darby township has its first ever black female police chief.he served for nearly three decades with a department in florida and tonight our natasha brown introduces us to the new top cop. >> i regina j. price -- >> with those words -- >> chief, congratulations. (applause). >> regina price makes history becoming the first african-american female police chief in darby township and in delaware county's history. >> here's your badge of honor. (applause). >> chief price is new to delaware county but she brings an extensive history in law enforcement from her native flor. she served 30 years with the riff 53 era police police department retiring as major in january before lanning the job in darby township. >> i'm still a little overwhelmed by the whole thing it's still a little surreal. i'm extremely blessed to actually be here. i'm very proud to be a part of the darby township now and i'm so pleased i was selected as the chief of police. >> reporter: members of the small town community looked on many beaming with pride. darby township commissioner r

darby township has its first ever black female police chief.he served for nearly three decades with a department in florida and tonight our natasha brown introduces us to the new top cop. >> i regina j. price -- >> with those words -- >> chief, congratulations. (applause). >> regina price makes history becoming the first african-american female police chief in darby township and in delaware county's history. >> here's your badge of honor. (applause). >> chief price is new to delaware county but she brings an extensive history in law enforcement from her native flor. she served 30 years with the riff 53 era police police department retiring as major in january before lanning the job in darby township. >> i'm still a little overwhelmed by the whole thing it's still a little surreal. i'm extremely blessed to actually be here. i'm very proud to be a part of the darby township now and i'm so pleased i was selected as the chief of police. >> reporter: members of the small town community looked on many beaming with pride. darby township commissioner r

a although no high level drug suppliers were nabbed this time darby police chief robert smyth warned this is just the beginning. >> we will keep coming after you. if you think you have a big gang my gang is beggar than your gang. >> reporter: many cheered the efforts but authorities say they have their work cut out for them. >> i hope they can do something with darby, you know, darby, a lot of drugs come around here, you know, one of those places that need a rebuild. >> reporter: the chief hopes at rest could solve the cold case homicide of christopher eat on stalker who was killed, execution style in darby. police suspect killers are heroin deal hours thought he was a a informant. >> call somebody, call me, call the police station, call the mayor, call the d.a., i don't care who you call, just let us solve this homicide, so his family can have some closure. >> reporter: there was one case of mistaken identity where woman just moved in her apartment about two weeks ago she had her door income down and home raided. police chief says that he does plan to vice that it woman to apologize

these are officers in front of darby borough police station, they are processing the suspects and the operation is about getting drugs off the street from heroin to meth to pills. >> operation spring cleaning began at dawn, a culmination of a six month operation by darby police, seven teams made arrests in delaware county, philadelphia and chester. >> this today is sending a message to darby bureau we are not going to tolerate drug sales on our corners. >> individuals that are destroying the character and quality of our neighborhood season making life miserable for law abiding residents. >> local and state law enforcement assisted in nabbing 100 sellers and $48,000 in seized and recovered drugs and weapons. and overall the operation went smoothly but this woman, natasha richardson is outraged she was a case of mistaken identity. the chief says there can be flaws but they are reaching out to her. >> they pulled him out of his bed and pulled him out of his bed. i thought the dog would come out and they would shoot one of my dogs. >> we have to do what we have to do to make it right. we'

. >>> captain john darby is now off duty. ahead the success and the regrets of the head of the special victims unit says farewell to the philadelphia police department. >> well, this wave of low pressure over georgia will ride along tonight's front bringing us a wet start to the weekend tomorrow and then get ready for wicked winds on sunday. we'll have the details in the accuweather 7-day forecast. >> those stories and much more when "action news" continues tonight. >> a car slammed into a wawa in burlington county this afternoon. police and firefighters responded to a store in the 3700 block of church road in mount laurel at 1 o'clock. the vehicle crashed through the front doors. fortunately nobody was hurt. >> ♪ >>> new at 6:00 tonight the philadelphia police department is losing one of its best known and most highly regarded leaders tonight. and every man and woman in blue is wishing him well. "action news" reporter vernon odom has the story. >> you know, i'm proud of my service. 35 years with the police department. >> rep

police department. >> congratulations. >> yeah. >> reporter: with that regina price became darby's newa a tight that will she wanted her entire three decade in law enforcement. she's a trailblazer when it comes to race and gender. township commissioners said they didn't set out to make history when they interviewed candidates for the job, but it just made sense. >> quite naturally it is first female for the township and first female for the county, as a chief of police officer. so that is a first. i mean it is not something that we were looking for but it just happened that way. so we were really thrilled about that though. >> she has a lot of education. she has a lot have experience as a policeman. >> reporter: price wants to start by getting a feel for the department but she already knows she wants better training and to improve community police relations. >> it is a tough thing in law enforce; at this time, given what is happening nationally in law enforcement, there is a lot of relationships that have to be repaired, you know, mainly law enforcement and the community and i think i

