francis arroyo died as he was working on a van.s brother oswaldo was hurt but the other part of this story is the family dog that's now missing. rosemary connors, that dog played a very special role in this family. >> reporter: you are absolutely right. the dog was the companion to oswaldo arroyo's son who has special needs. as you mentioned, oswaldo and his brother francis were working on this green van right here used to transport oswaldo's son around the city. they got into their sedan to take francis home for the night and that's when the crash happened on east luzerne street. with barely a scratch on his body oswaldo arroyo is having a difficult time making sense of losing his only brother, francis, in last night's car crash on east luzerne street. francis, who worked in an ice cream factory, leaves behind a pregnant fiancee and two children one son is a toddler, the other a teenager. >> my uncle went to do a u-turn and was stuck in the middle. the car came the rest is history. >> he kept going. it's not right. not right at al

natalie hall referring to the driver of the suv that killed francis arroyo and injured his brother osvaldo arroyo who is out of hospital, but did not feel well enough to talk to reporters. the hit-and-run occurred last night at 10:30 stems from the front door the brothers were working on the green van what it was decided osvaldo arroyo would jump into a small car and take his brother home a few blocks away. as they pulled out the suv slammed into them. >> the family is very close they have always been that way they worked on my car, they are my mechanics it's a tragic loss. >> reporter: the family is hoping the public helps the police find the driver and hopes the public can find the family pet, max this little dog was in the car and ran away in flight. ana has a special needs child and there's a special bond between the dog and the patient. >> you not only brighten the child by touch but the family member. after losing an uncle will lose manslaughter's best friend on top of it unless someone has a heart and reaches out and returns the dog. >> reporter: well that's the hope at this point t

identificado como alberto, dueÑo de un mitsubishi que causÓ el accidente, que causÓ la muerte de francis arroyotro del vehÍculo y se escapÓ despuÉs del accidente, la familia dice estÁ muy agradecida con la persona que llamÓ a la policÍa para reportar al perro. la policÍa estatal de new jersey serÁ equipada con cÁmaras corporales. el fiscal general dijo que se lanzarÁn 1,5 millones de dÓlares para proporcionar las cÁmaras. esto se llevarÁ a cabo durante los prÓximos nueve meses con la meta de aumentar la transparencia y responsabilidad del departamento de policÍa. los policÍas podrÁn colocar las cÁmaras de sus chalecos y tendrÁn que activar los durante paradas de trÁfico y durante arresto. el departamento estatal de la discreciÓn en cuando se pueden apagar las cÁmaras pero siempre tendrÁn que ser documentados y con las razones para hacerlo. anunciaron que llevaron a cabo una loterÍa de los pases de tren para la visita del papa a filadelfia. podrÁn registrarse a partir de las 12:00 de la maÑana del lunes 3 de abril y coordinarÁ a las 11:59 de esa misma noche. segÚn se indicÓ no importa cuando se

francis arroyo was killed in the crash which happened last night around 10:30 in juniata park. his brother osvaldo was making a u-turn to drive francis home when they were hit. the driver ran off. police recovered the vehicle nearby and they've identified who owns it. "action news" reporter jeff cherico explains how a missing dog is connected to that case at 6:00. >> a husband is under arrest after police say he stabbed his wife and young daughter in their home and then took off. it happened over the weekend in west oak lane of philadelphia. "action news" reporter vernon odom is outside the police department in west oak lane with the very latest for us. vernon. >> reporter: sharrie steven burden was arrested last night in the city of baltimore. he faces an extradition hearing there in the morning. he's wanted here for the vicious attack on his wife and his toddler daughter. she was known as lena knock out during her rough and tumble days in roller derby. but now danecia bar yen barely survived a knife at toke over the week. you could hear a pin drop at dallas and jordan a stark

words of a grieving mother about the hit and run driver who killed her son francis arroyo. >> loving man. he loved his family. this whole family is very close. >> reporter: natalie hall says arroyo was a factory worker and father of two who worked on cars on the side including hers. >> just a tragic tragic loss and now those kids have to grow up without a father. >> reporter: the crash happened at 10:00 last night near luzerne and i street. arroyo's brother osvaldo was driving the car and sustained injuries. he says he and his brother were working on this van before they left to take francis home. he says an suv hit his car as he tried to make a u-turn in front of his house. police found the suv a couple miles away. >> what's good about this is the 911 call led us to where vehicle was. apparently followed the vehicle for quite some time to ninth and rising sun where the person got out of the vehicle and left. >> reporter: police are searching for the vehicle's owner to help determine who was driving it last night. meanwhile the family is looking for their dog max who ran from the cra

