with the latest from accuweather. >> some of us shut the water off and some of us say what rain? it's sunny all day long. a lot of them along i-95 and north and west here. stormtracker 6 live double scan shows a pretty active scene again areas wilmington, trenton and reading and allentown 300 lightning strikes in the last 15 minutes. we have one warning in the area a flash flood warning until 5:45 p.m. for northern new castle county and newport and wilmington where areas have seen 3 inches of rain just this afternoon. you can see what is going on here. we put this in motion and they don't move all that quickly and it pours over the areas wilmington route 4 and route 13 and swedesboro and gibbsboro, and south of wilmington 2 inches of rain and as we lift to the

north there are more storms in parts of chester county and coatesville with stephy rain and lightning and thunder as well. pottstown and king of prussia, this area is seeing some small hail with some of this hail as well. dangerous lightning and this is drifting to the pennsylvania turnpike as you head toward chester county. what we can expect here in the next several hours, these pop in several locations creating heavy rain and localized flooding and that very dangerous lightning. when i come back we'll talk about a quieter seven-day forecast and when the heat and humidity leaves as well. today ease severe weather caused scary moments. scary moments for a woman in delaware, when this tree came crashing down on the 200 block of atkins avenue. that massive tree landed alongside her home and while some branches landing on the roof the real damage came from the trunk. >> i heard this big kaboom.

and i thought this can't be my house. there is just trees from one end to the other and i saw my car and thought it had to miss it but it hit the whole back end of of my car. >> scary scene and the tree that fell brought down part of her fence and the tree is one of several of her neighbor's trees that came down during the storm. >> we turn now to breaking news as a south philadelphia day care owner is accused of raping two children. police say that 53-year-old duncan round from medford lakes on the 600 block of south 9th street and turned himself in after detectives served a warrant at the fas it's. the victims a boy and girl are both 5 years old. and at tacks happened at the daycare and they are concerned

that there are more children. >> if their behavior changes or acting out, look for signs like that. have a general discussion with children, how are things going at the day care are things okay? >> sara bloomquist is at the daycare center and will have a live report on this breaking story coming up on "action news" at 5:00. >> happening right now, police in upper darby are searching for the man that they believe kidnapped and robbed a woman. police say she ordered a lyft driver to take her home when the crime happened earlier this morning. walter perez is live i upper darby to explain w here. walter this sounds like a frightening situation. >> reporter: that is right. investigators did not yet connect the dots in this case and a few unanswered questions and the tamly of the missing woman is infin nightly relieved. >> i can breathe again and the whole family can breathe again. >> that is bill long after the

terrifying ordeal involving his daughter. >> britney law was celebrating her sister's birthday and they ordered a ride from lyft the ride sharing service. it's unclear if the ride service actually picked them up they climb nood a vehicle and the driver took them home. and the driver stopped at this gas station in upper darby and asked the younger sister to buy some water. to take some medication. >> they is in the store three or four minutes and comes back out and the vehicle is gone and the driver is gone and her sister is gone. >> 911 is called and a frantic search for britney ensues be it was britney that ended up calling police saying the driver robbed her of her cell phone and debit card and dragged her out of the car and left her. now they want to find the driver who may face several charges

including robbery, criminal restraint and possibly even kidnapping. bill law says when his heart stops racing -- >> i can't tell you what went through my head all morning. >> a short time ago we received a statement from lyft. reading we have searched our system and does not appear to be a lyft ride matching the time or location or description provided in these reports, we are in touch with law enforcement and will continue to assist the investigation and the search continues for the driver described as an african-american man with an accent driving a four door vehicle possibly a nissan. walter perez, channel 6 "action news." >> all right, thank you. well, concern is high in montgomery county following the attack on a young woman in broad

daylight and investigators are offering a $10,000 reward as the assailant remains on the loose. chopper 6 hd was over the farm park where the incident happened. this property is vast and filled with dense trees and crops in some areas. a 19-year-old woman was running on tuesday at 11:00 a.m. when a man came up from behind with a gun and sexually assaulted her. the victim was treated at the hospital and police are asking for the public's help to find the attacker. and now the beach front battle playing out in margate. city leaders decided to sue the state over the dune project causing flooding like they have never seen before. nora muchanic is covering the story. she is live now where workers are trying to drain the water left from the weekend. >> reporter: hi sharrie. they are still trying but behind

