the suspect 32-year-old cherie amoore appeared in montgomery county court today. napping charges. according to the criminal complaint, amoore told authorities her own baby died in february and that she felt like she was holding her own baby again when she took the seven week old. the baby's mother isn't buying it. >> i have a sister right here lost a child. you don't see her running around kidnapping people's kids to fill her void. she's dealing with it the way you supposed to. >> amoore is in jail tonight. herbal set at half a million dollars. she will be back in court april 15th. >>> a lehigh county crash that left five people dead is being blamed on driver error. upper macungie police say it was unsafe lane change that caused the crash on route 222 on marc march 2nd. the subaru legacy carrying advertisement co-workers went out of control crossed the median and was hit by tractor trailer it burst no names killing all five inside. >>> tonight in you decide republican presidential candidates making stops in pennsylvania. the move comes three weeks ahead of the keys

cherie amoore remains behind bars at this hour unable to immediately post a half million dollars cash bail. dawn? >> bruce, thank you. renee' amoore who you saw at court in support of her daughter does appear frequently as a political guest on "good day philadelphia". now we are learning more about her daughter cherie. police say she had been planning for a child in the months before the abduction. fox 29's karen hepp is in the newsroom. karen, you learned a lot more. >> reporter: she certainly had been registering for baby items. they even had a big baby shower back in december according to family friends and here's some more of what we learn. cherie amoore had at least two baby registries. and even had a baby shower on december 5th according to friends. on the bump website it shows is a due date of december 19th. friends were told she was having a boy. on the pottery barn kids registry someone bought a blue throw and cherie had requeste ra frame with the name mateen. his mother spoke with us and she says he never saw any baby till he came home from work last night and cherie placed

on behalf of your daughter no comment right now from the family. >> reporter: no comment from cherie amoore family or amoore herself as she appeared in court on her arraignment on kidnapping charges. >> she has told our investigators that she did not go to the mall with the intention to steel the baby. >> reporter: but tom noland said amoore is shown on surveillance video leaving the king of prussia mall with seven year-old ahsir simmons in her arms. noland said she made off with the baby after striking up a conversation with the mother. the mother was distracted while tend to go another child and amoore asked to pick up the baby. >> she did say no. at a later point mom was doing the best that she could and this person offered to help her out, and pick up the baby and this happened. >> reporter: detectives found ahsir at amoore's wayne apartment late thursday night. amoore told investigators that she had an out of body experience, and was overwhelmed by the feeling of holding than infant again. >> she told investigators that she gave birth to a baby boy february 11th which died a few hours

quickly and determine he was healthy. >> reporter: it was tips and this video that helped them find cherie amoore, six hours after the baby was kidnapped. police aamoore befriended a family, offered to hold the baby and calmed him while the mother was busy with another child. amoore took off with the 7 week old. after her arrest amoore said she was sorry and didn't know why she did it. >> she has told our investigators she did ghot to the mall with the intention to steal is baby. she told investigators she gave birth to a baby boy on february 11, which die add few hours later. we have not been able to confirm any of that story. >> reporter: we found two baby registries on line items for a baby boy. the due date is listed in december. >> she had on line a baby registry for december. she tells police february. was she ever pregnant? >> at the apartment no sign of any one there today including the man listed on the baby registries. again her public defender couldn't talk much about the evidence that police have against her. a family pastor was here at court, says he is asking for prayers for both fa

that's the question police are still trying to answer. >> cherie amoore is in jail. deanna durante has been following the investigation. she was in the courtroom as amoore faced kidnapping charges. did she have anything to say? >> reporter: not when she walked into court, no. according to police and these court documents she told them a lot as she was interviewed after her arrest. things like i was crazy, i didn't go to the mall to steal a baby, and i'm sorry. >> no apology? >> reporter: amoore shakes her head no. inside district court her sobs could be heard through a closed door. when she saw her family she immediately said i'm sorry. the woman is now in jail on a $500,000 bail. >> she has told our investigators that she did not go to the mall with the intention to steal a baby. she also told investigators that she gave birkt to a baby boy on february 11 which died a few hours later. we have not been able to confirm any of that story. >> reporter: police say they will look into the records and claims of pregnancy. we found two baby registries on line with items appe

