. >>> plus verdict is in, jury find former sportscaster don tollefson guilty on all counts in his fraud trial, what he said to reporters as he left the courtroom in handcuffs. >>> we are getting our first look at dramatic dash cam video of the deadly traffic stop in south jersey "eyewitness news" at 6:00 starts right now. >>> eye on the storm coverage tonight, a cold, wet, evening commute, as the snow just continues to fall. this is a live look from plymouth meeting montgomery county. penndot crews have been out in full force throughout the the day trying to make tonight's ride home as smooth and safe as possible. >>> this is a live look at the the schuylkill expressway at city avenue in philadelphia, traffic you see moving along all right but drivers should remain cautious. >>> tonight south jersey is seeing some of the heavier snowfall this video from a short time ago from cumberland county. you can see ground and sidewalks now covered in the white stuff. >>> snow is expect to continue to fall in parts of the the area throughout tonight. good evening i'm chris may. >>> i'm jessica dea

dozen witnesses for tollefson's defense. he's expected to begin his testimony today. the trial started last week. during that time prosecutors called witnesses who claim tollefson stole money for them in exchange for charity sports vacations that did not exist. prosecutors say that number totalled more than $300,000. among the witnesses expected to be called in his defense, one of them is the eagles vice president of football operations howie rosemund. sources say he's not happy being called a defense witness. not sure how long this phase will last. last year prosecutors offered two to ten years in prison. right now tollefson is representing himself with the assistance of a stand-by attorney. we will be following this throughout the day. for now live in doylestown i'm matt delucia, nbc 10 news. >>> we have new information about a deadly crash that killed a 10-year-old boy. the mother tells nbc 10 she plans to sue the police officer who hit her son three days after christmas. investigators say that officer was on his way to a

tollefson work right here at fox 29. i'm jeff cole. lucy. >> thank you very much, jeff. >>> no word on how college student shane montgomery died. volunteer dive team found the body of the 21-year-old saturday in the schuylkill river. the diver found him less than a mile from where he was last seen. montgomery and some friends were hanging out in the early morning hours of thanksgiving at a manayunk bar and employees there asked him to leave right around 2:00 in the morning. he never did make it home. family and friends are remembering the life of shane montgomery this week. a viewing is thursday from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. at saint john the baptist in manayunk. a funeral mass is friday at 10am at the very same church. big step forward for the revel casino a bankruptcy judge approving deal to sell the shuddered casino for $95 million. now the potential buyer is a florida investor who actually wanted the price cut to $87 million. the deal is expected to close in 30 days if there are not any more legal challenges. as you probably know revel cl

that means tollefson now faces up to 30 years behind bars.ter: gone handcuffed don tollefson was escorted to jail after being convicted on five count of theft and other related charges. >> the jury had has spoken and i believe in our legal system. >> this is far enough guys. >> i think he is a narcissist he has a god complex and clearly loves himself more than anybody or anybody else in the the world. >> reporter: list of victims is more than 200, dollar amounts stolen more than 300,000. he sold bogus sports packages in the name of charities but used that money to support his family and drug and alcohol habit. for his victims, including family of killed plymouth police officer brad fox, the verdict is a relief but bitter sweet. >> there is in winners here. we don't get our money for the foundation, people that got packages don't getting to on vacation and mr. tollefson is going somewhere that is not a winning scenario for him. >> we exposed him for what he is, a liar and a thief and he got the what he deserved. >> reporter: prosecutors had of

the verdict is in for don tollefson. the former sportscaster was found guilty this afternoon in his fraud case. next we go live to the bucks county courthouse for reaction. >>> live team coverage conditions. this is a live look at snow falling along market street in center city. the updated first alert forecast is next. >>> thursday on "nbc 10 news today" we're checking to see if snow today will affect your ride tomorrow. >> we'll tell you what the conditions of the roads are looking like plus locations of accidents and tell you about delays on mass transit. >> the clipper is out of here but there's a chance of more wintry weather this weekend. your hour by hour forecast before you head out the door. >>> plus nbc10 is always first on the scene to any breaking news that happens in the morning. before you head out the door check out the conditions with us from 4 a.m. to 7 a.m. >>> nbc10 first alert radar is tracking snow moving through the area. moderate snowfall coming down in dover, parts of millville and definitely affe

than to have to sit and watch tollefson defend himself in court. he says he's not a crook. he's just bad with numbers. >> i made terrible business decisions because i've always been the bad businessman -- business person. but this was and i do believe still is a civil issue. >> reporter: but buck's county prosecutors have accused the former sportscaster of selling $34,000 in nonexistent sports packages to benefit his charities and personal bank accounts. >> he's just making a mockery of everything. >> reporter: tom fox is one of tollefson's alleged victims and father of slain police officer brad fox. >> he should have taken the plea deals he was offered three times. and stopped wasting taxpayers' money. >> reporter: don tollefson is representing himself with the help of a legal adviser and is constantly being admonished by the judge and objected to by the prosecutor. >> i'm just concerned that the jury get a clear and honest picture, but the rules still have to be followed. if you choose to represent yourself, we hold you to the same standards in t

