reporting live in upper darby, annie mccormick, "channel 6 action news."" >> annie, thank you. we learned the name of the man killed during what police are calling a road rage shooting on the rose developed boulevard. 43-year-old todd riley was father of two his family says he was shot 15 times last night when somebody fired that buick sentry in feltonvillech the victim's girlfriend was also wounded and she's been released from the hospital and investigate towards believe the gun shots came from a good group of motorcyclists. they took a bike near custody at the scene and so far no charges were failed. >> police in philadelphia asking for public's help to fiend a man missing since yesterday. 47-year-old leroy said he had mental capacity of 7-year-old. he was last seen on 8500 block of lirpberg boulevard in southwest philadelphia. 23 you have -- if you have any information about this case please contact police. >> a water main break turnd a brewery township intersection into a riff this was scene 7 and master 12 a.m. and gushing water flooded basement of a corner score and ruine

and the suspect struck several times in the past few months throughout upper darby. the latest happened on clinton road. this was different because the victim fought back. and david as her story from upper darby tonight. >> he has struck five times since april 16. three times in the last nine days alone. all in the same neighborhood. and today upper darby police went door-to-door handing out 1500 fliers ace lettering residents to the anger. >> anything suspicious call 911. don't take chances. >> the bedroom creeper terrorizing since april 15, the most recent friday night on the 7000 block of clinton road. a woman woke up to have a man at the foot of her bed shining a cell phone light at her. >> and she reached down and grabs a bat and he is gone. >> discovered by women in the bedroom five times, no telling how many homes he has been in undetected. no sign of forced entry. thes police believe he stalks his victims and enters through an unlocked door. this woman says he got in by an unlocked door and discovered by her 16 year old daughter sleeping on the couch. her dau

upper darby residents are tense and to a degree upper darby police are encourage that to an extent, they fear predators are becoming more aggressive and active. >> number one, lock the door. >> upper darby police commander has this whole town on the alert. he says there is a violent sexual predator on the prowl. back on april 16th, he entered this apartment building at 3:00 in the morning, a woman told police she was asleep on the couch when she awakened to a man in her living room. she screamed and he fled. >> it seems like this man is stalking these women because he finds out where they live and is able to get in there without a force. and in most cases they are either leaving a window open or a door open. >> it's the same motivation in the same area of town. two cases alone last week. the man gets in without forced entry and startles his sleeping prey. >> they need to get in to the criminals. i have four women in my apartment building, they got little kids. it's a mess though. >> it's frightening for the neighborhood. >> yeah, real frightening for the neighborhood. >> police say that

there say dangerous predator on the loose in upper darby. >> upper darby police have their police on high alert. largely confined to a large part of town, perpetrated by the same man. each time a woman was sleeping alone on her bed or her couch. one recent incident was on june 17th. >> we are lucky so far that nobody has been hurt. as i said earlier that a woman was grabbed by the groin. >> the man left when the woman screamed. it has shaken up the neighbors. >> they are all scared right now after this happened. like three or four times it has happened here. >> at 3:45 i get off the bus the 113 down here, so seeing that time, even though i get off the bus and there are people around it could happen to anybody. >> oh is 5'8" to 5'10" inches tall and a goatee and a gap between his teeth. >> he is a sick puppy, this guy is truly a predator to get into a house and stand over the woman. they awake, i guess just by the presence of this guy and he screams and he runs, runs out and takes nothing and says nothing. >> if you see someone prowling around residential areas here tonight call the p

jenny joyce is live in the upper darby police department. so jenny, is there some video and police are hoping this will help identify the the young suspect. >> reporter: that is right, police are telling us they are pretty close to identifying this suspect and making an arrest, taking a look at that video now, which investigators tell us that they actually found on facebook. you can see one man is standing next to the victim. they do not want to be identified. but 58 year-old man says he was hanging out at aronimink septa station when the the group of about six teens walked in. the map claims he said is what up and before he knew it, the suspect launched an attack punching the the man in the face. victim suffered a bruce above his eyes and says the incident is disappointing. >> i'm 58 years old and i just pray it doesn't happen to anybody else and they catch him. it is a real shame. it is i real shame that something like this could take place. >> reporter: if you listened closely in that video you can hear some laughing in the background. th

the upper darby police are working to catch the suspect. >> this was planned.here was no reason for this type of attack. they're lucky they didn't kill the guy. >> superintendent michael chitwood says one of the suspects even posted the video on facebook. he said that could be a major help in that investigation. >> the start of the work week went off without a hitch for tens of thousands of commuters fortunately. regional rail ran as scheduled today. engineers and electricians were on strike for about 24 hours on saturday leaving those people who rely on regional rails searching for ways to get arou around. president obama put an end to the work stoppage by appointing an emergency board to mediate the contract dispute between septa and the unions. a recommendation will be issued by mid july. >> a series of construction project cos make live difficult for drivers this week. here's a live look from our fox 29 traffic cameras of the blue route in springfield, delaware county. penndot will do some repaving work there wednesday. there's also some repaving work being

