allentown where pawlowski just spoke and he insisted he has done nothing wrong. >> he vehemently denies it, that a one time friend is lying and the government says no the mayor was at the center of a conspiracy. >> by steering contracts and other work to companies and entities for. change for political contributions. >> in separate but similar allegations, the feds charged vaughn spencer the former current of reading and ed pawlowski. six have plead guilty including his one time consultant mike fleck. they claimed that he removed an honest bid evaluator from her job when she did not favor the company the mayor wants because it was willing to pay to play. >> they destroyed her score sheet and that was not enough to

get the company the contract he changed the scores of the preferred company so that the preferred company won the bid an and tirely rigged process. >> pawlowski stepped out of his row home and said -- >> i want to make it clearly have done nothing wrong nor have i personally accepted a dime beyond my salary as mayor, and not anything but legal campaign contributions. >> his attorney, jack mcmahon says the case is based on testimony from fleck and his partner. whatever fleck may have done he says was done without the mayor's knowledge. >> fleck needs to get money raised and used his relationship with the mayor and tells people things that are just not true nor are they coming from this man. this man would nevada do such a thing and never did do such a thing. >> a who done it here?

feds saying no the mayor was at the center of the experience that netted some $150,000 ta was used in his various campaigning that he has had. campaigns for the mayor and senate and campaigns for the governorship. live if allentown, john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. new at 6:00 tonight wilmington firefighters recovered a body in the brand write wine creek. searchers were looking for 20-year-old miguel del val who when missing after jumping in the creek on monday they have not confirmed that it is the body of del valle. and an ac double in becomer ton county -- the man tried to lure a 14-year-old girl last evening, fortunately the teenager ran away and the suspect ran off and remains at large. "action news" reporter gray hall is live outside of the pemberton

township police department in browns mills with the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: we can tell that you police tell us that the 14-year-old girl did exactly the right thing by running and not getting inside of that truck. they are urging people to walk in pairs and be on the lookout for the truck. >> it was no typical stroll for 14-year-old girl in browns mills, police say a criminal was lurking in the area. he spotted the teenager and thought he had an easy target and tried to abduct her. >> we don't know who they are or where they are from but we want to get them off the street. >> the girl's quick thinking likely saved her life and she screamed and ran for help. >> a male in a brown ford ranger pickup truck pulled up to her and the male was wearing some sort of mask. and demanding she get into the vehicle and when she turned and

ran away the vehicle drove off. >> it mapped 6:00 p.m. on tuesday in the presidential leaks section of browns mills and residents are concerned. and vincent says knows the victim's family good her mom is very shaken up and doesn't want her daughter out by herself anymore. >> neighbors will be on high alert. >> it's scary because it's the woods. if she ran -- that is lucky it's a good thing but luck. all pure luck ta that girl got away. >> there is no identifying information about the truck or masked suspect but folks living in the neighborhood say they are on guard. >> people are watch, especially for that truck. >> all right back out live the good news tonight the 14-year-old girl is safe at home with her family but tonight police say they need your help. if you have information about the truck, give them a call. >> live in browns mills, gray

hall, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. 29-year-old travis is behind bars tonight accused of selling drugs to a patient inside of a minneapolis county hospital. the patient 0-year-old sierra hadrick overdosed in a bathroom inside of her hospital room. he was arraigned on drug delivery are resulting in death. and surveillance video shows him arriving there on five separate days, he allegedly sold heroin and pills and on the final occasion, fentanyl. >> 40 to 50 times more deadly than the deadly drug heroin and by delivering the poison, travis killed sierra. >> investigators say that they arranged the drug sales through text messages. dramatic moments in west philadelphia when a residential home on the unit block of south ruby street suddenly collapsed.

