police arrested thomas brennan, her boyfriend. police say he killed bernheisel last month. a man walking his dog found the suit case. the victim had been staying at a home in south philadelphia where brennan also stayed. we have new information on how detectives pieced this together. we'll have more at 4:30 about how the suitcase itself helped lead to the suspect. >>> a fast moving row home fire started yesterday just after 11:00. matt, in word yet on a cause of that big fire there? >> no official word there. investigators are expecting to be out here today. this is the 1700 bloc. big and quieter difference now almost 12 hours later. the video shows the intensity of this fire that started just before 5:00 yesterday afternoon. this fire spread quite rapidly. there was quite a bit on wind out here that damaged 20 of these row homes, 15 very severely. while the investigation is still on going, it started close where roofers had been working. there is several residents now left to rebuild. in m are staying at a fire house near by with the red cross helping them. >>> all right,

crystal leibhart has now been charged after her boyfriend, thomas brennan was already charged with murder. they say he beat and stabbed to death scott bernheisel and stuffed his body into a suitcase. on may 28th a man walking his dog found the suitcase and alerted police. katy zackary has information on how that suitcase helped lead to suspects. >>> this morning dozens of mercer county residents are out of their homes after a fire went up in row houses. it was an intense fire how does it look right now? >> about 12 hours ago this fire was raging down this block going rooftop to rooftop. now an exact cause is still being determined. investigators are out here continuing their work but police are keeping an eye on the area and what is left from these homes. the video shows the intensity of the fire. it was in the 1700 block of east states street. neighbors were banging on each other's doors to warn them of the spreading tire. all told 20 of the homes were damaged, 15 of them severely. while the investigation is still ongoing, it started to where roofers had been working. alex a alice leach

now they say the man who committed the crime has been charged and this weekend they arrested thomas brennan for murder. he and the victim often stayed at the same south philadelphia home. someone at that home says the suitcase that held the body had gone missing recently. coming up at 5:30 i will tell you where misbelief they stored the victim's body prior to dumping it off of that airport road. >>> this morning dozens of people in mercer county will begin trying to piece their lives back together after this massive six alarm fire that damaged 20 homes yesterday. you can really see the flames'sing their way through the rafters there. it toog more than 100 firefighters to control the fire. >> boom all up in the flames. >> we ran out of personnel quickly. we could not get them on scene fast enough. >> it went up quickly the fire's cause is still under investigation. the fire chief said it started near a spot where roofers had been working. >>> the administration for amtrak is zeroing in on where railroads have sharp track curves along with making adjustments for safety systems to prevent trai

in custody tonight is 25-year-old thomas brennan of fulsom.is charged with robbing and beating bernheisel to death. 27-year-old crystal leibhart has been charged with robbery and hindering apprehension. >>> former penn state student, james vivenzio of virginia today filed suit against penn state claiming the university ignored his complaints against sexual assault, hazing and drug use at a fraternity. kappa delta rho has been suspended for three years and 38 of the members expelled by the national organization. penn state denied vivenzio's claim saying neither he or his family were willing to file a complaint. >>> a second lawsuit has been filed against st. joe's university in the wake of a hazings scandal involving the women's softball team. "action news" broke the store on april 2. following accusations of lewd conduct and drinking forced on the freshman players by the upper classmen. the most recent lawsuit similar to the first accused the head coach terry adams of doing nothing to stop the hazing and alleging that he actively impeded the i

police arrested 25-year-old thomas brennan of philadelphia and charged him with the murder of 41-year-old scott bernheisel. a man walking his dog discovered the suitcase containing bernheisel's body. autopsy revealed he died of blunt force injuries and multiple stab wounds. >>> police in pennsville this morning located the vehicle they believe was involved in a hit and run yesterday and then this afternoon the driver of the car confessed. a 17-year-old boy was struck and critically injured overnight on hook road near lee avenue. "action news" reporter david henry is live at pennsville police tonight and david you've got the details. >> reporter: yeah, jim pennsville police had been getting a lot of tips but in the end it was good old fashioned police work that led to the car and the suspect. 23-year-old zachary mcdonough turned himself in this afternoon. it was just hours after police say they found his heavily damaged car hidden under a car cover behind his apartment house. mcdonough had nothing to say as police led him to a jail cell after what they described as a full videotaped confes