if convicted tollefson could be sentenced to as much as 20 years behind bars.ys he's confident. >> just look forward to the opportunity as mr. goldman said to tell my side of the story. >> reporter: 12 jurors have been selected, alternates are being chosen right now. this trial is expected to begin tomorrow morning. reporting live from doylestown, walter perez channel6 "action news." >> all right walter, thank you. philadelphia police are looking for two men who were involved in a brutal beating on a center city street late last month. surveillance video was from 12th street near chestnut back on december 27. authorities say the two suspects were walk wind gust a group when they exchanged words with another group of people. after both sides walked away the two suspects allegedly went back and start add fight. one of the victims was beaten so badly he suffered bleeding to his brain. if you recognize either suspect you're asked to contact philadelphia police. >> federal corruption trial involving ironworkers local 41 union boss joseph dougherty is under way. jury

day one of former sports caster don tollefson's defense was intermittent. a word often repeated by the prosecution was relevance. a judge will to excuse the jury more than a half dozen times to instruct and guide tollefson on procedure and the rules of law. >> i'd rather be waterboardd to be honest. it's horrible. this was a waste of time. it's a waste of taxpayer's money and he's just making a mockery of the court. >> reporter: tom fox is the father of former plymouth township police officer brad fox who was killed in the line of duty in 2012. charities for the fox family are among the roughly 200 victims tollefson is accused of bill be -- bilking. tollefson claims he didn't rip anybody off but he's simply a bad businessman and he said he never wanted to represent himself. >> when you have counsel withdrawing and you have plea bargains withdrawn, at least to my knowledge then it makes it very limited in terms of what my options were. >> i'm only concerned that the jury is getting the message aren't the message is in the evidence and i believe we've gotten

. >> and the jury is out for former fox 29 sportscaster don tollefson son -- don tollefson just how longwere deliberating from the judge sent them home. >> good day, everyone. >> it's wednesday. >> what day is it? >> it's mike, mike, mike, mike, mike are you asking mike, mike, mike mike what di day it is. >> it's wednesday. >> january 21 2015. >> sue snow, sue? >> i don't want to say it now. >> now i know alex you were not here one year ago do you remember what you were doing mike. >> i was sitting with a sweater on watching the warm in the studio. >> we ended up january 21, 2014 13 1/2" of snow and luckily today's forecast is 2 to 3" at the most. so far this season we've only had little over inch an a half of snow. but i'll recall one year ago we all had involves out trying to deal with second snowest winter of all time. here's today's forecast. giving you a 4 out of 10. morning commute is fine. it's accumulating snow and possible wintry mix mixed in for evening that could give us all a problem later in the day. temperatures for this morning at the bus stop are cold for kids and nice an

tv don tollefson is guilty all five counts of theft and fraud. the jury reached its verdict this afternoon. tollefson spent 30 years as a popular sportscaster and this is a sad fall from grace. fox 29's bruce gordon is live outside the courthouse in buck county with reaction. bruce? >> reporter: yeah, lucy, tollefson was in fact guilty on all five counts as you said. the jury deciding he had indeed cheated some 200 victims out of more than $300,000. selling for charity he claimed sports relateed travel packages to the super bowl or world cup that never materialized. >> back up. >> back up. >> tollefson said little as left the courtroom in handcuffs. ignoring most of questions shouted by reporters and photographers some of whom he had worked with. when he was this television market's highest paid sportscaster. >> i'll continue to work to be sober and a better person in any way i can wherever i am. i again appreciate the media being professional. >> reporter: tollefson acting as his own attorney at trial had insisted he had never meant to cheat any

the jury here since 9:00 this morning trying to decide if tollefson tollefson tollefson tollefson committed fraud. and tollefson serving as his sewn attorney he repeated his bad businessman defense saying all he wanted to do is help kid and he fully intended to repay the people who gave him money for sports trips they never got. but one told the juror he never intenneded to pay them back. >> they are a hard working jury and i have no quarrel with them taking as long as it needs to get it right. i am confident they will do that. >> and tollefson declined to comment on advice of his jury. the jury is expected to return at 9:00 tomorrow morning to resume deliberations. live at the courthouse. >>> and new tonight charges now filed against a man shot by wilmington police. this was the scene last thursday. pulling a vehicle over for a traffic violation. during the stop they say 24 year old marvin jones, a parolee from georgia pulled out a 9 millimeter gun. and a .45 caliber hand gun was found in the car. a 28-year-old man also charged with weapon offenses. the officers involved remain on administ

prosecution argued that tollefson bilked 200 fans out of $340,000.on after the verdict quote i feel humiliating guilt and remorse. i'm so angry i let people down. tollefson could be sentenced to up to 30 years in jail. >>> new jersey governor chris christie is expected to name an emergency manager to oversee atlantic city's financial crisis. sources tell abc news that the announce. will come tomorrow and bipartisan summit on the cities future in the wake of plumetting tax revenue because of casino closings. a federal judge shot down a bid by revel's old tenants to put the bankruptcy sale on hold. the owners of the restaurants, nightclub, and power plant that once operated at the now closed resort worry they will be wiped out pot sale goes through as planned but judge ruled that the florida developer, glenn straub, is revel's best bet and that far more harm would be done to atlantic city as a whole if the sale falls through and revel remains vacant. an appeal is expect. >>> children's hospital in philadelphia has announced it will receive a 50 million

