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i'm vernon odom, channel6 "action news" in bucks county. >> thank you vernon. >>> "action news" reporter nora muchanic is back in solebury township which was really ground zero for all of this. nora, drug deals, murder, burying people in a 12-foot hole, this is not what folks there are used to thinking about. >> reporter: it certainly is not, jim, and that is why this horrifying multiple murder has gripped this area. now, we talked to a number of people today about the latest developments and it includes the uncle of one of the victims. >> i have an 18-year-old son. so, i am upset, deeply inside for everybody that's involved. >> reporter: there is compassion for the victim's families and horror at the details of how these four young men met their deaths on the solebury farm that has been the focus of investigators for days. >> thank god they got them but poor people and poor family. >> you're speechless on these things. you just don't know what to say. you know, but it happens all the time and you just shake your head and say -- have no reason behind it. >> reporter: murder charges lodge
i'm vernon odom, channel6 "action news" in bucks county. >> thank you vernon. >>> "action news" reporter nora muchanic is back in solebury township which was really ground zero for all of this. nora, drug deals, murder, burying people in a 12-foot hole, this is not what folks there are used to thinking about. >> reporter: it certainly is not, jim, and that is why this horrifying multiple murder has gripped this area. now, we talked to a number of people...
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vernon odom is live now at police headquarters tonight. what is the latest on this? >> reporter: police tell me they have the name of the suspect and tracking him down at this hour and his name not released so far. and that he may have gone nuts from a drug known as wet. >> a.j. wright tried in vein to rescue a murder victim this morning. the crime went down in crescentville at 7:00 a.m. the home of rosalind wick was n invaded by a man that beat her with a hammer and stabbed her four times in the neck. wick's daughter escaped from the house and appealed to wright to help. >> he came face-to-face with the mad man. >> i go to the door the guy slams the door in my face, boom i'm trying to get in the house. >> she was stabbed multiple times and other things found at the crime scene but definitely the wounds to the neck were the cause of death. >> wright heard the violence attack behind closed door and then silence and saw him flee out the window. >> he ran across the grass to his family's house and locked both the doors and jumped out another window again. >> police have
vernon odom is live now at police headquarters tonight. what is the latest on this? >> reporter: police tell me they have the name of the suspect and tracking him down at this hour and his name not released so far. and that he may have gone nuts from a drug known as wet. >> a.j. wright tried in vein to rescue a murder victim this morning. the crime went down in crescentville at 7:00 a.m. the home of rosalind wick was n invaded by a man that beat her with a hammer and stabbed her...
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vernon odom is live with the latest. >> reporter: police are looking for the child and at this hour their intensifying the search for the missing teen mother and her infant child and asking the public's help now to determine their whereabouts. this is the missing teenage mother and her 2-month-old daughter. she is 16 and her daughter is 2 months old and they are missing since the 4th of july when she walk add way from her youth services home in roxborough. she lived there by court order and are missing for three weeks and police and all involved are increasingly concerned. >> a small baby and 16-year-old mother young herself, a bran new mother and in my opinion does not have the skills necessary to be on the run, so to speak way with a 2-month-old child. she needs to come and talk to someone. and work things out. >> it should be shown she has a history as a run away. police are talking to her relative that claim they have no idea where she and the 2-month-old child are. >> she is not facing criminal child here but a clients of the city's court system therefore she and her daughter must be
vernon odom is live with the latest. >> reporter: police are looking for the child and at this hour their intensifying the search for the missing teen mother and her infant child and asking the public's help now to determine their whereabouts. this is the missing teenage mother and her 2-month-old daughter. she is 16 and her daughter is 2 months old and they are missing since the 4th of july when she walk add way from her youth services home in roxborough. she lived there by court order...
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. >>> lets switch live to "action news" reporter, vernon odom, he is outside of the home of the second man taken into custody in the lawndale section of philadelphia. >> reporter: good afternoon rick, there is no answer here at the door of the house in question. where the authorities converged last night. and where they came to nab the person news name i will not reveal. none of the neighbors are making comments either. after midnight, philadelphia and bucks county detectives converged on this house on mackey avenue in lawndale. they took this 20-year-old man that lives here in custody and taken who bucks county where he remains at this hour. we are not disclosing his name because no charges are filed. he is an alleged accomplice of confessed murderer, cosmo dinardo. he confessed to killing the four men after arguments over a drug deal and buried their remains on his are parent's property in solebury township. they are searching the property in ambler apparently in connection with the man taken into custody here overnight in lawndale. believed to be the home of a relative of the 20-yea
. >>> lets switch live to "action news" reporter, vernon odom, he is outside of the home of the second man taken into custody in the lawndale section of philadelphia. >> reporter: good afternoon rick, there is no answer here at the door of the house in question. where the authorities converged last night. and where they came to nab the person news name i will not reveal. none of the neighbors are making comments either. after midnight, philadelphia and bucks county...
