police and emergency services personnel discovere kauffman unconscious and laying facedown on the floor. at 11:45 a.m. april kauffman was pronounced dead. the county medical examiner was contacted andnded to the scene and it was ascined that april kauffman sustained multiple gunshot wounds. i have allocated r necessary for those in my office to specifically dedicate time ton the matter. i want to thank the atlantic city field office of the fbi. -- the egg harbor township police and the lower township police department and a host of other agencies that supported this office throughout the many phases of the investigation. there are several agents from

the fbi and this office. -- in this matter -- without their dedication and commitment be standing here today. t a share ent that result the in today's arrest. today james kauffman age 69 and ferdinand ferdinand ohjello is charged with distribution of narcotics al practi. and additionally he was charged to commit the murder of james m. kauffman. upon information and belief known to my office. an individual known as frank mulholland was paid a sum of money to kill april kauffman. a after the murder frank mulholland died andime

was thought to be an accidental overdose. we discovered a long-term lyons from the pagan outlaw motorcycle gang and james kauffman was created for the mutual financial gain through the use of kauffman's medical practice for illegal drug distribution this relationship culminated on may 10th with the murder for hire of april kauffman. defend kauffman and -- had a relation centered around the medical practice and james kauffman solicited him to murder his wife. as a result of april kauffman's desire to divorce james kauffman, he was intent to rather have her killed as opposed to losing his financial

empire as he described it to several individuals. it was also through information and belief that april kauffman had learned of the many unlawful practices that james kauffman was utilizing his medical practice for. she threatened to use this as leverage to expose him to gain a favorable divorce settlement and that provided -- to have his wife killed. it's noted that the illegal drug distribution was set up in typical pattern of hierarchy, james kauffman and ojello was at the top and james kauffman would give free prescriptions for opioids like oxycodone -- to his medical practice. he had at least twoividuals

recruiting for him to obtain the scripts and then they recruited additional people to obtain illegal prescriptions. and he would receive a cash payment of $1,000 per prescription or a predetermined number of pills once the script was filled. in an individual did not have insurance they were required to have $100 to $250 per visit to jim kauffman. nodes that received the prescriptions would resell them or keep them for their personal use. sometime in 2011. james kauffman they propositioned a number of individuals to murder april kauffman, the basis was that april kauffman threatened to expose the illegal drug operation. they were unsuccessful for this recruitment for approximately a year until he found francis mull holland willing to take up the

contract. mull alcohol ald was the friend of an association and the illegal enterprise. frank mulholland received a ride to the read on may 2012 and the doors were left open and frank mulholland was given a gun to carry out his task. he was given a gun and he shot april kauffman twice. payment was made then to ferdinand and mulholland. he said he received $20,000 in cash for his role but it's speculated he may have received even more. the money was picked up on the day of the murder by ferdinand's ex-wife beverly, her role will be named in a moment. the scripts were in additional

illegal prescriptions and the money was given to ferdinand. following the murder the drug enterprise continued for improvemently five additional years and the pills changed at the time but every person to be involved in drug enterprise was a pagan or a former pagan or associate of the gang. and it unfolded in 2017 with the arrest of jim kauffman on weapons charges. in all total eight individuals were arrested. james kauffman 69 of linwood. most recently of the atlantic county justice philadelphia for first degree racketeer and first degree leading of a racketeering organization and murder. ferdinand 62 of petersburg new jersey on a first degree leader charge of racketeering organization, first murder and

conspiracy to murder james kauffman. joseph mulholland 52 of pete villas, unrelated to francis mulholland but on first degree racketeering charges. >> we are listening in to the atlanta county prosecutors damon tyner for what sounds like an elaborate furred for hire case. james kauffman against his former wife april kauffman. we hear two arrests. two arrests, james kauffman and ferdinand both now charges with murder. one kauffman, the former radio host that was found murdered in 2012. authorities are saying that april kauffman was killed according to them by her husband, because she knew of illegal activity involving

