? a camden county fire chief is now behind bars accused of distributing child pornography online and police say that one of the computers he used to send it out was in the very fire station where he worked. nydia han is joining us monica is off. under arrest is john taruso. they found more than 100 images of suspected child important on the computers. chad pradelli is live in voorhees with the investigation. very disturbing chad. >> reporter: new jersey attorney general is outraged. he was a man of authority and use that information and public facilities to traffic child porn. they say that volunteer fire company chief john tarruso sold

child porn. >> we recovered over 100 images and even one is hard to believe and egregious and this is something the fire chief was doing in the firehouse. >> they seized computers and drives from the fire station that sits next to an elementary school residents there are disgusted by the alligations. >> it's sad on the account of it being too close to me. we go through there every day. >> it's scary did he purposely buy this house because it's next to a school. >> a peek inside of his work van and you can see pornographic videos between the front seats

the director of criminal justice in the d.e.'s office called the use of the facility to kpit the crimes heart breaking and disturbing. >> when you see a person in a position of authority a chief, and has the public trust and is doing it and has 1,000 or more images, it's very dangerous. >> bail is set at $150,000. i'm chad pradelli channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. we are continuing to follow breaking news from camden new jersey police say that a 13-year-old is hospitalized after the teen was hit by a school bus it happened two hours ago on the 2900 block of alabama road, chopper 6 hd is over the scene and it's unclear how badly the teen was hurt. now to the very warm accuweather forecast outside. >> after a break from the heat

mother nature has delivered temperatures an our area topping 90 degrees, the action cam was in philadelphia's manayunk section where people were out and about in the heat but not without hats, sunglasses or a bottle of water lets go live to sky 6 hd showing you penn's landing, temperatures today hit the big 90 in some places in the delaware valley and the heat advisory begins in our area tomorrow. cecily tynan is outside with a first look at the accuweather forecast. >> this is only the second time this year that temperatures have been in the 90s and tomorrow the heat is higher and the humidity will be higher as well. so because of that the national weather service issued a heat advisory along the i-95 corridor from noon until 8:00 tomorrow that is where the heat index will be up into the upper 90s be some areas could touch 100 now,

it's hot and philadelphia 91 and reading 90 and wilmington dropped to 89 degrees and dover 90 and allentown 89 and temperatures on the beaches in the mid-70s and you add the humidity the heat index make its feel like 94 in philadelphia and millville and wilmington and feels like 96 degrees in dover. it shows a front a cold front draped up to the north and some spotty thunderstorm activity west of our viewing area, it's not out of question that we could get an isolated thunderstorm this afternoon but mainly we will be rain free, but this is what to expect the next two days, tomorrow is the peak of the heat with the record high of 95 and the heat index soaring into the upper 90s and saturday not as warm around 90 with showers and thunderstorms with a cold front and behind that front i'm tracking more comfortable air on the way, i'll have details on that in the

accuweather forecast. >> police in new york say blood hounds picked up the possible scent of two inmates that escaped last weekend, the search is focused on an area three miles from the facility. one week after david sweat and richard matt used power tools to cut their way to freedom and police continue to question joyce mitchell the prison employee in charge of inmight work assignments they wanted to know if she would be driving the get away car. >> where was she going to be taking them? this relationship between her and one of these goes has been going on for a period of time. >> mitchell checked into a hospital last weekend complaining of panic attacks meanwhile the inmates themselves may have panicked because mitchell never showed leaving them to run away with no vehicle into and a cab driver cause aid

scare here in philadelphia reporting two men that looked like the two inmated outside of 30th street station, police reviewed the video and determined it was not the escapees. u.s. marshals have taken a dangerous suspect off the streets of philadelphia brandon seger was one of the several suspects wanted for a sophisticated crime operation that includes robbery and torture. authorities say the men would use violence tactics and home invasions tar getting victim that they thought had drugs or money from drugs. a young boy's dying wish is to leave the hospital and go home but the family is facing resistance setting up hospice care and tens of thousands of people are following his journey on facebook. ali gorman joins us from the big board.

