three men kidnaped a 15 year-old and holds him for ransom and tied up and robbed his parents in somertonoutside of police headquarters, with >>> we have some breaking news right now,ew video just in from doylestown where lightening has struck a chimney there it is, lightening strike blew up a part of the chimney on the street ape you can see debring, center blocks, good news we are told there are no injuries reported. >>> this is scene in chalfont bucks county, where a house on summer ridge circle also caught fire, one person was inside, but they did manage to escape safely. chances are you heard these storms, they woke us up in the studio at 2:00 a.m. >>> storm scan three shows we are not in the clear yet. >> lets get over to katie for latest on this forecast, katie. >> those storms at this point are out of here ape it looks lick they will be as strong as they will be at the the rest of the day. look at lightening we have pictures on twitter, we have been getting reports of the damage being done. our own bill from wogl says his power went out just as he woke up as well. i think we might

this happened in somerton yesterday afternoon, broad daylight, and you can see police taped off the home as they collected evidence after all this happened. the stepfather and mother were home they heard a knock on the door and they were confronted by two armed men said they kidnaped her son. one used a cell phone and made young man speak to his parents. police say he was outside with the third suspect. robbers tied them up win search the home. they took what they could and left but sped off with the 15 year-old still inside. we were able to speak with the teen's stepfather yesterday and here's what he had to say. >> as soon as they left, they tied me up, he i got outside fast, they grabbed my keys and i left, i followed him and chased those guys and almost caught up to them but they got away from me. >> reporter: suspect later dropped the 15 year-old near 23rd and fair mount and then able to go to the gas station and call for help. we are told that the suspects got way with $30,000 in cash julyry as well as home surveillance system. this family does own several businesses in the area an

then held him for ransom while at the same time they tied up his parents and robbed them in their somerton home. as of right now police believe they were targeted. christian was shaking yesterday after his family went through a scary ordeal. >> they had guns. they put us down. asked for money. >> reporter: he and his wife were expecting their 15 year-old son home in the afternoon. when someone knock on the door his wife didn't think twice and answered it, standing there were two armed men who said they kidnaped their son as they were walking home. >> they grabbed the kid, both wearing white color, dark colored pants and they are both wearing purple latex gloves. >> my son, called us from the guy's phone and said give us everything, give them everything, money, jewelry whatever you got. >> reporter: according to police the 15 year-old was held hostage with the third suspect. parents were tied up and forced on the floor. they complied. suspect searched the home and stole what they could taking avenue with the 15 year-old still in the car. >> i got outside fast and i grabbed my keys and i lef

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the home is on the 10,100 block of ferndale in somerton and live is dann cuellar.what are the details here? >> reporter: crime scene investigators are still here on the scene voest gating this home invasion. they believe this family is targeted because they own businesses and rental properties. they held their son hostage demanding they give up the money. >> they put us down and asked us for the money. >> chris describes a harrowing ordeal after two men invaded their home at 2:00 this afternoon and they received a message from their son who was walking home from school. >> they had my son kidnapped and they called from the phone and said give them everything, i gave them everything, the money, the jewelry, my son was scared and he gave them everything we had and they took everything. >> he tied up his wife before the bandit took off with 30,000

this happened in somerton. police taped off the home as they collect evidence yesterday, the boy's stepfather and mother were home expecting the teen. they heard a knock. mother answered it and was confronted by two armed men who said they kidnaped her son. one of the suspects used his cell phone and made the young man speak to his parents. we did speak to his stepfather yesterday and here's what he had to say. >> there were two outside the house, one waiting inside with my son. my son called us from the guy's phone and said give up everything. give them everything, money, jewelry, whatever you have got. >> reporter: the parents were tied up, and those suspects searched the home. they did then leave with $30,000, according to the family, jewelry, as well as the home security system. they jumped in the car with the 15 year-old still there and sped off. he was later dropped at 23rd and fairmount and was able to go to the gas station and call for help. again, if you have any information, you are asked to call the

it all happened, yesterday in the somerton section of the city. a 15 year-old was walking home when he was forced in the car by armed men. investigators say two of them went to the teen's home, tied up and robbed his parents. the men then took off with the teenager in toe but later left him unarmed, at 23rd and fairmount. police say robbers stole about $30,000 worth of cash and jewelry. >>> a new survey shows number of uninsured americans is declining due to the expansion of the medicaid under affordable care act. pennsylvania is one of the only three states still debating whether to expand coverage. robert wood johnson foundation says number of uninsured has dropped by nearly 57 percent in the cities, benefiting from medicaid expansion. >>> it is estimated expanding coverage in pennsylvania would reduce the total number of uninsured in philadelphia by 55 percent. >>> the fire fly music festival kick off just a few minutes ago in delaware. it is one of the biggest music events on the east coast but if you are going you can expect major delays due