sunday night, the body of a woman is discovered in the hotel laundry room. neighbors join together to help one another, escape a deadly fire in montgomery county. but the big story on "action news" is discovery of

what appears to be, sewing needles inside of halloween candy in chester county. >> last night police in kenneth square received several reports of parents and children, finding those needles the. tonight, parents are urged to check that candy a as police try to track down person or people responsible. the "action news" reporter annie mccormack is live in kenneth square with the full detail and story. annie? >> reporter: walter, and sarah a police do not want parents to panic, they just want them to check their children's kind. we caught up with one who found sewing needles in his candy. he was there but went to his family and they immediately contacted the police. >> needles inside, twix and some people found them inside some snickers. >> reporter: miguel reported to kenneth square police they found needles in their halloween candy. miguel, at the station with his parents and siblings sunday a afternoon. >> unaudible.

>> my mom sent an e-mail to friend. >> reporter: they notified other friend and kenneth square police posted reports on the facebook page and alerted the community. >> these reports can turnout to be anywhere. the right now it is an active police investigation. we're interviewing people that have have reported the incident, we're trying to figure out where they were trick or treating at and we're trying to get more information from them. >> reporter: miguel was first group of children to report to police, midnight sunday and that case four children trick or treating together reported finding sewing needles in five snack sized twix bars. second report came in sunday afternoon a child separate from the original complaint broad in a snickers bar with the sewing needle. all children went door to door in a standing hills neighborhood bordering south union street and west south street and they all ranged in age from seven to 12. police acknowledge often that the urban legend this time of the year proves false, they want anyone though with information to come forward. >> remember, that the the parents just be vigilant

about, watch what your children bring home. when the the candy is unwrapped and things like that just double-check it. >> reporter: police also say interviews with children often take longer. they are also trying to pinpoint exactly where this separate complaint, the children in the separate complaints did cross paths. they are trying to determine whether or not this tampered candy came from a home or even have been bought from a local store. for now reporting live from kenneth square, annie mccormack for channel six "action news". walter and sarah. >> thank you, annie. police are investigating a discovery of the woman's body in the laundry room of the hotel. at the 7:00 this morning, officers were called to atlantic palace, located on the boardwalk, at new york avenue. no word tonight who she is, or how she died. in the city's mantua section a man was shot the today, in what police are describing as a case of road rage. the it happened at 2:30 this afternoon on north 38th street. investigators say a 22-year old man was shot in the foot,

after getting into an altercation with two other men. victim was treated at presbyterian hospital, no arrests have been made. woman was killed in a three alarm fire that tore through an apartment building, in plymouth meeting late last night. dozens of residents are now out of their homes as fire officials looked for the cause. "action news" reporter trish hartman has the full detailsreport flames shot from the roof of the building d in the plymouth rock apartments as fire fighters doused them with water from above. authorities say one woman was killed in the three alarm fire. >> she would still be here. >> reporter: jerome baker junior lived one building over. he was arrested after he repeatedly tried to enter the burning building with the the victim's fiance, trying to save his friends. >> very smokey. my whole shirt was full of soot i had to put a rag and put it on my face. >> reporter: one woman said a wall of smoke prevented them from using the the front door,

fire fighters rescued her from her balcony. >> they put a ladder up, and they climbed up, and helped me get on a chair and crimed down the ladder. i had nothing but my pant, my shirt and no socks or shoes. >> reporter: authorities say 18 apartments were destroyed and 30 people displays i had. red cross helped many of them and red paw relief team sheltered several dogs and cats. a number of neighbors told us they were celebrating halloween when the blaze broke out. on people tell us they did whatever they could to help as residents tried to escape the flames. >> they were running out, and we got our jacket and made sure that she was okay. >> reporter: according to the fire chief the building had working smoke alarms but no sprinkler system. he says that the closest fire hydrant didn't work. >> we did have a hydrant right out front, that evidently got hit with a vehicle or something, so that had, was out of commission totally. >> reporter: authorities are still investigating a cause.