she was unable to unable to post a a thousand dollar bail, cherie amoore, 27-year-old took the baby boy after social media response, police found the baby in tredyffrin township later thursday night. the mother was grateful to have her son back unharmed, but she told dann cuellar her world has been shaken. >>> from this situation, i don't want to go outside i don't to keep my kids inside where they are safe. i don't want to go nowhere. >>> court records reveal that cherie amoore told investigators she delivered a baby in february, but it died after birth. police have not confirmed the pregnant nancy and friends say they were skeptical of her claims. >>> the suspect is a part of a well-connected political family in pennsylvania. her mother is the ranking member of the state's republican party and a panelist on inside story. she issued a statement saying focus is on her health and wellness. >>> hundreds of thousands of you saw the picture of ashir and said tips helped in the case. make sure you're getting information all the time you should be following us at twitter and 6abc.com and 6abc

cherie amoore arrived -- or cherie amoore arrived at the district justices office in can king of prussiafter police say she kidnapped little ahsir simmons at the king of prussia mall last night. amoore is now behind bars on a half million dollars bail. "action news" reporter chad pradelli is live at the district justice's office. chad, what are the charges against amoore tonight? >> reporter: jim, amoore is charged with kidnapping unlawful restraint and other related charges. according to court records she told police she doesn't know why she did it. she can't explain it. cherie amoore said nothing amidst a gauntlet of reporters as she was escortd into district court where she was charged with kidnapping and other offenses. inside the courtroom she broke down and cried as she saw her parents sitting behind her. >> it's a very difficult day for everyone. it's difficult for her, it's difficult for her family. i mean, you saw her in the courtroom. she was, sharks shaken. >> reporter: police say amoore walked into the king of prussia mall yesterday engaged malekah hunter in conversation, the

. >>> "action news" was there, as alleged baby kidnapper cherie amoore had her first contact with the wheels of justice. they spun hard, and fast, for this three two-year old woman who was remand todd jail, on a half million-dollar bail. it is friday night, and the big story on "action news" tonight is the latest on the abduction and return of this seven week old baby. tonight, we are hearing from the baby's mother. "action news" reporter dann cuellar is live at the king of prussia mall where the kidnapping happened. dann, you have talk to malika hunter what is she thinking and what is she saying tonight. >> well, jim, malika hunter is telling me she has not been able to sleep since her ordeal. she's still in the state of shock and now fear about taking her children out in public. >> that was like one of the worst nights of my life. one of the worst nights. >> reporter: twenty-five year-old malika hunter describing her horrific nightmare at king of prussia mall where this woman three two-year old cherie amoore of tredyffrin township is accused of kidnapping her seven week old baby ahs

tonight, we learned the suspect is cherie amoore. 10 was outside the courtroom as she arrived to face kidnapping charges, now sitting in jail on a $500,000 bond. amoore told police she lost a baby earlier this year and when she saw the victim's child she only wanted to hold her son again. police still trying to confirm if that story is true. for the mother of the kidnapped child this all started as what seemed to be a routine encounter with another mother. >> before she knew it her baby was gone. she described the terrifying moments to aundrea cline-thomas. she joins us with more. >> reporter: today malika hunter tells me she is grateful for the support because she knows this could have turned out much worse. >> i'm so glad he is in my arms. i didn't know what the outcome of that situation was going to

is feeling after being reunited with her kidnapped baby taken from the king of prussia mall. 32 cherie amoore is accused of abducting ashir simmons after bee fringed his mother in the mall. amoore said in court she kidnapped the child to relieve the feeling of holder -- holding her own newborn and she said she lost in february. police have not confirmed she was pregnant. >>> there was no apology i would set for that. you can't apologize for that. >> reporter: your whole world must have fallen apart. >>> she took half of my world away, i have two children. my kids are my world and i couldn't imagine i don't want any mother to go through what i want through. >> reporter: the victim's baby was found at amoore's home, the child was not hurt. >>> we're updating 6abc.com with the latest information as it comes into the newsroom. you can see the pictures of the family reunion with the baby boy. >>> in camden police are searching for a man who shot and killed his mother. 38-year-old ira sanchez was shot in the stomach yesterday evening on the 1100 block of 18th street. she later died from her injurie

