here's police chief michael chitwood. >> he runs up on the sidewalk, crashes into the side of a building. then he backs up and tries to run over one of our upper darby's undercover officers, female officers. she fires one shot. the car then takes off, knocks over a light stand and knocks over several of the parking meters and then the car stops at that location. >> michael chitwood. police did find, they say crack cocaine heroin, a semi-automatic weapon and cash in the car. this all from an undercover drug buy. no officers were hurt. the suspect is in custody. >>> the river -- the river line light rail service is still suspended this hour in delran township, new jersey after a train collided with a car. it happened just after 4 o'clock at the chester avenue crossing. three passengers in the car were taken to cooper medical center. five people on the train were hurt but those injuries are not considered life-threatening. light rail service is currently suspended in both directions between cinnaminson and riverside. >>> there has been a dramatic turn around at penn state university. the nc

. >> michael chitwood superintendent michael chitwood said burglary ring stole jewelry, purses and electronic. he is being held on $50,000 bail. police are pursuing accomplices. >>> prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against eric frein. the man accused of killing a pennsylvania state trooper, and wounding another. he led law enforcement on a seven week manhunt. documents were filed today in pike county. frein's defense attorney is declining to comment on the death penalty filing but says his client intend to plead in the guilty, at an arraignment scheduled for thursday. >>> and still to come on "action news" tonight, a competitor to uber is coming even knowing it is violating philadelphia regulations. plus heartache in wilmington as more lives are lost to crime, we're asking what can be done to stop the spike in violence. >>> bipartisanship 101 republicans and democrats team up to make president obama change his mind about college savings plans, cecily. >>> we are heading back in the deep freeze very quickly. the wind chill in philadelphia 8 degrees. i will let you know how cold it wil

here's police chief michael chitwood. >> he runs up on the sidewalk, crashes into the side of a building one of our upper darby's undercover officers, female officers. she fires one shot. the car then takes off, knocks over a light stand and knocks over several of the parking meters and then the car stops at that location. >> michael chitwood. police did find, they say crack cocaine heroin, a semi-automatic weapon and cash in the car. this all from an undercover drug buy. no officers were hurt. the suspect is in custody. >>> the river -- the

police superintendent michael chitwood says cops confronted 34-year-old kareem ma tolbart right in heray. >> she says, i don't want him in the house. i don't want him here. you can leave him outside. i don't care what happens to him. >> report roar the source of her substitute dispute with her son wait for it -- >> she was sending to him to school and she didn't like the pants he was wearing so he refused to change the pants so she threw him out. report roar the windchill around here that wednesday morning a frosty 2 degrees. >> i was without heat in my own house for a couple of those days. and i couldn't imagine being out in this. >> reporter: click rally lock out. >> yeah. whatever the reason. it's tragic really. >> reporter: friday morning police turned to social media tweeting her photo in an effort to turn up the public pressure. by late afternoon they had their mom. tolbart surrendered and face add friday night a rain many. >> leave him out in the cold like that. you don't do that to an animal. >> reporter: over dispute over school pants. >> school pants. so mom is not wrapped to

. >> reporter: iain upper darby police superintendent michael chitwood is calling this pair the bonnie and clyde of delaware county. and while snowy weather can sometimes be a real nuisance this past weekend it actually helped police crack a crime spree and uncover what believe is a major burglary ring. the string of brazen burglaries begins last thursday morning in and around the 3400 block of huey avenue in drexel hill. three houses three cars hit all while residents are home and asleep. >> in one of the particular houses a woman is awakened. she looks up. she thinks it's her son. she says, what are you doing so early in the morning and the burglar turns around and walk out. >> lives on nearby fall street. >> tried to break into our cars and they went down our street and they came back up and tried to get into my neighbor's house. that is a little frightening but i never felt unsafe in my house. so this is like the first time. >> upper darby police promptly settingsetting up an undercover detail in the neighborhood and early saturday morning they spot a suspicious guy looking into ca

. >> michael chitwood said the burglary ring stole jewelry purses and electronics.are pursuing some alleged accomplices. >>> al dover delaware man has been arrested for drugs he allegedly hid in his prosthetic leg. marlo holmes faces charges for cocaine possession. police say they pulled over an suv monday in the area of mckee road and a canine picked up on the drugs. when officers searched holmes they say they discovered almost 29 grams of cocaine in his leg. >> prosecutors are now officially seeking the death penalty against eric frein the man accused of ambushing two pennsylvania state troopers. documents were filed yesterday in pike concorde. police say frein shot two troopers killing one of them outside the blooming grove barracks back in september and then led authorities on a nearly seven week manhunt. frein is set to be formally arraigned tomorrow. his attorney says frein intends to plead not guilty. >> it is now 4:38 and coming up next on "action news" the giant sinkhole that swallowed a car and caused major headaches for homeowners in maryland. >> an affil

police superintendent michael chitwood says cops confronted 34-year-old tolbart right in her doorway.she says, i don't want him in the house. i don't want him here. you can't leave him outside. i don't care what happens to him. >> reporter: source of tolbart's dispute with her son wait for it -- >> she was sending to school and she didn't like the pants he was wearing, so he refused to change the pants so she threw him out. >> reporter: the wind chill around here that wednesday morning, a frosty 2 degrees. >> i was without heat in my own house for a couple of those days and i couldn't imagine being out in this. >> reporter: deliberately lock hot. >> yeah. whatever the reason, it's tragic really. >> reporter: friday morning police turned to social media tweeting tolbart's photo in an evident to turn up the public pressure. by late afternoon they had their mom. tolbart surrendered and faced a friday night arraignment. >> leave him out in the cold like that. you don't do that to -- to an animal. >> reporter: over a dispute of school pants. >> school pants. so mom is not wrapped too tight

that is when five of them opened fire, upper darby police chief michael chitwood says he thinks the officer'sctions were justified. >> he created this monster. he created it we didn't. he created it. unfortunately it ended in his demise. >> chit wood says it appears pacini was shot in the neck and both shoulder. delaware county d.a.'s office is now investigating. >>> a chester county couple accused of killing a child and torturing him pleaded not guilty in court today. gary fellenbaum and jillian tait were arraigned and notified prosecutor's plan to seek the death penalty. the paris charged with murdering tait's son three-year old scottie mcmilan. the investigators say he was beaten to death inside a mobile home in west caln township his memory was honored today as people gathered in west chester to raise awareness of child abuse. >> if you hear bit, suspect it get involved because someone has got to be the voice of the children. they cannot speak up for themselves so we have to do it for them. >> two local woman are selling shirts with the phrase no excuse for child abuse they say proceeds w

. >> michael chitwood, superintendent for the upper darby police department oversees the investigation. >> once you look at the tape, you see there's about 30 people on that bus at any given time. there's certainly several young children. who knows how far the escalation would have gotten with an angry person somewhat out of control with a loaded gun. >> the gun wielding woman is identified as 58-year-old cordelia chisham. police determine she doesn't have a permit for that fully loaded pistol she's packing. >> when she got here to the police station she's distraught. here's a woman 58 years old. had no prior criminal record. apparently had a job. this type of incident does not fit into her whole persona. obviously, something pushed her button that night. >> chisham pleads guilty to assault and terroristic threats. she serves six months in county jail. as for the good samaritan, he has no regrets about stepping in that day. >> i don't know, if it had gone wrong, i guess it would have been ugly. i don't know if she would have been shot. >> who would expect to end up in such a dramatic s