"action news" reporter vernon odom is live at colwyn borough hall tonight.non. >> reporter: jim paula brown says she is now a whistle-blower exposing corruption here. the former mayor of darby borough has been colwyn's business manager for more than a year now. this morning county detectives seized more financial records from the colwyn borough hall. part of an ongoing investigation into how this tiny town's money has been spent by various public officials here. >> crazy. >> reporter: during a chaotic borough council meeting last night a fashion of the council voted to fire borough manager paula brown who locked herself in the borough hall this morning saying she was ousted for cooperating with the corruption probe by gathering and protecting the reams of files going back years which she claims will show widespread misuse of public funds. >> there's been $1.1 million misappropriated funds in the last few years. so a lot of records inseed here and i have a duty to protect them. >> i hope the authorities step in. i hope somebody steps in, the d.a. the cid the

live in colwyn, david henry channel6 "action news. jim. >> all right david thank you. >>> can coming up on "action news" tonight jordan spieth has taken the golf world by storm with a master's win yesterday. and there is family pride rooted back here in the delaware and lehigh valleys. >>> the phillies head north to take on the mets in a new york matinee. ducis rodgers with that story tonight. >> we've had three beautiful spring days in a row but now i'm tracking rain on the way. i'll have details on the timing and where to expect the heaviest rain in the full accuweather forecast. >> those stories and more when "action news" continues tonight. >> he is the latest great thing in professional golf. 21-year-old jordan spieth tied the scoring record in winning the masters this weekend at augusta and his tweet at 7:18 this morning said it all. well i'm glad that wasn't a dream. and while spieth is a native of dallas we have learned he has close family in pennsylvania, specifically in bethlehem and narberth. live in bethlehem tonight is le

we are live here in colwyn borough, justin finch cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> justin, thank you. happening today the philadelphia woman accused of abandoning her disable son is expected to appear in court for an extradition hearing. nia parlor currently in the custody of maryland police, she had been receiving medical treatment there. police say that parlor left her quadriplegic son in the woods near cobbs creek then took off for maryland with her boyfriend. >> authorities in monmouth county new jersey are investigating a swatting incident captured live on line. now there is man who will only id himself as fist pump, he was live streaming video when heavily armed police officer arrived at his monmouth county home sunday. key port police say that they've received anonymous call claim ago man was holding hostages, than he had stabbed his girlfriend. after checking things out they determined that call was a hoax. >> another coyote attack in north jersey to tell you b bergin county man says he was walking his growing a coyote bit him on the leg second attack this month. man went to t

matt delucia is live in colwyn with fallout from that. the council president was fired, a new one installed. what is he saying this morning? >> reporter: he says they got rid of a faction on the council borough quote, causing trouble. here's a look at what happened right here last night. >> if you want the keys get a cop. >> reporter: after some fighting there, the council approved the firing of the borough code enforcer and then the president tried to adjourn the meeting. before there was a vote on that the remaining council members held their own meeting voting to fire the borough manager who has been vocal at accusing council members of misappropriating funds. well, after firing brown, the councilman fred lesher was voted in as president. here's what he told harry hairston after the meeting adjourned. >> i'm trying to move the borough forward. and you're not going to move the borough forward when you have somebody overriding everybody that everything is said. every little idea. >> reporter: the council president is calling this a coup.

they are the high people in this area of colwyn and they need to get it together for colwyn. >> reporter: paula brown hopes her job will be restored. it's a personnel matter. so none of the council members wanted to give much detail, if any, on the record. paula brown says the other option is to file for unemployment. there is a district attorney investigation into the alleged misappropriation money. doug shimell, nbc 10 news. >>> a mother and 5-year-old are safe after chester police say an ex-boyfriend held them hostage at gunpoint. police arrested allen freeman. detectives say the investigation actually began at a local school. two kids told a resource officer that a man broke in through their baste window. s.w.a.t. teams closed surrounding streets and rushed in when they heard screams coming from inside. >> two hostages and armed gunman who threatened to kill the police if they arrived on scene. >> allen free is charged with assault and other crimes. they are recommending a a protection order for his ex-boyfriend. >>> abandoned with only a blanket and bible. this evening we have new i

colwyn borough council meeting once again got heated. and tonight it included bags of what some say are shredded documents. "eyewitness news" reporter todd quinones has the play by play. >> tears payroll sheets from -- from the colwyn borough police department. they should never be shredded. >> reporter: former borough manager paul brown pulled no punches causing the sledding of borough documents illegal. these bags were diss covered monday in a dumpster near a park. >> when you're under investigation you don't sled anything. >> reporter: after another contentious council meeting brown's opponents on council argued the supposed shredded documents are bogus. >> there's nobody did any shredding of borough documents or anything like that. absolutely not. >> there was no documents shredded today. >> reporter: brown lost her job earlier this month when a divide council voted to eliminate her position in what was being called a cost cutting move. but brown seize herself as a whistleblower who had been targeted delaware county district attorney

