no bail again as i said before but 31st here at the magistrate's office in buckingham township. i'm vernon odom, channel6 "action news" in bucks county. >> thank you vernon. >>> "action news" reporter nora muchanic is back in solebury township which was really ground zero for all of this. nora, drug deals, murder, burying people in a 12-foot hole, this is not what folks there are used to thinking about. >> reporter: it certainly is not, jim, and that is why this horrifying multiple murder has gripped this area. now, we talked to a number of people today about the latest developments and it includes the uncle of one of the victims. >> i have an 18-year-old son. so, i am upset, deeply inside for everybody that's involved. >> reporter: there is compassion for the victim's families and horror at the details of how these four young men met their deaths on the solebury farm that has been the focus of investigators for days. >> thank god they got them but poor people and poor family. >> you're speechless on these things. you just don't know what to say. you know, but it happens all the

that's the latest from here in buckingham township, gray hall channel6 "action news."rian. >> all right, gray, thank you. >>> "action news" reporter vernon odom also live there in buckingham township today with more on the news that broke overnight about the arrest of that second suspect. vernon, what have you learned about this? >> reporter: brian, all along police and investigators suspected that there was a suspected accomplice for mr. dinardo and this morning that came out to be true apparently but that person of interest did not surface until this morning when he was already in custody. at daylight there was no answer at the door in the 800 block of mcgee in the city's lawndale section where sean kratz was arrested with jot incident. he occasionally stayed there with his mother according to sources. the main source of evidence in ambler montgomery county along susquehanna road. detectives could be seen gathering evidence. the father's neighbors said they've known sean kratz aged 20 to be a good kid. >> nice kid to talk to. >> reporter: nice kid to talk to. >> yeah

live in buckingham township, gray hall channel6 "action news." rick. >> all right, gray, thank you. >>> our coverage continues tonight with "action news" reporter trish hartman. she's live in doylestown where officials broke the news of those positive identifications earlier today. trish. >> reporter: well, rick we now know according to prosecutors what really happened to those four men who have been missing for about a week. in court documents and in this afternoon's press conference, the district attorney laid out the events according to accused murderer cosmo dinardo. joined by members of various law enforcement agencies d.a. matt weintraub says if it weren't for the confession of the cosmo dinardo they might still be looking for jimmy patrick's body. on july 7th dinardo told investigators he and his cousin, sean kratz, lured dean finocchiaro tom meo and mark sturgis to the property under the guise of drug deals. dinardo and kratz then allegedly shot the three and put their bodies in a metal tank and burned the bodies before returning the next

we go live to gray hall at the district justice office in buckingham township. gray, the release on bail last night raised more than a few eyebrows but tonight back behind bars with a $5 million cash bail it's likely he will stay there for a while. >> as you know the last bail released his family was able to pay $100,000 on that case and this was taken off the table the judge setting the $5 million cash bail the highest she says she has ever set. >> and cosmo dinardo is in jail. he faces the judge in a video conference but that the hearing did not center around the disappearance of the four men but the theft of one of their cars. they allege that he stole tam as meo's car and tried to sell it to a friend for $500 and was found at the property belonging to dinardo's family in solebury township. they argued that the da knew with this theft and should have brought the charges up beforehand but they wanted something to keep dinardo in jail because he was already in jail for firearms charges. dinardo's attorneys fought back arguing he was not a flight risk or threat.

. >> reporter: in buckingham township, i'm brandon hudson, nbc 10 news. >> you heard the district attorneyhe public for their help. >> today he also took the time to praise the search crews who spent five straight days looking for the victims' remains at the dinardo family farm in solebury township, a property that spans 90 acres. and police cadaver k-9s also key in the case. they picked up the scent of human remains 12 feet below ground. nbc 10 got a look at the work cadaver dogs do. this 5-year-old shepard named creed was not part of the bucks county mission but the only cadaver dog crediburrently on t force. creed is trained specifically to find human remains. >> we train in environments, everything from land, water, from a boat structure, fires. every search is different. every set of circumstances is different. every environment is different and they all play a major factor in the success of what a dog can and can't do. >> by the way, a dog's sense of smell is typically 40 times stronger than a human's. >>> count on nbc 10 to keep updating this killing spree 24 hours a day on the nbc

and "action news" reporter gray hall continues the team coverage now from buckingham township where that bail hearing for cosmo dinardo was held in the last hour. >> reporter: we can tell you that judge maggie snow was swift and her ruling was very severe as you heard sara say, she set a cash bail at $5 million, she says this the highest bail she ever set. just a few minutes ago inside of this bucks county district courtroom the person of interest, in 20-year-old cosmo dinardo faced the judge, no cameras allowed. wearing a tank top and glasses. it's centered around the theft of thomas meo's car. detectives say he tried to sell it for $500 and later found on the property. and today he faced the judge on the theft charges and they say that the da knew about this, and should have brought it up before of this. they wanted something to keep dinardo in jail because he was in jail for the unrelated firearms charges. they say he is a light risk and suffers from mental illness. they say he does not have a passport or prior criminal history the judge decided because of the gravity of this case she

