william thomas was arraigned today and bail was set at $750,0 $750,000, 10%. investigators call thomas a parents worst nightmare. a serial rapist with crimes over decades and thomas expressed fear over his safety and his treatment in prison so far has been awful. >> william thomas was arrested late last week on child pornography child and five counts of child rape were filed on monday. and he told the judge i am scared to death that he never n inflicted pain on a child. nor would he want to. and doesn't have an attorney the judge urged tim to contract them at the prison. he went on to tell the judge they haven't let me sleep in days and weeks whatever. thomas ways handyman atville able trailer park on bristol pike where he lived in this mobile home. that he was been assaulting children for the last 40 years, they know of six victims including a relative and that thomas kept details notes about his victims and what he did to them. and prosecutors confiscated nude photos and more than 1,000 pairs of girls underwear and the evidence they found took days to proces

much of the evidence against william thomas came right out of his trailer home. this is 58-year-old william thomas' morrisville who has been charged with multiple counts of child rape and sexual assault as well as possessing and manufacturing child pornography. authorities raided his trailer recently at the midway village trailer park on new falls road finding over a thousand images of child pornography and much more. >> he also possessed over 1,000 pairs of soiled little girls' underwear in his trailer and these pairs of underwear were displayed almost throughout. >> reporter: police say they know of at least six victims and suspect there may be many more ranging in fridge two to 10 over the last 40 years. thomas was a handyman at the trailer park where he lives and after working in one of the trailers the new owner discovered handwritten on a piece of plywood intimate details about the sexual assault of two children ages three and six and a half. that led to the investigation. >> human race hasn't come up with words to describe what we saw in that trailer. this

falls township police say 58-year-old william thomas worked as a handyman. authorities identified at least six victims and they suspect there may be a lot more. >>> a two alarm blaze burned through a row home in the city's port richmond section. viewer video shows the flames shooting from the house on jasper street. there are no reports of any injuries. >>> and the troubles on a major septa commuter line they go on this morning. the market frankford line is still operating with fewer rail cars as engineers investigate extensive cracks. >> and let's check the traffic right now. we've got problems here. i talked to police about this one in bucks county. a tractor-trailer smashed into a pole sheared it in half. happened on new rogers road at route 13 bristol pike. they say there's a big backup there dave. >> couple showers came through earlier. now there's more to the west. be careful up north as there could be some freezing rain in northampton county and the poconos but this afternoon the rain starts to taper off after about 1 o'clock or so and how about a hig

william thomas is scheduled to be arraigned this morning. investigators call him a parent's worst nightmare. a serial child rapist whose crimes span decades. 58-year-old william thomas of morrisville is behind bars charged with multiple counts of child rape and sexual assault and possessing and manufacturing child pornography. the handyman at midway village trailer park on new falls road lives in this trailer. word of his arrest has reached his neighbors. >> he acted funny. he wouldn't let knob in his trailer or anything s -- nobody in his trailer. i'm shocked. >> he was too nice of a guy and everything that's what i thought all these years, you know. i mean, looking at a monster. >> reporter: here's what thomas has looked like over time. investigators believe he's been assaulting children ranging in age from that two to 10 for the last 40 years. they know of at least six victims including a relative. investigators seized over 1,000 sexually explicit and nude photos of children from inside his trailer. the evidence they found took days to pr

william thomas. they say he has sexually assaulted children over a 40 year period. investigators recovered thousands of images of child pornography from inside his trailer. they're looking to identify all his victims. >> kent county a celebration of life. buccaneerston was only a governor for a few weeks. the republican was also the state attorney general and the lieutenant governor. buksson died last month at the age of 94. >> camden county a street near the camden water front has a new name in honor of a local pastor. jasper street will now be known as michael doyle lane. he's the pastor of sacred heart parish which sits on that road. in montgomery county, brewing company is expanding. these are pictures of what the new brewery will look like. this is the all hall brewery. the brewing company was trying to open a place in fishtown but that deal is dead. >> taking you now to this breaking news. we can tell you it is a shooting in chester city. the location of this we're told it's happening on frank young avenue. you're looking at live pictures from skyforce10. we k

