it happened at boyds philadelphia. and bob brooks live from the scene with the latest. >> reporter: sara and rick, hard to keep things quiet or secretive when are you on chestnut. but this is where it happened. boyds right behind me, the front display window is smashed out and they have boarded it up. starting to paint it white right now. we just sort of got here to the scene and we are piecing it together and we heard from police that at 4:30 this morning they got the call about this. they found a mannequin from the front display lying right here on the sidewalk and noticed that a lot of the display items in the front here had been knocked over and a car bumper lying here on the sidewalk. at this point we haven't been told what is stolen from boyds, we went in and tried to speak with management and they declined to comment. i see a lot security cameras around here. we'll dig around and see what we find. maybe someone can show us a better picture of what was going on down here. but it looks like a smash and grab here at

it happened at boyds philadelphia. and bob brooks live from the scene with the latest. >> reporter: sara and rick, hard to keep things quiet or secretive when are you on chestnut. but this is where it happened. boyds right behind me, the front display window is smashed out and they have boarded it up. starting to paint it white right now. we just sort of got here to the scene and we are piecing it together and we heard from police that at 4:30 this morning they got the call about this. they found a

. >>> it's smile very much an active investigation scene at the high end clothing store, boyds philadelphia. they are searching for clues after a smash and grab burglary this morning. the windows were smashed in and they believe that expensive merchandise was stolen. it happened at the store on the 1800 block of chestnut street and the front window was shattered and a mannequin was found on the sidewalk along with the bumper of the car. the action cam found workers boarding up the damage today. boyd is known for its high end apparel and custom-made suits for men. it's unclear what may have been taken from inside of the store but boyds has an extensive surveillance system and detectives are check that out and working to determine who was behind this and how much they made off with. bob brooks working the story and will have more coming up on "action news" at 5:00. >> all right meantime, two people are in custody accused of ramming into a vehicle with two philadelphia police officers inside of it. the philadelphia officers were trying to make a traffic stop at 2:00 a.m. in the city's fern roc

. >>> and police have stunningly clear surveillance video of the robbery at boyds philadelphia. it turns out there was two vehicles involved and police hope that the video will help them find the bandits. jeanette reyes is live outside of boyds at chestnut. what is the latest on the investigation? >> reporter: it's not often that police get such clear video. it was progressed perfectly across the street from where it happened. they hope that someone recognitions the more than half does men in the video. the boyds store is boarded up the result of being smashed by an suv in a morning smash and grab. >> i can't relate to anyone that would do anything like that. my first reaction was -- is it on purpose? but the video shows quite the opposite. you see the toyota rav 4 drive in frame and a mercedes benz that pulls to the side. it appears after two atem -- they shatter the window and rush in to grab the goods. one of men is in a black hoody with his hands full of clothes and dumping them into the mercedes. >> any time you smash into a store where there is a thousand cameras it's a br

. >>> we have brand new surveillance video of yesterday's smash and grab at boyds philadelphia in center city. a red toyota rav 4 backed into the back window just enough to crack the glass. the suspects got out and finished breaking the window, they rushed inside of the high end store and ran ott with handfuls of misdemeanor worth $45,000. they put the goods in a silver mercedes benz parked on chestnut. police have not identified any of the suspects. >>> we woke up to a taste of winter this morning but we are slightly warming up this afternoon. sky 6 hd looking at the commodore barry bridge and winds are a bit lighter than yesterday and plenty of sunshine out there and definitely a chill in the air as temperatures climb into the 50s that is a big improvement over this morning. lets see what is in store for the rest of the day. demeanor david murphy is out on the terrace. >> reporter: neighborhoods experienced temperatures below freezing, we are starting to recover with a sun and clouds mix. 48 degrees in philadelphia. some spots to the south hit the 50 degree mark and 46 in reading and t

"action news" reporter annie mccormick is live outside boyd's philadelphia, the latest landmark to fall victim to crooks. annie. >> reporter: and matt, that's right now you can see behind me that boyd's is all boarded up right now on that window. looks like almost nothing happened but it was yesterday morning very early there was a smash and grab robbery after a vehicle went into that window. residents here are on edge and police say they are responding. philadelphia police are stepping up their presence around center city. look here as undercover narcotics officers take a man away in handcuffs. drug dealing is a growing problem along 15th street between chestnut and spruce and could be fueling other crimes. the suspect they took into custody here had a hammer and police think possibly could have been used to break into cars. >> fueled because of that, because of the -- there is now buyers that are along the 15th street corridor now where we never had them before. >> reporter: boyd's a high end fashion retailer is still picking up the pieces after tuesday a thief smashed a vehicle throu

