cydney long is live in bridgeton. this had to be excruciating information for the victims' loved ones who were in court. >> reporter: jim, it was hard for anyone really not to cry this afternoon. it was an extremely emotional hearing that lasted less than 20 minutes, but that 20 minutes, as you said, excruciating for the victims' family. also the judge in this case today denies the defense request for leniency, instead doubling the suspect's bail from $1 million to $2 million. ricardo santiago didn't speak one word, instead he hung his head as prosecutors painted him as a ruthless killer who they say strangled his ex-girlfriend neidy ramirez. >> neidy was murdered first. >> reporter: with his bare hands and electrical type cord, her last breath inside her apartment. ramirez's loved ones heart broken by the details cried openly in court, but then the devastation of what killed her infant daughter genesis, who suffered blunt force from a crushed chest. >> after the child had been essentially kneed in the chest, went int

has been nearly one year now since a 36-year-old man was shot to death by two police officers in bridgetonnew jersey. and in less than 30 minutes numerous community organizations and the naacp are expected to protest. jerome reid was shot to death on new year's eve by two officers doing a traffic stop. police say reid defied orders to stay in the car after he they found a handgun in his glove box. officers say they were concerned reid had another weapon. in august the grand jury decided not to bring charges against the two bridgeton officer. >> police investigating an armed robbery he in kensington. they released this video he showing the robbery wednesday night at the el gayo grocery he store. you see the men force two customers onto the floor while pointing handguns at them. the thieves took a cell phone and some money from the customers, also grabbed cash from the register. the men were last seen running down the street. if you have any information, please call police. >>> right now officers are also investigating a deadly shooting in north philadelphia. police say a 27-year-old was sho

. >> reporter: the mayor of bridgeton looked on but said he would not answer any of our questions. activists called on the mayor to make changes. >> we want to let it be known that we are not going to be quiet about this. >> reporter: in the year since reed's death there have been changes now when it comes to police incidents. the standard protocolle that all prosecutors must follow. nbc 10 news. >> philadelphia's district attorney want it is state appeals court to take another look at the case of mon senior william lynn. they filed for the court to rehear the case a week after a panel of the same court over turned the roman catholic church's conviction. in 2012 lynn became the first church official ever convicted in the scandal. to keep him in state custody. >> to show all the other acts, all the things it showed lynn knew how dangerous it was to put a pedophile into a school with children. >> the court has 60 days to address williams's application. >> from the delaware bureau undocumented immigrants have a new resource to help them get behind the wheel. delaware residents without

salem and gloucester counties, bridgeton and vineland, around three inches of rain in a few hours. probably flooding going on there, at the very least some street flooding. flood advisory goes until 7:00, but if anybody's driving out in that area, you've got to watch out, because that's a lot of rain in a few hours. and you can see it's like training from straight west to east. that's the kind of setup that often leads to flooding. and so we do have to keep an eye on that. there's plenty of rain in the philadelphia area, but it's definitely heavier to the south and new jersey. now, this is a relatively small area with the wet night, but there's more back to the west, and that's going to be affecting us in the next few days. we do have a chance of a little bit of light rain for the eagles game as we go into saturday night. it's going to be kind of mild. starting off at 50 degrees, temperature may actually go up as we go through the game, but then on sunday it gets really warm. rain, some of it heavy this evening, then unseasonably mild. 50 degrees for the low. remember the average h

reid was shot to death new years eve by two police officer in bridgeton, new jersey.august the grand jury there decided not to bring charges against the officer. >> well, we want to let it be known that we are not going to be quiet about this, you know, this this was a father, this was a husband, this was a son, this was a good citizen in the community. >> that night police say reid defied order to stay in the car after they found a handgun in the glove box. officers say they were concerned that reid may have another weapon. >>> tonight, iraqi troops are, celebrating a victory in the fight against isis. they have retaken the city of ramadi from the hand of the islamic state. drone captured the moment security forces hoisted the iraqi flag over this key governmental building. the the white house says u.s. military coalition supported that operation with more than 630 air strikes, training, and equipment. >>> a 94 year-old bridge in pittsburgh, vanish, in a matter of seconds. the right there this morning. today's implosion took five years of planning and three months of

