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WTXF Fox 29 News At 10 February 18, 2016

Dating website or app on his phone. And they had a range totter meet. Reporter there have been two incidents both on february 10th in the Early Morning hours. The first Victim Told Police he agreed to meet the suspect near the Dunkin Donuts on route 73 at 12 30 in the morning. The suspect got into the victims car and suggested they go to a friends house. Not far away on lenola road a dead end street with a house at the glenn he asked the victim if he can borrow his phone and call his friend so they can get in. Once did he n they walked up to the house and the suspect took the phone and ran into the business areas. Reporter two hours later, police got a similar call from another victim. He gives the same dating site info meet up location and description of the suspect. The difference when the suspects asked the victim for his phone, he got a little suspicious and he wouldnt give the phone up, and the suspect just ran off again. Reporter police got these surveillance pictures from a business in the area. They believe its the suspect and say hes wearing extremely similar clothing shown in the profile picture he uses on the dating sight. Weve blurred his face because police havent made a positive identification yet. We dont know if that is in fact our suspect. He may just ab witness who was in the area could give us an idea of what he saw but we certainly is somebody we would like to talk to. Reporter suspect could be charged with theft a itemed theft and luring somebody to an area to commit a crime. Mt. Laurel police have checked around and havent heard of similar reports from surrounding departments. Thank you very much, shawnette on your radar the chill before the warmup. Live look at old city tonight. Were back down into the 30s across the area right now. Kathy, we could soon be near 60 . Thats true. Youve been peeking lucy. Yes. I have. Its going to get quite warm around the region but not just yet. Look at this. We have some snow showers moving through a few earlier this evening in places like southern chester county, northern parts of new castle county. London grove, pike creek even newark, delaware, see seeing few snow showers with a front that is moving through the region. Its going to usher in some colder air overnight. The poconos 37. 33 in reading and skies will be mainly clear during the overnight. Little bit of a wind chill in the teens and the poconos. Elsewhere in the 20s. Not a lot of wind but some cold temperatures. So overnight temperatures will be below freezing lows in the 20s to night. We will see the return of sunshine tomorrow but it will stay cold. It will be the coldest day of the next four or five days and then breezy conditions will be kicking in. So you have a cool day for your thursday with winds. It will feel like its only in the 20s. But then we look ahead to a major warm up with a 20degree swing in temperature before we talk about our next storm. All of that coming up a little bit later in the broadcast with the seven day. See you then. Talk to you then kathy. Moving live to south philly to night remember you can take the Weather Authority with you with our fox 29 weather app. Youll get live radar and alerts sent right to your phone just search for it in the apple and google play stores. Philadelphia Police Detective is suspended tonight and facing charges accused of assaulting a man he was escorting out of a police station. Police commissioner richard ross has suspended 43yearold Detective Adam oy dom with the intent to dismiss him. Prosecutors say last february, odonnell kick thee roar life while i was walking him out of the special victims unit. Authorities say odom then put him in an unmarked car and dropped him along the side of the road. Prosecutors say life fractured his femur and that he still walks with a lip and. Odonnell face numerous charges including aggravated assault. New Surveillance Video shows the two men police say barge flood a home in south philadelphia investigators say the pair in this video posed as utility workers sunday morning to force their way into that home on mole street. A woman inside at the time says she tried to fight back. She was home with her mom who is battling pancreatic cancer. The two ransacked upstairs bedroom but did not get away with anything. Developing to night, troubling new details in a shooting that hurt a local police officer. Police say a man opened fire last night hitting the allentown officer in the arm. That officer is okay tonight. Police say all of this is connected to a womans murder that happened just feet from where the officer was shot. Fox 29s karen hepp explains. Reporter bullet holes shattered windows an quiet allentown Housing Community for seniors on the disabled. Last night, a detective was shot as the Emergency Response team tried to serve a warrant on man wanted in connection with the murder of a woman who was found nearby on valentines day stuffed into a recycling container. I was really scared because i have my grandson with us and i never went through an experience like before. Reporter the suspect barricaded himself signed for more than three hours until finally police storm the apartment. I looked out the window and i talk to the cop. Whats going on . The cop said get out of there so we opened the window. We opened the window and we jumped out and then we ran. Ran. Reporter right now the suspect is in Critical Condition and neighbors are wonder bowing the couple they thought they knew. I seen the guy walking down my street, and i never seen him walking alone without her and he never used to say anything to me. Hi