live at that location is "action news" reporter wendy saltzman. wendy what are police saying about all of this. >> reporter: jim, police are looking at this as a possible hate crime. that noose was hung in this tree and while they say there is no specific target that they know of yet they are considering this a very public message of hate. >> people are crazy and it's really serious. >> reporter: a noose hanging in a tree in center city is the second time in a week the symbol of racism has surfaced in the city of brotherly love. >> in this case this is something we would assume the worst until we can figure out what it actually is. >> reporter: the noose was found this morning at 18th and lombard next to penn medicine. police are trying to determine if it was a personal threat, a prank or a larger public statement. >> that being so publically done, it lends itself to believe that whoever did it wanted a lot of people to see it. >> reporter: while police scour evidence looking for witnesses, video and processing the actual noose, area residents were

i'm wendy saltzman "action news." >>> authorities have charged 12 more people as part of a massive fraud crack down in lakewood ocean county. 6 couples are charged with theft for receiving welfare benefits they were not eligible to get and they received summons today and have until tuesday to turn themselves in. 26 lakewood residents are charged since june 26th as part this have joint federal and state and county investigation in all those arrested received more than 2 million there's in medicaid, food, heating and other benefits. >> residents of a center city apartment building returned home after a tire forced them out last night. investigators believe that the blaze started in a second floor air conditioning unit at 13 and and walnut at 7:00 last night. the official cause remains under investigation and two apartments may have been destroyed. firefighters had to break some windows to knock down the flames. the contents of the former trump taj mahal casino in atlantic city are now up for sale. hundreds of bargain hunters turned out today hoping to score a deal at the liquidation sale.

"action news" investigative reporter wendy saltzman first reported on this open air drug den in aprilnd has these new developments today. >> reporter: this area has been dubbed ground zero for philadelphia's heroin epidemic. where users live and sometimes die. many call it home. they shoot up in areas like the lounge. hundreds of thousands of used needles litter the ground. >> you see a mirror over here where they cut their drugs. >> reporter: "action news" brought viewers on a tour of the tracks in april. now three months later the city and conrail launched a comprehensive plan to rebuild the area and build up the community. >> everyone standing with us will be working tirelessly to reduce the supply and the demand of the illegal narcotics in this neighborhood. >> reporter: the first steps began today as seen here from drone6 and will continue seven days a week for about a month. conrail will pay for the cleanup aimed at shutting down philadelphia's largest open air drug den. >> we're not just going clean up and leave. we're here for the long term. the cost is estimated to be in the

started to record and then the tractor trailer flipped on to the side spilling its load, and wendy saltzman now in middletown township wendy you spoke with the man that saw it all unfold. >> reporter: we did. and the troopers are still investigate what caused the crash and hoping that this incredible video will shed light on that, it shows the point of impact where the tractor trailer flips of and ultimately shut down the blue route for seven hours. >> i'm still in shock it was happening in front of my eyes. >> victor says for several minutes before it started recording this tractor trailer looked like it was in trouble. >> i said something is going on over here either he is playing around with an 18 wheeler, or he is falling asleep at the wheel. he spoke only with "action news" to describe what he saw and caught on camera, this 18 wheeler swerving lane to lane on 476 northbound broomall exit. >> there was no way to stop it. >> a minute and a half into the recording you see the violent crash. >> i thought he was dead from the crash. >> the tractor trailer hit hard spewing the contents of th

i'm wendy saltzman channel6 "action news." >> all right, wendy thank you. >>> and right now on our 6abc app you can learn more about the plan to clean up the notorious drug camp. you can also watch our previous reports including wendy's eye opening look at what life was like along those tracks. >> rescue teams have recovered the body of a swimmer who went swimming in ocean county. off duty lifeguards found the body of susan is a oravcova. she disappeared while swimming with a friend off point pleasant beach. both were visiting from slovakia and they were both struggling in the rough surf. at the time there was a warning in place about dangerous rip currents. >> all right, time now for a check of the accuweather forecast. meteorologist adam joseph is back. >> yes, he is and he's outside. hi, adam how is the forecast. >> really nice. the sunshine is back and we have low humidity so it's a win-win situation. as we take a look at the numbers they're climbing as well. it was cool weekend. saturday with the clouds, 79 degrees, 83 yesterday with that sunshine below the normal of 87 but today w

i'm wendy saltzman channel 6 "action news." >> a philadelphia man faces child endangerment charges after a 9-month-old child was found unresponsive with a syringe needle in her leg. they used narcan to revive the infan and treated for an accidental overdose. the man said to be her father, steven welsh is at the center of the investigation tonight and neighbors were shocked by the alligation. >> he is a great father, a good man, a good guy, i know his sister and mom and dad and we all grew up together. >> police are waiting for the official lab tests to determine what drug was in the infant's system when it was taken to the hospital. >> new at 5:00, comedian bill cosby will head back to court in norristown this fall for the retrial on the sexual assault charges he is facing, the montgomery county district attorney's office says that cosby's new trial will start november 6th, the jury deadlocked on all three counts last month resulting in a mistrial. >> new at 5:00 police in ocean county want your help tracking down this car they say was in a serious hit and run. one person was seriously h

wendy saltzman is live in north philadelphia where the casket was found monday night. >> reporter: sharriehat the body parts belong to a 3 or 4-month-old infant dropped on the sidewalk across the street from the cemetery. police tell us they were transported here from a funeral home employee in new jersey. the question now is what happened and why. >> we didn't want to open it because we didn't foe what was inside. >> chris james was one of several witnesses that saw the child size casket dumped on the block friday night. when police and the medical examiners office arrived they found a child's organs wrapped in a black bag inside. >> you beg the question where is the rest of this baby? >> the details are being strung together today. according to police the 2 foot by 1 foot casket was driven here by the employee of an unnamed south jersey funeral home.

"action news" investigative reporter wendy salt saltzman live near the scene 16 at 18th and lombard. >> reporter: a second noose was found hanging from this street here in center city. police say they can't prove that it was a target but they say it was clearly a very public display of hate. >> there are children, innocent children around and they're frightened. this shouldn't be happening. >> reporter: stunned residents walked the streets disturbed by the news a noose was hung by a tree next to penn medicine on 18th and lombard. >> it's pretty difficult to determine right now who specifically may have been targeted with this. either way the other side of that is that being so publically done it lends itself to believe that whoever did it wanted a lot of people to see it. >> reporter: police say either way it seems someone was trying to make a statement and they're taking it very seriously. >> it could be someone playing a prank. any time you see a noose that type of artifact it evokes images of lynches so it could be something related to hate speech. >> reporter: this news comes one