it killed the driver, francis arroyo and osvaldo arroyo was injured. the suv took off but quick-thinking witnesses gave police updates on the location of the suv and it was found a few miles away. police gave us an update in the last hour. here's what they had to say about the investigation. >> what's good about this, 911 callers led us to where the vehicle was and followed the vehicle from 9th and rising sun where a person got out of the vehicle and left. we're looking to talk to alberto vangas. we would like to talk to him and see what information he can provide in the investigation. >> reporter: now, while police search for the driver, the family is asking for the public's help in finding the dog max who was in the car at the time of the crash. max took off in the commotion the family said the dog plays a special role in the care of osvaldo arroyo's special needs son. if you have any information about that, you're asked to call police with that information. if you know any information built whereabouts of albert to vangas. call (215)681-3180. live i

fue nunca tener que enterrar uno de sus dos hijos pero lucha con la realidad de que el mayor francis arroyodespuÉs de sufrir heridas internas en este accidente que vemos en imÁgenes captadas por cÁmaras de vigilancia. >> me lo matÓ, con su cuerpo trato pero fiora: osvaldo el hermano menor describe que anoche poco despuÉs de las nueve salÍan su auto mazda de cuatro puertas. despuÉs de haber estado trabajando iba a llevar a francis a casa. explicar que quiso virar desde el estacionamiento pero su hermano no avisÓ. >> se vino por encima de nosotros y le dio la puerta, la parte del pasajero se hundiÓ completo. Él estaba encima de mi. fiora: sabemos que autoridades han identificado el dueÑo de la camioneta mitsubishi 2008, no se sabe si era el conductor de la cometa pero testigos dijeron que vieron un hombre estacionar la camioneta lugar preciso donde autoridades encontraron. detectives buscan dar con alberto, tienen varias preguntas para Él y la familia dolida tambiÉn tiene las suyas. >> quÉ personas hace eso? es un asesino, personas que no conocemos, por quÉ Él ha hecho eso? fiora: dato que se

francis arroyo's 14-year-old son. >> my dad is a big guy, nobody should go through this. >> witnesses follow the suv to 9th street where the driver ran off. police impounded the suv and are trying to find the owner known by friends and neighbors as a local tattoo artist. his ex-girlfriend says she can't imagine vega being involved in a hit and run and hopes he corroborates with investigators. >> someone that i knew. >> i knocked at his home his neighbors had not seen him all day. >> arroyo's grieving mother and family say they have faith police will catch up with the driver. >> he just want to put this guy behind bars. >> the family dog max, a companion to his son with special needs has not been found since the crash. if you have information about the whereabouts of alberto, you're asked to call police. denise nakano nbc10 news. >> a philadelphia man accused of stabbing his wife and 1-year-old daughter will face a judge tomorrow in maryland. police arrested steven burton last night, we're waiting to hear when he'll come back to philadelphia to face charges. a neighborhood told nbc10 s

funeral services will take place for francis arroyo. he was in a car with his brother when an suv crashed into them and did not stop. >>> 4:34. today flags will fly at half staff in new jersey to honor a fallen emt. 22-year-old pen dpenalt patel d. it was to be her last day in medical school. >>> feds handed down an indictment in an alleged racketeering scheme against chaka fattah. it's alleged that renee fattah chenault fraudulently sold her car to pay closing costs a vacation home. she said in part, "both the indictment and media accounts are incorrect." chenault fattah is on leave from nbc10. the u.s. black chambers honored congressman fattah as their advocate of the year yesterday. the 29-count dime was returned against fa tau and four others on wednesday. accuses the 11-term democrat of misusing hundreds of thousands of dollars of federal, charitable, and campaign fund. chaka fattah has not been arrested. no court date has been set. >>> our coverage of the fa tau indictment continues on nbc10.com and the nbc10. i can't. you can rea

franky arroyo overcome with grief over the death of his father francis arroyo. they just completed mechanical work on his nephew's special needs van and was headed home. a gray mitsubishi spread east on luzerne, slammed into the mazda and then raced from the scene. francis died due to the injuries in the crash. >> my dad is a good guy. nobody has to go through this. >> in addition to the death, the dog max was missing. the bichon was in the van. the family is asking if you happen to see the dog, give them a call and of course if you happen to know where alberto vangas is definitely call police. we'll have an update in the next half hour. live in philadelphia jesse gary, nbc 10 news. >>> happening today, a federal judge in camden will sentence reputed mobster nicodemo scarfo for his racketeering. several associated siphoned millions of dollars from a texas mortgage firm. scarfo and palulo each face 30 years to life in prison. >>> thomas coffey faces a list of charges in the shooting death of daniel cook of williamstown, cook was gunned down in west oak lane in 20