nbc 10's matt delucia is live in colwyn. matt, we have been following the heated exchanges between council members for months but tell us what happened last night. >> reporter: it was heated again last night with a councilman making a motion to fire the code enforcer and then it got ugly. take a look. >> you want the keys get a cop. >> reporter: after some fighting the council approved the firing and then the president tried to adjourn the meeting. well, before there was a vote on that the remaining council members held their own meeting voting to fire borough manager paula brown who has been vocal as of late accusing council members of misappropriating funds. after firing brown, the council voted in fred lesher as council president. paul muser who walked into the meeting as president last night said as far as he's concerned he still is the council president despite there being a forum at the meeting. he argues what happened illegal and calls this a coup. >> i've been in politics 42 years. i think i have the most longevity f

colwyn. >> reporter: if you're looking for fireworks, head over to city hall in colwyn. this was in response to the firing of manager paula brown. very controversial there. "nbc 10" investigators were the first to show you the chaos that happened last thursday. last night they reaffirmed the decision to let brown go as a cost-saving measure. >> eliminated the borough job to cut spending. >> that speaks volumes that they are not confident enough to run a government. the governor needs to come down here. somebody needs to come down here. >> reporter: also last night the council president authorized the locks of the borough hall to come down and change the locks. they're expected to be at borough hall at 9:00 this morning. paula brown for her part said she'll be there to pick up her belongings and papers she expects to give to the da. live in the digital operations area i'm vai sikahema. >>> police are involving a crash involving a car and motorcycle in camden county. it happened on black wood c

>>> on to this a coup in colwyn. we have been following the fiery exchanges between council members there in colwyn and now it took a heated turn. nbc 10 was at the meeting with tensions boiling over last night. matt delucia is live with details and video of this exclusive exchange. matt, tell us what happened there. >> reporter: that's right, chris. it started with one councilman making a motion to fire the code enforcer and it got uglier from there. >> if you want the keys get a cop. >> reporter: after the fighting there, the council approved the firing and then the president tried to adjourn the meeting. before there was a vote on that the remaining council members held their own meeting planning to fire the borough president vocal as of late accusing council members of misappropriating funds. after firing brown, the council voted in fred lesher as council president. this is not the first time we have seen fighting among council members. there's a history here that we have been following the last few months. paul

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the political dysfunction in colwyn continues. friday embattled possibly fired borough manager paula brown speaking out after she locked herself in her office for nearly 24 hours. saturday it was her alli mayor michael blue claiming borough bills won't be paid if she's dismissed leaving police cars unable to get gas and today it was council president fred lesher's turn. >> gasoline thing is not a problem the problem is politics. >> councilman lesher showed documents to say there is the money. revenge by former employees led to vendors suspending borough accounts and this latest mess will bed dressed during executive session tomorrow. >> it will be civil. i won't put up with creams and hollering. it will be civil. >> the mayor says it's true the cash is there and claims the accounts were frozen because of the borough's unstability. brown's name is or was on those accounts. >> we're not thinking about the borough they're thinking about money. they were thinking about the borough, if they were, this would never have made this decisio

financial problems persist in colwyn borough. we'll tell you what may prevent the police from going on patrol. >>> let's take a live look now over the center city skyline. we are in store for a sunny sunday and warmer temperatures. >>> good morning and welcome back to nbc 10 news today. i'm rosemary connors. it's just before 6:30 on this sunday. we'll get to that breaking news in just a moment but first let's check in with meteorologist brittney shipp. brittney looking at that picture of the skyline, not a cloud in sight. >> we'll see plenty of sunshine today and calmer conditions. a lot calmer than what we saw yesterday. it's a beautiful sunday a beautiful way to end your weekend, and that is a gorgeous shot at cape may as the sun continues to come up. let's take a look at the temperatures. a few of our locations are under a frost advisory and coatesville's included in that so is reading. temperatures there below freezing in both locations. 31 in allentown, 28 in quakertown, only 40 degrees in philadelphia. 38 in wilmington. jus

financial problems persist in colwyn borough. we'll tell you what may prevent the police from going on patrol. >>> a live look now at the center city skyline. we are in store for a sunny sunday and warmer temperatures. the question how high will they go? we'll talk about it next in the nbc 10 first alert forecast. good morning. this is nbc 10 news today. i'm rosemary connors. it's 5:30 on this sunday. meteorologist brittney shipp is tracking the dry and sunny conditions later on. right now, though brittney temperatures a little bit cool. >> some temperatures are close to freezing. so parts of our area under a frost advisory at least until 8:00 a.m. here's a live look outside right now. we are going to see plenty of sunshine, we are starting off with clear skies and light winds. you can see the flags are barely moving on top the aramark building. here's a closer look at the frost advisory. we basically have a cold morning ahead of us so cover your sensitive plants. hopefully you covered your sensitive plants. we just have a few mo

