He lived nearby and heard the call over his radio and rushed right over getting there before the ambulance. He was obviously like an amazing person, and he clearly enjoyed helping others and thats he helped me. He helped me be here to say thank you. Reporter so lieutenant letourneau just a man who help the so much to so many people. The viewing will go on until 9 00 oclock tonight. It is public but the family has asked the media to romaine outside and across the street from the cathedral. Lucy. Thank shawnette. Procession for lieutenant letourneau will head from the firehouse at 21st and market to the cathedral at 8 15 tomorrow morning. Another viewing is tomorrow at 9 00 followed by his funeral mass at 11 00. Head to fox 29. Com for more and for road closures slated for tomorrow. The local doctor who prosecutors say hired a man to kill his wife has now appeared before judge. It happened today. This is one wild case that prosecutors say involved an outlaw biker gang a drug empire and the victim popular south jersey radio host april kauffm kauffman. Our Dave Schratwieser is live in Atlantic County with new details that are just as stunning. Dave . Reporter lucy, mind boggling too. We hld told you earlier this week this was going to get bigger dan it did. New details about plot to kill doctor caw man himself while he was in the Atlantic County jail. It involves wire taps and informant and the pagans motorcycle gang. Today we also heard for the first time from dr. Kauffmans lawyer as the charges were read to him in court. All right. Just want to make sure you can hear us clearly. York i can. All right. Reporter looking haggard and appearing via video camera from the Hudson County jail where he was placed for his own safety dr. James kauffman appeared on courtroom tv screen thursday to face charges that he hired a hit man to kill his wife april. Dr. Maintains his innocence. We have to different position today. Reporter kauffman listen as the judge read him his rights hes charged with racketeering, murder and conspiracy. It was all part of an elaborate scheme to get rid of his wife after she threatened to expose a mill mill drug operation he was allegedly running out of his motorcycle gang. Pagans there was no magic tip. There was no magic clue. It was just simply good police work. Investigators say pagans associate Joseph Mulholland helped kauffman find Frank Mulholland to kill April Kauffman in may 2012. Paul pagano and fred miserable o jello appeared before the jud judge. Oh gel local helped kauffman kill his wife and plotted with another pagan and informant to murder dr. Kauffman. Theres a conspiracy to kill my client so its pretty clear conspiracy against dr. Kauffman. Ill let the documents speak for themselves. Sources sell fox 29 that o jello was caught on several wire tapped conversations discussing a plot to kill dr. Kauffman. In one case, telling an informant that he had a relative in the mob and in another discussing a plot to kill kauffman inside the Atlantic County jail. He says he has relative in the mob that could kill mr. Kauffman on one of those tapes. I dont doubt that he does. We dont think it would be prudent for those two to be lodged together. Health investigation involving compound cream. Search warrants were he can cuted at his office last june. Just seems to suggest that jim kauffman was busy man with his criminal activities. Reporter those criminal activities will go before county grand jury in the next couple of months. Kauffman and his codefendants will be back in court for a detention hearing on tuesday. They remain behind bars tonight. Lucy . All right, thank you, dave. In bucks county one scary situation. Thousands of packages of heroin found in a middle School Parking lot. The estimated street value about 100,000. Our dawn timmeney is live in the bensalem in that Township Police department. Dawn . Reporter well, lucy, the drugs were in a backpack. That backpack sitting all by itself oh at first authorities thought that there may be explosives inn signed. After ruling that out they only discovered it was loaded with heroin. This is a lot of death right here. This is four bricks of death. This is a lot of work for the Coroners Office right here. Reporter backpack filled with four bricks of heroin. 10,000 doses packaged for sale with a street value of 100,000. A disaster in the making. The bag discover outside the Cecelia Schneider middle school in bensalem township shortly after students arrived for the day back on december 20th. Kid at one of our schools would have opened the bag by accident and got into it who knows what tragedy could have been. We could have had a lot of dead children. Fortunately alert School Employees noticed the suspicious bag and immediately called police. Last night, a turning point in the investigation. Police arresting 26yearold Natasha Willis who they say accidentally left the bagful of drugs behind. She was driving kids to school and the wrong backpack came out, um, and got left on the curb, and mom pulled away. Reporter oh, my god and shes a parent of someone at the school. Parents stunned to learn the deadly drug was within childrens reach. Its a scary thing. Yeah. It really is. So this is around children. The kids could have gotten into it and anybody thats just disgusting. Report roar the bright colorful packaging easily peeking a kids curiosity. It does look like candy. Theres no doubt a kid would open this and think it was can candy. The potential for tragedy was widespread. Reporter fortunately, no one was hurt. Police say they could tell by the packaging that the drugs were headed for trenton and not for sale here on the streets of bensalem. The School District credits its workers with being alert following the proper protocol and averting what could have been really deadly situation. Tonight, Natasha Willis is jailed in the bucks county prison on 750,000 bail. Police say more arrests could be coming. Lucy . All right, keep us posted. Thank you, dawn. An