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jeff cole, fox 29 news. >>> a young girl wrote a letter to her dad who had passed on.it away on balloon and it turned up about 400 miles away. restaurant customer in auburn calf confidential found that balloon in the parking lot thought it was trashed. he asked the restaurant owner if she had a trash candice covered one amazing message from that girl. happy birthday daddy. i will always be your little girl dad. don't forget that. i miss you. she was so moved she found that girl on face bock. >> she asked in the letter to send her a reply. and so i don't know maybe it came here for a reason. >> kind of think so. she zen the little girl a care package with july roo and photo albums and letters and messages from people in auburn. >>> great story. what's coming up in sports howard. >> larry brown came back to town and he wins a basketball game. that's the first thing. flyers in tough win against the washington caps. one of the more physical hits ♪ >>> the flyers they have injuries to steve mason nicholas grossman and brayden colburn. still inconsistent with their scoring a
jeff cole, fox 29 news. >>> a young girl wrote a letter to her dad who had passed on.it away on balloon and it turned up about 400 miles away. restaurant customer in auburn calf confidential found that balloon in the parking lot thought it was trashed. he asked the restaurant owner if she had a trash candice covered one amazing message from that girl. happy birthday daddy. i will always be your little girl dad. don't forget that. i miss you. she was so moved she found that girl on face...
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jeff cole in the newsroom with the story. >> jeff. >> snippet of video shows the student and security guards battling but that's likely to be the only issue either side agree on as the mother and an activist claim brutality. watch close toll see what's going on. it's no november 14th 2014 inside camden's woodrow wilson high. in the group on the right is magill cologne diaz a 16-year-old special ed student. he's being taken to an office by two security guards and administrator an andy because in violation of school rules he has a cell phone in his pock. he claims it was off. enters the office. >> security -- >> security person grabbed your arm. >> yeah. >> and did what? >> and do like this. >> reporter: twisted your arm. >> yes. >> cologne diaz says he becomes frightened and pushes back into the hall and that's when it all break out. a school security officer can be seen bare hugging the teen pulling him off his feet and sweeping him toward the office. the teen slips to the floor and the other guard joins in. they seem to wrestle off screen and cologne diaz is finally forced back into
jeff cole in the newsroom with the story. >> jeff. >> snippet of video shows the student and security guards battling but that's likely to be the only issue either side agree on as the mother and an activist claim brutality. watch close toll see what's going on. it's no november 14th 2014 inside camden's woodrow wilson high. in the group on the right is magill cologne diaz a 16-year-old special ed student. he's being taken to an office by two security guards and administrator an...
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i'm jeff cole. lucy. >> thank you very much, jeff. >>> no word on how college student shane montgomery died. volunteer dive team found the body of the 21-year-old saturday in the schuylkill river. the diver found him less than a mile from where he was last seen. montgomery and some friends were hanging out in the early morning hours of thanksgiving at a manayunk bar and employees there asked him to leave right around 2:00 in the morning. he never did make it home. family and friends are remembering the life of shane montgomery this week. a viewing is thursday from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. at saint john the baptist in manayunk. a funeral mass is friday at 10am at the very same church. big step forward for the revel casino a bankruptcy judge approving deal to sell the shuddered casino for $95 million. now the potential buyer is a florida investor who actually wanted the price cut to $87 million. the deal is expected to close in 30 days if there are not any more legal challenges. as you probably know revel clo
i'm jeff cole. lucy. >> thank you very much, jeff. >>> no word on how college student shane montgomery died. volunteer dive team found the body of the 21-year-old saturday in the schuylkill river. the diver found him less than a mile from where he was last seen. montgomery and some friends were hanging out in the early morning hours of thanksgiving at a manayunk bar and employees there asked him to leave right around 2:00 in the morning. he never did make it home. family and...
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i'm jeff cole, fox 29 news. in the newsroom. dawn. >> thank you jeff. >>> wild scene in cherry hill this afternoon where an suv plows no a home. you can see the vehicle right there inside the house. it crashed right underneath picture window. it's unclear how the accident happened. but we are not hearing any reports of injuries fortunately. >>> wilmington police say a federal homeland security agent was the target of attempted carjacking early this morning at a popular downtown parking garage. the agent was parking his government car on the second floor of the garage at 11th and tattenall when a man tried to carjack him. the agent fired one shot and police say the guy took off. he was however arrested few minutes later. drivers who use that garage are simply stun. >> very poll. i can't imagine them trig to carjack a private person, but a federal agent's car wow. >> it tells me that they're being pretty brazen and it's scary. >> i try and park on the lower levels because um, the higher levels get very empty very fast at the end of
i'm jeff cole, fox 29 news. in the newsroom. dawn. >> thank you jeff. >>> wild scene in cherry hill this afternoon where an suv plows no a home. you can see the vehicle right there inside the house. it crashed right underneath picture window. it's unclear how the accident happened. but we are not hearing any reports of injuries fortunately. >>> wilmington police say a federal homeland security agent was the target of attempted carjacking early this morning at a popular...