and i have a duty to protect the residents of colwyn. that's what i'm doing. >> reporter: is it legal to keep elected officials from their own borough hall? >> these are criminals. >> we have seen something like this nearly ten years ago when you were working at darby. is this a repeat of that where you are going to barricade yourself in and claim that you are still working when you have been fired? >> i'm not barricaded in. i am the borough manager. i have not been fired. the meeting was adjourned. they decided to appoint fred lesher's wife in my position after the fact. >> reporter: you're going back in to lock the door. >> i am. >> reporter: she's going to continue working. she's working and has not been fired. we'll see exactly what happens later today when other council members try to come to this borough hall. for the investigators, harry hairston "nbc 10 news." >>> 6:06. happening today, a philadelphia judge will set the date for a priest's third trial on child sex charges. father andrew mccormick is accused of molesting an 11-yea

>> colwyn employs about half a dozen police officers. the borough's fire department is facing the same gas supply problem. >>> candidates running for mayor of philadelphia are making the most of a very busy weekend. five of the six democratic hopefuls attended an immigration forum in spring garden yesterday. leaders from the city's immigrant communities hosted the event. questions from the audience ranged from employment to health care. also yesterday, future voters posed questions to all seven candidates, at a youth mayoral summit in manayunk. big brothers big sisters in southeastern pennsylvania invited 150 kids to the forum. the topics there included jobs and education. the campaign continues this morning. most to have the candidates for mayor will be at a forum at the center for human excellence in cedar brooke. it just began at 10:00. the universal muslim business association sponsored the event. we are counting down to the important dates on our nbc 10 election calendar. here's what you need to know. tuesday may 19th is the primary

. >> more chaos in colwyn. contentious council meeting ends with the outspoken manager of the delaware county borough voted out of a job again. as "eyewitness news" reporter todd quinones tells you, that was just the beginning of the. >> you will not intimidate me. >> the screaming and shouting outside borough hall grew so intense recalling the pennsylvania state police were called in to back up the colwyn police department. >> the controversy; paula brown, now former borough manager and treasurer who is out after job. >> this is such a shame for the colwyn taxpayers. because there is no order in this town, there is no control over the financial matters. >> during a executive session monday evening, council confirmed the vote to eliminate brown's position, and also nominate councilman fred letter tow board president during contentious meeting thursday night was legitimate. it the issue tonight was we eliminated the borough manager job, to cut spending. >> but brown and her allies on council called the vote ille

. >> new tonight more chaos in colwyn.he outspoken manager of the delaware county borough was voted out of a job again during a contentious council meeting and that is was just the beginning. "eyewitness news" reporter todd quinones is life in colwyn with the fallout tonight. todd? >> reporter: jessica the accusations here are flying and emotions once again have boiled over. this comes as district attorney here is investigating the borough's finances. >> you don't have nothing to -- robin you -- >> you will not intimidate me. >> reporter: screaming and shouting outside borrow hall grew so intense the pennsylvania state police were called in to back up the colwyn police depth. >> check my paper work, paula. you not going to drag me like you dragged him. >> reporter: controversial surrounds paula brown the now former borrow manager and treasurer out of a job. >> this is such a shame for the colwyn taxpayers. because there is no order in this town. there is no control over the financial matters. >> reporter: during an executi

account used by colwyn police department used to fill up their vehicles has been sus sended. the boro manager is in charge of paying those bills but company that supplies the fuel is unsure when or if, they will get paid. mayor michael blue says this whole thing is outrageous. >> the police vehicles is barely running, on a limp leg, you know and a now they don't have no gas. how is they go to go patrol in case we get an emergency in colwyn. >> in the interim the police and fire departments will to have use their own money to fill up their vehicles. colwyn boro council will hold an emergency meeting come monday night. >>> well some future voters had a chance today to take their concerns directly to the next mayor of philadelphia. more than 100 young people turnout for a forum in manayunk to ask questions of the mayoral candidates. these teenagers touched on a bunch of issues including education, jobs, gun law reform and mentorship with health and wellness. summit was sponsored by big brothers, big sisters organization. >>> in case you needed a least minder that it really is sp