across the street from borough hall. >> as long as they continue to raise havoc on the streets of darbythen every boot on the ground should be up there butts. >> police and prosecutors say these raids should service serve as warning to drug dealers in darby and other delaware county towns. that if you continue to deal drugs they will continue to conduct operations just like this. in delaware county, dave schratwieser fox 29 news. >> we have breaking news out of baltimore. tense situation at our sister station where police say a man showed up at fox 45 and threatened to set off a bomb. that man was wearing a of all things a panda suit. this is video of him just inside the station's front doors. police say he showed up with a flash drive saying he had information he wanted to get on air. then came the threat. authorities evacuated the station eventually the man walk outside. then a sniper shot him. police do have the man in custody. we don't know his condition. nobody else was hur. we will keep you updated. >> a man is in the custody of philadelphia police after he barricade himself insid

. >>> darby police led a major drug bust. lawmen served over 100 arrest warrants and it turns out they hit one house too many. gray hall is live at darby police. what are the details on this? >> reporter: police say that any time you have an operation of this size mistakes can happen. they did target the home of the wrong individual and have pol guidesed for that, thankfully nobody was hurt and dozens of alleged drug dealers are off the street and they feel the community is safer. >> we'll keep coming at you. if you think your gang is big my gang is bigger. >> this message to any person selling drugs in his community. his officer as long with other agencies arrested over 100 drug dealers after a six month investigation. >> we will not tolerate drug sales on our corners. dozens were hauled off to jail in a major drug bust called operation spring cleaning and people in the community are praising their efforts to get the drugs off the streets and make the neighborhoods safer. >> if it hits home ideal with it but i try to talk to

because, for all her glamor, darby has a very practical side. she learned self sufficiency from her dad, a commercial fisherman in alaska. like those on the deadliest catch. and the future star spent her formative years in the same home port where that series is based. >> my mom really raised us. my dad was gone all the time. so they taught us things like tire at a very young age. >> reporter: to earn her allowance young darby cleaned school buses. >> i grew up with like a real working class, hardworking upbringing. and i think that has led into the persistence you have to have as an actor. you just plug away and work hard and it can pay off. >> there can be no doubt about her capabilities. for the moment abby seems a bit drunk with power right? it is all an act for the actress who plays her. darby remains as down to earth as she was before scandal hit so big. tonight's lineup start's with gray's a-- starts with "grey's anatomy" at 8:00. >> i totally want to see her on a fishing back in dutch harbor. >> she could do it. she owns an apartment bui

. >>> history in darby township today where it first ever african-american police chief will be sworn in. regene price will take over the department tonight, she joins the force after serving 29 years with the riveria beach police department in florida. >>> still ahead, this morning, what you may be doing on your drive-in to work that could get you a ticket. >>> also ahead the surprising way south jersey resident was able to bust burglars and he wasn't even home at the time. >>> plus a crane carrying a plane, toppled over, the moment of impact caught on camera and we will tell you why it was being moved in the first >>> back on "eyewitness news", we have incredible video for you, a crane, collapsed, while moving a 70-pound airplane. it happened sunday at an airport in india. the 200-ton crane was moving an a320 for a training exercise when it slammed to the ground. we're told air india jet was empty at the time and no one was hurt, so, lucky there. >>> we're also getting a look at home surveillance video from south jersey. it looks like something straight out of home alone. check this

re jeana price was sworn in as police chief in darby township. the first african-american woman to take that role in pennsylvania. the second to run a police department statewide. keith jones takes us inside the swearing-in ceremony. that she's having trouble believing is real. >> reporter: on an historic night -- >> place one hand on the bible and raise the other hand. >> thank you so much. here's your badge of honor. >> reporter: one glass ceiling shattered. >> i'm still a little overwhelmed by the whole thing. it's still a little surreal. >> reporter: regina price, the first african-american woman in delaware county, not to mention the first in our area and one of the first in pennsylvania to assume the position of chief. >> i'm more concerned that they look at my experience, my training, what i'm bringing to the table. that way i can share it with the darby township and take a police department from where it is now to a much greater police department. >> i want her to know we love her so much. >> reporter: her friends trfld from florida where