thomas brennan is his name. he is now facing murder charges. the victim was found not far from philadelphia international airport last month. >>> from our jersey shore bureau, police need your help in solving a decades-old missing child mystery. tonight, investigators are taking a fresh look at a person of interest and hoping that someone can place that person near the scene of the crime. so many years ago. here's a picture of the man police suspect was at the scene of the crime in middle township back in 1991. he's in prison right now on other child sex convictions. detectives believe he looks a lot like the sketch of a man a witness saw in the area before 11-year-old mark himebaugh vanished. nbc 10's jersey shore bureau reporter ted greenberg is live with the new information. ted? >> reporter: well i'm told people have been bringing tips to this special command post that's been set up right near the spot where mark himebaugh was last seen. tonight, police want you to take a good look at a man who could be a key figure in the case. his name th

this that is man, 40 year-old year-old scott burnheisell the man arrested is thomas brennan of philadelphia we don't know the circumstances surrounding this man's death but we do know that last month someone walking a dog found that suitcase, behind a tinicum township, industrial park. >>> investigators are trying to figure out what sparked a fire at ben franklin high school in philadelphia chopper three was overhead as fire fighters hit the flames with water, those flames were shooting through window at a time. just before 10:00 a science teacher noticed fire coming through the ceiling. by the tile fire fighters arrived, white smoke was gushing out of the fourth floor classroom where that fire was contained and eventually extinguished. >> it hit me as soon as i came down the hall way. >> reporter: 457 students were evacuated and taken to the nearby franklin learning center. no one was injury. school will be opened tomorrow. >>> a three alarm fire ripped through a home in hamilton township mercer county, chopper three over that scene of 100 block of waiverly place this afternoon. you can se

sell had been stuffed in a suitcase and left in essington delaware county on may 28. 25-year-old thomas brennans now in custody and charged with robbing and beating ben highs sell to bernheisel to death. crystal leibhart has also been charged. >>> friends and family held a vigil for adeiry matos. the car hit him while he was riding his bike on west cayuga street sunday night. police are awaiting toxicology results on the driver. >> a second lawsuit has been filed against saint joseph university related to the hazel scandal involving the women's softball too. "action news" broke this story back on april 2nd after accusation of lewd conduct and drinking forced on freshman players by upperclassmen. the most recent lawsuit accuses saint joe's head softball coach kerry adams of doing nothing to stop at the hazing. in it it alleges "coach adams actively impeded the investigation by informing the players on the team to" plead the fifth when i being investigated ." the university says it is responding appropriately to the concerns and that the investigation is still going on. >> david joins us now. som

this weekend officers arrested 25-year-old thomas brennan for the murder. they say brennan and bernheisel the victim often stayed in the same home. after the murder he was hiding the body in a stairwell in that home. then they dumped the body in the secluded area. reporting live katy zachary. >>> today in montgomery county a pretrial hearing for a woman accused of having sex with a high school student. a married mother of three was caught having sex with a 17-year-old at a public park last fall. prosecutors say she met student while volunteering for her daughter's cheerleading team. >>> a mother makes a daring escape during a home invasion. the woman broke free grabbed her sleeping children and escaped through the window. the thieves got away. >>> an undercover operation for montgomery township. a series of break ins happening and officers say they had the kids under surveillance and saw them break into a home on pioneer drive. detectives searched their homes and found money, jewelry, and video games worth tens of thousands of dollars. >>> 23-year-old zacka

philadelphia is charged with robbery, hindering and obstruction of justice after police arrested thomas brennan, charging him with the murder. police say brennan beat and stabbed to death scott bernheisel and stuffed his body in a suitcase. a man walking near the airport with his dog found the suitcase and alerted police. they say the victim had been staying in a house in south philadelphia where brennan also stayed. >>> philadelphia's carpenter's union says it promise not to interfere with pope francis' visit to philadelphia in september. the pope will visit philadelphia on september 26th and 27th. he'll preside over an outdoor mass at world meeting of families. the carpenter's union has been protesting against the philadelphia convention center the site for the world meeting of families. the regional counsel of carpenters says it's a dispute over a deadline for signing a customer satisfaction agreement. the protests continue but yesterday the union sent a letter to archbishop promising not to interfere with the papal visit. >>> a philadelphia high school is using social media to get the pope