illegal drug sales at his doctors office. this is elaborate as we were just listening in a lot of people involved in this but it sounds as if the da in atlantic county feels he has nailed down who he believes is responsible urder of april kauffman. we are following these details and have a live report coming up on "action news" at 5:00. and details unfolding on our website at website. in the meantime. federal investigators are ough leftfurnt row home searching for t people. one died was philadelphia firefighter. lieutenant mattlatearno.b of the fir on colorado street. you talked to n this 4/7 >> reporter: yes, teams are working hard and diligently up here and the national response aid in the investigation, they in reconstructing not safe to go in. here it is colorado street team i closed down and hopefully soon they will have answe according to neighborsvestigation

is manned day and night. teams working long hours. and through cold weather trying to piece together what happened this past saturday morning. it was a fire that killed fire lieutenant matt latearno. according to officials, teams have not ben able to go ib side. that could change with the response of the national response team. we see investigators utilize a lift from the home above. and began fencing off large portions of the team. and the national response team is a group of experts set to begin mapping the home than will provide a blue print of the structure and crews can process the scene to determine the cause. as the investigation continues the community continues to show support and they weighted out this picture of lieutenant latyouro. and we spoke to ed marks they say he made the department proud

since his first day on the job. >> spoke to hi friend who was his first lieutenant. when matt got assigned out of fire school we knew we had something special with matt. >> a tragic story. and another live look up colorado street and crews are busy and we are watching them throughout the day and as soon as we get new details from here we'll bring it to you. reporting live bob brooks 6 abc. thank you. if the meantime philadelphia police are looking for the man that they say has stolen church donations several times this is the video of the crime in action on knights road. the man took cash and checks back on december 31st. officers say he did the same thing on december 4 and, they think the man has a key to the room where the donations are stored. if you recognize this guy or know anything about the crime you are asked to can't philadelphia police.

turning now to the accuweather forecast. and a much different than one we have had for the past w about it? sky 6 hd looking live at the ben franklin bridge and if we could cue the choir of angels we would. with the warmer temperatures the snow is melting the ice is out of of here. finally making it easier to clean up from the last blast of winter. >> meteorologist, melissa magee, f today. we are all about the warmer temperatures today melissa. >> reporter: i understand so. the reason certainly warmer than they were yesterday and in fact. if philadelphia we are out of the freezer, right now 45 degrees, the warmest day we have seen in over two weeks, the last time it was this warm was december 23rd. the stretch from december 26th to january 8th temperatures arranged 14.8ree below where they should be. looking at the 24 temperature change, 30 degrees warmer than

24 hours ago and in reading the same time yesterday. and same for allentown and the lehigh valley. satellite sheriff showing you we are dry and quiet and we have sun today to melt the snow and ice. and high pressure keeps us dry tonight. something to keep in mind as the temperatures and sunsets, temperatures drop below freezing, temperature of 38 and 36 at 8:00 and 9:00 p.m. tonight 34 and a partly cloudy skies at 10:00nd 32. and then we h 29 at 11:00 tonight. anything that melted during the day today will more than likely refreeze as we go through the overnight hours. ooler tomorrow and then flirt with 60s later this week. we'll let you know when that occurs with the accuweather forecast. >> thanks. an elementary school in camden is shut down for the rest of the week because of a broken pipe. signs outside of the cream school on mull ford street tell parents about what is happening. the pipe burst on the third floor and flooded the entire

building and other neighborhood schools will provide breakfast for the students. the district is looking at the possible of sending students to other schools depending on how long the repairs take. turning to the eagles as the team gets to work prepare fog saturday's game. they play the atlanta falcons at home saturday af jaime apody is live now with the preparations so far. >> i really felt a difference out here today at eagles practice. the intensity has picked up and you can see it on the faces and hear it on the pads thumping at practice and hear it in the coach's tone and now with the eagles first playoff game in four years justdyes away. lets coach peterson not himself today.i saw a change innd it was noticed. eagles fans that listened to the press conference said the same thing to me. his answers were short. and jumping around at practice.

is he extra or game faceves starting to show? i'll say this he is not concerned at all with being underdogs on expectations his message lets just go out and play. >> it's football at the enof the day. do your job. do what are you coached to do all week long and give it your best effort on saturday. if it's good enough great. if it's not we focus on next season. but it's football these guys are football players and they will be coached up and ready to go. >> the team saw a difference in peterson today as well. peterson had some of the guys that had won super bowls stand up and address the torrey smith's message wasy are not guaranteed to get back here to this place. back to the playoffs and a chance to win the soup and they have to embrace it we'll hear from nick foles later at 8:00. >> thanks.

