. >>> rape and sexual assault charges were thrown out today against robert kerns, the former head of the republican party, the 66-year-old was back in court today, on charges he raped a female para legal back in 2013. today they dismissed the rape charges but he faces aggravated assault and indecent saultd and is currently free on bail. >>> attorney general kathleen kane dropped the investigation saying it was tainted. but seth williams has a different point of view, he has selected a panel to look into charges. live in philadelphia is "action news" reporter david henry. >> reporter: well, as you know this case say political football bouncing back and form from the attorney general and the philadelphia district attorney. and now the d.a. is running with the ball and handing it off to a grand jury. >> i won't allow this case to just disappear. there has to be accountability. >> published reports named the targets of the investigation and state representatives and former traffic court judge. sources close to the investigation confirm they are among those under investigation but the d.a

robert kerns was accused of raping a former member of his law firm. is he charged with several counts of assault, and faces time behind bars if convicted . >>> a funeral director is charged with stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from an elderly woman. any mccormick is outside with more. >> reporter: the 84-year-old vick continual's niece and never you contacted the department of for aging a year ago and they launched the investigation, it took them that long to comb through all the accounts that the suspect allegedly stole from and that suspect antoine turay turned himself into police. >> they say that he stole more than 3$300,000 from an 89-year-old neighbor that suffered memory loss after a fall. >> he took advantage and took money back and forth and paid off his credit cards. >> the victim lives nature the funeral chapel on the 2400 block of north 22nd street. >> i heard he was doing something he wasn't suppose to be doing. neighbors saw him dropping off food to the victim and police say that he gained her trust and called her grandmom. >>

. >>> robert kerns still faces counts for allegedly assaulting a para legal from his law form. chad pradelli joins us with more in blue bell. >> this is not the first time that charges have been dropped against kernz, all the charges were dropped earlier this year after the district attorney admitted to bungling lab reports but it appears that kerns will go to trial that is if a plea deal isn't reached. defense attorney, brian mcgonegal called the charges against kerns a victory. >> we say this is an innocent man and we believe we'll be able to prove that in this case. >> the former head of the gop is charged with several counts of indecent assault and misdemeanors and the prosecutors say that the judge made the right call. >> i am pleased and it allows us to take the strongest charges in and put them in front of a jury. >> the district attorney's office originally filed the charges and kerns's law office plied her with ambien. the case was set for trial after she said he assaulted her at his home. but then they misread the lab report, after saying there was no ambien in her sy

chair robert kerns are thrown out. judge joe and harold dismissed charges after reviewing testimony in the case. kerns will stand trial on six lesser counts and they stem from the alleged assault of the paralegal last october. >>> five defendant in the main line drug ring waved their arraignments today. charges including conspiracy and possession with intent to manufacture in or deliver drugs. investigators say two alleged master mind worked with sub dealers hired from five high schools and three colleges. nine of the defendants will be tried together with a preliminary hearing scheduled for july 30th. >>> one of the four teens wanted in this random attack on a homeless man surrenders to upper darby township police. today prosecutors charged 18 year-old trent epps with assault and other crimes. police say this video posted on video shows epps punching the man in the the face at aronimink trolley stop. detectives are now searching for the other three suspects. >>> an 89 year-old northeast philadelphia man is accused of

sixty-six year-old robert kerns is accused of raping a paralegal from his law firm in october of last year. chargedes were dropped earlier this year after lab reports were misinterpreted. new charges were filed this past april. kerns maintains his innocence. >>> arraignments are scheduled for five suspects this morning in the main line drug ring, investigators say the two alleged master mind worked with sub dealers, hired from five high schools and three colleges. charges include conspiracy and possession with intent to manufacture or deliver. prosecutors claim alleged it is not only involving drugs but also, high powered weapons. >>> also, a preliminary hearing is scheduled for philadelphia for 18 year-old tyler blankco, charged with murder in the shooting death of the innocent bystander at his overbrook play ground. seventeen year-old bernard scott was shot in the stomach when a fight and a shoot-out broke out at topton playground last april. three other men await trial in connection with the shooting. >>> a 13 year-old boy is grateful to be alive after a gunman fires on him at poin

