the man they charged in the fatal hit-and-run accident identified as royce atkins. fessed with an interview with detectives this morning. >> and atkins admitted to striking boy and leaving the scene. >> and the boy is identified as darious condash. and he and a frent crossed a road after buying candy at a convenience store. he dropped some candy and turned to pick it up. >> when he did, he was struck by a northbound vehicle. >> and a driver reported it after he was suspicious after seeing damage to the front of atkins's car. and they said he offered no information. >> and condash a member of the peewee sports team and they wore his number on their helmets. regarding the family and his arrest. >> obviously they are relieved. they are still grieving. and it was a little bit of closure for them. >> royce atkins has been charged with an accident involving personal injury or death. it is a charge that can get him up to 10 years in prison if convicted. tonight he is held in lieu of $50,000 cash bail. live in hanover township, dann cuellar for "action news." >> thank you. >

authorities identified him as 22-year-old royce atkins. tkins confessed during an interview with police yesterday morning. and police say condash was with a cousin and a friend crossing shinersville road near airport road after buying some candy at a convenience store. the nine-year-old apparently dropped the candy and turned around to pick it up. that's when he was struck. an anonymous tipster told police he became suspicious after noticing heavy front damage to the front of atkins' car. police do not believe alcohol or drugs played a role in the accident and added they have no explanation as to why the 22-year-old did not stop to help. but police say the boy's heartbroken family is relieved there has been an arrest. >> obviously they were relieved, you know, they're still grieving and it was -- it was a little bit of closure for them. >> and of course our hearts and thoughts go out to that family. condash was a member of the little huskies peewee football team. over the weekend his teammates sported his number, 34, on their helmets in his

he was killed in hanover township and they charged this man, royce atkins with an accident that caused personal injury or death. officers became suspicious after seeing damage to atkin's car. >>> to politics now, the republican candidates for president will face off for a first time tonight in milwaukee, wisconsin, not among them is new jersey governor, chris christie, he is in the undercard debate, organizers of tonight's debate promise a focus on substance. >>> a new abc news washington poll shows ben carson and donald trump had a solid lead, 71% of republicans see carson favorably, 69% feel the say way about trump. the next closest is marco rubio seen favorable by 58% of republicans. as for chris christie, support hit him is slipping, 61% of new jersey voters say that it's time for christie to bow out of the race for the white house, when it comes to republicans nationwide, 40% say it's time for him to end his campaign. >>> russia is at the serpt of an olympic scandal among allegations of bribery and doping, some are calling for russian athletes to be stripped of their medals and ot

. >> reporter: they received more than 100 tips and one led to royce atkins' house. no unwione was home when we arr but detectives found the car and the 22-year-old working at a car dealership. >> atkins admitted to striking the boy and leaving the scene. >> reporter: the little boy's friend doesn't understand. >> he was my best friend and like my brother. >> reporter: they showed us darius' stuffed animal. >> i hope he knows that he took a big part of our family away from us. >> reporter: atkins could face five years in prison and a $25,000 fine. keith jones, nbc 10 news. >>> new tonight, southbound lanes of the new jersey turnpike have finally reopened past interchange two. they were closed for hours earlier tonight. sky force 10 was over the scene in woolwich township. two were killed in the accident. a viewer sent us video. here it is here. as you might expect, traffic was backed up for hours because of this and officials are investigating what led to this fiery crash. >>> to north philadelphia, a temple police cruiser up in flames. the driver tried to pull away

police say 22-year-old royce atkins was the driver, they say he hit and killed condash. they also received more than 100 tips from the community. and they say that led them to atkins' home where they found his blue mazda which matched the description. they later caught up to him working at a car dealership. >> admitted to striking the boy and leaving the scene. >> i hope he knows that he took a big part of our family away from us. >> investigators say atkins could face 10 years in prison and a $25,000 fine. he's currently locked up in the northampton county jail. >> a scene of sheer terror. you might recall the video of a home invasion that nbc 10 brought you in september. the family says one of the gun men responsible used to be their neighbor. sources confirm to nbc 10 police have issued arrest warrant for rasheed holcome accused of breaking into the home and assaulting a mother and grandmother. here is the suspect in surveillance video. one of the victims said he was a customer at her business. she told police several days after the crime he stopped by to make sure sh