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this was the devastating scene in southern california wh rain set off massive mudslides setting homes their foundations and killing at le. several inches of rain fell imperilling people in homes where they were stripped t trees. this was the result. rescue crews carried out a series of frantic searches the mud forin addition to five bodies they rescued a n waist deep mud. and called from people trapped

in their houses questioning help. sing helicopters to pull people to safety where the mud blocked access by and president trump alloweds to roll as a b group began a discussion for the millions of undocumented dreamers and he held a lengthy meetmine just what to do wit of thousands of young people that were brought to the u.s. as children and living here illegally. today president trump says that an immigration deal could be reached in two phases first by adding young immigrants and border security and making comprehensive changes in congress. >> feel that having the democrats in with us it's vital. this should be a bipartisan bill. a bill of love. and we can do that. >> last year president trump ended daca the deferred action for arrivals program. that shielded dreamers their

protective status ends in march and they said there would be no new daca deal without funding he border wall. onc agrees to building half of a wall he would be happy to turn attention to a reform overhaul and that means eventually citizenship for the dreamers as the president seeks a bipartisan avoid government shut down. melissa magee is back with us with the forecast. we are talking about numbers we have not seen in what feels like forever. >> feels like paradise. >> hark enthe choir. ♪♪ >> lets go to the weather center and sky 6 hd we are down the shore in cape may. you see the snow they picked up there all of that snow resting along the side of thet there temperatures are certainly mild to melt a little bit of that snowfall they have

coastal sections of rsey. looking at the weather headlines, continued thaw. temperatures were above average for today coming in at 45 degrees and soaking rain friday into saturday morning. back in the ice box later in the weekend. at the end of the this weekend. we'll talk about the details with that. 45 in the city and 43 for reading and 39 in cape may and 45 degrees in dover. looking at a pretty cool shot this is data take and from nasa looking at satellite imagery. if you look closely this is actually the delaware bay, and you have the chesapeake bay to the were.k we have ice and some darker shades of gra is indications of ice that are currently in the bay. the damage is done and it gives you indications of how cold it has been the past few weeks ross the region. satellite 6 along with action radar shows you se the sunsets later evening

and partly cloudy skies thr the rest of the night. and the next few hours, patchy clouds and dipping down to 18 in allentown and 22 in philadelphia and dover. temperatures are falling below 32 once against tonight. watching outches of black ice, anything that melted will likely refreeze. sunshine and clouds into wednesday 7:00 a.m. a temperature of 22 and 27 at 9:00 a.m. by lunch time tomorrow we are in the upper 30s. and 40 degrees later on in the afternoon. here is the four day at 4:00 sunshine and clouds and high of 40, look at this by thursday mostly cloudy and 50 and 60 on friday but a rainy day and saturday windy with temperatures falling for the eagles game at the link high then coming in at 55. some improvement. certainly heading our way. >> dramatic. >> thank you. it is time for a first check of the "action news" traffic report. let go live to matt pellman in the traffic center today. >> this weather is more to our

liking as we try to drive home for the tuesday afternoon commute, but still wet roads and dirty roads. salt covered roads certainly and slow roads like the vine street expressway from the schuylkill to 95 it's westbound where there is a crash approaching 76 off to the side. more serious accident is here in the great northeast blocking the southbound side of knights road at woodhaven by the sunoco station and franklin mills i would use academy road not knights road to get to woodhaven. and a crash in pep ber ton near point road near the dollar general. live look at bellmawr camden county. northbound a disabled vehicle now gone and a water main break to avoid in berlin at franklin avenue. one lane gets by there. >>s matt. nine letter carriers in media delaware county were celebrated for driving safely.

the action cam was at the media post office for the special ceremony. each postal worker was given a plaque for driving 1 million accident free miles they join thousands of their colleagues in the so-called million mile club. last week we introduced you to a 9-year-old boy named danny as he fights a second round of cancer and the community is rallying to lift his spirits and a parade made its way past the hospital window a show of love from our men and women that serve and protect ways than one. >> he watched everybody drive by and he was waiving and even got to talk to the captain on the radio. >> danny feltwell watch from his window at ai due upon hospital. he is undergoing three months of chemotherapy after a very rare form of none hopkins lymphoma.

