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sexual assault of the 22-year old woman. tonight police found him and put him behind bars tonight. it is monday night, and the big story on "action news" tonight is at rest have of an alleged rapist and he is now off the streets of the philadelphia. "action news" reporter sharrie williams is live a at the the special victims unit. sharrie, how did police make this arrest tonight. >> reporter: jim, this was a joint effort between philadelphia police and u.s. marshals. they zeroed in and located him, tonight, this capture coming on the very same day, that the reward for his arrest, was increased. wanted by philadelphia police, and federal authorities accused rapist manual cintron is behind bars tonight. >> i'm so relieved, and so safe now, he is off the street. >> reporter: the 24 year-old was taken into custody on the 700 block of princeton avenue in northeast philadelphia. u.s. marshals and philadelphia
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police, worked together to capture him. michelle van guilder grew up with cintron in kensington. >> it is a big surprise. i didn't think he would do something like that. i don't know what he would do. >> reporter: he had been in hiding since police named him as a suspect in the violent attack. may 1st, investigators say a woman was walking in the 2,000 block of east york in kensington when cintron approached her. he pretended to be on his cell phone. that is when police say he pull the gun abduct her and forced her into his vehicle. police say he sexually assaulted the 22-year old woman and later dropped her off in fishtown. the minivan he allegedly used was caught on camera. >> we need to give punishment to the fullest. >> reporter: residents in the area thankful he has been captured and thankful to law enforcement. >> i would like to say congratulations, good work guys, because we don't need those kind of people around. >> reporter: so relief for residents tonight.
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i also spoke with cintron's family off camera this evening and they told me that this entire situation is a quote disgrace. as for charges that list could be long, investigators here at svu believe that cintron could be possibly behind a second attempted kidnapping relevanter on the very same day that these charges and allegations also happened jim. live from hunting park, sharrie williams for channel six, "action news". thanks sharrie. first day back for amtrak, between philadelphia a and new york, went off without any problems today. the first train pulled out of the 30th street at 6:07 this morning and reached the the scene of last week's deadly derailment about 15 minutes later. but of course much of the focus today was on the ntsb and its investigation. lets go live to "action news" reporter dann cuellar at 30th street station dann? >> reporter: well, jim, with the northbound corridor now back in service it would not
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be entirely accurate to say things are back to normal. there is a new speed control system in place that some say could have prevented the tragedy among passengers a heightened level of awareness and in some cases trepidation in boarding the train. amtrak train 110 was first north bound train to depart just after 6:00 a.m. with 109 passengers on board. >> no nerves. >> a lit bit but nothing that will keep me from getting on my commute. >> reporter: "action news" was on board as it made its way through sharp curve where amtrak train 188 derailed traveling at 106 miles an hour, over twice the the posted speed limit. along with making speedy repairs to the track and electrical system amtrak has activated a computerized system called automatic train control. >> what that will do is basically provide an a hours that the train will come to a stop if there is a violation of speed in that area. >> reporter: fbi analyst continue to go over the the train engine at a secure location in delaware. they have ruled that the windshield was not hit by a
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bullet in the moments before the crash but late today the ntsb tweeted it has not ruled out the win healed was struck by another object, two other trains southbound acela and trenton line septa train were truck by objects that night prior to the crash in the same general area. septa revealed kid often throw things at passing trains from bridges like this that cross over railroad tracks. brandon bostian has told investigators he does not remember anything that happened in the moments before the derailment. >> it always raises red flags when someone who has been involved in an accident, going too fast, has a sudden claim of no memory. >> reporter: today lawyers hired by victims declared to report that the train was hit by projectile a red harring. attorneys tom kline and robert mongeluzzi represent four victims including two spanish tourist and danielor man. they questioned why they waited so long to deployed the speed control.