they say this man right here 58 year-old william thomas sexually assaulted children as young as three years old. he lived at a trailer park in morrisville and before that a home this levittown. prosecutors say that thomas kept record of his sexual assault on the children and he claimed they found more than a thousand images of child porn in his home as well as hundreds of pairs of little girls underwear on display. the trailer park owner tipped police off after finding those disturbing items. >> this was a per verse shrine to his criminal conquests and we are merely scratching the surface have of those conquest s, today. to be blunt about it this is a real life boogie man this is your parent's worst nightmare. >> investigators worry william thomas could have more victims out there. he will be back in court next wednesday. >>> 5:20. opioid epidemic has hit our entire area very hard. new jersey lawmakers right now are trying to work to fight this problem yesterday governor chris christie signed a new law to require medical professionals to discuss the possibility of addiction before the

they say this guy right here 58 year-old william thomas sexually assaulted children as young as three years old. he lived in a trailer park in morrisville and before that in levittown. the prosecutors say thomas kept record of his sexual assaults on the children. they claim they found more than a thousand images of child porn this his home as well as hundreds of pairs of little girls underwear on display. the trailer park owner tipped off police after finding those disturbing items. >> this was a per verse shrine to his criminal conquests, and we are merely scratching the surface of those conquests, today. to be blunt about it this is a real life boogie man. this is your parent's worst nightmare. >> investigators worry william thomas could have more victims out there. he will be back in court next wednesday. >>> discovery at a home in haverford, specifically in the freezer that few could even imagine. two bomb squads were called out to this home forcing neighbors in the area to shelter in place. the investigators say there was a family there and they found eight sticks of tine might i

this man william thomas a attend man was arrested on charges he sexually assaulted 6 children including a relative according to authorities.

this man william thomas a attend man was arrested on charges he sexually assaulted 6 children including a relative according to authorities. the bucks county d.a.'s office and falls township police found a mountain of disturbing evidence in the man's old trailer home including 1,000 pornographic image also of children. police are asking for other victims to come forward. we'll follow the story all day long and bring you the latest on "action news" and online at 6abc.com. >>> now to the latest on another crisis for commuters in philadelphia. they are failing -- facing delays and some might be force to do ride buses after cracks were found in septa cars. >> john rawlins is live at septa headquarters in center city where we are a waiting an update on the situation. hi, john. >> reporter: hi guys, initial reports as far as rider ship is concerned it was a lighter than normal day this is a post super bowl monday, that may be the case, but no backups as far as passengers are concerned. septa has a problem, it has not talked about the problem yet, it will later today at a news conference. much

. >>> an alleged child rapist faced a judge this morning, william thomas was arrested last week. accused of abusing children. and he claimed a public defender would not help him. he needs someone to believe he is not the quote, evil disgusting person people make me out to be. >> and septa's market frankford line, day two with them operating without a full fleet on that line. a crash was found on a rail car over the weekend improvementing the removing of some of the rail car. until then septa has shuttle buses running along the train route for riders to take if the trains do become full. >>> a collision involving a tractor trailer detoured some drivers on i-95 in delaware county. it happened at the tail end of the morning rush. the wreckage has just been cleared and the ram s&p now back open. no word on any injuries. >>> turning now to the weather, it's rainy and mild out there right now. and potential record warmth is on the way as well. >> but don't get used to it, snow is not far behind. first rain soak can the area as we look live at dillworth park. the pavement is wet but the

