Creatos freedom. It never happen. Creato pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter early wednesday morning in court. This is a terribly sad situation but he would be a fool not to take a deal that was offered to him. Reporter he took the deal. According to court documents, dj creato admitted to recollect restly causing death under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to human life and his actions led to brandons brain being deprived of oxygen , that is most he would say. Did dj creato kill brandon. It is a question far, facts are far what we can answer. Reporter brandons mother sat down with a exclusive interview last fall and she was too emotional to speak today but told us this, quote i want to thank everyone who was part of the investigation who for the for brandon. I want to thank everyone including friends, family forethoughts and prayers. I will be making a full statement following sentencing please respect my wishes, for privacy, at this difficult time. Back in Haddon Township dj creatos mother came out in the driveway and said her family had no official comment about the plea deal, she said they are quote, still processing the news. Sentencing is on september 29th, dj creato agreed to a sentence of 10 years parole after eight and a half years but he has been in jail since january 2016 so he could serve just under seven years, behind bars. Reporting live tonight, david spunt for cbs3 Eyewitness News. A lawsuit has been filed on behalf of the one passenger injured in the yesterdays septa train crash in upper darby. In that complaint Darryl Wilson said he was knock unconscious and suffered a head injury when norristown high speed line train slammed in the parked train, at 69th street station. Attorneys tom kline and Robert Mongeluzzi are representing robson. We believed it was important to get his case into suit because his case is a representative case and one which will carry this ball forward immediately. There is no excuse when you crash into another train. That is clearly the failure of the Transportation Organization septa, either mechanically, by operator error or by both. Ntsb is investigating what caused the crash, federal Officials Say 33 people were injured including the trains operator. Chopper three over abington Montgomery County where a 14 yearold girl was hit by a car. Girl was using face time when she walk in the street directly into the path of the car. It happened on the 900 block of highland avenue. Driver immediately stopped to assist the victim she was rushed to abington hospital and no word on her condition. 35,000 reward is being offered to help solve a cold case murder on the main line. Six twoyear old Chester County woman was found dead last summer in her own home. Eyewitness News Reporter joe holden spoke to the victims brother who hopes this new reward lead to the break in the case report report Michael Mcdonald fondly remembers his sister as smart, fearsly loyal , and a woman who who her own husband, just three months before she was killed inside of her tredyffrin township home. Shes probably my best friend, you know, and she can say that. Reporter june 27, 2016 a Family Member gone over to check on Denise Barger and discovered her body inside her heatherstone drive home. Cause of death blunt force trauma. There were people interested this woman found in her house obviously murdered and people want the case solve reporter Citizens Crime Commission on wednesday announced a 35,000 reward for anyone with any information that lead to an arrest and conviction. This case has been unsolved for like a year and i can guarantee any information that is received is being worked on reporter denise was 62. Police have in the revealed much about the case, Family Members are anxious for a resolution. Just a good person. We who a tremendously good person. It is just not right. Reporter passage of time has not made this easier for the family. They are hopeful someone knows details or circumstances that can lead police to her killer. Citizens crime commission, allows callers to remain anonymous, and their number 215546tips. Outside the Tredyffrin Township PoliceDepartment Im joe holden for cbs3 Eyewitness News. A federal lawsuit forced the cancellation of the delawares popular pumpkin chucking competition. Organizers say land own hours donate use of their property for this annual event in dover are reluctant to host it this year in light of the legal troubles. Susan, is suing the organizers and several other people after she was seriously injured at the event last year. Being are remembering new jersey state senator jim whelan to day we learned his cause of death was a heart attack. From city hall to the state house he for the for Atlantic City and surrounding region for more than 30 years. Eyewitness News Reporter cleve bryan looks back at his life and career. Hear jim whelans name you think of