. >>> also this morning, she's darby township's new top cop. >>> we will hear from police chief regina price on her historic new job. >>> and how this woman's favorite snack, may have saved her life, wait until you hear this one, we will be >>> inside this green truck, seven terror suspects. they arrived 90 minutes ago to a court in brussels. one of the then mohammad abrini admitted his rel in the paris and brussels terror attacks. today's hearing is for i judge to decide if the men should preventive custody. >>> a historic hire. >> new police chief is on the job in darby township today. >> i, regina j price, chief, congratulations. >> regina price is first black female police chief in delaware county's history. chief price has been in law enforcement for 30 years. she retired as a major in january, before leading this new job. the chief price says she want resident to focus more on her experience's lesson her historic hire. >> i'm more concerned that they look at my experience, training, what i'm bringing to the table and what i can give to darby township and take a police department

no outbound service darby to highland.y are running to newark, and express trains to marcus hook. >>> service has been resumed on amtrak lines affected by the deadly derailment. the second accident to happen in the region involving amtrak in less than a year. katherine scott is live at the scene in trainer in delaware county. >> reporter: the impact happened in chester, but the train traveled about a mile before it came to a stop in trainer. the investigation continues today, the two people who died were amtrak employees. so far their names have not been released and amtrak has not said why they were working at the active track. >>> sir be advised the train hit a backhoe and multiple injuries reported. >> reporter: more than 300 passengers were on board georgia-bound amtrak train 89 sunday morning when it slammed into the backhoe in chester causing the main engine to derail. >>> rapideration. dozen of passengers were rushed to the nearby hospital while the rest hauled their belongings to a nearby church awaiting a shuttle

the action cam is on the scene live in upper darby, you can see the fire trucks there. you can see the burned out window showing there's quite a bit of damage that's been done to the home. crews are putting out hot spots, but no reports of injuries. >>> another story brand new, police are looking for the driver who sideswiped another car that caused a crash and drove off. the action cam was at 63rd and chestnut in west philadelphia where a vehicle slammed into a utility pole after midnight. another driver who caused the car to crash into the pole took off. everyone is expected to be okay. >>> a child is on the mend after a dirt bike crashed in west philadelphia. the child who was inside the car was taken to children's hospital for minor injuries. there's no word if the dirt bike rider was going to face charges. the ryder was trying to avoid a police helicopter at the time of the crash. the accident happened during a citywide crackdown to get atvs and dirt bikes over the road. during yesterday's crackdown police seized 60 vehicles and made three arrests. it's part of a c

fox 29's dave schratwieser is live in upper darby tonight and, dave arc pretty emotional seen there.> reporter: dawn, lots of emotion and lots of police presence at the vigil tonight for 20-year-old christopher thomas who was gunned down in a hail of bullets yesterday afternoon. >> we love you, chris. >> we love you bro. >> they came to the second ward playground thursday night to light candles for 20-year-old christopher thomas gunned down as he sat on front porch on atlantic avenue with some friends wednesday afternoon. >> there was lost love out here. that's all i can same he'll be very missed. >> so many people came out because chris he wasn't -- den get into a lot of stuff. he was a nice person. everybody loved chris. >> reporter: thursday night, there was a heavy police presence in the neighborhood. thomas was killed when a gunman opened fire from a car as it approached the home where he was sitting. friends and family members gathered at the park to remember chris many many still stunned by the murder and questioning what was behind it. >> chris ain't bother nobody. didn't do

and still ahead on "action news" at 12:30, phillies fever takes over an elementary school in upper darby we step live outside, sky 6 hd showing you philadelphia international airport meteorologist, david murphy, with your update from accuweather when we come right back. why should we trust a harrisburg politician like steve santarsiero who will say anything to win an election? after claiming credit for passing universal background checks for all gun purchases, "santarsiero admitted in an interview that he didn't write pennsylvania's gun safety law." his campaign brags about his accomplishments, but "in fact, he has failed in 54 attempts to get any legislation on the books." we just cant trust steve santarsiero. i'm shaughnessy naughton, and i approve this message because we deserve better. >>> phillies first base man ryan howard and his wife, crystal, stopped by upper darby elementary school this morning and talked to the kids the importance of reading and shared their childrens book series, little rhino and they offered free copies for the first through third graders. >> ryan is a nice

expect 30 minute delays, no outbound service from darby station to highland station. they are running express service to marcus hook. it's a lot to think about, we'll be henning you through it all morning. >> reporter: sure is. storm tracker 6 live double scan shows you we have rain in the northern suburbs, allentown and reading. there's a shower in lancaster that might push into chester county later on. it's going to be mild later today compared to yesterday. 59 degrees by 11:00. 62 by noon. 62 by 2:00 p.m. high of 66 around 3:00 p.m. mostly cloudy skies spotty sprinkles and showers here or there. widespread activity in time form the evening commute. >>> one of america's game show is coming to the region. >>> wheel of fortune will be getting philadelphia flavor. karen rogers has a preview. >> reporter: i was in l.a. for a few days last week we are getting ready for philadelphia week. we are getting ready for philadelphia week here on wheel of fortune. i'm on set. it is so cool, because they brought philadelphia to wheel. look at this they have a giant skyline here. w

we expect with septa 30 minute delays, no service darby to highland station.y are running to newark. watch for delays there. route 1 trolley is detoured with the construction. everything else is on time. >> reporter: all right, it's nice to see most of the slots green. we have rain on the radar, it's pushing into allentown. looks like reading is about to say goodbye to this batch of showers. there's more on the way out to the west. the suburbs is the area of main action this morning. if you're dressing the kids dress them warmly because we're in the 30s. phillies are out in cincinnati kicking off the 2016 season. lighter jacket in the afternoon. rain gear in the northern suburbs on the way home from school. 66 degrees by 3:00 p.m. that will be the high, mostly cloudy skies and showers intermittent through the day mostly in the afternoon. quickly on the big board at the airport, no major delays, up in newark there's a fire in one of the terminal. that could be a problem. but no problems anywhere he is an no signs of rain. >>> in "healthcheck," for heart failure