there say dangerous predator on the loose in upper darby. >> upper darby police have their police on high alert. largely confined to a large part

kenneth moton has more from upper darby police. >>reporter:three are look are for a name to track down four young men involved in the attack. yes we reported on the knockout gang before. this appears to be the first case here. he will not tolerate it. it's down right despicable. the upper darby police say that a young man was egged on by his friends before violently punching a 58-year-old man in the head. >> when they hit you what went through you? >> disappointment. >> the victim has a gash over his eye. he was covering his face. on wednesday afternoon he was attacked. new bank surveillance video show four men on the platform. >> the victim was nearly knocked unconscious decided to let it go and not call for help. those that saw it on facebook were not so forgiving and called the police. >>> the yuckr young man and his friends are next. >> to do it for no reason. when you look at all the video it's like there is no reason to do this other than you are evil. >>reporter:they are surprised the knockout gang is here. >> you keep a sha

>>reporter:upper darby graduation was running as long as scheduled at the theater. the class of 2014 posed to get their diploma. a tuned noel was walked up. unsure of what was happening. it was her 21 brother andrew noel who was stationed in japan for 21 months. he organized this. >> it was not real when i was watching him. it has been so long. >> jordan was overwhelmed. andrew a high school graduate took her by the hand and led her on the stage to present her with her diploma. off stage the family members were waiting eagerly with a hug. she learned about the surprise a month ago. she had to keep it a secret. annisecret.andrew didn't come hr christmas. i am really not trying to cry. it's a ultimate surprise for everybody. andrew is home for under a month. the family plans to make the most of their time together. >> it's christmas in june. >> i was shocked. i didn't want to go up. i don't know. it's great to have him home. >> in upper darby "channel~6 action news." >>> beautiful. >>> a nice story. more to come on "action news." comedian tracy morgan remains in the h

fox 29's dave kinchen spoke with the victim in this horrible attack, he's liver outside of upper darby police headquarters with details tonight. dave? >> chris, victim said he was sitting in one every his favorite spots when attack came out of no where that video now in the hands of upper darby police, and they're looking at this, and saying it is essentially a knock-out game style attack. >> vicious sucker punch caught on camera, a man sitting at drexel hill trolley stop is cold cocked in the face. and can't believe it. >> it is a real shame that something like this could take place. >> the victim does not want to be identified but says he wants his story told. he says he was just minding his own business, at the trolley stop last week, when about six teens came to up him. >> it is a feeling to me, i know it wasn't personal, i know i don't do anything to anybody. >> the video shows the attacker standing around for several seconds, you even hear chatter before the punch. >> could have been worse, because did hit me with glasses on, it could have sent my glasses right into my eyes. i ta

women in upper darby are on edge after another home break in.he string of intrusions are targeting women who are home alone. all five incidents happened in the stone hers second of the township where families are nervous. >> as the kids in upper darby enjoy a summer pool party, their parents are worried about what's roaming their neighborhood. >> the word of the block. >> reporter: all the talk about a string of five break ins on seaford road, guilford road, atlantic of a win blocks of each other. all the cases are the same. police say a man is found inside a woman's bedroom in the middle of the night sometimes wearing a surgical mask. and in one case, he was caught fondling one of the victims. >> it scares me because we have a lot of young women out here in this neighborhood. >> reporter: latest attack was thwarted oh and friday night on the 7,000 block of clinton road. that's when a brave 52 year old woman woke up to a man staring at her in bed. then she used a baseball bat to chase the intruder out the door. >> it's scary because there's some

. >> you meaner darby police arrested cornish and found 50 other contracts in his apartment. police are looking for any other victims. >> cameras captured a thief who held a shot gun to their faces. the second suspect waited at the door. both suspects got away. the clerks locked the door until the police arrived. it was the third day on the job for one of the workers who took an hour break following the holdup and managed to finish his shift. >> president obama is be going to give borrowers some relief from crushing student load debt. he'll expand the criteria for repayment program. it will cap monthly payments at 10% of a borrower's discretionary income. an additional five million borrowers will qualify. >>> a big construction project starts tonight on i-95 just north of center city philadelphia. the 212 million-dollar project will rebuild a 1.5-mile section of the northbound lanes between girard and allegheny avenues. work crews will work between 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. to minimize the effects on traffic. this is one of several projects along i-95 in philadelphia. all the

let's get tout dave schratwieser live in upper darby tonight. dave. >> police have been put on alert on the look out for a driver and a specific car that was seen in two suspicious incidents recently in the same neighborhood. tonight, police want to you take look at the car and if you see anything suspicious, to call them right away. >> upper darby police are on the alert for the driver of a newer merchandise model dark colored car that investigators say has been cited in two potential child luring incidents win blocks of each other near a local middle school. >> our goal is to try and identify who this individual is so that we can check him out. >> reporter: superintendent chitwood says late last week a 12 year old girl walking near shade land and state road spot add car circling the block three times. the driver stopped in what she described as a black ford taurus or mercury milan with a key pad on the door frame. >> any time you get these types of things with children, you have to do a full court press on it. you just have to find out who the