this is 32-year-old cherie amoore as she walked into court yesterday afternoon. prosecutors say she befriended ashir simmons' mother at the mall on thursday, despite her refusal to hold the 7 weekend old baby boy, the suspect picked him up and walked out of the mall. the baby and suspect were found in tredyffrin. the baby's mother tells dann cuellar her world was shaken. >>> i don't want to go outside, i just want to keep my kids in the house where they are safe. >> reporter: you don't trust anyone. >>> i don't trust no one. figure somewhere my kids are a target. i don't want to go nowhere. >>> court records reveal thatan february, but it died after birth. >>> hundreds of you saw the tip on the facebook and twitter page and tips from the public led to a happy conclusion in the case. make sure you're getting important and breaking information from "action news" all the time. you should follow us on twitter at 6abc.com and like us on facebook.com/6abc "action news" news. >>> from our new jersey newsroom this morning a search continues for a 20-year-old man accused

>> the suspect cherie amoore is the daughter of a pennsylvania republican party leader. amo amoore brought the baby from the mall to at th nearby holeme. police are checking into her medical records. authorities are holding amoore on half a million dollars cash bail for several felony charges including kidnapping. her preliminary hearing is scheduled for later this month on april 15th. now, after the kidnapping, it took some people about four hours to receive the official amber alert. nbc 10's monique braxton is following that part of the story from the digital operation center. fill us in, monique. >> what we're learning is it's a three-step process to get phone alerts to your phone in pennsylvania. the first step is that local police must notify state police and then state police notify the national center for missing children. then that group pushes out the alerts from washington d.c. upper marion's police chief says his department did what it needed to do quickly. >> the amber alert that went out through the upper marion police department went out within the first fe

. >> reporter: cherie amoore is daughter of the the renee a more, the amoore family is not speaking on camera but released a statement thanking people for their thoughts and prayers. the younger a more will appear before a judge april 15th. reporting from the sat center, david spunt for cbs-3 eyewitness as you. >>> stay with "eyewitness news" as new details emerge in the story, when we are not on tv we are on line the with the latest, cbs philly.com. >>> i 13 year-old boy is in stable condition after he was accidentally hit the by a police car. the officer was reportedly responding to an assist in the the area, when a child was hit at the intersection of the broad street and fairmount avenue. the boy was taken to the hahnemann hospital, the officer was not hurt. >>> police are investigating a homicide in philadelphia's nicetown neighborhood. now a a fire broke out in a row home, on the 1900 block of west bristol street around 7:00 last night. the fire fighters took 25 minutes to get the flames under control and then when the smoke cleared, fire fighters found a woman's dead body in the

. >> reporter: malika hunter said she's paranoid about losing her son again a day after cherie amoorerussia mall. hunter insists she never let amoore held her son and she took the infant from the stall era and ran away. she called 911. amoore said her infant son recently died and holding little ahsir helped ease the pain. >> you suffered a loss or whatever. but what you did to me it wasn't called for. >> reporter: police arrested amoore in tredyffrin township late last night, authorities say she voluntarily gave ahsir back to his family. >> i lost my sense of security out here right now. i don't feel safe out here. i don't feel my children are safe out here. i don't want to be out here. >> reporter: ahsir has no injuries, his mom told me i asked her point blank if she would consider forgiving this woman cherie amoore and she said absolutely not. she was firm on that statement. reporting live from port

police say this woman is cherie amoore, who appeared before a judge on friday and faces several charges. >> she has told our investigators that she did not go to the mall with the intention to steel a baby. >> reporter: malika hunter says that is what happened so amoore's attentions don't really matter. amoore started a friendly conversation in the mall. hunter a said she became distract tending to another child and amoore took ahsir out of his stroller and made the escape. >> she told investigators that she gave birth to a baby boy february 11th, which died a few hours later. we have not been able to confirm, any of that story. >> my sister suffered a loss, this is as well as you did but you don't see her running around, and children. >> there is no excuse to do what she did. >> police arrested amoore in wayne late thursday night. she voluntarily gave ahsir back to his family. according to court documents amoore told authorities she had a out of body experience and was overwhelmed by feeling of the holding an infant again. amoore's public defender had no comment when asked if his clien