the case started almost a year ago with tollefson's arrest. again, that jury selection is scheduled to begin here in doylestown at 9:30 this morning. live in doylestown i'm matt delucia, nbc 10 news. >>> 5:34 right now. count on nbc 10 to bring you updates from all of the news across our area today. >> here are three stories we'll be following closely for you today. an atlantic county neurologist is set to be arraigned this morning. dr. syed arif jaffray is accused of inproposely touching three patients at his office in egg township. >>> a federal judge will consider whether to award atlantic city's former revel casino to the runner-up in last year's bankruptcy auction. florida developer glenn straub had a $95 million offer on the table to transform the casino into a so-called genius academy. he has since asked to pay a lower price after the winning bidder backed out of the deal. >>> and a new year means a new start for students in camden. and this morning, five schools in camden will launch what's called the positive behavior interventions an

the jury heard from tollefson serving as his own attorney.tended to repay people for trips they did not get. now it is up to the jury to decide the verdict. here is the prosecutor tonight. >> they are a hard-working jury and i have no quarrel with them taking as long as it takes to get it right. i am very confident that he will do that. >> for his part don tollefson declined to comment on the advice of his attorney. the jury is expected to return at 9:00 tomorrow morning to resume their deliberations. live at the bucks county courthouse in doylestown. >>> finding a philadelphia union boss guilty of arson, violence and threats to contractors and hiring union workers. and docherty convicted of all counts in his federal racketeering case. prosecutors say he conspired with 11 other members and all pled guilty. docherty faces 15 to 110 years in prison. >>> a robber used a demand note and small silver box with wires produeding from it at a hold up in center city philadelphia. and fortunately nobody was hurt and the somebody ran from the republic fi

tollefson is not an attorney. the process might be slowed down a little but it's to be expected. >> reporter: for prosecution it's been objection after objection. >> an interesting experience. one i haven't had in many years. because of the level of former celebrity mr. tollefson enjoyed, it presents some unique challenge. >> reporter: the jury at times have often appeared confused. >> you can see frustration on their faces as well. >> i have no idea how they're reacting. >> i would rather be waterboarded. >> reporter: tom fox said it's painful. he's the father of slain officer brad fox. >> it's a waste of time taxpayers' money and he's making a mockery of the courts. >> reporter: don tollefson says over the next couple of days he plans to call officials with the philadelphia eagles including howie rosemond. when he rab outs of witnesses, he took to the stands and repeated his frequent claim, he's not a crook, just a bad businessman. >>> we have new video of a woman at the center of a worldwide manhunt right now.

former tv sportscaster don tollefson decline comment outside of the courtroom.sionally rambling hour long closing argument he told jurors that allegedly defrauding more than 200 people out of $340,000 in a ponzi scheme was just a matter of confusion and bad accounting. the not criminal intent. i say to anyone i owe money too i live a life of humiliating reflection, every day, i'm trying to change to the best of my ability. >> the defense argument is it was not an attempt to defraud. >> reporter: but prosecutors told jurors how tollefson allegedly ripped off a long list of charities, and contributors. not buying the argument that it was not a criminal offense. >> he is a thief. he is a fraud. common criminal. >> reporter: he also told jurors in his closing argument that donations instead of going to tollefson's winning ways charity, went into his pockets to pay for, among other things, doggie day care and alcohol. >> he had a taller personality, nobody was bigger than he ways abe hopefully the jury can see through that. >> reporter: jury right the now making its

tollefson acted as his own attorney during the trial. >>> the new jersey mother accused of murdering his new born baby did in the have much to say during her first court appearance. police say hyphernkemberly dorvilier set that babe on fire shortly after giving birth on the side of the road. vigil will be held it in to honor that little girl at browns mills united methodist church tonight at 7:30. >>> developing right now nine people are rush to the hospital after a terror attack on a bus in tel aviv israel. police say a palestinian man stabbed several passengers and the driver before he was chased down shot and arrested. four of the stabbing victims were seriously hurt. hamas did not claim responsibility for the attack but they did praise it. >>> just in from france prosecutors charged four men in connection with this month's terror attacks around paris. prosecutors say the the men helped one of the suspect who killed the police officer before murdering four hostages inside a kosher supermarket. officers eventually killed that gunman. >>> 5:08 right now. president obama says the sta