. >>> it happened again in upper darby. a woman awoke this bed to find a man standing over her. it is the fifth time the man has broken into a house to leer at a sleeping woman. and david henry is live at upper darby police tonight. >> he is pretty stelthy and no idea how many homes he has been. at least five women have awakened with him standing by their beds, in one case he was groping the victim. >> the guy is a sicko. >> and they went door-to-door handing out flyers warning of the danger. since april 15 five women woke up to find the bedroom creeper handing by their bed. friday night a woman chased him out of the bedroom with a baseball bat. in each case he got in through an unlocked door, and that's what happened to this woman's 16 year old daughter. >> slowly opened it like this and that's how it was open and she was sleeping right here. >> she says her daughter had seen the suspect earlier in the day and was startled to see him again in the middle of the night. >> she said what do you want? and he said that he was meeting a girl to sell pot or something. >> and the police

fox 29's jennifer joyce is in upper darby at the police department there looking at the video.ure police are looking at this same video. >> reporter: they are, chris and karen. they tell thaws they are close to identifying the the suspect seen in the video. you can see one man standing next to the the victim who did not want to be identified. the 58 year-old man was he was hanging out the at the aronimink septa station when a group of teens walk in. there was a minimum exchange before the the man was decked in the face by one of the teens and what police believe was an attempt at a knock out game. victim suffered a bruce above his eye and as he explains what happens says the incident is just disappointing. >> people approached me and i never seen them before, and all i said was what is up? that is what the detectives, you know, told me that was all i said, and then one was filming it, and. >> very depressing to know these things are going on. what he they get out of it, i will never understand you can hear laughing in the background. the attack happened last week. police think

upper darby high school graduation was running along as which he woulded at the tower theater the classised to get there diploma. then came the announcement for a special presentation. jordon noel was stay tuned. she walked up the aisle unshore of what was happening. >> it was her 21-year-old brother lance corporal andrew. he organized this to surprise his little sister to surprise her on her graduation day. >> jordon was overwhelmed. andrew a fell upper darby high school graduate took her on the hand and led her on the stage to prevent her with her diploma. off stage, family members were waiting eagerly for a hug including their mother diane. she learned about the surprise a months ago and had to keep it a secret. she said he didn't come home for christmas so he could do this. andrew will be home for just under a month. the family plans to make the most of their time together. >> it's christmas in june it's a great day. >> i was shocked, i didn't want to go up, i didn't know what was going on, i don't know, it's great to have him home. >> reporter: in upper darby, katherine scott chann

. >>> well, rash of home break ins has so many people on edges specially women in upper darby. a suspect serial stalker is targeting victims home alone that they would like to find him before he strikes again. lets get out to upper darby right now with dawn timmeney with the very ratees, good morning, dawn. >> reporter: good morning, karen, yes, thinks happening in the stone hearst section of upper darby and woman are down right scared. in one case one woman even fighting off her attacker chasing the creep right out of her home. new police say these bizarre break ins have occurred within a five block area they are all happening late at night, involved woman who are home alone and police say the the late night intruder enters women's bedrooms. in some cases wearing a surgical mask n1 case a woman was also even fondled. latest incident was on friday in the 7,000 block of clinton street. a five two-year old woman awoke to the man staring at her shining a flashlight in her face. she managed to fend him off because she keeps a baseball bat, the beside her bed and she chased him with

after the crash, darby says he's able to talk to the pilot, who tells him something shocking.i heard, the passenger in the back actually pushed the stick forward to push the plane down into the water because he knew that they weren't going to make it, they would probably hit the seawall if they didn't do that. >> the concrete seawall separates the runway from the bay. slamming into it would likely be more disastrous than forcing the plane into the water. after the crash, the height of the seawall makes it difficult for the salvage crew to recover the sunken plane. >> you've got a fairly high seawall, so in order to get to retrieve the plane, you have to first bring it up and close enough to shore and then you have to get the crane over to lift the plane out of the water. >> there is no physical evidence left to show that the crash ever happened. but for david darby, there is one lasting side effect. >> i don't know if i'll be flying in any little planes anytime soon. >> i just got it on film, bro. >> you got that? >> yeah. >> oh, my goodness! >>> so far, we've seen planes cras

lets go out to jennifer joyce in upper darby. you have the video that police are looking at. >> reporter: we do have this video that was ultimately posted on facebook that as you said police are using in this investigation. this is up are darby police, they tell us victim in this case a 58 year-old man from drexel hill endured a bruce above his eye. he said this crew of 16 nearly broke his glasses. punch out attack was caught on tape. it is believed one of the teens shot the cell phone video and posted it on facebook. you can hear laughing in the background. the attack happened in at a ran mink trolley station in drexel hill last week. police believe this was an attempt at the knock out game. the victim feels fortunate that the attack was not worse. >> it could have been worse because they did hit me with glasses on and could have snapped my glass necessary my eyes. i take anxiety medicine. it was quite a setback. >> reporter: the victim did not want to be identified. police found video of one of the suspect's facebook pages. the