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vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> well. the search is on for suspects after a man was shot several times and left to die on a german town street. police were called to the 1500 block of german town avenue this morning and found a 35-year-old man suffering from gunshot wounds and rushed him to the hospital in critical condition, and are looking at surveillance cameras in hopes of identifying the suspect. philadelphia need your help identifying several men that attacked two other men walking down the city street. part of that assault is captured on surveillance video on the 1100 block of filbert street. the suspects punched and kicked the victim. one had a cut and swollen left eye. they believe it's the same juveniles seen on the video inside of the crown chicken. >>> fans of the trump taj mahal resort can take a part of the casino before it's gutted. they need to get rid of the furniture, poker tables chandeliers and artwork and more. jeff is live in atlantic city with the latest on the liquidation sale happening now. jeff,
vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> well. the search is on for suspects after a man was shot several times and left to die on a german town street. police were called to the 1500 block of german town avenue this morning and found a 35-year-old man suffering from gunshot wounds and rushed him to the hospital in critical condition, and are looking at surveillance cameras in hopes of identifying the suspect. philadelphia need your help identifying...
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i'm vernon odom channel6 "action news." reporting live from mayfair. >> all right, vernon, thank you. >>> the man accused of shooting 18-year-old bianca roberson in a road raid incident will face a judge on july 13. 28-year-old david desper turned himself in early sunday morning. police are asking anyone who knows anything about desper to contact them. they want to know about his habits and where he worked. desper lives in treanor but his red pickup truck was found in glen mills. >>> philadelphia police are looking for three armed suspects who robbed a mcdonald's. they walked into the restaurant at 56th and vine in west philadelphia at 4:30 this morning and demanded money. two workers suffered minor injuries. still unclear how much cash the suspects made off with. >>> authorities have offered a $10,000 reward in hopes of nabbing those responsible for anti-semitic vandalism in ocean county. a banner containing an ethnic slur was left on a holocaust memorial in lakewood yesterday. and these fliers were left on dozens of cars.
i'm vernon odom channel6 "action news." reporting live from mayfair. >> all right, vernon, thank you. >>> the man accused of shooting 18-year-old bianca roberson in a road raid incident will face a judge on july 13. 28-year-old david desper turned himself in early sunday morning. police are asking anyone who knows anything about desper to contact them. they want to know about his habits and where he worked. desper lives in treanor but his red pickup truck was found in...
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at city hall i'm vernon odom channel6 "action news." >> still to come on "action news" tonight a new jersey family reveals their harrowing story after coming feet from a water spout while out canoeing yesterday. >>> and ducis rodgers live in south philadelphia tonight for the start of eagles training camp. hey, ducis. >> reporter: hey there rick. day one is in the books. coming up in sports we'll hear from head coach doug pederson for his comparison of this roster to that of a super bowl champion. please tell me it will get cooler out here. >> actually ducis it l the reason why, we have a cold front moving in but that's also bringing the threat of strong storms. in fact we have a severe thunderstorm warning for parts of lehigh and berks county tonight. i'll track the storms, talk about the big cooldown on the way in the accuweather 7-day forecast. >> all right, cecily. those stories and much more when "action news" at 6:00 comes right back. >> ♪ >> it was something you don't see every day off the coast of new jersey but some boaters captured amazing images of a water spout that forme
at city hall i'm vernon odom channel6 "action news." >> still to come on "action news" tonight a new jersey family reveals their harrowing story after coming feet from a water spout while out canoeing yesterday. >>> and ducis rodgers live in south philadelphia tonight for the start of eagles training camp. hey, ducis. >> reporter: hey there rick. day one is in the books. coming up in sports we'll hear from head coach doug pederson for his comparison of...
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"action news" reporter vernon odom has the latest on this. >> it was devastating.er seen such a thing ever in my life. >> reporter: jamaal called police after midnight when he saw this ford 150 truck barreling along west 14th street ramming parked vehicles like nobody's business. it woke kelvin edwards up and he ran to the window just in time to see the truck blasting his yukon. >> it wasn't a sideswipe type issue. it was full blown ramming backing up, ramming, accelerating, pushing the cars from the street onto the sidewalk. >> really quickly. it was like three minutes. at that moment the guy was actually right here ramming the last car it was a maserati car. >> reporter: the maserati is a $100,000 sports car. its owner believes it was totaled. when police arrived witnesses say the truck was still slamming into vehicles along the 200 and 300 blocks of west 14th. >> the guy was still, you know, hitting the gas. i don't know, he was saying somebody's following me. >> reporter: the suspect is this man identified by police as 30-year-old nicholas massi. police cuffed
"action news" reporter vernon odom has the latest on this. >> it was devastating.er seen such a thing ever in my life. >> reporter: jamaal called police after midnight when he saw this ford 150 truck barreling along west 14th street ramming parked vehicles like nobody's business. it woke kelvin edwards up and he ran to the window just in time to see the truck blasting his yukon. >> it wasn't a sideswipe type issue. it was full blown ramming backing up, ramming,...