investigation is underway right now in Camden County after a man died during an intense tenhour standoff with police. It all started last night around 8 00 when Police Responded a report of gunshots from the Brittany Woods neighborhood in gloucester township. Once the swat team arrived police say the gunman shot at least 15 more rounds at an officer in an Armored Vehicle after hours of unsuccessful negotiations officers used that very car to bust through the front door. They found the 24yearold man dead inside. Also, a woman there but not hurt. All of this shut down schools in the area. Obviously were in a situation at the school and concern walking through where we had a gentleman firing at Police Officers was dangerous condition we didnt want children or anyone exposed to at that point in the neighborhood. You can imagine thats why they evacuated homes but tonight everybody is back home safely sound. Despite all the gunfire, no officers are hurt. And police say none of them fired at the man. Theyre not saying how he dieter. Time now to check in with fox 29 Weather Authority. Live look heading down the shore, wildwood. Probably not a bad day to go for a stroll on the boardwalk. Compared to what we were up against about a week ago. We are not done with this warmup but more stuff is getting ready to move on in. Kathy. Oh yeah it will be a mess. Fortunately though we stay on the warm side of the storm. Doesnt usually happen to us in january lucy. Take look at the numbers right now in philadelphia still 55. 49 degrees in pottstown. 50 in millville and 44 degrees in atlantic city. Cool down the shore with on shore flow ocean water temperature only in the 30s you get that influence. Overnight, the low temperature in philadelphia 50. Actually rising, do you believe it . By tomorrow afternoon were talking about temperatures well into the 60s. Big storm moving east you see the purple and the pink these are all winter storm advisories and alerts. We will stay in the rain no icing for philadelphia maybe a little late tomorrow night into saturday far to the north and west. Big store tomorrow will be the wind. Wind gusts to about 45 miles an hour tomorrow morning through about noon. Because of those strong southerly winds bringing in that warm air and also bringing in some rain. So coming up well tack about the rain challenging record warmth and the next chance of snow, oh yeah its back next week. Ill see in you just a few minutes. Its still january. Thank you very much, kathy. A newly approved gene therapy treatment developed by doctors at u penn can in fact cure brianness. But the revolutionary treatment comes with a hefty price tag. The Biotech CompanySpark Therapeutics says the treatment is eight hun 50,000. The procedure involves injecting a copy of a healthy gene directly into the retin in a and doctors say it can restore the patients vision in just one injection. One of those successful cases patient Christian Garr dean who made it to the semi finals upon americas got talent. So before the gene therapy id be performing and i wouldnt move i would just be a rock on stage. So after the gene therapy, i can move around the stage freely. I can see. I actually had confidence. Spark has come up with new Payment Options such as rebates or payment plans insurers so often the case had have the final say on any out of pocket expenses. Breaking news out of burlington county. Sky fox we go police say a man was stabbed in the stomach walking to the Health Center in moorestown as you can see were over the scene right now. A lot of action there. This is Princeton House Behavioral Health on new albany road. Medics are treating the victim right now. We dont know anything bout somebody who did it. Of course, as more information comes in, we will immediately bring it to you. A woman rushed to hospital in bucks county. Doctors said to live they needed to night her to philadelphia. Her bill, enormous. And speaking of big, weve got a big day around the corner, sean. We do. The sixers had a big game in london across the upon. They had 22point lead in this one but as you know life comes they had 22point lead in this one but as you know life comes el broke, homeless, selling my body to get high, locked up, a slave to heroin that was my life. Married, a homeowner, a professional, recovering and thriving thats my life now. I got help. You can too. 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Bevin was flown from Pottstown Hospital by helicopter painted in black with jeff emblazoned on the side to Jefferson Hospital. Several days of treatment later, bevin was released. Things were looking up. Until the helicopter bill arrived. My patient responsibility was 44,000. Reporter you owe 44,000 for helicopter ride. Reporter can you pay 44,000 for helicopter ride. Not in this lifetime. Reporter the bill was was from native air, air methods a colorado based company in the Medical Transport business. Jefferson says it partners with them. Its full bill was actually over 51,000. But bevins insurer covered just over 6600 for the ride. Arguing it is very costly to operate an Emergency Air medical base a spokesperson for air methods writes, Insurance Companies should do whats right and pay their members claims in full adding since december weve been proactively helping her navigate the billing process so she can focus on her recovery. Bevin says, shes only spoken to air methods once and is uncertain just what theyre doing for her. Fox 29 is awaiting response from bevin toss insurance company. They told her the helicopter ride was out of network and theres only a certain amount theyll pay. Meanwhile, Allison Bevin fears the big bill could financially ruin her. Im glad im alive. Im thankful to everyone. But for me to how am i supposed to take care of the medial bills after the fact with all of this . Its tough. Reporter bevins insurer writes because many air provid providers choose not to contract with insurers for in network rates, there are no limits on what they can charge. Im jeff cole, fox 29 news. Back to your fox 29 Weather Authority right now. Live look at the ben franklin parkway as folks make their way home on this mild nurse thursday night. While this winter warmup continue or brace ourselves for another winter onslaught . Kathys forecast in 15 seconds. In weather were talking about temperatures that are going to be soaring again well above average. Atlantic city today 62. That is 22 degrees above normal. The normal high is around 40. Philadelphia 58. Wilmington, trenton in the mid 50s. Reading and allentown at 53. Boy did that feel good. Looking outside right now, looks beautiful with some of that snow melting. But very pretty in cape may county. Thats for sure. 55 in the city. 47 in the poconos. 