don tollefson and his standby counsel say his defense is that he didn't mean to leave people high and dry when he sold them sports packages trips that those people never got to go on. don tollefson referred all questions to his standby counsel, that's a break from talking to reporters as he had been doing for three weeks. tollefson's defense is he didn't mean to sell travel packages and leave customers with nothing to show for it. prosecutors say he sold more than $340,000 in bogus packages to unsuspecting customers and used the cash not for charity, as promised, but on his own personal expenses. >> we had testimony during the trial that mr. tollefson was paying back people whenever he could get some money. >> reporter: goldman says it's unclear how much money has been paid back but prosecutors say it has not been nearly enough. >> some people were made whole but not by him. by their credit card companies, ironically. they paid them back more than he did. >> reporter: now, the prosecution says that tollefson groomed his alleged victims, even telling a jury in his closing arguments, th

if convicted tollefson faces 20 years in prison. the plea deal would have included seven months in prison, seven months in a recovery hospital and seven months in a halfway house. tollefson is representing himself. >>> philadelphia police have arrested the alleged gunman in the weekend murder and robbery of a limo driver. 26-year-old mijael rodriguez was shot inside his car on delancey street in west philadelphia. that was saturday night. his fiancÉe was sitting next to him. 20 year old alonzo dilligard has been charged with murder. detectives were questioning a second suspect but he was released. >>> yes, this is the flu season albeit a little early and there is plenty of it across the country and here at home some and urgent care centers reported seeing a record number of patients over the weekend. with more on that we're joined by health reporter and registered nurse ali gorman. ali even a lot of folks that got flu shots are suffering in this new year. >> y-unfortunately the vaccine is not a good match for the predominant strain.

. >> don tollefson is accused of scaming hundreds of people, coming up next what happened in court. >> also lots of reaction to this scene from yesterday, that is of course, new jersey governor chris christie in the bright sweater giving the hug to the cowboys owner jerry jones. the governor responding to some harsh criticism. kathy? >>> weather wise we're talking about snow, first widespread snow on the entire season. of course, first of the new year. it doesn't look like much but timing is key. we will talk about that coming up, hi beasley. >>> flyers hit midpoint of the season on thursday, ten points out of the playoff race coach will tell what you they need to do for a strong second half push, that is coming up later in sports. ring ring!... progresso! it's ok that your soup tastes like my homemade. it's our slow simmered vegetables and tender white meat chicken. apology accepted. i'm watching you soup people. make it progresso or make it yourself you say avocado old el paso says... zesty chicken and avocado tacos in our stand 'n stuff tortillas . (record scratch) you say stand n'

don tollefson is verdict. the jury reached its verdict after deliberating for 12 hours. fox 29's bruce gordon was there when the verdict came in and has the reaction tonight. bruce. >> reporter: lucy, the scheme which tollefson was convicted had him selling as you said sports related travel packages for his charities. but for some 200 victims the trips totally about $300,000 never materialized. the money, landed in tolly's pocket. former tv sportscaster known to adoring fans as tolly was hauled away in handcuffs offed a simple assess many of his convict. >> the jury has spoken and i believe -- i believe, you know, in our legal system. >> reporter: working as his own attorney, tollefson had argued he was simply a bad businessman. who's sloppy bookkeeping coupled with a growing addiction to booze and painkillers derailed a legitimate charity operation. >> i believe that he intended to do everything that he promised but he prom miff the impossible. >> i think he was working working his magic all the way to the bitter end and thought that was going to be enough to save the d

tollefson is going somewhere that is not a winning scenario for him. >> we exposed him for what he is, a liar and a thief and he got what he deserved. >> prutd prosecutors offered him a two year sentence with little time actually behind bars, and now he is broke and facing up to 30 years behind bars. >> i'll continue to work to be sober and a better person in any way i can wherever i am. andn worked for several stations, and the sentences will happen within the next 30 days. chad pradelli channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> philadelphia police are looking for two robbery suspects who threatened a store clerk with a gun last night. surveillance video shows the man walking into the new mini market in logan just before 9:00 p.m., the suspect in the black jacket immediately points a gun at the employee demanding money seconds later he docks a weapon forcing the worker to hand over $300 and fortunately the clerk wasn't hurt. sparks through during a burglary in the german town section, it shows a man forcing over a bakery door at the a and l deli and can you see the suspect yank the

tollefson is defending himself against theft charges. prosecutors say he swindled $300,000 and sports charity schemes. tollefson has type two diabetes and his blood sugar levels were off. the acting -- the attorney acting as a stand by counsel says part of the problem may be stress. >> in the beginning of the day he seemed a little off to my eye eye, and told me that he needed to check on his diabetes every half hour over the blood sugar he. (add few witnesses and after he presented those witnesses he took his blood test again and it was like off the charts. >> doctors have cleared tollefson for court tomorrow. the case could go to the jury next week. >>> two men bust theed into an old city pub and walk out with an atm and two flat screen tv's. surveillance cameras at patti's bar caught in the pair in the act. they broke into the race street bar early monday morning. if you recognize these guys and there's a good picture of one of them call police. >>> agreed to disagree if you must but hear each other out much that is one of messages fr

tollefson made bad business decisions. he believes this is all a civil issue and he admits today he never wanted to represent himself. >> remember i had a public defender. he was taken away from me. so i never wanted to represent myself. i just was put in the position of having no alternative and it took the judge a lot to find bob goldman for me to just be stand by counsel. >> do you think that he'll have grounds to appeal if you are convicted? >> i'm just dealing with monday afternoon this part of the trial today. >> tollefson is a former fox 29 news employee. he plans to call witnesses to the stand throughout the week, and he'll also take the stand in his oh end defense. colorful remarks and picture on crayola's facebook but not the kind any parent would want their kid to see. >> how the pennsylvania company says it became a target for hackers. also a rare discovery right here in philadelphia. butterfly that's special. not just because of its colors, why its gender has scientists talking. howard? >> i know the eagles fa