. >> up darby police are looking for more victims of a fake craig's list add -- ad. this mother who we are not identifying answered the ad, but it was a sex for higher company. that's when kevin cornish raped her. when she saw a familiar sign on the road she acted. >> i put my bags in my hand exi got out of the car -- and i got out of the car and started running as fast as i could. >> you'll hear more from the victim in the next half-hour. >>> happening today, the tractor-trailer driver charged in the deadly crash that critically injured tracy morgan is due in court. the 35-year-old driver kevin roper is accused of slamming his big rig boo the -- into the back of the comedian's limo bus. morgan is more responsive after surgery for a broken leg. he has broken nose and ribs. the driver of the limo bus described the wreck to abc news. >> it felt like an explosion. i just remember the impact and the vehicle going by and i climbed around and heard tracy, screaming for help. >> investigators have yet to determine why the truck did is not slow down for traffic. they no long

fortunately he must have a hard jaw or a hard head. >> upper darby police need your help identifyinghe people in this video. if you recognize them, call police. >>> actor and comedian tracy morgan has been upgraded from critical to fair condition. he was seriously hurt if a crash on the new jersey turnpike more than a week ago. a truck slammed into his limo bus killing a fellow comedian and seriously injuring two others. police say the driver had not slept for more than 24 hours. >>> police in arizona have arrested a man they say attacked two priests, killing one of them. the gun he used was ownedly one of those priests. authorities say this man, michael moran was the attacker. he's homeless and just got out of jail six weeks ago. last wednesday a priest went out to the church courtyard after hearing noises and was hit with a metal rod. he ran inside to get a gun and police say moran wrestled it away from him. that's when moran opened fire on another priest who was coming in to help. >>> rhode island home worth nearly $2 million will have to be torn down or moved because part of it i

now upper darby police are on the hunt for the four boys involved. the man was sitting at a trolley stop at bermont road earlier this knot. o one of the boys punched him in the face. police call it the knockout game. surveillance cameras also caught the assault. >> just walk up, engage in conversation, and then he throws a sucker punch and knocks guy right off the chair. i mean, he hit him so hard, he's lucky he didn't kill him. fortunately he must have a hard jaw or hard head. >> upper darby police need your help identifying the people in this video. >>> chaos at a south jersey high school friday was caught on camera. now dozens of students are suspended for the rest of the school year. officials say this scene in atlantic city high school was triggered by kids throwing water bottles and milk cartons at each other. school district administrators told us they had not watched the video which wases uploaded to youtube until jersey shore bureau reporter ted greenberg showed it to them today. >> i will say that although it looks like chaos, it looks terr

sabina is live outside upper darby police headquarters right now, sack even, a police say that there may be more victims here? >> reporter: joyce, they believe there many be as many as 50 victims. here's y inside the suspect's home, they found a homemade forms like this one signed by as many as 50 women, and they believe that would lead them to other victims. now there is all came to light on thursday when a 18 year old woman came forward to upper darby police and she told them she had been raped by man she met on craigslist. now, she is a single mother of one, trying to find a job, she told police, 42 year old kevin cornish of drexel hill allegedly invited her to to apply for position as a home health aid. now police say he invited her to his home offers to fill out some storms. went, filled out the supposed application, hours later, cornish allegedly called her to tell hershey was hired. the victim said cornish took her back to his apartment that he shares with his mother, that's when he allegedly told her to fill out sexually explicit forms saying she was an escort. she refused. t

. >> a bizarre string of break ins in upper darby has police and residents on high alert tonight.nstead of stealing things investigators say the man has been discovered standing over women while they're sleeping. >>> thank you for joining us tonight. after the game. i'm joyce evans. ton night police are working to find this intruder and lock him up before something worse can happen. fox 29's drew dickman is live at the upper darby police department with more on this unusual crime free, drew. >> reporter: they've had four reports of this happening in the past few months. and they believe the same person is responsible for all of them. >> this is horrible. i mean, we have to find those guys. >> reporter: iman couldn't believe the news has she was gardening in front of her upper darby home. police say four women in her area have woken up to an intruder standing over them in the dead of the night. >> my peaceful night sleep will be gone. i will have to keep an eye for any noise. >> reporter: only once does this bedroom creeper touched one of his victims rubbing her groin area. a bizar

the attack happened at the trolley stop in upper darby. police say the teen's planned the attack, then ran away laughing. >>> destruction and heart break this morning, in america's heartland, after twin tornados strike nebraska nearly wiping small town right off the map. the twisters touched down within a mile of each other in stanton county, destroying the town of pillger northwest of omaha. cnn reports two team are dead including a five year old child. nineteen others are injured. right now nebraska is under a state of emergency. >>> emergency crews and residents spent the evening sorting through demolished homes and businesses there, stanton county sheriff estimates 50 to 75 percent of the town's homes and businesses are now destroyed. a nebraska state patrol has closed all roads into town. >> started yelling, and going through my yard, i watched my hot tub slide, and then everything went off and the heater smashed over me and my buddy. >> tornados also caused damage in two other nebraska counties. emergency crews continue to work to lo