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at police headquarters in wilmington, i'm vernon odom, channel6 "action news." >> dozens of kids fromladelphia, delaware and montgomery counties are learning all about law enforcement. this is the camper's first full day at troop k camp cadet. the kids range in age from 11 to 14. they spent the morning learning about crime scenes. pennsylvania state police showed them how to dust for fingerprints and when the young people graduate friday, they'll be certified in cpr and they will have gained new tools that will carry them throughout life. >> ♪ [ indistinct chatter ] [ intense music playing ] it's here, but it's going by fast. the opportunity of the year is back: the mercedes-benz summer event. get to your dealer today for incredible once-a-season offers, and start firing up those grilles. lease the e300 for $569 a month at your local mercedes-benz dealer. mercedes-benz. the best or nothing. >> good day at the ballpark. how about mixing a little baseball and basketball. >> markelle fultz says his ankle feels great. remember that was tannish summer league. markelle fultz has been throwi
at police headquarters in wilmington, i'm vernon odom, channel6 "action news." >> dozens of kids fromladelphia, delaware and montgomery counties are learning all about law enforcement. this is the camper's first full day at troop k camp cadet. the kids range in age from 11 to 14. they spent the morning learning about crime scenes. pennsylvania state police showed them how to dust for fingerprints and when the young people graduate friday, they'll be certified in cpr and they...
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live in wilmington, delaware, i'm vernon odom channel6 "action news". >> all right, vernon thank you.or-trailer driver is hurt following this fiery accident in newport, delaware. the big rig veered out of control about 2:00 this morning. the cab hit the jersey barrier in the northbound lanes of 95 right near 295 and basin road. the truck we're told was carrying laundry. >>> investigators trying to figure out what caused the derailment of a new jersey transit train at penn station last night. it comes just days before major construction project there which is expected to cause a big headache for commuters. >>> no injuries were reported when the train carrying 180 passengers derailed but it did cause delays well into the morning. the derailment is the third since late march at new york's penn station. on monday work is set to begin to repair and replace the tracks there. the work will require new jersey transit and amtrak to divert dozens of trains throughout the summer. >> the philadelphia father arrested for endangering his child with a hypodermic needle is still behind bars. police r
live in wilmington, delaware, i'm vernon odom channel6 "action news". >> all right, vernon thank you.or-trailer driver is hurt following this fiery accident in newport, delaware. the big rig veered out of control about 2:00 this morning. the cab hit the jersey barrier in the northbound lanes of 95 right near 295 and basin road. the truck we're told was carrying laundry. >>> investigators trying to figure out what caused the derailment of a new jersey transit train at...
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vernon odom is live now where the s&ps are being questioned tonight. >>evening. police are continuing to interrogate a pair of teenagers, in a pair of overnight carjackings in two different counties. two miles apart if they travel add long 95 south. it all started when this silver hyundai was carjacked at gun point and one suspect bran dished a silver handgun and then a second carjacking on the 9800 block of bustleton. and two men took a toyota from an overnight bank security guard. two hijackers on the lam in two different cars. police spotted them and one sprang from the toyota. >> the male exits the camry and points a gun at the police officer and the police officer discharged one round. nobody was struck. and so far as we know no uninvolved person was struck by the round. >> the suspect fled into the pennypack woods only to be apprehended without incident by the growing number of responding officers. the other suspect was found and both are 18 years old and are being questioned here in the special units that handle all incidents city wide where an officer fir
vernon odom is live now where the s&ps are being questioned tonight. >>evening. police are continuing to interrogate a pair of teenagers, in a pair of overnight carjackings in two different counties. two miles apart if they travel add long 95 south. it all started when this silver hyundai was carjacked at gun point and one suspect bran dished a silver handgun and then a second carjacking on the 9800 block of bustleton. and two men took a toyota from an overnight bank security guard....
