five five-year old linda weston pleaded guilty to 196 counts wednesday. only "eyewitness news" spoke to one of those victims soon after the hearing. our natasha brown has that story. >> it hit me, and she was -- several broken bort. >> reporter: tamara braid on still has some scars, from broken bones. tamara is now safely in the care of her parents, a far cry from where police found her in october of 2011, locked away in the dark basement of horrors in tacony with three other mentally disable adults. they were living in squalor, mal nourish, beat when bats and hammers, within man was found chained to the boiler. on wednesday, five five-year old linda weston pled guilty to 196 counts against her in this case, master mine, prosecutors say behind forcing mentally disable adults to designate her as her care giver, allowing her to illegally collect $212,000 in social security checks over the course of ten years. >> 196 counts today, really bring us much closer to closure. >> i was scared before to go outside, to eat anything, nightmares every night, waking up.

linda ann weston pleaded not guilty last year to a 196-couldn't indictment. now, she's facing a judge for a change of plea hearing. good afternoon, i'm erika von tiehl. pat is on special assignment. right taught "eyewitness news" reporter alexandria hoff live outside federal court in center sit which the latest on this morning's hearing. alex? >> reporter: erika, linda ann weston has now entered guilty flea all 196 counts against her, in doing society federal government has promised not to seek the death penalty, instead, they have recommended life in prison plus 80 years. now, dow want to say one of the interesting parts about this hearing this morning, is that most of it was spent with the judge trying to determine if miss weston understood what was going on here today and what she has entered this plea for. it was revealed that miss weston only holds a fourth graduate action, she was very soft spoken, almost child like, tough to except when you remember the charges against her in the 2011 case. weston pleading guilty to kidnapping ten people include being

will it happen for linda weston?ording to philly.com, linda weston pleaded not guilty in february of 2014 after being charged in a 196-count indictment. almost 200 counts. investigators say four victims were discovered chained in her talcony basement. this was in 2011. prosecutors say weston and her accomplices moved the victims through several states to avoid detection and set up the crime in order to steel the victim's government checks. we'll see how she pleads today. >> well, coming up on 6:40, a woman jogging in the middle of the day gets attacked in delaware county. >> yes, what she was caring caught the robbers attention, apparently. generally explain in radnor township. >> reporter: good morning, mike, alex, that would be a cell phone, right now police are going through surveillance video, trying to locate an image of this robber, to get better idea of who he is, police are calling this attack brazen. they say it happened on monday, 1:00 in the afternoon, broad daylight around bailey and fits williams roads i

. >>> linda weston pleaded guilty to murder in a deal that will spare her the death penalty. weston held mentally-disabled adults captive in the boiler room of her tomorrow in the tacony section of philadelphia in horrible conditions and tricked or coerced them to name her as caretaker. collecting $212,000 in her victim's social security payments over a period of ten years. >>> two local military members honored tonight by business leaders in other southampton. the business association in feasterville had a special flag ceremony for nicole and sage. and roadside was presented with an american flag that had her name on it. she just returned from a two-year tour in afghanistan. and his mother attended the ceremony tonight. >>> still to come tonight, breaking down the highlights from apple's big product reveal today. >>> and abc obtains exclusive video from i side of the plane that burst into flames. seeing the fire from the passenger's point of view. >>> also, the rally that brought donald trump to washington today. cecily? >>> and headed our way a cold front. bringing heavy ra

change for linda weston, woman at center of the tacony basement of horrors case. she pleaded guilty to holding disabled adult captive there. she faces life in prison when sentenced in in. >>> an accident is under investigation in delaware. it may have involved pedestrians along the 700 block of east basin road. >>> free tickets tied to pope francis visit in philadelphia were gone in minutes on line yesterday, you can still attend both events on the the parkway but you need those tickets to get within a two and a half block area of the stage or alter but they will have something like 40 jumbotrons up so you can still go to see the the pope. >>> well, kyla. >> yes. >> the weatherman in the uk giving a routine forecast that just so happens to include a very difficult name to pronounce. >> this is making schuylkill look easy yes. >> check this out. >> 12 degrees at the parts of the eastern england with cloudy skies but in the sunshine, northwest wales, at the moment just away from... the temperature is 21 degrees. >> holy cow. >> that is crazy did you you hear that. d

linda weston is set to appear in court for a change of plea. and others are accused of kidnapping and torturing mentally disabled adults who were kept locked up in a basement in tacony. this in order to steal their government benefits checks. weston has previously pleaded not guilty to the charges. >>> funeral services will be held this morning for philadelphia police officer lamar poole. the 12th district officer with 19 years on the force was struck while riding his motorcycle on devereaux avenue on august 30th. 59-year-old louis john vogwill is under arrest for the hit and run. >>> a ribbon cutting will be held at 10:00 a.m. for a pop-up shop in center city selling all things pope. the shop is in the lobby of the aramark tower on market street. you'll find merchandise officially licensed by the world meeting of families. >>> and of course you should look for other pop-up shops coming soon. in the meantime the items are available on the web site. >> i got to get a plush doll. >> a plush pope i mean that's a keeper. >> i already have a colorin