in upper darby, david madden, kyw news radio for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> is there much more ahead here tonight on "eyewitness news" including a major announcement from amazon today. the retail giant has its smart phone out, we will tell you about the 3-d fire phone, coming up. >>> plus... >> new jersey's top republican and democrat breaking ground on a substance abuse treatment facility, coming up we will ask if they can work together on the contentious payment plan for the the pension system. >>> these's the senator who grilled doctor oz for using television fame to promote weight loss aids, our friend at the insider catch up with senator mccast kill about her kathy or, is here. summer is right on schedule. >> like a freight train, wow, here it is. it is a short lived event. it is not going to last all that long. the good news is we are back in the comfort zone by friday but another steamy, somewhat stormy day ahead, during the day tomorrow. lets look outside where we tried to beat the heat down the shore and it is not quite as hot down there but temperatures are still in the 80'

. >>> in other news a suspect serial stalker targeting woman in upper darby, police think he is praying on vulnerable victim while they are asleep and home alone. >> lets go to dawn timoney live in upper darby with the very latest on how one victim at least for the back. >> reporter: women are terrified, chris and karen this prowler, or this stalker is on the prowl, in the stone hearst section. the most recent incident, happened on friday, terrorizing women in the middle of the night, and all of these incidents are the same this guy, breaks into the women's homes. he is, i should president say breaks in but gets in an unlock door. he goes in the bedroom and stand over them, stairs at them, on friday, the incident happened in the 7,000 block have of clinton street. that woman, for the off this guy. she chased him out of her house with a baseball bat that she keeps by her bedside, and this creepies wearing a surgical mass income some cases, in one case police say he even fondled a woman. police believe he lives in the area, he is stalking these women, he is watching, he knows their routin

it all unraveled on thursday when an 18 year-old single mother came for to upper darby police, sayingshe answered an employment ad on craigs list. kevin cornish allegedly told her he was hiring her as a home health aid. she was excited after finally fining a job. she went to his apartment. that is where cops say cornish forced the young mother to sign forms claiming she was an escort. police say cornish violently raped the 18 year-old while she beg him to let him go home. investigators found a home office with three computers and 50 filled out escort applications, police say cornish is a predator who may have done this dozens of times before. the victim spoke to fox 29, he says that she's standing up for other woman who may be suffering in silence. >>> unaudible. >> you cannot always go with the first thing if you feel that something is wrong, just go with your instinct. >> we went inside and a lot of the physical evidence, that she describe, that she found in the closet, on the kitchen sink, adding chris built to her accusations. >> reporter: now cops say the crimes cornish is accuse

all these incidents happening in the same area of upper darby township in the stone hearst section all within blocks of each other all late at night all involving women. police say a man in this latest incident was in the women's bedroom in the middle of the night. this is same mo, sometimes he is wearing a surgical mask and in one he actually fondled one of the victims according to police. now, the victim in this latest incident, awoke, to a man staring at her with a flash flight in her face. that woman keeps a baseball bat by her bed and she used it to chase the intruder off. police believe that this guy is stalk would go man who are alone and neighbors are obviously anxious. >> it scares me because we have a lot of young women, out here. >> it does scare me because i'm home alone and it is right across the the the street happening and it makes me nervous. >> reporter: intruder described as a black man in his early 20's, 5 feet eight, five-zero with the mustache, goat tea and gap between his front teeth. he may go by the nickname, well. police believe that the man may live in the are

it's a slow go southbound on 476 past the accident by broomall, upper darby. of better news. the crash between lansdale and mid county is blocking the right lane. traffic can squeeze by in the left lane. all you see the yellow. over here in west conshohocken we are at bala domingo road. an alternate roads around it. this week they are going do more milling and paving work along city avenue the schuylkill and bala avenue watch out for a bumpy ride. we have work on the tacony-palmyra bridge. the betsy ross might be a better bet. and mast girard we were waiting for that for a week. i-95 southbound side in delaware avenue there is crash. 11 minute delay from naamans road down to the southern chuck of i-95 that remains shutdown. we'll check in at the 5:00 hour. >>> thank you, matt. stepping outside. sky6 hd a live shot of penn's landing. a beautiful sight on a beautiful monday. all the chicken in your grocery store is inspected by the usda... but perdue asked them to go further. they verify that all our chickens are cared for in a clean, safe environment... and fed

this is happening time and again in upper darby. what do we need to know, good morning to you. >> reporter: it has happened five times since april. three times in the last two weeks. it is happening in the specific neighborhood in upper darby, the stonehearst neighborhood. woman are down right scared. one woman taking matters into her own hands and chasing this creep off. now police say these home invasions have have all occurred, within a five block area, they all happen late at night when woman are at sleep and home alone. police say late night intruder enters women's bedrooms sometimes wearing a surgical mask and in one case a woman was in fact fondled. latest occurred on friday night in the 7,000 block of clinton street. victim a five two-year old woman, she awoke to the man staring at her, a flashlight in her face but she fended him off with the baseball bat that she happens to keep by her bed and she chased him down the steps and out the front door. >> it seems as if he is targeting woman that there is no man around, you know,