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vernon odom, channel 6 "action news" in juniata. >>> no arrests are made in connection with the robbery shooting at a wendy's drive-thru in the city's fern rock section overnight. police tell "action news" that the unidentified suspect walked up to a man sitting at his car in the drive-thru, they say that the suspect demanded money and shot the driver in the hand with a pellet gun. the suspect got away with just $7. the driver suffered minor injuries. newcastle police arrested daniel holmes in connection with the theft of $10,000 worth of jewelry in west dover road in november. police say that homes is installing home theater equipment there. and investigators believe that holes may have stolen from other houses where he worked. if you let this man into your home police urge you to check your valuables. >> the atlantic city beach fest concert steeries kicked off with a concert by pink. "action news" got a behind the scenes tour as crews prepared for the concert and crews expected are 30,000 to 40,000 people. pink is performing in three summer concerts at the atlantic city beach at arkan
vernon odom, channel 6 "action news" in juniata. >>> no arrests are made in connection with the robbery shooting at a wendy's drive-thru in the city's fern rock section overnight. police tell "action news" that the unidentified suspect walked up to a man sitting at his car in the drive-thru, they say that the suspect demanded money and shot the driver in the hand with a pellet gun. the suspect got away with just $7. the driver suffered minor injuries. newcastle...
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vernon odom is live outside of the courthouse with the story for us tonight. >> reporter: good evening the boss. the durable 10 term congressman robert p. brady the question is he caught in the fbi's headlights? >> the office does not comment on ongoing investigations. >> the question was about veteran congressman, bob brady, he is under investigation by the fbi in the wake a guilty plea by this woman. reverend carolyn. she admitted to her role and trying to conceal it. she was an aide of jimmy moore challenging brady in the primary but eventually $90,000 was transferred from accounts -- >> and falsifying the reports and reports related to the fact that one individual who was running for congress, paid off the campaign expenses of his opponent in order to get his opponent to exit the race. >> today congressman brady's lawyer issued this statement saying he did nothing wrong and is cooperating. that his campaign committee purchased a former poll and hired his campaign manager to assist in the general election. legal expers say if there was wrong doing by brady they need her or other aid
vernon odom is live outside of the courthouse with the story for us tonight. >> reporter: good evening the boss. the durable 10 term congressman robert p. brady the question is he caught in the fbi's headlights? >> the office does not comment on ongoing investigations. >> the question was about veteran congressman, bob brady, he is under investigation by the fbi in the wake a guilty plea by this woman. reverend carolyn. she admitted to her role and trying to conceal it. she...
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"action news" reporter vernon odom live at police headquarters with that story for us. vernon. >> reporter: good evening, monica. from day one, kenneth hoyle admitted he did it killing his neighbors on james street on frankford and his girlfriend. police have now concluded he was a man in a rage who simply lost control of his common senses. this is kenneth hoyle in initial police custody moments after the shooting but he was set free as police investigated the deadly july 16th incident. he claims self-defense was the reason he shot and killed his next door neighborhood robert depaul and his girlfriend august dempsey a single mother of two. hoyle claims he shot them in the head after they scaled his fence. neighbors tell me there had been constant friction between the neighbors. >> we just know that they didn't get along, that any time bob was out working in his yard or if he had a barbecue or he had his fire pit going that the neighbors kenneth and maria they would and i. they just tried to give him any kind of hard time that they could. >> reporter: august dempsey's ex-
"action news" reporter vernon odom live at police headquarters with that story for us. vernon. >> reporter: good evening, monica. from day one, kenneth hoyle admitted he did it killing his neighbors on james street on frankford and his girlfriend. police have now concluded he was a man in a rage who simply lost control of his common senses. this is kenneth hoyle in initial police custody moments after the shooting but he was set free as police investigated the deadly july 16th...
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vernon odom has the details. >> reporter: brian and sharrie good evening to you. gentlemen that got involved here are indeed both heroes the rescue from late last week looked like something out of the action movie we see all the time but real in the city. >> there afire in the car now. this frantic scene is from the body camera of sergeant mark pasquarel pasquarella. taken at 1:15 during the moments he became a hero. the sergeant was patroling along delaware avenue north of the sugarhouse casino and came up on a car that smashed into the rear of the trash truck and you can see that the car was on fire the driver was trapped inside. the door is jammed, and the crashed windows had jagged entry and he was certain if he reached through. along with a good samaritan they got the rear passenger door open and pulled the seriously injuries person to safety moments before the car was enguxed in flames. >> the front of the car is on fire and i'm worried about the back catching fire and engulfing me and the passerby. >> the good samaritan that jumped into help was this man, a
vernon odom has the details. >> reporter: brian and sharrie good evening to you. gentlemen that got involved here are indeed both heroes the rescue from late last week looked like something out of the action movie we see all the time but real in the city. >> there afire in the car now. this frantic scene is from the body camera of sergeant mark pasquarel pasquarella. taken at 1:15 during the moments he became a hero. the sergeant was patroling along delaware avenue north of the...
