of course the big question here two of them really, what actually happened and what led up to this. live at the 12th district in southwest philadelphia is "action news" reporter, sara bloomquist, sara how are police trying to answer the questions. >> jim internal affairs are now investigating while the 12th district officer goes on desk duty. all the charges again the teen were dropped. we talked to her to hear what happened from her perspective. >> cell phone show shows the fight yesterday afternoon. you see an officer and teenager separate from the group. that teenager is johna pendleton and she maintains she was helping her friend as mother when the officer started to push her back. >> dragging me by the hair and

dragging me on the grown and punching me in the face. >> there was no need for all of that, she used too much aggression for a kid. douglas witnessed the investigation he found it confusioning because he thought that pendleton was trying to pleader case back ago way. and she said don't touch me, don't touch me. and she was on her on the ground and started purging her. >> she was purging me and choking me at the same time. >> pendleton refused the officered commands but one investigators the teen appears to act in self-defense and now the officer's tactics are under revi review. >> before they hit the ground there could have been something done differently, it's not an illegal thing as much as a tactical thing but a decision that gets made in a split

second. >> the police officer's job is to make sure the situation is defused and not continue. and instead a police officer turned on me and put their hands on me and i was trying to help. >> last night pendleton was charged with assaulting a police officer and today the district attorney declined to approve that charge and again she was released from police custody. we are told from investigators that the video and witness statements do seem to indicate that pendleton never intended to hurt the police officer and the officer did report very minor injuries. live at the 12th district. i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. a father has shot and killed an intruder in the frank ford section of philadelphia. the wife of the 27-year-old man and four young daughters hid upstairs during the violent home invasion. philadelphia police say that two men barged into the home of the 1900 block of prat street at

11:30 last night. police say that the gunmen opened fire on the homeowner and the home ener has a gun and fired back killing one of the suspects be the other ran off. the homeowner is expected to survive and police say he will likely not be charged. the legal ramifications of the hazing incident is resolved at conestoga high school. the incident that cost the coach his job. john rawlins is live now with the story. >> reporter: last march this school was rocked by the alligation that three senior football players had held down a freshman assaulting him and terrorizing him today there was a juvenile court hearing after a statement was put out the most serious charges not mentioned in the statement saying that the three admitted to a lesser charge, harassment a summary offense.

the three 17-year-old's had indecently assaulted a 13-year-old with a broom stick handle was alleged. >> that the victim was yelling and screaming but he did not have a friend in that locker room. >> but today the indecent assault allegations were not mentioned instead it explained what occurred in a different light that the 13-year-old refused to help the teens clean the locker room and one briefly poked him with a broom stick in the leg and the intent was to scare the victim and coerce him to cooperate with other team members and that the teammate was not hurt. he knows all four and felt that the upper class men were falsely accus accused. >> i like them, like their work ethic and the way they talk to the younger players. >> they think the upper class

men suffered because of the initial alligation. >> i know that the college submitted offers and some were repealed because of the allegations be the charges that were unjustly put on these kids. >> because this is a juvenile court matter, the statement read that all records are sealed in this case and all of those involved in this case hope to move on with their lives. john rawlins channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. a man accused of muddering his wife in cumberland county will be in court tomorrow. police found jeremy monell hiding in atlantic county yesterday. he was been on the run since december 19 and when he allegedly killed tara o'shea in commercial township and their 12-year-old son was at home and ran to get help from neighbors, while on the phone from 911 they realized that o'shea had been

murdered. >> my wife's best friend's son came into my house and talking about his mom is dead sbl it looks like she may have passed in her sleep. >> oh my god she was murdered. i need a state trooper out here now. >> calm down. >> monell is scheduled for his initial court appearance tomorrow afternoon. >> and police are looking for the man that robbed a wfs bank yesterday. it showed the suspect entering the bank at 8:30 and the man then handed the teller a note demanding money and the man was able to get away. billionaire carl icahn plans to southerner the casino license for the shuttered taj mahal and made efforts to prohibit future owners from using it as a

casino. that action quashes hopes of former taj mahal workers that icon plans to reopen the casino in the spring. it closed on october 10th. a woman accused of cyber stalking had her day in court. klein claims that a woman stole her grandson and took to the internet to allegedly cyber stalk her family. >> klein is accused of fleeing the law and living in arizona where she launched an online campaign to gain custody of the boy she claims is her grandson and now arraigned on cyber harassment. >> the day that terry waited for for four years. >> in 2012 christine klein began an internet campaign.

claiming that the son she adopts was stolen and bought for a price. >> identity theft and kidnapping serious charges be prepared for a fight. >> the boy she adopted as a baby has no relation to klein. but klein established hundreds of pictures of lucka and their private lives online. >> the atlantic county prosecutor issued two felony warnings for klein's arrest but klein moved to arizona and klein stood before the judge was arrested in arizona in november and expedited to new jersey last week. >> she say non-violent individual and the judge set a cash bond and required to have no contact with the family. >> i'll be afraid forever. my son has to live forever knowing he has to watch for her.