this is the suspect 58-year-old william thomas. he's charged with the rape of at least five children and possession of child pornography. detectives found 1,000 pairs of children's underwear. >> this man was a trophy collector and creator of monumental proportion. he was a historian. he historically recorded all of his conquests. >> authorities fear there could be more victims. they ask anyone who may have had contact with suspect to come forward. >> nearly 100 septa train cars are out of service when cracks are found beneath of the trains. workers have comben tearing up the floors of the market-frankfurt fleet but it's unclear what caused the cracks or how to fix them. >> refairs, i can't exactly speculate and we don't want to rush them. >> septa warning commuters to be prepared for crowding and longer waits. this is the second crisis for the past year for the transit authority. a third of its regional cars were side lined for months. >> the battle over president trump's travel ban is edging its way up the judicial escalator heade

william thomas spoke by video during a brief court appearance today. he told the judge he's not evil and he never inflicted any pain on a child nor would want to. the bucks county district attorney calls thomas a real life boogeyman. he's facing 51 charges including five counts of child rape. thomas is still in jail tonight. >>> new video of a charity basketball game in olney that took a violent turn. watch as a man on the court walks over and punches a guy sitting on the bench. the two were separated but the victim got hit again by a second person. it all happened two weeks ago at international christian high school. >>> a local civil rights leader is suing the state of new jersey. steven young is the leader of reverend al sharpton's national action chapter in atlantic city. he's filing suit against the state over his arrest last march. young was charged with disorderly conduct while testifying in a state senate hearing about the charges were later dropped. >>> up next i'm tracking what could be the biggest snowstorm of the season for at least part of

this is the suspect 58-year-old william thomas. he's charged with the rape of at least five children and possession of child pornography. detectives found 1,000 pairs of children's underwear. >> this man was a trophy collector and creator of monumental proportion. he was a historian. he historically recorded all of his conquests. >> authorities fear there could be more victims. they ask anyone who may have had contact with suspect to come forward. >> nearly 100 septa train cars are out of service when cracks are found beneath of the trains. workers have comben tearing up the floors of the market-frankfurt fleet but it's unclear what caused the cracks or how to fix them. >> refairs, i can't exactly speculate and we don't want to rush them. >> septa warning commuters to be prepared for crowding and longer waits. this is the second crisis for the past year for the transit authority. a third of its regional cars were side lined for months. >> the battle over president trump's travel ban is edging its way up the judicial escalator heade

this is the suspect 58 year-old william thomas. he is charged with the rape of at least five young children and possession of child pornography. while police searched thomas's home authorities say detectives found a thousand pairs of children's underwear. >> this man was a trophy collector and creator of monumental proportions he was a historian. he historically recorded all of his conquests. >> reporter: authorities fear there could be more possible victims. they asked anyone who may have had contact with the suspect, to please come forward. >>> there are new developments tonight in the bill cosby sexual assault trial. we have learned a hearing has been scheduled for february 27th, the court will address cosby's request to move the trial out of montgomery county. cosby is accused of sexually assaulting former temple university employee andrea constand in 2004. >>> legislation advanceness pennsylvania to impose new restrictions, on elect abortions. this bill will ban elect abortions after 20 weeks compared to 24 weeks, under the cu

. >> reporter: neighbors of 58-year-old william thomas of morrisville are sound hear their handyman at midway village trailer park on bristol pike is behind bars. thomas who lives in this trailer is charged with multiple counts of child rape and sexual assault and possessing and manufacturing child pornography. >> too nice of a guy and everything. so i thought for all these years. i mean looking at a monster. >> reporter: police say they know of at least six victims including a relative from evidence recovered from inside his trailer. sheer whatly thomas has looked like over time. investigators believe he has been assaulting children ranging in age from two to 10 for the last 40 years. they seized over a thousand sexually explicit and nude photos of children from his trailer and that's not ally. >> he also possessed over 1,000 pairs of soiled little girls' underwear in his trailer. >> reporter: the d.a. says thomas' trailer was a perverse shrine to his criminal conquests. he kept meticulous detailed notes about his victims and what he did to them. some of his hand written notes were le

