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WTXF Fox 29 News At 10 March 22, 2017

District attorney Seth Williams is in indicted. Good evening, im iain page. Im dawn timmeney lucy is off. The distric District Attorney ig long list of charges, including fraud, bribery and corruption. Fox 29s has Team Coverage following these bombshell charges. Chris oconnell has been combing the 50 page indictment. We start tonight with Dave Schratwieser whose life outside fbi headquarters in center city. Dave. Reporter iain, Seth Williams new attorney tells me tonight he will vigorously defend himself against these charges, and that he vehemently denied ever doing anything to impact a criminal case in his office. Having said that, he will be here in federal Court Tomorrow afternoon to face federal corruption charges. From dinners and cocktails at the press teaches union league to a good cigar from holts on walnut street, Seth Williams had a taste for the finer things in life. But tuesday, he went from high profile prosecutor to accused criminal. He engaged in zero receivers corrupt transactions in which sought and accepted bribes in the form of money, expensive vacations, Airline Tickets, a jaguar xk8 convertible. Reporter federal prosecutors accuse williams in one case of taking over 20,000 in gifts from a Business Owner in exchange for help with security screenng at the airport. And for help for a friend with a criminal case. The corrupt stream of payments came in the form of 2000 sand dollars in cash, a 7,000 check which mr. Williams deposit flood his personal account. And all inclusive vacatin to pun apunta cana. Williams asking for a second trip in punta cana. I amirly a thankful beggar and dont want to over step my bounds in asking but will gladly call. He took Airline Tickets an car for return in friend edge gave him badge from the das office. Mr. Williams op pointed Business Owner number two as special adviser to the District Attorneys office and gave him a official badge. Williams stands charged with defrauding a local nursing home and a relative who was being cared for there. Mr. Williams simply took money that did not belong to h him. Williams has been tight lipped about the probe since his spending came under the microscope. He will appear in federal court on wednesday to face the charg charges. Its distressing to imagine a Public Servant tasked with enforcing the law who could put quid pro quo in front of the law. The indictment includes incriminatincriminating tax mesm williams. He face five to 1020 years in jail. Federal officials careful to point out tonight this impacts only williams and not the District Attorneys office. It is unclear tonight if williams plans to resign. Iain . All right, dave, thank you. Boy, details are just jawdropping and they date back to his first month in office. Chris oconnell has been pouring over the indictment. Reporter iain you heard in davess peace prosecutors say the da put his perm needs before justice for all. This is the indictment and it reads more like an episode of the lifestyles of the rich and famous. Federal prosecutors say da Seth Williams was giving away favors like candy and getting lots in return. Mr. Williams was willing to compromise his position of public trust in exchange for private financial gain. Reporter 50 page indictment outlines in one case how williams tried to help a Business Owner get a lighter prison sentence for a friend. According to prosecutors williams got a laundry list of bribes from 2010 to 2015 including a 200 Louie Vuitton tie. A 300 ipad. A 6,000 dollars trip to punta cana with a private beach and butler. Da got 3,200 custom sofa along with a watch and 9,000 in cash and checks. The indictment also outlines how williams accepted trips from a another businessman to florida, san diego and las vegas. Along with a 1997 jaguar convertible valued at more than four grand. In exchange for favors prosecutors say williams went back even asking for more in one text message saying quote i dont want to be greedy but maybe we can all go to your place in san diego before you sell it. Maybe august before they start school. Now in addition to criminal charges, williams also fac faces forfeiture that could force him to pay 100,000. More on this story when the District Attorney is expected to turn himself in. Iain. Chris, thanks. We went to the das office. He was not there but we got this statement instead. The da is not in the office today because hes spending time with his family. I ask that you respect his privacy and the privacy of the men and women of the office. So all of us can continue to do our jobs without the distraction of additional media attention. The Philadelphia Bar association is now asking Seth Williams to resign. Philadelphia mayor jim kenney also released a statement reading in part it is deeply shameful that the citys chief Law Enforcement officer has been implicated in such a flagrant violation of the law. At a time when our Citizens Trust in government is at all alltime low, it is dishearte disheartening to see yet another elected official give the public a reason not to trust us. The Electronics Ban on some International Flights just got bigger. Britain is now joining the us in banning certain carry on electronics on planes coming from