>> klein will return to court on february 14th and seeking pretrial intervention. and many mays landing, wendy saltzman, channel 6 "action news." >> also in new jersey, a 14-year-old girl in cape may county was seriously hurt this morning when she was hit by a car while she crossed the road to get to her school bus, it happened at 7:15 at west ocean aven avenue. she was hit by a car being drink by a 17-year-old boy. the newest class of pennsylvania lawmakers are being sworn in today. both the pennsylvania house and senate will now have republican majorities. in delaware, newcastle county new executive took the oath of office. matthew meyer was sworn in during a inauguration ceremony

at the government building and other elected city officials will be sworn in tonight. coming up on "action news" tonight. flyers players speak out about their recent slide following that december winning streak. how a bridge probable put a pottery store out of business. i'm nora muchanic in rockery hill and i'll that have story coming up. >> the rain is finally lifting out but now are you ready for some snow? we are have a couple of opportunities. in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> and those stories and more when "action news" continues tonight. z254jz zi0z

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normally a bridge is suppose to connect things. this is a story of a bridge destroying things as in a business in new jersey. nora muchanic explains. >> i lost all the traffic i had. my business is off about 60%. >> for 37 years john shed ran a pottery studio on route 518 in rocky hill north of princeton but after four decades he is closing his business the victim of an ongoing bridge repair down the road that cut the flow of customers to his store. >> i suffered through three floods and made that, it wasn't a problem but shut a bridge for 6 to 8 months that is too much. >> but the bridge closed for 6

months instead of one. the project did not get restarted until late november. 30% of my business comes from the holidays and that is the last three months of the year. he is not alone, this coffee shop clerk no longer works every day. >> the owner had to cut back and so i come in now to help out once in a while. that has impacted me. >> it's a huge affect not just on the businesses but the residents also. >> although as many as six employees over the years, right now the pottery store is a one man operation and working hard to make what he can. >> they'll take me out of the studio with my boots on someplace just not here he hopes to sell the business and move it to hope well. >> john said says it will be too late for him. i'm nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news."

a former u.s. marine from mercer county marched 19 miles for unit. captain thomas o'neil iii retraced the steps taken by george washington's men in 1777 to avoid british troops. he walked to the old princeton battlefield and once there he paid homage to the first marine killed at the battle of princeton.

always some extra excitement when the rangers come to town and that happens tomorrow night. >> they are getting help. goalie is off the injured reserve list after missing 13 games with a knee injury. jaime apody has more on the team's recent slide. >> in a roller coaster of a season it's bound to happen. the huge climb leads to a free fall. >> you play such good hockey for

so long and you lose a game you kind of lose the momentum. >> we don't want too hard of a free fall, you lose games it's going happen, we are looking to stop the bleeding a bit. we had unfortunate bounces go our way and we can take a lot of positives from the road trip and put them into the next game. >> the flyers win streak was followed by a 1-4-2 stint since but they are down but not out. >> the guys are still hungry and up beat and we realize the ebbs and flow of season sometimes you are hot and sometimes a funk like right now and the hard work will get us out of it. >> it's a let down but you condition let it go that far. this is something we have to stop and stop in a hurry. we have the luxury of playing at home now and we have to snap back. >> and the best way to snap back from a slump is get in the win

column. the flyers hope to do that tomorrow night in a big division game at home against the flyers. >> you go and play a great hockey game tomorrow night. two points are the most important thing. we are in a good spot. joel embiid is named the nba eastern conference of the month for the second straight month, it's center averaged 20 points per game in december. the sixers are set to host the t'wolves. they played back in november in minnesota and the sixers were beaten by 24 points. >> they were more physical and we have to do a better job of guarding that and be aggressive. >> all losses are disappointing but head coach ben franklin of penn state says they have nothing to hang their head about. they lost an epic battle in the