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>> we have a engineer operating twain at twice the the posted speed limit. imagine that for starter. we have a system that can override him. >> reporter: and going forward, for investigators is there a sharp focus on the engineer who has been doing this route a few weeks prior ntsw also notes that a conclusion on the probable cause, could take up to 12 months. we're live at 30th street station i'm dann cuellar for channel six "action news". thanks dann. our complete coverage of the train derailment investigation, is on line at six abc.com and on our six abc news apps. as soon as the ntsb makes and official determination on the the cause, we will of course let you know. water crews were working into the evening tonight making repairs on a water minute break in springfield delaware county. roughly 100 aqua in america customers lost services or low water pressure at this hour. the cracked 8-inch main flooded the 700 block of west
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springfield and buckled some of the asphalt. well, this tree, fell right on to i-95 tonight. the toppled lumber landed on the southbound lanes of the highway in wilmington just south of route 202 at 5:00 o'clock. one car hit the tree, of the driver, were able to pull the the fallen tree partly out of the way so vehicles could squeeze past it. authorities in ridley park are trying to explain the appearance of hundreds of dead fish in a local lake. sun fish cat fish, carp, trout, they all floated to the surface of ridley lake. officials think heavy rain brought too much nutrients to the lake and that robbed the water of oxygen that fish need to breathe. they hope it is over. president barack a obama had a lot of nice things to say today about ongoing efforts to make camden, new jersey a much safer city. obama arrived at philadelphia international airport but today was all about the other side of the delaware river and it was all about forging a
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modeled relationship between police and the people. "action news" reporter kenneth moton is live at camden county police headquarters. kenneth, overall this was a good day for this bee league earth but hopeful city. >> reporter: it really was jim. president obama toured the operation center a at camden county police and praised this department and nearly 20 minute speech. the the president said work is long way from being done here in camden and resident agreed. >> ♪♪ >> it was a big day for camden. the the president of the you had, and a community, in the middle of change. the focus of the president barack obama's trip the work of the county police force. >> fit is working here, it can work anywhere. it can work anywhere. >> reporter: the presidential visit came with praise. >> it is historic. i'm happy that he chose to come to camden to come here. >> reporter: but there was criticism from others who say
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that there is a lot of work to be done in the city which has a poverty rate of 40 percent. >> you help one thing but give up on the other. what will happen soon, they have a big police force everybody locked up. have been trying to get a job can't get a job. >> reporter: county police force has served as a model for community policing but residents on and off camera say enforcement the has been too aggressive for law a abiding citizens. >> we're in the bad people. we are not bad. it is just that they look at us in a certain way. >> reporter: resident applauded decrease in crime but they want to hear more about job creation, something that president obama touched on in this designated promise zone, which will open up camden to a range of federal funning. >> if we as a society don't do more to expand opportunity, to everybody who is willing to work for it, then we will end up, seeing conflicts between law enforcement the and residents. >> reporter: and mayor dana redd's office said she said it
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before, changing this city will not happen overnight. there is a plan in place to bring businesses and jobs to camden. part of the plan is public safety and getting a a handle on crime jim. reporting live from camden tonight, kenneth moton for channel six "action news". >> thanks, kenneth. the president announced today that he is cutting back on ship. of military equipment to local police departments. he says that the use of such equipment by officers can alienate and intimidate and give the public a feeling that law enforcement is like an occupying force. the announcement comes nine months after complaints about officers using riot gear, and armored reek also to confront protesters in ferguson, missouri. from our delaware news room wilmington city council wants to add more money to the cities budget. the the council finance committee tonight excuse me, voted to add more than $600,000 to the the mayor's budget. the extra funding would go toward public safety and would bring the budget to more than
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151 million-dollar. police in south philadelphia are searching for the bandit who has broken into a number of businesses. surveillance video shows that the thief hitting a store on washington avenue on may 1st and making off with cell phones. he struck again at a pizza shop and then days later he busted into sarcone's bakery on ninth street but walk away empty handed. anybody with any information is urged to call the police. owners of the chickie and pete's are offering a $5,000 reward tonight after being robbed for a second time. it happened at the drexel hill location on friday. an armed man held up the manager, as she was headed to the bank to make a deposit. the owner tells us that the same woman was targeted during this hold up, last october. we showed you surveillance video when that one happened from inside the store as the the mask robbers put a gun to the woman's head, stole $16,000 and even her wedding rings. upper darby police
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superintendent michael chitwood called the bandits urban terrorist. it is election eve and the name of the game tonight in philadelphia's mayor's race is shaking hands. former city councilman jim kenny was meeting as many supporters as he could at o'malley's athletic center in south philadelphia urging everybody to exercise their right to vote tomorrow. state senator anthony hardy williams greeted residents at a block party in point and breeze and posed for pictures with anyone who wanted to take one and. doug oliver spoke to a community gathering at harrison plaza in north philadelphia. former state senator milton street took the microphone, outside fifth and second and and market street in west philadelphia. former judge nelson diaz met with septa commuters at spring garden stop on the broad street subway, and former d.a. lynn abraham was glad handing outside the clothe opinion statue in center city philadelphia.
