reporting live in doylestown, trish hartman channel6 "action news": jim. >> thank you, trish. >>> let's switch live to the district justice's office in buckingham township and vernon odom, and vernon both dinardo and kratz were video arraigned there today on murder charges. what was that like? >> reporter: it was sort of dry and very quick, jim. sean kratz has had many previous brushes with the law but only one conviction. that was for retail theft but tonight he is in real deep hot water. both murder suspects cosmo dinardo and sean kratz were formally arraigned this afternoon. neither appeared in court. it was all done by closed circuit television. both are being held without bail. they are cousins. >> obviously, you know, the allegations consist of both mr. dinardo and mr. kratz committing multiple murders over a week-long period. bail was appropriately set at zero. >> reporter: kratz was taken into custody overnight without incident at his mother's home in philadelphia's lawndale section. but authorities today were focusing their evidence gathering at the ambler montgomery county hom

trish hartman, channel6 "action news." >> sarah? rish, thank you. >> meantime police have made an arrest in another shooting in chester yesterday that left a man dead. this man shot a 23-year-old yesterday multiple times killing him just before 5:00 p.m. at mom as and tur relle streets. >> police in montgomery county are investigating a homicide in hatfield township. it happened last night on east orville road. officers were called to the home for a report of a shooting. there they found a 31-year-old man dead. investigators say the shooting was the result of a disturbance. the man that shot him remained on scene. no word if charges have been filed. >> new information about the fire that claimed the lives of a montgomery county couple that lived to be almost a hundred years old. we know that the blaze was caused by an electrical problem in the home. bob brooks is on the scene. >> by the time firefighters got there, it was too late. the roop collapsed and they couldn't make it out. they were a husband and wife, roy and helen finestone

trish hartman has more now. >> reporter: a at a time police helicopter flew over the road in the search for four missing township. >> we're working with newtown township, state police and middletown township. >> reporter: police say two of the people are reported missing last week, jimmy tarpatrick was last seen on wednesday wearing gray shorts and multicolored polo shirt. "action news" has learned from family that mark sturges and his friend are missing, they were missing last week and last seen in the solbury area. police have not said if they believe the missing people are in danger only that they are working hard to find them. >> the four people have not been heard from since friday we're looking at all the angles to bring them home safely. price -- police have not said what led them to search this area, if you ever any information contact police, trish hartman channel 6 "action news." new this morning a person was struck and killed by a person in camden county. the victim was walking near the entrance of the 2,000 block of egg harbor road. the driver stayed on the scene, the police

reporting live in doylestown trish hartman channel6 "action news." rick and monica. >> thank you trish. >>> today's news comes one week after three of those victims had last been seen alive. >> since then their loved ones have been waiting for the kind of answers we were finally given today. "action news" reporter nora muchanic spoke with the uncle of one of the victims and she's live tonight in solebury township with that part of the story. nora. >> reporter: rick, monica, i did speak with him and you'll be interested to hear what he says about the accused as you can understand, shock waves continue throughout bucks county tonight as people learn more about the murders and the men accused of committing them. as the harrowing details of the murder of the four young men became public today people are reacting with horror and compassion for the families. >> i have an 18-year-old son, so i am upset, deeply inside for everybody that's involved. >> you're speechless on these things. you just don't know what to say. but it happens all the time and you just

trish hartman is live if atlantic city. some folks are staying and others decided to go? >> referee: that is right. the beaches here in atlantic city are open and that was not the case earlier this week, some of them were closed because of high bacteria levels in the water, county officials say it's large amount of rain earlier in the week was the culprit and now they are b for another round of rain this evening into tomorrow. the robersons from maryland are soaking up the sun before the storm rolls>> building sand cas digging holes to china. >> we hear it's going to be fasty, we time tropical disturbance right. >> with 2 to 4 inches expected and wind gusts of 35 miles per hour some are making it the 15 closed due to high bacteria levels. some could not enjoy >> it smelled like rotten eggs the other day. >> some plan to stay the weeken. >> we booked this a couple of months ahead of time. we couldn't cancer weather will hold up today. >> okay for today, but tonight is when things could get dicey atlantic county says that this around in the fall when fewer people are here.