police want you to take a good look at this video, it shows the smash and grab burglary at boyds philadelphia yesterday morning. you see a red toyota rav 4 backing up into the window and cracking the glass and the suspects rushed in and then rushed out with what police say was $40,000 worth of merchandise. jeanette reyes is following this investigation and will have more at 6:00. >>> the states attorney general is filing a complaint against a preschool chain for unfairly expelling a down syndrome girl. they expelled the girl because she was not yet potty trained and the school chose to put the girl in an intermediate level class without the full support of her parents. the parent company they say discriminated on the basis of disability. >>> septa workers could go on strike in less than six days and now they are advising riders to have a plan b. septa buses and trolleys will not run. patco and regional rail will not be affected. riders should have alternate means of transportation prepared. >> hillary clinton's campaign continued the push through pennsylvania. the action cam was in newtown, b

. >>> police are looking for the burglars who broke into boyd's philadelphia. broken glass and a mannequin were found outside of the high-end store. they say expensive purses were stolen during the break-in. >>> police are hoping this video will help catch the vandal. the man pulled the brass railing from the stairs on broad street. the removal of the railing caused the famous steps to collapse. >>> a chilly day out there as we look live over market street in center city philadelphia. we are in for one of the coldest nights of the season so far. glenn "hurricane" schwartz is here with the forecast, glenn. >> yeah. it is going to be a much colder day and night than what we saw in the last 24 hours. 54 degrees in philadelphia now. a lot of clouds around. barely to 50 degrees with the combination of the clouds and the colder air coming in with a northwest wind 10 to 20 miles per hour wind in most of the area. we have been seeing a few gusts over 20 as well. it allows the clouds to come down from the northwest, generally from the great lakes, but the moisture is li

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at a series of bold acts there have taken place at the union league rittenhouse square and boyd's philadelphia" reporter annie mccormick is standing by live. annie. >> reporter: and matt, that's right a string of a lot of high profile crimes have been happening around center city including boyd's behind he me. you can see that board right there in the window where normally you would see a display. that's because there was a smash and grab here yesterday where a vehicle actually went into the window. well, the police are responding to many of the residents who are concerned by upping their patrols. philadelphia police are stepping up their presence around center city. look here as undercover narcotics officers take a man away in handcuffs. drug dealing is growing problem along 15th street between chestnut and spruce and could be fueling other crimes. the suspect they took into custody here had a hammer and police think it possibly could have been used to break into cars. >> fueled because of that, because of the -- there is now buyers that are along the 15th street corridor now where we never h

philadelphia police are investigating a smash and grab connection. >> yes, officers say the same guys who ran into a window at boyd'sn center city also ripped off a macy's store in the northeast. nbc 10's pamela osborne is live in northeast philadelphia. what's the connection between these two crimes? >> the connection is the getaway car, silver mercedes that police were looking for in the boyd robbery was spotted here yesterday at macy's following a bold midday robbery. philadelphia police say three men ran into macy's just before 2:30 p.m. thursday. one of the men used a hammer to break a display case and then all three men began grabbing high-end watches from that case. police are still trying to determine how much merchandise was taken but they believe the thieves who wore masks, gloves and hood diz made off with anywhere from 10 to 20 watches, all of this happened while frightened customers looked on. >> i see three guys come with hoodies and they started smashing the counter where the jewelry was at. everybody started panicking. nobody knew what was going on they broke the class glass. it was like five minutes

boyd's. >> nbc10's brandon hudson is live in northeast philadelphia. we saw all that smashed glass, brandon. i know they got away with a lot of expensive items at that macy's. >> reporter: yes, they did. police say the thieves walked out of this store with 14 watches worth $16,000, but they dropped a bag on the way out, which is being checked for fingerprints and dna evidence. police say that the suspects got away, but they may be hot on their trail. what looks like a small mess inside this northeast philadelphia macy's turned out to be a big payday for thieves who stole $16,000 worth of watches this afternoon. when nbc10 returned to the store tonight, we got an update on the smash and grab robbery. >> the vehicle we know has been used in other robberies outside of the city. >> reporter: police say a silver mercedes-benz that the suspects got away in is tied to a similar crime outside philly and another smash and grab at boyd's in center city. here is surveillance video from that crime earlier this week. you can see the benz at the bottom of your scree