>> reporter: the boy is at childrens hospital at philly, and that his care there is excellent but he wants to go home, this is a hard look at the gap in medical care when it comes to our most vulnerable patients. >> julian ross is described as a kind of loving kid. >> a nature boy and animal lover. >> he is also a fighter, he has been battling stage four neuro blastoma a cancer that starts in the nerve cells since he was 6 years old. he lives in new york but came to philadelphia for his care. >> they have ultimately saved julian's life three times. >> but he took a turn for the worse and when home in february on hospice, the kpunt held a welcome home party and they were told that julian had only days to live but julian rebounded but again had to come back to chop.

now 87 days later still sick and with no new treatment options he wants to go home. but his parents tell me he was denied the hospice care in oswego county where they live because they could not meet his needs. >> i'm tired of being in the hospital and the family's plight has gone viral and his page julian's joust has 27000 likes and some thanks to sin cincinnati bengals player who was i few doors down from julian. he sent an inextra gram. >> we reached out to the oswego

county health department, and said they could not comment due to privacy concerns. the family is not alone nationwide many children end up staying in hospitals because there is not enough services in the home setting and we have more on julian's story at 6abc.com. >> thank you ali. >> time for a check of the "action news" traffic report thursday night. lets go live to matt pellman. >> we have issues but not nearly as important. just watching volume problems here on 202 a slow go on the southbound side in the normal spot in chester county on the merge in the work zone approaching 401 typical afternoon stuff here, and elsewhere in bradford township a wreck at 322 in old shady side road and we have the downed pole from the earlier crash blocking sweedesford road close to dekalb pike there are southbound

restrictions and the traffic is moving on the median because of the downed poll, on the big picture, close to mama's pizzeria, look for a crash. and a school bus accident in camden along alabama road, and in haddon heights, look for a wreck along 30 there along haddon street close to the td bank. we'll check it again coming up in the next half hour. >> still to come on "action news" at 5:00, new information about a massive hack attack on government computers. when officials think those federal systems were compromised. health check tonight, an advisory in the u.s. for a dangerous disease overseas the steps officials are taking to stop a potential outbreak of mers and drone 6 is live in sea isle city and that is where melissa magee is live at the

shore. and she and cecily tynan has the accuweather forecast.

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that massive hack into government computers may have gone undetected for more than a year. abc news learned that hackers

may have initially hacked the information systems more than a year ago and then worked their way through four different segments of their systems. they held formed by federal employees that were seeking security clearances. president obama today wouldn't say who is behind the attack and the government is looking into whether hackers from china are responsible. >> in health check tonight, u.s. health officials are keeping a close eye on the outbreak of mers in south korea and issued an advisory here on how to spot the virus this is after the 10th death a dozen new cases. a quarantine was called in one town. and the next few days are crucial to see if their efforts have worked. the risk of it spreading here is slim but the u.s. doesn't want to take any chances. >> mers can look look a number of respiratory infections,

fever, cough and shortness of breath. they want hospitals and clinics to be on alert. john hopkins graduate students are creating a new electronic head band to relieve symptoms of parkinson's disease, it sends a message to stop shaking and tremors, it's without the trauma and expensive surgery, human tests are getting underway and lab trials were a big success. republicans and democrats don't usually work together on a project and there is a pair in oregon that really got something done allen olson was in his office when he thought he had heartburn and called his democratic colleague who happened to be a doctor and he realized ta olson was having a heart attack and took care of

him until an ambulance arrived and now they are looking beyond their political differs. >> if he delayed coming up a half hour, or after caucus, he would be dead in that building. >> it's all about friendships in this building. >> he is lucky that baits did not brush off his call. and a larger than life tourism campaign six xoxo structures will be outside of iconic spots the action cam was at the visitors center this morning where the first was unveiled. it's a love tourism campaign and each has a unique photo opportunity. and they are asked to share the photos and line using #~ philly. still ahead on "action news" at 5:00 pizza hut is taking stuffed crust to a whole new level, the new item that the