me it's not all gone. four pumps are put into action and they are moving the stagnant water into the ocean and the city says it is going to court to immediately stop the project until the drainage issue is figured out. >> margate commissioners voted unanimously to seek an injunction against the office of environmental potential and the army corps of engineers. after making it difficult or impossible to make it to the ocean. >> the injunction is to stop this project immediately and make them come up with feasible answers to our questions. >> you can't get to the beach. you need a row boat or canoe to get through the cesspool to climb over the dunes and sit on the other side of the dune that is bacteria laden. >> they say they warned this would happen when the army corps began dig. >> an 8-year-old with a shovel

and bucket knows when you dig down into the sand the closer you are the ocean you assume you are going to hit water. >> access is closed off from fredericksburg to gladstone while the army corps pumps out the standing water. these pictures show what the water looked like since last weekend. a stagnant lake. >> we want two more feet of sand put back where it was. so we can walk, we can't get to the water. i had little kids here and it was impossible. >> the dune project is ruining summer here for beach goers and local businesses. >> i have a take off restaurant behind us why business off 40%. you can't ignore the impact that has. e what is left of the oing court summer. >> all of that concontaminant water is sitting on the other side of the dunes and i can't

figure out who would want to sit there. >> the army corps tells me the plan is to build temporary walkways over the dunes so people can get to the beach and plan to elevate this area by dumping a foot of sand in there. neither the corps or the state had comment on pending legal action. >> a story we'll continue to watch. happening tonight police from three dinner towns in camden county are searching for an armed robber. detectives released this video of the wanted man. officers say he robbed a speedway station on the morning of june 11th. this time police say he targeted the lukoil gas station in cherry hill and stole from gill's deli in collingswood. if you know this man call police. a fire in west philadelphia is called suspicious after

investigators say someone threw an incendiary device through the window of the building. firefighters responded at 2:00 this morning and it's unclear if that device ignited. we can report to you no injuries were reported . time now for the "action news" traffic report midweek. lets get you over to matt pellman in the traffic center. hopefully good news. >> hopefully drying out in spots around the city. if you live in philadelphia you know we were pounded by rain this afternoon. trying to take my mid-day nap, it was pouring outside. and i-95 flooding results from the heavy downpours in south philadelphia. they had to call the drain cleaning crews to come out and unclog the drains and they did that but it has cleared but delays from the airport to this point to the walt whitman bridge. 39 minutes on the northbound travel time should be half that.

and a crash at bart ram avenue and speed there's in the attorneys as well. and crash in camden 672, and it jams farther south as you merge with 42. typical delays even though we dried out on the schuylkill expressway just 6 miles per hour. and a pair of accidents this afternoon in bucks county one involving a vehicle into the woods off the ramp from 13 to the northbound side of route 1 the super highway. you can squeeze by but a crash approaching the delaware river bridge. and lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report on this hump day afternoon. southbound in radnor township getting reports of a crash resulting in a complete stand still passing villanova. we'll check it again in the next

half hour. >> i heard afternoon nap and that grabbed my attention. still ahead, jobs galore at amazon. "action news" was there as excited candidates lined up for a new career at the online retail giant. and cuteness overload at eagles camp. >> meet one player's pint size son. stealing the hearts of die hard fans.

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are looking for a new job that this could have been your big day. amazon had a job fair in robbinsville. and the company is looking for full and part-time workers including warehouse associates. >> the line is wrapping around the fulfillment center now and it's in great response to the opportunities that we are offering for our candidates. we see that people are responding and excited about the full-time opportunities that we offer. as well as part-time positions. >> we are not just talking about a couple jobs, amazon is looking to fill roles at fulfillment facilities across the country including this one in robbinsville new jersey. if they land a job this could be an early christmas gift. >> i'm here for the benefits, and they say you get them from day one. i'm an independent cracker and work for myself as well. >> job syracuses go for

