a short time ago police arrested 25-year-old james mears.olice say he is responsible for the deaths of dolly evans and ruby thomas. both were found shot in the head execution-style saturday night in their northeast philadelphia home. the other breaking story, one man in custodcustody. police now know the names of the other two suspects in a string of robberies. keith per kikins is on the left. >>> new at 5:30, philadelphia police are asking for help identifying three robbery suspects after this video was released today. on sunday, police say the men in this video tried to rip off a parking attendant. surveillance cameras were rolling as they approached the attendant. the victim says the men demanded money and his cell phone. he quickly shut his door and the men ran off. >>> police in new jersey are searching for a man who robbed two teenagers of a pair of sneakers at knife point. two 13 years chatted on line with a man who offered to pay $360 for a pair of sneakers. police say the boys met the man at a shopping center. he threatened them wit

investigators charged 25-year-old james mears. his arraignment is expected soon.nsible for the deaths of two women shot in the head execution-style saturday night. rose mary connors is headed to police headquarters. count on updates from her as soon as we learn more. >>> a search thousands of miles away for a new jersey student missing and feared to have been abducted by militants. >> it hurts when one of our own, when a nice boy, when he goes missing. >> nbc 101 there as lawmakers joined family and friends to call for the safe return of aron sofer. aron has been missing since friday when he went hiking in the jerusalem forest. he is attending a religious school in israel. the military is investigating whether he was taken by palestinian militants. ted greenberg was in lakewood where he spoke to aron's family and friends. >> i have one message. please bring back my brother. >> reporter: from aron's loved ones and many others in his hometown, pleas and prayers for the safe return of the 23-year-old student missing in israel since friday. there are fears he may have

. >> reporter: 25-year-old james mears has been charged with the murders of dolly evans and ruby thomas. he is awaiting arrangement right now. live from police headquarters, i'm rose mary connors, nbc 10 news. >> thank you. >>> a philadelphia courtroom cleared of spec tatatospectator. this was part of the testimony of christina regusters. she is charged with kidnapping herly assaulting her. lu ann cahn was there. >> reporter: i have not seen the jury react until today when they saw pictures of this little girl's injuries. they were clearly upset. i even saw some reporters put their heads down. >> some of the most graphic, horrific photos that any human being could be forced to witness. >> reporter: we observed the jury during the testimony of the child abuse expert. they said the little girl told doctors she was assaulted with a tooth pick. but it was more consistent with a broom handle. some of the worst injuries the doctor said she had ever seen. the woman allegedly responsible for the injuries, christina regusters didn't react. some jurors dabbed tears from their eyes, others shook t

investigators charged 25 year old james mears in connect to the deaths of dolly evans and ruby thomas. the two elderly women were found shot in the head in a home on vista street saturday. he face toss counts of murder, robbery and other related char charges. >> an american man believed to be fighting jihad different killed in syria. us officials say 33 year old douglas mccain was killed this weekend while fighting alongside isis militants. mccain's family says he conver converted to islam 10 years ago. he grew up in suburban minneapolis where he had minor run ins with the law. he was on us terror watch lists. >> we also learned tonight that isis is holding an american woman captive. an aide worker and the third american known to have have been kidnapped by that group. today president obama authorized military surveillance flights into syria to search for isis targets. the goal here is to determine how isis commands and controls its forces with senior leaders and how they communicate. >> we'll continue to take direct action where needed to protect our people. and to defend our homelan

the two women murdered in philadelphia now charged in their execution-style death. 25-year-old james mearsrobbed the victims and shot the women inside their home in the holmesberg section of the city. the two women killed execution-style saturday following a struggle. police say he was in prison for violent crimes including using a gun. he had lived with the women for three months. the son of dolly evans is still in shock. >> he stayed with us, lived with us. my mom did everything for him. took him off the streets, you know. why he did that over a couple of dollars, now he's got to sit in jail for the rest of his life. >> evans son said his mother's funeral will take place saturday in maryland. >>> we want to bring you new information now out of camden county. camden county prosecutors say a man shot his wife at kennedy university hospital in stratford here this morning. now, both the husband and the wife are alive but they are being treated. this is on laurel road in camden county, kennedy university hospital. we will bring you more information on this story as soon as it comes into nbc 1

. >> we're formally arrested and charged james mears with two counts of murder, robbery and related offenses. >> reporter: he confessed to planning a robbery scheme. >> robbery, gun charges, things of that nature. has a vial atlantic past. >> reporter: mea. rs new evans had money. >> she put up a fight. struggled. >> he took five hun dead dollars where the only witness was. >> he started strangling her and pulled out the gun and shot her definitely times. >> witnesses told police they saw him running from the home. many not knowing him by name but recognized him as living with the women. >> he was the house guest when he got out of prison. >> good deed just three months earlier that would cost them their lives. now, joey thomas is angry. >> i'm not going to be evil. can't be evil towards people. >> reporter: says he'll let his sister rest in peace while searching for his own piece in this senseless crime. >> i miss her. i didn't get to chance to tell her that. i love her so much. >> reporter: joey thomas is planning his sister's funeral. mears is being cooperative and another name has come u

police say james mears is the man who gunned down two women in a vista street home over the weekend.hey say mears killed 67-year-old dolly evans and her house guest 59-year-old rob bee thomas during a robbery. man was not a stranger to his victim. he was a house guest. >>> officials in bucks county are searching for cemetery vandals who struck over the weekend. the incidents occurred at roosevelt and rosedale memorial parks in bensalem. police say someone set fire to american flags and destroyed veteran grave sites. this is the second time in a month that vandals have hit the roosevelt cemetery. >> 5:37 now. we are at the big board with today's plans to honor the taney dragons. the afternoon celebration kicks offer at 2:00 p.m. the parade starts at 20th and market streets and will head over to city hall and down broad street to fdr park. matt pelman will have more on the possible traffic related problems and parade route detours coming up in a bit. the dragon wagon will stop at the kimmel center for a performance by the philly pops and then at broad and washington where the mummers w