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jeff cole with more on the story he first reported back in november. >> reporter: fox 29 investigatesevealed a personal relationship between an attorney for the states regulator and a lawyer for the company that now won the new license. our report appears in an attempt to stop that new casino here. it's a long document and it's designed to stop the construction of live hotel and casino in south philly on page 45 the fox 29 investigates report is cited in a link is provided to our story. a story all about a perm relationship. >> it's a kind of relationship that makes me skeptical about the process roar report the relationship is between former long-time gaming board attorney allison castle now known as allison diebert and the lead attorney for the winner of the second casino license mark stew war. she told her bosses about it in early 2013 but left the agency just last april. the gaming board says she never worked on current philly casino licensing. attorney stewart wrote there wasn't even the appearance of a conflict. but the sugar house casino which will compete for business with the
jeff cole with more on the story he first reported back in november. >> reporter: fox 29 investigatesevealed a personal relationship between an attorney for the states regulator and a lawyer for the company that now won the new license. our report appears in an attempt to stop that new casino here. it's a long document and it's designed to stop the construction of live hotel and casino in south philly on page 45 the fox 29 investigates report is cited in a link is provided to our story. a...
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jeff cole in the newsroom with the story. >> jeff. >> snippet of video shows the student and securitys battling but that's likely to be the only issue either side agree on as the mother and an activist claim brutality. watch close toll see what's going on. it's no november 14th 2014 inside camden's woodrow wilson high. in the group on the right is magill cologne diaz a 16-year-old special ed student. he's being taken to an office by two security guards and administrator an andy because in violation of school rules he has a cell phone in his pock. he claims it was off. enters the office. >> security -- >> security person grabbed your arm. >> yeah. >> and did what? >> and do like this. >> reporter: twisted your arm. >> yes. >> cologne diaz says he becomes frightened and pushes back into the hall and that's when it all break out. a school security officer can be seen bare hugging the teen pulling him off his
jeff cole in the newsroom with the story. >> jeff. >> snippet of video shows the student and securitys battling but that's likely to be the only issue either side agree on as the mother and an activist claim brutality. watch close toll see what's going on. it's no november 14th 2014 inside camden's woodrow wilson high. in the group on the right is magill cologne diaz a 16-year-old special ed student. he's being taken to an office by two security guards and administrator an andy...
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in bridgeton, jeff cole fox 29 news. >>> take a good look at this guy.ice say broke into a woman's home in ewing last week and snuck into her bedroom. the woman told police she woke up and saw him and that he inappropriately touched her before running out the back door. k9 units tried to track him down but he got away. if you know anything, call the police. >>> rough weather is making it almost impossible for search crews to find and recover the victims from sunday's crash of air sashay flight 8501. the first two bodies in coffins returned to indonesia as four more victims were pulled from the water. rain wind and high waves are forcing crews to cancel more flights and diving missions and parts of the plane are drifting away from the crash location meaning evidence into the cause of the crash could be lost. still missing the plane's data and voice recorder that is investigators say are essential to solving the mystery. >>> here at home police are hoping you can help identify these burglary suspects investigators say they were caught on camera breaking in
in bridgeton, jeff cole fox 29 news. >>> take a good look at this guy.ice say broke into a woman's home in ewing last week and snuck into her bedroom. the woman told police she woke up and saw him and that he inappropriately touched her before running out the back door. k9 units tried to track him down but he got away. if you know anything, call the police. >>> rough weather is making it almost impossible for search crews to find and recover the victims from sunday's crash of...
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jeff cole in the news room. "fox 29 news". >> two children snatched from the store while their dad was just feet away. how one woman quick thinking helped get them back home safe and sounds. >> does this look like a tourist attraction? why people are flocking to this mess. plus: pop culture classic the second back to the future in 2015. the prediction that came >> wicked causing massive pile up on new hampshire highway. this was the scene involving two accidents it, took fleet of tow trucks to hall away more than 30 damaged cars and trucks, authorities say the collisions happened during some fast moving snow squawls with white-out conditions. officials say they were only non-life threatening injuries. >>> north carolina community is reeling tonight after a horrific crime. the grand ville sheriff's office is investigating what led to the murders of jerome andora faulkner. authorities say a father and son from texas murdered the couple after driving across the country in a stolen suv. they say edward and eric camp
jeff cole in the news room. "fox 29 news". >> two children snatched from the store while their dad was just feet away. how one woman quick thinking helped get them back home safe and sounds. >> does this look like a tourist attraction? why people are flocking to this mess. plus: pop culture classic the second back to the future in 2015. the prediction that came >> wicked causing massive pile up on new hampshire highway. this was the scene involving two accidents it,...
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i'm jeff cole. >> running around the city hugging people randomly. >> always something for me to be sorryappened to be the forecast. >> we got a lot of beat emails, patricia wrote in wanted to make sure we got this on. i think they do fantastic job and we should be grateful that the storm was not so bad. sue serio does not make the weather, she predict what she can with the info she has. and does a great job every day. tiara says: i love sue serio. been watching you on the news since i was a kid. >> oh, boy. >> i grew up! >> becky says: i love you sue. don't listen to any nay sayers. >> kathy says: leave sue alone. >> oh, how sweet. you know, it is weather. it is weather. >> you know, you do the best you can. and it will do what it doesment and boy did it. >> here is the thing nobody ever writes in, man she was right on with that forecast. ya. >> right. and here is the other thing. the storm did happen. and it was a blizzard, everything just moved east. >> yes. >> so, we're -- oh, there is more snow coming friday! >> uh-huh thursday night! and there it is, on the seven day forecast, thurs
i'm jeff cole. >> running around the city hugging people randomly. >> always something for me to be sorryappened to be the forecast. >> we got a lot of beat emails, patricia wrote in wanted to make sure we got this on. i think they do fantastic job and we should be grateful that the storm was not so bad. sue serio does not make the weather, she predict what she can with the info she has. and does a great job every day. tiara says: i love sue serio. been watching you on the...