. >>> the brutal manager of colwyn delaware county left the office for the weekend. but that was a lot more complicated than it sounds by the way that borough manager paula brown given her past it should be no surprise she find herself at center of political fire storm. ken has the story. >> there's a tough workweek and then there's one paula brown had. friday she walked out of colwyn borough hall unsure if still burrow manager. >> i'm still working. >> brown locked her saevrl in the office after political gainsmanship political council meeting thursday night. >> this is crazy. >> led to four member majority voting to fire her and code enforcement director. which leaves only one employee left in the building. mayor michael blue who stands with brown says he's considering declaring a state of emergency. >> people elected us to did a job. not to see it borough get sinked under again. >> the ement battled borough manager refusal to leave is a tactic she used before. in 2004 mayor of darby borough locked herself in the office during a fight with the police chief this tim

live in colwyn, david henry channel6 "action news."avid thank you. >>> a a hostage standoff shut down a city block in chester today. two children in the chester-upland school district told the teacher their mother and five-year-old brother were being held at gun point this morning. police and swat responded to the home near 22nd and howard streets and tried to talk to the armed suspect. after two hours of negotiations the neighbor reported hearing the woman being attacked. swat teams rushed in and arrested the suspect now identified as allen freeman. freeman is now facing a number of charges including assault. the mother and child are okay. >>> a kensington restaurant became the scene of a crime for the second time in less than a week last night. surveillance cameras captured a young man walking into the business then heading downstairs. police say once in the basement the suspect forced open oh an office door and swiped a bag of money. last monday cameras captured a woman stealing a backpack from the same restaurant. the customer left

but around here that's becoming the new normal in colwyn.kers were seen changing the locks on colwyn borough hall less than an hour after its embattled borough manager paula brown was fired. >> idiots up there. >> that's brown storming from the meeting after being fired. her duties handled over to the city's receptionist she along with code enforcement director dan rutland were let government council of a town avenue third avenue mile long says the move was to safe money. >> eliminated the borough manager job to cut spending. >> reporter: brown says she was fired because of political pay back. >> ratted them out. so we're getting fired. that's retaliation. >> reporter: she's trying to blow the whistle on what she calls more than a million dollars of illegal spending by borrow council. claim delaware county district attorney has been investigating for more than a year. brown and others want the state to step in to fix the troubled town of 2500 people. >> the way this town is being investigated by -- i heard today the governor is involved in c

only nbc 10 is there at the colwyn city council meeting spirals out of control. good morning welcome to "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm chris cato. we are following an accident on the schuylkill expressway as well. but we'll start with bill henley and the first alert forecast. >>> the threat of severe weather is for later today. ahead of it we get a big warm up with temperatures up 30 degrees over yesterday. right now wet weather, fog and low clouds. that's a live view of center city from the adventure aquarium. it's a first alert weather day for the potential for late afternoon and evening. severe storms with not only damaging winds but possibly hail and heavy rain as well. right now we're seeing some thunderstorm activity. upper burlington county the storms are moving off to the northeast moving through chesterfield right now. the storms are getting started in the pocano mountains where steadier rain is. but you can see you're getting a break in the rainfall for wilmington, dover and now cape may as well. so not going to be the all-day rainfall.

. >>> new at 6:00 future of colwyn boro's manager could be decided tonight. paula brown barricaded herself in the office after she says council fired her illegally during a chaotic meeting. "eyewitness news" reporter todd quinones is live in colwyn with new information todd. >> reporter: right now the the situation here is about as clear as mud boro manager says she has in idea if she's still employed here. council in this meeting right new to try to sort this whole thing out. colwyn boro manager paula brown says she has been packing up her personal belongings and getting ready to leave. >> unaudible. >> reporter: thursday night's motions ran high and verbal altercations broke out when council members and brown. board voted to eliminate her position but brown and her allies said the vote wasn't valid because meeting had been adjourn. brown spent the night locked in her office. she said she needed to protect documents and evident for the the district attorney's investigation in the finances of the boro. colwyn currently right now is 1.1 million-dollar in the r

here in the tiny borough of colwyn they owe $1 million in unpaid bills. the council voting to get rid of the manager but she protested, locking herself inside the office saying that firing was illegal. for almost 24 hours, paula brown never left the borough hall. despite being fired, she had food delivered to her office window and kept working after being told to get out. >> they have to go to court to do that so they have to get an injunction. >> reporter: but by close of business friday elected officials went in. they convinced her to come out but that doesn't mean her protest is over. even after all this paula brown says she'll be back to work come monday. >> i'm still working. >> why did you decide to leave then? >> i need a shower i need dinner. >> but you will come to work on monday? >> mm-hmm absolutely. >> reporter: whether she'll actually have a job is still unclear. >> this man threatened to fire me. >> reporter: she was officially let ego in a contentious and controversial meeting. >> the borough manager was eliminated due to financial, and tha