dumped they say the pair robbed scott berne highs sell last month in tinicum township and that thomas brennan also killed him crystal lieb heart facing robbery charges. someone walking a dog found his body days later in essington. >> philadelphia police releaseing surveillance video yo of a man they say was involved in a robbery at a lawndale pizza shop that led to shootout with an off duty detective. fox 29's dave schratwieser shows us this new clue. >> reporter: this is surveillance video of the two suspects just before last thursday night's face to face gun battle with a veteran off duty detective inside the rising sun pizza shop. a shootout that left the suspect on the right dead. >> surveillance cameras captured a good shot of them coming in or going to the location there prior to putt putting the mask on. >> police released the video hoping to identify the second suspect in the botched hold up the suspects entered the shop where the detective had just ordered food on his way home from work. they point add gun at his head took $20 from him then headed for the cash register. seconds later

twenty-five year-old thomas brennan of folsom and 27 year-old crystallineheart of philadelphia, have been charged in the death of 40 year-old scott bernhisel. his body was found well, late last month by a man walking his dog in tinicum township near the airport. >>> 6:39. the still grieving family of shane montgomery heads to city hall to speak to city council members. >> they are pushing for a measure that could have saved shane possibly. >> divers found the body of the 21 year-old west chester university student near the canal in january. he had not been seen since leaving a manayunk bar thanksgiving morning. yesterday the montgomery family spoke in support of the new bill that would require all establishments that serve alcohol to install cameras at every exit. >> searches by family, friends the philadelphia police department, the fbi special task force yielded little evidence about what happened to shane. >> in response to this the council says they want to fully explore the benefits and costs involved in requiring cameras, at different establishments. >>> all right. how about th

thomas brennan of folsom and crystal leaf heart of philadelphia are charge with the death of the 40 year-old scott, his body was fund late last month by a man walking his dog in tinicum township. >>> former penn state fraternity pledge who blew the whistle on a private facebook page has filed a lawsuit begins the university and fraternity. >> twenty-one year-old james, claims that he waited eight months for penn state to take action before he went to police. the university has suspend that had fraternity for three years and fraternity's national office expelled 38 fraternity members. penn state says they strongly dispute the student's claims and that school officials offered assist answer. >>> time is 4:10. police in plymouth meeting saying a blank robber did more than fired a shot as he made his getaway. robber walk up to the teller on the bank on the plymouth road and then pulled out that gun. he stole some cash but before leaving officials say he fired a shot toward the teller window. no one was hurt luckily. third believe he also rob the wells fargo in bryn mawr back in may. >>> coming u

thomas brennan and crystal leafheart charge with the death of the 40 year-old scott bernhisel. his body was fun last in by a man walking his dog in tinicum township. >>> former penn state fraternity pledge who blew a whistle on a private facebook page has filed a lawsuit begins the university, and that fraternity. the 21 year-old james claimed he waited eight months for penn state to take action before he went to police. the university suspended that fraternity for three years and fraternity's national office expelled, 38 frat members. penn state says they strongly dispute that student's claims and that school officials offered assistance. >>> fire fighters in central pennsylvania clean up a chemical plant fire. miller chemical and fertilizer plant caught fire early yesterday morning. everyone within 1 mile radius was asked to stay indoors while they battled huge flames. in word what may have cause that had fire. >>> coming up did a texas police officer go too far when he drew his gun on a group of kid at a pool party. latest backlash over this video straight ahead. >>> you tak

john malcolm brennan brought dylan thomas to the united states. he wrote a book about it.hat's basically the film. it's this young poet and his idol meeting together and sort of having to babysit person that's far more than anyone bargained for. >> we were talking about genius and how there is an intensity of personality with most geniuses. dylan thomas was no exception. we know his work. what kind of man was he as you got to know him studying for this. >> he was everything. he was a child. he was a man-child. he was a genius. he had an incredible way with words. he was incredible this the way he connected with people. that was his strongest suit. you see it a lot in his work as well. he loved people. he found poetry in humanity. the sort of strange the people who were forgotten are the people he connected to. i think that's an indelible aspect of who he was. >> beautifully said. we know youer for block buster s and this is ale spa smaller film. we have to have fun with you. it's wednesday. we do a tinge called would you wednesday. since it's elijah wood -- i didn't write