francis arroyo was driving that car. he was killed and arroyo's brother was also hurt. the two were working on a special needs van for francis' son and the man vanished after the crash. >>> time now to check with our chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. will we still get rain. >> showers scattered around and nothing like what we saw last night. it was widespread and just about everybody got it last night and some places got really really heavy and we're not necessarily expecting all of that but any storms that don't develop won't be moving a lot and some areas could get a lot of rain and if it's one of the areas that got hit last night then you have more of a threat. >> the center city skyline is still overcast. >> the clouds help prevent the showers. >> i'm vai sikahema for glenn "hurricane" schwartz and all of us at nbc 10, have a great day. >> paige: jj, you can't just walk away! >> jj: i have to get changed for work. >> paige: well i'm not done yet. >> kate: you? >> adrienne: lovely to see you too. >> kate: hmm. i suppose this means that lucas is lurking i

looking for the driver of the other car involved in that crash that claimed the life of 42-year-old francis arroyo. now a check of the accuweather forecast. >> lets go outside to adam joseph. >> it's a little warm out here, the thermostat at least out here is cranking up. in philadelphia 91 degrees, the same for allentown and 90 in reading and upper 80s for lancaster and millville and at the shore the sea breeze kicked in 82 in beach haven and 85 in atlantic city. you factor in the humidity and it feels like the 90s wherever you are. 92 in trenton and 94 in lancaster and the exception again the shore at beach haven 89 and the poconos feeling like 82 degrees. as we get into the day tomorrow the heat index climb a few more degrees and along i-95 the urbanized areas around philadelphia and trenton could hit the 100 degree mark and the outside region of the corridor to the northwest and southeast will feel like 95 to 100 degrees, not as intense as a week ago or so. but still hot enough you want to remember to limit your exposure to the sun and stay hydrated and take breaks if you have to work outdoors

>> reporter: this all unfolded last night when brothers oswaldo and francis arroyo were working on this green van here. they use it to transport a child with special needs. after they wrapped up their work, osvaldo got into the sedan, pulled out, made a u-turn and that's when he says an suv came speeding down the road and hit the passenger side. with barely a scratch on his body, he is having a difficult time making sense of losing his only brother, francis, in last night's car crash. francis, who worked in an ice cream factory, leaves behind a pregnant fiancee and two children. one son is a toddler, the other a teenager. >> my uncle went to go do a u-turn and was stuck in the middle. the car came the rest is his tore. >> he kept going. it's not right at all. >> reporter: accident investigators tell us after the driver of the mitsubishi suv struck the brother's mazda sedan, witnesses called 911 and followed the suv which the driver abandoned. police are looking for the owner of that car. >> we would like to talk to the registered owner of the vehicle, see what he can provide, what infor

funeral services will take place for frances is -- francis arroyo arroyo. he was in a car with his brother when an suv crashed into them and did not stop. police are still looking for the driver. >>> today flags will fly at half staff in new jersey to honor a fallen emt. 22-year-old penault patel died while responding to an accident in east brunswick. a car crashed into her ambulance. it was to be her last day on the job before she started medical school. >>> 6:17. let's get you an update on the roads. >> katy zachry is in first alert traffic center. >> reporter: good morning. on this friday morning in the summer it is a good time to head out the door right before 6:30. taking a live look at 95 at gerard avenue, seeing a little increase in volume that we saw around the 6:00 hour. nothing near what we normally see on a friday. southbound between woodhaven and the vine will take 15 minutes. the average is in the mid 50s. northbound, seeing roughly the same. looking at new jersey roads, the 42 freeway, going northbound between route 55 and the walt whitman bri

suv broadsided their car, francis arroyo was killed. police found and impounded the suv. they are trying to find the owner, alberto vangas a local tattoo artist. >> we want to update you on the wild police chase we brought you as breaking news. the driver was wanted in part for stealing underwear. you're looking at robert ritter now. police say he shoplifted underwear worth about 20 bucks inso you had a shoprite store. the crime was caught on surveillance individual yes. police in brook line say ritter assaulted a loss prevention officer. nbc 10 uncovered copies of ritter's arrest warrant detailing $20,000 in outstanding complaints. monday night's two-hour chase finally ended when police used a bumping maneuver to stop ritter's van. you see it flipped over got right side up. we took our nbc 10 video to a security expert to see what police did and did not do correctionally. the expert said the technique of boxing in the van didn't work but the bumping maneuver worked out perfectly. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> 19 minutes before