trish hartman is live with more. >> reporter: that second person has been taken into custody and we are told that the man from northeast philadelphia has a connection to the missing person's case and we don't foe what the connection is. we are hoping to receive more details from the district attorney at a planned press conference at 2:00 in the afternoon after yesterday's shocking confession from cosmo dinardo. >> philadelphia police were at this home on the 800 block of mack deavenue in lawndale. they took a second person in custody in connection with the case than man was seen being escorted from northeast detectives and put in a vehicle overnight. and police search aid property in ambler. this comes after cosmo dinardo of bensalem, confessed to taking part in the murder of four men yesterday. >> we found cosmo to be honest and forthright and truthful for what occurred in the last week and a half. >> in exchange for the confession, dinardo's attorney says that the da will not seek the death penalty in the case. >> he did give the confession and forthright and gave all relevant details

reporting in atlantic city, trish hartman channel 6 "action news." >> and if you want to celebrate the 4th of july early there are several fireworks planned for this weekend. in atlantic city, the fireworks show gets underway at 9:00 p.m. at the borgata and second show at 10:00 p.m. is at the tropicana. in delaware there will be fireworks tonight in rehoboth beach. you can see the show from the boardwalk. foirnlts say -- officials say get there early because fireworks begin at 8 depending on the weather. >>> you can watch the fireworks at penns landing again tonight, the free concerts begins at 8:00 p.m. with the fireworks at 9:30 p.m. we'll have a full list of fireworks shows across the delaware valley you can find it at our web 6abc.com on the homepage. >>> the search continues this morning for the man who shot and killed an 18-year-old during a road rage encounter. police released this sketch of the gunman who they say killed bianca roberson. the driver attempted to merge into the same southbound lane as bianca roberson on route 100 in chester county when the situation turned deadly

reporting live in atlantic city trish hartman channel6 "action news." nica. >> all right, thank you, trish. we'll have much more "action news" coming your way right after this. >> ♪ >> now a developing story from pennsauken camden county. chopper6 over the scene where of railroad tracks used by new jersey transit. the incident is causing problems for some passengers. "action news" reporter dann cuellar has arrived at the scene. he's live with more for us. dann how is it all impacting rain traffic. >> reporter: well, the good news monica is that passengers are not being stranded they're interread about by other means because of this but right now the 7,000 block of river road remains shut down as track inspectors are examining the extent of the damage to the bridge and how soon it may be reopened. but it doesn't look like it's going to be any time soon. chopper6 ht was over the scene shortly after the mishap. truck belonging to robinson waste disposal still resting against the new jersey transit rail bridge its booand bent bace impact. a witness tells "ac

action news reporter trish hartman is live in solebury township tonight. dann cuellar is in ben salem where the farm owners have other property. trish, start with you. the search called for the night. what kind of night has this been there? >> reporter: well, like you said, jim, detectives are done for the night. it was a long and tiring day. and they will be back first thing tomorrow. they have been focusing on a property just down the road from here. and it is owned by the denardo family. as chopper 6 flew over one of the search sites, detectiveses could be seen near a barn on a rural property on lower york road. earlier in the day investigators were seen searching through rubble. a front end loader and shovels and metal detectors looked for clues. neighbors watched waiting for news. >> it's sad. it's a beautiful little town and you hear this all the time. never thought something like this happen here. >> reporter: the property is owned by sandra denardo according to records and the focus of the exhaustive search. 19-year-old dean of middletown, 19-year-o

"action news" reporter trish hartman is there. dann cuellar is live in bensalem township where police are searching another property and have just taken someone into custody. trish, let's begin with you. a lot to talk about. what are these late developments. >> reporter: well, jim, the bucks county district attorney has said this has been like finding needles in a haystack. they're following strong leads and resources from all over bucks county are being used to find these four men officials say they now believe that will foul play is involved. on day two of the exhaustive search for four young men, investigators focused on several locations in solebury township including a field on upper mountain road off of route 202. >> we dedicated a ton of investigative resources there. we're not exactly sure what we are going to find there but we're pretty confident that the investigation is proceeding in the direction that we believe that it would. >> reporter: a tented area was set up near a backhoe on the rural property. this is all part o