a sea of support outside. first sponsors from maryland and pennsylvania and delaware. i'm amazed all the agencies that have come. i'm impressed that everyone took time out of their day to make danny smile. >> he has brought more joy to my son today than you can ever imagine. >> corporal wentz. started a facebook campaign. >> these letters help. they make danny very happy. so thank you. >> today with this parade his father says that the support is making every difference danny has another surgery scheduled for next week. >> he is beat up and cancer low, and tired. but he is doing well. we are blessed with a miracle.

in 10 days the doctors here were able to dissipate my son's tumor so his tumor is gone. >> his dad says that the cancer is still there. so they are searching for a donor for a bone marrow transplant. dad dan is urging everyone to find out if they are a match for someone perhaps like his son. a link is on our website. so far a miracle for this little boy and the show of support outside of ai dupont hospital. >> amazing. more coming up including the breaking news that le newscast today. your cart with small victories like giant's nature's pro great prices on over 1,300 items. eat well for less. only at my giant.

meteorologist adam joseph alicia vitarelli, sharrie williams and brian taff. 30 now and "action news" continues with breaking news we brought you first at 4:00. there are major developments now in the 2012 murder of radio host, april kauffman. atlanta county prosecutor damon tyner announced murder charges against her kauffman. he says that he is one of the people responsible for th murder in her linwood home back in may of 2012 and it was a murder for hir.47-year-old died after being shot multiple times in her bedroom. doctor kauffman was behind bars on separate charges and arrested last year for an unrelated case

involving a standoff with police. again this is an elaborate story with majordevelopments we'll have a live report at 5:00. >> other news here police in upper darby have clear images of two women trying to steal a car. the woman was working out at the gym and the suspects stoler keys and purse and drove off. walter perez is outside of the planet fit and where the car was stolen. >> she is not very happy she wanted to share her cautionary tale of being too trusting with her belongings. investigators say these two young women entered a planet fitness asking to use bathroom but megan kelly a gym member working out there at the time knew their intentions were not that simple. >> someone was in the belonging, they took my keys and wallet andwent

out side to the parking lot and my car was gone. she left her keys in the parking lot unsecured but never dreamed anything like this could happen. >> i was shocked and upset. my car was new, i was very, very upset. one person not shocked is superintendant, michael chitwood. >> theft of locke clubs and gyms is not an uncommon thing what is uncommon is they steal the car. >> now a search for the two women that made off with the house keys credit cards and car. much like this one. >> don't ever do this to anyone ever again. don't put anyone through what you put me through and also too just bring my car back. >> once again the thieves remain on the loose, anybody with

information is asked to call upper darby police. >> thank you. a man and woman who worked together to rob a rite-aid in the port richmond section of philadelphia. we have details on that now. police released this video of the suspects. the woman got out of a silver jeep commander and went into the store of aramingo avenue on january 4 and, she asked what time the store closed and left. the man went out of the same vehicle and asked to buy cigarettes and he pulled a knife and demanded money and ran out with an unknown amount of cash. all right to the weather now after weeks of bitter cold the deep freeze has finally loosened its grip. the sidewalks and side streets were still slick this morning, that is why many local schools started on a two hour delay and

the school district of philadelphia chose to have regular hours a decision that not everyone agreed with. >> honestly i thought school should be on a two hour delay. the school district felt the roads were safe enough to open on time today. staff members salled the slippery sidewalks before the students arrived . temperatures got up in the 40s and with the extreme cold we dealt with for what felt like a decadthat 40 felt refreshing and apparently we'll warm up more as the week goes on. melissa magee is in for adam. >> we should celebrate the first 40 days of 2018. fantastic. more to come too. here is the numbers, right now in philadelphia 45 and 45 in wilmington and 43 for allentown and also trenton and the lower 40s and 43 in atlantic city at the airport. we'll show you the picture outside. sky 6 hd from our city hall