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i'm vernon odom, channel 6 "action news."margate new jersey. >> thank you. >>> five people were arrested in ocean city yesterday after police say they attacked lifeguards on the beach. investigatorers say the men were drunk when they started to assault the guards near eighth street and police arrived to break up the fight and then the men began to attack them. and two suspects ran into a nearby business and they were cornered and the other suspects were arrested on the boardwalk, four men have been charged with aggravated assault. >>> turning to the weather and we have overcast skies out there but at least no rain as of yet. meteorologist adam joseph is here now with the accuweather forecast. may want to keep the umbrellas handy? >> tomorrow and tomorrow night. and many of you are saying is the sky going owe open up? stormtracker 6 live double scan you see it's dry across the area today and right now. and that will stay the case overnight tonight. as we look at stormtracker 6 live double scan we kind of widen it out for you.
i'm vernon odom, channel 6 "action news."margate new jersey. >> thank you. >>> five people were arrested in ocean city yesterday after police say they attacked lifeguards on the beach. investigatorers say the men were drunk when they started to assault the guards near eighth street and police arrived to break up the fight and then the men began to attack them. and two suspects ran into a nearby business and they were cornered and the other suspects were arrested on the...
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vernon odom is live now with the full story. >> reporter: good afternoon rick, by television just momentsago i spoke to the lawyers of the families of the victims and they tell me they are satisfied because formal charges are filed against the neighbor, identified as kenneth hoyle. the couple was shot to death on july 16th outside of depaul's home on frankford's 4700 block of james street. neighbor a 69- admitted to shooting them in the head and it started after an argument and long time dispute. self-defense after they started to climb the fence. dempsey's son petitioned te mur. that is what is happening. first degree murder charges in the deaths. the district attorney's officer suspect as 69-year-old kenneth h oyle. >> vernon thank you. want just david jones. this morning his family and a gr center city and marched to city hall and the district attorney's office andnveiled a list of demands and want officers to carry contact cards listing their names and badge numbers. and jones was killed on june 8th. motor bike.nally stopped for >>> from our delaware newsroom. authorities are collecti
vernon odom is live now with the full story. >> reporter: good afternoon rick, by television just momentsago i spoke to the lawyers of the families of the victims and they tell me they are satisfied because formal charges are filed against the neighbor, identified as kenneth hoyle. the couple was shot to death on july 16th outside of depaul's home on frankford's 4700 block of james street. neighbor a 69- admitted to shooting them in the head and it started after an argument and long time...
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vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >>> now, to the latest on the breaking news we are following closelyor days now. chopper 6 hd live over lower york road in salisbury township. where the state and local and federal law enforcement is searching for more than a day looking for any sign of four missing men and now big that back hole loader, digging section bisection on this huge swath of land to see if anything exists underground. we continue to search. 19-year-old jimmy patrick disappeared last wednesday. and 22-year-old mark sturges and 22-year-old mark and 21 -- went missing last friday. it may be related to the case but found nothing so far. bucks county da mike weintraub believes they are victims of foul play but is not giving up hope. >> do you have reason to believe the four boys are still alive? >> yes, anything is possible. i have hope. i think it's important to hang on to hope until there is no room left for it. >> authorities are rested this man, 20-year-old cosmo dinardo on an unrelated weapons offense, his family owns the farmland and another property that was searched. dinar
vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >>> now, to the latest on the breaking news we are following closelyor days now. chopper 6 hd live over lower york road in salisbury township. where the state and local and federal law enforcement is searching for more than a day looking for any sign of four missing men and now big that back hole loader, digging section bisection on this huge swath of land to see if anything exists underground. we continue to search. 19-year-old jimmy...
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vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> okay vernon thank you.t heat wave with the 6 abc app. in addition to the updates on the temperature find stormtracker 6 live double scan radar and the 6 abc app is a free download. >>> we have now learned the names of the two women shot and killed as they sat in a car in north philadelphia. police say that 35-year-old illy mendoza and 19-year-old marie torres were inside of the red pickup truck at lawrence street when each were shot in the head. police have not made arrests or suggested what the motive may have been here. >> a man's failed burglary attempt was caught on camera in sommer beton it shows him trying to get inside of the philly gas station on bustleton avenue. he first tries to pry open the door using a tool and then broke out a blow torch and after several minutes of blasting the door with heat he was not getting inside and left in a ford escape. police are hoping someone will recognize this man and turn him in. firefighters learn how to protect their own lives during a safety lesson and a larg
vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> okay vernon thank you.t heat wave with the 6 abc app. in addition to the updates on the temperature find stormtracker 6 live double scan radar and the 6 abc app is a free download. >>> we have now learned the names of the two women shot and killed as they sat in a car in north philadelphia. police say that 35-year-old illy mendoza and 19-year-old marie torres were inside of the red pickup truck at lawrence street when each were...
