Weaving through rittenhouse park. The man was yelling a cab pulled up and he went up to the door opened the door, dragged a woman out by the hair. Reporter alyssa wolfing ton saw the moment the suspect stole the car. He ripped off all his clothing. The cab driver had gotten out of the car so this man jumped in through the passenger door and then stole the cab and drove away. Reporter residents and passersby quickly pulled out their phones to film the driver who had crashed in front of the barnes and noble. It was crazy. I mean thank god it wasnt 5 30 and people werent picking up their kids from school and walking through the square coming home from work. Somebody would have been killed. It was insane and scary and just awful. Reporter and yes, back out here live this could have been so much worse especially since it started at the beginning of evening rush but fortunately there are no injuries. Reporting live in rittenhouse Christie Ileto channel6 action news. Jim. Christie thank you.
We knew today was going to be cloudier and a little more damp. It is. As you take a look at storm tracker6 live double scan weve had decent showers pushing through reading, the legal getting that now. The farther north you go theres a little bit of blue and we have that concern up north of some possible freezing rain. Theres also another cluster of showers down south. In the middle in philadelphia nothing right now although were expecting more rain to move in and cover more of the region probable around midday. As we take a look the freezing rain advisory still up until 10 oclock, its mainly Northampton County and points north into the poconos. Just be careful up there if you do see rain in these areas, it might be freezing up on the roads in some spots. As we take a look wide there is additional rain out by pittsburgh. This is going to come in later in the morning between about 10 oclock and 1 oclock theres a pretty good chance of you see seeing rain. 43 degrees in philadelphia, coole
Taxi and tooled around through philadelphias Rittenhouse Square. And we continue to follow the latest train troubles for septa as commuters attempt to tackle the new problems along the market frankford el. Could be busier today than yesterday. Indeed it could. Karen rogers will have an update but well start with dave murphy taking a look at hack. We good morning. As expected, tam, we have those showers in place. That a your not everywhere just yet. One batch is now departing reading and getting ready to push away from allentown. Notice how we have some blue mixing in here and especially in Northampton County and points north. There is the chance of some freezing rain this morning particularly the farther north you move through Northampton County but we could even see that down around easton, so be careful of that and then the other shower batch is down south and that ones also clearing the coast. Dry for now in the i95 corridor. But we are going to see an increase in rain later this mo
Rested him last month on more than 50 child sex abuse charges. Six accusers have come forward , monk them these two women. Today they are identified as only by their initials. I was being taken advantage of by a grown adult child molester. Reporter this is jn, she said William Thomas or willie as known to the children around the Midway Village trailer park in falls township first sexually assaulted her when she was seven. In her words willie wore mask of a trusted confident, and the Mobile Home Park handy man who never raised suspicions with her parents. A man who prayed upon young , innocent helpless children, and doing things to us that we had no idea were wrong at the time. Reporter as we first told you last month court papers filed in the case show a wealth of evidence against thomas, including, a bedroom shrine he allegedly kept of child pornography and children s clothing. Workers with the network of victims assistance, point out the calling card of a pedophile is well establishe
Rested him last month on more than 50 child sex abuse charges. Six accusers have come forward , monk them these two women. Today they are identified as only by their initials. I was being taken advantage of by a grown adult child molester. Reporter this is jn, she said William Thomas or willie as known to the children around the Midway Village trailer park in falls township first sexually assaulted her when she was seven. In her words willie wore mask of a trusted confident, and the Mobile Home Park handy man who never raised suspicions with her parents. A man who prayed upon young , innocent helpless children, and doing things to us that we had no idea were wrong at the time. Reporter as we first told you last month court papers filed in the case show a wealth of evidence against thomas, including, a bedroom shrine he allegedly kept of child pornography and children s clothing. Workers with the network of victims assistance, point out the calling card of a pedophile is well establishe