>> colwyn employees about half a dozen police officers. the borough's fire department is facing the same gasoline supply problem. >>> this week the trial will continue for six former philadelphia narcotics officers who are accused of kidnapping extortion, and drug dealing. investigators say the officers used their positions to intimidate, beat and rob drug dealers. but in opening statements last week, defense attorneys argued that there is no evidence to back up those claims. the corruption trial is expected to take months. if convicted, the suspects could face life in prison excuse me. meanwhile, the city is also facing dozens of civil lawsuits connected to this criminal case. >>> just in time for your summer road trips, you could be saving more money at the gas perform. we'll have the details, next. >>> good morning. i'm first alert meteorologist, brittney shipp. a cold start to the morning, but as we head into the afternoon, temperatures will push into the high 60s. here's a live look outside right now. as you can see not a cloud in the

it's a crisis over colwyn's finances. "nbc 10's" matt delucia will explain what's happening and what will happen tonight. matt? >> reporter: tracy, some of the residents are hoping some of the arguing will stop. that is at least the intention, trying to resolve some of that dispute with the special meeting. thursday night's council meeting, they voted to fire manager paula brown to save money. she called the action illegal and stayed in her office throughout the night. after the delaware county d.a.'s office brought out documents from the building questions started to swirl. >> we're going around to the vendors and telling the vendors that we're not going to be able to pay them. then they look in the paper and see that we're $1 million in the hole. we have money to operate this town. we have money to make payroll. we have money to buy gasoline. >>> despite that, the borough is under state supervision. they're investigating those claims of mismanagement. borough president paula brown said she will be back at work. in the e

." >>> now to local chaos in kol colwyn. it's part of what the mayor called a crisis over colwyn's crisis. we saw paula brown fired. she showed up last friday morning and she plans to show up for work again this morning, right? >> reporter: that is correct, chris. there is a special meeting tonight to discuss the fate of paula brown. you might remember on thursday night council members voted to fire her as a way to save money. brown called the action illegal and stayed in her office all night. she eventually left. the saga continued. after they brought documents out of the building questions about struggling finances continue to swirl. council manfred lescher have been telling vendors that the burrow can't pay bills. a local gas station stopped paying its bills. the burrow is under state supervision because of a million dollar short fall. there are questions about finances and mismanagement. we come back to burrow manager paula brown. she'll be back here later this morning. she will come to work and pack her belongings in th

police had to break up this heated argument after a government meeting in colwyn. we were the first to show you the chaos unfolding. denise is live in colwyn tonight where there is already signs of change. >> yes, a locksmith came and changed the locks to send the message that she is done. >> the chaos spilled outside on to the street. yelling matches involved paula proun, browne herself and anyone else who saw fit to speak out. >> you know. >> it is absurd for this tiny town that we are to have this much angst to to carry on. >> it is following this heating council meeting when the council fired brown. they emerged from a closed door executive meeting tonight and said no comment. >> the new council president says the decision to fire brown will not change. >> that speaks volumes that they are not competent enough to run a government. the governor needs to come down here, someone needs to come down here. >> the council president authorized for the locks on the hall to be changed. brown is concerned about the measured taken to keep her out when she questioned their

>> nbc 10 is following the latest chaos in colwyn.re the first to report on the heated meeting in the delaware county bureau. the council tried to get rid of manager brown. brown claims her firing was not legal. this morning she still showed up for work. >> doug burrow leaders are hoping to resolve this tonight? >> reporter: the way they resolve issues in colwyn is a lot different than the way they resolve issues elsewhere. paula brown was going through the motions. she opened up like she did everything. and then packed up her belongs. >> you pack up and go home and see if you can get a call back? >> the first thing i'm going to do is file for unemployment. >> reporter: >> the inmates have taken over the insane asylum. >> this is the payroll. time sheet for crossing guards. >> reporter: paula brown claims her firing was illegal. someone has to sign the checks. >> my husband is a crossing guard. >> you have 13 crossing guards who don't know whether to go to work or not, which puts kids at risk. >> well, they need to go to work. i'm sur

the district attorney said he is aware of many issues with colwyn. they are still under investigation. brown has a message for the da. >> please hurry up and do what needs to be done. >> reporter: monday they expect to have a closed session to discuss the manager position, brown shid said she'll be there and working here this weekend taking care of business. kenneth moten channel 6 "action news." >> some of the candidates of the mayor of philadelphia met with parents in center city. the candidates was held at fox chase school. the issues discussed school funding and policing strategies and balancing diverse demands. >>> we have saving with 6abc coming up. >>> crews are working to clear giant rocks blocking a road in ohio. >> reporter: that's a huge problem. coming up in weather after a miserably chilly week, the sunshine returns with milder temperatures, i'll have the details in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. (vo) at jennie-o, we heard of a place in iowa where every thursday people ride ten miles for tacos. we thought we'd show up and