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in the newsroom, i'm jeff cole. chris. >> all right, jeff, thank. >>> wild scene in cherry hill this afternoon where a mini van drove into a home. you can see the video here where it was just pulled from the home it's unclear how the accident happened but we aren't hearing any reports injuries. >>> happening now attempted carjacking on a federal agent. officials say it took place in a busy downtown wilmington parking garage and now others are concerned if it can happen to a federal agent could it happen to them? dave schratwieser live in wilmington with reaction. dave? >> reporter: dawn, wilmington police say the federal agent was confronted by a would be carjack consider this morning just after eight here at this parking garage and that the agent pull out his gun and fired a single shot in self-defense. the suspect took off but left behind some serious concerns about safety. >> during the day -- >> reporter: investigators say it was just after eight friday morning when a homeland security agent parking his governmen
in the newsroom, i'm jeff cole. chris. >> all right, jeff, thank. >>> wild scene in cherry hill this afternoon where a mini van drove into a home. you can see the video here where it was just pulled from the home it's unclear how the accident happened but we aren't hearing any reports injuries. >>> happening now attempted carjacking on a federal agent. officials say it took place in a busy downtown wilmington parking garage and now others are concerned if it can happen...
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jeff cole, fox 29 news. >>> all right. we are loving this video in the newsroom.r delaware police officer lip syncing to taylor swift got people talking all over the world. >> it's really pretty funny. take a look at it. ♪ shake it off ♪ >> he is working it. the dover police department facebook page yesterday it showed master corporal jeff davis driving patrol car while he's lip syncing and rocking out to shake it off. a spokesperson for the depth says he's getting calls from australia from england and germany about the video. it already has around 400,000 hits on youtube. davis is a 19 year veteran of the department. yeah, he's also known as the class clown. >> can't get enough of that. >> the officer says he knows the song well because he's got a 10-year-old daughter. yesterday we checked. there were three hun youtube views. today 400,000. >> it will go up and up. >> i love it. >> let's check in with keith russell now. keith -- what about your moves. >> i just want to know who he was singing to on the passenger side. >> himself. >> imaginary friend. lesean mccoy
jeff cole, fox 29 news. >>> all right. we are loving this video in the newsroom.r delaware police officer lip syncing to taylor swift got people talking all over the world. >> it's really pretty funny. take a look at it. ♪ shake it off ♪ >> he is working it. the dover police department facebook page yesterday it showed master corporal jeff davis driving patrol car while he's lip syncing and rocking out to shake it off. a spokesperson for the depth says he's getting...
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fox 29's jeff cole explains what exactly happened inside that courtroom today. >> reporter: observersn a milford pennsylvania court watched as eric frein's alleged ambush of two state police troopers played out in front of them. prosecutors played the video in court as frein shackled watched. it was enough for a judge to send the 31-year-old to trial. here's video of alleged shooter eric 14 arriving at court this morning. frein sat quietly as the images of the september 12th ambush rolled. the video shows corporal brian dixon mortally wounded crumbling to the ground. he died. trooper alex douglas being struck by gunfire as he attempted to help dixon. he's also seen crawling away to escape the gun blasts. he survived. corporal dixon's family attended the hearing. authorities say frein confessed to the attack. prosecutors want to put him to death. again, the ruling came at mid afternoon on monday. there was enough evidence says a judge to try eric frein for homicide and other crimes. in the newsroom, jeff cole, fox 29 news. >>> a jury is set for the trial against former tv ports persona
fox 29's jeff cole explains what exactly happened inside that courtroom today. >> reporter: observersn a milford pennsylvania court watched as eric frein's alleged ambush of two state police troopers played out in front of them. prosecutors played the video in court as frein shackled watched. it was enough for a judge to send the 31-year-old to trial. here's video of alleged shooter eric 14 arriving at court this morning. frein sat quietly as the images of the september 12th ambush...
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i'm jeff cole. >> fantastic. hugs can solve any problem. we need to talk about the travel ban.s absurd. >> you had to go through to get to cherry hill. >> nothing. >> terrifying moments unfold tag city council meeting when gunshots ring out. (gunfire). >> get down. >> people ducking for cover. two police officers shot. one counsel system member' brave act to protect the group. >> no morehead stones stones in cemeteries why a gravesite visit is turning into a treasure hun. plus -- >> before you know it -- oh bleep. what the bleep. >> that is one ride they will never forget. the special button that kept these passengers cursing in their seats. ♪ >>> we know water main breaks around here all the time but nothing like this. it happened in maryland. forcing families out in the cold morning. one family tried to get out of -- out of dodge in that are car. problem was, it was singing. they all jump out then you see that. that's what happened. giant sink hole swallowed up the whole thing. that's something they'll remember forever. >> i saw the cars goinging to deep down. >> water compan
i'm jeff cole. >> fantastic. hugs can solve any problem. we need to talk about the travel ban.s absurd. >> you had to go through to get to cherry hill. >> nothing. >> terrifying moments unfold tag city council meeting when gunshots ring out. (gunfire). >> get down. >> people ducking for cover. two police officers shot. one counsel system member' brave act to protect the group. >> no morehead stones stones in cemeteries why a gravesite visit is turning...
