police then took 22 year old cornelius crawford into custody. rosa is cooperating. >> made a statement without me being present. he is doing everything in his power to a tone for this, and like i said, he is completely shattered. >> reporter: police took fingerprints and surveillance video from the scene where the two men randomly carjacked a 45 year old real estate agent and went on aeried wild driving spree. they alternated behind the wheel and sexuale sexualed assaulted n in the back seat. police have video from the crash scene. >> he's never been arrested before. never been in trouble. never been in jail supposed to be going into the marines in couple of months and obviously that's not going to happen. >> reporter: commissioner ramsey thanked his homicide detectives who he says are the best in the nation and he also thanked the public for their help. former nba super star charles barkley has offered to pay for the funerals of the three victims coming up at 6:00 more on one suspect's criminal record and what he was doing out of prison at the

philadelphia police announced arrest of 22-year-old cornelius crawford and 19-year-old jonathan rosa and charged alleged carjacker with deaths of three children in tioga on friday. "action news" reporter kenneth moton is live at germantown and allegheny in tioga. dann cuellar is live at police headquarters and dann let's begin with you what you are the detaivlz the charges today? >> well, first, jim, i must say authorities say this unspeakable tragedy gal have aimized the city detectives work around the clock and residents and business owners calling in tips and offering surveillance footage and others offering reward money. the result two bad guys off the streets tonight. >> and today i stand here on behalf of mayor saying thank you to the same community that stood up and did the right thing. >> and "action news" was there as 22-year-old cornelius crawford was arrested last night by police and u.s. marshals 6th and cambria a man with long history of crime. 19-year-old jonathan rosa turned himself into police with mother and pastor. >> all philadelphians were moved to tears by this c

sources tell eyewitness news that cornelius crawford confessed to that crime and this is not his first run-in with police. court records show he was set ensed to 6 to 15 years back in 2007. after several misconduct violations in prison he was paroled in april last year serving a minimum sentence. later was taken into custody for violating parole and in february he was paroled again and put back on the street. >> the difficulty here is there's so many more influences at work than simply the protection of society. it all comes down to dollars and cents. >> a 2014 statewide parole report found more than 2,000 philadelphia inmates were released from prison over a two-year period. the city has more than a 60% re-arrest rate for nearly a decade. >> the forecast is pretty quiet for us here today. yesterday weigh saw some clouds build in courtesy of cool air aloft. it was just instability needed plus the sunshine helped to warm things up at the surface. i think we'll see a similar scenario unfold here today. we should be in for what promises to be a pleasant sunrise. a little bit of activity f

. >> while 24-year-old cornelius crawford, paroled early from a 2007 sentence of up to 15 years from a violent robbery spree despite both a criminal history before and that the state corrections and parole board found that he is a high risk of violent reoffending but later still put him in a halfway house and later saying that he showed positive institutional behavior and motivation for success that despite in prison he was still getting in trouble. eight cases of prison misconduct. but still the parole board seemed in this case to predict something bad from a bad guy clearly made a bad decision unleashing him back here. >> did you say 60 charges in his life? >> reporter: that's before all this stuff going back to age 14. >> wow. >> yeah. >> ten years, 60 charges. all right steve. developing right now, as a matter of fact, a 58-year-old man is recovering from a stabbing outside of a home in the overbrook section of the city. it appears to be the result of a domestic dispute. it happened on the 6100 block of west columbia avenue around 12:30 this morning. when police arrived they took

what we've learned now is that one of the suspects in this, cornelius crawford has been in and out of prison and was out on parole for at least the second time before this crash happened. some experts say it's a matter of money that he simply was a in a situation where the system needed a bed and he could have been still in prison and out on the streets able to commit this crime. we'll have more information for you as we dig deeper into the background. again, we have three young victims and on our website, cbsphilly.com, we have information how you can contribute to the funeral costs and the medical costs for the surviving victims. >> truly a memorial of love. thank you. >>> let's give you a live look where there's no let-up at the fighting between israeli and hamas in gaza. the overall palestinian death toll roads to at least 1258. israel has lost 53 soldiers. israel tank shells hit a crowded un school. the attack killed 50 people and wounded 90 others. hundreds of palestinians had taken refuge at the school to shelter themselves from israeli attacks. >>> just about 5:03. let's get y