we learned much more about that suspect cherie amoore and a possible motive behind this kidnapping.after a traumatic night at the king of prussia mall. seven week old ahsir simmons was reunited with his family late last night after police say he was taken by a stranger. >>> his mother expressed her gratitude for the public's help in finding her son. >> everybody that shared the pictures and the posts and everything, thank y'all so much for allowing me to get my baby back safe. >> it was a bad night. it was a hard bad night and i think this is real hard for somebody to go through. >> reporter: today we learned 32-year-old cherie a moore tredyffrin township is charged with kidnapping false imprisonment and other crimes. she's the daughter renee a moore a pennsylvania republican who appears a a panelist on inside story a 6abc public affairs show. she and other family members were in court this afternoon for the arraignment.

cherie amoore said nothing amidst a gauntlet of reporters as she was escortd into district court where she was charged with kidnapping and other offenses. inside the courtroom she broke down and cried as she saw her parents sitting behind her. >> it's a very difficult day for everyone. it's difficult for her, it's difficult for her family. i mean, you saw her in the courtroom. she was, sharks shaken. >> reporter: police say amoore walked into the king of prussia mall yesterday engaged malekah hunter in conversation, then walked off with seven week old ahsir simmons. >> she has told our investigators that she did not go to the mall with the intention to steal a baby. >> reporter: this was the scene last night as hunter was reunited with her unharmed son. police tracked down amoore at her wayne home after receiving tips and other leads. ahsir's mother was thankful for the public's help. >> first off i would like to thank god for allowing my baby to come back and i want to give a special thanks to the upper merion township police department and everybody on social media that helped me get

the district attorney says cherie amoore posted the cash needed for her to leave the prison. she is scheduled for a preliminary hearing next friday. investigators say she is the woman in this surveillance video carrying the 7 week old boy out of the mall a week ago. the mother says amoore befriended her, then followed her family to the food court before stealing the baby right from his stroller. >>> nouf to new information on this week's deadly derailment. federal railroad administration says amtrak workers weren't following basic safety rules when the crash occurred. amtrak has been ordered to retrain workers on basic safety rules. today's directive stated federal and inter. internal regulations were not followed. >> a committee passed new rescue legislation today that would allow atlantic city to self-govern. a move governor christie said he will not endorse. he said he will fight against north jersey casinos if trenton does not control the purse strings. the assembly speaker could post today's modify billed for a vote as early as monday. >>> the national champion villanova

. >> the suspect cherie amoore is the daughter of a pennsylvania republican party leader. police say amoore brought the baby from the mall to a nearby home. the man who lives there declined to comment yesterday. the suspect told investigators she gave birth in february to a baby who died a few hours later. police are now looking into her medical records to confirm that. authorities are holding amoore on several felony charges including kidnapping. her preliminary hearing is scheduled for april 15th. >>> if you downloaded our app, you probably noticed there were several hours between when we first notified you of the kidnapping and when the official amber alert went out. nbc 10's monique braxton has some answers about why there was a delay. monique? >> many people learned about the kidnapping of ahsir through their smartphones. take a look at what we learned in the past couple days. we're looking into why the alarm sounded nearly four hours after the 7 week old was captured on mall security cameras leaving the ball with a stranger. we found getting an amber alert to your ce