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fox 29's jeff cole with the report. >> reporter: it is like an oasis on the horizon. gas, under two bucks, at this gulf on 73 in pennsauken, just before the talcony palmyra bridge, and the philly line. on the third day of the new year rebecca ruiz, after treating herself -- >> you said were you getting a massage for the new year. >> yes? >> how was it? >> fabulous. >> pulled in, topped off her tank and drove to her talcony home in the city. >> when i came back out it wouldn't turnoff. i had power. i had everything else, you know, the lights came on, but just wouldn't turn on. >> ruiz was confused. the deal her just repaired a recall item on her tiny chevy sonic, and yet the car was dead. >> it was hesitating and skipping, and you simply could not turn over? >> it would not go on, correct. >> so she head it towed to the deal here looked under the hood and handed her this, an invoice, with bad news. her gas was contaminated. the gas tank would have to be dropped and tainted gas flushed. >> there is nothing wrong with your car. it is the gas that's in your tank. >> yes,
fox 29's jeff cole with the report. >> reporter: it is like an oasis on the horizon. gas, under two bucks, at this gulf on 73 in pennsauken, just before the talcony palmyra bridge, and the philly line. on the third day of the new year rebecca ruiz, after treating herself -- >> you said were you getting a massage for the new year. >> yes? >> how was it? >> fabulous. >> pulled in, topped off her tank and drove to her talcony home in the city. >> when i...
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the dmv pulled his license after jeff cole revealed the dealer sold a heavily rusted vehicle to a local for her daughter. here's jeff with a fallout. >> reporter: what is that? >> wall spackle. >> reporter: the chevy two door tara hilton both for her 16-year-old was so filled with rust, wall spackle had had been used to keep the rust from peeling away from the underside. >> how are you? >> how are you? >> i'm good. are you mr. juan. >> yes. hilton bought it for 1800 bucks from this man the owner of american dream dealership in newark delaware. he told us he never saw the rust. >> reporter: she said that you told her it was in very good condition and it was a very good car. that's what she said you told her. how did you know that? the car is all roughed out. >> i'm not a mechanic. >> reporter: you have to know what you're selling. >> i know what i'm buying and i know -- i'm buying car and selling car. i don't go under the car and look at the car. >> reporter: along with all that rust, hilton's mechanic discovered what he calls a quick fix brake job which had already gun to fail. when you
the dmv pulled his license after jeff cole revealed the dealer sold a heavily rusted vehicle to a local for her daughter. here's jeff with a fallout. >> reporter: what is that? >> wall spackle. >> reporter: the chevy two door tara hilton both for her 16-year-old was so filled with rust, wall spackle had had been used to keep the rust from peeling away from the underside. >> how are you? >> how are you? >> i'm good. are you mr. juan. >> yes. hilton...
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in the newsroom i'm jeff cole. fox 29 news. dawn. >> thank you jeff. >>> tv sports personality don tollefson's theft trial is underway. jury selection beginning today. despite tollefson's efforts to delay the trial, he's accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in various sports related charity schemes. the 62-year-old withdrew his previous guilty plea just before he was to be sentenced last month. he also rejected a plea deal that would have center him to prison for seven months along with serving time in a rehabilitation center and a halfway house. the former fox 29 employee is representing himself with the help of a court appointed attorney. we'll have much more coming up in a live report at sick clock. >> it is back to prison for reputed mob boss joey merlino. today is the first day of merlino's four month sentence for violating terms of his parole and failing to report an encounter with a former mob co-defendant in florida. the term of his release banned him from contact with former associates. merlino says he j
in the newsroom i'm jeff cole. fox 29 news. dawn. >> thank you jeff. >>> tv sports personality don tollefson's theft trial is underway. jury selection beginning today. despite tollefson's efforts to delay the trial, he's accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in various sports related charity schemes. the 62-year-old withdrew his previous guilty plea just before he was to be sentenced last month. he also rejected a plea deal that would have center him to prison for...
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i've jeff cole in the newsroom. lucy? >> all right, thank you very much jeff.e know now the identity of the man who died in this massive 60 par pile up on i-76 montgomery county. he was 31-year-old eric blow from philadelphia. blow' cars was one of the first ones involve in the crash he got out of his car and that's when another vehicle hit him. 30 people injured there. now it was just a deadly day. two people died in this pileup on i476 yesterday morning in marple township. delaware county. a tractor trailer jackknifed and several cars just could not stop in time. a man at the scene pulled a woman and her baby from one of the cars. the baby is fine. the mother is still recovering at croes sr. chester medical center. >>> to your fox 29 weather authority now. more mild temperatures on this holiday. fox 29's chief meteorologist scott williams is live outside our studios in old city. scott? >> hi there lucy on this mlk day of service not that bad. temperatures today have been in the low 40s. we're dry, but it's still a little chilly if you're stepping outdoors. le
i've jeff cole in the newsroom. lucy? >> all right, thank you very much jeff.e know now the identity of the man who died in this massive 60 par pile up on i-76 montgomery county. he was 31-year-old eric blow from philadelphia. blow' cars was one of the first ones involve in the crash he got out of his car and that's when another vehicle hit him. 30 people injured there. now it was just a deadly day. two people died in this pileup on i476 yesterday morning in marple township. delaware...
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here's our jeff cole with his report. >> reporter: it's like an oasis on the horizon. gas under two bucks at this gulf on 73 in pennsauken just before the tacony-palmyra bridge and the philly line. on the third day of new year, rebecca ruiz after treating herself -- >> you said you were getting massage for the new year? >> yes. >> reporter: how was it? >> fabulous. >> reporter: pulled in, tapped topped off her tank and drove to her tacony home in the city. >> when i came back out it wouldn't turn on. i had power. i had everything else, you know are the lights came on. but it just wouldn't turn on. >> reporter: ruiz was confused confused. the dealer had just repaired a recall item on her tiny chevy sonic and yet the car was dead. >> hesitating and skipping and you simply could not turn it over. >> correct. >> reporter: she headed to the dealer who looked under the hood and handed her this. an invoice with bad news. her gas was contaminated. the gas tank would have to be dropped and tainted gas flushed. >> there's nothing wrong with your car. it's the gas that's in your
here's our jeff cole with his report. >> reporter: it's like an oasis on the horizon. gas under two bucks at this gulf on 73 in pennsauken just before the tacony-palmyra bridge and the philly line. on the third day of new year, rebecca ruiz after treating herself -- >> you said you were getting massage for the new year? >> yes. >> reporter: how was it? >> fabulous. >> reporter: pulled in, tapped topped off her tank and drove to her tacony home in the city....