they were able to give a description of the vehicle and 22-year-old royce atkins was driving that vehicle when he hit and killed the boy. that's in addition to the more than 100 tips police received that led them to atkins' home where they found his mazda. >> admitted to striking the boy and leaving the scene. >> i really hope he knows that he took a big part of our family i away from us. >> investigators say atkins could face 10 years in prison and a $25,000 fine. >>> it was a scene of terror caught on video, you may recall this. this video got a lot of clicks online. a home invasion that nbc 10 showed you in september. the family now says that one of the gun men responsible for that home invasion used to be their neighbor. sources confirm to nbc 10 that police have issued an arrest warrant for a man rasheed holcome accused of breaking into that home, assaulting a woman and her grandmother. here is the suspect in this surveillance video. one of the victimings said that he was also a customer at her business. she told police several days after the crime he stopped by to make sure she knew

he's 22-year-old royce atkins of hanover township. atkins confessed yesterday morning.ice say condash was with a cousin an friend passing near airport road after buying candy at a convenience store. the nine-year-old apparently dropped some of the candy and turned around to pick it up. that's when he was struck. an anonymous tipster told police he became suspicious after noticing heavy front damage to the front of atkins car. police do not believe alcohol or drugs played a role in the accident and added he had no explanation as to why the 22-year-old did not stop to help. police say the boy's heartbroken family is relieved there's been an arrest. >> obviously they were relieved. they're still grieving. it was -- it was a little bit of closure for them. >> reporter: just sad sorry. he was a member of the little huskies peewee too. over the weekend his teammates sported his number 34 on their helmets. if convicted atkins could face up to 10 years in pries on. >> a temple university officer remains on duty but won't be driving for now after a huge mishap at a north philade

police have charged 22-year-old royce atkins with an accident involving a personal injury or death.estigators became suspicious after noticing heavy damage to the front of atkins' car. he's being held in lieu of $50,000 bail. much more on this story in the next half hour of "action news." >> the gop chosen ones will take part in the fourth republican presidential debate in milwaukee tonight. new jersey governor chris christie will not be among them. a smaller group of republicans, eight, will be on stage for the main event. still headlined by front runners donald trump and ben carson. carson's autobiography could be squarely in the spotlight as some have claimed he's embellished parts of his life story. polls show trump and carson tide followed by marco rubio ted cruz and jeb bush. >> new this morning, lansdale police are asking for your help to catch this pair of thieves who stole a charity jar with money meant for the poor. now take a close look at these two. detectives say while the younger man is in red, distracted the owner, the middle aged woman with the cap snatched money fro

police have charged this man, 22-year-old royce atkins, of hanover township.olice say atkins confessed during an interview with police yesterday morning. police say darious condash was with a cousin and a friend crossing shinersville road near airport road after buying some candy at a convenience store. >>> the nine-year-old apparently dropped some of that candy then turned around and picked it up. that's when he was instruct an anonymous tipster told police he became suspicious after noticing heavy front damage to the front of atkins' car. police do not believe alcohol or drugs played a role in the accident and that they have no explanation as to why the 22-year-old did not stop to help. but police say the boy's heartbroken family is relieved that there has been an arrest. >> obviously they were relieved, you know, they're still grieving, you know, and it was -- it was a little bit of closure for them. >> reporter: our thoughts certainly go out to that family. couldn't dascondash was a membee football team. if convicted atkins could face up to 10 years in pri

police say 22-year-old royce atkins was driving when he hit and killed condash. police got more than 100 tips that led them to atkins' home where they found his slate blue mazda with damage to it. they caught up with him working at a car dealership. >> admitted to striking the boy and leaving the scene. >> i really hope they knows that he took a big part of our family away from uls. >> investigators say at kinsey could face 10 years in prison and $25,000 fine. he's currently locked up in the northampton county jail. >> a crime of passion, that's what police are calling a double murder in philadelphia's fairmount park. workers found a couple shot to death in the back seat of this suv on friday. authorities identified them as lisa smith and sha cure orline. both were in relationships with other people. investigators spoke to one of the other partners. looking for a second. >> another accuser is joining the defamation lawsuit against bill cosby, a woman filed a lawsuit yesterday. she claims cosby falsely accused her of lying a of she said he raped her in 1965. dozen

prosecutors charging 22-year-old royce atkins today. authorities say atkins hit darius co condash friday night n hanover township. according to investigators the boy was crossing the street with a friend and a cousin and went back to pick up some candy he dropped. that's when he was hit. he died later at a local hospital and police say an autopsy tip -- anonymous tip led to atkins. >> detective gary hammer located atkins at his place of employment. he interviewed atkins and atkins had admitted to striking the boy and leaving the scene. >> police say they have impounded his car. they're waiting for search warrant so they can search it tomorrow. atkins is in jail tonight. >>> no arrest yet in a double murder in fairmount park. police believe they may be on a motive. they're calling the killing of a couple in the back seat of an suv the crime of passion. fox 29's dave schratwieser is live in fairmount park near the scene of the crime. dave? >> reporter: lucy, police have recovered fingerprints from outside and inside the suv in which that