then chillier with rain monday. >>> the chaos continues in colwyn.the former borough manager went to clear out her office she was cleared away. what she says is in the officer that the prosecutors need to see. >> we'll tell you stores handing out previews for settling up with uncle sam. ♪ ♪ wow something sounds sweet in here!!!! ♪ ♪ need a little honey in the bowl. yeah!!! badabopbopbopa!!! no? must be the honey!!! >>> it's 5:24. fast food workers joining a national strike for a boost in national average. workers are going to walk off the job. students will be joining this rally. organizers say a $15 minimum wage will help graduate students avoiding poverty. >>> taking advantage of tax day. if you've already filed your return, you can sit back relax and cash in. cnbc's landon doughty talks about this on cnbc business news. good morning, landon. >> hey rosemary. does tax day have you down? several restaurants and retailers are offering freebies to help relieve your stress. buy one individual meal and get a second one free. pizza hut is offering a pizz

you're looking at colwyn town hall in borough county. on the agenda financial crisis allegations of mismanagement and a borough manager who won't quit. this will focus on paula brown. several members voted to fire manager paula brown as a way of saving money. brown called the action illegal and she stayed in her office all night. she says she'll come back to work this morning. the saga has continued to unfold throughout the weekend after the delaware county da's office brought out documents, questions about struggling finances have swirled. >> people are going around to the vend oors and telling the vendors that we're not going to be able to pay them. then they look in the paper and see we're $1 million in the hole. we have money to on pefr rate this town. we have money to make payroll. we have money to buy gasoline. >> now council member argues that colwyn has $1 million in the bank to pay its bills. the borough is under investigation. >>> caught in the act. a man accused of trying to sell a wen upon makes a run for it and what happens

they'll meet with the solicitor as colwyn is facing a $1 million deficit. brown will be there to gather personal belongings and paperwork to hand over to the district attorney. >>> still no word on what caused this house fire in new castle overnight. sky force 10 was over the scene last night. two people went to christiana hospital for smoke inhalation. >>> we're still awaiting word on when a philadelphia woman will be charged with several crimes in connection with leaving her quadriplegic son in the woods. this morning nyia parler is still in the hospital in maryland. she left her son with no food, no water he's unable to speak so he couldn't call for help. one neighbor we talked to was stunned. >> i don't believe it's the same woman that i know. i see her and we speak, as neighbors we do but i never thought that it would come to a point where she would leave him out in the park like she did if that's the case. >> and that 21-year-old son is now recovering at children's hospital of philadelphia. we're told he could be released as early as the end of this w

. >>> there's more fallout from the firing of colwyn manager paula brown. colwyn officials say police officers can't do are there jobs because they don't have money to fuel the cruiser. brown was voted out thursday night. she refused to leave the office on friday because they claimed to be protecting financial records. the account used bile the police department to fill -- used by the police department to fill up their vehicles is suspended. mayor michael blue calls the problem outrageous. >> the police department is barely running on a limp leg and now they don't have no gas how is they going to patrol in case we get an emergency in colwyn. >> colwyn borough council holds an emergency meeting tomorrow night. >>> if a long cold winter has you dreaming of lounging at the jersey shore for the summer, you may want to move fast, because popular rental are taken. agents say thanks to a boom in construction vacationers have options there are many homes boasting five and 6 bedrooms completely with deck space and garages. if you have not begun looking time is runni

jesse gary is live outside of colwyn village hall for us. she vowed to return and clear out her office. >> she's in the process of doing that right now although she freely admits what comes next is a mystery as she continues to fight her firing. fiscal mismanagement has led to hard feeling among the seven person council. things escalated to profanity laced attacks and her firing. >> payroll cannot be submitted if i'm not in my position this week. police officers will not have paychecks. >> reporter: brown is clearing out her office this morning in case the court upholds her sacking. meanwhile, a political ally says this situation is too dysfunctional and harrisburg should step in. >> take a more active role in running the affairs because the affairs here -- i have never seen anything like this. this is like a third world country here. >> reporter: paula brown has said she has presented potential evidence of misappropriation of funds to the county d.a. coming up in the next 30 minutes, a meeting supposedly tonight at executive session inside

now to the ongoing chaos that is local government in colwyn county. they'll meet tonight to discuss borough worker paula brown. matt delucia is live. >> the executive session is scheduled for 7:00 at the borough hall. you might recall during thursday night's profanity laced meeting, they voted to fire manager paula brown. she called it illegal. she locked herself into the office overnight. they brought out documents from the business as questions about struggling finances and mismanagement continued. >> i think it's been years and years of corruption it sounds like. >> what's going on here it's not politics as usual, it's anarchy. >> reporter: colwyn has $1 million short fall. they argue that colwyn has $1 million in the bank to pay bills. because of the financialeial fears. one gas station stopped selling gas to the department. borough president paula brown says she will be back at work and plans to pack her things in case the meeting doesn't go her way. >>> happening today, a judge in south carolina will decide what's next in the jeweler's row kidna