information centers and interview process. and they are ready to make thousands of on the spot offers to qualified candidates before they leave you will hear you are fired. >> i am looking for a warehouse position. what better company than amazon to come work for and i hear it's a great company and looking forward to hopefully getting hired. >> if you missed out on today's event, you can still apply online. we have you covered. we put the information on 6abc.com. president trump is backing a bill that would limit legal immigration and be the biggest change to the system in 50 years? >> the president says that the new system with be based on merit and protect american workers by cutting back on foreign unskilled laborers. senators from arkansas and georgia are sponsoring the bill to reduce legal immigration by 50%. >> this competitive application

process favor applicants who can speak english and financially support themselves and their families and demonstrate skills that contribute to our economy. they will not come in and immediately collect welfare. >> on its face the bill is a long shot in congress likely facing a lot of push back from democrats and republicans. and also today the president signed off on imposing new sanctions against russia, the congress passed the bill with overwhelming support but the president maintains it's seriously flawed and they expect congress to use the bill to hinder the work with european allies or the work of american businesses. now a check of the accuweather forecast. meteorologist, adam joseph, is here with the latest on strong storms. >> we go over to the weather center and up to the sky and look at the temperatures rights now. actually go back to it -- a look

at the sky here we notice today you look at one moment and you see the bright ball of sunshine there and areas have seen sun all day long and to the east and west and the darker clouds and it's hit or miss today with the storms popping around the area. as we look at stormtracker 6 live double scan rights now we move forward for you. a severe thunderstorm in the lehigh valley. no longer severe but still pouring, chapman down to bethlehem and easton and allentown along 222, 9 lightning strikes in the area where w this storm. northern chester county getting hit extremely hard along the pennsylvania turnpike as you head westbound away from that malvern exit there. just to the north of downingtown 10 lightning strikes with this and no severe storms at this point. pouring still in areas of newcastle countying near wilmington between 2 and 3 inches of rain this afternoon and more firing up near

swedesboro along 322. 84 lightning strikes and a constant rumble of thunder in this area with dangerous lightning. we'll continue to see the storms popping releasing a lot of water in a short amount of time until the sunsets. 76 in philadelphia that is rain cooled and so far the high 89 degrees and 76 in trenton and upper 60s in reading and allentown, dover 87 and warmer temperatures down to the south where we haven't seen the rain this afternoon. satellite and radar, you see everything erupting a little piece of energy that is rippling through the at post mere joining with that heat and humidity to spark those storms many as you go into the overnight hours tonight. the downpours and thunderstorms fall apart quickly after the sunsets and otherwise warm and humid and upper 60s and trenton and allentown and reading and down to the south in cape may 70 degrees. as we go into our thursday we quickly warm it back up into the

upper 80s and trying to touch 90 degrees and it won't be as active tomorrow. so more in the way of sun and just an isolated risk of a storm in parts of the area. future tracker 6 will confirm 11:00 tomorrow morning it's quiet and lots of sunshine and there you can see 4:30 in the afternoon you have one, two or three storms north and west of philadelphia while most of us stay quiet for tomorrow. as we look at the four day at 4:00 forecast. 90 or so the next two days, humid and hazy with a couple of pop-ups and none of those days look as active today and humid and sun and returning sun in the afternoon and sunday is looking breathtaking, sunny and low humidity and high of just 82 degrees. we'll have the seven-day forecast coming up in the next half hour. >> thank you adam. a trenton family start aid charity using their lottery winnings, today they got a personal thank you from new jersey governor, chris christie,

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field. >> this is my favorite story of the day. training camp is a grind make no mistake about it. especially in this heat, if you can have your family on the football field it makes thing a lot easier. tie burt on is lucky to have his wife and son on the field. the 2 1/2-year-old is a fixture at camp and the players love him and gets his own uniform there. he took part in tackling drills and father trey sounds like a proud papa. >> have you guys like jordan matthews and carson and hertz to take time out of their day. and people reach out to get something from them but they want to spend time with my kids and they adore them and all they want to do is be out at the football practice. >> to see how the kids come out and have that type of fun and have that kind of joy there is

nothing like it. >> can i ask you a question? who is your favorite player? >> my daddy. >> he would have a serious problem if he said anything else. >> we'll have more from jackson who we make a recorder for the day. he asked the hard hitting questions we are not even able to ask. >> all right ducis thanks. fios is not cable. we're a 100% fiber optic network. and with the new fios gigabit connection... you get our fastest internet ever. with download speeds up to 940 megs - 20 times faster than most people have.