confessed to hitting a nine-year-old boy with his car and leaving the boy to died. 22-year-old royce atkins is now in custody after that confession. police found atkins after they received more than a hundred tips. darius condash's older cousin's saw the driver him and take off. they were able to give the police a description of the vehicle. police first went to atkins' home where they found his blue mazda. they found him working at a car dealership and that's when he confessed to the hit-and-run. >> atkins had admitted to striking the boy and leaving the scene. >> i just really hope he knows that he took a big part of our family away from us. >> reporter: investigators say atkins could face a $10,000 fine and prison. >>> happening today, kathleen kane will face a judge surrounding the second set of perjury charges against her. kane is accused of leaking secret grand jury material to a reporter and lying about it. a judge suspended her law license while she fights the charges against her. >>> yesterday a state senate committee met for the first time to determine whether kane can be attorney

arrested a man they say hit and killed a nine year-old boy and then kept driving. 22-year old royce atkins was charged yesterday. he hid darius conndash friday night in hanover township. ninety-nine year-old was crossing the street when he pick up, candy that he dropped. the boy later died at the hospital. police say a tip led them to atkins. >> he may have struck the little boy. officers responded to the residents and found in one there but they did locate a vehicle in the garage which had damage consistent with the crash. >> and they later found atkins at work. police say he admitted to hitting the boy. they planned to search his car later today. >>> a philadelphia family says their home has been invaded by rats. they are not getting any answers from the housing authority. p ha owns this home in south philadelphia. for two months now the family says rats has stolen food and eaten through their walls. >> they like playing a game on us, they see us, they hide, you know, they don't care. it is lick they took away the house. >> family set up that camera in the kitchen, to see what they found

accused of hitting and killing a nine year-old boy is behind bars this morning 2679 two-year old royce atkins was charge yesterday. police say he hid darius conndash friday night in hanover township. the boy was crossing the street with friend when he dropped candy. he went back to pick it up when he was hit. the boy later died at the hospital. police say an an anonymous tip led them to atkins. >> the caller believed that he may have struck the little boy. officers responded to the residents and found no one there, but they did locate a vehicle in the garage with damage which was consistent with the crash. >> they also located atkins who was found at work. police say he admitted to hitting the boy and they are planning to search his car later today. >>> thirty year-old cold case out of delaware finally crack opened. police say sandra heartsag murdered retired schoolteacher joseph brawn in 1985. the the 54 year-old was killed inside his fairfax neighborhood home. police believe she had the help of her boyfriend at the time but he passed away in 1997. police received tips over the years that im

investigators became suspicious after noticing heavy damage to the front of royce atkins' car. >>> that'sn "action news." we'll be back in about 25 minutes. let's go right back to "good morning america." >> ♪ >>> good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. pamela anderson says she's cured. free from the liver disease that's haunted her for 16 years. did she really overcome hepatitis c? the all-out way she's celebrating her medical victory. >>> black friday frenzy. astonishing deals just revealed by some of the biggest retailers. >> let the holidays begin. >> from target to walmart. how the megachains are opening the doors to super savings earlier than ever. >>> the stunning new research that could change the way we look at weight. it's a new medical alert about belly fat. why carrying extra weight around your waist may be more dangerous than being obese. >> big drama in the ballroom. tamar braxton rushed to the hospital right after dress rehearsal. >> she's really sick. >> making it back to the live broadcast with just seconds to spare. her partner val talking to her cameras. >> never count som

prosecutors are charging 23 year he old royce at the kins. a atkins struck darius conndash friday night in hanover township. according to investigators the boy was crossing street with the friend and cousin, went back and picked up some candy he dropped and that is when he was hit. he later died at the hospital. an anonymous tip led them to atkins. a atkins right now is behind bars. >>> this is terrible, have you seen this, rats forced a local family out of their home, where did the rodents could becoming from. >>> happy birthday wish to miranda a lambert, who is 32 years old but we're in the done there, lauren. >> who else. >> this is tracie morgan, he is 47 years old today. on the mend after that horrible crash in june of 2014. >> celebrities are not only ones who deserve birthday shout outs, when we do this we get tweet we get tweeting will you wish my mom, daughter, happy birth the day. use the hashtag fox 29 good day so we can give it and give shout outs. >> i'm glad you are on board because you typically roll your eyes, stupid birthday is it tod