williams thomas charged with the rape of at least five young children and possession every child pornography. detectives found 1,000 pairs of children's underwear while searching the suspect's falls township home. crimes date back as 40 years. >> well, caught on camera, the frightening moments inside dearborn michigan police station when two men stormed the building, guns drawn. the chaos began after a traffic stop. >> i will file a complaint. >> after the stop the men immediately made good on their promise to file the complaint, but didn't go empty-handed. two men stormed the police station with long guns drawn around their next, and masks on. they broadcast it all live on facebook live. >> put that on the ground. put that on the ground. >> police acted swiftly, and they were able to arrest the men, no one was shot. they say the men are advocates of open carry laws. >> if you are a pet owner you will want to hear this. company is recalling its dog suit after the food was contaminated by a drug used to euthanize animals. has issued recall of their hung of beef products. the contaminants can

police arrested 58 year old william thomas of falls township. he is charged with rape of at least five young children and possession of child pornography. police say detectives found 1,000 pairs of children's underwear while searching the suspect's home. authorities say thomas could cod face life in prison. >> this man was a trophy collector and creator of monumental proportion. he was a historian. he historically reported all of his con consequences. >> authorities fear there could be even more victims. they ask anyone who may have had contact with the suspect to call falls township police. >> in other news, bizarre joy ride of a cab in rittenhouse square, all caught on camera. this is just plane crazy. eyewitness video shows the end of the ride at 18th and walnut. police say it started at 20th and locust, when half naked man jumped into the cab. developers say the man robbed the cab driver, then stole the taxi after the driver got out to help a female passenger. >> this guy came barreling through the park going about 60 miles an hour, all we h

falls township police charged 58-year-old william thomas yesterday with sexual attacks on six children ranging in age from two to 10 over the last 40 years. investigators say they discovered child pornography and little girls' underwear in thomas' mobile home. he lives at the midway village mobile home park on bristol pike and worked there as a handyman. authorities are asking any other potential victims to come forward as they show the variety as much pictures of the suspect over the years. >>> as karen just told you the troubles on a major septa commuter line they go on this morning. the market frankford line is still operating with fewer rail cars as engineers investigate extensive cracks. "action news" reporter annie mccormick is live at the frankford transportation center with more. good morning, annie. >> reporter: good morning, tamala a they are expecting delays this morning. however, yesterday they were also expecting delays. septa didn't have hard numbers for us but they did say they had fewer riders yesterday. they said they don't know if people were anticipating difficulties

thomas of morrisville worked at various trailer parks in falls township. when authorities recently raided his trailer they found more than a thousand images of child pornography among other disturbing items. officials say they know of at least six victims but they suspect there may be a lot more out there. if you have any more information, you think they should know about this case, they are asking you to contact them. >> ♪ >> 5:36 and the high stakes legal fight over president trump's executive order on immigration continues today. a three judge panel from the ninth circuit court of appeals in san francisco will hear oral arguments on an appeal by the white house to reinstate the ban. judge james robart of the western district of washington state blocked the travel ban on friday night. >>> a speaking marathon is going on right now on the senate floor to protest the president's education nominee. this is a live look at the senate chambers where the senator from oregon is speaking right now. he has been since 5:00 a.m. he tweeted to his followers that he

these are pictures of william thomas through the years and his mug shot of what he looks like now. police want you to look at his picture and pay close attention if you or your children or kids you know ever lived in the bucks county neighborhoods where he has lived. >> this man in essence was found with over 1,000 pornographic child images. >> reporter: police say the pictures thomas took himself. the trove if i items could have come from victims and from the houses and trailers where he worked as a hand dipman. he used this business card and was alone with neighborhood children. some were assaulted over weeks, others longer. police say they've talked with some victims and will be talking with more. >> a lot of them are broken people, they've been through a lot. >> reporter: here's in the trailer park where he lived and work, everyone seemed to know him but few wanted to talk about him. >> he was a nice guy soy thought all these years. you're looking at a monster. >> he would work with thomas doing odd jobs. he knew him for years but was never allowed inside the trailer where thom