"eyewitness news" reporter tran dough live outside darby borough hall where news conference just wrapped up. trang, what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, brooke, this investigation started six months ago, as a result of tips from the community. the sweep started 6:00 a.m. police offers remembers still out taking peak up. this was a county-wide effort involving more than 40 local and federal agencies, now, in addition to the 100 plus arrests, officers seized nearly $50,000 in drugs, two handguns and assault rifle. those drugs included crack cocaine, heroin, marijuana and pills. police say mostly street leaf dealers all will face felony sales charges. >> but what they probably should be charged with some sort of homicide or unnatural death, because they are killing our population, from our young, if you look at the pictures, to the middle-aged, to the older people. and it crosses all cultures and all colors. >> and there was one case of mistaken identity where a woman's door was busted down, and her home raided. now, police chief robert smythe intends to go to that woman's home and apol

. >> please the new darby police chief. she's one of the first in the state to asuchl that position. >> i'm more concern thad they look at my experience, my training, what i'm bringing to table. that way i can share it with the darby township and take it to where it is now to a much greater police department. >> she comes with a 29-career with a police department from florida. >>> the families of victims killed in the germanwings air crash are suing. school officials have not commented. in march of last year the pilot locked the germanwings captain out of the cockpit and then set the plane on a collision kourgs into a mountain. that crash killed all 150 people on board. emily selke and her mother evonne died in that crash. em will i was a music industry major who graduated from drexel university in 2013. evonne graduated from springfield high school in delaware county in 1975. >>> the 2016 boston marathon happens on monday. parents put down the starting line yesterday. police are ramping up security and police are asking an

. >> reporter: well rick, that is new information from upper darby police, we learn that five student were arrested after drugs, a weapon and bullets were found in the school building. four males and one female. police tell us that this started as a drug deal, a student witnessed the drug deal and saw the weapon and saw the student take it into the school building and that student did the right thing and reported it. students dismissed address normal at pendergast memorial high school. they hold us at 11:00 this morning they heard an announcement over the loud speakers. >> i was in first period and the principal said we were in a lockdown and we thought it was a drill but it wasn't. >> the upper darby police spons after a student said there was a weapon on the property. >> they searched the campus including the cafeteria and the roof. >> they brought us outside for two hours and then brought us back inside. >> we had to be silence while on lock up we heard the lockers were being searched. >> they found a .9 millimeter gun and marijuana and bullets in a backpack in a locker. students w

if you recognize him, you should call upper darby police. >>> philadelphia's mayor takes some heat at a public meeting last night. protesters accused him of lying about a controversial police technique called stop-and-frisk. mayor jim kenney met with hundreds of people in a north philadelphia church last night telling them he lived up to his commitment to crack down on unconstitutional police stops. he says the department is putting in place unprecedented policies and reporting requirements. many in the crowd last night said city leaders are making their own rules about what constitutes a reasonable police stop. >> an ineffective policy. those numbers have to come down. this is more than just a training issue. this is -- this has to come from the top. >> in march the pennsylvania aclu reported that, of 2300 pedestrian stops in philadelphia in the first half of 2015, 33% were made without reasonable suspicion that a crime had happened. african-americans accounted for nearly 70% of those stops. >>> today thousands of volunteers all across the country and right here in our area will get

. >> meet the new darby police chief, regina price. she was sworn in last night as the first african-american woman in delaware county, also the first in the state to assume that position. >> i'm more concerned they look at my experience, my training, what i'm bringing to the table. that way i can share it with the darby township and take it where it is now to a much greater department. >> she comes with a 29-year career with the florida police. >>> nbc 10 at the bank bridge school. the veterans honored last night served in world war ii, korea, vietnam, iraq, and afghanistan. >>> a 19-year-old from philadelphia is among the student competitors from 30 states show casing their inventions at this year's white house science fair. 130 students are showcasing their inventions at the 2016 fair. the last one president obama will host. among the exhibits is an invention to help you avoid the inconvenience of tangled headphones. the cord created by sherma shermar coombs. >> it allows you to wrap your headphones in the channel and keep it organi