>> the suspect, cherie amoore is the daughter of a pennsylvania republican party leader. police say amoore brought the baby from the mall to a need ar home. she told investigators she gave birth to baby in february who died a few hours later. police are checking into her medical records. police are holding amoore on several felony charges including kidnapping. her preliminary hearing is scheduled for april 15th. >>> this morning we're taking a closer look at why it took so long for an amber alert to go out after the kidnapping. many of you watched the abduction investigation unfolding in real time as we brought you this story first on tv and through nbc 10's social media accounts. for many smartphone users, the amber alert notification didn't pop up until four hours after the baby was taken. monique braxton is live with details. >> first of all, let us explain to you it is a three-step process to get those phone alerts out in pennsylvania. take a look at what we've been able to gather after doing some digging. local authorities first notify state police and they notify th

three two-year old cherie amoore posted half million-dollar bail to secure her release.aby was found unharmed in her apartment last friday. court records suggest that amoore may have been motivated by grief from losing a a pregnancy but investigators have not yet confirmed that to be true. >>> princeton's mens lacrosse coach has been fired for elbowing a player on the team. video from the game sat take in the issuing there will begins brown university, seemingly shows coach chris bates throwing an elbow, there, as the player was running off field. the player was not hurt. bates led princeton to three ivy league titles over his seven season with the tigers. would only say is there more to the story then what appears in the 52nd clip. >>> pennsylvania governor tom wolf says that companies doing business with the state cannot discriminate anymore against gay, lesbian and transgendered residents. he signed an executive order in harrisburg this afternoon affecting state contractors and grant recipients under his jurisdiction, a bill to ban such employment and housing and publ

police say the woman in this surveillance video is cherie amoore.he appeared before a judge on friday and faces several charg charges. >> she has told our investigators that she did not go to the mall with the intention to steal baby. >> reporter: but malika hunt says that's what happened. so a moore's intentions don't really matter. hunter told "eyewitness news" that amoore started a friendly conversation in the mall. hunter says she became distrac distracted tendon to go another child and amoore told ahsir out of his stroller and made the escape. >> she told investigators she gave birth to a bobby bay on february 11th which died a few hours later. we have not been able to confirm any of that story. my sister suffered the loss just as well as did you but you don't see her running around tabling people's children much that's no excuse. it's no excuse to do what you did. >> reporter: police arrested amoore in wayne late thursday night. authorities say she voluntarily gave the back to his family. according to court documents amoore told authorities sh

police say the woman in this surveillance video is cherie amoore.he appeared before a judge on friday and faces several charg charges. >> she has told our investigators that she did not go to the mall with the intention to steal baby. >> reporter: but malika hunt says that's what happened. so a moore's intentions don't really matter. hunter told "eyewitness news" that amoore started a friendly conversation in the mall. hunter says she became distrac distracted tendon to go another child and amoore told ahsir out of his stroller and made the escape. >> she told investigators she gave birth to a bobby bay on february 11th which died a few hours later. we have not been able to confirm any of that story. my sister suffered the loss just as well as did you but you don't see her running around tabling people's children much that's no excuse. it's no excuse to do what you did. >> reporter: police arrested amoore in wayne late thursday night. authorities say she voluntarily gave the back to his family. according to court documents amoore told authorities sh

after being reunited with her kidnapped baby taken from the king of prussia mall. 32-year-old cherie amoore is accused of abducting ashir simmons after befriending his mother in the mall. police have not confirmed that she had been pregnant. the baby's mother spoke to dann cuellar. you can apologize all you want, there is no apology for that. you can't apologize for that. >> reporter: your whole world must have fallen apart. >>> she took half of my world away, i have two children. my kids are my world. i couldn't have ever imagineed any mother would go through what i want through. >>> that baby was found at amoo r's home. the baby was not hurt. you can get pictures at 6abc.com and keep up with the police investigation. >>> police are looking for a man who shot and killed his mother. 38-year-old ira sanchez was shot in the stomach yesterday evening on the 1100 block of 18th street. her daughter tells "action news" she witnessed her brother padro sanchez pulling the trigger. family and friends are pleading with him to turn himself into police. >>> police in radnor are ready for anything as th

here is the suspect, cherie amoore being held on 500 thousand dollars bail. due back in court for a preliminary hearing on april 15th. >>> happening now, an investigation into a deadly crash in montgomery county. you can see crews working on the pole that police say a driver crashed into. they say the driver was going 105 miles an hour in a 35 miles an hour zone along main street in red hill. investigators say the car hit the pole and then caught on fire. police are looking into the circumstances surrounding the crash. >>> the brandywine valley spca and state police are trying to find whoever shot and killed two dogs. according to the spca, a downingtown resident noticed her two dogs oliver and buddha, notice they were they were missing from the yard, unfortunately dead al saw million road. a $1,000 reward is offered for information lead to go an arrest. >>> 7:07. safety concerns in a wilmington neighborhood after two murders this weekend and fears of retaliation. local officials are in the taking this lightly. they gather with cooler scary, lease and communi

