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WTXF FOX 29 News At 5PM April 14, 2015

Whats unique about the vehicle all chrome front so picture all chrome front and got 1 inch of chrome going from the front to the back which means some some kind of custom made vehicle. The front lacks indentation for license plate and mayor Michael Nutter has announced a 20,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the driver. Police say all she had to do was stop. And we have witnesses a black female left and went north on 57th street. Now, of course we want the person operating that vehicle to turn themselves in and do the right thing. I hope they catch her put her in jail. Im sure this lady has children of her own. Reporter while Police Investigate neighbors show grief with a small memorial set with stuffed animals. Heartbreak is still so raw. I would never, you know, even imagine seeing my child out there like that. Its really horrible. Police say they do not have any physical evidence from the vehicle involved in this crash. They say sometimes parts of a car will fall off during a collision but that did not happen in this case. Thats why they really need your help in identifying that vehicle. Investigators tell us at minimum the driver could face a year behind bars for leaving the scene of an accident. Dawn . All right, dave, thank you. Another hitandrun last night leaving a twoyearold boy and his 19yearold mother in critical condition. This happening last night on the 2700 block of mascher street in the citys fair hill section. Police say the mother and son were hit and left just lying in the street. They say luckily several witnesses called police to report the incident investigators say the two are quote still fighting in the hospital. The little twoyearold had head injuries and chest injuries. And the mom had some fractures. Police say theyre looking for a newer model white acura or infinity. We are following breaking news for you right now. Take a live look at protesters marching on the Brooklyn Bridge in new york city. The group is protesting police brutality. The group is known as stop mass incarceration. You can see traffic backed up on the bridge right now as police are working to try and get the situation under control. Well stay on top of this for you. What a difference a day makes in your fox 29 Weather Authority. Yesterday things they couldnt have been much better, sunny dry. Todays dreary weather leaving a lot to be desired. Chief meteorologist Scott Williams knows when well get a break from the rain and for how long scott. We still have several more hours of the rainfall iain especially south jersey and delaware. Still a few sprinkles as we move toward Chester County as well as lancaster county. But the heaviest rain this afternoon definitely has been for cape may county, kent as well as Sussex County. Where you city orange, where you see the yellow thats some pretty moderate to even heavy rain at times especially as we move around georgetown moving toward lewes dewey beach Rehoboth Beach and this continues to move toward cape may as well as avalon. But the front it continues to push to the south. So well gradually see those clouds start to decrease. As we go hour by hour, by 8 00 were still looking at showers in extreme south jersey as well as delaware by 10 00 oclock most of the rainfall will be out of here i now temperatures are in the low 60s. Well talk about the return of sun as well as high temperatures approaching 70s again with that seven day coming up. Back to you. Sounds a lot better. Thank you scott. The philadelphia woman accused of of dumping her quadriplegic son in the woods now facing attempted murder charge. Nyah parlors 21yearold son was found friday next to his wheelchair in cobbs creek park. Police say that parlor left her son there for days in the cold and rain with no food or water. While she hospital add bus to visit her boyfriend in maryland. Police say they do not expect to arrest her until shes cleared for release from a maryland hospital. Fbi needs your help identifying a man who they believe has critical information relateing to a child sex abuse investigation. Take a look. The fbi thinks this man may know the identity of a victim in on going Sexual Exploitation probe. They say these pictures are from 2,008 but they want to you take a close look. Investigators say they dont know what state the man is living in. They say he has a tan complexion and between 30 and 45 years old. If you recognize him youre asked to please contact local authorities. Police are looking for the man who pulled a gun on a philadelphia taxi driver. The shooting happened april april 1st near fifth street and lancaster avenue in overbrook. Police say after getting a ride the passenger got out of the cab, then walked away without paying. When the driver asked for money the guy pulled out a handgun the driver says as he drove away he heard a single gunshot that missed him and the taxi n Camden Police are looking for a missing 14yearold. Police say david moore last seen at his home on the 1300 block of princess avenue. They say he was wearing tan pants an black bubble jacket. Police say he is known to frequent the area of sixth and berkeley streets. Fox 29 working to get results and help fix a big problem on West Philadelphia street. What started out as a minor pothole quickly turning into this. And take a look. This growing menace leaving children cars and everybody else in danger. We sent fox 29s bruce gordon to West Philadelphia to see what could be done. Bruce, what can you tell us . Well i can tell you the folks in this neighborhood are pretty fired up over the dangerous mess behind me at this intersection. Its bad and its getting worse all day long motorists pulling over left and