. >> the two suspects jonathan rosa and cornelius crawford are facing charges. >>> police policy changes rather could be in the works for the philadelphia police department. >>> following arrest of six narcotics officers taken into custody nearly 24 hours ago. charles ramsey calls it the worst case of corruption he's ever seen they face robbery, kidnapping and extorsion. all maintain their innocence. authorities say five of the six are in the narcotics division for twelve years. >> one of the problems that exists is police officer is specialty drug unit there's opportunity for corruption and longer they stay in such a unit the more likely to be corrupted in the progress this is indictment against every member of the unit. >> a new contract could limit officers to a maximum of five years with any specialty unit. police commissioner ramsey will join us in the studio this morning. >>> southwest philly, investigators say this man andre taylor used a rope to try to strangle a woman wednesday afternoon 45 and larchwood. luckily plain clothed officers were in the area and heard the victim extre

homicide detectives just hours to start tracking down 19 year old jonathan rosa and 22 year old cornelius crawford after the two suspects bailed out of this carjacked suv. by sunday night, both men were at police headquarters being questioned within hours they were charged with murder. >> both of these defendants boar being charge width three counts of murder in the second degree. both of those have mandatory life sentences once they are convicted. >> reporter: the crash killed 10 year old thomas reid, seven year old terrence moore and 15 year old key err ya ill williams and left their mother in critical condition. >> what they did was indy fence seive and also unforgivable. so whatever remorse they may are my not have does not bring back the three young children. >> reporter: homicide detectives tracked down the suspects after a good samaritan recovered a cell phone at the crash scene and called police. >> that cell phone ended up being jonathan rosa's cell phone that. got the investigation really going. >> reporter: rosa surrendered with his mother and pastor on sunday. a few hours later, police

. >> this is eyewitness video of cornelius crawford being taken into custody sunday night. hours earlier, john and that rosa had turned himself in to police. a three hiv day manhunt for the pair now over. >> i want to personally thank commissioner ramsey, captain clark, all the men and women of the philadelphia police department for their exceptional work in bringing these two bastards to justice. >> reporter: friday employees say crawford and rosa carjacked a realtor sexually assaulting her in the back seat. minutes later they crashed at allegheny and germantown avenues striking and killing three siblings 15 year old key era william, 10 year old joseph reid and seven year old terrence moore. their mother and another woman were also hit each still in the hospital. >> following tips pulling video and following leads that have come in to our unit. >> reporter: at a press conference announcing the char charges police credited the public for flooding tip lines with information and setter their break in the case came when someone discovered rosa's cell ton at the scene and turne

helping the three children set up their fruit stand when the stolen car with jonathan rosa and cornelius crawford inside jumped the curb. she knew the kids were hurt but it wasn't until days later her family told her they had died. >> it just wasn't real. it didn't seem real because the night before and that morning they was with me. >> reporter: in their neighbor the memorial stands hundreds line the block to see miss brown return home with her fractured ankle and other bruises. she says she still grieving for the kids that were like her own 15 year old kierra williams, tepp year old joseph reid and seven year old terrence moore. she says her job now is to be there for their mother 34 year old keisha williams who is still in the hospital. >> that's the only thing i think about they mother and the other two children that still here. >> as for the two suspects who carjacked a 45 year old real estate agent and sexually assaulted her moments before impact, she says she has no forgiveness. >> they are very lucky that the police officers got them before the people around here. >> reporter: and tonight

. >> police say cornelius crawford and jonathan rosa are the men responsible accused of carjacking and assaulting her before plowing her car into a family selling fruit on allegheny avenue. >> time is now 6:36. a funeral is scheduled tonight for the caseworker who was killed during last week's hospital shooting in delaware county. theresa hunt was gunned down inside mercy fitzgerald's wellness center in darby borough. police say richard plotts a patient opened fire during a visit on thursday. dr. lee silverman who was armed with his own weapon fired back at plotts. plotts who is still hospitalized was arraigned on a number of charges saturday night. services for hunter, the caseworker, will be held at john stretch funeral home in havertown. she will be buried in new york state. >>> a former police officer in chester county will be sentenced today for stealing from his department. gerald pawling was convicted of theft while working for coatesville police. prosecutors say he stole money from the evidence room, the police athletic league and from fellow officers. the thefts totaled more

police say jonathan rosa and cornelius crawford were in a vehicle they had stolen sexually assaulted a real estate agent they kidnapped. >> what i want to thank you for is you helped solve this case. >> eyewitness news has learned that crawford is a career criminal who some say should not have been out on the streets. court documents show in 2007 he was convicted of terrorizing the community with a 10-day robbing spree, he had since been paroled, thrown back in jail and reparoled. >> they needed the bed in the prison and they put him back in the community and unfortunately this was an entirely predictable result. >> hundreds rallied to denounce violence and support those hurting. >> reporter: funeral arran arrangements are set for monday. and there is a fund set up to help with the medical bills of the surviving victims. we have that on our website. i'm cleve bryan. >> fighting continues between israel and hamas. israel says its hit 75 sites including five mosques it claims were being used by militants. this morning israeli tank shells slammed into a school where palestinians had tak