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what that can mean for the veteran congressman is vernon odom live outside of the federal courthouse> reporter: this is a very complicated case and it remains unclear if veteran congressman bob brady is actually ensnared in a corruption scandal. >> this office does not comment on ongoing investigations. >> the question was about veteran congressman bob brady. he is under investigation by the fbi in the wake of a guilty plea by this woman. reverend carolyn cafnice. in 2012 she was a campaign aide for city judge jimmy moore who was challenging brady in the democratic primary but eventually $90,000 was transferred from brady's campaign to moore's when he dropped out of the race. >> she is guilty of falsifying reports and those reports related to the fact that one individual who was running for congress paid off the campaign expenses of his opponent in order to get his opponent to exit the race. >> today congressman brady's lawyer issued it statement saying he did nothing wrong and is cooperating and he purchased an extensive poll from candidate moore and hired his campaign manager to as
what that can mean for the veteran congressman is vernon odom live outside of the federal courthouse> reporter: this is a very complicated case and it remains unclear if veteran congressman bob brady is actually ensnared in a corruption scandal. >> this office does not comment on ongoing investigations. >> the question was about veteran congressman bob brady. he is under investigation by the fbi in the wake of a guilty plea by this woman. reverend carolyn cafnice. in 2012 she was...
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live at police headquarters in wilmington, i'm vernon odom channel6 "action news." rick. >> all right, vernon thank you. >>> now to breaking news. a search for a mother who allegedly left her child in a motel room. her mother neglected to check out at the front desk. >> walter perez live near that hotel in bensalem with the details for us. walter. >> reporter: hey, guys. as you mentioned this story started as a missing person case but moments ago we have confirmed through bensalem police that the suspect in this case, 34-year-old erica lopez of philadelphia has been found. authorities found her at einstein hospital in philadelphia undergoing some kind of medical procedure. at this point we don't know what that procedure is. but this whole story started on saturday afternoon when surveillance video captured erica lopez allegedly captured her walking away from her hotel room and then walking barefoot down southbound route one never to return here to the hotel. nearly 24 hours later on sunday afternoon, cleaning crews went into that room to find her seven month old baby
live at police headquarters in wilmington, i'm vernon odom channel6 "action news." rick. >> all right, vernon thank you. >>> now to breaking news. a search for a mother who allegedly left her child in a motel room. her mother neglected to check out at the front desk. >> walter perez live near that hotel in bensalem with the details for us. walter. >> reporter: hey, guys. as you mentioned this story started as a missing person case but moments ago we have...
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vernon odom is live now from police headquarters with the latest. >> reporter: brian, it's a brutal,tal story, police say this is their theory that a man went crazy and killed her in a brutal fashion and gets away at least for a while. police have not released his name. a man invade the the crescentville home of a resident that neighbors identify as rosalind wick who lives here in the 5500 block of north creek drive with her pregnant daughter. wick was savagely attacked with a hammer and stabbed in the neck four times she was pronounced at the scene and the daughter managed to flee the house and got a neighbor to attempt to rescue. >> i go to the door, i go to the door the guy slams the door in my face, boom. i try to get into the face. she says a.j. please he is trying to kill my mom now. i love miss roz a great lady goes to church every sunday. >> and the suspect flew out the window and ran across the street to this house believed to be owned by his uncle and then fled and is the target of an intense manhunt. and that he may have flipped out under the influence of drug zbrz there a
vernon odom is live now from police headquarters with the latest. >> reporter: brian, it's a brutal,tal story, police say this is their theory that a man went crazy and killed her in a brutal fashion and gets away at least for a while. police have not released his name. a man invade the the crescentville home of a resident that neighbors identify as rosalind wick who lives here in the 5500 block of north creek drive with her pregnant daughter. wick was savagely attacked with a hammer and...
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vernon odom is live with the latest. >> reporter: police are looking for the child and at this hour their intensifying the search for the missing teen mother and her infant child and asking the public's help now to determine their whereabouts. this is the missing teenage mother and her 2-month-old daughter. she is 16 and her daughter is 2 months old and they are missing since the 4th of july when she walk add way from her youth services home in roxborough. she lived there by
vernon odom is live with the latest. >> reporter: police are looking for the child and at this hour their intensifying the search for the missing teen mother and her infant child and asking the public's help now to determine their whereabouts. this is the missing teenage mother and her 2-month-old daughter. she is 16 and her daughter is 2 months old and they are missing since the 4th of july when she walk add way from her youth services home in roxborough. she lived there by
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"action news" reporter vernon odom live now where that disturbing discovery was made. the very latest >> reporter: good afternoon, sharrie. more than 60 hours after a gruesome murder, police still have no answers about the case, no i.d. on the victim, no i.d. at this point exactly what the motive was. the questions are who is it and whodunit. overnight workers at this transfer station heard what sounded like gunshots were. an hour later a trash truck pulled into the lot. the driver saw something burning. when he put the fire out with an extinguisher he realized it was a man burning. it turned out that he had been shot six to eight times. his arms were bound behind him and the body set on fire. he was also blindfolded. >> we believe that he was probably tortured somewhere else and was killed at the scene. >> reporter: to the police the have victim remains john doe and they can count on dental records or perhaps the public to determine who john doe was. no word yet on what type of accelerant was used. >> the first step will be identifying who he is and then we'll go from
"action news" reporter vernon odom live now where that disturbing discovery was made. the very latest >> reporter: good afternoon, sharrie. more than 60 hours after a gruesome murder, police still have no answers about the case, no i.d. on the victim, no i.d. at this point exactly what the motive was. the questions are who is it and whodunit. overnight workers at this transfer station heard what sounded like gunshots were. an hour later a trash truck pulled into the lot. the...