Atlantic City. Reporter shore town grieving after sudden death on tuesday of former mayor and state senator jim whelan. A Real Good Man and we are certainly or toy lose him here in Atlantic City. Reporter whelan served more than 35 years in government and Atlantic City councilman from 1982 to 1990 and mayor from 1990 to 2001 before moving on to state office. Anybody for School System whether it was, increasing the public safety, he is always, an advocate for Atlantic City in the strongest way possible. Reporter born in philadelphia whelans first job was on the beach patrol. He became a teacher, assemblyman and rounded out his career for state senator for new jerseys second district. Former mayor scott evans and current mayor don garden counted on whelan as amen for. He was like a big brother to me, a lot of advice. He was very smart, methodical and he knew what it took to get things done. Reporter one of most my fond memories was three years ago talking on his back deck about the future of the city we love. We need a lot of pieces to come together to get this going in the right direction. Reporter whelan planned to retire in january when his term expires. After several recent hospital stays related to cancer cells on his kidneys he died of a heart attack in his home on tuesday, he was 68 years old. It is a huge loss for city. I know jim was getting ready to retire but we know he wouldnt stop being a strong advocate. We will miss him. Reporter this afternoon i had a chance to talk to senator whelans son richard who didnt want to gives an interviewed and said on behalf of him and his mother cat hoy has been married for more than 40 years they want to thank the community for prayers and well wishes in Atlantic City, cleve bryan, for cbs3 Eyewitness News. Today hundreds of thousands, pack the beach and boardwalk for the 15th annual Atlantic City air show. The show is named, thunder over the boardwalk, now some cloud got in the way of the action today but didnt put a damper on the spirit of those who came for a glimpse of the aerial action. There is a lot to see. 300, 400,000 people mid week in the region not just Atlantic City but whole region is enormous, huge deal for city and region. It helps casinos, hotels, restaurants, bars, everybody benefits. Good deal for us. Reporter last years air show produced 30 milliondollar in economic benefit for help tells, casinos and boardwalk businesses. The philadelphia parking authoritys parking app called meter up will be back in operation by mid to late fall. Meter up up app laos drivers to pay for parking and add more time remotely. It went dark four months ago after ppa had problems with the Company Behind the app. New vendor is now place. Did you get your tickets yet . We are just hours away from tonights 700 milliondollar power ball drawing. It is second largest jackpot in the games history and people are lining up for the chance of course of becoming a multi millionaire. Odd of matching all six numbers is one in 292 million. So statistics experts say winning comes down to being lucky, more than strategy. Just go with your gut, if it makes you happy play. If it does than the, dont. If no one wins tonights jackpot it could roll over in the billion, with a b, dollars territory. Still to come on Eyewitness News at 6 00 showing off their green thumbs. We wouldnt miss it. Were so lucky to have this greenhouse. A Philadelphia Community getting out in the garden and it is about more than just picking produce, our Stephanie Stahl explains Health Benefits meet new member of the philadelphia Police Department , where this little officer was meeting up with the cities top cop, kate. Things have improved quite a bit in the wake of the last nights storms sunshine clear skies takes over but will it last into the weekend . Ill have your full forecast and glimpse into saturday and sunday coming up, don. Within last wish for an eagles fan and one final warm up for the bird offensive line , what the guys expect to see in their game against dolphins later in sports. On the healthwatch tonight therapy that i benefits horticulture. Stephanie stahl is here with a growing program near roxborough. You guys will love this one whether you have a green thumb or not gardening gets you moving and outside with nature and doctors say you really dont have to be in good shape or young to enjoy the benefits they are wonderful. Reporter sue sourman is collecting tomatoes from the garden at cathedral village. This is absolutely fantastic but very peaceful. You can just forget to get your hand in the dirt, pick tomatoes, you can take basil, the aromas and fragrance are just wonderful. Reporter it is beautiful but heart culture Therapy Program is designed for important work. It is way to tie the Community Together as a whole. Reporter for Healthy Aging , keeping residents engaged in moving outside, and in the greenhouse. We have some geranium that