. >>> a neighborhood in upper darby is on edge after four women awoke to find a stranger standing over their beds. the incidents have all happened since the middle of april, the latest was on june 17th on the 1100 block of seifert road. they describe the suspect as a slim african-american male between 5'8" and 5'10" inches tall and a mustache and goatee and a gap between his teeth. >>> this video from a viewer of a fast moving fire overnight. firefighters pulled one person from the hospital, the two police officers suffered smoke inhalation while evacuating neighbors. the cause of the blaze is still under investigation. the progress repairing it's 495 bridge is moving ahead quickly of the 32 steel concrete shafts that need to be installed, work is completed or in the process on eight of them. the span over the christina river is closed because some of the support columns were indeed tilting. >>> the highway authority has been granted money to widen the roadway of garden state parkway in atlanticic county. the expansion will reduce congestion and allow >>> proper attire was not a requir

. >>> this made the hands into the police on upper darby. it's a knockout attack. we are hearing from the victim tonight. >>> for cecily tynan, ducis rodgers, the entire "action news" team, i am jim gardner. we hope you will join us for "action news" at 11:00. >>> welcome to "world news." tonight, the breaking news, the twin tornados caught on tape, all part of a major outbreak of twisters at this hour, the meteorologist warning, take this seriously, while in the west, the wildfire and evacuations. >>> also the breaking developments in iraq, the u.s. marines moving in to protect the u.s. embassy and u.s. warships now on the move. >>> real money with the extreme heat on the way this week, the simple tip that could save your family hundreds of dollars. >>> and the jeopardy champ, big news tonight about alex tremendous beck. we go back to that very first show, the category, holidays, the third monday in january starting in 1986.

. >>> caught on camera, un provoke attack on helpless man in upper darby.t's worse there is video was posted on facebook. >> victoria and katie return, they've got your traffic and weather together on the 3's. could see 90 degrees for the first time this year. whew, katie has the details, back in two minutes. ♪ they lived. ♪ they lived. ♪ they lived. ♪ (dad) we lived... thanks to our subaru. ♪ (announcer) love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. >> jen bernstein live, in wilmington, with the details, jen, good morning. >> we have one plan died in this fire, and a firefighter who suffered minor injuries during. >> this we'll have chopper three hd over the scene right now, giving awe aerial view of this home, we're right now standing on maryland >> two story residential home. two people inside at the time when this started, the fire chief telling us, that there were definately fire first, others had heard explosion at some point. fire chief did confirm to us that if there was any kind of explosion, which is not officially confirmed, would have happened after

. >> reporter: minutes ago i got off the phone with captain darby from special victims unit. me this morning they have arrested one of the men they had questioned overnight and charged him in the rittenhouse rape case. i'll have more details coming up after the break. 50 >>> we have breaking news into nbc 10 this morning. an arrest has been made in the rittenhouse rape case. let's head straight out to nbc 10's katy zachry. what do you have? >> reporter: i just got off the phone with captain johnç darbyf svu. he was headed downtown for a press conference where they'll release more details. he tells me one of the four men brought to svu and questioned overnight has been charged in the rittenhouse rape case. let's go to our video. we understand this individual lives at south 8th and moore street in south philadelphia. detectives searched that home last night and confiscated bikes that is important because in new surveillance video, you can see the suspect locking his bike to a pole seconds before he follows the victim and forces her into her rittenhouse square apartment where p

talking about sprinkles moving through parts of philadelphia stretching to gloucester and outside of darby. we'll see that for 20 to 30 minutes as we head into the rest of tonight. your current temperatures right now, throughout our area, 71 in the poconos. 76 in allentown. mid 70s for philadelphia. 77 degrees in millville and 74 in atlantic city. as we head into the rest of tonight, we'll see temperatures dropping down to 74 by 9:00 p.m. by 11:00 p.m., 69 degrees and warmer weather on the way. all the details in my first alert seven-day forecast. >>> right now, police are looking for several gunmen after a violent night in philadelphia. two people were killed in at least eight shootings in four neighborhoods. they happened in a three-hour period beginning around 10:30 last night. the first involved a 16-year-old killed and another teen seriously hurt when someone fired shots during a barbecue in north philadelphia. this happened on the 700 block of montgomery aech. police say there were about 300 people at the barbecue at the time of the shooting. also in north philly, a man was shot and

. >>> upper darby police are on the look out for a man breaking into homes and watching women sleep. four women tell police they have awakened to find a stranger standing over their beds. the incidents started in mid april. the latest happened on the 7100 block of seaford road last tuesday. he is described as slim black man 5'8", he has a mustache and goatee and gap between his two front teeth. >> philadelphia fire crews are on the scene of a sewer line break in port richmond on east somerset street. the break is under i-95. so far no reports of any homes being flooded. >>> the united states supreme court has ruled that police generally may not search your cell phone unless they have a warrant. the ruling was emphatic ruling 9-0. for many americans they hold the privacies of life. >> happening today a job fair in south jersey specifically for military veterans. it's taking place at the gymnasium of rowan college at gloucester county in sewell. that's to meet prospective employers from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. >> good luck to all of them and thank you for their service. >>> let's talk a