because of borough of colwyn provide fuel for the fire trucks.pay for our own fuel. >> reporter: council lester contends colwyn is not broke. >> we have money to operate this town. we have money to make payroll and money to buy gasoline. >> reporter: the borough council has a 7:00 closed door executive session tomorrow night to maybe decide once and for all did they really fire borough manager paula brown. live in colwyn i'm doug shimell, nbc 10 news. >>> well she surprised exactly no one. this afternoon with a short tweet and a two-minute video, hillary clinton managed to electrify the race for president among both her political supporters and opponents. nbc's kristen welker had more on how it all unfolded. >> every day americans have a champion and i want to be that champion. >> reporter: in a sleek online video, hillary clinton announced her highly anticipated second bid for a white house. >> i'm running for president. >> reporter: her strategy convincing voters she is the right person to address economic inequality and court democrats have ar

paula brown is working at colwyn borough hall morning. she says a council vote to fire her last night was illegal. she says council members took the vote after their meeting had adjourned. >>> a generator could be to blame for a carbon monoxide leak inside a north philadelphia home. we know one person was sent to the hospital. fire officials aren't saying much about the incident but say no other homes are affected. investigators are looking into what caused an early morning fire in montgomery county. crews believe the fire started inside the kitchen of this home on wister drive in cheltenham. a woman inside was able to make it out shavely. lysafely. no injuries reported there. >>> to vancouver, canada where police say they shot and killed a man who stabbed three people, one woman right in front of them. he was holding a knife they used a beanbag shotgun to try to subdue him. authorities say the man turned to a woman standing nearby and started stabbing her. that's when they shot and killed the man. the woman is in critical condition and t

>> the battle in colwyn is not over yet. there is a new fight and it's all about how the financially distressed borough in delaware county is going to have to pay for police cars to be filled up with gas. speaking of gas, we've seen prices go up but don't worry. there's some good news for your summer road trip plans. >>> good morning. i'm first alert meteorologist brittney shipp. as we head into the rest of today, we are going to see sunshine, but a frosty start with a few of our locations under a frost advisory. tracking showers in your seven-day forecast but not to worry, we'll stay nice and dry for today. philadelphia, 42 degrees. the air is calm. feels-like temperature at 42. not dealing with the windchill, although it is below freezing if places like reading and parts of our suburbs to the north and west of philadelphia. atlantic city at 32 degrees. atlantic city the airport, also under that frost advisory for another 40 minutes or so. we're in the mid-30s here in the poconos. 28 in coatesville. 34 in bluebell. 36 degre

i have a duty to protect the residents of colwyn. >> the colwyn board voteed to fire brown last nightbut she believes that termination is improper. whatever the case the council meeting we saw last night descended into chaos. >> $500 cash withdrawals. so -- the money was -- >> are you accusing me of taking that money. >> you were the treasurer. >> you were the treasurer. >> brown claims if she leaves evidence showing council members using taxpayer money for their own expenses could be lost. brown does say that she's handed over evidence to authorities who are investigating the borough's finances. >>> developing story now at 11:00 o'clock. we know a four-year-old boy has been rush to the hospital after being hit by a philadelphia police cruiser in the mayfair section tonight. chopper three was over the 6300 block of leonard street. it's not clear how this at this point but police do tell "eyewitness news" at the boy's injuries are not life threatening. >>> vicious beating is caught on tape at an olney gas station. to night police need your help. they want to you see it so you can help

again, nbc10 live in colwyn as we monitor the situation there.an count on nbc10 to bring you new developments in this ongoing power struggle on the air and on the "nbc10 news" app. >>> a new jersey teacher who assigned her class to write get well letters to a convicted cop killer is now suspended from work. this happened in orange essex county. the school superintendent said he had no knowledge the teacher assigned her third grade class to write the letters to abu jamal. school administrators say the teacher did not ask for approval and parents were not told about the assignment. the letters were sent to abu jamal who was hospitalized. the former black panther is serving life in prison for the murder of daniel faulkner. >>> tonight the ground could shake and you could hear some explosions at joint base mcgwire dikes lakehurst. marines will conduct training exercises tonight and saturday. this will detonate explosives between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. they say the noise could travel with overcast weather conditions. >>> happening this weekend in bucks cou