right to bend our ear about the situation. Now fox 29 is involved and weve got good news to report Real Progress towards fixing this eye sore. No its not the grand canyon but its a pretty good approximation every growing sing hole at 55th and media that just like the real canyon has visitors talking. I think its horrible. Its an accident waiting to happen. Reporter what began several weeks ago as a small depression in the street has now collapsed into a nearly hundred square foot crater several neighbors said they reach tout city hall with little action. This is hell, man. It started off like this here. I walk the dog here every day. Start off a little small thing big bigger, bigger. Brian was doing renovation work near this intersection monday night when the sink hole nearly swallowed a womans car. Drove right into the hole, and didnt even see it old lady. Reporter you heard the noise . I heard the noise. Thump like real loud. Reporter i snapped photos of the mess and sent them off to the citys Streets Department and water d it turns out its a Water Department project. A broken storm sewer inlet that must have flooded out and washed away the soil beneath the concrete and as malt to make up the street. It can happen but remember, this has been going on for three weeks. Its probably like this because of the neighborhood. Because of where we are. Meaning the city doesnt care . Yes. Basically, yes. Reporter within two hours of my phone calls a small army of Water Department workers descend on the scene. First, a backhoe broke up a huge asphalt slap that sat above feet grade. Then workers laid nearly a dozen two by tens across the hole with extra barricades surrounding the area. Now its safe till the actual repair work can begin. Neighbors reaction fox 29, i know its going to get done. Reporter not done just yet. The Water Department tells us they will have crews out here on thursday to complete the repairs on that storm water inlet. The intersection will be tied up while theyre working but once theyre through these folks get their street back. Dawn. Good job bruce. Do you need help getting results . Go to our website fox. Fox. Com and scroll down to the getting results section right there on our home page. The coast guard coming to the rescue of a large cargo ship that got stuck in the mud. This freighter ran aground overnight near the taconypalmyra bridge. A coast guard tugboat helped pull the ship free during high tide this morning. No one was hurt. Three portable generator trucks arriving at the sight of Atlantic City former revel casino which has been in the dark since thursday. Florida developer glenn straub says two main generator trucks and a back up unit arriving today and should be fully connected by thursday. He bought the shuddered casino a week ago but a power plant cut Utility Service two days later. A lawsuit between acr Energy Partners over the power standoff has now been transferred to federal court. Meanwhile Atlantic City eight casinos seeing their revenue increase by more than 2 last month compared to year ago but when you include the four casinos that shut down last year, the citys gambling revenue is actually down more than 12 . Figures released today by the states Gaming Enforcement Division showing the eight surviving casinos taking in just under 204 million in march. Wild International Sex parties. Dea agents are facing scandalous ang queue situations tonight. Those allegations become an even bigger problem when you learn who investigators think was footing the bill for those parties. And one new Jersey University is now the first school of its kinded to something in the garden state. The tools Campus Police officers will now be carrying as they protect your children. And a robot ventures into Japanese Nuclear reactor where no human has set foot since the 2011 earthquake and tsunami but this experiment does not go as planned. Plus are you kidding me . He always has an injury excuse when he plays poorly. Howard has hit with the excuses. Why he says its time to realize the real truth about golfer tiger woods. vo at jennieo, we heard of a place in iowa where every thursday people ride ten miles for tacos. We thought wed show up and surprise them with a better kind of taco, made with jennieo ground turkey, cooked thoroughly to 165. mom id feed my kids turkey tacos over regular tacos any day. woman i think that theyre light and theyre just fresh tasting. vo its time for a better taco. kid the tacos tonight were pretty much perfect. vo make the switch. Look for jennieo ground turkey at a store near you. Skyfox over the scene of a crash in the citys fairmount neighborhood this happening right around 4 30. Police say two cars were involved in the crash at ford and, one of the people in the crash tried to run from the scene but officers did catch that person. Two other people taken to a nearby hospital. What exactly caused this huge fire at a north Jersey Grocery store . That is the big question for investigators in south amboy tonight. You saw the flames shooting from the building life as we brought you this as breaking news yesterday on fox 29 news at 5 00. It took firefighters about three hours to bring that fierce fire under control at the sea town market. The store was scheduled to reopen next week following repairs to damaged caused by a fire back in january. No one was seriously hurt in yesterdays fire. A lengthy construction project diverting traffic along a major philadelphia highway work continue to go night on the vine expressway. Construction will complete the shut down the westbound lanes between midnight and 5 00 a. M. The closures all part of project to tear down and rebuild seven old bridges above i676 and work will continue over the next four years. Rowan universitys Police Officers now equipped with something no other college or university in new jersey has. The school becoming the first in the state to arm its Campus Police officers with body cameras. When it starts blinking you can press the button in the middle. You hear that. You press the middle button twice and it will start recording. Reporter Rowan University glassboro and stratford Campus Police are wearing body cameras strapped on their chest recording their encounters were problems arise. Theres a lot of hear say and everybody says this and everybody says that, but the camera never lies. It tells the truth. 