is we drew here. Reporter ruth mccarthey the horticultural director say growing and arranging flowers is part of the Occupational Therapy helping with movement, coordination and memory and farm to table part of the garden with an assortment of herbs. These herbs are used in cooking. Absolutely. Flowers and all. Vegetables are used for daily meals. Pretty darn good. Foods great. Look at me, yes, im healthy, happy. Reporter at 84 corny walton says in addition to eating well, spending time in the garden helps her and her friends stay physically, mentally active. Socialization with each other and nature, which includes, monarch butterflies and bees. We have plants, butterflies , insects nectar in we know we are helping sustain a healthy environment. Cities have shown that gardening can help reduce depression and another benefit of the horticultural certainty and program at cathedral village which is a continuing care retirement community. What a gorgeous place. I wanted to be there. Yes. Exactly. Great day too. Thanks, stephanie. Philadelphia Police Department has a brand new officer and he has already been involved in his first chase. Threeyear old rider simms behind the wheels of his Police Vehicle in hot pursuit of commissioner ross. Rider, from swarthmore was sworn in by commissioner ross as an honorary officer to day at police headquarters. So cute. I love that little car. Hot pursuit. Look at him go. Yes. Kates back and sharing photos of her baby. She has been on maternity leave. We are so happy to see you great to be back and it is a beautiful day. I want to show you my little sunshine thinks soleenn who is 12 weeks today. That is her bathing suit, bathing beauty. Very stylish. She is. Yes, she wasnt too sure about the pool but we will see how she fares with the ocean coming up in a bit. Shes best baby. It has been wonderful spending time with her but nice to get back in the swing of things. We are happy to have you we will talk about the weather. That is why were here, we have sunshine outside right now and it looks like it is sticking around for quite sometime. Lets take a peak outside to the poconos where humidity has been dropping. Temperatures dropping as well in the 60s right now and feeling pretty nice, little hint of autumn in the air and much like a few weeks ago with that cool, crisp pattern for a couple days we will be feeling that as we head through weekend. Poconos looking good. Storm scan three shows front that brought last nights storms has cleared coast for the most part but still hanging out off the coast right about here. You can still see a couple scattered sprinkles impacting our shore points, it has not been best beach day we have ever seen from Atlantic City right through Rehoboth Beach we are picking up a couple showers here and there you can see that as we go out live to the Neighborhood Network camera. Thinks at boardwalk plaza, it doesnt look like a wash out, it looks dry for folks on the board but little glummy, overcast if not perfect day to be outside on the sand but great evening to walk on the boardwalk. That northwesterly win has pick up and that is bringing cooler air in from again the northwest, 79 in allentown. Sixtyeight up in mount pocono , very comfortable there eightyone in philadelphia. Seventyseven in wildwood. Ocean water temperature sitting at a comfortable 74 for swimming. Water vapor shows dry air sweeping in. Front that came through off coast still has moisture witt but brown shading you see is dry air sweeping from the north and west and dew points are dropping as that air sweeps in. So dew points down to the lower 50s outside in philadelphia, trenton, allentown, mount pocono. Dew points in the lower 50s, very comfortable conditions. Dew points what you want to look at deciding to go outside or for a run. Dew points in the mid up toker 60s and zero sevens, steamy outside. Dew points in the 40s and 50 s perfection and that is where we will be over next few days. We have not cleared humidity out from the coast but that will eventually happen and we have got a beautiful weekend in the city and mountain and down the shore as well. Low humidity, lots of sunshine , cool night, warm days as we head through weekend and high temperatures below average by 5 degrees or so saturday, sunday and monies specially. Overnight mainly clear, comfortable, 66 is our low. Thursday tomorrow, sunshine low humidity 83 degrees and thinks one of the warmest days of that seven day eyewitness Weather Forecast take a peak at this what a gorgeous stretch, brought nice weather back, 81 on friday, 79 on saturday, 80 on sunday and even next week looks good monday and tuesday, next chance of possibly picking up some rain would be next wednesday a couple of showers. Nice stretch. Not bad. Get ready for fall. Maybe a little hint of that autumn, bundle up kind of weather. Dons up next with sports. Busy day, mcgregor and may