prep students stood guard over his casket at independence hall. it's tax day and just seven hours until one of the most dreaded deadlines of the year, you have until midnight to get your paperwork in the mail or online, that includes extensions if you have a question look online first.

they reported long waits for customer service on the phone this week but waits for filing in person may not be as long for how many people file online. >> turning to sports, the flyers front office talked about their disappointing season today. >> here is more on that. hey jaime. the flyers have changed coaches a lot over the last two decades nine times believe it or not. and a season where they underperformed will they do it again. gm ron hextall addressed the media and said no decisions were made yet. and it was a ringing endorsement in another season they missed the playoffs and there is an understanding he is not sold on the coach and hextall says there is no time table when he'll make the call. >> you evaluate everything, 82 games in six months and it's a

long time, there is a lot of time to sift through and i'm not a knee jerk guy and that is not the way i operate, when i come to the decision craig will be the first to know. >> what is the long-term plans for this team, they have to make the move on need more veteran leadership to get back to being a cup contender but hextall says his goal is to take baby steps. >> to make the stanley cup you need to make the playoffs, our goal is to make the playoffs if we can do something with our personnel to be better in october we'll do it without question. assuming it's not sacrificing our future. chip kelly are you listening? the phillies are looking to not get swept this season boy was i wrong about chase utley yesterday, despite the fact that

he was facing the mets ace, a solo home run in the first and then in the fifth harvey plunged him in the back in retaliation and chase kept on chewing his gum and got revenge in the eighth chewing his gum. he upped his average over .200 the phils fell 6-5. a very interesting scenario for the sixers in their finale with the heat both teams want to lose this game. sixers hold the rights to miami's top round pick so the heat get to keep the pick if it falls within the first ten picks and miami has the tenth worst record in the nba this should be a fun one to watch. the best show in town is the soul currently 3-0 looking to stay that way up close and

personal photographer taking the hit. the soul hosts rival cleveland there weekend and they would love the support of the home crowd. you want to open eyes, we are winners and playing great football. >> we want the phillies fans and they are bummed out and it looks like basketball is not making playoffs come watch us we are a great sport to watch and lots of action and fan friendly. >> plus a chance to fear the beard, ryan mcdaniel vows not to shave until this team wins a championship and he will grow that thing until august. watch the soul on espn on thursday night. and the soul booster club is giving out free beards to fans.

peco employees teamed up with a food bank to help fight hunger, workers teamed with philabundance to sort thousands of pounds of food and that goes to needy people in the metro area. today's event was done in part to celebrate national volunteer week. >> how about an a-plus for today

to adam joseph. >> temperatures around 70 and sunshine and high clouds and pollen on the high side but nice weather as well. overall a decent day after the rain we had yesterday. in fact, we look at this beautiful photo on facebook i tweeted out one of the magnolia trees in my yard and many of you shared your photos like june here you can see the forsythia and the magnolia, contrasting colors and many neighborhoods right now with everything pollinating right now, the allergy levels are really spiking and kind of off the charts, it remains on the high side tomorrow and medium to high on friday. and extreme over the weekend. with the extended period coming

through, right now 70 in allentown, and a sea breeze that is pushing an easterly wind through cape may and long beach island and temperature there's are only in the mid-50s, typical in the spring to get the cold afternoon while inland locations are banking in the spring warmth, there are the clouds all the way to the north in binghamton and buffalo. they try to make their way north of roanoke and they are falling off and battling high pressure to the north and pushing the system to the south for now and then a piece of it will role through here on friday. until overnight cloudy and seasonable and 30s in the suburbs, 70 for center city and the high sinks to the south and east and that means less in the way of high clouds tomorrow and 66 degrees, but the winds are counter clockwise so they are pulling in off the ocean and we

kick it down to 66 in philadelphia and 10 degrees cooler than that, only mid-50s on the shore and the weekend and the front comes in and we'll tap into the moisture in the south and 56 degrees and a few showers, but far from a washout but enough to knock the pollen levels down a little bit as high pressure comes in from the great lakes and brings us lots of sunshine and the warmest day so far this year on saturday. the exclusive accuweather forecast, upper 60s for thursday and friday and friday we have the showers passing through and noon time through early on friday morning, some showers passing through and not everyone will see them and they are not heavy, and the sunshine is back in full force over the weekend, 76 saturday and early sun on sunday gives way to cooler temperatures before a soaking rain arrives the first of next week on monday and maybe a good inch for most of us before clouds early tuesday pass by and

bring sunshine early afternoon and that continues into wednesday with temperatures at 64 degrees, every now and then we need a drink of water for the plants and flowers that are flifing right now. >> 20 future tv and radio broadcasters got scholarships. temple la salle and drexel and others got money from the pioneers luncheon in bala cynwyd, i was one of the speak rz, we celebrated 45 years of "action news." i was joined by cathy gandolfo in the blue.

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country. that is coming up next. for cecily tynan adam joseph monica malpass and the entire "action news" team. have a nice evening. why are dwight evans, marian tasco and so many other leaders backing jim kenney for mayor? because jim kenney's the one they trust. jim kenney's the one with a real record of standing up for public schools and he'll bring philadelphia together.

it's kenney who will expand pre-kindergarten... and partner with businesses, community colleges and universities to create jobs. so join leaders we trust in supporting jim kenney the block by block mayor philadelphia needs. "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers, meteorologist cecily tynan, and jim gardner. it is wednesday night and the big story on "action news" tonight is a fire consuming a car and a body inside. this was the scene after flames erupted at fort mifflin road in

southeast philadelphia live on the scene is dann cuellar what have you found out about this? >> reporter: that this appears to be suspicious, it appears to be foul play and not an accident or anything like that. now, the scene is fort mifflin road a half mile from enterprise avenue, someone called the report of a fire with a body in it just after 3:30 this afternoon, authorities arrived to fine the black two door coupe engulfed in flames and they were able to quickly extinguish the flames. here is more from lieutenant, johnnie walker. >> they found what was believed to be a mail in the front driver's seat fully charged at this point. there is obviously no cameras out here and we have no witnesses at this point. a crime scene unit here now they a