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"action news" continues. >> it's the 4:30 and brian is off and gray hall joins us. "action news" continues with the off duty officer that hit at least four cars in philadelphia. and too drunk to consent. "action news" is showing light on a night where there was rape charges. in part to the footage. what it shows. >> and a story all children should see. and what one mother wants people to see about heat stroke about how her daughter got dangerously hot indoors. >> and a murder mystery back in june we found a mother was found dead in her own pool. and her husband was charged with killing her today. vernon odom has more on how police cracked this case.

>> reporter: tonight murder suspect norman long is housed in a psychiatric ward in trenton there for a full evaluation and arrested at his home yesterday afternoon. many members of michelle long's grieving family attended the announcements but only one was talking to the media. >> she did not deserve this and we are broken without here. and trying to keep it together. >> britney mcguire continues to mourn over her mother's cruel fate. michelle long was brutally murdered at her home found in the swimming pool fully clothed. the autopsy found she died of blunt force trauma to the head and tonight they announced the arrest of norman long a contractor. that long -- >> he drove to a local restaurant and upon his return,

pretended to discover her dodd why the pool and guise first responders that she drown. >> and they found evidence pointing to the husband. the victim's blood on paper towels and receptacles, and norman long was the one and only suspect from the day of the murder. on that day neighbors and police say long was behaving wildly and talking about suicide. >> we are glad now that the person that did this is now caught and we miss her so much. >> norman long will be housed at the psychiatric ward while he is evaluated and free to go to jail to face charges of murder one. police in north philadelphia are investigating one of their own for a multivehicle accident. that the off duty officer may have been intoxicated this happened along the 1500 block of north street. officials say that the off duty officer assigned to the 22nd

district hit at least four parked cars after 6:00 a.m. the officer was still taken to the police detention unit for a possible dui. the incident remains under investigation. a construction worker was rushed to the hospital with a neck injury after falling through the floor in center city. chopper 6 hd was over broad street, the 30-year-old man tumbled down the story while working on the 16th floor. osha is trying to figure out what happened. and an effort to take guns off the street in new jersey ended up being the most successful gun buy back in state history. they announced 5,000 firearms were collected during the two day event last week in camden, trenton and newark. among the weapons collected were nearly 2,000 handguns, 1,000 rifles and a total of 129

assault weapons. >> happening now philadelphia lease are looking for a group of thiefs that targeted a popular new restaurant in center city. this is surveillance video from 208 on south 13th street on july 20th, you see several young men slipping into the restaurant through a broken window. and the group made off with the money from the registers that they could find. if you have information about the burglary contact philadelphia police. a mother and her son are both accused of stealing from other people's cars in delaware. state police arrested theresa maher martin and her son. for breaking into ocean view and millville and both are in jail facing charges of burglary theft and other counts. turn back to the forecast there are storms in the area that we are keeping a watch on.

meteorologist, adam joseph, with the latest from accuweather. >> they are inundating some areas with rain. they are popping up here and there and in fact we look at stormtracker 6 live double scan at this one storm not severe but just south of the philadelphia international airport. as we look at swedesboro, torrential rain and this is barely moving and you see how it bubbles up out of nowhere and slowly drifts across the areas, as we look at stormtracker 6 live double scan we see other areas getting hit by steady rainfall especially along the pennsylvania turnpike off to the north and move ago way from the bay to kent county and southern parts of cumberland county south of millville. chester brook with a quarter

size hail and marlton a house strike by lightning. and mar ris town roads flooded and easton roads flooded and some roads closed in the lehigh valley. and storms start to fall around after sunset and low 70s through 11:00 with the sky beginning to clear. we'll chat about the seven-day forecast much quieter and a big change in time for the weekend in the full accuweather forecast in just a little bit. >> thank you. the search is on for vandals in delaware after the homes of two newcastle officials were targeted with spray paint. monica malpass live in the newsroom with more on this story. >> it has to do with tension in newcastle about parking lots in the historic district specifically. on monday a council meeting and it got so tense police had to be called in. and now they say it's hitting too close to home, literally.