carol of bridgeton emptied he ever wallet but had her hands full. >> i'll go to midnight mass. tomorrow, we have nine children, and they'll all be at the house. >> reporter: we caught jordan wearing brand new sneakers. how comes it looks like you already unwrapped your christmas present? >> i didn't. >> reporter: they look brand new. >> i just got them today. >> reporter: one i don't think shopper had a special wish on her list. what did you wish for sh >> to make my family happy. >> reporter: one that the north pole and her mom consider priceless. and she touched our hearts today. the sales last just one more hour. the outlets and the mall close at 6:00. no need for the fire pit today, just the warm smiles and warm thoughts about celebrating christmas eve and christmas together with their families. i'm cydney long, "nbc 10 news." >> i kind of get that adrenaline rush, as long as you can find what you want. >>> normally if you go out on christmas eve, you have to be all bundled up, but right now you may not even need a jacket. >> let's check in with randy gyllenhaal. i know you

live in bridgeton, cydney long, nbc 10 news. >>> a former police officer accused of kidnapping his daughter and stabbing his mother will return to new york to face trial. a former new jersey police officer was stripped of his badge after found guilty of filing false reports more than a decade ago. well, this video from tuesday shows his latest run-in with the law being arrested with his daughter in the car. you can see police pulling him over, took him right into custody. he took off with the girl after allegedly stabbing the child's mother. she's recovering in the hospital. she is expected to survive. >>> we've learned that a philadelphia police officer was hurt in a crash while responding to a call this morning. the officer's suv collided with a white sedan and ended up crashing into a utility pole. this all happened around 9:00 in philadelphia's kensington neighborhood. both drivers were injured and went to the hospital. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> we had the sun, but it definitely felt a bit cooler outside today thanks to some strong winds. the wind will be dying down, b

. >> protesters in bridgeton, cumberland marched for justice for jerome reid last night. this marks one year since reid was killed during a traffic stop. in august, a grand jury decided not charge the officers involved. reid's brother wants a federal investigation claiming county prosecutors mishandled the case. >> if i do something, i go to jail. they do something, they get a pat on the back. we still don't get no sleep. there's days i don't come outside, days i don't eat. >> police dashcam video captured the traffic stop last september. officers pulled a handgun out of glove compartment. they ordered reid to stay in the car, but after he got out, police fired seven shots at reid leading to his death. >>> the white house says president obama has called texas governor greg abbott to offer federal support for recovery efforts in the wake of this weekend's severe weather there. at least nine tornadoes cut through north texas on saturday. 11 people died and dozens more hurt. yesterday people started cleaning up in garland. one of the hardest hit areas. the national weather s

. >> necessary bridgeton. >> reporter: i checked out some court document, overnight, and limited butinformation, since yesterday. and you can see, really, these gusty wind, sue was warning everybody about, blowing on the flag pole in front of the courthouse down here in cumberland county. among new court documents, we may see, and learn about later in this afternoon in court, confession, those affidavits that may include the autopsy result, to maybe learn how the mom and baby were killed, and may finally learn why ricardo santiago felt the need to kill a 12 week old baby girl, who obviously would never be a witness until police anything about him though through the only arrest documents, so far, we learned, he killed neidy ramirez and her baby daughter hennessey in their home friday, then put their bodies in neidy's suv, drove to remote salt marsh on the banks of the cohansey river where he dumped them using neidy's suv then leaving it abandoned on route 55. santiago net had i five year old son together. he was not the father of that baby he killed. we also learned he had been arrest

steve keeley live in bridgeton with more on there is hi, steve. >> meaning a confession, affidavits, and autopsy results, to learn, how these two murders happened, when and where we may also finally learn why ricardo santiago felt the need to kill a 12 week old baby girl who obviously would not be any kind of witness to tell police how he killed her mother. through the limited arrest documents out so far, we know, that he killed net i ramirez, and hennessey in their home friday, put their bodies in neti's suv, drove through remote salt marsh shall where he dunned many them, then abandoned her car on route 55. they had five year olson together. he had been arrested we now know mo nine months ago in making terror its i can threats, police looking at him when mom and baby vanished after thanksgiving. >> it appears there was some sort every dispute going on. >> he has been charged with two counts of homicide and locked in the jail on $1 million full cash bail. >> my fractures are with everybody that's in that family and everybody that has to go through that. >> and the father of the chil