trish hartman is live at police headquarters with exclusive details tonight. ish. >> reporter: police from multiple jurisdictions worked for hours trying to find the four missing people. they wrapped up their search about 45 minutes ago and we believe we know the identities of all four missing people. a constituent police helicopter flew other a home on aquatung road assisting in the search for four missing people. >> our office is in a joint investigation with the newtown township, plum stead township and state police and the middletown police for several individuals reported missing. >> reporter: more than a dozen police vehicles from philadelphia and other departments descended on the scene. two of the people are bucks county teens reported missing last week. jimmy tarr patrick was last seen on wednesday wearing gray shorts and a multi-colored polo shirt. and 18-year-old dean was last seen friday evening getting into a car on hampton drive. and mark sturgis and his friend, tom mao are missing. they went missing last week and last seen in the area. police hav

"action news" reporter trish hartman is live now in chester , with this story, trish? >> reporter: well, sarah, police say that 11 year-old boy is in stable condition tonight after he was hit by a stray bullet in the chest, inside of his home, neighbors say they are afraid for themselves, and for their kid. >> it is just frightening. just my heart sunk thinking bit. i didn't know it was our little neighbor. i didn't know. he comes here every day, and plays. >> reporter: people were heart broke tone hear that their 11 year-old neighbor was struck by a bullet last night. police were called to the 3400 block of township line road, just before 10:00 p.m. for a report of a shooting. when they arrived they found an 11 year-old boy with the gunshot wound to the chest. police say he was inside of his house when a stray bullet entered the home through back screen door striking the boy. he was taken to crozer-chester medical center in stable condition, and then transferred to chop. neighbors say that the boy played with the kid outside all the time and they were shocked to find

"action news" reporter trish hartman has more on the continuing search. >> reporter: as chopper6 flewone of the search sites detectives could be seen near a barn on a rural property. earlier in the day investigators could be seen searching through rubble, a front end loader shovels and metal detector were used to look for clues. neighbors watched the activity anxiously waiting for news. >> it's sad 'cause solebury new hope, it's a beautiful little town and, you know, you hear this all the time. never thought something like this would happen here. >> reporter: the property is owned by sandra dinardo according to county records it wasn't the focus of the second day of this search. authorities say 19-year-old dean finocchiaro of middletown township, 19-year-old jimi patrick of newtown t-22-year-old mark sturgis of pennsburg and 21-year-old tom meo of plumstead have been missing since last week. the district attorney says he believes foul play is involved. >> i have spoken to all of the families of the four young men. they're very prayerful. they're very, very anxious, they're fearful but

reporting in solebury township trish hartman channel six action news. >>> a veteran former f.b.i.gent says today's confession take as lot of pressure off investigators in their search for evidence in this case. >> the confession obviously is a game changer for the investigators and the prosecutor here and presumably in the confession he will provide details they are trying to figure out forensically now and will fill in a lot of the holes and it's going to allow him a process that is faster, he will tell them is there more than one spot the body is buried, where are they buried how did they kill him and they will have to put it together from the jig saw puzzle from the forensic they are doing and because it's taking so long with the digging and excavation and him providing information presumably they are trusting the information he is providing is accurate that makes the forensic evidence recovery a lot easier. >> reporter: action news reporter gray hall has been at logan square shopping center in neighboring new hope where predictably everybody has been talking about the murder c

trish hartman was in atlantic city to check out the excitement for this holiday. >> runners set? these runners are kicking off the holiday weekend with the ventnor mile, a 46 year tradition. >> i love to run, i run this boardwalk walk for 0 years. >> reporter: the race goes down the boardwalk and for many it's the start of the independence day weekend. >> it's a family thing it's a way to open up the 4th of july. >> reporter: nearby the breeze had thinned out the crowd on the beach, but locals say that's why they are here. >> we're hanging out on the beach before the crowd gets here. >> reporter: was it cold? >> yeah. >> reporter: but it wasn't too cold for a sweet treat. ice cream is part of the tradition? >> it is. >> reporter: that's what owners like to hear heading into the busiest holiday of the summer. >> this is what pays the bills all winter when it's not ice cream weather. >> reporter: at steel pier many grabbed the sweatshirts and hopped on rides. brother and sister are enjoying the long weekend at the beach which means mom is, too. >> walk the boardwalk and enjoy it. p