restaurant chain is debuting next week. >> bad many of them crying. >> a bird burglary in the lehigh valley thousands of dollars worth of animals stolen from a pet shop. you'd do that for me? really? yeah, i'd like that. who are you talking to? uh, it's jake from state farm. sounds like a really good deal. jake from state farm at three in the morning. who is this? it's jake from state farm. what are you wearing jake from state farm? [ jake ] uh... khakis. she sounds hideous. well she's a guy, so... [ male announcer ] another reason more people stay with state farm. get to a better state. ♪ ♪

pizza hut is combining pizza with hot dogs with its newest menu item. it's called hot dog bite pizza where the crust is replaced with two dozen pigs in a blanket. the mini hot dogs with be snapped off the pizza for dipping and i plan to try it just for journalistic purposes. >> only one rick right. and now authorities are looking for a dozen exotic birds taken from the shop in salisbury township. the crooks broke into a bathroom window and 15 birds were stolen and they are worth $9000 some birds were still being hand fed and could die without proper care. >> they need baby bird formula,

to sustain them. >> workers are hoping whoever took the birds return them or someone tries to sell them and notices they were stolen. still on "action news" at 5:00, we'll check the forecast outside for you. >> sky 6 hd showing you atlantic city. cecily tynan has the details from accuweather. it is steamy.

time for accuweather at the "action news" big board. could be day one of a heat wave, right cecily. >> if we make it to 90 on saturday it will be the first heat wave of the year, but we are in the 90s now, philadelphia 1u9d and reading 90 and trenton 90 and dover 90 degrees, you'll notice the winds off the ocean much nicer and more comfortable with temperatures on the beaches in the low 70s but add the humidity and the heat index 94 in philadelphia and trenton and allentown and millville and it feels like 96 in dover and the humidity and the heat will be even higher tomorrow. now, satellite 6 along with action radar showing there is a cold front up to the north you see the line of showers and there is a cluster of thunderstorms right now, not in our viewing area but if it does stay together it's north of

harrisburg and moving to the east and if it does stay together it could clip the lehigh valley and the poconos. but for the most part most of our area will be rain free and it will be a warm night, tonight partly cloudy and a stray evening thunderstorm is possible possible. allentown 67 and trenton 71 degrees, a steam yy night. you can see there are plenty of 90s waiting in the wind. what is going on tomorrow we'll have strong winds out of the southwest and that will tap into the heat and humidity and that means tomorrow will be a lot more oppressive than today. that means 90 degrees tomorrow and heat index to the upper 90s,

if you want to go out and exercise and taking the dog foz for a walk, i suggest in the morning. for philadelphia hot and humid and if we hit that that will tie the record high and a stray storm down the shore and sunshine, and 78 degrees and in the poconos, warm with stray thunderstorms and a high of 84 degrees the five-day, 95 degrees and the heat index in the upper 90s and the peak of the heat, and the temperature backs off a bit, and if we hit that it is a heat wave. and then behind that, much more comfortable, nice air on monday and 86 and the same on monand tuesday warming up to 88 degrees with thunderstorm and showers, million was on a boat and now -- getting ready to eat seafood, what a day. >> it's such a hard day at work

today here in sea isle city, we put the crabs away and came inside to mike's seafood, check out this spread clams muscles and crab with old bay you know about that if you had crabs before. we are having a lot of fun at mike's seafood and a lively bunch as well. mike's has been around for 105 years and this is luke, mike's son and i'll take you live drone 6 high above the skies in sea isle city, checking out the fishing boats here in sea isle city we'll check out the food coming up. >> is a nice spread. >> more to come in our next half hour at 5:00, a happy ening to a desperate search for a teenager that vanished after leaving her father's side.