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here's our jeff cole with his roar. >> reporter: it's like an oasis on the houri son. cheap gas.this gulf on 73 in pennsauken just before the tacony-palmyra bridge and the philly line. on the third day of the now year rebecca ruiz after treating herself -- >> you said you were getting a massage for the new year? >> yes. >> reporter: how was it? >> fabulous. report roar pulled in, topped off her tank and drove to her tacony home in the city. >> when i came back out it wouldn't turn on. i had power. i had everything else, you know are the lights came on. butut just wouldn't turn on. >> reporter: ruiz was confused confused. the dealer had just repaired a recall item on her tiny chevy sonic and yet the car was dead. >> hesitating and skipping and you simply could not turn it over? >> wouldn't turn on. >> she had it towed to the dealer who looked under the hood and handed her this. an invoice with bad news. her gas was contaminate the. the gas tank would have to be dropped and tainted gas flushed. >> report roar there's nothing wrong with your car. it's the gas that's in your tank. >>
here's our jeff cole with his roar. >> reporter: it's like an oasis on the houri son. cheap gas.this gulf on 73 in pennsauken just before the tacony-palmyra bridge and the philly line. on the third day of the now year rebecca ruiz after treating herself -- >> you said you were getting a massage for the new year? >> yes. >> reporter: how was it? >> fabulous. report roar pulled in, topped off her tank and drove to her tacony home in the city. >> when i came...
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. >> hear jeff cole ask the mother asking about what actually happened. for their part, school officials maintain the teen did make the threats and that security officers acted correctly. but, community activists are challenge that claim and say excessive force was used. we'll stay on top that far story for you. this could be big. we're talking about a way to get your kids to eat healthier at school that won't cost a dime. why researchers say all it takes is [ leguizamo ] hey, i'm john leguizamo, and i love new york. why? i'll tell you why... 'cause every winter my favorite thing to do is ski upstate. and in new york you can ski more and drive less. with over 50 ski resorts throughout the state, great skiing is always nearby. and with some of the highest snowfall in the u.s. it's always a perfect day on the slopes. day or night, green circle or black diamond... for the experts like me... there's something for everyone. so plan your next new york ski trip at iloveny.com/winter. >> actual temperatures are still cold, until the 20's 26 degrees, in pottstown,
. >> hear jeff cole ask the mother asking about what actually happened. for their part, school officials maintain the teen did make the threats and that security officers acted correctly. but, community activists are challenge that claim and say excessive force was used. we'll stay on top that far story for you. this could be big. we're talking about a way to get your kids to eat healthier at school that won't cost a dime. why researchers say all it takes is [ leguizamo ] hey, i'm john...
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jeff cole reports. >> and youtube fans around the globe are all over what bono just announced. why the legendary front man says he may >> vacant building erupted in flames. it happened overnight in west philadelphia before 2:00 this morning on the 4,000 block of lancaster avenue. we do know however nobody is hurt. >>> fox 29 investigative report has caught the attention of a local gaming house. opposed to the building of a new cass zen know in south philly. investigative reporter jeff cole broke the story of a personal relationship between an employee with the state gaming regulator an top attorney for the winning casino bitter and here now with the fallout that personal relationship was between allison allison. both lawyers have told fox 29 there was nothing inappropriate here attorneys for sugar house casino want the state supreme court to take a look. >> i have to applications for you today. >> fox 29 investigates revealed the gaming board attorney allison castle known as allison die bert told her boss about the personal relationship in early 2013. she remained a lawyer with
jeff cole reports. >> and youtube fans around the globe are all over what bono just announced. why the legendary front man says he may >> vacant building erupted in flames. it happened overnight in west philadelphia before 2:00 this morning on the 4,000 block of lancaster avenue. we do know however nobody is hurt. >>> fox 29 investigative report has caught the attention of a local gaming house. opposed to the building of a new cass zen know in south philly. investigative...
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jeff cole talked to neighbors who wonder if officers went too far. report candles anibal ons mark the spot where 36 year old injury ann reed was fatally shot tuesday night in a confrontation with police. this 18 year old says he was drawn outside by the commotion. >> i heard two shot. that's when i had came out. and that's when i saw walking to the car with the gun get out, start shooting more. >> according to the county prosecutor it was 9:20 when bridgeton police stopped dark jaguar at henry street in bridgeton city. police claim a gun was shown. both officers fired. >> i state in the press release a gun was recovered thank you very much. >> the prosecutor appeared briefly to say the probe is under way and refused to answer residents' claims that reid was not resisting. >> i apologize, this is all i can give you. the investigation is ongoing thank you. >> what about the folks -- >> bristol police officer that's from this community you know what i mean, all in the same age bracket. you kill somebody, that you new. >> reporter: residents say they kno
jeff cole talked to neighbors who wonder if officers went too far. report candles anibal ons mark the spot where 36 year old injury ann reed was fatally shot tuesday night in a confrontation with police. this 18 year old says he was drawn outside by the commotion. >> i heard two shot. that's when i had came out. and that's when i saw walking to the car with the gun get out, start shooting more. >> according to the county prosecutor it was 9:20 when bridgeton police stopped dark...