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vernon odom has the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: good afternoon rick, it happened just after midnight as you say suddenly this quiet section off downtown wilmington sounded like the sound track from the transformers movies. >> we heard revving of an engine and screeching of cars. >> when calvin went out side this is what he saw. dozens is vehicles belonging to neighbors were smashed including his yucon. and this ford f-150 was ramming cars and when the police arrived the male driver was hitting official cars. >> he got out of the cars he was indifferent to what had happened and did not acknowledge the vehicles, he said someone was after him and he was drying to get away. he is identified as 23-year-old nicholas massy and he is charged with leaving the scene of an accident and reckless driving. and one car was this $100,000 maserati. the owner says it was totalled. police have toed the damaged vehicles away. police tell me at this hour that massy is issued an array of charges for his conduct last night and he is released nobody is reported injured here. live in the brandywine
vernon odom has the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: good afternoon rick, it happened just after midnight as you say suddenly this quiet section off downtown wilmington sounded like the sound track from the transformers movies. >> we heard revving of an engine and screeching of cars. >> when calvin went out side this is what he saw. dozens is vehicles belonging to neighbors were smashed including his yucon. and this ford f-150 was ramming cars and when the police...
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"action news" reporter vernon odom is covering the story and he talked with residents there and joins us now live with the full story. vern. >> reporter: sharrie, good evening. fortunately no one was injured. the neighborhood did not have to be evacuated in the wake of this fire. no one was in the house when first res though police tell me they have the name of at least one person of interest. just before 11:30 this morning, firefighters were summoned to long shore avenue in mayfair. that was a fire in the basement of one of the row houses. when they put it out it was declared a crime scene. what authorities found was evidence this property was being used to grow synthetic marijuana with the use of acetone. police got search warrants but word was already spreading quickly through this quiet neat and clean neighborhood. >> looks as though the air conditioner was on fire and it was and when they pushed it in, then one of the guys came out and said something was on fire in the basement. it was like pate thinner or as tone on a pile of stuff so it seems as though they're investigating a d
"action news" reporter vernon odom is covering the story and he talked with residents there and joins us now live with the full story. vern. >> reporter: sharrie, good evening. fortunately no one was injured. the neighborhood did not have to be evacuated in the wake of this fire. no one was in the house when first res though police tell me they have the name of at least one person of interest. just before 11:30 this morning, firefighters were summoned to long shore avenue in...
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"action news" reporter vernon odom with that story. >> with fidelity. [cheers and applause] >> reporter: former assistant d.a. kelley hodge became philadelphia's 25th district attorney. chosen by the court of common pleas board of judges. there were 14 candidates trying to get the nod to succeed seth williams who is now in federal custody waiting sentencing after pleading guilty to corruption last month. hodge's husband son and parents were beaming with pride when she was sworn in a packed city hall courtroom many of the d.a.'s office. >> for the time i have to lead this office i will promote and encourage the honor integrity and professionalism that is expected and that exists in each of you. >> reporter: kelley hodge made her own history today. she's the town's first black female d.a. today her former colleagues came out in big numbers to hail her elevation even though it is only temporary. she'll be serving out the remainder of seth williams second term which ends early in the new year. he's highly respected by her former colleagues. >> she's measure
"action news" reporter vernon odom with that story. >> with fidelity. [cheers and applause] >> reporter: former assistant d.a. kelley hodge became philadelphia's 25th district attorney. chosen by the court of common pleas board of judges. there were 14 candidates trying to get the nod to succeed seth williams who is now in federal custody waiting sentencing after pleading guilty to corruption last month. hodge's husband son and parents were beaming with pride when she was...