half of the building cru crumb,abling to the ground and they are homeless and understandably shaken up. sara bloomquist is live now on ruby street with more on the story. >> reporter: rick, the home was leveled, taken to the ground because of fears of more collapse here. lni is now investigating and that couple was left with nothing. contractors worked through the day taking down what remained of the home at ruby street near market it was her son that lived in the house with the long time girlfriend. >> he is well but visibly upset. at 4:45 this morning neighbors heard creaking and cracking and then came the collapse. >> was on the porch. sitting on the porch and i heard a mild earthquake a squeaky cracking sound. >> we just pulled up and heard crackling and then a big boom and that was the wall coming down. >> the manta lived here was

lying on a downstairs sofa said the cat started to act strangely and the girlfriend heard the cracking noises and came to the stop of the stairs and moments later the side wall was gone and left hanging from the second floor banister. the neighbor and his friend climbed the debris to help the dazed couple. >> climbed up the wall and helped her down and her husband down. she was really shaken up. >> later the pet cat baxter was rescued from a second floor bedroom and friends helped the couple salvage what clothing and belongings they could. the mural on the side was part of a collection called a love letter for you. some wonder if that contributed to the collapse. >> dig too close or something like that. >> a spokesperson for lni says the home was not in good

condition and the row homes on either side were demolished in the past and compromised the structural integrity. if the rain contributed or if the construction next door was done properly. the driver of a dump truck ended up in a dangerous situation. the bed of the truck hit wires as it pulled out of a construction site in voorhees. and the truck draggeded whole utility pole into the middle of the street and oddly it stayed upright and the driver was not injured. a dart bus ended up in a crash here in afternoon. police and firefighters responding to the scene at augustine cutoff at 2:00. and the bus careen into the bushes after colliding with the car.

it brought down a utility pole and wires. dedication and patience paid or for a member of the chester police department. michael canfield was promoted to captain. the promotion was made official during a city council meeting and will join the department's other detectives taking a lead role in solving the city's crimes. they came from all over the world but today they became americans. 50 people were sworn in as citizens of the united states here at historic pennsbury manor. some consider it an ideal backdrop for the ceremony. build by william penn. the new citizens were given the opportunity to register to vote. and still to come on "action news" tonight. bacteria has forced the closures of beaches along the jersey shore, where the water is off limits and what is causing the contamination, and jeff skversky

is could having eagles training camp. >> reporter: hey rick, eagles veterans, reported to camp today and we hear from them how they will bounce back after missing the playoffs and they sent two veterans packing including a first round pick. >> it certainly is a comfortable night to be out and about. temperatures 78 degrees and dew point low and 63 and the heat index is 80 and breezy side and i'm tracking the return of warmer air and more humid air and the risk of storms. i'll explain in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> all right cecily thanks.

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15 new jersey beaches are closed tonight due to elevated levels of bacteria in the water. environment am officials say it's a result of stormy weather at the jersey shore over the past couple of days. nora muchanic has more on the closures and what it will mean for beach goers. >> the red flag is up on the pennsylvania avenue beach in atlantic city. one of seven beaches in the resort that have swimming bans in effect because of high levels of bacteria. >> what if i get sick? i have a few cuts and it seeps into my body and i get sick. >> it's gross and i came down for the day for my daughter's birthday, we'll find something else to do now. >> in beachwood, ocean county along the toms river, swimming is banned because of high bacteria counts. it could make you sick. >> eye infection, diarrhea

vomiting and reading of the eyes and ear infections especially among children. >> swimming bans are in effect up and down the jersey coast. they were at the beach today taking samples of the water contaminated by bird dropping and chemicals in the runoff by heavy rains. >> we take it in three locations where people would be swimming to give us a bigger sample size. water testing of areas closed and they won't reopen until the bacteria levels until they are acceptable limits. given how big the tourism industry is having safe clean water for swimmers is critical. i hope they keep testing and have the choice to say i'm not going to the water. >> the water in pine beach had levels ten times the standards, and plenty of boaters out on the river and stay away from closed

beaches until towns get the all clear. i'm nora muchanic, channel 6. >> you can find a link to the list of closed beaches on our website at 6abc.com. young ladies who aspire to do things in their future stopped by "action news" today. girls inc. of philadelphia and southern new jersey looked how the news business works, empowering all girls to be strong, smart and bold. and they got a chance to speak to sharrie williams and monica malpass and web artists and more.

time for sports and jeff skversky is covering eagles training camp and veterans returned to the fold. >> reporter: hey rick, the eagles making a big move today. cutting ties with former first round pick, marcus smith after only three years.

