sunday. >>> police are searching for an escaped prisoner last seen on foot in west philadelphia hasheem singletary has a lengthy criminal record. he is wanted for three armed robberies this year. singletary managed to escape despite being handcuffed. investigators say if they find anyone harboring this fugitive they wil

"nbc 10" was in west philadelphia overnight as hasheem singletary surrendered. the 17-year-old jumped from a moving transport car while in handcuffs on wednesday. he was returning from florida to face robbery andburgly ri charges in philadelphia. his family worked with him to turn himself in. >> we had this man without in here without any violence or problems. >> we wanted to get here safe and i'm happy but this didn't turn out like a baltimore. >> hasheem singletary is locked up to face those charges and possibly new charges. >>> breaking news into the newsroom from nigeria where sus spiktded extremists are attacking a school. boko haram is expected in the attack of a business school in the northeast part of the country. right now no information about casualties. they detonated a bomb at a student dorm. >>> happening today. the man accused of killing his girlfriend will be arraigned in a lancaster county court. 19-year-old gregorio was charged with homicide. he beat and strangled her in her dorm room in february. he called 911 and was giving her cpr when medics

tell us more. >> reporter: tracy, hasheem singletary is waking up in police custody after more than 24 hours of freedom. we will hear when he walked through those doors here at southwest detectives. our camera was rolling when singletary turned himself in to detectives. it happened just after midnight last night. police tell us singletary's family worked with them to make this happen to get the teen to turn himself in without risking an all out manhunt and forceful arrest. his brother tells us singletary and we're quoting here, was skairtd to death. he escaped from a rental car while he was in handcuffs. the car was used by a private prisoner transport company. singletary was on his way back from florida facing three armed robbery charges. he took off near 55th and cedar wednesday. his lawyer is happy this all ended peacefully. >> although he's a kid, 16 years old, he was smart enough to realize that this was the right thing to do and he did it. frankly he should be commended at least for surrendering. >> now singletary will likely face those charges of escaping as well as the robbery

that's where "nbc 10's" monique braxton filled us in. >> reporter: hasheem singletary is waking up as the sunrises in police custody. his fugitive status ended when he walked through the doors just after midnight last night. our camera was rolling when singletary turned himself in to southwest detectives. police tell us his family worked with him all day long to make this happen. making him turn himself in because they didn't want any risk of anything happening, manhunt or forceful arrest according to his attorney. the brother told us singletary was, and we're quoting here scared to death. the 16-year-old escaped from a moving rental car while in handcuffs. the car was being used by a private prisoner transport company. singletary was on his way back to philadelphia from florida where he's supposed to face three armed robbery charges. he took off not too far from the detective division. >> i'm happy not because of the situation but this didn't turn out like a baltimore, this didn't turn out like a ferguson. the police department did exactly what they did best. they took him in. he'll

. >>> police are searching for an escaped prisoner last seen on foot in west philadelphia hasheem singletary has a lengthy criminal record. he is wanted for three armed robberies this year. singletary managed to escape despite being handcuffed. investigators say if they find anyone harboring this fugitive they will ab rested. >>> philadelphia mayor michael nutter is standing by police commissioner ramsey. >> this follows talk during tuesday night's mayoral debate that a candidate said he wanted to replace the commissioner. "eyewitness news" reporter nicole brewer picks up the story. mayor nut der not let this slide. >> you can tell election season is elect. if elected anthony hardy williams has said philadelphia police commissioner charles ramsey would be out of the job as a result of the department's stop and frisk policy, a statement that the cities current mayor michael nut's dressed one day later. at a memorial service for fallen police officers and fire fighters nutter went off script to praise commissioner ramsey for his service. he called commissioner's hiring one of the smartest thin