camera look agent the rothman ice rink and folks are enjoying ice skating with a few less layers than they had on yesterday across much of the delaware and lehigh valley. it's snow covered across much of new england and the mid-atlantic region, we have snow pack on the ground and areas in jersey and north jersey but you see more than two feet of snow up across northern sections of new england, we are snow covers but meltsing that takes place over the next several days as temperatures keep on climbing for the rest of the week. we have more details in the accuweather forecast. >> all right thank you melissa. local small business owner got to bend the ear of the federal government. the action cam was in newark delaware where the business administration held another stop on the worldwide tour. she toured worldwide fluid technologies and talk about the climate and other executives

hoping to bring their concerns back to the capital. governor john carnie announced his support for a bill that gives 12 weeks paid maternity leave. it doesn't require that they pay the workersme. carnie's support is no guarantee that the bill will pass but it does increase the measure's chances. do you have a cough or sniffle or how about an itchy throat that won't go away. there are illnesses going around and now there are ways to treat them. >> it's become so common this time of year you get symptoms and don't feel great and head to the pharmacy and pick up ove the counter medication. and there are many different choices for symptoms which work the best for the specific problems you have.

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get to the bottom of his rare disease. foods trigger an allergic reaction that destroys his esophagus. they are eliminated and brought back one at a time. and biopsies to see if there say reaction and the process is a slow one. >> all he can have is fresh foods and vegetables. that is good for adults healthy. but that is not what 11-year-olds want to eat. >> i'll remember it one day and i'll be so happy. >> w young they thought he had acid reflux and his big concern is not being able to eat brownies anymore. >> that is important. two of apple's top investors are calling on the tech giant to fight addiction in children. and the retire many system and janay partners own $2 billion in apple stock. they wrote an open letter

writing the detrimental effects of iphone addiction. including depression. and they say they should develop more sophisticated parental controls and apple has yet to comment. big talkers and a little more than 4 months as the world counts down to the next royal wedding and today the royal fiance's stepped out out for the second appearance prince harry and meghan markle visited a radio station that provides educational and training programs for local at risk kids. >> and a dj slipped them his business card. >> dj at your wedding! >> social media giving big props to that guy right there. seizing his moment. geovany has a trending hashtag,

it's geovany royal wedding dj and trending on twitter, pretty exciting stuff for him. maybe other business for him. the clock is ticking he says he is available. the big wedding happening may 19 and at windsor castle. and speaking of engagements, apparently last night it was about rin after their nail biting exciting college championship win a celebration for the crimson tide. this is the sec for bradley eman but the scene stealer is the ring for someone else. >> down on his knee to propose to his girlfriend at the base of the podium. >> yes, the ring is real. >> a second big victory at the end there for alabama and of course they celebrated the big news with the team's exciting win and wins all around and alabama crimson tide and a big

kiss and big yes in the end. >> such a great blessing to be able to give her that special moment on that big platform. it was honestly unreal. >> and there she is of course with the big yes there. you know what there was confetti for her too. for alabama's big win. >> engagements and proposals deserve confetti too. we are following breaking news now out of philadelphia's olney section where the police are on the scene of a school bus accident here this happened just after 4:00 chu avenue and north masher street. this smaller yellow school bus appears to have hit the back of the suv. don't know how this happened. we see this in the live pictures from chopper 6 hd and no word of the children on the bus or not. and waiting to get information on injuries or if children were

on the bus at the time. again a school bus accident happening in the olney section at chew avenue and north masher street. so obviously a traffic implication on the roadway and a check of the roadways tonight. >> we too are watch that brian and sharrie in olney, chew at masher at a and s auto repairs. an ambulance on the scene. we have been watching a crash on the vine street expressway approaching the schuylkill that is off to the side but this one is not. a new crash along 95 the northbound side right by allegheny avenue where the right lane is blocked. there it is penndot is on the scene and a tow truck as well. it's extra slow north of center city because of the new accident northbound by allegheny. a crash in lower merion along montgomery avenue at house lane and still watching

the one in the great northeast from franklin mills on the southbound side of knights road near woou come away from the mall head to academy to get to wood haven. finished cleaning up the overturned vehicle in pemberton and everything is reopen at pointville road and the water main break in berlin at franklin and red man avenue. and a serious crash this afternoon is closing the southbound side of 13, governor prince boulevard they finished cleaning that up. and on the highways in delaware so far not so bad. 495 and 95 sluggish on the southbound side but overall it could be worse. >> matt, thank yo fly eagles fly, eagles beat falcons.

eagles! ♪♪ ♪♪ >> how about that? it's amazing show of eagles spirit happened tonight at calvary christian academy. more than 100 students at the school grades 4 through 12 are work on this performance for weeks and it was impressive. they were getting into it. the eagles bolstered by this all the love they are getting from around the region this week. eagles!