. >>> and a jury is deliberating the fate of former sportscaster don tollefson, we are live with the latest. >>> and the new england patriots could be in hot water after finding out that they deflated game balls after their game in massachusetts. >>> the snow is coming and the timing couldn't be worse lets look outside from sky 6 hd this is the jersey shore line from atlantic city, this is the calm before the storm. meteorologist, david murphy is outside tracking the timing of the snowfall and joins us now with the very latest. what are we seeing right now? >> temperatures down at the freezing mark, if we get snow in here it won't have trouble sticking, no flurries yet here on city avenue we look at stormtracker 6 live double scan there is some fairly light precipitation making its way into delaware county and toward philadelphia the leading edge is not doing much and in some cases it's evaporating before it hit its the ground a similar story with the rain in cape may all highlights in lighter shades of green and where you get beneath the brighter shades of white in wilmington the sn

"eyewitness news" reporter walt hunter spoke to tollefson as he was hauled off to prison today. >> what is your reaction to the reaction, don, were you surprised. >> jury has spoken and i believe in our legal system. >> reporter: former tv sportscaster don tollefson was front and center before the cameras, now in handcuffs led off to prison shortly after he was quick on all five counts of fraud and theft. >> i think he is a narcissist, he has a god complex and clearly loves himself more than anybody or anybody else in the world. >> reporter: jury found he swindled more than 200 victims and charities selling bogus sports travel packages and then pocketing much of $349,000. >> we see him for what he is a liar and a thief, and, you you know, he got what he deserved. >> reporter: cindy moffit represents the foundation honoring murdered police officer bradley fox, charity one of tollefson's many victims. >> i believe that he intended to do everything that he promised, but he promised the impossible. >> reporter: tollefson representing himself had argued that it was a addiction and bad bookke

don tollefson now faces up to 37 years in prison, sentencing is expect to take place within the next 30 days. >>> governor chris christie head to atlantic citity talk about the future of the struggling resort. he is holding a sum to it fine ways to help the city. just last year four of the cities 12 casinos closed leading to 8,000 layoffs and millions of dollars in lost tax revenue. >>> also today philadelphia city council returns to work after its winter break. council president darryl clark will talk about the big issues of the season including a bill that would force companies to offer paid sick leave. >>> there is one less candidate in the race for philadelphia's mayor ken trujillo dropped out of the race yesterday. he said he had to deal with family matters. there are still three other candidate in that race and two more are expect to jump in next month, ukee. >>> we're update to go day's top stories including latest on the former philadelphia police officer expect to face charges today. >>> also a surprising study on e cigarette safety we will tell you about the dangerous chemi

. >>> the former philadelphia sportscaster don tollefson is behind bars tonight after a jury found himuilty today in his fraud trial. >> the jury has spoken and i believe in our legal system. >> tollefson was taken in handcuffs to prison in doylestown, buck county today. a jury found that he examined people and charities throughout the delaware valley out of $340,000. promising sports and travel packages he never delivered. prosecutors say that he used that money for personal expenses and to support a drug and alcohol habit. >> i think he's a narcissist. he has a god complex and he clearly loves himself more than anybody or anything else in the world. >> i believe that he intended to everything that he promised but he prom miff the impossible. >> tollefson acted as his own attorney during the trial. he contended that he was simply a bad bookkeeper. don tollefson now facing up to 37 years in prison. >>> we continue to follow this latest round of winter weather causing some freezing overnight. but what about another storm this one over the weekend? kathy. >> that's great question. right

don tollefson walked into court today and once inside took the stand in his own defense.as long winded and at times had at least one juror nearly nodding off. he testified for nearly an hour but a youth trip he organized in the 2012 summer olympics in london. in simple terms it was a lavish trip that cost roughly $75,000. >> you have a large picture of charitable work that i did for these children and that that comprised a lot of years and a lot of money. >> reporter: tollefson says of 2012 he began to run out of money. he calls himself a bad businessman. but prosecutors say the roughly 200 victims were bilked out of $340,000 and bogus sports travel packages would call him a crook. >> it's a classic ponzi scheme. he's taking from the people that paid him already and booking trips for people that are trod go and things bound to collapse and that's exactly what happened. >> reporter: tollefson claims his money trouble began after losing radio and tv jobs including with the philadelphia eagles. those opportunities dried up many of his fundraising efforts. today the judge all