trish hartman was in atlantic city to check out all the excitement of the holiday. >> runners set. >>ter: these runners kicking off the holiday weekend with a speedy mile, the ventnor mile, a 46 year tradition. >> my mom is a big runner. >> i love to run, i've run this boardwalk for 30 years. >> reporter: race goes down the boardwalk and for many it's the start of the independence day weekend. >> it's a family thing to come back it's a good time to open up the 4th of july. >> reporter: nearby, the breeze thindz out the crowd on -- thinned out the crowd on the beach, but locals say that's why they are here. >> we're hanging out on the beach before the crowd gets here. >> reporter: was it cold? >> yeah. >> reporter: it was not too cold for a sweet treat. ice cream is a part of a tradition. >> it is. >> this is what pays the bill all winter when it's not ice cream weather. >> reporter: at steel pier in atlantic city, many grabbed the sweatshirt and hopped on rides. >> was it scary? >> reporter: these two are enjoying their long weekend at the beach which means mom is, too. >> walk the bo

we're live in atlantic city, trish hartman channel6 "action news." brian. >> all right, trish, enjoy it for now. thank you. >>> with heavy rain and storms coming our way get the updated forecast plus realtime news from storm tracker6 live any time on your phone or tablet. the 6abc is a free download for your mobile device. >> a 69-year-old from the frankford section of philadelphia is now being chisarge neighbors. the philadelphia d.a.'s office filed first degree murder charges against kenneth hoyle. he allegedly murdered possibility of robert depaul and his girlfriend dempsey. he admitted to shooting is the couple in the head outside oftr. now, he claimed he was acting in self-defense and was originally released by police. right now though he is back in police custody. >> we have an update to a story we first told you about as breaking news here last night. wilmington police have now charged a man with attempted murder following an officer-involved shooting. 23-year-old jonathan dry burg is suspected of stealing a woman's purse along the 1100 block o

cecily tynan has the forecast, but first, "action news" reporter trish hartman is on the boardwalk in atlantic city. we hope everybody there is in a holiday mood. >> i think they are, jim. it's a little chilly but people are ready to celebrate independence day down the shore. these runners are kicking off the holiday weekend with a mile. a 40 year tradition. >> my mom is a big runner, so i run with her. >> i have run the boardwalk like 30 years. >> for many, it's the start of the independence day weekend. >> it's a good time. it's a way to open up the fourth of july. >> nearby the breeze thinned out the crowd on the beach. locals say that's why they are here. >> was it cold? >> yeah. >> not too cold for a sweet treat. the sundae's ice cream shop was packed. >> this is what pays the bills all winter when it's not ice cream weather. >> many crabbed a sweatshirt and hopped on the rides. >> was it scary? >> yes. >> four-year-old nyla and her brother enjoyed the beach. mom is too. >> now here in atlantic city, police are trying to cut down on crime. starting this weekend a summer curfew go

. >> "action news" reporter trish hartman starts us off today live in doylestown where the bucks county.a. released new detailed information in this case about two hours ago. trish. >> reporter: well, sharrie, we now know that the bodies of all four men have been identified and the circumstances under which they were found. the district attorney also said that the agreement made with cosmo dinardo for a confession led investigators to the body of that fourth and final missing person as well as a co-defendant. flanked by fellow investigators district attorney matt weintraub announced the bodies of all four men have been found and identified on the solebury property. >> day after day after day of failure we were successful. >> reporter: here's what dinardo told investigators. on july 5th, cosmo dinardo agreed to sell jimmy patrick 4 pounds of marijuana for $8,000 and drove him to his family's farm. when patrick only had $800 dinardo offered to sell him a shotgun instead. dinardo then shot patrick and used the backhoe to bury his body. on july 7th dinardo agreed to sell dean finocchiaro ma

"action news" reporter trish hartman is there. bensalem township where police are searching another property and have just taken someone into custody. trish, let's begin with you. a lot to talk about. what are these late developments. >> reporter: well, jim, the bucks county district attorney has said this has been like finding needles in a haystack. they're following strong leads and resources from all over bucks county are being used to find these four men officials say they now believe that will foul play is involved. on day two of the exhaustive search for four young men, investigators focused on several locations in solebury township including a field on upper mountain road off of route 202. >> we dedicated a ton of investigative resources there.