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also in philadelphia voters in each party will nominate five and city council at large candidates and handful of council seats are being contested as well. a special election will determine who will replace lieutenant governor mike stack in the fifth and senate district in northeast philadelphia. other big races in tomorrow's pennsylvania primary including three and open seats on the state supreme court. that has never happened before. polls open up at 7:00 a.m. and will close at 8:00 p.m. then we ask to you join "action news" at 11:00 for wrap up of the election results, we will be streaming those results live on six abc.com, to the races that you care about most. and updating as races are decided on six abc's twitter account. still to come on "action news" tonight latest on the bike are gang mayhem that left nine people dead and nearly 200 people, lock up. plus consumer reports tests one of the most popular cell phones to hit the market. and it find that newer isn't
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necessarily better. and only "action news" has invited 883 feet above center city for an exclusive look at the highest tourist attraction yet, currently in the works cecily. well, double scan live showing much needed rain trying to move from the west, we will have details on where these showers and then are storms are headed and what it means for your morning commute in the accu weather seven day forecast. ducis rodgers introduces us to the new head coach of the flyers when "action news" continues tonight.
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recruitment. but a fight broke out and shots were fired inside of the restaurant before the brawl moved outside. police say that not only did the the fight involve guns but also chains, and knives. >> we had wounded inside we had people stabbed we had people shot, and we had people beat. >> there were so many suspects that authorities had to open up a convention center to hold them all. so far they are facing charges oven gauge nothing organized crime. authorities say that it is too early to determine how many will face charges of murder. military is still trying to figure out what caused one of its aircraft to crash claiming life of one marine and critically injuring another. mv22 osprey went down during training yesterday at a in military base outside of honolulu. officials initially described the crash as a hard landing the osprey is a mix between an airplane an a helicopter, it is partly made at boeing plant
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in ridley township, delaware county. tonight an isis parade, shows who is in control of the iraqi city of ramadi, after isis grounded u.s. back governmental force these past weekend. reports say isis militants have killed as many a as 500 civilians and a soldiers, and they have forced 8,000 people to flee their homes. iranian backed shiite forces aree massing outside and will try to reclaim it. consumer report just finish testing latest samsung galaxy smart phone and says it liked last years model even better. but you can apparently teach an old phone new tricks but consumer reports say, that the s6 took away some of the stand out features of the previous s5. the s6 is made out of metal and glass rather than plastic. but that forced samsung to get rid of the memory card slot and removable battery. it is also not water
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resistant. consumer reporter says -- ace that the s6 has a shorter battery life, so do i a shorter battery life then the previous version. in fact, galaxy s5 remains the magazine's topic. it is followed by lg, g3 and i phone six and galaxy s6, are tied for third place. one of the iconic buildings making up philadelphia's sky line will be home to the city's highest viewing platform. "action news" was invited 57 stories up today to the peak of the one liberty place at 17th and market. this is the view tourist will see, from one liberty observation deck 883 above the ground. on a clear day well you can see forever. sight lines stretch into other states, both new jersey, and delaware. french development company gave "action news" an exclusive look into the interior design today.