william thomas told a judge that he never inflicted pain on a child he made the statement from prison via arraignment. prosecutors say he raped at least six children and had more than 1,000 expolicist photos of children insized his trailer. >>> two homes in kensington were badly damaged by a fire overnight. this is video of the homes engulfed in flames after 1:00 a.m. it started at a home on jasper street and spread to the home next door. >>> pennsylvania governor, tom wolf, implored lawmakers to fill a budget deficit. the governor laid out a spending plan in harrisburg including tax and fee increases and controversial cuts. john rawlins was there for the speech today and joins us live in harrisburg with the details. >> reporter: right, this time last year the democratic governor and the gop, in the majority here were were mile as part and this time the governor seemed to reach out and pitch ideas from the gop play book and he did not pitch the idea of increasing taxes either as far as the income tax is concerned or the sales tax. >> let start here. in my proposed budget there are no

william thomas accused of sex assaulting as many as six children in the last 40 years victims out there. >> this man in essence was found with over 1,000 pornographic child images in his possession. also possessed over 1,000 pair of soiled little girls underwear in his trailer. these pairs of underwear were displayed almost throughout his mobile trailer home. this was a perverse shrine to his criminal conquest. alison: police arrested thomas after finding notes about several children sprawled on the prywood in the last home. they released three photos of him taken over the last decade in hopes to find possible victims. track crime in the neighborhood with the alert i.d. maps at wjla.com. >> new information tonight about a story we brought you in larry: remember the mural that was supposed to depict barry and martin luther king and looked nothing like them? the artist came back and fixed the images and the observers were now able to correctly identify the figures. the artist blamed the earlier pictures on unsteady lift. alison: this was a 31-gun salute from london's gray park in honor of

william charles thomas faces 51 charges including five counts of the child rape. fifty-eight year-old is facing charges for child porn found inside his morrisville home. >>> a man is facing a slew of charges this morning after police say that he forcibly grabbed and kissed a septa officer with her body camera capturing the entire incident. >> you kissed me? >> yes, yes. >> no, you will backup, right now. >> boy. the female officer was on routine patrol monday afternoon at 69th street transportation center in upper darby, that is where police say five three-year old man, repeatedly demand that she allow him to kiss her. >> it was just one of those things where i was, i was personally aggravated that one of the people that i work with was treated so is respect there i, like you almost become accustomed to it the as a police officer that people are disrespectful but this was just such a personal violation >> even though the suspect was much larger than the officer officials say officer was able to turn him around and make an arrest. he is facing charges including ass

thomas will be back in court tomorrow for another hearing. prosecutors say some of thomas' victims were as young as three years old. they say he also had child porn and pairs of little girls under wear in his trailer park in morrisville. police worry there could be more victims out and there are urging people to come forward with any information. >>> philadelphia police are investigating what they are calling a suspicious death in kensington. a woman's body was found in a third floor apartment along 3200 block of kensington avenue. police say the body was under a sleeping bag. we don't know yet how she died. >>> pennsylvania governor tom wolf today put his latest budget proposal on the table for lawmakers to chew on. for the past two years the chem of democratic governor butted heads with republican controlled legislature but it's worth looking at what he's recommending before we get a sense of whether it's actually going to happen. to that are we turn to bruce gordon in the studio to break down the numbers. >> reporter: let's start with the

william thomas was arrested on sex attacks on children age 2-10 over the last 40 years. investigators raided his trailer home on bristol pike where he worked as a handy man discovering more than a thousand images of child pornography and little girl's underwear. >> this is a parent's worst nightmare. >> detectives provided a photo progression of thomas throughout the years. they are asking anyone recently or 40 years ago to come forward. >> they discovered dynamite in a haferford home this morning and had to call in the bomb squad. eight sticks of dynamite were being kept in the freezer. the dynamite was found because the home is being prepared for an estate sale after the homeowner died. the scene was placed under control at 3:00. nobody was hurt. >> police are trying to track down the individuals that broke into lower marion high school and made off with kobe bryant's memorabilia. dann cuellar is outside the school with the full story. dan? >> jim, still no arrests. although there is surveillance footage reviewed, no information tonight as to those responsible but the