this case began with tollefson's arrest almost a year ago.this morning. live in doylestown i'm matt delucia, nbc 10 news. >>> it is 6:37. allentown police put a man behind bars after they say he was using online ads to prey on his victims. police say noel bautista would post ads on craigslist to sell items in person. he's accused in at least three robberies. in one case police say he forced a man to withdraw money from an atm at gunpoint. police arrested bautista over the weekend after tracing an ad to him. >>> group counselors will be at franklin township schools following the death of a fifth grader. last week, a franklin township police officer hit and killed 10-year-old matthew mccloskey as he was crossing delsea drive. the officer was responding to a call. he is on paid administrative leave. >>> an arctic blast is hitting a huge part of our country. the frigid temperatures will stretch across two-thirds of the united states over the next few days. it is already well below freezing here in minnesota, and that blast of cold air is going to

tollefson is defending himself against theft charges he started calling witnesses on monday. went to the around 10:30 this morning. attorney helping him out says he knew right away something was wrong. fox 29's dave kinchen is live outside the courthouse in doylestown. dave, what happened in the courtroom? >> reporter: well, this has to do with type two diabetes and dehydration. the attorney working with don tollefson says he could tell that he simply wasn't looking right so he went to the hospital and the trial stopped. >> i just got out of the hospital and he looks wiped out. >> reporter: attorney bob goldman talking about former philadelphia sportscaster don tollefson who left the doylestown courtroom for doylestown hospital thursday bringing his trial to temporary halt. tollefson has type two diabetes and went to check his blood sugar. >> the beginning of the day he seemed a little off to my eye and told me that he needed to check on his diabetes every half hour with the blood sugar he. he presented a few witnesses. after that he took his blood test again it wasn't off th

tollefson was taken to dollars town hospital to be checked out. he is charged with fraud accused of collecting money for bogus travel packages to sporting events. before the recess today, tollefson whose representing himself called members of the philadelphia eagles front office to the witness stan. >>> the clean up is still on going in northeast philadelphia where things are pretty much frozen over thanks to a big water main break we first told you about last night. a broken pipe near blue grass road and grant of a sent water shooting into the air for more than 12 hours. and much of it turn to ice you see it there in the cold temperatures. the pipe carried water used for fighting fires not for reasonable use. one worker was injured trying to fix the main. >>> it look like things will remain frozen over for awhile. a small warm up could be on the way, kathy. >> that's right. we will be slowly warming things up and then eyeing a storm that will move up the eastern seaboard in time for the weekend weekend. so what does it mean for our outdoor plans?

now, tollefson has admitted that he did do some wrongdoings in this case but he said he never set outbusinessman. now, if he is convicted, will he face some 37 years in prison and deliberations resume at the courthouse on wednesday. at the bucks county courthouse i'm justin finch cbs3 "eyewitness news." >> the woman charged with murder for setting her newborn on fire had a court appearance today in mount holly. hyphernkemberly dorvilier went before a judge via video. she was arrested friday night. police say she left her pemberton home after giving birth in a bathroom and according to police she then drove the baby a couple miles away to a dark road to kill the newborn. according to court documents she had a can of wd40 and a lighter in her possession. >> well, there's some disturbing charges tonight against a bucks county man. he is accused of inappropriately touching two girls during his daughter's sleepovers. "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt is live in bensalem. david, what have you learned tonight? >> reporter: well, chris right now david huebsch is behind bars here in bucks

that and more when wee come right back. >>> former philadelphia sportscaster don tollefson will be waking up behind bars after bucks county jury convicted him have of fraud. >> the jury has spoken and i believe in our legal system. >> handcuffed tollefson was taken to prison in doylestown. a jury found he scammed people and charities throughout the delaware valley out of $340,000 promising sports and travel packages he never delivered. the prosecutors say he used the money for personal expenses, and to support a drug and alcohol habit. >> i think he is a narcissist, he a has a god complex. he clearly loves himself more than anybody or anything else in the world. >> i believe that he intended to do everything that he promised, but he promised the impossible. >> tollefson acted as his own attorney during the trial and contendedded he was simply a bad bookkeeper. sentencing is expect in the next 30 days. >>> vice-president joe biden says he is not worried about his security after someone fired shots near his home in delaware. the secret service is investigating saturday's drive by shooting i

. >> don tollefson defended himself in court and today offered closing arguments. sounded a lot like what he's claimed all along, that he's no criminal. nbc10's deanna durante was in the courtroom. >> prosecutors painted a different picture. >> reporter: don tollefson said this was a mistake, a result of his charities and businesses collapsing. however, prosecutors say that is not the story they say he is a criminal and right now a jury is deliberating his fate. >> he's a thief. he's a fraudster. common criminal. >> reporter: prosecutors say he has a larger than life personality and he used has fame not only to scam hundreds of people out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, but they say he's trying to use that fame to get the jury to buy his story. >> he defrauded all these people. he hit onto the guys of trying to provide inner city kids with trips. >> reporter: the alleged victims have stayed inside the courtroom listening to both sides. prosecutors say don tollefson spent $340,000 of money meant for charity on personal expenses like dog groom, liquor and lawn c