. >> the suspect cherie amoore is the daughter of a republican party leader. oore brought the baby from the mall to a nearby home. the suspect told investigators that she gave birth in february to a baby who died a few hours later. police are now looking into her medical records to confirm that. in the meantime, authorities are holding amoore on several felony charges including kidnapping. her bail is set at half million dollars cash. her preliminary hearing is scheduled for april 15th. >>> if you downloaded the nbc 10 app, there was several hours that lapsed from the time we first notified you of the kid p kidnapping and when the official amber alert went out. nbc 10's monique braxton has more on that delay. >> it's a three-step process in getting phone alerts out in the state of pennsylvania. first of all, local police have to notify state police. then the next step is the state police notify the national center for missing children. that group pushes out the alerts from washington d.c. the police chief says his department did what it needed to do quickly. >>

. >>> "action news" was there, as alleged baby kidnapper cherie amoore had her first contact with the they spun hard, and fast, for this three two-year old woman

the district attorney says cherie amoore posted the cash needed for her to leave the manage prison. she is carrying the mall out of the mall a week ago. the mother says amoore had befriended her, then followed her family to the food court before stealing the baby from his stroller. >>> to decision 2016 now, the push for pennsylvania stays focused here on philadelphia. both bernie sanders and bill clinton holding duelling campaign events here at the state's primaries draw closer of it bernie sanders took his turn addressing labor leaders at the pennsylvania convention center. the day after his rival hillary clinton made a pitch of her own, former president clinton campaigned for his wife this afternoon at the dorothy emmanuel rec center. it didn't go as planned. >> wait a minute. now you're screaming. >> protesters were there to meet the former president when he spoke this afternoon. nbc 10's lauren mayk is live in east mount airy. >> right in our back yard. it continues. >> reporter: the former president held this campaign rally here today for his wife. he has been doing this in imp

cherie amoore posted bail, she was being held on half million-dollar after authorities say she snatched a seven week old boy from the mother in the mall food court last week. police later found amoore in her tredyffrin township apartment. she's facing kidnapping charges. >>> west chester youth students under arrest accused of sexually assaulting another student inside a parking garage. austin eat i is in police cuss to the i. a female student said that she was attacked inside of the new street garage on april 1st. investigators say witness ran over to help when the man jumped out of the parked garage window. police say surveillance video helped them under file the suspect. >>> search is on for vandals caused thousands of dollars of damage in the a body shop in northeast philadelphia they smashed windshield in the 20 cars and trucks in the parking lot at maaco on wednesday night. damage costing $10,000 they belong to customers. owners at the body shop and neighboring businesses say this isn't the first time, that they had a problem. >> once a month we get something to happens to the vehi

police were later led to 32-year-old cherie amoore she was with the baby inside her tredyffrin townshipment. amoore is being held on half million dollars bond. >>> disturbing story out of chester county brand wine valley spca and state police are trying to figure out who killed two dogs. officials tell us it appears the dogs were shot. according to the spca a downing ton resident noticed her two dogs oliver and budha were missing from their yard. search team later found the dogs dead along saw mill road. $1,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to an arrest. >>> republican candidate john kasich talks fighting isis at a campaign event here in his home state of pennsylvania. the governor made a stop in hershey today. kasich called on other nations in the gulf to help fight the war on terror. >> these radicals want to destroy those muslims. they want to take those countries down. okay. so we need to have them in a coalition. because we don't want just us going to destroy isis. >> the presidential -- pennsylvania presidential primary is april 26th. >>> a transgender man tak