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. >>> "action news" reporter vernon odom also live there in buckingham township today with more on theews that broke overnight about the arrest of that second suspect. vernon, what have you learned about this? >> reporter: brian, all along police and investigators suspected that there was a suspected accomplice for mr. dinardo and this morning that came out to be true apparently but that person of interest did not surface until this morning when he was already in custody. at daylight there was no answer at the door in the 800 block of mcgee in the city's lawndale section where sean kratz was arrested with jot incident. he occasionally stayed there with his mother according to sources. the main source of evidence in ambler montgomery county along susquehanna road. detectives could be seen gathering evidence. the father's neighbors said they've known sean kratz aged 20 to be a good kid. >> nice kid to talk to. >> reporter: nice kid to talk to. >> yeah, sure. >> reporter: anything unusual about him that you ever noticed. >> no, not that i noticed. >> reporter: police could be seen searchi
. >>> "action news" reporter vernon odom also live there in buckingham township today with more on theews that broke overnight about the arrest of that second suspect. vernon, what have you learned about this? >> reporter: brian, all along police and investigators suspected that there was a suspected accomplice for mr. dinardo and this morning that came out to be true apparently but that person of interest did not surface until this morning when he was already in...
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vernon odom is at the shore with the full story. >> reporter: fredericksburg and the beach the border of absecon island in margate. the army corps of engineers were moving pipes and other materials into the margate after the army corps of engineers did a sudden about face decided that margate much jump in line for millions of dollars in beach building. the contractors equipment was late getting here because of construction delays in florida. >> there will be about a weeks that will disrupt someone at a certain location. margate or any town we work in. >> margate spend years and hundreds of thousands of dollars fighting the project calling it a waste of federal dollars and disruptive and now lands here in the heart of the tourist season. >> we have bulk heads for 60 years and we maintain from day one that our bulk heads give us equal protection to the dunes it's a waste of money. >> a band-aid not something that will help for a long time. >> any storm flooding they say comes from the bay side and not the ocean. but they are throwing in the towel. >> not happy with the way this went dow
vernon odom is at the shore with the full story. >> reporter: fredericksburg and the beach the border of absecon island in margate. the army corps of engineers were moving pipes and other materials into the margate after the army corps of engineers did a sudden about face decided that margate much jump in line for millions of dollars in beach building. the contractors equipment was late getting here because of construction delays in florida. >> there will be about a weeks that will...
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vernon odom is live with the details. >> reporter: good evening.s become a large scale crime wave especially here in center city. police are doing all they can to crack down, here is surveillance video of a man they believe is at least one of the main culprits. this is a crime in progressm last month in center city. the 2000 block of lombard the thief of battery thefts calmly scoping a jeep wrangler, and easily raises the hood and takes the battery probably sell i a junk yard. >> the one is this particular year, is the jeep wranalmer, th suv or the truck targeted. >> because -- >> it's easy accessi and not that hard to steal it out of the jeep wrangler. the overall increase in battery thler,ts this year is a jaw dropping staggering 41% much of it in the city's 6th and 9th district. the g in and more for trucks. >> a 41% increase in car and trlark battery thefts in the city. >> and randy fitzgerald her wrangler was stolen and cost over $300 to resslace it and thy believe this thief is responsible for many of these crimes and part of of a theft ring
vernon odom is live with the details. >> reporter: good evening.s become a large scale crime wave especially here in center city. police are doing all they can to crack down, here is surveillance video of a man they believe is at least one of the main culprits. this is a crime in progressm last month in center city. the 2000 block of lombard the thief of battery thefts calmly scoping a jeep wrangler, and easily raises the hood and takes the battery probably sell i a junk yard. >>...
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vernon odom is live now where the s&ps are being questioned tonight. >>evening.e continuing to interrogate a pair of teenagers, in a pair of overnight carjackings in two different counties. two miles apart if they travel add long 95 south. it all started when this silver hyundai was carjacked at gun point and one suspect bran dished a silver handgun and then a second carjacking on the 9800 block of bustleton. and two men took a toyota from an overnight bank security guard. two hijackers on the lam in two different cars. police spotted them and one sprang from t
vernon odom is live now where the s&ps are being questioned tonight. >>evening.e continuing to interrogate a pair of teenagers, in a pair of overnight carjackings in two different counties. two miles apart if they travel add long 95 south. it all started when this silver hyundai was carjacked at gun point and one suspect bran dished a silver handgun and then a second carjacking on the 9800 block of bustleton. and two men took a toyota from an overnight bank security guard. two...
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"action news" reporters nora muchanic in solebury township, vernon odom in buckingham township and trishvered every angle. we begin with trish hartman with a full accounting of what we learned today. trish. >> reporter: well, jim, we now know much more about what happened to these four young men who have been missing since last week according to what cosmo dinardo told investigators, the d.a. says dinardo and his cousin, sean kratz face charges of homicide, conspiracy and abuse of corpse. the d.a. also says without dinardo's confession they might still be looking for the
"action news" reporters nora muchanic in solebury township, vernon odom in buckingham township and trishvered every angle. we begin with trish hartman with a full accounting of what we learned today. trish. >> reporter: well, jim, we now know much more about what happened to these four young men who have been missing since last week according to what cosmo dinardo told investigators, the d.a. says dinardo and his cousin, sean kratz face charges of homicide, conspiracy and abuse...