tollefson is accused of stealing $340,000 intended for sports trips benefitting charities. tollefson tells us he does not regret his decision to withdraw his guilty plea last month. >> there is no bad guys in this case. >> the story how he reached for the stars and fell to the earth. >> i just look forward to the opportunity as mr. goldman said to tell my side of the story. >> tollefson, recovering drug and alcohol addict, spent most of last year under house arrest, in treatment programs in north philadelphia. >>> congress goes back to work today with republicans in charge. the first day includes swearing in of new members and installation every leaders and committee chairs. house speaker john boehner will try to hole onto his job conservative congressman louie gem err and ted yoho will challenge him. mitch mcconnell is expected to be elected senate majority leader. >>> right now it is 5:09. more legal trouble this morning for bill cosby. the latest women taking cosby to court. >> also, homes washed away by a landslide. see the moment the ground gave way. and the damage lef

the trial and tollefson's plan to defend himself. we'll check with matt in five minutes. >>> also boosting good behavior. a new approach to teaching in one school district that officials hope will have more than one benefit. 99 cents. that's all it takes to get a refreshing deal at dunkin' donuts. just because it's cold out doesn't mean you can't enjoy any sized iced tea or iced coffee. just 99 cents all month long. america runs on dunkin'. >>> weighing the evidence. this morning, the man that prompted a seven-week manhunt heads to court for a decision that will impact the future of the case. >>> and he's accused of taking hundreds of thousands of dollars intended for charity. former sportscaster don tollefson goes to trial, saying there's new evidence to prove his innocence. >>> and a cold and windy start to the workweek and this is just the beginning. the nbc 10 first alert weather team tracking even colder temperatures, plus a chance for snow. it's 5:30. good morning and welcome to "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. >> and i

tollefson was taken from the courthouse to a hospital today. recess was called after tollefson, who is diabetic, said that his blood sugar was too high. tollefson is charged with fraud, he is accused of collecting money for bogus travel packages to sporting events. before the recess today he had called members of the philadelphia eagles front office, to testify. >>> fire destroyed a trailer at the willow wood mobile home park in west deptford, burlington county. two others were damaged there. "eyewitness news" has learned that the at least one person suffered serious burns and was taken to the hospital. there is no word on what cause that had fire. >>> and this is eyewitness cam video showing swat and ordinance disposal teams searching a home in radnor dell will wear county. authorities say they went to investigate the vacant house on county line road after being told that a former resident may have left explosive devices or weapons there radnor police called the investigation precautionary and they say nothing suspicious was found. >>> develop

tollefson is charming with scaming people out of $300,000 in the name of charity. tollefson, hoist representing himself, toll the jury during closing arguments today that he is not a criminal. >>> philadelphia police are searching for as many a as five suspects robbed and tried to abduct a man at gunpoint. this is new surveillance video from the crime scene on south seventh street. victim says that they a approached him from behind, hit him in the head with the handgun. they also tried forcing him in the car but a nearby woman screamed sending the attackers running in another direction. >>> a dell will wear mother is a accused of robbing a wilmington wawa at gunpoint and police say she did that with her one year-old daughter waiting outside in a taxi with an acquaintance. police track down the suspect, amanda paulleti at her home earlier today. she was arraigned shortly thereafter and we are told she is now behind bars. >>> still to come tonight one family fights back after an unthinkable tragedy. >> i started screaming, i started screaming, i started running and h

tollefson is representing himself in that case. walter perez channel 6 "action news." >> a federal judge is expected to take up the proposed sale of the former revel casino. it could be sold to the runner-up bidder in last year's auction. glen straub is offering $95 million a 110 million-dollar deal from brookfield u.s. holdings fell apart last month. >>> a big partly of jimmy rollins' legacy will continue to grow. jimmy rollins foundation will remain in philadelphia. the charity has provided health care and farm-fresh foods to children and families around the region. he'll look to expand the foundation's reach in los angeles. >>> there's much more ahead on "action news" 12:30. him she is only in the second grade but she survived a plane crash and made it through the darkness in the woods to get help. >>> a man is arrested for burglary after being found naked in an oregon home. find out what the suspect did before getting caught. >>> david murphy has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast when "action news" comes right back.

." >>> former sportscaster don tollefson began his own defense in bucks county defending himself against charges he sold $342,000 in bogus sports ticket packages to benefit his own bank account. the judge repeatedly had to instruct tollefson how to ask witnesses questions. >> i expect howie rosemond and others to testify. >> reporter: what do you think he'll ask? >> i want to ask the eagles questions about our relationship, past, presented and hopefully future. >> it's horrible. it's a waste of time. it's a waste of taxpayers' money. he's making a mockery of the courts. >> when don toel tollefson ran out of witnesses for today, he briefly took the stand to testify. >>> delaware's attorney general is joining the law firm of grant and eisenhoffer, headed by stewart grant who served as biden's finance chair during previous campaigns. the democrat announced last year he would not seek re-election to a third term. >>> if you are an alum of the peace corps, the city of philadelphia wants you. today mayor nutter announced the city will offer up to five additional points on civil service exams f