34 officers now trained and wearing the hightech equipment. The university unveiling details of the program that went into effect monday. When the officer is recording you have 130degree view. All right. It records sound and its closest to the camera the lense itself is as closest to the human eye as possible. Rowan Public Safety leaders choosing body cams over dash cams because they can get up close and personal. University officials showing this video of a drug arrest to make their point. Slow motion watch the officer punch the officer in the face. Never would have seen that piece of evidence from a dash cam. Footage is download tad docking station. If an arrest is made or charges brought, the footage dropped into evidence for court proceedings. Most students think it actually benefits them. Because then if they Say Something happened that we dont think happened, then you can go and check the cameras and see what actually happened. All you see on facebook now people sharing videos of Police Beating up people dong the wrong thing. Anything that they can do to prevent that would be good. But at least one student we talked to says she thinks the cops wearing cameras might back fire. I definitely think it might make students act out a little more. Just because like oh, yeah i know youre wearing one. So you cant do this or you cant do that. The officers know theyre on film. The accountability professionalism will be there. The officers must notify the public theyre wearing a body camera when entering private areas like a residence hall. The department of Public Safety says the officers can use the body cam video but they cannot edit or alter it in any way. The five year Body Camera Program costing rowan 95,000. New jerseys governor says the age of eligibility for Social Security should be pushed back. Chris christie speaking in New Hampshire very major policy address of the 2016 season potential president candidate proposing to increase the retirement age for Social Security to 69. Hes also looking to cut off benefits for retirees with annual incomes of 200,000 or more. Its approach he says could the nations Biggest Challenges in an honest way. Entitlement system is out of control. Its growth is not sustainable sustainable. Threatens the Economic Health of every generation that will follow us. Let me ask you this. Why would i say it if it wasnt true . I mean theres no political up side to this, right . laughter . Okay. So why would i come here and say all these things if they werent true . Christie says his plan would cut deficits by 1 trillion over 10 years. World meeting of families and the popes visit to philadelphia just over five months away. Planning started months ago and now several committees witness world meeting of families are hard at work. Preparing for the expected 2 Million People who will be flocking to the city to catch a glimpse of the pope. Good day philadelphias mike jerrick sitting down oneonone with archbishop Charles Chaput today to talk about the preparations. Weve got to beg that money from our community. People have been extraordinary generous the Business Community has been generous. We have jenn ross have the from people who arent catholic whos arent christians but theyre extraordinary generous because they think its good for philadelphia and they like the pope. Both those kind of things. Well have much more of mikes oneonone interview with the archbishop in the coming week. The world meeting meeting of families begins september 22nd. The pope will be in town on september 26th and 27th. Firefighters help a fiveyearold boy who is curiosity got the best of him in state college. The boy climbed up about 30 feet into a pine tree in orchard park yesterday afternoon got a nervous about climbing back down. His mom says her son saw a squirrel nest and he wanted to see the inside of it. Firefighters climbed up to keep the little guy calm while they waited for a ladder. Landon is doing just fine tonight but hes got quite the story to tell. I guess. Well a new rule for jurors in the boston bombing trial. As they try to decide whether Dzhokar Tsarnaev deserves to die. What the judge told them they are not allowed to. Plus actress Rita Wilson Tom hangs wife with a warning for women. Why she got a double mastectomy even though one doctor told her she didnt have cans. Pilot makes an Emergency Landing after hearing banking coming from the floor blow him. The embarrassing reason someone was trapped down there. 1 underline evertz test text1 there is no royal blood in this country. Nothing is reserved for anyone. Its all just out there. Waiting. For someone to reach out. And take it. And the ones who do. These are the kings and queens of america. We continue to follow breaking news for you right now. Live look at protesters marching in new york city. Group is protesting against police brutality. It is known as stop mass incarceration. Police have been monitoring the situation very closely. You can see some pushing and shoving going on among protesters. We have no word of any arrests at the moment. Well continue to follow this and keep you updated. S

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