certain muslim majority countries and tonight weve got a better explanation for the crash crack down. Reuter Social Security reporting that officials are responding to a threat. The move comes from reports that militant groups are trying to smuggle explosives in those devices. But intelligence officials are not giving any more specifics. Tonight a heart broken family is begging for answers after someone gunned down a 23yearold man in olney. Richard lewis, jr. Died at fourth and rows land early this morning shot several times. A memorial now marks the spot. Its just a few blocks from where he lived. His father richard lewis, sr. , tells fox 29 he was about to go to school. He says he cease murders covered all too often on the news but never thought it would hit home. Another young man, which is my son, lost his life for i dont know what and why. I just wish, you know, we would learn how to, um, remedy situations without killing one another. While Police Continue to search for the killer, the family is preparing for vigil at the murder scene tomorrow night. Police identified young teen who succumb to injuries from a shooting earlier this month. Investigators tell us 13yearold today zero davis pa they are died sunday after he was shot in his head in hunting park on friday march 10th. Medics rushed him to Temple University hospital but did he not make it. Police are still looking for the shooter. A Montgomery County man is accused of storing hundreds of child porn images and videos in computer. Andrew liebman of willow grove facing multiple felonies for disseminating child pornography of children. During an undercover internet operation last fall a detective uncovered a computer anonymously sharing files. Investigators say on that computer were those hundreds of disturbing sexual images of children. Police say the computer was traced to liebmans home. Police are trying to figure out why a septa driver was punched in the face it happened at the 69th street station in upper darby early this morning. Passenger was arrested. Only on fox, a local homeowners desperate situation. You want out . Yes, of course. Yes. Yes. Yes. But this chester mom says shes stuck as violence erupts outside her home. Bullets even bursting through her windows and tonight she describes what its like to live through what feels like a hopeless situation. She spoke with bruce gordon about the heartbreaking brutality and being stuck in this nightmare. Reporter the for sale sign Ayesha Peterson front window sits a few feet away from the latest bullet hole to shatter her blinds. Shes what you might call a motivated seller. You want out . Yes, of course. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Reporter back in 2010 peterson was among several dozen firsttime home buyers who colted caught a sales pitch at the new Wellington Heights development knew soccer fade stadium nearby and casino bringing tax revenue better times were promised for this embattled city. See sell ya and andrea bought the same sales pitch then noticed the sounds of gunfire over time it got closer, more frequent, now i have bars on my windows. Something that we never thought was going to happen. Reporter didnt thin it would be necessary. Im angry. Heres some right here. Reporter she will casings litter petersons lawn. As for the blinds this was sunday. Sunday. Yes. One of several shots fired into the house that day. When i heard the pop i went like this. Like and at this point im wanting to start to crawl up the steps you know, im screaming for my daughter get down so i can get to her because i heard a pop. Reporter bullet lodged in the wall after grazing her shoulder. As for nineyearold amari my daughter dont want to come here. My daughter at school worrying about her mom. Reporter part of peterso petersons wants to sell her home and but all the violence behind her. She cannot feel good about pu putting someone nel her predicament. What would you do if you was in my situation . Im stuck. Im stuck. Reporter chester officials are vowing to beef up Police Department staffing but it cant happen fast enough for the women we talked to. All three say they bought their homes with their hard earned money, moved here from neighboring communities knowing of chester fosses violent reputation but believing in their hearts things would get better. 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More than a car, its a subaru. Parents in one local School District are extremely upset. They found about a change in locker room policy that has one family suing. They claim their son found them changing in a student born a female who identifies a as a boy. Shawnette, parents tell you tonight that they didnt know anything about the policy until they found out about the lawsu lawsuit. Reporter yeah, dawn. So one parent we talk to off camera says it isnt as much about the change in policy but its the fact that they say the School District allegedly didnt notify parents about it. Meanwhile others we talked to agree with the family that filed the lawsuit saying this is violation of privacy. I think we should be made aware of these things. I mean, i would have wante wanto know that they were planning on doing this. Reporter a change in the locker room policy at Boyertown High School has laurie upset. Her son is