no outbound service to darby station to highland station. septa will also be running trains into newark. we're also in the middle of a bridge hopping for the tacony palmyra bridge. scheduled apriling for 4:10 this morning. we're also in the process of that. the betsy ross can be your alternate. no problems on the walt or the burlington bristol. >>> here's what we know about the deadly amtrak derailment. the train has been moved from the tracks in trainer, delaware county. federal investigators recovered a data recorder and two cameras as they tryç and piece togethe what went wrong yesterday. two veteran amtrak workers using a backhoe were killed when train 89 hit them. investigators want to know why that veteran maintenance crew was working along live railroad tracks. monique braxton is live along the tracks in trainer with more on where the investigation stands at this early hour. monique? >> reporter: overnight we've been watching the movement here on the tracks in trainer, this over my shoulder, crews have been working on the actual trac

. >> i'm iain page it all went down in darby borough tonight authorities are showing what tow fop. here's fox 29's dave schratwieser. >> reporter: only fox 29 was on the street with police just as the sun came up thursday and operation spring cleaning rolled down main street in darby borough. police scooped up dozens of suspects. many of them suspected heroin dealers. >> we're not going to tolerate drug sales on our corners. >> you decided that this is your lifestyle, i suggest that you change your lifestyle. >> reporter: police from across delaware county, philadelphia and septa took part in the massive raids. fbi agents, the dea and u.s. marshals were on happened as they took down more than 80 suspects. they seized 2,000 packets of heroin labeled purple reign and back to the future. >> when you sell heroin, you are selling death. when you selling heroin you're selling addiction. >> could want my son to grow up and be around that type of -- because it's so easy to get and pick up and starts with those pills. >> reporter: police and prosecutors say one of the main reasons they cond

jay hall is live at the darby police station with the details. >> reporter: i can tell you that the police chief went out personally to apologize to the woman and tonight she is praising the actions of his police officers for getting nearly 100 drug dealers off the streets and making the streets a whole lot safer. >> thursday morning dozens of people were hauled off to jail in darby borough. chief says that officers recovered $48,000 worth of drugs. police say that those arrested were selling crack, marijuana and meth and other illegal narcotics, they will be charged with selling drugs and chief mike would like to see them charged with homicide. >> they are killing our population, from the young to the middle age to the older people and it crosses all cultures and all colors. >> 110 arrest warrants were served and police made arrests across delaware county and philadelphia. those living in the community support the effort to clean up the streets and make their neighborhood safer. >> today is a beautiful day in darby borough. we are finally getting the chance to take our borough back. we ar

price will leave the darby township police department after a 29-year career in florida where she roseugh the ranks to become a mather in 2011. >>> philadelphia police are on the hunt for whoever stole two mausoleum doors from the laurel hills cemetery in fairmont park. the stolen doors are similar to these. investigators tell us someone took the $25,000 doors earlically yesterday morning.ç >>>ty a look at this new surveillance individual crow. it shows two burglars breaking into a recycling building. they try to break into the steel casing of a machine once inside. they're apparently going to steel scrap metal. they were unsuccessful, though. if you have information about the suspects, please call police. >>> the fbi is trying to find out who made off with several andy warhol prints after a museum heist in missouri. take a look. you probably recognize these iconic campbell soup cans. they were created in 1968. they are valued at just less than $500,000. police say seven of the ten prints were snatched from museum walls. investigates say there are no security guards at the museum afte

a man shot and killed here on the 700 block of atlantic avenue in upper darby. it happen late this afternoon. upper darby police have yet to identify the victim as the search continues for his killer. >>> investigators in new jersey have busted child pornography ring that netted 16 suspects, including a bus driver, factory worker, insurance company employee and even a teenager. but what many considered most disturbing is that one of those arrested is this man, a local elementary schoolteacher, identified as 36 year-old thomas guzzi, junior a fifth grade teacher at winslow elementary in wine land. authorities say he and other suspects were sharing videos that were more than disturbing. >> these videos show very young children being coerced into performing sexual acts on themselves or others, including child rape. >> some of the victims in the the videos were infant and toddlers. guzzi has been on unpaid leave since being arrested in february. >>> and still to come on "action news" tonight, alcohol induced turbulence. we will show you surveillance video of that co

there are actually five fire companies that make up upper darby department. event was held in the springfield country club. members of the fire companies and hear families all took part. >>> students from dozens of schools across the region played a little lah contracts today for a great cause. eighth annual lacrosse invitational at haverford school raise add wearness for prostate and testicle cancer. in all 26 schools from pennsylvania, delaware and new jersey all took part. all of the money raise today benefits local organizations and help families in need of cancer treatment payment. >>> still to come on "action news" tonight find out the new plan for a bunch of old build initial trenton. >>> also doctors are explaining why the first ever uterus transplant in the u.s. failed. >>> it will cost you more to watch netflix, find out how much more subscribers will be soon paying, melissa. >>> walter, the snow has moved out but we are track ago this freeze warnings that goes up in the overnight hours and continues as we wake up tomorrow morning. we have details w