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"action news" continues with jaime apody rick williams and monica malpass. >> hello again, monica is off and nydia han is joining us tonight. here is what is happening this evening the case of the deadly backside injection with the sentencing of the black madam padge winslow. and now a renew plea for witnesses to come forward and south philadelphia businesses forced to close their doors due to continuing water woes. >> she is a self professed expert in self enhangsment going to prison winslow was convicted in the death of a girl back in march. she injected her backside with

industrial grade silicone. vernon odom is live now with more on the sentencing. >> the prosecutors asked the judge to give the black madam at least 30 years behind bars but that was not to be many believe the black madam got off easy under the circumstances. >> for padge winslow, it's 10 years in prison. winslow as been in jail for three years already and prosecutors say she worked this dangerous body enhancing scams on women for years and even behind prison walls she is running a new scam passing out brochures for women in prison claiming a new formula that will move body fat around to all the right places for a mere $200.

>> our prime concern is to protect the girls she harms them time and time again and she is intent in conning women that she can make them beautiful. >> winslow's lawyer argued that his client that is transgender, is not an evil person but someone scarred by childhood issues. >> it was partly about the money, and she was a business person she made money how much money she made, not all that much, people disagree and at the end of the day, the money is not what drove this case. >> winslow's parents left without comment, and left that to her sister. >> we all make accidents be things in time, it's an unfortunate situation for the family our heart and condolences are with them as

well. >> winslow is eligible for parole in seven years no word on which state prison will house the black madam. vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. it was nine years ago when andres cammacho jr. was killed walking out of a grocery store in camden this is surveillance video of the the suspected shooter running from the scene authorities don't know who this man is or why he targeted him but today members of camden county's cold case squad renewed their plea to the public for information about the murder. >> we have the act to go back and perhaps submit new evidence and talk to other witnesses and maybe some witnesses nine years later feel more comfortable coming forward than they did during the time of the incident and that is what we were relying

on. >> authorities were posting a $1,000 reward for information. we have the video at 6abc.com so that you can take a closer look. from the delaware newsroom police say that this man, 19-year-old johnson is accuse of having 200 bags of heroin. police approached him by a nearby hardees and he took off running, and they caught up with johnson at dover downs and is held on $31,000 bond tonight. >> investigators are trying to get to the bottom of what sparked a fire at a philadelphia grocery store this morning, this is west girard avenue just before 2:00 a.m., firefighters say the blaze started inside of the girard grocery and filled it it and the first floor apartments with smoke fort fatally the apartments were not occupied. the family living next door was temporarily evacuated and no one

was hurt. we have an update to a story that "action news" brought you yesterday at 5:00. philadelphia businesses reopened today after being forced to shut down because of no running water, because of a water main that erupted on march 10th. businesses including the bakery say they have lost customers because repairs are blocking their street but today they were able to serve their customers one again but the water department says that the fix will take a few more weeks and they may need to randomly turn the water off and on again during that time. it's time to see what is going on down the shore melissa magee is live in sea isle city. and you are about to feast aren't you? >> yes we have quite the feast for you, we are at mike's seafood, mike's is aaround for 140 years can you have crabs muscles, whatever you prefer. check out this spread we have

french fries and stone crab and crab with old bay, you know about old bay, i have my friends alexis and maddie you girls dig in, if you are not in sea isle city, check out what is going on this weekend down at the shore. >> reporter: it's a special weekend in ocean city for 28 contestants competing in the miss new jersey pageant, a week of prepareds and preliminary competitions comes to an end on saturday. the final show starts at 7:00 p.m. at the boardwalk tickets are sold online only. >> sample more than 100 brews during the first ever wildwood beer festival this saturday and sunday head out to fox park on ocean avenue and enjoy locally brewed craft beer and food and

live entertainment, tickets are $45 at the door. always drink responsibly. >> it's a summer past time on the back bays and becoming ever so popular forget fishing go crabbing in sea isle city, grab your bait and throw it in pull it up and put it in the bucket. rent a boat every week at larson's marina. hope to see you down at the shore. >> so drone 6 is high above the sky, as we are looking at a beautiful shot of sea isle city and don't forget to smile while you are in sea isle-and had is a different view at drone of giving you a beautiful birds eye

view, back here live at mikes we have quite the spread i know that nydia and rick, you guys are quite hungry, we have the crab ball they are delicious. and the stone crab. what do you like to eat? >> the crab balls are awesome. >> we'll bring this back to you when we are done, and if you want to go crabbing by the way, head over to larsens or any other fishing location, 24 hours a day you can get your crab on. have fun this weekend, dig in. >> rick wants the crab balls. >> and nick wants the corn on the cob. >> check the storm tracker 6 app on your device to fine the hourly forecast and conditions for your location.