police are calling him resource full, wednesday year-old hasheem singletary slipped away by a prepared contractor. he is facing charges for armed robbery and home invasion. crimes police say were committed here earlier this year. now he is handcuffed and on the run. >> we're asking for public's help. people know where he is at. obviously he is back in his hometown. there are individuals that he hangs out with of like age and his family members that necessity where he is. >> reporter: it is not the first time he has avoided capture, just before philadelphia police could arrest him in february officials say the teenager first fled to tennessee and then to florida where he was pick up, in jacksonville in the stolen car. singletary was brought backhand cuffed in the back of this unmark white car. police are investigating how he got away. singletary last seen near 56th street and osage avenue. >> the car was slowing at stop sign and male was able to get out of the back seat. he runs through an empty lot toward the alley way. we're suggest anybody who knows where he is or anybody thinks they

"nbc 10" was there as hasheem singletary surrendered around midnight. monique braxton will have a live report coming up. >>> remember the man who landed the gyro copter? douglas hughes could get up to 4 years in prison if convicted. >>> also today, congress will begin deciding if the nsa surveillance program that was ruled illegal is worth saving. yesterday a federal appeals court said the recording of every phone call we make is unlawful because congress didn't approve it. senators have to decide by the end of june whether to save the data gathering program and they are split on the issue. >>> happening today, all sides in the deal to turn show boat casino into a satellite campus will meet today. they'll meet with officials from caesar's and trump entertainment. stockton bought the casino. stockton agreed to sell the casino to straub but has 90 days to back out of that. >>> it happens this time every spring on the schuylkill. today is the start of the dad vail regatta. "nbc 10's" matt delucia has that. this is a big philly event that people look forwar

police say a private prisoner transport company was taking 16-year-old hasheem singletary to a police station last night. he jumped out of the back of the car at 55th and cedar. he was hand cuffed. he's the suspect in two gunpoint robberies that happened in university city in february. last night his mother made this plea to her son. >> i love you. i want you to turn yourself in. it's going to be all right. it's enough you didn't hurt nobody you didn't kill anyone. we want this over. i want you home honey, please. >> when singletary escaped he had his happeneds cuffed in front of him, wearing a black hooded sweat shirt, black pants and dark blue stripe on the side and blue shoes. if you see him call police. >>> jury deliberations will begin today in the corruption trial of six former philadelphia narcotics officers. only one of the defendants took the stand during the trial and he denied charges his squad regularly stole cash and drugs suspects over a number of years. prosecutors built their case on the testimony of suspected drug dealers and one ex-officer who has pleaded guilty. >>>

teenaged prisoner who escaped custody in west philadelphia has turned himself in. 17-year-old hasheem singletary surrendered to police just after midnight. the teen was handcuffed and on his way to jail wednesday when somehow he got out of the transport vehicle. singletary was wanted wanted for several armed robberies earlier this year. >>> the peps convention center is suing local carpenters union claiming that union caused more than a million dollars in damages at the philadelphia auto show. the convention center claims that damage was retaliation after the union lost the right to work there last may. the suit alleges that union members removed engine covers, stole gas caps and that was trash into the vehicles on display. union leaders have not yet commented on the suit. ♪ >>> graduation day for temple university students. but in the group of hundreds of those students a mother accepting a a diploma on her behalf of her daughter. >> that's because her daughter is still in the hospital in critical condition after being struck by a hit-and-run driver last week. fox 29 weekend karen hepp is live

it's a hasheem singletary's birthday. just 17 he's wanted for a whole string of crimes as a juvenile. home inn vagues of college students in west philadelphia and ripping off a craigslist customer. now he's on the run and in another whole heap of trouble. last night investigators say as he was being brought in by a private prisoner transport team, he managed to jump out of his rental car and just a block away from the police station. even though he was handcuffed in the front detectives think he simply opened the back door of the vehicle and ran. right now there is a massive manhunt. with everybody from the fbi the atf, the marshals the warrants team hunting for him. he has been in touch with his family. investigators say. and negotiators have been talking with them to try to get them to convince hasheem to do the right thing they say and turn himself in. >> we have tons of police resources out there engageed in this. we know he's out in the area and just a matter of time before we get him or he turns himself in. hopefull