or anything. And yesterday he said hi, how is it going. I said all right. He said to me, god bless. I said yeah, god bless you, too, i said. And then later on like five hours later my son is knocking on my bedroom door. Dad, the continues are out here and the cops were lined up. The manager of the walgreens confirms the victim worked here. The injured officer has already been released from the hospital. Police are notary loosing his name or the name of either the victim or the suspect. From allentown, im karen hepp, fox 29 news. A mystery in hamilton township, new jersey tonight. Skyfox over home on fox hollow and deerfield drives this afternoon. Thats where hazmat crews, police and firefighters responded after getting a call about a possible gas leak. They found a man dead inside the home. Right now authorities do not think his death is suspicious. They have not released his name and we do not yet know what happened but Authorities Say that area is safe. A new legal fight for bill cosby. Hes filed suit against his accusor in the criminal sex assault case. The suit names andrea con stand her attorney her mother and the publish cher of the national inquirer. The defendants were all subject to confidentiality clauses that covered the settlement a lawsuit that constand filed against cosby and the tabloid in 2005. Prosecutors used depositions from that civil case to mount the current criminal sex assault case against him. Preliminary hearing in the criminal case is set for marc march 8th. The owner of a Montgomery County towing company is facing charges after prosecutors say he was involved in huge heroin trafficking operation. After a ninemonth investigation Authorities Say they found 3 kilograms of heroin on 44yearold david, of east norriton. Officers making that discovery last month during a traffic stop at the toll plaza in king of prussia. Authorities say he hid the drugs inside his car battery. Investigators say he often traveled to atlanta to pick up the drugs and would drive back north to sell them in new york. We severed an artery in a significant heroin trafficking organization. Ultimately stopping the flow of this deadly drug into and through our area. Authorities say the street value of this drugs found during the traffic stop nearly 1 million. A judge set bail at 9 million. In new jersey, joint base Mcguire Dix Lakehurst wants residents living nearby to know about life artillery training. You could hear loud noises even feel the ground shake. That training begins tomorrow near route 70 and lasts through sunday. Packed Liacouras Center all to see the temple owls take on number one ranked villanova. Fox 29 Chris Oconnell a temple alum among the thousands watching that game. Chris, the owls couldnt pull off a win, though. Reporter no. Big five basketball it is all about the atmosphere. Yeah, villanova wildcats came to north philly absolutely handled the temple owls. In game that had the eyes of the city every the eyes of the College Basketball world watc watching. Reporter the crowd as raucous as expected. The Number One Team in the country making the 18mile trip from the mainline to Enemy Territory on north broad. Temple students lining up for hours to get into the Liacouras Center for the Biggest College game this city has seen in yea years. Its more than just the game. Its upsetting number one. So thats why were here. Reporter but this rivalry goes way beyond basketball. For some its a family affair. My brother and his girlfriend went to temple and my dad went to villanova so im more villanova fan temple. Reporter you might have a fight tonight. Might be. Reporter the game is so big even super bowl champion showed up former temple owl and Denver Broncos kicker brandon mcmanus. Theyve had great rivalry for awhile now. Just villanova being number one adds a little extra, you know, emphasis for for them here tonight. In the end it was all villanova showing the owls why they are number one. Moments after the win, nova coach jay wright. How big was that . That was a good win. Very good temple team. Great atmosphere. Thats a good win for us. Reporter for fans on both sides the rivalry, the fans, the atmosphere is what all makes big five basketball. Big, you know, two philly teams going at it. Two good opponents a lot of fun. Nil viva temple. Atmosphere amazing big five matchup. I would argue theres Nothing Better in the nation in College Basketball than big five, baby. Reporter with the win tonight, villanova improved to 4743 in the Temple Villanova series and one more evidence it was such a big game tonight attendance at the Liacouras Center broke a record. More than 10,400 to see this game tonight. It was an awesome one, dawn. Sounds that way. Thanks, chris. Caught on camera, swiping a box of a little girls birthday gifts and then he returns them. What he left with those presents that stun the family. Homeowners wake up to big and nasty surprise. Black oily balls of goo all over their neighborhood flatter splattered on their homes, on cars and driveways. The mystery behind the mess. Plus a real life Doogie Houser but this teen was just pretending. What he did to an inter cover deputy before he was arrested. Mother struggle told one of the twins shes carrying will not survive. Its comforting to know that if he does pass he wont be alone. Given hope by this image. The brother and sister look like theyre Holding Hands inside the womb. Would you know thou react in an emergency . Dozens gathered in north philadelphia tonight to make sure they do. Doctors and nurses at Temple University hospital teaching what to do before the First Responders arrive and our Dave Schratwieser took part in life at Temple