how crabby are the drivers that is the question. people trying to get home perhaps? >> definitely not cracking up. as they come out of center city here on 95 northbound side extra heavy delays good evening to you sir close to the betsy ross bridge, taking out the two right lanes costing you extra heavy delays at this point. we already had accidents here this afternoon and we already had heavy delays and plenty of slowing in the infamous triangle of slowing and eastbound blue route speeds in the teens and downed poles in delaware county and audubon is closed close to the union church and in lower gwinnett a downed poll is closing sweedesford road and stay on dekalb pike to get around that. and blocking a couple of lanes

there receivy in that vicinity as well. rick and nydia back over to you. >> or nick and rick. >> still to come on "action news" tonight, a group of ducklings in distress got a helping hand from emergency responders in delaware today and we'll show you. >> a big day for "action news" viewers that spend time with michael and kelly in new york city and the eagles cut ties with a veteran player. cecily will be back with a close look at the hot days coming our way.

ducklings are part of a rescue being seen from a storm drain, and they are from come on boulevard when some ducklings fell through the grate they even crimed through 20 feet of sewer

to reach the baby birds but there is still no sign of mama duck. the teenager missing for several hours this morning is back home in chestnut hill. 17-year-old sara wills was reported missing along german town avenue her parents were driving her home from a concert at susquehanna she asked her father to stop because she didn't feel good and got out to use the bathroom and never came back she was found sleeping. the eagles cut ties with one of their veterans. this says a lot about chip kelly. the moral of the story is don't mess with chip. he solved the whole evan matthew by releasing him. they cut the two time pro bowl offensive line man, who made no

secret that he was not happy with his contract and did not show up for ota's and tweeted thanks for the memories, he was due to earn $5.5 million and $6 million next year, and now he is free to sign with another team. and the other end of the spectrum is someone happy to be here and that is brandon graham, signed an offseason $24 million contract, he is set to be a starter for the first time. he is the go running around and screaming with every rep. >> he does more than expected from him and that is why he is back and he is in a lot better shape than he has ever been, you watch how he gets after it in the weight room, maybe pound for pound our strongest guy. >> what does it feel like to

think you made an impression on him. >> that feels good chip is a hard one to please you never know what is he is thinking but chip can't say i don't work hard that is one thing i pride myself on i will give 100% even if i'm not feeling good. >> he is the forgotten man at running back, coming up we'll hear from ryan matthews. >> if point guard matthew seems less hyped up he is foregoing his pregame cups of coffee because he was dehydrated. lebron james does not need extra energy he is averaging 40 points per game. how do you stop this guy? former sixer erin mckee we caught up with him for insight. >> i don't foe if anyone in

their right mind would pick cleveland that without love or irving, are you surprised they have a 2-1 lead at this point? >> i am surprised and lebron is trying to put the stamp on his legacy, if cleveland can pull the series out he has to go down as one of the top one, two or three top players of all times. >> when lebron james comes out of the warm-up, go tackle him get a leg and tackle him. >> don't think the two could take him down. >> we are the hope for your nba finals, game four here at 9:00 on channel 6, immediately followed by "action news" at 11:00, stay up for great basketball and a greater newscast right. back to you rick. >> thank you jaime today former professional athletes showed off

their skills on the court they competed nutteric williams foundation celebrity a.m. golf invitational. they provided service for at risk kids so they could take place. this is the second year that the tournament has been held. >> it was an excited day for fans with the live with kelly show. >> listen there are a lot of people from philadelphia in the audience today. [ cheers and applause ] >> that is right they were in new york for today's show and "action news" trafficked with the lucky folks that won a 6 abc and live with kelly and michael online sweepstakes, they headed out from buck county and our own alicia vitarelli took the trip with them. after the show the winners were brought back to parks casino and they were treated to a complimentary lunch and $20 to play the slots.