. >> and, new overnight team fugitive hasheem singletary turned himself into police. he escaped from private contractors transporting him to philadelphia to face armed robbery, home invasion, and other charges. the teenager the brother of former traffic court judge willie singletary. >> time for check every business news. >> we check in with joined i gillette. hearing that president obama is headed to nike headquarters today. can you tell us more? >> yes, today he will pay a visit to nike headquarters, pitching his trade policy, but the advice sit not without controversy. nike employs more than 8500 workers. how much, nine out of ten of it 1 million factory workers are in asia. many in viet nam where wages are low. the president is trying to win democratic support in congress for transpacific commerce agreement. ukee erika? >> i hear mcdonald zest adding something green to one of it meals, not the shamrock shake? no what's going down? >> it is not. the world's largest food chain is going healthy. mcdonald's announced it is aiding kale to it breakfast bowls, in nine tes

police say a private prisoner transport company was taking 16-year-old hasheem singletary to the police station last night when he jumped out of the back of the car at 55th and cedar. he's the suspect in two gunpoint robberies that happened in university city in february. now when singletary escaped he had his hands cuffed in front of him and was wearing a black hooded sweat shirt, black pants with a dark blue stripe down the side and blue shoes. if you see him call police. >>> jury deliberations begin today in the corruption trial of six former philadelphia narcotics officers. only one of the accused officers took the stand during the trial. he denied charges that his squad regularly stole cash and drugs from suspects over a period of six years. prosecutors built their case on the testimony of suspected drug dealers and one ex-officer who pleaded guilty. >>> on to this video now of a training exercise on a burlington county military base that has a lot of people talking. in case you haven't seen it or if you want to -- >> keep going. >> this video shows captain sarah cub falling severa

police are still looking this morning for 16-year-old hasheem singletary. police say a private prisoner transport company was taking him to the police station in philadelphia last night when he jumped out of the car at 55th and cedar as it was moving down the street. a suspect in two gunpoint robberies that happened in university city in february. >>> and nbc 10 is live at the scene of that crash in tacony that jessica mentioned. the car flipped and hit several parked cars. nbc 10's monique braxton just got to the scene a minute ago. what can you tell us? >> hey, tracy. we did just arrive here and i've checked with police and they are still investigating exactly what happened here at the scene. sketchy details now, but this is what we do know. the two people were inside a car, at least one person is under arrest. we understand the car was driving on charles street. it hit some parked cars overturned and the impact of the crash damaged also other parked cars here as you can see. some cars are pushed here on the sidewalk. we will talk to some of the witnesses

police say a private prisoner transport company was taking 16-year-old hasheem singletary to the police station last night when he jumped out of the back of the car as it was slowly rolling down 55th street near cedar avenue. he's a suspect in two gunpoint robberies that happened in university city in february. last night his mother made this plea to her son. >> i love you. i want you to turn yourself in. it's going to be all right. it's enough you didn't hurt nobody, didn't kill anyone. we want this over. i want you home honey. please. >> now when singletary escaped he had his hands in front of him and wearing a black hooded sweat shirt, black pants with a dark blue stripe and blue shoes. >>> the philadelphia woman accused of helping isis is expected to be back in court. keyana thomas faces arraignment. a federal grand jury indicted her on charges she tried to aid a foreign terrorist organization. prosecutors said thomas who called herself the young lioness on social media planned to fly to spain in hopes of reaching syria to fight with isis. >>> information on the latest penn state fo

hasheem singletary. he's still on the lamb wanted for two home invasions of some college students in west philadelphia the and also another robbery of someone on craigslist taking a bike. he escaped he was actually handcuffed. he had gotten away as far as florida. there was a private company that was returning the prisoner and they brought him back on airplane had him in a car one block away handcuffed on the front of him and he was able to unlock the door and get out of it and run away. that's when they started this mass suv search. we have so many resources that have now been dedicated to this. we've got everybody out here. we've got the fbi atf the marshals. the warrants. so many different departments searching for him. but the police are talking specifically with the family and also a lawyer. you may recognize that name singletary. his brother hasheem's brother is the former traffic judge willie singletary. you remember him because he was just sentenced to 20 months in jail for lying to the fbi but h