buckingham township, pennsylvania, rick leaven thal, fox news. >> closer to home these three men arrested in the murder of two montgomery country high school students. roger garcia and edgar door see aall indecided on murder, robby and weapons charges from the doubling shooting of 17-year-old shady najjar and 18-year-old sdixt brof last mott: the teens killed on the night of their graduation met the men expecting to sell them graduation ticket. instead the snot their car. all three suspects are held without bond. >>> new details tonight on donald trump's jr.'s controversial meeting with a russian attorney last summer. house democrats want to revoke the security clearances of trump jr. and jared kushner because curbmer was also at the meeting with that russian attorney along with exsoviet counter intelligence officer. the whitehouse maintains it's being transparent. >> every single colleague i know here at the white house in administration, in the campaign, even if they don't serve here, lanl, said they're willing to cooperate and share whatever they know and whatever they have. >> head of

in buckingham township pennsylvania rick leventhal, fox news.>>> some new information surrounding that plane crash in mississippi we have learned that three of the 16 killed are from southern california the plane was carrying members from north carolina, to california when it crashed on monday. one of the men killed a 30-year- old captain shawn elliott. he attended uc davis and graduated in 2009 before joining the military. staff sergeant robert cox and 25-year-old staff sergeant chad tennyson of los angeles. they were also killed. the crash is still under the station. >>> the republican effort to repeal and replace obamacare appears tenuous with tworepublican senators already voicing opposition to the latest version of that healthcare bill. with 52 republicansenators and they can only afford one more defection in the bill has the chance of passing. susan collins of maine, rand paul out of kentucky have also said they will vote no. other republicans are expecting big doubts about the latest version of the bill. which was unveiled today. the changes include maintaining some obamacare ta

july 9th, the car of mark sturgis is found near peddler 's village in buckingham township. that same day police find meo 's koran dinardo's family property. meo's diabetic supplies that he realize on are still inside july 10th, construction equipment arrives to dig in the dinardo property, and cosmo dinardo is arrested on a unrelated gun charge. july 11th next day dinardo is named a person of interest and released from jail after his dad post bond. july 12th dinardo ace rested accused of stealing mayo's car , bail set at five million-dollar cash only. hours later the d.a. announced investigators found humane remains on the dinardo property, and identifies at least one remains as finocchiaro. of course around 5:00 last night we have learned dinardo confessed to four murders in exchange for promise that the prosecutors will not seek the death penalty. >>> we will continue to follow every facet of this case, when we're in the on the air stay with us on our web site at fox 29.com, as well as our fox 29 app. >>> people in chester county are venting about problems with their well

. >> reporter: this in buckingham township where they will be arraigned in just the next few minutescharges related to the murders of those four men who went missing here in bucks county. dinardo faces 24 counts including four counts of criminal homicide and conspiracy to commit criminal homicide, four counts of robbery to intphreugt serious body injury and four counts of abuse of a corpse. his alleged accomplish also 20, shawn michael kratz of philadelphia faces three counts of murder and conspiracy and abuse of a corpse and more. this coming after dinardo confessed yesterday to authorities revealing details of his crime spree, including the location of the bodies and the identity of his co-conspirator who authorities say helped dinardo shoot and kill three of the victims and helped bury him on dinardo's parents 80 acre farm. >> we have so much more to do to bring justice in this case. but i am very very relieved to say that we brought four young men one step closer to their loved ones so they can rest in peace. >> reporter: all four of the victims have been positively identified. t

lets go to gray hall live in buckingham township where cosmo dinardo is expected to be arraigned sometime today. >> reporter: well, sharrie interesting turn of of events this case continues to develop if you look over my shoulder. the arraignment happening here in district court. we are not sure when that will happen. i can tell that you moments ago i was inside of the courtroom and the proceeding and arraignment had not officially started yet. you heard walter say the person of interest in this case. dinardo 20 years old charged with stealing the car of thomas meo, that the district attorney says he tried to sell the car for $500 to one of his friends. inside of this courtroom we expect that arraignment to begin any minute and as it happens we'll bring you the latest details and this case continues to unfold. we are waiting for the video conference, the video arraignment of this person is of interest in this case. it's expected to happen any second we'll go inside of the courtroom and bring you back the information. >> thank you. >> lets switch live to sara bloomquist at the bensalem pol

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july 9th, sturgis' car is found near peddler's village in buckingham township.hat same day, police find meo's car on dinardo's family proper property. meo's diabetic supply that is he relies on are still inside. july 10th construction equipment arrives to dig into the dinardo property and cosmo dinardo is arrested on an unrelated gun charge. the next day, dinardo is named a person of interest and released from jail. after his dad posts bond. july 12th, dinardo is arrested accused of stealing meo's car. bail is set at $5 million cash only. hours later, the da announces investigators found human remains on dinardo property and identified at least one of those remains as finocchiaro. and then, of course, around 5:0d dinardo confessed to four murders -- >> i'm sorry. >> four murders in exchange for a promise that prosecutors will not seek the death penalty. >>> our coverage continues our crews are still digging for more information on a story that develops by the minute. we will of course bring you another live report in just minutes. >>> on your radar tonight, nast