Along the road here, police tell me, this could have ended in a real tragedy. It sits directly be 19 the 12th Police District and engine 40 headquarters at 65th and woodland. A little known underground city garage used by police, firefighters and city employees. Sometime early wednesday morning, it was the target of an arsonist. It was alarming because this person could have caused significant tragedy here. Reporter investigators tell fox 29 a flammable liquid was poured on four city vehicles, three cars belonging to firefighters and two belonging to officers at the the 12th. Then someone tried to ignite them. Could have harmed a number of individuals, both in that station as well as potentially on that block rt report sources also say detectives in the citys Arson Task Force discovered that gas tanks on the vehicles had been tampered with and at least one rag doused in Flammable Liquids was ignited and found at the scene. Youve got an attempt to ignite it as theyre departing from that
Honda accord. Well let chief inspector scott small pick up the story from there. According to the father, he witnessed the vehicle being stolen. He was able to run out, litera literally bank on the hood of his vehicle yelling at the thief that my son is in the back seat. But according to the father the thief diss are ad that information and drove off at a high rate of speed. Reporter well, fortunately that car thief apparently thought better of things about a mile up the road here at the fire station just behind the fire station at the boulevard and home dropped off threeyearold aaron, jr. , in the car seat that you may be able to see there between the legs of the Police Officers who are investigating this case right now. Again, the little boy dropped off safe and sound. The thief is still on the loose at this hour. Hes described as white male in his 20s maybe as old as 30 in red pants an dark shirt. Again, the vehicle itself everybody has seen the description by now a 2013 dark green
Right now at 10 00 i am so upset because i had said no. She said no but her driveway is ripped up any way. Tonight a warning. A stolen car with a small child still in the back seat. First the reunion, then the arrest. Now fox 29 news at 10 00. It has been nightmare day for local dad. He dashed into local store, came back out and his car was speeding away. His little boy in the back seat. Thanks for joining us im lucy noland. Great to have you with us. Im thomas drayton. Iain is off tonight. Heart pounding moments. That child is safe and cops have the man behind it. Bruce gordon has been following this story since it broken this afternoon hes joining us live at special victims tonight. Bruce . Reporter thomas, youd be surprised how often this kind of thing happens. Mom or dad is out running errands with junior in the back seat. Stops off for a quick stop, well leave the kid in the back seat. Keep the Engine Running so the airconditioning is on. Ill only be a couple of minutes. What coul
Lets turn to david and karen. Good morning. And i live in new jersey. One of those spots where we really have dense fog. Delaware county was another one. We have a dense fog advisory across virtually the entire region up until about 8 oclock this morning. Some of you might linger a little beyond that. Visibility has been below a quarter mile just about everywhere at least in spots so do be careful out there on your way in this morning. As we take a look at satellite, most of our cloud cover beginning to dig out above the surface. Once we burn thing to off we should wind up with a decent amount of sunshine. 71 degrees in philadelphia, 67 degrees in allentown and 73 in cape may. As you look at these numbers its also still a bit humid out there this morning. As we take a look at where numbers are going today, 85 degrees by noon. By 3 oclock 88 and then by 5 oclock 87. We should see a fair amount of sunshine coming back. Some of the models are suggesting maybe a little cloudy up until the
Return of a decent amount of sunshine as we move through the morning and afternoon. 71 degrees in philadelphia right now, 68 in allentown, 69 in trenton, 67 in wilmington, 72 in cape may. Were starting out rather muggy across the region but we expect those humidity levels to drop at least away from the shore. Down farther south it might still be rather sticky later today. Heres where the numbers are going. 85 degrees by noon. By 3 oclock, 88. Sun perhaps mixing with a few clouds but pretty bright overall. 87 degrees by 5 oclock and by 7 oclock, 86 degrees. One other big issue and this goes for those of you down the shore either in new jersey or delaware, doesnt matter its covered everywhere. Rip current risk today and this is one of those rare high risks days where its dangerous surf for all swimmers. I would recommend that you definitely go and check with your lifeguard and follow their advice before you try and get into the water down the shore today. Its all because of that hurrican