a short time ago police arrested 25-year-old james mears.olice say he is responsible for the deaths of dolly evans and ruby thomas. both were found shot in the head execution-style saturday night in their northeast philadelphia home. the other breaking story, one man in custodcustody. police now know the names of the other two suspects in a string of robberies. keith per kikins is on the left. >>> new at 5:30, philadelphia police are asking for help identifying three robbery suspects after this video was released today. on sunday, police say the men in this video tried to rip off a parking attendant. surveillance cameras were rolling as they approached the attendant. the victim says the men demanded money and his cell phone. he quickly shut his door and the men ran off. >>> police in new jersey are searching for a man who robbed two teenagers of a pair of sneakers at knife point. two 13 years chatted on line with a man who offered to pay $360 for a pair of sneakers. police say the boys met the man at a shopping center. he threatened them wit

investigators charged 25-year-old james mears. his arraignment is expected soon.nsible for the deaths of two women shot in the head execution-style saturday night. rose mary connors is headed to police headquarters. count on updates from her as soon as we learn more. >>> a search thousands of miles away for a new jersey student missing and feared to have been abducted by militants. >> it hurts when one of our own, when a nice boy, when he goes missing. >> nbc 101 there as lawmakers joined family and friends to call for the safe return of aron sofer. aron has been missing since friday when he went hiking in the jerusalem forest. he is attending a religious school in israel. the military is investigating whether he was taken by palestinian militants. ted greenberg was in lakewood where he spoke to aron's family and friends. >> i have one message. please bring back my brother. >> reporter: from aron's loved ones and many others in his hometown, pleas and prayers for the safe return of the 23-year-old student missing in israel since friday. there are fears he may have

mears is being cooperative and another name has come up during this investigation. they hope to talk to that person to get some more information. >> lucy. >> thank you very much, lauren. we know the identity of a woman found murdered in the woods in cumberland county. new jersey state police say she was 37 year old jennifer cruz chavez. on sunday hunters found her body noor route 49 and bridgeton road in fairfield township. vest gathers say someone beat her to death but they don't know who did it or why. she lived in bridgeton. if you know anything that can help police give them call. >>> in south jersey police are trying to figure out if a burglar struck again. cops say someone broke into a church and three more homes over this past weekend. that continues. a summer long trend of weekend break ins all across moorestown. police say burglars hit half dozen homes in the past two months and in one of those break ins earlier this month, a thief got away with $200,000 of jewelry. >> longport, new jersey, police department is mourning the loss of one of their own. sergean

. >> reporter: 25-year-old james mears has been charged with the murders of dolly evans and ruby thomas. he is awaiting arrangement right now. live from police headquarters, i'm rose mary connors, nbc 10 news. >> thank you. >>> a philadelphia courtroom cleared of spec tatatospectator. this was part of the testimony of christina regusters. she is charged with kidnapping herly assaulting her. lu ann cahn was there. >> reporter: i have not seen the jury react until today when they saw pictures of this little girl's injuries. they were clearly upset. i even saw some reporters put their heads down. >> some of the most graphic, horrific photos that any human being could be forced to witness. >> reporter: we observed the jury during the testimony of the child abuse expert. they said the little girl told doctors she was assaulted with a tooth pick. but it was more consistent with a broom handle. some of the worst injuries the doctor said she had ever seen. the woman allegedly responsible for the injuries, christina regusters didn't react. some jurors dabbed tears from their eyes, others shook t

investigators charged 25 year old james mears in connect to the deaths of dolly evans and ruby thomas. the two elderly women were found shot in the head in a home on vista street saturday. he face toss counts of murder, robbery and other related char charges. >> an american man believed to be fighting jihad different killed in syria. us officials say 33 year old douglas mccain was killed this weekend while fighting alongside isis militants. mccain's family says he conver converted to islam 10 years ago. he grew up in suburban minneapolis where he had minor run ins with the law. he was on us terror watch lists. >> we also learned tonight that isis is holding an american woman captive. an aide worker and the third american known to have have been kidnapped by that group. today president obama authorized military surveillance flights into syria to search for isis targets. the goal here is to determine how isis commands and controls its forces with senior leaders and how they communicate. >> we'll continue to take direct action where needed to protect our people. and to defend our homelan

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the two women murdered in philadelphia now charged in their execution-style death. 25-year-old james mearsrobbed the victims and shot the women inside their home in the holmesberg section of the city. the two women killed execution-style saturday following a struggle. police say he was in prison for violent crimes including using a gun. he had lived with the women for three months. the son of dolly evans is still in shock. >> he stayed with us, lived with us. my mom did everything for him. took him off the streets, you know. why he did that over a couple of dollars, now he's got to sit in jail for the rest of his life. >> evans son said his mother's funeral will take place saturday in maryland. >>> we want to bring you new information now out of camden county. camden county prosecutors say a man shot his wife at kennedy university hospital in stratford here this morning. now, both the husband and the wife are alive but they are being treated. this is on laurel road in camden county, kennedy university hospital. we will bring you more information on this story as soon as it comes into nbc 1

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team members moved to block mear by access roads. the entire mission lasted about two hours.administration's revelations. >> it's the responsibility of our government and our leaders to do all we can to take action when we believe there might be a good possibility, a good chance to make a rescue effort successful. >> one former navy seal says, you cannot underestimate the risk now posed by going public. >> it's highly unusual because it compromises our capability to do this again and to do it successfully. it makes it that much harder. >> u.s. officials say a number of options about what to do, how to deal with isis are now under review. that could include expanded air strikes in iraq and maybe even air strikes across the border in syria now that there has been the first military mission inside this country. but these officials also emphasize all of this is just options, ideas, no decisions have been made. brianna. >> thank you so much. let's take a closer look now at the isis threat. joining me now, the pentagon press secretary. the first question vi for you, how much greate

police say james mears is the man who gunned down two women in a vista street home over the weekend.hey say mears killed 67-year-old dolly evans and her house guest 59-year-old rob bee thomas during a robbery. man was not a stranger to his victim. he was a house guest. >>> officials in bucks county are searching for cemetery vandals who struck over the weekend. the incidents occurred at roosevelt and rosedale memorial parks in bensalem. police say someone set fire to american flags and destroyed veteran grave sites. this is the second time in a month that vandals have hit the roosevelt cemetery. >> 5:37 now. we are at the big board with today's plans to honor the taney dragons. the afternoon celebration kicks offer at 2:00 p.m. the parade starts at 20th and market streets and will head over to city hall and down broad street to fdr park. matt pelman will have more on the possible traffic related problems and parade route detours coming up in a bit. the dragon wagon will stop at the kimmel center for a performance by the philly pops and then at broad and washington where the mummers w