fifty-eight year old william thomas made his first appearance via video, conferencing yesterday, prosecutors say some of thomas' victims were as young as three years old. police say could have more victims out there, and urging people to come forward with any information. >> going on for 40 years, wow. armed robber is on the loose in philly. wanted for almost seven or eight robberies in southwest philadelphia, especially, police say there have been at least five incidents from november up until just last week. investigators say the gunmen sometimes works with another suspect, but listen to there is officers arrest that man, his name marquis van lou, after they say an employee shot him during one of these attempted robberies. if you have any information, you're asked to call police, of course. >> came to local high school to watch charity basketball game. they didn't think they would see this, an attack. >> charity, charity basketball game. >> attack there. >> yes. >> they witnessed the disturbing attack, as alex says, against one of the players who was sitting on the bench. lauren johnson, w

thomas made his first appearance in front of judge today. prosecutors say some of this of thomas' wick vims were as young as three years old and police are worried he could have more victims out there. they are urging people to please come forward with any information. in germantown people are fed up vandals hit their neighborhood over and over again. they are waking up to their tires slashed. one woman tells fox 29 it has happened to her thee times. fox 29's shawnette wilson is live at the 39th police district. you've been talkin talking this. she's had it. >> she has. you mentioned three times. can you imagine spending about $1,500 pinching off of every paycheck to have tires replaced and someone keeps slashing them these residents feel like the problem isn't being taken seriously and they called us to come check it out. >> i parked around 11:30 p.m. and then i woke up at 7:30 to go to work and i found that my tires were slashed. >> reporter: that was two months ago. but since then, myrna says it's happened two more times. the most recent

thomas of falls township. he is charged with the rape of at least five young children, and possession of child pornography. police say detectives found 1,000 pairs of children's underwear while searching the suspect's home. authorities say thomas could face life in prison. >> this man was a trophy collector and creator of monumental proportions. he was a historian. he historically reported all of his co conquests. >> very disturbing. authorities fear there may be more victims. falls township police are asking anyone who may have had contact with the suspect to come forward. >> pennsylvania governor tom wolf is planning roughly $2 billion in cuts in his next budget. will outline the details to law make thers morning, now to make up for budget shortfall, wolf want companies extracting natural gas, he also prepares four state agencies into new department of health and human services. >> well, last week president trump signed an action that would review and potentially rollback new rule that would impact all retir

charles thomas is under arrest. police say they have evidence suggesting his alleged victims could go back as much as 40 years. the falls township native worked as a handy man at several trailer parks as well as in all the homes all over the area. they have identified six victims but more children could have been assaulted. >> a smyrna woman pleaded guilty to a woman by putting antifreeze in his steroids. she pleaded guilty to killing him in 2014. jamie baker will be sentenced next month. >> tonight nbc10 is learning more about the prison standoff in smyrna delaware that left a corrections officer dead. >> tim furlong went right to the top for answers today. >> reporter: the memorial services and tributes to lieutenant steven floyd have come answers about how correctional facility could overtake the corrections officers have not. >> it's been an extremely difficult and stressful past few days. >> reporter: he tells me supporting the floyd family is job one right now. he too is waiting for answers from both state pol

and tonight officials are looking for any potential victims to come for yard. 58-year-old william thomas of morrisville worked as a handyman at various trailer parks in falls township. when authorities recently raided his trailer they found more than 1,000 images of child pornography among other disturbing items. >> the human race hasn't come up with words to describe what we saw in that trailer. this is a parent's worst nightmare. >> here's what thomas has looked like over the years. police say he kept track of his crimes. they date back 40 years actually. officials say they know of at least six victims and they suspect there may be more. >> demonstrators gathered outside pap senator pat toomey's service office today. they want the republican to oppose education secretary nominee betsy devos. >> hey, hey, ho, ho betsy devos has got to go. >> devos faces a close confirmation vote tomorrow in the senate after two gop senators pulled their support for her. it's widely expected the senate will tie leaving vice president mike pence to break that tie in devos' favor. we'll have more on that c