reporting from plymouth township trish hartman for channel six "action news". high levels of the carbon monoxide inside a home in upper darby sent three people to the hospital today. the at 2:00 this afternoon, a water heater a apparently malfunctioned inside the home right there on rich field road. one of the people who lives here walked outside, and disoriented, asked for help and then collapsed. police responded and found two more people inside. they were all taken to a local hospital for treatment. time for a check of your accu weather forecast, meteorologist melissa magee is here with your first check, malice a. >> sarah, it was not a bad finish to our weekend, albeit, we had more in the way of clouds and sunshine. temperatures were a touch milder then yesterday with a high in the city coming in at 65. currently in if philadelphia with the southeasterly wind 63. fifty-five in the poconos. fifty's in the allentown lehigh valley and coast in sea isle sit the eye coming in at 61. it ways warmer then it was same time yesterday. 11 degrees warmer in allentown then it was 24 hours ago.

6 degrees warmer in philadelphia 9 degrees warmer in the coast in beach haven. a a few changes we are tracking for start of our workweek. here's storm tracker six live double scan radar. you can see this moisture out across the south east. the models want to take this moisture autopsy cross mid-atlantic region. problem however we have dominating ridge of high pressure. with this ridge of high pressure in place we will suppress this moisture to our south and west. nonetheless, as the the day runs on through tomorrow will we will track progression of this precipitation. we will talk about what we can expect for the week a ahead, first week of november, by the the way, lots of clouds on the way for monday. rain stays mainly to the the south of us tomorrow. i'm also tracking some november warmth on the way. temperatures in the 70's this week. we've got details coming up in the full, exclusive accu weather forecast. >> sound good. >> all right, melissa. much more to come on "action news" tonight from complete stranger sets off to help a man, or steps up to help a man whose bike was stolen y this gift is extra special for this father of

two. but first it was a tough morning for one delaware neighborhood they woke up to the work of the destructive vandallal. also day after their heart breaking loss, notre dame, temple owls set their sights on their next opponent. jeff skversky has sports when "action news" comes right back.

people from a neighborhood in wilmington woke up to a real mess this morning in the streets in front of their homes. the tires of more than a dozen vehicles were slashed. it happened in the early morning hours, along the 1900 block of ceneca road in wilmington. neighbors say it was not just one tire, some had two or three flattened. search is on for person who did this. an update to a story "action news" first brought you on friday, saint a a hman family was given a new bike courtesy of an "action news" viewer this was a bike someone stole earlier this week. they used to it take his 18

month-old son who has down syndrome and five-year old daughter on ride all around that neighborhood. john cher co a complete stranger, heard about the situation and wanted to help. today the whole family drove from new castle delaware to palmyra, new jersey. >> i figure, why if i'm not going to ride it, then give it to somebody who can use it and he needed it more than i did. one day somebody will do for me but in the meantime i want do for them. >> it is nice to see some good people out there. >> the the family says only thing left to do is replace the child seat. his whole family is overwhelmed by outpouring of the kindness and support, since their story went public. thousands of people got out the door early and ran for a good cause this morning. the the tenth annual free to breathe 5k and 1 mile walk, wound its way through philadelphia's fairmount park. our own nydia han was there handing out awards to the top fundraisers. all of the money raised goes toward lung cancer research, education and awareness

programs. santa claus arrives a little bit early in philadelphia today. a actually, lots of santa clauses and many on their harley davidson's. this is the 35th annual for the kid motorcycle toy run as it made its way through the city to day. bikers delivered the toys to the united states marine core toys for tots program here at the electric factory in the spring garden section. run started back in 1980 with just a few dozen people, involved. it is now grown to more than a thousand. this morning's traffic jam

on the ben franklin bridge was created by runners, not vehicles. more than 4,000 people made their way from camden, new jersey, to olde city, fill and back again. they were taking part in the