tollefson showed up for jury selection this morning in doylestown. a judge gave him the chance to take another plea deal but he decided to proceed with the trial instead. tollefson is accused of stealing $317,000 from 200 people who bought various sports vacation. he said the money was for charity. he had pleaded guilty in september but then withdrew that plea. >>> and philadelphia police are trying to track down three men accused of holding a woman captive for hours and sexual assaulting her. authorities tell us the men took the 20-year-old victim to a row home on kennedy street in wissinoming where they assaulted her and released her sometime yesterday. the victim knew at least one of her attackers. >>> and new details about the limo driver who was shot and killed this past weekend in west philadelphia. family members tell nbc 10 miguel rodriguez ramirez started driving limos a few weeks ago to support his wife and infant daughter. police tell us that three men were inside his limo when the driver was shot saturday night on the 5400 block of delanc

tollefson is on trial for theft and fraud. he testified for nearly an hour about his work with young people. tollefson says that in 2012 he began to run out of money and calls himself a bad businessman. but prosecutors say he bilked roughly 200 people out of $340,000 worth of bogus sports and travel packages. >>> the president's task force charged with improving 21st century policing held its first public meeting in washington today. philadelphia police commissioner charles ramsey is the cochairman of the group. mayor michael nutter was among those testifying about how to improve relationships between police and their communities. >>> others spoke about crime and about crime reduction and violence directed at law enforcement. ramsey says the task force will offer solutions to current policing problems. >> we have every intent of meeting the time lines laid out by the -- by the president and come up with concrete recommendations that will lead to change. >> president obama has asked for a full report on the task force's recomme

tollefson said he made bad business decisions. he has type two diabetes and his blood sugar levels were off. the attorney acting as his stand by counsel says part of the problem may be stress. >> the beginning of the day he seemed a little off to my eye and told me that he needed to check on his diabetes every half hour the blood sugar he reason add few witnesses after he presented those witnesses he took his blood test again and it was like off the charts. >> doctors have cleared tollefson for court tomorrow. the case could go to the jury next week. >>> parents trusted this woman to take care of their children. what police say she did to a toddler landed her in handcuffs. what officers found on surveillance cameras that will make any parent cringe and -- >> oh, bleep. oh bleep. >> truck loses control slams into two squad cars. what that driver is accused of of doing moments before the crash. >>> and a pregnant woman stranded on the side of the road but it was not what it seemed. how she used the bible to rob a good samaritan. >>

tollefson is hanging himself. jurors see right through this guy. >> i give you $2,000 to a charity event and i never get ticket to the super bowl or air plane tickets. >> 341 you this dollars is not the a small amount of money jurors seeing right through him. they have their notebooks closed. >> they are done. >> the judge asked jurors if they wanted to come back, he said no, we will go home for the day. we have had enough of this guy. in a charity, for a slain police officer. the the facts against the guy are overwhelming. i don't see the guy getting off. >> have a great weekend. >> a woman just 26, so sad, gets the flu on monday, dies by the end of the week newly married. was there anyway to prevent this. doctor mike will explain to us about this horrible flu season. >>> quincy is paying it forward. >> you are at mrs. k's diner. >> yes, third annual pay it forward weekend. sir, is what your name. >> bill wagner. >> what are you getting to eat. >> made to order omelette, cheese ham, spinach and provolone. >> list

. >>> happening today, former sportscaster don tollefson could wrap up his defense in a bucks countytrial for theft and fraud. prosecutors say tollefson bilked roughly 200 people out of $340,000 worth of bogus sports and travel package. he says he's simply a bad bookkeeper and didn't realize there was a problem until he ran out of money in 2012. tollefson testified about his work with young people saying again he's a bad businessman into the crook. >> the defending super bowl champion seattle seahawks have apologized for a tweet center out during the martin luther king day of service. the tweet showed a picture of an emotional russell wilson u-the seahawks quarterback next to the statement we shall overcome a quote from dr. king. it was also the hashtag mlk day. the tweet was referring to seattle's come from behind clinching win over green bay. some people were offended by the team equating the win with dr. king's struggles. the seahawks admitted it was poor judgment and removed it. >>> a new england patriot being hailed a hero off the field. defensive tackle vince will ford helped r

a recess was called after tollefson, who was diabetic said that his blood sugar was too high. tollefson is charged with fraud, and accused of collecting money for bogus travel packages to sporting events. before the recess today he he called members of the philadelphia eagles front office to the stand. >>> atlantic city's casino industry is taking another hit, caesars entertainment filed for bankruptcy today, despite latest setback atlantic city's mayor tells eye witt the necessary news reporter cleve bryan that the future is bright. >> reporter: not the best way to start nut year foresees ars and bally's casinos, a division of the parent company filed for bankruptcy maneuver out of 18 and a half billion dollars of debt. ceo gary loveman prepared a rid ohio statement to reassure customers and employees all operations remain normal. >> there is no impact on day to take job responsibilities as result of the chap 11 filing. employees can expect to receive their pay and benefits as normal. >> reporter: ironically taking stage at caesars ballroom on thursday atlantic city mayor don