. >> last december reed was shot by bridgeton police officers when he got out of the car after being told not to move. it happened after police spotted a gun in the car during a traffic stop. the shooting sparked protests but the officers weren't indicted. tonight's vigil is on south avenue and henry streets. >>> three parks in upper darby will get spruced up thanks to a $10,000 grant. all in southeast part of the township will share the funds. improvements could include new pathways, benches, and lighting. the parks may also see new gaze gazebos. the money came from peco to conserve open space. >>> students in high school are taking part in a basketball tournament. the 14th annual james g. atkinson memorial basketball classic kicked off today at rowan college in gloucester county. it's a tradition that honors the legacy of the former gloucester county free holder and allows students to show off athletic skills. all the money raised goes to scholarships to students who go to college. >> what we like about this tournament is it gives us a chance to have local students on our campus an

john rawlins, he is live near the bridgeton night working the story and has more on the project and whatt means for commuters. john. >> reporter: hi, sharrie, it's a temporary but an emergency fix that's in the works here. we should say that the city is waiting back, it should get its return on bids this week. we could not find a recent accurate account as to how many cars actually use that bridge. it is indeed thousands a day and those drivers are going have to find another way to get around. >> we're going to be posting a detour and putting out a press release with the detour route as soon as it's developed. >> reporter: last month city inspectors found problems with the falls bridge. you can't see the troubled areas, they are under the road surface where beams and bridge deck meet. >> it was -- yeah, there was rusting of the steel, corrosion of the connections and we are putting out an emergency bid to reinforce these connections. >> reporter: the plan come february the popular river crossing will be closed to vehicles for 40 days. as special brackets are fitted under the bridge. driv

initiative a chance for more jobs but low cost way for people to get around vineland, millville and bridgeton. >> we think it will provide more opportunity for transportation, make it affordable transportation as well, and the the key is consistent transportation. >> reporter: soon are wants to use the naacp grass roots network to try to draw interest. lemar, whose afternoon often including picking up shoppers from the hamilton mall says driving for uber had has helped him so why not others. >> spending more time with my kids, all right. it also helped me because i'm trying to open up a salon. so with the extra money, i save, i can open up my own salon. >> reporter: uber and naacp are still trying to work out details. they don't have times, locations but they say over the next six months they will have recruitment, and awareness events. reporting live, i'm cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> more success stories to come, cleve, thank you. >>> chicago police are considering changes to how they respond in the crisis after another police involved shooting this one left two people dead. chic

. >> let's go to steve keeley live in bridgeton outside the cumberland county courthouse with more, steve, good morning. >> reporter: connected to the courthouse is the cumberland county jail. likely that 34 year old ricardo santiago is in protect tiff custody in the jail away from the general population, because there is an honor among inmates, and any jail or prison, when it comes to crimes against kids, and in this case, the unfathomable murder every a 12 week old baby. he walked into vineland police headquarters tuesday afternoon, and never walked out, because questions led to his confession. cooperative is how he is described by detective, so, now, he's going to face couple of murder charges later today. now, what we did learn through court documents, already, is that just in february he was making terroristic threats against neidy ramirez, that was before she had given birth to this child. and now, after mother and child vanished, and they found her car abandoned on route 55, we also learned that he killed them in the ramirez home in vineland. this guy lived in millville. he took th

. >> let's get to steve coal i live in bridgeton with more on. >> this steve? >> this story broke at the last hour of good day yesterday for those who don't join just that hour and leave for work. ricardo santiago is his name. chances are he's in a cell by himself here at the cumberland county jail in protective custody away from the general population, because there is an honor among inmates even when it comes it crimes against kids, and in this case, just the unthinkable murder after 12 week old baby. he voluntarily walked into vine planned police headquarters tuesday afternoon, but never walked out, because the questions quickly led to a confession. santiago not the father of the baby he killed according to detective but is a father after five year old son with neidy ramirez who we learned in court documents that she was threatened by santiago in february, he was charged with making terroristic threats, just nine months ago, which gave the detective here a reason to look at him. when neidy and baby hennessey vanished, just after thanksgiving. his first court