boyds robbery in center city. it's thursday night and the big story on "action news" is unfolding tonight in northeast philadelphiathe big question is have the boyds burglars struck again? dann cuellar is live at the macy's on cotman avenue you have the story. >> reporter: jim, that is the question that police want to answer. there are several similarities in the smash and grab at the boyds store in center city on tuesday. if it is the same men this time they struck in broad daylight as customers were shopping. "action news" obtained the video of this smashed up display case where an unknown amount of watches were stolen. one woman walked into the store shortly after it happened. i walked into the store and saw the glass busted and all of that and the girls were telling me that they got robbed. they busted cases and stole jewelry. >> they used a hammer to smash a display case and then fled in a stolen mercedes benz 350. it appears to have the same license plate used in the high end retailer boyds. in that case a toyota suv backed into the store's window display and smashed it and men wearing masks rushed into the

philadelphia. police believe it's the same group responsible for a break-in at boyd's. >>> and the plane mike pence was traveling in skids off the runway at laguardia. >>> this is "nbc 10 news today." >> i'm vai sikahema. >> i'm tracy davidson. >>> let's get right to meteorologist bill henley and the neighborhood forecast. bill? >> the rain is long gone. now we're dealing with wind. if you look closely at this live view of boathouse row, look at the camera shaking around. that's the gusty wind that will be increasing during the day today. that's going to impact our temperatures. the wind has cleared things out. now completely in the clear for wilmington, philadelphia and trenton. the heavy downpours are well offshore. the wind that's going to make for a chilly start and a cool day today. 47 now in the lehigh valley with some scattered clouds, 48 in delaware and 50 degrees at philadelphia international. that temperature has been slowly coming down. it's going to be very slowly climbing to just 55 this afternoon as those winds increase for philadelphia, the suburbs, new jersey, the lehigh valley and

boyd's early morning burglary. it was found torched in north philadelphia two days later. >> a dangerous situation because typically when you have a robbery situation, they can explode at any point in time and that's our concern. >> reporter: detectives with help from the fbi are looking at two recent smash and grab robberies back in august. on august 17th, 3 men wearing hoodies used sledge hammers to bust open jewelry cases at the philadelphia mills mall. they took over a hundred thousand dollars in rings. >> probably be smart for them to turn themselves in at this point because again we're on top of it at this point. >> reporter: now so far, these robbers have gotten away with over $65,000 in stolen merchandise. they did drop a bag containing stolen watches as they left macy's yesterday and head to do that high-end mercedes get away car. if you have any information on the whereabouts of that car contact police or the fbi. chris? >> all right, dave, thanks. >>> two philadelphia police officers are on desk duty tonight as the department looks into a late night shooting. the officers responded first to a call for an

philadelphia. police believe it's the same group responsible for a break-in at boyd's. >>> and the plane mike penceling in skids off the runway at laguardia. >>> this is "nbc 10 news today." >> i'm vai sikahema. >> i'm tracy davidson. >>> let's get right to meteorologist bill henley and the neighborhood forecast. bill? >> the rain is long gone. now we're dealing with wind. if you look closely at this live

boyd's early morning burglary. it was found torched in north philadelphia two days later. >> the dangerous situation because typically when you have a robbery situation, they can explode at any point that time and that's our concern. >> reporter: detectives are also looking at two recent smash and grab robberies in our area back in august. on august 17th, 3 men wearing hoodies used sledge hammers to bust open jewelry cases at the philadelphia mills mall. they made off with $100,000 in rings. it was two weeks after a similar robbery in montgomery mall netted robbers $10,000 in jewelry. >> these guys seem to be professional. this is not the first time doing this. >> reporter: police believe robbery crews like this usually don't stop until they get caug caught. similar smash and grab crews hit more than 15 times in our area before the fbi and police took them down. >>> we're hoping that somebody can identify that car at least give us some information surrounding that car and get these guys in custody before somebody gets hurt. >> reporter: now, according to investigators, the suspects in the macy's robbery dropped a bag

chelsea held a town hall near philadelphia urging women to empower themselves against presidential candidates who are taking center stage. their first and only debate. shaun boyd checking in from the campaign desk. what do you think? will tonight have an impact on voters? >> reporter: vice presidential debates typically don't move the numbers. i don't think this debate will be any different. indiana governor mike pence and tim kaine are seasoned politicians. solid, steady and civil. meaning not prone to the type of drama we've seen from the presidential candidates who won't be on stage tonight but will dominate the debate nonetheless. kaine will try to keep the debate about donald trump's controversy. pence will try to shift the focus back to hillary clinton's troubles. chief strategist for the republican national committee told me pens will also remind voters what the gop ticket represents. >> think and i hope that governor pence tonight talks about the solutions that he and donald trump have to the issues facing this country. education, healthcare, national security, america's place in the world. and what you're doing to change your campaign. >> what i would

