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WTXF FOX 29 News At Five July 11, 2014

Found dead inside a local hotel room and now police want to know what he was doing the night before he died. Fox 29s Dave Schratwieser has been following this story all day for us. He joins us live now outside hotel monaco in old city. Dave . Reporter iain, police tell me tonight that the autopsy did not establish a cause of death on la nightclub owner Matt Benedict in fact there was no trauma to the body and an additional tests will be necessary to determine the cause of death. Police say it was just afternoon on thursday when someone from House Keeping had the hotel monaco enter the the room of 31 year old Matt Benedict. He was in the bed not responding. At that point rescue was called. Reporter medic made several attempt to revive the boyfriend of becca tobin, glee star, but were unsuccessful. She was not at the hoe at the time. His body was taken to the medical Examiner Office in University City for an autopsy. Central detectives are investigating it as a sudden death which we do with all sudden death situations or incidents. At this point they have to wait on the medical examiners report to return. Reporter benedict ran nightclubs across the country including the dba nightclub and popular av nightclub in los angeles. Report thedly in philadelphia scouting outer possible new business venture. Investigators are looking at the hours leading up to his death. Where he was located. Any people that may have been with him. Those type of things in term what may have led to his death report roar sources tell fox 29 the autopsy room at the mes office was close to non search personnel including detectives. Anyone enters the autopsy room area was required to turn over their cell phones. Any time we have a situation like this regarding in terms of how the information because after all thats somebodys family member. Thats something we want to be conscience of. No drugs, alcohol or Drug Paraphernalia were found in his room. It could be a medical situation. It could be some other situation involved, but thats all part of the investigation. Nothing suspicious at this point. No foul play at this point. Reporter now, late this afternoon, Philadelphia Police were obtaining a search warrant for Surveillance Video here at the hotel and for benedicts phone records and his credit card records so they can establish where and who he was with in the hours leading up to his death. Well have much more on that coming up at 6 00 oclock. Iain, hotel monaco fully cooperative with this investigation. All right, dave, thank you. See you again at 6 00. Developing now in philadelphias fair hill neighborhood, the search for the suspect wanted in a deadly double shooting. A man is dead and another is in the hospital. Police arrived to the 2900 block of north Waterloo Street just after midnight. The two victims were found shot several times. Both were taken to the hospital. The surviving man is in critical condition. Authorities hope that surveillance cameras help fine the shooter. No word yet on a motive or any suspects. To our Weather Authority now. Lets pop the top and take a look outside. Live look at atlantic city. Ooh, thats looking nice beach time right there. Right . And hopefully for the rest of the weekend as well. Chief meteorologist scott williams. Had you is it looking . Many improved especially down the shore, lucy. It was nasty yesterday. We had the flash flood wat watch. Some locations saw about a half a foot of rainfall yesterday down the shore. Drier conditions, Clear Conditions area wide so looking pretty good down the shore this friday evening, and what about eating outdoors in old city . You can see right now, folks are out and about. 86 degrees and look at the the humidity. Pretty comfortable right now. Only at 35 . So that drier air that we talked about yesterday has begun to really move into our area. Ultimate doppler its pretty quiet. But well have to zoom in a little closer here in sections of, say, millville, moving just to the south of you around laurel lake area. A popup shower. Its a loan shower right now in around the millville area and points south. But most of us are dry and pretty comfortable considering that we could be in the 90s this time of year. Right now were looking at 74 degrees in the pocono mountains. We have 81 in pottstown as well as atlantic city. Lets talk about the dew point temperature. Any time above 60 it starts to feel a little sticky. But look at philadelphia. In the mid 50s right now were looking at mid 50s in the pocono mountains upper 50s in lancast lancaster. Some of that drier air will continue to move in behind the cold front thats pushing the humidity as well as the unsett unsettled weather well to our south. So starting off, pretty nice as we move into the evening. By 7 00 oclock, low 80s. A pair of sevens at 9 00. 73 degrees by 11 00 oclock tonight. Coming up ill have that complete weekend forecast for down the shore, the pocono mountains and also talk about a pattern change as we move into the seven day forecast coming up. Back to you. All right. Scott. This was the scene about an hour ago along the southbound lanes of route 206 in southampton township. If youve got to head out this you may want to give yourself extra time. Police shut down the southbound lanes so there may be some delays in the area. We do know some people were taken to the hospital, however theres no word yet on the extent of any injuries or what caused the crash. Philadelphia Police Believe Surveillance Video captured the two men wanted for shooting a deliveryman in north philadelphia. They say one was driving a ford tears will the another a ford mini van it happened yesterday morning on the 2300 block of ridge avenue. The victim says the two men wanted keys to his van. He told them where those keys were. Then he says, they shot him in his hand anyhow. They took off without taking anything from him and tonight he is in stable condition in the hospital. In world news tonight, the violence in the middle east the Israeli Government is refuse to go pull back its offensive in the gaza strip as the country trades rocket fire with palestinians. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahou says the countrys forces will continue to strike hamas targets until rocket fire from the gaza stops once and for all. Meantime, hamas spokesman sent a chilling message to palestinians encouraging people in gaza to act as human shields. The policy of people with their bare chest and order to do protect their homes has proven effective against the occupati occupation. No International Pressure will prevent us acting with all our force against Terror Organization that is calling for our destruction. Israeli officia officials sr forces struck more than 1,000 targets in gaza since the operation began. The Palestinian Death toll is now more than 100 people. Delaware elder battled chief medical officer is out of a job. He was removed from his position on the fourth of july when a new state law eliminated his office. Officials say he was doing private work on state time. He has been the main focus of a criminal probe involving the misuse of state funds. Could lebron james return to cleveland be as big as his announcement to leave town . The nba star posting a photo on his Instagram Account that already has hundreds of thousands of likes. Tom srendenschek is here now a lot of angry fans when he left, shredder. Seemed like theyre ready to kiss and make up. Yeah, iain, the city of cleveland got a great big smooch today. Four years ago, hebron james made the decision to leave home and take his talents to miami but now who says you cant go home because lebron james is indeed heading back, are you ready to the cavaliers. There wasnt a flash on his announcement. No sizzle. No nashly televised announcement on espn just an essay to Sports Illustrated. Com saying im coming home. Sure the money is pretty good, four years, 88 million but he also told my relationship with northeast ohio is bigger than basketball. I didnt realize that four years ago. But i do now. Ahead in sports rye lebron james really made this decision and how its playing right now in cleveland. Guys . All right. Shred, thanks. You got it. Punishment this teen will never forget. His mother made him stand out on the Street Holding this huge sign for everyone to see. So what did he do . He took a joy ride but, get this, he wasnt the one behind the wheel. And this mother of three stands accused of scamming people out of thousands of dollars. How she did it will probably have you shaking your head. Its a site no one wants in their neighborhood. A vacant lot filled with trash and overgrown weeds. Its been a problem for years. So who is going to clean it up . We put our bruce gordon on the case. Scott . Coming up your Weather Authority is monitoring your weekend forecast. The complete details and plus well talk about a pattern change ahead if he were a lobbyist. If they were political contributors. Maybe tom corbett would listen to them, instead of cutting funding for their schools. Oil and Gas Companies gave corbett 1. 7 Million Dollars in political contributions. And he gave them a sweetheart deal on taxes thats costing pennsylvania billions. Corbetts mismanagement has caused a huge budget deficit. And his painful education cuts are forcing teacher layoffs and increasing class sizes. Now corbett wants to give the oil and gas industry even more handouts. And whats he getting from them . Corbetts keeping that secret. So pennsylvanians are challenging tom corbett to come clean. Release the records of your meetings with donors. That youve been hiding. Disclose all the contributions, letters and emails from oil and gas lobbyists who influence you. Weve got a right to know who tom corbetts listening to. Because it sure isnt us. One Person Injured in an explosion at a Gloucester County chemical plant. This happened early this morning at johnson mathy on the 2,000 block of knoll tee drive in west deptford. Officials say theyre not sure what caused the blast. An investigation is underway. Overgrown weeds and grass, garbage and wild animals all from a single veigh captain lot bringing down a neighborhood in philadelphias frankford section tonight. What is worse with this its been a problem for years. Fox 29s bruce gordon is live in the newsroom and, bruce, you see stuff like this all over the city. Reporter lucy, sadly, i d do. Otherwise decent neighborhood relatively clean, well maintain torn apart by a mess in their midst. The sound of childrens laughter near a cooling mist from an open fire hydrant. Summertime and life is good near fulcroft and hawthorn in frankford with one glaring exception. How long has this lot been a problem . Um, like in the winter its fine but then in the summer its overgrown again. Reporter when the grass grows exactly. Reporter shes talking about the vacant lot that scars the 1700 block of folk rod. It is an on going headache for neighbors like ida daniels. Its a dumping ground. And rodents. Especially raccoons. We see them and possums just going in. They live in there. It makes our Properties Look terrible. Reporter bring the neighborhood down. Very much so. Reporter the entire sidewalk has been swallowed he here. Swallowed. Swallowed. It looks like it is swallowed by weeds. Report ida haass husband robert his cousin build this 8foot privacy fence to hide the mess. The weeds topped the fence much neighbors complained about the property own are in to the city, but nothing changes. I just talked to somebody from l and i the other day. And they told me theyre on them and they let him know. You got to get this done. Come on, man. Reporter in fact records