>> reporter: yes, good morning, mike, alex, still unclear how 16 year old hasheem singletary able to get out of his transport vehicle one block from here southwest detective, what's clear is that the search is on for the fugitive singletary wanted for two home invasions and robberies at university student as well as burglary where he is accused of stealing a car. police say singletary fled to tennessee, then to florida where he was pulled over in a stolen car and the philadelphia warrant popped up. private transportation company called pts contracted by the city to move suspect flew singletary to philadelphia philadelphia international airport, then rented white kia to bring him to southwest detective. he somehow got out of the car about a block away. >> placed in the back of the car, with a waistband and handicuffs in front as they got the 500 block of 55th street here today block and a half away from the headquarters the male was able to get out of the back seat and he runs eastbound through breezeway then through alleyway. he holds three warrant for his arrest back in january comm

philadelphia police say a private prisoner transport company was taking 16-year-old hasheem singletarythe police station last night when he jumped out of the back of a moving car at 55th and cedar while handcuffed. he's the suspect in two gunpoint robberies that happened in university city in february. last night his mother used us to talk to her son. >> i love you. i want you to turn yourself in. it's going to be all right. it's enough you didn't hurt nobody you didn't kill anyone. we want this over. i want you home honey, please. when singletary escaped he had his hands cuffed in front of him and he was wearing a black hooded sweat shirt, black pants with a dark blue stripe and blue shoes. if you see him call police. >>> prosecutors say a talented young doctor begged for her life as an exterminator strangled her inside her home. the murder trial of jason smith began yesterday and continues today. philadelphia police say he confessed to killing dr. melissa ketunuti in 2013 during an argument about his exterminating work. smith's attorney yesterday asked the judge to throw out that con

>> new this morning teenage fugitive hasheem singletary, has turned himself in. that 16 year old, accompanied by his lawyer, and family, walked into southwest detectives late last night. singletary's been waiting since -- wanted rather since wednesday when he escaped from private contractors that were hired to transport him from florida to philadelphia. the teen's brother disgraced traffic court judge willie singletary, spoke on behalf of his family. >> talked our brother, close family and we work together. so we wanted to make sure we got here safe. and i'm happy not because of the situation but this didn't turning out like a baltimore. >> this didn't turn out like a ferguson. >> now police say that that teen has a long criminal record. he was wanted by authorities for crimes including home invasion and armed robbery. willie singletary meanwhile was sentence in the march to 20 months in federal prison for lying to the f.b.i. about ticket fixing. >> 6:13, here's our traffic and weather together. katy? >> good morning, ukee, everyone, i want to zero in on what's g

good morning hasheem singletary turned himself into police overnight, he faces charges for several armedorter: we had a accident that cleared on 422 at trooper. upper makefield we have an accident involving a motorcycle mount airy road at taylorsville road. fairmont park kelly drive doesn't open until saturday at 6:00 p.m. >>> sicklierville we have an accident at cross keys road at sicklierville road not far from an accident that cleared on tuckahoe road. it's been busy, but not too bad. >> are you starting to feel warmer out there? yesterday was blazing. >> reporter: yes as you're standing in the sun be take a look, 60 degrees in philadelphia. 62 in wilmington. we're zooming up. 85 is the high, mostly sunny skies, most of you down the shore are dealing with fog, that will get better over the next hour or so. tomorrow more fog possible, sun returns and high of 82. more humid tbu not bad weather -- to for the aberdeen dad vail regatta. sunday, very warm, for mother's day. monday and tuesday, chance of showers. >> we're always on at 6abc.com, i'm tamala edwards. we send you back to "g.m.a.