cooper norcross run the bridge event, all of the money raised benefits the the lark school in bellmawr, camden county, teaching and caring for children with disabilities. all right. jeff is here with sports outer eagles are off this week but no doubt team keeping a close eye on the other games. >> hard to believe the the way they have played and many balls they have dropped but eagles are still in this thing, heading into that dallas game next week. eagles have been beating themselves this year but with the bird in the bye week, they are out of harms way and others like dallas can help them out. right now cowboys down by four to start the third to seattle will. how about first place giants in the shoot-out against the saints. over 1,000 total yard, drew brees and eli manning combined for 13 touchdowns, manning throws a career high six, half to odell benning ham. brees ties nfl record with seven, including this, 36 seconds left, down seven, cj spiller, ties it a at 49. saints get the ball back and after a special teams penalty by new york it sets up this. saint can win with no time

left, the the kicker with the 50-yard field goal. saints win 52-49. 101 points between these two, third most all time in a game. so the eagles currently one game behind the giants for first place heading into next sunday night's game in dallas. espn ron jaworski says he still believes the bird can win this this division. >> they're not the a bad football team but they are not a good football team yet either. i think there are components on this team where they can be a competitive team, for the nfc east title but they have to start playing up to that ability. this caroline game which i gone through three times already was a lost opportunity. we have seen that, the pattern throughout this season. >> more with jaws, plus eagles linebacker brandon graham joins us in studio tonight on "action news" sports sunday at 11:35. just how big was the temple/notre dame last night? it was highest rated regular

season college football game, ever here on channel six. temple flipped from 21 to 23rd in the top 25ap poll. temple let it slip away against notre dame. the owls were right there on the verge of scoring their biggest win in school history up three, final minutes in the hand of the defense which is one of the best in the country but willfuller from roman catholic burns them. temple with the shot to win, final minute but kieari russell picks off temple quarterback pj walker. temple lost by four but they have proved they are one of the best teams in college football. >> you think they learned something about themselves in the process. >> i think that they believed in themselves but until you are in that moment, national tv, you know, game day is there, playing a great team like notre dame, until you are there it is hard to really know. they learned that they can play at that level. they are upset and they feel like they should have won that game. >> did you see that crazy

finish in the miami/duke game last night. wild walk off win that featured eight laterals with no time left, well, guess what, yeah, it was too good to be true. today ac c suspended the referees and a ring play officials from this game because they made a laundry list of mistakes. the 91-yard kick off return here was not legal according to the conference today. duke should not -- should have won this game but ac c cannot overturn the result, miami still credited with the w. >> mets won a world series after big buckner's error in 1986 and 29 years later they may lose one after a big buckner-like mistake by daniel murphy last night. kansas city can win it all with a win tonight in game five. sixers are no where near a title, they a appear to be for another long rebuilding year a after zero-two start. help host lebron james and cleveland. robert covington is probable. he has still yet to play

because of the sprain right knee. >> i think anytime you can just have another legitimate scoring option and really at times our best scoring option, you know, it helps. we just have to be smart and to have him back will be a big boost especially for our offense. >> finally halloween night always fun last night. candy, dressing up and who doesn't love scarring someone, anyone. this is a good one. the in the broadcast booth during temple/notre dame game. >> great football game in the first half. it looked like notre dame was ... >> wow, wow. >> come on back in here, yes. >> that is great. >> two monsters from the eastern state penitentiary scar abc football analyst curt herbstreet last night in the booth. >> yes. >> it freaked him out. >> they had to usher them out, they didn't want to leave.

>> they are so creepy. >> all right. >> thanks, jeff. check of your workweek forecast is up next on "action news". >> meteorologist melissa magee has exclusive accu weather seven day forecast but first here's tom yamas with what is a ahead on world news tonight. >> walter and sarah good evening. coming up tonight, mysterious plane crash more than 200 dead, could have been a bomb. deadly weather, tornadoes and flooding rains among the golf and suspicious call from the power company. how to avoid being taken in by this growing scam after "action news".