philadelphia police say they have a very obvious clue linking the guys who stole from the center city boydtment store break-in. >>> after a rough landing, republican vice presidential candidate mike pence wasn't hurt when his jet skidded off a runway in new york. he will visit bucks county today. >>> nbc 10 news starts now. >> 4:28. we have made it to friday. good morning, this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm vai sikahema. let's get right to meteorologist bill henley with his first alert neighborhood forecast. it's a little warm out. still chilly, maybe, but at least it's dry. >> it's a good 5 to 10 degrees warmer than it was yesterday at this time, vai. we are going to see a lot of sunshine and a healthy breeze during the day. there's a live view of center city from the adventure aquarium. you can see we are clear of the rain. the storms we had last night, they're now completely offshore. these last few showers are not going to last. they're going to be moving out. the temperatures will be climbing. right now, clear and dry for trenton, philadelphia and wilmington. so w

boyds with more of what we know today. >> reporter: brian and sharrie the release of this news left many of us stunned of the smash and grab. but hours ago philadelphia police releasing surveillance video of these criminals in the act. this three minute video was taken on a camera across the street from boyds clothing store. you see a toyota rav 4 then a 2012 mercedes benz that pull ofz to the side, it appear that after two attempts the window cracks just enough and as many as seven mask said suspects get out of both cars and finish the job. they run off with a pile of clothes and dumping them in the mercedess. >> we are putting out the information and video hoping someone can recognize the individuals with the clothing trips or the clothing you see them wearing in the vehicle or from the vehicles themselves, any tip we get from the public could be something that helps us solve this crime here in finding who these individuals are who are responsible for this. >> reporter: and of course these suspects are not identified. they got away with about $45,000 in expensive high end suits and merchandise. anyone with information is encouraged to call police.

tonight, philadelphia police say the smash and grab at the macy's today at the roosevelt mall was done by the same bandits that hit boyd's tuesday morning. authorities say this is a major ring that is responsible for a large number of jobs in the area. "action news" reporter, dann cuellar is live at the macy's, dann, what are police saying there? >> reporter: one source is telling me these guys are good, remarkably good. the license plate tag is not registered to anyone. the question is, how and where did they get it. this is video obtained by "action news" of a smashed display case that contained high end watches. they used a hammer to smash the case as clerks and customers watched. >> when i heard about it, forget about shopping. i got scared. >> i was shaking and stuff. >> reporter: police say the men got away with 14 watches with a value of $16,000. >> when they were in the parking lot, they dropped and empty bag. all three males entered a mercedes, a mercedes-benz. >> reporter: they got away in the mercedes s350. at boyed, they used a toyota suv to smash the window before seven of them rushed in. they made off with

boyd's early tuesday morning. they connected the tag of the vehicle involved in the smash and grab to a number of felonies outside of philadelphia. the tag is not registered to anyone. >> new from the overnight, montgomery county officials say they have fully restored 911 emergency system that went down for several hours. yesterday afternoon a cracker cut a communication line that impacted the emergency calls. callers using land lines could find themselves with a busy signal. they are urged to use a cell phone or text if they need 911. >> philadelphia has a resolution calling on septa and workers to avoid a strike. septa has asked the public to figure out alternate waits to get work and school. the current contract ends monday night and a walkout starts tuesday. >>> the villanova wildcats will raise the championship banner. the wildcats open their season and defend their championship against lafayette two weeks from today. >> breaking news, the action cam is live at the scene of a home-invasion robbery happened at a home on south 21st street in south philadelphia. police are telling you two masked men barged into the house right

philadelphia. what is going on around here? >> this time at an upscale clothing store. >> talking about boyds. >> there was break-in at boyds, steve. >> smash and grab. what did they get? >> reporter: boyds story is the latest, look at the video, out here for about an hour, everywhere we looked, in every direction, every time we're on the air, cops are going by us, and it is different cops each time. so this tells you the cops are on their feet, all this because two consecutive -- this is after the bigger story in rittenhouse square last week, so we have cops on bikes, cops, suv's, cops in vans, cops in patrol cars, all over the streets of center city tonight. they're not going to have a third incident to make it three nights the boyds break-in happened early yesterday morning. that was 24 hours after the brass railing was stolen on broad street, from the union league. and that happened just four days after somebody was shot in prime time in rittenhouse square. that is a lot of crimes to list, right in the past week alone, just within a four block radius. >> how long have you been here? >> five years. >> five years. do you feel li