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it will be a celebration of the city's icons and history from the liberty bell to ben franklin to great moment in sports. the the attraction is expected to open up this fall. one would only imagine thaw could see weather from up there. >> you can see storm cloud rolling in. you know what we need to do. >> we need to put a great sky six camera. >> get to work. >> we have some sun showers moving n we need an all day steady soaking. that is not going to happen. but we do have some spotty showers moving in. storm tracker six live double scan showing that right now philadelphia not getting in on much of the action. it is getting closer as we zoom in you can see it is just to the left of the i-95 corridor media wilmington, a parts of the chester county got a little bit of this rain. chester county got more than 2 inches on have rain this afternoon. as we move further to the west you can see, lancaster a pretty steady soaking right now. york pennsylvania some heavy
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rain but a lot of this is falling apart as it moves to the east but the problem is, the temperatures. we have ocean air right now moving in from the east, back door cold front moved through. it is 61 degrees in philadelphia 63 in wilmington. millville 62. it is a very stable air mass and it almost rips apart the the showers and thunderstorms as they move in. it also creates a problem with visibility. we have low cloud and fog developing trenton visibility down to a mile. less than a quarter mile in the poconos. 1.3 in dover. we will be dealing with pockets the of fog, as we head to the overnight hours. the satellite six along with action radar shows it really well. you can see this big batch of precipitation and it is hitting a brick wall. that is the back door cold front. that is what moved through earlier today and that is why it feels almost like fall. it is 61 degrees in philadelphia right now but in richmond it is 80. what will happen in the overnight hours? this back door front washes
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out a and that will open up the door for scattered showers to move in right in time for your morning commute. future tracker showing 6:00 in the morning it is really hit or miss, showers perhaps some heavy downpours. not have one will see them. consider yourself lucky. we do need rain. 63 degrees in fill at the 6:00 in the morning. sixty-four in millville. heading in the afternoon it gets warm, humid again, ahead of the another cold front moving from the west. this will also bring us a few more spotty showers but also peaks of sunshine. but warm and humid tomorrow for one last day before things begin to dry out, on wednesday. this is really the risk though. we are looking at mainly heavy downpours with the high humidity. they also could see some lightening, strong wind, large hail tornadoes very unlikely with this system no spin in the atmosphere as it moves in. the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast, warm, humid tomorrow with scattered showers and thunderstorms. not everyone will see them. 87 degrees the high. wednesday high pressure
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building in, gorgeous weather low humidity, bright sunshine, breezy wind, up to 25 miles an hour at times. 72 degrees. thursday, low pressure moving off the coast of the carolinas but bringing a little bit of unshine to the north lehigh valley has best bet of seeing sunshine. on thursday, 70 but spotty, great kick off to the holiday weekend. the mostly sunny, low humidity with a high of 78 degrees. saturday beautiful cooler, 74 degrees. then if you like things warmer you'll like second half of the holiday weekend, cloud on the increase on sunday also the the temperature up to 81 degrees, more humid memorial day will be warm, it will be muggy 86 degrees with the possibility of pop up showers and then are storms. doesn't look to be a wash out. very unsettled tomorrow, spring like on wednesday and holiday weekend looking pretty nice good thanks, cecily. philadelphia orchestra is taking its show on the road. orchestra left, for its 2015
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well, new coach for the philadelphia flyers, and who would have thought of this. >> not a name i would have thought of. if you had had dave hakstol in the flyers coaching pool you are a marter man than i am. flyers pull a name out of no where but they are confident he can return the team to promise. hakstol was introduced this afternoon. he comes from the university
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of north dakota where he enjoyed tremendous success a .654 winning percentage over 11 seasons a all 11 seasons he led the the school to the tournament, 20 of his players played in the n hl with eight being first round draft picks. but here's the knock. he has 0n hl experience. >> i don't have experience at this level. so i will not preten that i do. i do have a great deal of confidence in what we do in what might philosophies are and the fact that they are going to be successful here. >> i was than the going to choose the the coach that was the peoples choice, the popular choice, i was going to pick the coach that i felt like for this franchise from today, next year and moving forward here is the right coach and davis the right coach for this franchise at this point. >> hextall and hakstol that will not get confusing. here's more on the 46 year-old
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phillies are fining their groove, they bring a season high five game winning streak into colorado tonight. dom brown bought a ticket to the game? ryan howard enters with a .429 batting a average in the last five games. first inning he brings in reveer with the single. phillies lead one to nothing. miguel franco doing work with the glove in the fifth. how about this play, to troy to witt ski game tied, he cannot stop herrera with the same letters, and he doubles in, two runs, right now phillies lead this game four-two. we are in the eighth inning. marlins fired their manager mike rendon yesterday. today they replaced. general manager dann jennings. he is putting a tayoun the new skipper. he is their new gm. jennings only coaching experience was in the 1980's high school in alabama a. sixers center nerlens noel was name to the all rookie team today. finally indy 500 practice,
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james, his car catches fire, henchcliff taking to the hospital for surgery on his upper thigh. he is in stable condition. fourth major crash during practice in the past six days, in the indy 500 which will be held this weekend. that is sports. jimmy kimmel live next followed by nate line. jimmy's guest will alexander and mariah carry. "action news" continues at 4:30 with tamala edward, matt o'donnell, meteorologist david murphy and karen rodgers with traffic. for cecily tynan ducis rodgers, the entire "action news" team i'm jim gardener, good night. >> ♪♪
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