University. Dave, these are definitely lessons that really can save a life. Reporter absolutely, dawn. You know, shootings and murders were up in philadelphia last year. So theres no disputing a program like this is badly nee needed. Hey reporter it wasnt a real shooting scene just a reenactment as doctors and nurses from Temple University hospital set out to show the community how to help save a life after a shooting. The goal of this training is to put the power to save one another in the happened of the folks that live in the communities with the height yesterday rate of gun injury. This is everybody should take minute out to learn. Reporter twohour hands on course is part of temples fighting Chance Program designed to help high violence neighborhoods react to a shooting scenario. Doctors and nurses spent the night training residents on what they can do to hem before First Responders arrive. Teach things how to stop bleeding that you can stop by using pressure points. Um, and bandaging. Prior most importantly how to move someone from a to b if hes hurt. Brothers gabriel and Michael Ramos took the training hoping they, too k save a life one day. If people, just regular people from the Community Know to help they can probably give more People Better chances of surviving they can be with their familiar and kids. It feels really good to see someone in need for me to able to help them. The mass shooting in San Bernardino is fresh on the minds of those involved here so are the every day shootings that occur in philadelphia. Norman wootten has seen people shot twice in his neighborhood. If i had this training back then it would have been two lives that would have been saved. Reporter ted took the class a refresher course. Fighting Chance Program may soon branch out to other neighborhoods in philadelphia. If i can help somebody survive, safe someones live, yes, definitely something i would like to do. Reporter now, 50 to 60 people showed up for the training tonight including men, women and children, even some grandparents. Lucy . All right, thank you so much dave. Teachers are joining together with school staff, parents and the community to rally for a local schools future. They gathered outside Wister Elementary School in philadelphias germantown neighborhood today. They want to make it a Community School instead of giving it away to Charter School operator. This was part of a national day of action that called for an end to state takeovers, privatization and budget cutbacks. We are tired of our schools being under resourced a and accountability system thats been deviced that is being used to shut down the schools after theyve been under resourced and they say that the children are not doing well. Two other philadelphia Elementary Schools cook and huey could also become Charter Schools. Developing to night, a fight that could have huge legal consequences. Apple ceo says his company will fight a federal magistrates order. They want apple to hack its users in connection with the San Bernardino shootings. Fox 29s jeff cole complains apple says this could put your security at risk. Reporter apple is going up against the federal government in a case that could have big legal and privacy implications. Apples ceo took cook says hell fight a court order requiring his cohead help the fbi recover data from an iphone used by one of the San Bernardino terroris terrorists. The order requires apple to help the fbi disable the security feature which erases data from the iphone after too many attempts to unlock it. With the feature disabled, the feds can try as many times as they need to unlock the phone, but cook says hes fighting the order over privacy concerns arguing it has implications far beyond the legal case at hand. Volunteer if apple wants to, yes. Having the government, having big brother tell you, you must help us, thats what we have a constitution. Reporter cell phone locks have become an obstacle for criminal investigators recently and some Law Enforcement officials are hoping this ruling will it make easier to obtain court orders to bypass the locks. I had numerous homicide investigations that i could not get in to the physical phone. Reporter it will be a tough sell. With some arguing privacy features paid for by customers should never be altered. I even wont let my friends get into it. Why would i let the police . Before maybe the police are looking into more than what they say theyre trying find. That was jeff cole reporting. Jeff tells us investigators tell fox the iphone is essential to this case and possible terror connections overseas. Apple now has five Business Days to formally respond that that ruling. Bring link brothers circus says its first goodbyes to one of its acts tonight. It is the first of the final performances for its elephants very controversial for a lot of people. Big crowd of spectators to night at the Wells Fargo Center in south philadelphia. The elephants will move to a permanent home at the Ringling Brothers Center for Elephant Conservation in florida once they complete their final show where they can actually just be elephants. The circle circus is in town through sun glare local womans porch falling apart. She scrapes up the money to get fixed she said the guy she hired took her cash and then took off. Hes out there to know the god is going to get you, okay. Dont think you got away with this because you didnt. Why this woman says that heartless move could now cost her her entire home. Deputy nearly run over by this car during a chase. Just barely able to move out of the way. But the real shocker here who is behind the wheel of

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