prosecutors say 58-year-old william charles thomas raped children as young as three years old for 40 years. police say he lived at a trailer park in morrisville. before that at a home in levittown the trailer park owner tipped off police after finding things we're to the going going to get into because they are that bad. police say he kept a journal of his deeds. he could have more victims out there. they're asking anyone to come forward among anything about this. >>> happening right now, extremely rare find in berks county. it has people from across the nation flock to go neighborhood and lower heidelberg township all to see this. a bird. but not just any burr. it's a black backed oriole indigenous to central mexico. only other one ever spotted in the us that was in california likely someone's pet. bird ers believe this guy is the first one found in the wild in our nation. when wore got out 700 people showed up since friday coming from dozen states. >> this could potentially be the first record of a bird ever seen in the united states, and we just like birds. >> the analogy i came u

william charles thomas faces 51 charges including five counts of the child rape, 58 year-old is facing charges for child porn found in his morrisville home. >>> also today, minnesota judge will hear oral arguments on whether to dismiss case against office shore shot and kill, orlando castille during a july traffic stop. the officer is charged with manslaughter for death of the three two-year old. yanez lawyer say case should be dismissed claiming castille was reaching for his gun. it was streamed live by on facebook by his girl friend, of castille, authorities say discovered castille was licensed to carry a weapon. >>> man is behind bars after police say he forcibly grabbed a septa female septa officer and body camera captured the incident. >> you want to kiss me. >> yes. >> no, you will go right now. >> that officer was on routine patrol monday afternoon at 69th street transportation center in upper darby, that is where police say five three-year old man, repeat the ly demanded that she allow him to kiss her. >> it was just one of those things where i was personally aggravated that on

report rahel, these are extremely graphic details last week william charles thomas, 58 years old, arrested on child pornography charges. today he has new charges against him including rape, five counts, and say these five victims are not likely the only ones who are affected by this serial child rapist. he is suspected of abusing multiple young victims, as a handyman at trailer park in falls township. much of the details are outlined, very disturbing and these criminal complaints, i am on probable cause after put up picture of this, suspect, now thomas allegedly more than a thousand pairs soiled underwear from young girls in his trailer, bucks county, matthew winetrob, per verse like of victims, investigation began when good samaritan at the trailer park came forward after finding piece of plywood with sexually explicit writing , details of encounters with children as young as two years old. we also know one of the victims is actually one of his biological daughters. authorities say it was unintentionally left behind at vacant fill their thomas had been remodeling. lieutenant henry ward of

william charles thomas faces 51 charges including five counts of child rape. fifty-eight year-old is also facing charges for child porn, found in his morrisville home. >>> well, bethlehem township woman accused of stealing a baby yeast us from a nativity scene back in december is ordered to pay $254 in fines and costs. police say 50 year-old jacqueline ross was initially charged with theft, and institutional vandalism those charges were dropped, in favor of the citation, according to police they were led to ross after surveillance images captured her dropping off the damaged statue at a hospital. >>> explosive report in the new york times claims that some of the president trump's campaign aid were in constant communication with russia prior to the election. report published yesterday is based on findings by law enforcement and intelligence agencies and names four people close to the president including michael flynn who resigned as national security advisor monday night. communications were intercepted during routine intelligence communication or collection on

william charles thomas worked as a handyman in the falls township area. police found thousands of images of child pornography, souvenirs of his crimes against little girls, and notes of what he did to his victims. police believe he is responsible for attacks up to 40 years ago. thomas appeared in court via video this morning. his bail is set at $750,000. he is accused in six cases, but police believe more victims could come forward. >>> governor tom wolf will deliver his annual budget address in about five minutes. the governor would still need to close a $3 billion budget gap. you can watch the governor's speech live on nbc 10's app. >>> the gop-controlled senate committee yesterday sent a bill to the full senate banning abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy except in cases of emergency. >>> now to breaking news. this is at echo valley lane. one person was trapped inside. rescuers got that person out. we'll keep you posted on air and on our website. >>> a student at the nazareth area intermediate school came down with whooping cough. >>> more details on