50 in millville and temperatures actually rising overnight. Heres our storm system begins to take shape. You can see mainly rain for now with cold air comes in and see all that pink through toronto, ottawa, cincinnati that is all freezing rain it goes right that was new england and the mountains you dont want that for the ski resorts and then its going to change over to some snow. But we stay on the warm side of this. Thats the good news. Temperatures will be warming overnight as spotty showers move in by 7am, look at that. 56 degrees with some rain falling. 53 degrees in the poconos with rain thats not good for our skiers. Thats for sure. Friday 59 in philadelphia. The heaviest rain through the Lehigh Valley berks county and lancaster and by 6 00 its pushing away if you have any evening plans, seven, 8 00 oclock and after that, its actually going to be drying out but its still going to be windy with southerly winds and then by 2 00 a. M. We see it begin to push back in and that will last through the Early Morning hours. Saturday some spotty showers but look at the morning. 39. Its just going to get colder. A rush of northwesterly winds will make it blustery for our tailgators and then for game day. Look at this. 32 degrees at about 4 00. 26 degrees by about 8 00 oclock take look that eagles forecast hour by hour. How much rain . Our models have been lowering the precipitation. Looks a little bit more spotty now. At least half an inch in philly up to an inch in the poconos. So lowering those accumulation. Overnight temperatures in the 40s and 50s and rising during the day tomorrow the High Temperature going for sketch in philadelphia. The record is 72 but in many places we could be making it to record warm many these are the numbers to beat. Wilmington 68. Reading 63. 68 in trenton. 67 in ac. And allentown 60. I think its doable. For the eagles game, look at this. Tailgating at noon, 44 degrees. By 4 00 oclock, were looking at a temperature of 35. Winds gusting to 13. And as the game progresses it gets colder. By the games end 25 degrees with a northwest win at 14. It will feel like its about 12 or 13 degrees. So bundle up if youre heading out. Sunday and monday, looking cold. A chance of snow tuesday and wednesday. Well keep an eye on that. Back to winter. Thursday 29. Brrr, sean its going to be good day to be in the broadcast boo booth. Thats right wolf days it way and the excitement around here is building. Hear why this game is even more important for the young guys plus sixers across the pond in london. See why i hope they never play there again. Thats coming eagles falcons playoff game is huge for so many different reasons. Truthfully all the eagles have to do is within this game and fans will be happy especially with, you know, carson wentz being out. Theyll be hematoma with how this season turn out. If the eagles lose fans will be irate. Regardless of the out come a lot of guys are about to get their first taste of playoff football something they dreamed about their entire lives. Its something you work all year for. Back in otas you work so hard to extend opportunities to keep playing this game that you love. You know, here is the force one in front of me. I want to leave it all out there. You what and the to leave the game knowing you did everything you can. I feel like its important a lot of our younger players have not experienced this post season play and what its about that they hear from the guys that have been there and kind of what it takes to prepare themselves for not only division al games but hopefully games after this. Of course you can catch a special game day live monday the morning of the game saturday 8 00 a. M. Well break down the eagles and what they need to do for a victory one more quick eagles note. Theyve been selected to play the jaguars in london next year. I cave hate these games because you never know what youre going to get from either team. The matchup will be considered a bye a away game for both teams. Speaking of london the sixers are already out there. Today they had 3 00 oclock game against the celtics and if you look at social media you can tell the guys are having fun but that didnt exactly translate on the court. Its a 9 00 p. M. Game out there. Playing at the o2 arena the sixers started the game on fire. Joel embiid right here saying get it outta here. That the started a fast break. They make it up the court. Pass it to jj reddick you know what he does. He nails the three ball. They had 22point lead at one point in this game they just blew it in the second half. Right here physicals own Marcus Morris nailing the three. He had 19 off the bench. Sixers go on to lose 114103. Its been tough. I need eagles to keep winning because sixers are just app pointing all of us right now. You were very excited not very long ago. I was. And then i just its it wept away. We are not terribly excited about the weather coming in. But we can enjoy what we have got right now. We can. Tomorrow 67. Wind and rain but at least its warm and then dramatically colder sunday, sorry, sean cold for the game and it just stays cold with a chance of know next week. All righty. That does it for us here at 6 00. 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