francis arroyo died in the hit and run. an suv broadsided the victim's car. suv. they're trying to find the owner, airline bert toe vangas who's a local tattoo artist. >> right now i don't believe it, you know what i mean? this happened like that. so quick. >> just before the crash the arroyo brothers wrapped up six hours of repair work on a van for osvaldo's son who has special needs. the family dog, the max, the companion to osvaldo's son went missing in the crash as well. if you have any information on the crash or know where to find vangas, police want to hear from you. >>> and this man, caught secretly recording a video up a woman's skirt. police say he confessed to taking the video, he says for fun and says he does it often. verona drives a truck for walmart. police believe there could be more victims out there. >>> happening today, a panel will gather to look at a new report highlighting the challenges of implementing university pre-k in philadelphia. the william penn foundation will host the zulgs on breakdiscussion. the study revealed it costs on ave

[speaking foreign language] >> reporter: a grieving mother reflects on the death of her son francis arroyo a father of two killed last night in a fatal hit and run near luzerne and i streets. [speaking foreign language] >> reporter: he took my son. i have a big pain in my soul says inez lopez referring to the driver of the suv who slammed into her son's car and took off. >> this is a dangerous person, a killer. >> reporter: arroyo's brother was driving the car and sustained rib injuries. he tells "action news" off camera that he and his brother were working on this van before they left to take francis home. he says he was hit as he tried to make a u-turn in front of his house. police found the suv a couple miles away near ninth and rising sun but the driver had fled. police today asking for help in finding the driver. >> alberto vangas he's the registered owner of that vehicle. we would like to talk to him see what he can provide what information in this investigation. >> reporter: also in the car at the time of the crash, a dog named max. he ran off in all the commotion and the arroyo fam

sunday night osvaldo arroyo's car was hit by another. and his brother francis was killed. he confusion, max disappeared. today a neighbor found the dog and called police. arroyo says that max is a loyal pal for his 12-year-old special-needs son. police meanwhile continue to search for the owner of the hit-and-run car. >>> another k9 stole the show at an event in new jersey. gunner? mount laurel's first and only police dog. and kids got a close up look and experience with him. a portion of the sales at mcdonald's benefitted the police, and during the dog days of summer a little ice cream never hurt. >>> new jersey state troopers will soon be required to wear body cameras. it will cost the state at least $1.5 million. and the state police phase in the recording devices over the next nine months. troopers will be required to activate the body cams during traffic stops, arrests and protests. new jersey's acting attorney general says that the program will promote transparency especially during the current climate of trying to build and maintain trust between police and minority

with barely a scratch on his body oswaldo arroyo is having a difficult time making sense of losing his only brother, francis, in last night's car crash on east luzerne street. francis, who worked in an ice cream factory, leaves behind a pregnant fiancee and two children one son is a toddler, the other a teenager. >> my uncle went to do a u-turn and was stuck in the middle. the car came the rest is history. >> he kept going. it's not right. not right at all. >> reporter: accident investigators tell us that after the driver of a mitsubishi suv struck the brother's mazda sedan, witnesses called 911 and followed the suv which the driver abandoned. police are looking for the owner of that car. >> alberto vangas is the registered owner of that vehicle. we would like to talk to him, see what information he can provide in this investigation. it's crucial he gives us information who was operating the vehicle. >> devastated. just devastated. the whole family is affected by this. they are missing a dog now. >> reporter: natalie hall is a family friend and is a nurse for oswaldo's 12-year-old son jonathan who has speci

francis auroro died in an accident. they are trying to find the owner, a local tattoo artist, a alberto vangas. >> it happened like that so quick. >> just before the crash, the arroyo brothers rapped up six hours of repair work on a van for his son who has special needs. if you have information on max or know where to find alberto vangas police would like to hear from you. >>> a health care firm is challenging a new state law that could change ambulance service. the new law will allow cooper university hospital in camden to run its own paramedic services. virtua has the current contract and it's suing the state over the law, clauming the law unfairly allows cooper to sidestep the process for awarding paramedic contracts. >>> in burlington county a man faces charges after police say he was caught secretly shooting video up a woman's skirt. surveillance cameras caught the suspect recording the video at the walmart in burlington township over the weekend. he confessed to taking the video for fun and said he does it all the time. he drives a truck for walmart. police believe there could be more victims. >>> using a bir's eye view to investigate a fire. >> this is cool