>> and cross fit training can be a daunting workout for people of any age and one 60-year-old man is proving it's never too late to get in shape. ali gorman with the inspirational story in health check and those stories and more on "action news" at 5:00. we'll see you then. >> thank you. dozens of variety club campers spent the day having fun at the franklin institute. variety hosts the programs trying to build self-confidence in children. and today 70 campers got to tour the museum and enjoy a lunch including an ice-cream bar and they also danced with the dj. and the kids got a visit from ben franklin himself. with more than 100 cats in need of homes, the women's humane society is running an adoption special to encourage people to rescue. right now cats, 9 months and older are available for just a

$9 adoption fee. including spaying and neutering and vaccinations and a microchip. and they say that the older cats get looked over because of the kittens. coming up at 4:00, parents know to watch out for heat stroke outside. and one mother says it's a danger you are inside and nearly killed her child. and was it a drunken hookout or rape. and showing light on a converge case raising new questions about consent. and are you looking to redo your floors but condition afford wood we'll look at others that look the same but last longer. >> and adam joseph is back with the full forecast when "action news" continues next.

the trump administration is challenging the policies at some

colleges and universities, according to a document obtained by the "new york times" the justice department wants to look at intentional race based discrimination in college admissions, and they believe that the document is targeting affirmative action programs, designed to give minorities -- over applicants with other scores. health check at 4:00 a young man is getting a whole lot of attention after posting a warning about the dangers of indoor heat stroke. jennifer nearly lost her daughter to heat after the little girl's afternoon nap. there was no fan or a.c. in the room, she says the shades were down and the window cracked but 90 minutes later. >> the face was swollen and red and sweating and felt like she was on fire. >> she says she called 911, when

medic as rived the little girls internal temperature was 104 degrees. the cdc says that the child can an overheat three to five times faster than an adult. keep kids out of sunny rooms and those without ventilation. and the person most qualified to defend the planet. they want to hire a planetary protection officer to protect the world from alien microbes and make sure humans don't contaminate the earth. it comes with a salary of up to $187,000. >> wow. over here now at the big board today. with the big talkers, beginning with the new surveillance video that helped to clear a college student's name. also raising new questions about

consent. 20-year-old armand was accused of raping a fellow southern california student in her campus dorm room and he maintained his innocence always and now being cleared partially because of surveillance video from several cameras before the alleged assault. in the first clip. the 19-year-old student whose identity we have blurred is seen approaching him and repeatedly kissing him before leading him outside by the hand. according to the police report the pair initially went to his fraternity house but told to leave after his frat brothers told him it was too risky and another video shows the teen checking her into her dorm room and one the girl's roommates walked into the common living room after the alleged crime and found the young woman passed out. they took her to the hospital when she couldn't wake up.

she told the investigators she could not remember anything but he maintained the encounter was convention you'll. >> it was my word against hers, but i found out there were cameras, that domed the experience it was relieve xblg and they had a statements from the uber driver saying that the woman was all over him in the backseat and he admits he was also intoxicated could have faced 10 years behind bars. to this story today as well. if there is one thing the internet is good for, it's conspiracy theorys, just ask out back steakhouse, the restaurant chain had to deny it is running a sat annic cult. it all started when an eagle eye twitter user noticed that when connected by lines on a map several locations seemed to create this five sided star or pentagram, they are typically

associated with satanism. and within hours social media across the country were tracking down their own pentagrams including locations in the delaware valley. the theorys reached such a fever pitch that outback steakhouse felt compelled to respond. they sent out their own tweet with the signature appetizer, the blooming onion here. and it's all plopped in the middle of this map entitled plot twist. if the blooming onion is evil we don't want to be nice. they are responding here. >> i like those onions. >> lets get a check of the roads, matt pellman with a traffic update. you hungry? >> those aredyine like the complete opposite of evil.

leave comes the rain again falling on our heads and roadway with it coming down the speeds are way down along 95 southbound from 420 through this point at ridley park to 320, it was pouring a min minute ago. and it was wet earlier on in south philadelphia. and we had flooding around broad street because the drains were clogged and the crews came out and it was sluggish through south philadelphia. speeds like 10 miles per hour on the southbound side of the blue route this afternoon. we told you about the waze app about the crash in broomall jamming things up south of the schuylkill expressway on the schuylkill it's normal right now, speeds of 9 miles per hour on the westbound side at city avenue. lets go live to this scene, local vine street at 17th street at hahnemann hospital because of an accident.

