five five-year old linda westin pleaded guilty to 196 counts wednesday. prosecutors say that westin forced mentally disable adults to designate her a as her care giver in order to collect hundreds of thousands of dollars in social security checks over a decade. only "eyewitness news" spoke to one of the victims soon after that hearing. >> i was scared before, and then, go outside, didn't eat anything. nightmares. i'm still gorgeous, pretty. i'm a survivor. >> police found victims in october 2011 locked away in a dark basement in tacony. westin's daughter and one other co-defendant have pled guilty in this case. >>> sting operation results in charges against both current and former correctional officers here in philadelphia here three of the six suspects. brian fields, george kindle and dupremyers. they are accused of giving inmate drugs and cell phones. the guard got 500 to $1,500 for those deliveries. they face a possibility of decade in prison. >>> federal investigators revealed cause of the plane crash that killed former inquirer owner lewis katz and s

linda westin pleaded guilty today in federal court. the possible den people ailty is now off the table. prosecutors agreed to a life term. four adults were found chained in her basement in 2011. westin kidnapped them, held them prisoner so she could steal their social security money. two of westin's codefendants are already pleading guilty, two others are awaiting trial. >>> a philadelphia based company plans to build a $70 million research facility at the navy yard. they will move 190 jobs there, and it says that number could double over the next five plus years. they make liquid and powder coatings. the project will be finished in 2017. >>> help arrived just in time for dozens of firefighters about to be out of a job in atlantic city. bob menendez and cory booker announced a $21.5 million grant. it's designed to keep 85 firefighters on the job. the men were set to be laid off after four casinos closed last year. >>> charcoal is to blame for a forest fire that scorched nearly 1,000 acres in new jersey's pine baron. authorities tell us

linda westin, woman charged with murder and or crimes in the 201125 coney basement of horrors case is expect to change her plea in federal court later today. last year westin pleaded not guilty to a 196 count indictment. it alleged that she and others kidnaped mentally disable adults and then enslaved them to steel government benefit checks. their polite came to light when four captives were discovered chained in the tacony apartment basement four years ago. >>> friend and family will gather to remember slain new jersey state trooper carlos negron. he was killed during a shoot-out in may of 1984. this morning a street in hamilton township mercer county will be rename in his honor. >>> officials are trying to determine what caused this british airways jet evening continue on erupt into flames during take off in las vegas on tuesday. in one was seriously hurt but as andrew spencer reports the incident was a powerful test of air travel emergency readiness. >> reporter: passengers heard a loud thud just before take off. >> i opened up the cover of my window and flames from the engine. >>

linda westin pleaded guilty to charge that he is she kidnaped and abused mentally disabled adults over a decade in a steam to steel their governmental benefits. she faces life in prison plus 80 years. attorneys for both sides say at agreement offers closure to the victims. >> ultimately the decision was made that this was the most just resolution, taking into account our current situation as well as background of miss westin. >> it was a good decision for everybody including the victims in this case. >> a former sentencing for westin has been scheduled for november 5th. >>> pennsylvania pennsylvania senator pat toomey is speaking out against iran nuclear deal and calling for it to be reject n a piece this morning in the inquirer the republican wrote is there a by part can consensus that this makes the the world less safe and makes in military conflict more likely, not less. it is harmful to american security interests and it should be rejected. the debate on the deal is underway in congress right now, republicans are considering their options, and could possibly pass a resolution of di

linda ann westin appeared in federal court this morning. she faces life in prison, plus 80 years. westin was indicted last year on charges that she and her co-defendant, kidnaped, mentally disable adult for over a decade and enslaved them to steel government benefit checks. >> a guilty plea to 196 counts today, and many of them are very serious carrying mandatory life in prison. that is really much closer to closure. >> her decision was motivated largely out of concern for her children that there will be some closure to the case. >> a formal sentencing hearing is scheduled for westin on november 5th, 2 co-defendants await trial, two others have already pleaded guilty. >>> today city of baltimore formally approved a 6.4 million-dollar wrongful death settlement with the family of freddie gray. the board of estimates was unanimous. gray died after he was critically injured in police custody in april. six officers are facing criminal charges. the 25 year-old's death set off rioting in the city. baltimore's mayor defended the settlement. >> the purpose of the civil settlement to bring

linda westin pleads guilty to every charge against her. in exchange, prosecutors agreed not to seek the death penalty. police found four adults chained inside her basement interest city's tacony neighborhood. she held them there and stole their social security money. she agreed to accept a life sentence. >> by her endering a guilty plea to 196 counts today, and many of them very serious, carrying a mandatory life in prison, that really brings us much closer to closure. >> westin already served eight years in prison in the 1980s, that was for the death of a man kept chained in her closet in her north philadelphia home. her lawyers also spoke about closure. >> the victims all really did suffer a great deal, however, it's also closure for them given everything they have gone through not to have to be subjected to a trial. >> westin will be sentenced in november. two of her codefendants, including her daughter have already pleaded guilty to racketeering and conspiracy charges, two other codefendants are awaiting trial. >>> the police officer k