. >> darby township's new police chief starts today, regina price is first african-american female policeo lead a police department in the county. she brings, 30 years of law enforcement experience from her native florida. she retired as a major in january, before landing her new job. >> i'm very proud to be a part of the darby township now. i'm so pleased i was selected as the chief of police. >> we're celebrating obviously the fact that she's the first woman of color but i don't want it to be lost on the fact that you were pick because you were excellent. >> chief price plans to improve relationship between the department, and the community. >> but first, she's concentrating on the 22 police officers under her command. >>> now to an update on the zika a virus u.s. health officials say is there officially enough evidence to show that the virus causes birth defects. >> since last year doctors in brazil have been linking zika infections to pregnant woman to a rise new borns with the condition called micro civilly that causes unusually, small, skulls, and, sexual contact. researchers say th

our bruce gordon is live in darby borough. bruce?> reporter: lucy in case you had any doubts about whether folks in this community fear those drug dealers or others just like them will soon be back on the streets, you should know that lots of people we talk to tonight wanted nothinged that with sharing their opinions on camera. it is said that a spring rain has a cleansing effect on all it touches. darby borough cleansing of a different sort came around dawn tuesday. dozens of drug dealers were swept up in massive raid. james williams lives just down the block from police headquarters. >> the guy arresting them bringing them in buses. this is much bigger than i thought it was. >> reporter: they got them by the busload. >> two buses. >> reporter: the raid as seen in this exclusive fox 29 video was designed to take street corner drug dealer out of action. authorities say those dealers have inundated this community with the heroin that has hooked and harmed so many. but the drug war here has been waging for years. >> five or sick guys s

. >> darby police get new top cop. how the hire is a first for delaware county. >> ♪ >> sing it, chris murphy. >> little rod stewart for you. >> live look in delaware. live sounds from chris murphy. temperatures dip into the 30's, sue will have your full forecast, but we have a way to warm you up. go to wawa, free coffee today, no strings attached, they dubbed it wawa day, celebrating its first store that opened in 1964. >> you can guess, any size cup of coffee, only catch, only one percuss tomorrow err. gives away. >> wawa, what do you want in your cough me? >> adorable. >> high, sue. >> so, one down side of all of this great wet their we have in the forecast is allergies. yes, we have the tree pollen up there going on maple, juniper and alder, big offer enders. anyway, pretty high levels of pollen. i think by saturday, sunday, maybe medium high. still you will be troubled if you suffer from earl gist over the next couple every days again because of all of the clear weather. not a cloud in the sky. the closest rain we

the trolley using shuttle buses between darby and island/wood land loop because of early morning's quipms. cruit is still out here on the northbound extension between mid county and lansdale. hopefully they will be out of there before we get some volume delays. they will be painting today, a line painting on the schuylkill. they will start to do it in south philadelphia, head west out to king of prussia and start painting right after the morning rush, mike and lauren, back over to you. >>> just over a month after deadly terror attacks, finally metro stationary opened there. >> officials say bombing did not cause any structural damage to the building but repairs to the tying on the side of the walls there and masonry are still in progress. entrances and exits are limited and trains are running on a reduced schedule, isis has claimed responsibility, for that sue site bombing at the metro killing 16 people. >>> and authorities now say that the murders of the eight family members, in ohio, may have been a result of the turf war over marijuana. >> yeah, eight members of the the roads family

two suspects are in custody. >>> flames raced through a home in upper darby overnight. the house was recently sold, and the new owners were renovating the place. >>> flyers face the capitals, flyers are down 0-2 in the series. >> reporter: don the orange and black in support. we have problems in mercer county. where i-95 and 295 and 1 come together. it's a truck that flipped over in the southbound lanes of i-95 princeton ton pike spilled bricks all over the road. a couple of lanes blocked, chopper 6 speeding to the scene. we'll have pictures in 25 minutes. >> reporter: it's cool, winds are light, lots of sunshine up over the horizon. southwest wind will warm us up. 3:00 p.m., 79. i expect a high of 80 today around 4:00 p.m. lunch outside, everybody. >>> as matt mentioned we'll be back in 25 with the latest traffic breaking news and your updates. from matt, david, matt, i'm tam, enjoy your day. thanks for coming today. i want each of you to grab a 2x8 and cut it. you'll have 2 saws to choose from. ♪ you all chose the best tool for the job. wouldn't it make sense to make