rose ball last night. penn state had the ball and chase mcsorely did the one thing he could not afford to do, threw an interception the third of the game. that led to the game winning field goal and the trojans score the field goal to win. >> we were close to being the champs and we have work to do and still a young team and use it as motivation and try to be the best team we can be next year. >> and finally, get your head in the game and tell your teammates and coaches to do the same. louisville and duke the beginning of the third quarter, duke is testing the wrong basketball and scores perhaps the easiest basketball of the game. they were at the wrong end of the court. i don't think i have ever seen that, where all five players were in the wrong spot and not even a coach noticed it. like if i was sitting in cecily

seat and she was sitting here. >> cecily tynan has the accuweather forecast when we continue in just a moment. what do doctors from leading cancer centers in the country have in common? many of them now call cancer treatment centers of america in philadelphia home. expert medicine works here. find out why at cancercenter.com/eastern cancer treatment centers of america.

one warm day and then we better get ready for the deep freeze. >> warm and windy tomorrow and then temperatures drop and a couple of opportunities for snow as well. tonight just dreary yet again, lets go live on sky 6 hd looking at the commodore barry bridge, you can barely see it thanks to the low clouds and fog. philadelphia reporting visibility at 2.5 miles and

reading down to 1.5 and allentown 2.5 and the atlantic city airport 2 miles. it will take a while for the moisture to move out and tomorrow we get to see the return of sunshine and temperatures in the mid-50s but it comes at a price, this is future tracker 6 in the afternoon showing the wind gusts we'll have wind gusts close to 40 miles per hour the rushing wind will bring in some very cold air and this is future tracker 6 showing friday morning and yes it looks like we'll have an tun for some snow and the best chance will be philadelphia and areas southeast. and the northwest suburbs may not see a flake of snow and not expecting a lot of snow but the problem is the timing, even a little bit of snow can cause problems for the morning commute. temperatures not that bad. 49 down from the high of 48. and allentown and reading 41 and cape may 44 and trenton 43 and temperatures won't drop much at all tonight. satellite 6 along with action

radar showing the steady rain moved through earlier today and generally an inch of rain and showers spiral through overnight and it remains damp and areas of drizzle and fog and temperatures barely dipping at all and allentown 38 and cape may 45 and wilmington 43. get outside and enjoy tomorrow if you can, pretty nice day except for the winds, partly sunny and 10:00 good amount of sunshine and should reach the mid-50s by afternoon and wind gusts up to 35 to 40 miles per hour pulling down the cold air and thursday late at night at 11:00 we'll begin to see light snow developing to the south, what happens a front moves through with low pressure and this brings extra energy friday morning and that brings light snow in the morning and again not looking to be a big snow event and light snow and temperatures in the 20s and that means the snow will stick on untreated surfaces and high impact for the morning commute

and coating to an inch and heavier along the coast and the potential for a bigger storm on saturday, the big question will it move out to sea or track close enough to bring us snow. i'll keep you posted. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast it's a busy one, partly sunny and mild and 55 degrees and again the gusty winds in the afternoon it clouds up and temperatures begin the free fall and the afternoon high snow in the mornings and sunshine late in the afternoon and 35 degrees, look what happens to the temperatures for the weekend, the high is 32 degrees and still watching a coastal storm, could at least brush the coast with some snow and a lot of questions with the track i am at, and something i am watching carefully and sunday. whatever happens, high the 10 degrees below normal and gets colder on monday and despite the

sunshine 29 degrees and moderating temperatures on tuesday with 40 degrees. new information on saturday i'll have the latest on tonight at 11:00. >> abc world news is next on channel 6 and "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl 17 with brian taff, sharrie williams and ducis rogers and please join us for "action news" at 11:00 on channel 6. for cecily tynan, ducis rogers and the entire "action news" team i'm jim gardner we hope you'll join us for "action news" at 11:00.

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tonight, the drama in washington. president-elect donald trump sending a message to congress after a late night effort to get rid of an independent ethics board. their first order of business, the fallout tonight and the big headline involving the bushes and the clintons and the inauguration. the deadly twisters on the scene tonight. now heavy snow and freezing rain moving into the northeast. the urgent manhunt apt this hour spreading across several states. people trapped in airports coast to coast and computers crashing. now we know why. and the toddler who survives this dresser falling on top of him. the