show the city has cited the owner repeatedly for failing to maintain the lot. In each case, were told, once hes cited he cleans up the mess. Only to let it fall back into disrepair. You grew up in this neighborhood yes, sir. Reporter when you look at that what goes through your mind . Why . Why did he acquire it . Why wont he take care of . Reporter we are not naming the owner of that vacant lot because we were not able to talk to him to get his side of the story. I did leave a Business Card at his home which by the way was well maintained, the lawn had been mowed and reached out to the citys vacant lot office. They promised to have an inspector at that vacant lot on folk rod on monday barring a weekend cleanup he will certainly be cited for the mess again. Iain . All right, bruce. Thank you. A Chester County town manager under arrest accused of misusing township funds. Prosecutors say ronald rambo the township manager of the west brandywine used his position to steal money by submitting fake receipts for reimbursement. Rambo has been the township manager for more than 20 years. Police are trying to figure out who beat a man to death right outside of his home in the citys fair hill neighborhood. A witness called 911 saying a person with a gun was on the 2800 block of north fair hill street just past 11 00 last night. When officers arrived, they found 53 year old Miguel Aguilar with severe head injuries. He died at temple hospital. Witnesses told police they saw a man running down the street with something that appeared to be me metal like a tire iron. Two people are recovering tonight after being shot at an Apartment Building in winslow township, new jersey. The first victim was found inside an apartment at the regency house complex on new brooklyn erial road at 2 00 a. M. Police found the second person while they secured the area to vest the first shooting. In Burlington Cinnaminson actually in burlington county, Cinnaminson Police have a scam warning. They say people are calling other people and asking for money to help bail a grandchild out of jail overseas. The scammers asked one person to wire 1,800 to the dominican republic. Police say if you receive a call like that, you need to report it right away. Investigators are right now tracking several complaints. New jersey hero is given a top honor by the state. Edward martin know of cherry hill was given a Camden County service matt m medal and the state combat medal for serving our country among other things. The ceremony happening at the dodge showroom on route 70 west. He was a member of the 309th combat engineers surviving the battle of the bulge. Considered the largest and bloodiest battle fought by the United States during world war ii. On behalf of the Camden County freeholde freeholders ane Camden County prosecutor. Sir, thank you for your commitment to excellence. The greatest generation. Thanks again. Martino served from 1943 to 1945. He was injured with shrapnel during the war. Were toll hes been given purple heart for his heroism. Back to your Weather Authority now. Live look right now at family fun park in the poconos. Great day to bring the family outside and heres hoping the weekend will be just as nice. Chief meteorologist scott williams. How is it shaping up . Lucy, i think most of the weekend is going to be pretty nice for going outdoors. One day well have lower humidity than the other. Well talk about that coming up. But right now, beautiful conditions on this friday afternoon and evening. 86 degrees. Currently in philadelphia. Humidity comfortable as well. Only at 35 . Those winds out of the northeast right now at 5 miles per hour. As we look at ultimate doppler its pretty quiet and dry for most areas. One loan popup shower in sections of Cumberland County. Well zoom in closer and you can see a pretty good downpour right now south of millville moving toward laurel lake. It will just likely rain itself out over the next 30 minutes or so. So what about the weekend . Heres a look at saturday across the area. If youre in center city, its going to be dry. Humidity is going to be pretty tolerable. 87 degrees for the High Temperature tomorrow. In the pocono mountains its going to be warm. Beautiful, the High Temperature of 80. And what about down the shore . Were looking at sun and clouds, dont forget that sunscreen area wide. Were looking at temperatures down the shore 79 degrees for tomorrow. Lets quickly talk about an earthquake that happened earlier this afternoon. All the way toward japan. You can see it struck at approximately 3 22 this afternoon our time. A 6. 8 magnitude. It did prompt a tsunami advisory for northern sections of japan northern north. Tokyo area there would be a water rise of about three to 4 feet out of that particular earthquake. Coming up well have that entire weekend forecast. What to expect down the shore. The pocono mountains for both saturday and sunday. And also well talk about a big pattern change that will be taking place as we move into next week. Were taking about drastic conditions for the month of ju july. A big ridge will form out west. Were looking at a trough developing in our area and temperatures are going to be way below where they should be for this time of year. Details on that you dont want to miss with the seven day coming up. All right. Talk to you then scott. Breaking news tonight. Rapper meek mills behind bars. Mill you can see him here at the scene of last weekends deadly fire in southwest philadelphia. Will spend three to six months behind bars after violating his probation. He is in custody right now. Prosecutors say they were concerned about a number of recent incidents with mill including posting a photo of himself with a gun. A crowded courtroom was not expecting this. A man accused of murdering his exwifes family drops to the

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