for district attorney in montgomery county... kevin steele, first assistant d.a. with a 98% conviction rate and tough sentences for sexual predators. or bruce castor, a former d.a. who refused to prosecute bill cosby. castor said, "we don't charge people for making a mistake or doing something foolish." many more victims came forward, and castor admitted he could have used their testimony against cosby but castor didn't even try. bruce castor was not looking out for the victims.

pet lovers in wilmington delaware brought the dogs out for some fun and a good cause this morning. they went, on a 1 mile walk through rockford park to benefit delaware humane society. pups rocked their halloween costumes for one more day and at times it was difficult to tell who was walking whom but they a all had a great, time. all right. time for a final check of the accu weather forecast with meteorologist melissa a magee. little fall-time warm upcoming up. >> that is right, 4:59 p.m. the the sunset. >> it was so early today, wasn't it. >> i don't like it a at all. >> daylight savings time coming to an end but we have something to look forward to, november warmth on the way for first week of november, guys. we will tell you what is going on with storm tracker six live double scan radar, dry, quiet, no issues with precipitation and it was warmer today then it was yesterday, a across the delaware and lehigh valleys. we will show you picture outside action cam was outside earlier this afternoon, there in chinatown, center city.

we have mostly cloudy sky and we had fair amount of cloud cover overhead today because of the disturbance passing off to our north but certainly a touch more milder then it was on saturday across the region. really comfortable conditions. high today in philadelphia 65 degrees. a average for this time of the year is 61. 4 degrees above the mark. record is 84 the setback in 1950. we have got that southeasterly wind, 63 in the city. fifty-five in the poconos. fifty-eight in allentown. lehigh valley, trenton, at this hour. fifty-nine, reading and lancaster holding at 60 degrees. sixty-one down the coast in sea isle city. couple changes on the way for the start of the workweek. here's satellite six with action radar. we have mostly cloudy sky, we have a disturb a answer that moved off to the north, didn't see any precipitation associated with this. now we have a lot of clouds moving in, streaming northward thanks to the disturbance that just yet was coming out of the lone star state. it continues to dumb april lot of rain across the the south

east and to this moisture will stream northward. the problem will run into a roadblock. we have a ridge of high pressure that will help suppress the the precipitation to our south. so while earlier in the week we were thinking some of us could get brushed or scraped with rainfall a lot of this looks to stay well to the south of the delaware valley come tomorrow. the call from accu weather for rest of tonight partly cloudy and mild night for november. forty-four in the suburbs. fifty-three in the philadelphia for overnight low with that west northwesterly win. we will time out precipitation. future tracker six showing 5:30 and 6:00 numbers in the area will be in the middle to lower 50's. south and east in the city upper 40's north and west. mostly cloudy start to the day and cloud will hold on tough and hang on tough throughout the majority of the day. 12:30 tomorrow afternoon still mostly cloudy, no precipitation, it the looks to stay well south of washington d.c., by tomorrow afternoon, and unless that passes on off to our south and east clouds

will break, after clearing skies as we get into monday night. here's the exclusive seven day forecast not a bad day as far as temperature is concern. 66 degrees. the mostly cloudy. rain stays south of the region. then on tuesday sweet 70's return. high temperature in at 71 degrees. average for this time of the year is 61. on wednesday, it is a mild afternoon, 73, and thursday it is sunny and warm at 47 degrees. a few more cloud as we get into thursday afternoon with the disturbing sector passes through. late day shower is possible. on friday, sunshine, giving way to increasing cloud. high of 76. late day shower is possible by then. on saturday clouds and some sun, 68, and then much cooler as we get into next sunday with a high temperature of 59. so by sunday temperatures will be more reflective of the first week of november but rest of the week guys with the exception of the cloud tomorrow, looks really nice, nice and mild 70's in november you cannot go wrong.

>> speaking my language absolutely. thank you. abc world news sunday is next here on channel six. "action news" returns tonight at 11:00. don't miss a "action news" at ten on p hl17 tonight. then we're right back here again on six abc at 11:00 o'clock. for medical list had magee, jeff skversky, sarah bloomquist and the entire "action news" team, i'm walter perez. we will see you right back here at 11:00 o'clock. >> ♪

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