. >> reporter: well rick, that is new information from upper darby police, we learn that five studentere arrested after drugs, a weapon and bullets were found in the school building. four males and one female. police tell us that this started as a drug deal, a student witnessed the drug deal and saw the weapon and saw the student take it into the school building and that student did the right thing and reported it. students dismissed address normal at pendergast memorial high school. they hold us at 11:00 this morning they heard an announcement over the loud speakers. >> i was in first period and the principal said we were in a lockdown and we thought it was a drill but it wasn't. >> the upper darby police spons after a student said there was a weapon on the

new top cop of the darby township police department. price is from rivera beach, florida.here she served on the force for 29 years of years. she says this appointment isn't about her gender or her race but her experience in what she brings to the department. >> i'm more concerned that they look at my experience, my training, what i'm bringin brino the table. that way i can share with the darby township and take a police department from where it is now to much greater police department in the hope we'll be more transparent and mend fences with the community. >> price feels very welcomed and after nearly three decades in florida she's ready for northeast winters. okay. >>> some rung boys at a local elementary school have big mentors to look up to a group of young men have tried to make it their mission to better the lives of some of the students. >> you know what this is really all about kids helping other kids. let's get straight out to our chris o'connell live in southwest philadelphia tonight. chris? >> reporter: yeah, guys, school resource officer here at mitchell elemen

if you recognize him, call upper darby township police. >>> philadelphia's mayor taking some heat at a public meeting. protesters accused him of lying about a controversial police policy called "stop and frisk." last night mayor jim kenney met with hundreds of people in north philadelphia where he told them he has lived up to his commitment to crack down on unconstitutional police stops. he says the department is putting in place unprecedented policies and reporting requirements, but many in the crowd last night argued that city leaders are making their own rules about what constitutes a reasonable police stop. >> ineffective policy. the numbers have to come down. this is more than just a training issue. this is -- this has to come from the top. >> in march the pennsylvania aclu reported that, of 2300 pedestrian stops in philadelphia in the first half of 2015, 33% were made without reasonable suspicion that a crime had happened. that's what's needed for a legal stop. african-americans accounted for nearly 70% of those stops. >>> hey, do you have any medications in your medicine cabin

if you recognize them, or the car, knowing anything about this, give upper darby police call. >>> welle people out of their home after a fire tour through their house this afternoon. fire crews responded just before 1:30 to the row home on the 2300 block of north colorado street in north philadelphia. firefighters were able to quickly get the fire under control and red cross is now assisting those who are out of their homes tonight. >>> yet another state of violence on philadelphia streets. police were on the scene right after a guy shot and killed a 21-year-old man in cedarbrook and it happened as that man was talking to a candidate for the pennsylvania house of representatives. and the violence did not end there. >> today the candidate spoke to fox 29's bill anderson about witness ago truly horrific act. >> took a piece of my literatu literature, and i said to my -- my teammate, i said, get his information, because we want him on our team. i go inside the corner store to finish putting up the poster, and shortly after that, i hear gunshot. >> reporter: unfortunately, violence in phil

no outbound service darby station to highland station, however, trains are running to newark for people going beyond wilmington. we are expecting delays with amtrak and septa. we'll keep on top of that. allentown road an accident salford township. watch for delays. burlington bristol bridge expected to go up in a few minutes. delays there. we have a problem at main street use church road because they have the jug handle blocked. so far dry on i-95 southbound we are expecting showers moving through. dry at cottman with light volume. >>> check this out, a woman got out of her car just in time enter -- before a intrek plunged 300 -- vehicle plunged 300 feet down a cliff in canada. the woman ended up tumbling 150 feet down the cliff. emergency crews recovered her 20 minutes later. it took a towing company two hours to get her vehicle. this happened on signal hill it's a popular historic site. >>> tesla said it received more than 275,000 orders for the model three. the car starts at $35,000 much less than any previous model. it is not scheduled to go on sale until late next year. >>> friday

up he shall darby police found a weapon along with bullets and marijuana. five students will be charged as juveniles. archdiocese issued a statement saying incidents such as this demonstrate the importance of the school community working together to maintain a safe environment. >>> new this morning, one person was seriously hurt in a chain-reaction crash involving a septa bus, it happened at 48th and market around midnight. a two car collision sent a vehicle into a stopped bus. thankfullily there were no passengers on -- thankfully there were no passengers on board. there's no word on what led to the crash. >>> pennsylvania prime ear is five days -- primary is five days away. the franklin and marshall poll gives us a glimpse into what people are thinking. donald trump leads the vote with 40%. ted cruz was third, but moved to second with 26%. johnjohn kasich has 24% support. not much change on the democratic side. hillary clinton 58 to 31%. >>> two of the trailing presidential candidates will campaign in the delaware valley today. democrat bernie sanders wil