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the dmv pulled his license after jeff cole revealed the dealer sold a heavily rusted vehicle to a localor her daughter. here's jeff now with the fox 29 investigation fall out. report what is that yes. >> wall spackle. >> the chevy two door tara hilton bought for her 16-year-old was so filled with rust wall spackle had been used to keep the rust from peeling away from the underside. >> how are you? >> great. how are you. >> i'm good. are you mr. juan. >> yes. hilton bought it for 1800 bucks from this man the owner of american dream dealership in newark delaware. he told us, he never saw the rust. >> she said that you told her it was in very good condition and it was a very good car. that's what she said you sold her. how did you know that? the car is all rusted out. >> how did i know? i'm not a mechanic. >> you have to know what you're selling. >> i know what i'm buying and -- i'm buying car and selling car. what i don't -- i don't go under the car and look at the car. >> reporter: along with all of that rust, hilton's mechanic discovered what he calls a quick fix brake job which had alr
the dmv pulled his license after jeff cole revealed the dealer sold a heavily rusted vehicle to a localor her daughter. here's jeff now with the fox 29 investigation fall out. report what is that yes. >> wall spackle. >> the chevy two door tara hilton bought for her 16-year-old was so filled with rust wall spackle had been used to keep the rust from peeling away from the underside. >> how are you? >> great. how are you. >> i'm good. are you mr. juan. >> yes....
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. >> jeff cole and fox 29 investigates broke the story of jp miranda and his ghost employee and the stringf 2013 -- in the spring of 2013. what do you have jeff. >> former state representative jp miranda lucy, and his sister were scheduled to stand trial tomorrow on the corruption charges the philly da hit them with early last year. those charges came after fox 29 investigates revealed that miranda was paying a worker who just was never showing up. fox 29 revealed that a worker for the state representative was on the clock being paid with tax dollars but spent most of his time at a strawberry mansion garage. when fox 29 tried to question miranda who you just saw he motored off from his north philly legislative office. philadelphia da seth williams took the case to his high profile public corruption unit which indicated miranda and his sister michelle williams you just saw on felony charges. he charged them with public corruption charges. william alleged that miranda used the ghost worker to funnel money to his sister and then lied about it to a grand jury. today, miranda and his sister ms.
. >> jeff cole and fox 29 investigates broke the story of jp miranda and his ghost employee and the stringf 2013 -- in the spring of 2013. what do you have jeff. >> former state representative jp miranda lucy, and his sister were scheduled to stand trial tomorrow on the corruption charges the philly da hit them with early last year. those charges came after fox 29 investigates revealed that miranda was paying a worker who just was never showing up. fox 29 revealed that a worker for...
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i'm jeff cole. lucy?> we'll see you then, jeff. >>> a california woman notices something kind of odd in her toilet. >> very odd. but what she didn't see was even worse. a snake hidden in the pipes and it would soon come out. how this whole they know ended. >>> and happiest place on earth well maybe not at this particular moment. the outbreak that has nearly a dozen disney land visitors really sick. >> and a texas teen survives a close call with police. they thought his beebee gun was real. one officer's quick judgment call that prevented a tragedy. ♪♪ (vo) at jennie-o, we heard of a place in iowa where every thursday people ride ten miles for tacos. we thought we'd show up and surprise them with a better kind of taco, made with jennie-o ground turkey, cooked thoroughly to 165. (mom) i'd feed my kids turkey tacos over regular tacos any day. (woman) i think that they're light and they're just fresh tasting. (vo) it's time for a better taco. (kid) the tacos tonight were pretty much perfect. (vo) make the swi
i'm jeff cole. lucy?> we'll see you then, jeff. >>> a california woman notices something kind of odd in her toilet. >> very odd. but what she didn't see was even worse. a snake hidden in the pipes and it would soon come out. how this whole they know ended. >>> and happiest place on earth well maybe not at this particular moment. the outbreak that has nearly a dozen disney land visitors really sick. >> and a texas teen survives a close call with police. they...
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i'm jeff cole. >>> fantastic. i could have -- i thought that howard was tweeting there. heard it's a joke. how many times. >> the best way to do it. you admit. you apologize and you move on. >> i drove in a travel ban last night. i can't believe i made it. >> you're such a renegade. >> roads were dry. shocking. >>> he even tweeted when me got home just letting you know. >> i made it. because there was nothing to get through. >> all right. there was a big development in the search for that missing air asia flight tonight. >> after pulling wreckage and victims from the ocean why indonesia's military is now pulling out. >> plus a dramatic rescue in the gulf of mexico. a coast guard crew air lifts eight month old girl and her mother from a cruise ship. what set off the emergency. ♪ >> president obama cut short his trip to india to sit down with saudi arabia's new king. king abdullah died last friday and his half brother is the new king. white house said saudi arabia key ally in the middle east despite strains in the relationship over terrorist funding that flows from the kin
i'm jeff cole. >>> fantastic. i could have -- i thought that howard was tweeting there. heard it's a joke. how many times. >> the best way to do it. you admit. you apologize and you move on. >> i drove in a travel ban last night. i can't believe i made it. >> you're such a renegade. >> roads were dry. shocking. >>> he even tweeted when me got home just letting you know. >> i made it. because there was nothing to get through. >> all right....