news, a philadelphia woman charged with keeping prisoners in the so-called dungeon in tacony, linda weston plead guilty, prosecutors say they locked six mentally disabled people in their basement to collect their social security benefits. two have died and weston faces life in prison and two others have pleaded guilty and two others are awaiting trial. >>> detectives have not announced if a man is facing criminal charges after shooting another man trying to rob him. it happened before 1:00 a.m. on seventh street and the robbery suspects ran toward concord avenue and then collapsed and died. the intended victim was not hurt and is talking to police. >>> police need your help to fine two gunman that terrorized a bar on labor day. one of the men allegedly point aid gun at a 59-year-old employee and threaten tropical disturbance kill him if he did not open the register and another suspect forced a woman to kneel down on the floor, the first gunman ordered the male employee to the back office where he stole more cash. >>> detectives say two thieves spend hours ransacking a philadelphia business

. >>> linda weston changed her plea in federal court today in philadelphia, prosecutor as ledged that she and four others locked six mentally disabled adults in a basement while collecting their social security benefits. she accepted a life in prison sentence, and two other codefended pleaded guilty. >>> police officers showed off dozens of weapons in upper dash, close to 200 of them, from handguns to long guns, cross bows hatchets and swords, they were all rounded up and destroyed for good. they made sure of that. >> when we feel that it's offensive weapon and we are called there for criminal activity, it's gone, it goes. if my officer goes back god forbid someone uses it on them. >> each weapon has a different story, some from drug raids and some from domestic violence calls and today they brought them all to a smash and steam plant in chester to be turned into electricity. police superintendant mike chitwood says they will not make a dime off the weapons and they were all taken by police escort, the officers saying until every last one is destroyed. >> st. joes university has settl

a federal court spokesperson told us that linda weston will be appearing here in federal court in justa couple of hours for what's being called a change of plea hearing. weston pleaded not guilty last year to kidnapping mentally disabled adults and holding them while stealing social security and other government benefit checks. you may recall the shocking discovery of four adults found chained inside the basement of a tacony apartment building in 2011. the conditions were atrocious. some were attached to a boiler pipe. during the investigation, it was revealed weston and her co-defendant allegedly moved those adults to texas, virginia and florida wrenn she thought authority were on to her. the victims told police they were also beaten. one had children while being held captive. weston was also charged with murder and discussions are under way in several states, including the u.s. attorney's office regarding the federal death penalty, seeking that in a statute. we'll let you no he what happens when she appears in federal court today. live outside the federal courthouse, monique braxton,

today's court proceed something change of plea hearing for linda weston, according to philly.com. weston pleaded not guilty in 2014 after being charged in a 196 count indictment. four victims were discovered chained in her talcony basement. this is back in 2011. prosecutors say weston and her accomplice moved the victim through several state it avoid detection, and set up a crime in order to steel the government's checks. >> the weekends is over of course, for members of congress it means getting back to work on number of pressing issues. what president obama needs from the senate this week. >> hillary clinton has change of heart. finally fessing up to using her private e-mail account for professional affairs. what the democratic presidential candidate is saying about being transparent now. we thought we'd be ready. but demand for our cocktail bitters was huge. i could feel our deadlines racing towards us. we didn't need a loan. we needed short-term funding. fast. our amex helped us fill the orders. just like that. you can't predict it, but you can be ready. another step on the jo

linda weston is set to appear in court for a change of plea.ers are accused of kidnapping and torturing mentally disabled adults who were kept locked up in a basement in tacony in order to steal their government benefits checks. weston has previously pleaded not guilty to the charges. >> new this morning a dog's death in delaware county is raising some questions and some major concerns about how local animal control handles strays. a family who owns this small dog called louie who is blind came across two stray rottweilers on the street. pennsylvania state law requires strays be transported to an approved and licensed boarding facility after being picked up by police officers but the darby family says the delaware county animal control told them to avoid fees they should keep the strays until the owner was found but while they were with -- while the rottweilers were with the darbies they became aggressive and killed louie he. >> i was watching tv. my granddaughter wanted to go see whether the dog was all right. so when she went to the door and

linda weston pleaded guilty to holding disable adults in a basement over ten year periods. prosecutors say part of scheme weston and throw family member, they stole their social security and disability benefit. investigators uncovered the trail of terror in 2011 finding fewer abused victims inside the basement of talcony building. police say two other died in her care in 2005 and 2008. aid agree to life in prison plus additional 808 year sentence. >> eighty plus life. >> new details about the fiery plane crash in massachusetts last year that killed a philadelphia newspaper co-own or and six others. transportation safety officials say crew members failed to do a pro flight check. investigators also found that the pilot left the win flaps locked in place. essentially keeping the aircraft parked on the gown. the pilots still tried taking off, but didn't realize their mistakes, until it was too late. the jet went off the runway, crashing into a ravine and bursting into flames. everyone on board was killed including philadelphia inquirer, co-owner,. >> 7:12 now. well, later this