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WTXF FOX 29 News At 6PM March 21, 2017

Sought and septembered bribes in the form of money, expensive vacations, airline tickets, a jaguar xk8 convertible, expensive furniture. Reporter charismatic williams has been under investigation by the f bit. And u. S. Attorney for months. One charge accuses him of taking over 20,000 in gifts from a Business Owner in exchange for help with security screening at airports and help for a friend with a criminal case. The corrupt stream of payments came in the form of 2,000 in cash, a 7,000 check, which mr. Williams deposited into his personal account, all inclusive vacation to pun at a kanta in the doug dominican repc about 6,300. In a second incident involving another businessman williams tried to help his friend with Liquor License problems in california and gave him a badge for the das office. Mr. Williams stood ready to help Business Owner number two as needed. Mr. Williams appoint Business Owner number two as special adviser to the District Attorneys Office and gave him an official badge. Reporter yet a third case williams was cued of defrauding a local nursing home and his own relative set to have care at that home. Mr. Williams simply took money that did not belong to him. Reporter williams has been tight lipped about the probe since his spending came under the microscope and today it was thrust into the spotlight. This indictment today is against one individual, not an office that is full of dedicated career prosecutors and professional support. We dont indict a case unless we have a good faith reason to believe well prove this case beyond a residential doubt. Reporter Seth Williams will appear here in federal court at 2 00 oclock tomorrow for his arraignment on these charges. He was unavailable for comment today. His lawyer john peas has not returned our phone calls one last thing the government is also seeking forfeiture of over 100,000. Iain . Dave, thank you. The das office releasing statement this afternoon saying they dont have any comment at this time. It goes on to say the da is not in the office because he is 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 cuss continue to do our jobs without the distraction of additional Media Attention our coverage of course continues online. Head to fox29. Com to read the full indictment and as more information comes out we of course will post it for you that as well. New Castle County Police make a quick arrest in series of car break ins. Police say Tucker Barnes was seen by a caller wearing camouflage and breaking into cars near the Christiana Court Apartments in wilmington around 2 30 this morning. Police arrived and say they were able to arrest barnes without incident. Offers were able to officers were able to recover stolen property and return it to their owners. Hes facing various burglary and theft charges. Happening right now, a heart broken family is begging for answers after a 23yearold man was gunned down in the citys olney section. Police say someone shot him in the head and left him lying in the street overnight. Fox 29s dave kinchen spoke to the victims family and joins us live at Philadelphia Police headquarters. Dave . Reporter iains as you can imagine the family is absolutely devastated the father tells us he watch the new us ally time and hears about these tragedies but never dreamed in million years hed be living it. Whoever did it, when ever he get caught thats another parent going to have to deal with pains and things you know. It just doesnt affect one person the affect as whole bunch. Reporter Richard Lewis, sr. Trying to make sense every the murder of his 23yearold son Richard Lewis, jr. , killed at fourth and rosland in philadelphias olney section early this morning aft being shot multiple times. A memorial now marking the spot. I feel for all of it when it happens because i won why we get that angry to take someones life. Reporter younger richard was known as pop pop to family and friends. He was in a Job Training Program but had trouble finding work so he prepared to go to school instead. He was trying to change things around. Sometimes i understand, you know, out here it gets hopeless but, you know, you just keep praying and ask god to help you to be able to get a job. So thats where he was at. I just feel like the whole thing is ludicrous. Simone is neighbor and yet again dealing with the personal trauma of violent crime. I just remember a few years ago when someone else on this block got shot that i knew. I was just like wow, its like another one and its just when you know the person its even nor sad. Reporter police canvassed the neighborhood dropping flyers reporting the murder and seeking tips. Investigators dont have much to go on so far. And Richard Lewis father is trying to piece it altogether himself. Young guys, you know, for trivial things they take one anothers lives. Reporter while Police Continue to probe the case, the family is preparing for a vigil at the murder scene tomorrow night. Back to you. Dawn. So sad, thank you, dave. Only on fox tonight, a chester homeowner shares her story of what its like live through constant violence in that em balanced city. She poke with bruce gordon about the heartbreaking brutality. Bruce is live at Chester Police headquarters with the latest. Bruce . Reporter dawn, if you are a newspaper reader in Delaware County you may have notice the the front cover of the daily times a story on a new report labeling the city of chester as the most dangerous