reporting live from colwyn delaware county, todd quinones for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> todd, thanks. >>> members of the northeast philadelphia community are left picking up the pieces have after vandals strike a children's play ground overnight. "eyewitness news" reporter matt rivers joins us at roosevelt playground in mayfair where neighbors are calling this a recurring problem, matt. >> reporter: today city officials cleaned up this latest round of vandalism other times that task falls to volunteers who spend their own time trying to make sure it the stays clean but no matter who cleans it up, it is clear that neighbors are fed up with it. trash dumped all over the park graffiti sprayed in several places, even milk cartons thrown and smashed begins a building wall. it is all vandalism and some of what neighbors who live near roosevelt play ground in northeast philadelphia saw thursday night. >> things have been happening like this for the last between five and ten years. >> reporter: woman who took those photos didn't want to show her face. she's afraid of the teenage hours run am

we are live in colwyn borough justin finch cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> justin, thank you.ng today the woman accused of abandoning her disable son has an extradition hearing. nia parm or currently in the custody of maryland police. she had been receiving medical treatments there. police say that parlor left her quadriplegic son in the woods near cobbs creek then took off for maryland to be with her boyfriend. >> swatting incident captured live on line now under investigation in new jersey. this man who only identified himself as fist pump, he was live streaming video when heavily armed police officers arrived at his monmouth county home on sunday. key port police say they received anonymous call, claim ago man was holding hostages, and had stabbed his girlfriend. after checking things out they determine that call was a hoax. >>> well, for the second time this month coyote went on the attack in north jersey. bergin county man says he was walking his dog when the coyote bit him on the leg. he went to the hospital for rabies shots, and police are now trying to trap the animal.

. >>> there were plenty 67 theatrics in colwyn township.th moten has more on the political firestorm. >> reporter: it was a tough week and then there's the one that paula brown had. she walked out of the borough hall unsure finishes still manager. she locked herself up after political gamesmanship after a council meeting. there is only one employee left in the building. mayor michael blue who stands with brown said he is considering declaring a state of emergency. >> people elected us to do a job, not to see the burrow -- borough get sinked again. >> reporter: 2004, the mayor of darby borough locked herself in the office during a fight with the town's police chief. brown said she is protecting financial records she alleged past and present council members have misused taxpayer dollars. she accused the leader of the council for extortion. >> things in colwyn has got to change. the state said two things cut spending ascertain stop the nonsense at the meeting. that's what we're trying to do. >> reporter: delaware county detectives seized boxes

. >>> plus chaos in colwyn.nty gets fired but refuses to leave and locks herself in her office. what she plans to do next. that's coming up. >>> let's take a live look now over center city. after days of dreary weather, the sunshine returns. the question is how long is it going to last? how long will the clouds stay away in the answer in the nbc 10's first alert forecast. good morning welcome back to nbc 10 news today. i'm rosemary connors. it's 6:30 on this saturday. let's get right to the weekend weather with first alert meteorologist michelle grossman. i hope the sun is here to stay michelle. >> it's going to be here for a few days. that's the good news. big difference this week compared to last week with the grey skies pretty much every single day last week much much better. here's a live look outside. we're waking up to mostly cloudy skies in philadelphia mostly sunny by this afternoon. temperatures not all that bad either. we're looking at 40s and 50s across the area waking up to 51 in philadelphia 50 in t

detectives removed boxes of documents from colwyn borough hall today.en after she was voted out. >>> friday night rick is off. sharrie williams joins us. the big story is a political standoff for the small community of colwyn. >> their fired leader locked herself inside the borough offices even as investigators seized documents today. "action news" reporter vernon odom is live in colwyn with more on the situation. vern. >> reporter: political standoffs are a blood sport here. paula brown remains locked in that municipal building behind me with no plans to leave any time soon because she claims she's a whistle-blower a-key player in a corruption probe targeting several political figures in this tiny town. this morning county detectives seized more financial records from the colwyn borough hall part an expanding investigation by the delaware county district attorney into how this tiny town's money has been spent by whatever warring political faction was in power at the time. >> crazy. >> reporter: during the chaotic borough council meeting last night a co

here's a note to the bank having them transfer the money to the colwyn account. they disagree on whether the money should be repaid. they're on opposing sides in chaotic colwyn county meetings that sometimes bleed over to the hallway. she says that's her money and she wants it back. where does the borough go from here? >> it was never legally authorized. so i mean that's something that a judge is going to have to eventually decide. >> reporter: and that's exactly what vanauken is planning. she's going to sue the borough to get her money back. >> it's a mistake, now i see it was a mistake, but at the time i was emotional and i felt that something -- if i could do something, i would do it. >> she is not just out of $15,000, with penalties and fees she tells us, she's lost more than $20,000. rob caruso with the ethics commission says there is evidence the transaction took place, the borough probably should repay her. for the investigators, harry hairston, "nbc10 news." >>> an infant and 5-year-old brother are dead after a fire tore through their western pennsylvania