up on spring garden or race for the closure. on westbound 422 it's wet this afternoon and the stop and go ride from 202 to past 29 there is a crash on the shoulder by the valley forge park and downed wires and they have them pushed out of the way of north golf road. and several accidents in bucks county just east of the croydon station apartments. we'll check it again in the 5:00 hour. lets take you live outside sky 6 hd, looking at the center city skyline there from the camera above temple university. meteorologist, adam joseph, has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast when we come back.

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meteorologist, adam joseph back now and the radar busy with rain hitting spots and other people where is the rain. >> some people are saying enough of the water because it's flooding roadways and basements. lets go to the weather center and look at photos. this was sent into my facebook page from gerald in south philadelphia. this is what we are dealing with the dark ominous skies and part of this image no rain and then you see the rain where it's falling underneath some of the clouds and it's hit or miss and where they do hit what is the near the ben franklin bridge it's raining etch extremely hard. we look at storm not a severe storm but along the new jersey turnpike or know someone that is or about to hit the new jersey turnpike you may want to hold off because there is water falling with the thunderstorm that is continuously blossoming

from wilmington and swedesboro and marlton and dealing with torrential rain and dangerous lightning strikes. 92 in the last 15 minutes, skirting philadelphia. and the pennsylvania turnpike it's weight from the bridge there as you cross over from new jersey and straight back into chester county and heavy rain there, not as much lightning and also dealing with the storm now blossoming over the bay fortescue and cedarville, a quiet area this afternoon and we'll watch the thunderstorm only three lightning strikes as it works into parts of south jersey. pretty active across much of the area this afternoon. >> and temperatures have been dependant on where the storms are pulling through. but also dealing with flooding and this is the only warning in the area right now. flash flood warning until 5:45 newcastle county and wilmington over 4 inches of rain have fallen in wilmington itself. temperatures fallen into the 70s

where we see the clouds and downpours and thunderstorms. dover, 87 degrees at the shore dry and temperatures holding into the 80s. satellite 6 along with action radar most of the action earlier fired up near philadelphia points north and west and now beginning to sink to the south and east a little bit. give it an hour or two and most of the radar is becoming very quiet. the evening thunderstorms in spots and otherwise warm and humid 67 to 73 for the overnight low and tomorrow afternoon not as active as today. you see on future tracker one or two storms trying to pop up here especially north of town. temperatures upper 80s to near 90 degrees tomorrow and it is hot and hazy. and that summer feel in the air and then the cold front comes through here early saturday with a morning shower and clouds giving way to sun in the afternoon saturday and much drier air this high pressure will push everything to the

east. and the shore tomorrow humid and low risk for rip currents and sun and clouds and temperatures in the low 80s there. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast a couple more days of this heat and humidity with the isolated storms thursday and friday and not as active as today. and then over the weekend a transition day saturday clouds and early shower and 86 and beautiful sunday and more rain likely monday 83 before temperatures stay below normal in the middle of next week and quiet weather here sun and clouds. get the most active day today out of the way and pop-ups the next couple of days. >> that looks great thank you. are you wanting to have the real look of wood but not pay for wood. we have the details in what's the deal.

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"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. developing right now police are concerned there could be more victims after a disturbing charge against a south philadelphia day care owner. the 53-year-old is accused of raping two children inside of his own business. it's wednesday night and the big story is the fallout from the alleged day care assaults. sara bloomquist is live in philadelphia with more on the

investigation. >> reporter: rick and monica, these are very serious allegations, police say that the owner of sprouts preschool sexually assaulted two children a 5-year-old girl and 5-year-old boy multiple times inside of the school at south and 9th street. duncan round is charged with felonies including rape. >> police say that duncan round operated the sprouts free school and gym here at south street and 9th. today the employees were looking over the children in the still operating day care. round was in police custody accused of assaulting a 5-year-old boy and girl multitell times at the facility. >> it occurred on multiple locations, inside of of the day care facility. >> police say that on july 25th, the department of human services responded to a third party report of sexual abuse of children