from darby, cydney long, nbc 10 news. >>> this all comes as there are more overnight transit options in philadelphia. just after midnight, trains on septa's broad street subway and market frank fort el lines began running. they operate every 20 minutes during weekend overnights and replace the all-night buses. it's part of a pilot program between now and labor day. septa will decide whether to make the overnight services permanent. the brother of a man charged with killing his girlfriend's baby goes on trial tomorrow. 33-year-old rushdie is accused of threatening the lead investigator in his brother's murder case. he went ballist nick the delaware conti courthouse after visiting his brother in jail last november. his brother umad is accused of kidnapping his girlfriend's 7-month-old baby from an upper darby home last august and then killing him. despite extensive churches in lancaster and york county, the body has never been found. >>> the trial of six former philadelphia traffic court judges is scheduled to resume tomorrow in federal court. they are charged in a ticket fixing case.

. >> okay, sabina kuriakose live in upper darby, thank you. >>> philadelphia has reinstated a priest suspended after 2011 grand jury report in the child sexual abuse. archdiocese says archbishop charles chaput decided monsignor joseph, is suitable for ministry. it finded unsubstantiated allegations that he sexually abused minors 20 years ago. he was ordained in 1972 and most recently served in land dale. >>> topping national headlines, more help could be on the way for americans struggling to pay back their student loans. today president obama will announce he is expanding the pay as you go program. the program allows borrowers to pay, no more than 10 percent of their monthly income in loan payments. president obama plans to extend the benefit to americans who began borrowing before october of 2007, which is the the current cut off. meanwhile the president is pushing law make tours support legislation that would allow graduates with heavy debt to refinance their loans, and senate is set to debate this bill next week. we will keep you posted. >>> meantime on capitol hill the health ve

he threatened an upper darby detective and a woman inside the courthouse.his brother, ahmed rushdi is accused of kidnapping his girlfriend's baby and killed him. hamza ali has not been found. >>> raphael mack seen here on the left is supposed to start serving a 30-month sentence in ohio on thursday. a ruling is expected by wednesday on whether or not he has to report. mack was convicted of taking bribes on behalf of his brother earlier this year. still no word when former mayor tony mack will begin serving his prison sentence. >>> there will be a special donation for the schuylkill river trail in honor of brad fox. one of several steel posts will be placed just feet away from the memorial that honors him. the posts are designed to keep people who use the trail safe from vehicles. officer fox was a form are marine and a seven-year veteran of the plymouth township police department. he was shot in the head while he and his canine partner chased a suspect that that suspect was found dead nearby after turning the gun on himself. >>> today, pennsylvania congress

october 14th, 2010, upper darby, pennsylvania. just a few miles outside philadelphia, the 69th street bus terminal is a busy hub for people coming and going into the city. as captured by the bus outward looking security camera, rasheed bingham waits at the terminal with his two young sons. >> it's always packed. there's always a lot of things going on down there, especially at rush hour. >> footage from an interior security camera shows bingham and his sons boarding a philadelphia public transit bus. a few steps behind them is a young woman with cell phone in hand. and she's about to start talking loudly. >> how loud was she? i guess on a scale from one to ten, probably a seven and a half. probably close to an eight. >> as the bus sits outside the terminal, bingham isn't bothered by the girl's chatter. but he says an older woman sitting next to her is pretty annoyed. >> she just wasn't too happy with the lady's tone and how loud she was, so she immediately got up and moved. she did say something like, nobody wants to hear your con

today upper darby police superintendant, michael chipwood, spoke about the severity of the crime. >> this is a mean spirited act committed for absolutely no reason other than just to be vicious. >> epps now faces simple assault and making terroristic threats. >>> a disturbance in buck county has ended peacefully. police were called to lower southhampton when his roommate call -- the suspect edward nomwitz barricaded himself inside when officers arrived. neighbors were asked to stay inside of their own homes during the standoff. he is expected to face several charges. thomas jefferson university is less than an hour away from receiving a historic donation. he will accept $30 million and the medical school will be renamed of sydney kimmel college. the money will be used for financial aid and cancer research and new facilities. >>> we have this just in, philadelphia public schools have decided to close early at 12:15 because of the heat and humidity today. so parents philadelphia public schools closing today at 12:15, we'll put that on our website as well at 6abc.com if you need additio

seeing no lightning with them but lots of rain, and in is ponding and flooded roadways, that is near darbynd east baltimore avenue, it jumps over the river into camden and cherry hill and morristown and this area near palmyra is filling in with reds and lightning strikes there and this is one downpour centered around center city, it is creating downpours in philadelphia county near the airport, that is clearing out as well. and citizens bank park, and that is salem to gloucester to camden county and that is being to subside. if we go towards gloucester county a picture from heather. this water is almost bumper deep in that parking lot there. you never want to drive into flooded roadways or even flooded parking lots, your car could stall and you could get into trouble. the temperatures are rain cooled in philadelphia and millville, 72 to 73 degrees, it's muggy and where we haven't seen the rain, temperatures are near 80 degree s, satd light and radar popping over the mid atlantic and the low pressure center over the great lakes and that sends more southerly winds in here for the week. it's