. >> the two suspects jonathan rosa and cornelius crawford rm charged with murder, kidnapping and sexually assaulting the car yacking woman. >> a rob ray text in southwest philadelphia. investigators arrested this man as andre taylor. he used a rope to strangle a woman wednesday afternoon 45 and large wood. plain clothed officers were in the area. neighbors say the attack will make them more aware. >> 12:40 in the afternoon this is something you expect. my guard right now the door is open as i'm throwing trash out my guard is down a bit and this will certainly tie the reigns. >> a penn student was attacked sunday afternoon. both victims are doing okay. taylor's charged with robbery, attempted murder and aggravated assault. >> coming up on 6:03 heading outside to katie open the sky deck. >> it's a quiet morning. cloud cover out here in the moment. it limits the amount of cooling gone on last night. generally speaking seeing more shift in wind flow to help bring khaichs to our area. we actually if you look closely can see trail of wind coming in with cloud cover and any specles of green fire

police and the district attorney say 22 years cornelius crawford and 19-year-old jonathan rosa car jacketed a real estate agent and sexually assaulted her as they sped off. they blew a tire and sped into a crowd killing three. their mother remains in the hospital in critical condition and her family says she is in a medically induced coma and does not know her children are dead. >> we have these guys which are killers, off the street. we don't have to worry about them going around killing no one else. and justice will be served to the full extent. and making that the family is very happy about that. >> nba legend and former 76er charles barkley is now offering to pay for the funerals of those children. a vigil is planned tonight at 6:00 at the site of the crash. >> a north philadelphia day care reopening this morning after being vandalized. >> thieves tore through every inch of the building taking just about everything not locked down over the weekend. the crooks used bolt cutters to get through several chained and locked fences. what's gone? some computers, the preschoolers' snacks and a v

. >> reporter: well, for the older of the two, cornelius crawford, now 24, long before he was in trouble as an aadult. he started serious crime at just 14 with 0 charges already in his past. paroled twice recently the last time just in october freed back on the streets back here. prosecutors charged to grab that woman while she was driving, rape her and crash and kill the three kids all within movements that changed a whole lot of lives forever. you can see this is a busy corner. likely not so busy during the evening rush 12 hours from now when a vigil is planned by family, friends and a whole city at 6:00 p.m. tonight. >> all right steve, thank you. >> meantime, police say an overprotective father is to blame for an attack at an upper darby wawa. >> what happened? >> reporter: we can tell you that upper darby police are still looking for this dad who threw the punch. let's show you this image that we have of the man in a red shirt and his daughter. this is as they were walking into the 69 street wawa. according to upper darby police the man became enraged when he claimed to see a fellow

police say 22 year old cornelius crawford and 19 year old jonathan rosa confessed to the carjacking onriday police say the men carjacked a real estate agent and sexually assaulted her as they sped off. the men blew a tire and plowed into the crowd killing those three children. >> developing story in wilmington. landscaper working by bj's discovered a body this afternoon he was working to a wooded area along the 2100 block of kirkwood highway. investigators have no idea what happened to that person. and right now the medical examiner is working to determine the age and gender of the person who died. >>> also, developing prosecutors are now charge charged a man wih pulling off several robberies involving food delivery workers in center city. it is a story that we have been following very closely here on fox 29. officers say william mack turned himself in to central detectives over the weekend much he's now charged with three armed robberies. so far police think he's behind others and say he could face more charges. >> now look at this. skyfox over a crash along rout route 413 near i-95 s

of two men police say plowed down three children and their mother are captured. 22 year old cornelius crawford and 19 year old jonathan rosa are charged with killing 10 year old thomas reid, september 84 old terrence moore and 1584 old key era williams. investigators say crawford and rosa carjacked a 45 year old real estate agent friday morning and took turns sexually assaulting her before blowing a tire striking the young children as they sold fruit to raise money for their church. their mother is in critical condition. >> da williams to use strong words as announced the arrest. >> i want to personally thank commissioner ramsey, captain clark, all the men and women of the philadelphia police dement for their exceptional work in bringing these two bastards to justice. >> me being a relative of them i'll apologize for them. they little kids. three little kids. i mean i sincerely apologize for him. >> apology from the cousin of craw for. he just got out of prison quote a good person. >> he tried his best to stay out of trouble. he did everything in his power to stay out of trouble. >> what they