. >>> we have breaking news out of upper darby, delaware county, chopper 6 hd has arrived at the scene0 block of 11th avenue at 4:00 police say there was a deadly shooting here. >> this all came to the attention of police when a call came in of a person being discovered facedown on the grown unresponsive. now the attention is here at this time. no word on an arrest or motive for this deadly gun fire. a deadly shooting happening in upper darby and we'll continue to watch that. ♪ i've been a turkey farmer my whole life... and i raise turkey for shady brook farms®. we don't use growth-promoting antibiotics, that's just the way things should be done. that's important to me. my name is glenn, and i'm an independent turkey farmer. (female announcer) shady brook farms®. no growth-promoting antibiotics, just honest, simple turkey. >>> all right now to the accuweather forecast on a sunny but cold day, and it's going to get even colder. >> that is the word. meteorologist, cecily tynan, standing by with the forecast. it's all on you cecily. >> it's going to get warmer with rain. so it's not a nic

with more. >> hi there rick, today regina price will be sworn in as the first police chief in upper darby, there are remarkable firsts. no doubt about it chief price will be a pioneer. within hours she will be chief regina price, a distinct and responsibility a job she wanted her entire 30 years in law enforcement. she comes from the riviera beach police department in florida where she rosed to rank of major. >> it's still surreal for me now and it's starting to sink in, but i'm still kind of up on the cloud nine right now with the whole selection process and actually being selected. >> the mother of three boys will become a trailblazer as the first african-american chief in the township and that is not all. >> the first female for the township and the first female for the county as a chief of police officer. that is a first. it's not something that we were looking for but it happened that way and we are thrilled about that though. >> she has a lot of education and a lot of experience as a police officer. >> they have been opinions about what they want their now chief to do. >> it's drugs

. >>> smoke filled children's clothing store in upper darby this afternoon.ortunately everyone got out safely. this happening at the children's place on south 69th street. crews quickly got everything under control. still no word yet on what started the fire or how bad the damage is. >>> terrifying shooting in the middle of the day in west philadelphia has got a neighborhood on edge a coalition of community groups banding together to say enough is enough. that group will be known as the anti-violence coalition. >> they held a news conference today in an area of west philadelphia where nine people have been killed in the last two years. fox 29's shawnette wilson is in west philadelphia tonight with more on how this coalition will work. schaub net? >> reporter: well, that coalition held a news conference today to announce its mission. it was held on the same day philadelphia police released video of a brazen shooting that happened in broad daylight in that same area. surveillance video captures a brazen shooting in the middle of the day in west philly. watch as

. >>> today is the first full day on the job for the darby police chief. regina price is the first african-american female police chief in delaware county. the 30 year veteran and mother of three wants to get a feel for the department. she wants to improve community police relations. >>> it's tough being in law enforcement given what's happening in law enforce. there's a lot of relationship relationships that have to be repaired, mainly law enforcement and the community and i think i have a good handle on that, i think it will work well. >>> price came from florida where she was a police major. >>> arrangements are set to celebrate the life of ed snyder. the flyers will honor his life and legacy one week from today. the event at the wells fargo center will be free and open to the public. snyder died of bladder cancer on monday at the age of 83. >>> snyder's memory will be driving the players as they begin the playoffs tonight. the first game is in washington. they held a final practice in voorhees yesterday and get a skate in at the verizon center in washi

she'll lead the darby township police department after a 29-year career in florida where she rose through the ranks to become a major back in 2011. >>> well, back in court. but there's a big difference about this latest hearing that's about to get under way for the so-called affluenza teen. >>> and one more for kobe. it's the superstar's grand finale. see how much some people are willing to shell out to see kobe play for the lakers one last time. glenn. >>> got another frosty night tonight, but a big warmup is also on the way. i'll let you know when we're going to get back into the 70s just ahead. narrator: why have president obama and vice president biden endorsed katie mcginty for us senate? because she's a "champion for working families." katie mcginty will take on the republicans and protect social security and medicare. and mcginty will work for equal pay for women - because families depend on it. for the april 26th democratic primary, president obama supports katie mcginty. katie: i'm katie mcginty and i approve this message, because it's your turn to get ahead. >>> decision 2016, d

. >>> up earn darby police arrested five students after gun bullets and marijuana were found at boner high school. the school was placed on lockdown. police found the contraband inside a girl's locker. four people will be charged as jiewrvel -- juveniles with weapons and drug offenses. >>> a two car collision sent a vehicle into a septa bus. there were no passengers on board. one of the drivers is in the hospital. no word on a condition or the cause of that original crash. >>> a law that requires all new jersey police patrol cars to have a dash cam has been ruled unconstitutional. the reason the cost. the ruling yesterday by a state board is in response to a challenge by deptford township. the board found the law created an unfair financial burden for local governments to pay for equipment. the law was passed with improving police accountability in mind. >>> pennsylvania primary is five days away, a franklin and marshall college poll has insight into what voters are thinking. donald trump leads in 40% of the vote. ted cruz has 26%. john kasich, 24% support among likely voters. going o