. >>> robert kerns, the former head of the montgomery county g.o.p., is free, on bail tonight. today a judge threw out the rape and sex assault charges against kerns, the 66 year-old was accused of assaulting a feast mail paralegal last october. kerns still faces other charges including aggravated assault and indecent assault. today a judge ordered johann briar of northeast philadelphia, held without bail. the 89 year-old stands accused of being nazi war criminal. briar, an admitted ss guard, was arrested tuesday on a german warrant. german investigators say he took part in murders at the concentration camps in 1944. briar says he only work outside the camp and never killed anybody. an extradition hearing was scheduled for august 21st. president barack obama is laying his options on how to respond to the violence and chaos in iraq. obama met with the senior leadership of both parties, in congress and all agreed he doesn't need further legislative authorization for some steps that he might take. obama is considering whether to order limited air strikes either by drone or manned

robert kern is water police.ides. this is not their day. we're in an area where there shouldn't be any watering, yet there's water here. that's what we do, we drive around looking for something like that, to give them a little educational visit. hey, you're not supposed to water today. >> so you don't wrestle them to the ground, cuff them and drag them in? >> no, we do not. although we can go to a fee. >> how much? >> $80. >> $80. then -- >> then it doubles. >> and it keeps going? >> yeah. >> it seems to me a losing battle to try to keep your grass green. do you really need a lawn in the first place? >> well, most everyone that lives here came from the midwest or east coast and it was lush and green, and that's what vegas was 20 years ago. >> it was lush and green. >> sure. >> the city assigns watering days to control usage and also encourages xeriscaping, a landscaping style focused on drought-resistant plants and efficient irrigation. and if you don't get with the program, there's a hole out there in the desert

former montgomery county chairman robert kerns facing a preliminary hearing today. he is accused of raping a paralegal in october of last year at his firm. an arraignment is expected for five suspects facing drug and weapons charges. prosecutors say that the men operated a drug ring on the main line, to supply local schools with drugs. >>> a black bear wandering around south jersey is spotted once again. a member of "eyewitness news" team captured this exclusive video in mount laurel. officials say there are now two bears making their way through severity burlington county townships. our syma chowdhry now has more. >> trying to climb that tree. >> reporter: this is not a wild life documentary, this bear was seen roaming around in mount laurel, exclusive video our cw. three photographer alan wheeler shot with his cell phone tuesday morning. the the bear was walking from yard to yard and neighbors who saw it call 911. >> they have said we're aware of it. she answered the phone, is this about the bear? i said yes. she said we're aware of the situation. >> reporter: we

chair robert kerns, but still will stand trial on six lesser counts, those charges stem from the the alleged assault of the paralegal last october. >>> well, we are certainly in the middle of some sweltering temperatures out there, heat advisory is in effect, temperatures rose in the mid 90's today. >> meteorologist kate bilo is out in the heat with the mobile weather lab and she joins us live from easton, kate. >> thanks, jessica and chris. we are here in easton, pennsylvania great small town in northampton county. we are with the cbs-3 mobile weather lab. we get in the shade and breeze and breeze blowing it doesn't feel so bad. lets look at conditions here in easton. on the cbs-3 mobile weather lab temperatures 89 degrees. wind are 10 miles an hour. breeze does help. that makes it feel close to what the thermometer indicates. temperatures in the 90's all across the region today everyone was trying to get outside and beat the heat. blazing sun, sizzling pavement and stifling humidity, hottest day of the year so far but not too many complaints in easton a town hard hit this winter. >

both chief executive of the department, robert garcia and the ceo, sue kern. in terms of the corrective action, director garcia meets on a monthly bay sigs sis with the sheriff and they involve key staff to ensure there's appropriate oversight of security operations. and then on a more ground level, sfgh ceo, sue kern, meets with the sheriff captain and key staff assigned at afgh on a weekly basis to ensure appropriate oversight and remove any barriers to effect tiff security and safety operations. the second operation was the development of a contract performance monitoring plan. that monitoring plan was initiated and is ongoing and for those of you as members of the sfgh jcc, i know that you have been kept up to date i believe on that progress, but if not, as we go through the presentation, we're happy to entertain any questions you might have. in terms of patient safety, the general theme of deciding was there was a lack of comprehensive security plan that is actually a requirement of the accreditation body. it's the only commission that a credits san franc