if you have information call the upper darby police. >>> the philadelphia police say a series of burglariesommitted by the same man. he broke into springboard media and stole tablets. and then they say he stole a car from south 16th street. and last week they say he broke into chatter blast and stole even more computers. they will be dealing with another mile and a half of headaches starting tonight. construction, which has been underway is expanding north to allegeny avenue. it is a $212 million project the second largest ever for penndot. the work done from 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. and drivers can expect uneven services and delays. >>> and chris christie chief of staff testifying about the bridge scandal. he is the highest ranking member of thes administration to appear before the legislative committee investigating the closures on the george washington bridge. he has already told the attorneys that he learned of the traffic jam four months after they happened. christie's attorneys named ex-staffer bridget kelly as the mastermind behind the plan. >>> the co-owner of california chrome is ap

katherine scott is live with more on the story outside the upper darby police department. >> reporter: good morning, tam, that victim did describe that terrifying ordeal. police believe there are dozens more victims and urging them to come forward. 42-year-old kevin cornish remains behind bars of he was arrested on friday in relation to this case. "action news" spoke to the victim. she is a young mother from philadelphia. she answered a job for a home health aid. because she didn't have transportation cornish drove her back and forth in his gray does an. hours after the interview he said a job had opened up. when he brought her back to the apartment he forced to sign paper for sex for higher police say he took pictures of her and remained her. police found signed applications for 50 other women in the apartment and would start contacting the women. the 18-year-old called her mother who called police. >> i put my bags in my hand and i got out of the car and started running. >> i think the first reason it didn't go forward if they were afraid of, they don't have to be afraid of him, els

youngsters from 20 schools picked up awards in upper darby.veryone honored including teachers ranked nationally in the >> well if you tuned into "good morning america" today you saw a familiar face, our own cecily tynan joined robin roberts and the others on the set this morning. filling in for meteorologist ginger who got married over the weekend. seeing her the next two mornings and then adam joseph picks up the duties on thursday and friday. join the conversation on twitter using #6abc on gma. wondering if you would get better weather. >> the umbrella needed the rest of the week. and double scan live around the area, most of the region has yet to see a drop of rain today. but a very small section of mainly southeastern pennsylvania seeing downpours and a thunderstorm or two. nothing on the severe side, but what was severe was the flooding and response to the at that representation -- torrential rain. and this is a downpour south of the philadelphia turnpike sitting over the same location and that's been a big problem. going to the west in p

captain john darby here at svu says that the suspect was violent during the entire ordeal. >> it appears that he left the location for a short time, only to return, an a second assault does take place. there were repeated assaults and physical assaults that took place inside that residence. >> reporter: obviously a distressing situation. detectives say it's a fluid situation and things are happening really by the hour. we are continuing to check in with our sources at special victims and as soon as we have any information about charges or an arrest, we'll bring that to you. reporting live in juniata, katy zachry, nbc 10 news. >> thank you, katy. >>> a preliminary hearing is scheduled for a philadelphia teacher accused of having sex with a special needs student. stephanie amato turn herself in earlier this month. a 14-year-old student said he had sex with the 30-year-old teacher on several occasions. amato was removed from ethan allen middle school in mayfair after the allegations were made. >>> later this morning, education advocates and community members will travel to harrisburg to ask

he turned himself into upper darby police late last night. he's the one in this cell phone video, who sucker punched a homeless man at a septa trolley stop last week, the attack was posted on facebook, police tell us they're now trying to find three more people in that video. >> the philadelphia district attorney convened a grand jury to investigate whether state lawmakers accepted money in exchange for political favors. seth williams believes there could be more people involved. williams announced today he's taking up the case after the state attorney general decided not to pursue it, he did not name names, these four legislators, representatives ron walters, vanessa brown, michelle brownly and louise bishop have already been linked to the case, the grand jury will review the evidence and decide if charges will be filed. >> if one, two, five people should be prosecuted or if no one should be prosecuted. that is what the public deserves. and that's what we're going to give to them. >> an attorney for one of the lawmakers criticized williams f

so zooming in a little closer upper darby over to philadelphia, center city, camden, collingswood, pennsauken very heavy rainfall right now. ponding on the roadways. that's why we have that flash flood concern flash flood warning until 8:15. 72 degrees right now. you can see the cloud cover and the wet conditions across the area. so allow extra travel time if you are stepping outdoors in the philadelphia area. you can see the counties highlighted northern salem, gloucester and camden with that flood floor warning. the very heavy rainfall right now philadelphia proper moving north and east into northern sections of camden county as well as sections of burlington county right now. take look at new jersey turnpike in runnemede. ing see very heavy rainfall and wet conditions across the area. so as we continue into the evening, slow-moving storms. we're talking rainfall rates one to 2-inches per hour. that's why we have the flash flood concern, and then for tomorrow, it looks like we'll do it again. fond out when we catch break from this very sticky and unstable pattern coming up. >> all right, sc