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i'm superintendent, michael chip > i'm jeff cole. it's time for fox unfiltered where we respond to your comments and complaints right here on the air. first up, i'm standing here with fox 29 crack reporter chris o'connell. chris as you and i bowe know the best tips we get come directly from our viewers, correct. >> exactly much we get tweet. we get e-mails, texts, we give our cellphone numbers out to people, but what everyone needs to know is we investigate almost every story, every tip, every lead that comes our way and we did it in this case. so when we got this note from john our eyebrows were raised. i have a news tip for you guys, if you buy a wawa coffee you are being ripped off. they dropped the ounce off their sizes, just numbers now, don't believe me, test it yourself. wawa, that just changed their cups to new kind of format. you see the numbers these represent the ounces. he said these weren't the actual ounces in it. so we took it to the test. we went to drexel university's culinary and food science program. we actually pu
i'm superintendent, michael chip > i'm jeff cole. it's time for fox unfiltered where we respond to your comments and complaints right here on the air. first up, i'm standing here with fox 29 crack reporter chris o'connell. chris as you and i bowe know the best tips we get come directly from our viewers, correct. >> exactly much we get tweet. we get e-mails, texts, we give our cellphone numbers out to people, but what everyone needs to know is we investigate almost every story, every...
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jeff cole, fox 29 news. you just feel for that guy. that's just tough stuff there. throw out your coffee maker? have the refrigerator take all things general electric is developing refrigerator that can also brew your coffee. ge is figured out how to keep the hot water from affecting the cooling inside the appliance. and if you don't want to wait the four minutes it takes to heat up the water you can set an alarm on your phone that tells the fridge when to start brewing that coffee. >> when you ask for water it heats the water for you which allows to use much less energy than keeping it warm all the time. >> the refrigerator goes into production this summer. price tag $3,300. now you got yourself a smart refrigerator. >> that's pretty smart. would you like to look smarter. >> you probably would. looking smart may seem like an easy task but some experts say it's a lot harder than you might think. >> fox's linda schmidt shows us a few tips to help you successfully pull off the look if you're faking it. >> reporter: so you want to look smart. well, some experts say put
jeff cole, fox 29 news. you just feel for that guy. that's just tough stuff there. throw out your coffee maker? have the refrigerator take all things general electric is developing refrigerator that can also brew your coffee. ge is figured out how to keep the hot water from affecting the cooling inside the appliance. and if you don't want to wait the four minutes it takes to heat up the water you can set an alarm on your phone that tells the fridge when to start brewing that coffee. >>...
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i'm jeff cole. >>> take a look at the forecast now.his is one of those days we'll have the tail of every hour being a different scene. until the poconos you may get snow says doe min ka davis today. we have a little of everything in the forecast over the next 24 hours. wintry mix north and west will be rain. and one thing we'll all have today we'll see temperatures climbing through the day right through the evening as well. it will get mild around here. he's a look at ultimate doppler snow coming in just to the west. that's where we have snow and wintery mix starting to move in to the lancaster area and poconos you'll start to see that as well coming up and down to south is where the rain is pushing in as well. by about noontime we'll all be looking at wet weather. this is massive system coming out of the ohio valley. now carrying a lot of cold air with it. again mainly a rain event for everybody from start to finish. winter weather advisory though posted and this is basically norm and west of turnpike where we have winter weather advi
i'm jeff cole. >>> take a look at the forecast now.his is one of those days we'll have the tail of every hour being a different scene. until the poconos you may get snow says doe min ka davis today. we have a little of everything in the forecast over the next 24 hours. wintry mix north and west will be rain. and one thing we'll all have today we'll see temperatures climbing through the day right through the evening as well. it will get mild around here. he's a look at ultimate doppler...
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jp miranda represented a north philadelphia district in the spring of 2013 jeff cole and fox 29 investigates broke the story that miranda had a ghost employee on his staff. a guy on the clock but off the job. the da's public corruption unit opened a probe and charged him with using the ghost worker to funnel money to his sister michelle wilson. both miranda and wilson were hit with felony corruption charges. today a day before their trial miranda plead guilty to one felony count of conflict of interest and lesser charge of making false statement. his sister michelle wilson plead guilty to the lesser charge of making false statements. they will both be sentenced in march. >> berks county a man arrested for dism. has a whole lot more trouble on his hands. an investigation by the police department and da drug task force turned up a thousand oral and injectables steroids at a storage facility. less say he also had needles and envelopes addressed to people across the nation. >>> a marathon day and night for jury deliberating the fate of don tollefson. he wrapped up his closing arguments this morn
jp miranda represented a north philadelphia district in the spring of 2013 jeff cole and fox 29 investigates broke the story that miranda had a ghost employee on his staff. a guy on the clock but off the job. the da's public corruption unit opened a probe and charged him with using the ghost worker to funnel money to his sister michelle wilson. both miranda and wilson were hit with felony corruption charges. today a day before their trial miranda plead guilty to one felony count of conflict of...
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jeff cole is at our social media center with a look ahead at his report coming up tonight at 10:00. >porter: iain -- i'm sorry, lucy these motorists complained not only did they get bad gas but now they're on the hook to pay a big bill to clean it out. it happened the force weekend of the year in south jersey. rebecca ruiz of philly says, she is paying up a $400 repair bill in installments. she came to fox 29 investigates. we dug into this, and now county officials are poised to act. ruiz remembers getting the bad news about all of this from her dealer. >> there's nothing wrong with your car. it's the gas that's in your tank. >> yes, sir. >> reporter: what did you think at that point? >> honestly i like cried a little bit because i knew as soon as he said that that it was going to be under warrant tee and that i was going to have to pay 40. >> reporter: absolutely. tonight at 10:00 the county sends in the inspector that fellow that you saw when we started tossing then some questions. that's tonight at 10:00. now, see what they found when they went and took a look at this place. that's
jeff cole is at our social media center with a look ahead at his report coming up tonight at 10:00. >porter: iain -- i'm sorry, lucy these motorists complained not only did they get bad gas but now they're on the hook to pay a big bill to clean it out. it happened the force weekend of the year in south jersey. rebecca ruiz of philly says, she is paying up a $400 repair bill in installments. she came to fox 29 investigates. we dug into this, and now county officials are poised to act. ruiz...