city in pennsylvania. Ayesha peterson doesnt need to read about the violence. She lives it every day. If peterson moves for sale sign in her front window just a few feet over, she could cover up the bullet hole in her blinds. Evidence of the latest shoot em up on her block. You want out . Yes, of course. Yes. Yes. Report roar back in 2010 peterson was among more than 41sttime home buyers enticed to invest in the brand new Wellington Heights neighborhood. With a new pro soccer stadium nearby and a casino bringing in big tax revenues, city leaders promised crime ravaged chester was on its way back. Youre exactly the kind of person they want that chester. Yes. The new and ill proved chester. Yes. Cecelia and andrea are her neighbors. They say they bought the same sales pitch. Then they noticed the sounds of gunfire over time it got closer. More frequent. Now its routine. You can really tell when theyre really close. Its sounds like a big cannon goes off. Reporter youve come to know what the sounds of gunshots are . Yes. They sold us something a dream and a lie. Oh, look. Heres some right here. They theft them at my house. She will indicators litter petersons yard and pock her mark her siding. As for the blinds. This was sunday. Right through the front window. Right through the front window. Several years ago, she says a man died of gunshot wounds right on her doorstep. She hardly knew what to say to her young daughter. Because at this time im lying to my daughter and saying that, oh, its firework. I cant lie any more. Reporter as for now nineyearold a morey. Your daughter is telling her teachers about how bad things are and how much she worries about you . Its not fair. Its not fair. Reporter she wants desperate toll sell her home and put all thighs violence hyped her. But she cannot feel good about putting another buyer through what shes lived. What would you do if you was in my situation . Im stuck. Im stuck. Reporter chester city officials are promising to beef up Police Staffing in the months ahead but it cant come fast enough for the women we spoke to. All three of them say they spent their hard earned money on their homes, moved here from neighboring communities knowing of chesters violent reputation but believing in their hearts that things could get better. They have not. And now all three of them want out. Iain . Simply heartbreaking bruce, thank you. 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 now suspended. Citations were issued from july of last year through this past january. The city says its already identified all the vehicles that were cited during that time and those drivers will be notified by nail mail. Now on to your fox 29 Weather Authority. A live look at the ben franklin parkway tonight. Some rain showers this morning clouds but fairly mild nice day the afternoon but dont get used to it because it will get cold again soon. Get over to kathy orr to find out how long its going to be cold. Kathy. Its going get cold real soon. Like within the next few hours. Outside plenty of sunshine. Temperatures still pretty comfortable. 59 in philadelphia. Thats the high. Trenton 58. Still 58 in Atlantic City with a high of 60 at the airport today. 58 degrees in dover. We have a cold front thats moving through and you can see the clouds and the snow showers just to the north of toronto. Thats associated with it. We do not get any precipitation. Just clouds moving through and the wind will be shifting to the northwest. But that wind will be blustery. Gusting to 35 maybe even 40 miles an hour. Come tomorrow morning, waking up to 22 in the poconos. 32 in pottstown. 38 in philadelphia. Waking up to 37 in millville. But wind chills will be in the teens and the 20s. Coming up we do have that wintry chill moving in. More rainy days in the seven d day. But the 70s make a come back. Will they stick that is the big question . We have the answer in the seven day ill seal in you just a few minutes. All right. Kathy, see you soon. In president traumas first 100 days another busy day on capitol hill. Lawmakers grilled the president s pick for the Supreme Court on capitol hill today. Judge kneel gorsuch made his first case on the first day senators could question him. Some of them already announced plans to block gorsuchs nomination. Torture and abortion among the big topics today. Lawmakers questioned his rulings on two high profile case which is challenged the obama care contraception mandate. Also today, the president made a rare visit to capitol hill. He to the capitol pushed republicans to support the American Health care act. The party bill that row peel and replace obama care. Gop leaders scheduled a full vote for thursday. Meanwhile conservative republicans still oppose the bill. Depth kratz are against it and they say recent changes to the bill just dont go far enough. Hamilton coming to philly never really any doubt it would be popular but what Officials Say happened just hours after the news broke. And a groundbreaking for new playground in bucks county what makes this place extra special. Sean . Dawn commissioner adam silver just put the nba on notice. Hear why hes so upset and the message he sent to every nba team. Thats coming up later in sports. Breaking news. A shooting in the citys logan second. Skyfox is live over the scene on the 1300 block of olney avenue. Someone shot a 19yearold mail twice. Once in the stomach and once in his back. He is now in Critical Condition at the hospital. There have been no arrests as of yet. A little piece and serenity brought to the hustle and bustle on the subway today. Classical musicians provided these performances on septa platforms in honor of the birthday of famed classical composer Johan Sebastian bach part of an International Movement to bring Classical Music to public cases. Hamilton is come to go philadelphia. If there was a question about the shows popularity the Kimmel Center says just look at its website and philly. Com reporting within hours of the news breaking about the show coming to philly the people flooded the Kimmel Center website. Traffic spiked to three times higher than normal. Their subscription sales were up almost 400 as of yesterday. Compared to the same time last year. Its a hot show. Philadelphia about to get much more creative the citys Cultural Fund awarding 2. 