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>> we'll like more in the forecast as we go throughout the rest of the week. the picture outside drone 6 high above the sky, look at that it's over the schuylkill and it's still frozen in spots, and still melting that did take place today. because temperatures climbed finally above average, sky 6 hd look agent the commodore barry bridge on this tuesday afternoon. we have a partly cloudy skies across the area. as we look at what to expect 45 in philadelphia, 43 in allentown and reading and lancaster and 45 in dover and 42 in cape may. the 24 temperature change tells the story. it's milder by 13 degrees in philadelphia. 18 degrees warmer for allentown and reading and dover 10 degrees warmer than 24 hours ago. a partly cloudy sky and high pressure is dominating the region and today was the warmest

it has been in about two weeks. tonight chilly any melting of snow and ice will more than likely refreeze overnight tonight and dipping down to 18 in the suburbs and 23 for the overnight low in philadelphia. as we get into wednesday, sunshine and clouds a seasonable afternoon with high pressure in control. cooler day and high temperature coming in at 44 degrees with sunshine and clouds sharing the sky as we get into thursday you see the warm front lifts to the north for all of this milder air to work its way into the eastern half of the u.s. the high temperature of 50. mostly cloudy throughout the day and one ripple of energy to our west but as we travel along this cold front there is another area of low pressure off to the south and that heads our way as we get into friday night and saturday. future tracker 6 showing you for the start of the end of the work week on friday 8:00 in the morning we have rain and looks to be a soaking calling for an inch to 2 inches of rainfall in the region.

the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast sunshine and clouds tomorrow cool day, high temperature of ostly cloudy on thursday and 50 for the high. 60 degrees by friday and mild and we are tracking the rain on and off throughout the day and windy on saturday for the first half of the day and high temperature of 55 and all about the eagles taking on the falcons at the linc and their playoff game. and cloudy northwesterly wind at 5 and 15 to 20 miles per hour and temperatures in the 40s for the game. brisk and cold on sunday dipping down to 31 degrees, the cold does return. and on monday brisk and cold a high of just 28 and next tuesday limited sunshine and a mostly cloudy sky and high temperature then coming in at 34 degrees. so enjoy the 40 50 and 60. can i get a 70?t's notg but enjoy the mild stretch. >> it will come eventually.

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mediate heat. and an italian grand more mother gave me this tip and it works every time. >> now i'm hungry. >> me too. perfect timing we are done. "action news" at 4:00 is over. for sharrie williams alicia vitarelli and melissa magee and adam joseph i'm brian taff. join me tonight and every night for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00 on phl 17. "action news" at 5:00 is next.

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. who killed south jersey radio host april kauffman? a question that detectives are trying to answer for six years and tonight they finally have a suspect in custody. james kauffman. april's husband and that is only the beginning. tuesday night and the big story on "action news" is breaking fuse murder charges just filed against dr. james kauffman in a murder for hire plot that involved members of a motorcycle gang.

that april kauffman was executed in her home in may of 2012 after reportedly threateo expose husband's criminal conspiracy. annie mccormick is following the story from the beginning. and is live with the details. >> reporter: and rick that motive was laid out by prosecutors today saying that april kauffman wanted a from her then husband, dr. james kauffman and after threatening the divorce threatened to expose an alleged drug operation run running out of his medical practice. >> james kauffman age 69 and ferdinand ojello age 62 were charged with murder. >> explosive details for radio show host and victim's advocate. april kauffman shot in her home in 2012.

and the prosecutor alleged her husband dr. james kauffman and two members of the pagan motorcycle gang helped to carry out thecrime. it began in