boyd store on chestnut street in center city. the driver gets away with a major haul in high-end clothing. this is just the latest serious crime in center city, philadelphiatice. so are police. they staged a roundup today hauling in drug suspects. it is tuesday night and the big story on action news tonight is crime in center city, philadelphia. action news reporter dann cuellar is live on south broad street. dan, some residents and businesses say it is bad and getting worse. >> reporter: that's right, jim. people are deply troubled and concerned with some of the stuff going on. they want to know what's causing it and how do you fix it before it gets worse. that's what we were looking into tonight. as promised philadelphia police stepping up their efforts to combat crime in center city. here, undercover narcotics officers swooped down on drug dealing that's a big problem on 15th between chestnut and spruce, police believe is leading to other crimes as evidenced by the hammer one of the men was carrying that could possibly autoused to break into cars. >> there are now buyers along the 15th treat corridor. never before. >> reporter: there are high profile c

philadelphia storm. you can see the front window was smashed. high end purchases were taken from the store. >> the particulburglary at boyd the next in a sproitring of cri. a man was last seen carrying the 6-foot piece on sampson street. we'll show you what the staircase looked like after that theft. 12 the iconic stairway dates back to 1865. >>> a suspect has now been i-- police say he shot and wounded a what who tried to break up a fig fight. >>> our 20 minutes of nonstop news continues with a deadly motel shooting. >> an entire community is on edge this morning. the motel is in elkton. >> what are police telling you? >> reporter: well, they think they have figured it all out at this point. the southbound lanes of route 40, they remain closed. if you look beyond that ford explorer, you see the second floor balcony. witnesses could watch the whole thing unfold on this balcony at the new eastern motel. maryland state police say troopers and county sheriff's deputies were carrying out a warrant. when they saw the suspect grab for a gun in the hotel room, they retreated when the suspect-poususpect pointed the gun at them. >> he started shooting at

. >>> philadelphia police are stepping up efforts to combat a recent string of high profile crimes. in the late of the a driver actually smashed into a window at the iconic boyd'sre on chestnut street. the driver took off with thousands of dollars worth of expensive clothing. "action news" reporter annie mccormick is live outside boyd's with more on this. annie. >> reporter: and matt you remember those images from yesterday. there was glass shattered all over a mannequin out on the sidewalk. boyd's has significantly cleaned all of that up. you can see he their window he is boarded. this is just another crime that has happened in this portion of center city. it does seem residents are asking police to do more and police are responding. philadelphia police are stepping up their presence around center city. look here as undercover narcotics officers take a man away in handcuffs. drug dealing is a growing problem along 15th street between chestnut and spruce and could be fueling other crimes. the suspect they took into custody here had a hammer police think possibly it could have been used to break into cars. >> because of the -- there is now buyers that are along

philadelphia guaranteed. he adds that if something doesn't change fast he won't stick around. >> i will not be here. >> okay no word on exactly what was taken but again this is boyds they sell high end merchandise and we are told a lot of it was stolen. bob brooks, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you for that report. >>> well, the northeast extension of the pennsylvania turnpike is back open northbound tonight after a big crash shut down the lanes for nine hours, it happened at 5:30 this morning between landsdale and quakertown. four tractor trailers and at least one other vehicle crashed causing a massive pileup. only one person was hurt and they are expected to be okay fortunately. but the crash hurt the commute, forcing the northbound traffic off the landsdowne exit. >>> philadelphia police have now identified a 70-year-old charged in connection with a shooting in rittenhouse square. he is charged as an adult turned himself in over the weekend, according to police he and another man were trying to commit a robbery in the park and a third man tried to stop them and he allegedly opened fire and the shooting victim is expected to be okay and the second suspect h

boyd's on chester. the crew drove this mers beens. investigators are looking for link to other smash and grabs at philadelphia mills and montgomery mallr $100,000 in jewelry was stolen. . >> typically when you have a robbery situation, they can exploit at the same time. >> this crew knows what they're doing, experience and something we're going to try and get them off the street before they hurt somebody. >> police need your help. if you have information about the whereabouts of the get away car, police ask that you give them a call. >>> a scary situation for passengers on a plane at chicago's o'hare airport. federal investigators say american airlines flight 383 experienced a rare and serious type engine failure in which parts of the engine just break off. 21 people were injured in the fire. this video as you see shows passengers coming down emergency slides, shows the plane on fire. passengers running away from the plane. we'll report more information as it becomes available. >>> well-known landmark in our area being known as a destination for paranormal activity. >> coming up, well go inside the spooky fort mifflin: fall may be the