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a farmers market in -- one of four markets run by the county a service needed in the county be they delegated the market as a food desert they have access to stores with fruits and vegetables. >> cecily is here now with a closer look at the heat and humidity tomorrow is the worst of it and the heat and humidity

actually spikes. we are rain free in our viewing area and i am keeping an eye on a cluster of thunderstorms over pottsville and as we put it into motion, it moves to the east and if it stays together it clips northern berks county and the low high valley heavy downpours and lightning and some gusty winds with that particular cell. as far as the temperatures today, yes we are heating up 92 degrees today the second time this year and temperatures in the 90s and that is 10 degrees above normal. didn't hit the record high of 95 set back in 96 right now 91 in philadelphia and millville 89 and trenton 90 and reading 90 and sea isle city 73 degrees, you add in the humidity allentown and philadelphia and

trenton and wilmington feels like 96. and tomorrow the temperatures are higher and the dew points are higher and it will be more humid and that makes it oppressive. here is the cold front up to the north, that will stall and we won't get a lot of relief from the heat until the cold front moves in from the west on saturday. that drops temperatures for the second half of the weekend, a warm and humid night a stray evening thunderstorm is possible north of philadelphia, 63 in the suburbs and 73 in center city, the heat is on and the record high 95 set back in 1947, we have a good shot of tying that, it will feel even worse than that though with the humidity, heat index in the upper 90s, on saturday, if we hit 90 it will make it a heat wave, calling for a high of 90 and that cold front

brings us thunderstorms and showers late in the day and that drops the temperatures back into the mid-80s, and tomorrow a heat advisory is posted for the i-95 corridor from noon until 8:00 the heat index is in the upper 90s a good place to go is the mountains a spotty storm is possible and more widespread, and 78 degrees. sun and clouds with a high of 8 degrees a place to be soaking up the sunshine in sea isle city meteorologist melissa magee there is there sunning herself and she is eating seafood too right melissa. >> i think i'm stuffed already and this is in fact a great place to be. you mentioned the heat is on and head down the shore we have mike's seafood and boats thanks to larsens marina, if you are headed down on friday partly sunny and breezy and a high temperature of 78 degrees on

saturday the humidity really kicks up and so does the temperatures too, a high temperature of 86 degrees this is my pick of the two over the weekend and a nice mixture of sun and clouds and a high of 77 what is the latest down the shore we'll keep the breeze going and bring you some seafood. >> good i am hungry. beautiful down the shore right now, the exclusive accuweather forecast, 95 tomorrow and the heat index up to 99 and saturday 90 with showers and thunderstorms rolling through and that will drop temperatures down into the mid-80s on sunday and monday tuesday warm and more humid and 88 with showers and thunderstorms and temperatures drop to more comfortable levels on wednesday 84 and thursday 83 degrees with partly sunny skies tomorrow is definitely the worst of it and temperatures trend down into the weekend. >> thanks cecily. quick break.

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that is it for us "action news" at 6:00 is next, for monica malpass, sharrie williams, nydia han, monica malpass have a great night.

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers meteorologist, cecily tynan, and jim gardner. thursday night a south jersey fire chief is arrested on charges of child pornography. and a 13-year-old is recovering tonight after being struck by a

school bus in camden, but it's an arrest of a man in levittown, this is the scene when john sarrina arrived in court. police say he burned a church and vandalized a school and shot a pellet gun. and slashes tired. nora muchanic is live now. police must be grateful to get this guy off the streets. >> the neighbors are grateful too for the last couple of months this neighborhood has endured one incident after the other and he has confessed to all of it and this one man crime spree is over. he had nothing to say about his arrest after a two month terror of neighborhood vandalism, including spray painting a school a