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we'll be right >> i'm jeff cole for fox unfiltered. we respond comments and complaints right here in the air. i'm standing with sports personality howard. that is you manure a lightning rod and you offer. >> not wintry mix. >> you're lightning rod and offer ppz on all sorts of things including weather. looingt week you offered opinion on governor of new jersey. we'll take a look and remind viewers what it is howard said. >> there he is in the orange suit that's fat albert no governor christie no fat albert i don't know who it is. >> this is called untilted are you ready. >> are you ready? >> if i'm not ready you. >> really need to get it under control. i'm not fan of governor for your professional sportscaster to call somebody fat albert is such a disgrace. i have no idea how he's still employed by your station. tiffany wrote real nice, real nice, making few of someone for being overweight. howard what say you. >> all right the governor made a child of himself. a total immature child. this is a guy that thinks he will run for president
we'll be right >> i'm jeff cole for fox unfiltered. we respond comments and complaints right here in the air. i'm standing with sports personality howard. that is you manure a lightning rod and you offer. >> not wintry mix. >> you're lightning rod and offer ppz on all sorts of things including weather. looingt week you offered opinion on governor of new jersey. we'll take a look and remind viewers what it is howard said. >> there he is in the orange suit that's fat...
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. >> i'm jeff cole.nfiltered where we respond to your comments and complaints right here on the air. first up a question. what's the definition of news? one dictionary defined it as current events, important or interesting happenings. we'll take it a step further. news is something you are interested in. which brings us to this story. >> i've had this gigantic black mark on my face. >> a man thinks he has a cyst on his face. it's just an ingrown hair, but for some odd reason his video went completely viral on the internet. when we shared it on our facebook page, jason went off on us. why does fox think this is news? i'm done with fox. filling my news feed with complete nonsense. okay, jas son. well, we agree. the video is nonsense. but i think the point you're missing here is that it went completely viral. millions shared. that's why we reported it. mom of angels agrees. with all the gut-wrenching, depressing news we hear every day, i like stupid stuff every now and then. lighten up. >>> now, to a compla
. >> i'm jeff cole.nfiltered where we respond to your comments and complaints right here on the air. first up a question. what's the definition of news? one dictionary defined it as current events, important or interesting happenings. we'll take it a step further. news is something you are interested in. which brings us to this story. >> i've had this gigantic black mark on my face. >> a man thinks he has a cyst on his face. it's just an ingrown hair, but for some odd reason...
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it is either jeff cole's desk, bruce gordon's desk, or one christopher murphy. e desk is that. >> make sure you tweet us use that hash tag fox 29 good day, we've got sometime here, jeff, bruce, chris. >> and jen is a rock star where ever she goes but today she's showing us how to rock our work out. >> here's the thing, lot of people want to work out like an athlete but they want to do it at the gym. we are at newtown athletic club in bucks county showing you cardio sports and it will kick your booty. you tell us what you want to pay and we help find options to fit your budget. nah, nah, insurance, nah, nah, nah, discount. my name's flo, you want to go out with me? no. uh-huh-huh! >>> all right. so taking a look outside our sued ohio people are taking it the slow being careful this morning but airport is showing some slow downs what are we seeing there one hour and 22 minute delays right now at philly international. >> so i'm sure we will hear more from bob kelly later on but there is a delay at the airport. 7:39. some of you are runners or cross fit fanatics so p
it is either jeff cole's desk, bruce gordon's desk, or one christopher murphy. e desk is that. >> make sure you tweet us use that hash tag fox 29 good day, we've got sometime here, jeff, bruce, chris. >> and jen is a rock star where ever she goes but today she's showing us how to rock our work out. >> here's the thing, lot of people want to work out like an athlete but they want to do it at the gym. we are at newtown athletic club in bucks county showing you cardio sports and...
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jeff. thank you for being here. to senate minority leader andrea stewart-cousins, pleasure to be with you. assembly minority leader brian colebrian. we have the members of our fine court of appeals. it's an honor to be with you. thank you, judge. to our host mayor kathy sheehan, thank you very much. to the very tired mayor of the city of new york who went to paris and back in one day, pleasure to be with you mayor. to all the elected officials who are here today, to my colleagues, to our friends, thank you all very much for being here today. let me begin by thanking the senate leader and the assembly leader for their accomodation for my father's passing. the state of the state address was moved back to accommodate the ceremony around my father's passing, and i truly appreciate their consideration in doing that. i also appreciate all the members of the senate, all the members of the assembly who came down to pay their respects to my father. it would have meant a lot to him. he had tremendous respect for this body and tremendous respect for the process and for the legislature. your attendance was overwhelming. many of you came
jeff. thank you for being here. to senate minority leader andrea stewart-cousins, pleasure to be with you. assembly minority leader brian colebrian. we have the members of our fine court of appeals. it's an honor to be with you. thank you, judge. to our host mayor kathy sheehan, thank you very much. to the very tired mayor of the city of new york who went to paris and back in one day, pleasure to be with you mayor. to all the elected officials who are here today, to my colleagues, to our...