a student there. She says School Officials didnt notify her or her son a student born female who identifies as a boy is now allowed to use the boys locker room. Im not thrilled with it. Girl should be in a girls locker room. Boys should be in the boys locker room. Reporter many parents found it about it today after 11th grade boy and his family filed a lawsuit against the boyertown School District. A lawyer for the 17yearold says he was changing in the boy locker room when he noticed the other student up dressed there, too. The girl is identifying as a boy but shes still biologically female. Reporter kelly is Legal Counsel representing the family on behalf of Alliance Defending freedom. She says the school is violating students right to privacy. Its common sense that boys and girls shouldnt be forced to shower or take their clothes off in front of a member of the opposite sex in intimate facility. Reporter the boy and his family have met with School Officials about respecting students privacy but says theyve gotten nowhere. Instead they told our client that he needed to tolerate the situation and act as natural as possible when a girl entered and took her clothes off in his locker room with boys everywhe everywhere. Were asking the court to upheld federal and state law is very clear that every child has right to privacy and School Officials have a duty to respect that right to privacy. Matt 11th greater at the school will likely go along it the change but he doesnt like it. I wouldnt really feel the most comfortable changing next to a girl and i dont think i can almost guarantee a girl would not feel comfortable changing next guy if this was a guy going in girls locker room. I feel like it would be huge deal. Reporter and some parents here also concerned about whether bathrooms here in the district will be next. Since that has been a controversial issue across the country meanwhile we contacted the Superintendents Office earlier today for statement we are still waiting to hear back from them. Iain . All right. Thanks, shawnette. Thieves burst through the wall of a local Jewelry Store and hit the jackpot. This new Surveillance Video shows the burglary at the kim tahn jewelers in lawn crest. We told you about it last night. Police say the guys initially broke in through the roof of a business next door to get inside. They got away with valuables worth a million dollars. Getting around parts of center city could be a real pain in the neck tomorrow. And you can blame the Ellen Degeneres show. The show will tape a segment downtown impact areas mainly around the 1600 block of walnut street. The city will close the area from broad to 17th from 1 00 p. M. To 8 00 p. M. So youll want to fine another way to get around the city during that time. The city of wilmington is set to refund 800,000 in fines to drivers. Its all part of its right turn on red Camera Program thats now suspended. The citations were issued from july of last year through this past january. The city says its already identified all vehicles that were cited during that time and those drivers will be notified by mail. Philadelphia putting a stop to special parking spots for electric vehicles. The program in place for ten years now allows electric Vehicle Owners special curb side parking places but a bill moving through city council puts temporary stop to new ev Parking Spaces and what only enforce the current spots from 6 00 a. M. To sick p. M. The bill moved that was a Committee Hearing today and is up for final approval next week. Skyfox over a shooting in the citys logan second. Police say someone shot a 19yearold man twice this was on the 1300 block of olney avenue. He was hit in the stomach and back around five toll tonight. Police took the pick chip to the hospital where hes in critical condition. We do know police have made an arrest. A rape case involving teens at a Maryland High School has been drawn into the immigration debate. Police say a 14yearold girl was raped by two immigrant students in school bathroom. Now immigration and Customs Enforcement Officials Say one of the suspects entered the country illegally. 18yearold sanchez from guatemala and 17yearold montana of h el salvador are charged. The rape reports comes after a Rockville City Council woman introduced legislation to make the city a sanctuary city. The School District superintendent says its unfair to make the students immigration status the focus of the case. White house says cases like this are why President Trump is pus pushing for strictor immigration policies. Our primary focus is on teaching and learning but the most important thing we have to do first is keep students safe. And in this horrible situation this young woman was not safe. And for that i am deeply grieved. Part of the reason that the immigration and crack down such a big deal is because of tragedies like this. Pta meeting was held tonight to address parents concerns. It was not open to the meter ya. Breaking news in burlington county, n. Skyfox over the scene of a shooting this is pemberton it happened at kingly road and bush street right now all we know is that one person is shot. You can see a very active scene still going on. There are evidence markers laid out there.

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