weather, trash talk continues. Plus eagles fan has one last request, and it may make you laugh, sports coming up having a baby. Caring for your parents. Learning you have a condition. These are moments when people realize that where you get your medicine matters. And they look to us. Cvs pharmacy. For advice. And ways to save money. Plus, get up to fifty extrabucks each year just for filling prescriptions. Switching is easy. Were here for you. Join us. At cvs pharmacy. Don bell joins us now as we see eagles in action in philadelphia. We want to see improvement, yes. Yes, strive forward. Yes. Okay. Lets go, guys. The bottom line is we just dont know. Eagles will play dolphins tomorrow night in their third, preseason game, no word on how long starters will play. So far the owe even if has only been on the field for a total of five series. That is really not enough time for offensive line to gel. Full unit should be on display against miami, they are considered to be a strength for eagles and extra work should serve them well. We are never where we want to be. There are always things to improve on. I can tell you we are going in the right direction. We had opportunities to be out here and work on our chemistry too. It is important to get out there, in game situations and get some snaps in and go from there. To the football they start from the bottom and now they are here. Union visiting, drakes hometown of toronto. Philly is out of the playoff picture while toronto is in first place. Highlights tonight at 11 00. Phillies and marlins hooking up again tonight, fightins who both games in their double header yesterday at the bank. Mark leiter junior gets start. If the phillies lose they will be the first team in the big this is season with 80 losses. First pitch at 7 05, also highlights tonight. We are days away from fight night in vegas, floyd may weather will hook up with Connor Mcgregor in a widely anticipated bought. Floyd is 40 and arguablably greatest pound for pound book earnings mcgregor is 29 years old, and mma guy. Today we had fightin word. It will not be an easy fight, blood, sweat, tears saturday that is what we are here to give fans and give people all around the world. When it is all said and done, you know what i will feel sad because you should have all kept your mouth shut, should have left me over on that game, where i am from where we buns head off canvas. Left me where i was. Because, this man is in the on my level. So then there is that. Last week a man by the name of jeffery regal, passed away, at age of 57. Atlantic city native was bird fans and he had a great sense of humor. How do we know this he had one final request in his obituary. He requested to have eight Philadelphia Eagles as pallbearers. So eagles can let him down one last time. Burn. You know. That is funny though. It is kind of sad. In a sad kind of way. Yes. My goodness. Thanks, don. When we come back a special delivery uber sending more than a car to greet philly fans. We will show you sports icon that was showing up with the ride. Cbs evening news is just moments away. Hi jessica and nicole. Tonight on the cbs evening news the president calls for unity, just hours after a Divisive Campaign style rally in phoenix. Plus a member of the president S Manufacturing council explains why she resigned. A new study find a possible link between dementia and lack of rem sleep. Why people are flock to go a wisconsin town, to buy their power ball tickets. Just ahead on the cbs evening haddonfield we will be friday where we will explore neighborhood charm. I will broad as live with kate bilo and vittoria wild celebrating is what left of summer right here on Eyewitness News. We have to celebrate that last day. Uber riders got a chance to ride around town with the phillies beloved mascot today. Fanatic was on call with uber this afternoon, and fans using uber app had chance to request him to pick them up in center city. Those who met the fanatic today will be eligible to win tickets to the phillies game on september 18th. That is pretty cool. Thanks for watching Eyewitness News at 6 00 Eyewitness News returns at 10 on our sister station wp sg the cw philly age then back here on cbs3 at 11 00. Up next, cbs evening news, and from new york heres anthony mason. Captioning sponsored by cbs mason letting loose. We have to close dunn down our government. Were billing that wall. Its time to expose the Crooked Media deception. Theyre trying to take away our culture. Theyre trying the take away our history. How did he get in here . Hes supposed to be with a few people outside. Very president ial, isnt it . Mason also tonight the debate Hillary Clinton had with herself. Do you turn, look him in the eye and say loudly and clearly, back up, you creep . Mason a new study finds a possible link between dementia and a lack of rem sleep. And lottery players hope to find their luck in fond du lac. Theresa