the decision to draft him will come back as one of the biggest mistakes this team he made and did not start a single game in three years and moving on from left guard, alan barber traded for a late conditional pick in 2019 and amalu is named starting guard. and nick foles and carson wentz get the day off. they will be back fork light conditioning tomorrow. everyone on this team, the veteran as rising today they are looking forward to bouncing back this season. >> great to be back. it's a long offseason and obviously looking forward to this team and this year. and this is obviously the start of it. good to see all the guys get back in town. >> now it's about us as leaders going out here and making sure we demand what we need to get

done. >> we have the power and ability and now it's time to get focused and get our minds right and start playing well. >> reporter: and among the hot topics out here in camp. the boston university stud why in brain disease, cte found that 110 of the 111 players they studiyed had cte a hot topic that weighed in on the topic today. >> here is the thing about football, last i checked it's a physical sport. physicality is always a part of tx the more you know technique wise, to keep yourself as safe as possible. these guys you can't worry about that when you test the field. >> the effort surrounding concussions is what it needs to be. you are not going to stop the game. the game is not going to stop and guys are are do going to

play the game. they are to take this under consideration when they let the kids play. >> they also found t cte in some high school players. >> and the phillies. he is in the starting lineup against the astros playing center field not herrera, he is benched tonight again after upsetting the manager and phillies. he was called into the office after last light, failed to run out a play and pulled from the game. herrera, pete mackanin was not divulge the meeting but -- >> i'll go into what he is good at. and we had a discussion than is over with. i'm putting it in the past and looking forward to playing more. >> did he show regret? >> that is between us i don't want to go there. >> aaron nola is on the mound

for the phillies. live from the eagles headquarters, jeff skversky channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. quick break and cecily tynan and the accuweather forecast when we come right back.

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per hour. good day tore sailing and live on sky 6 hd in chester looking at talon energy stadium a good amount of cloud cover and philadelphia union taking on columbus crew and should be a beautiful night for that. the accuweather highlights the luck runs out. we are seeing humidity and flash flooding late in the week. the heaviest rain will be friday afternoon into the evening and clears out over the weekend and it will be beautiful by sunday and even saturday afternoon not looking bad. show you the temperatures now comfortable out there. high in philadelphia 82 old holding at 78 degrees and allentown and reading and lancaster 77 and cape may 73 and wilmington 78, satellite 6 along with action radar showing we had a mixture of sun and clouds and more rate in the day and more sunshine late in the day. and the next storm system is it

beginning to take shape currently you see the spin over kansas, that is the low pressure it will be actually strengthening as it pushes to the east and that brings us the potential for stormy weather. tonight a great night a comfortable night for sleeping, partly cloudy and 64 in the suburbs and 68 for center city and humidity in check. tomorrow it gets warmer and with the warm front moving through. you'll notice the difference in the humidity levels, dew points in the upper 60s. it's on the muggy side and cape may 80 and wilmington and trenton 84 degrees. future tracker 6 showing yesterday it looks like the friday morning commute would be wet with the storm system moving slower and a lot of cloud cover, this is when the atmosphere gets juicy. and areas to the north not really getting into the heaviest rain that continues late friday night and into saturday morning

some lingering rain. if you look at the four main computer models we watch for philadelphia, generally 1 to 2 inches but areas to the south could get more than that. especially if you get the severe weather. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, tomorrow it gets muggy and lots of clouds and perhaps a pop-up shower or thunderstorm. not widespread and 86 degrees and friday flash flooding and severe weather threat and late in the day 83 and saturday transition day clouds and rain early in the morning and late breaks of sunshine and 79 degrees and sunday gorgeous dew points in the 50s and 82 degrees and a nice change in pace next week. monday, tuesday and wednesday look dry of. they will be on the warm side but it looks like we'll have at least half of the week on the dry side. i'll have an update on the timing of friday's rain on "action news" at 11:00 tonight. >> hello august. thank you. the salvation army of

greater philadelphia sending more than 100 children to a week long summer camp in the poconos. the 140 children ages 7 to 12 packed up their bags and said good-bye to their families in west philadelphia. before they boarded buses and took off for camp lador and they will take place in hiking and arts and crafts and other fun activities. "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl 17 with brian taff, sharrie williams, adam joseph and ducis rogers. and join us for "action news" at sec here on channel 6. for jim gardner, cecily tynan, ducis rogers and jeff skversky and the entire "action news" team i'm rick williams are have a nice evening.

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