7 million in grants to more than thee hundred local art and culture organizes. Organizers say theyll be distributing the funds over the next two days beginning today. We believe in the power of art to transform lives, to amplify voices, to connect people via dance, music, theater, visual arts and so much more. Since it was founded in 1991 the philadelphia Cultural Fund has awarded more than 43 million in grants. In bethlehem, bamboo may not be allowed much longer the City Councils Development Committee vote the unanimously yesterday to ban the plant it goes to full council next week. Measure would prevent residents from planting running bamboo which spreads very quickly. Residents who already have bamboo in their yards could keep it but they have to build barriers. Back to your fox 29 Weather Authority now. As we take a live look at bush kill falls in the pocono mountains. Pretty scene there. We are looking at some warmer temperatures at the end of the week. But before we get there, a quick return to winter i do not like that. I dont either, kathy. I know it will be brief but im bracing for it. I know. You know we have our spring coats on. Walking outside. The days are getting longer you really expect it to be warmer. Well it was the past two days but now its back to wintry chill. The High Temperatures today in philadelphia 59. Normal is 54. So finally a day above average. Yesterday we made it just to average. Ultimate doppler we can see the cold front highlighted by these snow showers. Wilit will be moving through tonight. No precipitation in the forecast but the wind and wind shift will be the big story. Northwesterly winds gusting to about 35, 40 miles an hour will definitely put a chill in the air come tomorrow morning. Right now its 46 in the pocon poconos. 58 in dover. 58 in trenton and 56 degrees in reading so really nice evening cold front pretty strong it will push on through. You can see streamers off the great lakes. Some lake end end happened snow showers we stay dry but get very cold behind this front the High Temperature only 39 and morning low temperatures will be in the 20s and 30s. So wind chills come tomorrow morning being driven down into the teens in allen up to and Pottstown Quakertown reading lancaster it will only feel like two tomorrow morning in the poconos. It will feel like 24 in philadelphia and 25 in millville. So a brief chill but it will be here at least during the day for your wednesday and even through part of the day on thursday. So for tonight, 35 degrees overnight. Mostly cloudy skies. Wind chills in the 20s. During the day tomorrow, the High Temperature will only peak at 31 degrees. Mostly sunny and blustery with those strong sustained northwest winds 15 to 20 miles an hour. Aft the cold moves in tomorrow, it all lifts to the north and gradually we warm it up and by the weekend, you see all this orange and yellow that filters in those contours represent temperatures in the 60s and 70s. On your seven day forecast, from the Weather Authority, we have the chill on wednesday. Transition day on thursday. The morning low 20 the afternoon high only 45. Its almost 10 degrees below normal. Friday we jump up to vick. Saturday 72. The pick of the weekend rain moves in sunday and then monday and tuesday a chance of some showers but at least were back to seasonal temperatures as we head toward the end of march. It was a vick month. It was, kathy. All right. Thank you very much unique space for i was tis tis kids in newtown groundbreaking ceremony held this morning on pheasant run for this playground. Nonprofit potential ink is behind the project features on the play ground make it easier for autistic children to play and interact with other kids. Children with autism as we prefer to call them have slightly different needs. Theyre a mill more sensitive to touch and sounds and its very important also to secure the playground with a fence because they can take off and run and we need to make sure theyre protected. Potential ink has raised 38,000 for the project so far. They need 50,000 in total. Theyre hoping the playground will be finished by the fall. Looks like a great space. Absolutely. Playoffs coming for the nba. Right. Sixers of course. Going to the be in it. Playoffs coming and apparently adam silver feels like theres some problems with the nba right now. Hear what he has to say about resting players. Plus the phillies in action in spring training ill let you know what Odubel Herrera said before the game that is a little too bold. Thats coming up next in sports. We buy any car dot com we buy any car dot com we buy any car dot com any any any any did you know trading in your car at a dealer could cost you money . 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