he is 58 years old, william thomas is his name. made his first appearance via video yesterday, prosecutors say, some of thomas' victims were as young as three. police are worried if he could have more victims out there. they're urging people to come forward with any information. now, in yesterday's newspaper, the daily news, waist on the cover. and then on the inside, different mug shots from over the years. how this guy didn't get stopped more often? look at that. >> sub line there, chilling clues, dating back 40 years. >> forty years. >> but they had clues. all right. well, also we have an armed robber who has been out there working for about three month now. >> and wanted for almost half dozen robberies. police say there have been at least five incidents from november up until just last week. and according to investigators, the gunman sometimes works with another suspect. officers arrested that man, marquis van lou, after they say an employee shot him during one of the robberies. if you have any information, call police. >>> pol

charles thomas worked as handyman at several mobile home parks in the falls township area. inside his own trailer, police found thousands of images of child pornography, souvenirs of crime against little girls and a diary of what he did to victims. they've identified six victims so far. think more may come forward. thomas has a preliminary hearing this morning. charges will be laid out and get the chance to post bail. >> a delaware woman could spend the rest of her life in prison. yesterday in court she admitted she killed her husband by lacing his steroids with anti-freeze. she pleaded guilty to second degree murder in a kent county courtroom. her husband james who was a competitive weight lifter died in 2013. she'll be sentenced in march. >> 6:36. take you state by state and county by county for a look at stories across our area. >>> in south jersey, university warning students about possible armed robbers on its campus. two students held up sunday night in front of campus wellness center in glassboro. four guys jumped out of a car showing what the victims thought was a g

they say 58-year-old william charles thomas raped children as young as three years old. police say he lived at a trailer park in morrill listville and before that at a home in levittown. trailer park owner tipped off police after finding things that we're just not going to dee tal because they are that bad. prosecutors say do say thomas kept records of his sexual assaults on the children then say they found more than a thousand images of child porn in his home as well as hundreds of pairs of little girls underwear on display. >> this was a pre verse shrine to his criminal conquests and we are merely scratching the surface of those couldn't requests today. to be blunt about it this is a real life boogie man. this is your parent's worst nightmare. >> investigators worry thomas could have more victims out there. so they are asking people to please come forward with any information they might have. thomas heads back to court next wednesday. >>> developing right now discovery at a haverford home. specifically in the freezer that few could imagine. >> not one but two bomb squa

charles thomas who ace cues of raping five young victims including his biological daughter and possessing more than a thousand images of child pornography. >> he possessed over 1,000 pairs of soiled little girls underwear, in his trailer. this was a per verse shrine to his criminal conquests. >> reporter: there names, ages to issuing ises, thomas allegedly kept a meticulous record of his crimes which is why authorities believe his abuse dates back more than 40 years. >> this man was a trophy collector and creator of monumental pro organizations. >> reporter: this investigation began in november, after a good samaritan at trailer park found a piece of plywood in a vacant june that it thomas had been renovated and details a sexual even counter with two victims, one just two years old at the time. police are also investigating reports of the similar occurrences at thomas's previous address including a home on pleasant lane, and an complex on new falls road in levittown. >> i fear we may never know the complete scope of this man 's crimes. >> reporter: that is because, thomas ran his own cons

you can see here, if you can read it, john jeffries, thomas and william and peter packet. yes? you have a question. student: what are the names in red mean? prof. coombs: these are the names of the guys whose names are on this petition. so, no different. it's probably a little bit hard to read for you guys. the names in red are the ones we know about, although they are in's for a larger body of importing merchants. so these 15 men demanded that a number of ships that had been designated to go to chesapeake in the convoy of 1691, and therefore have been marked against the quota allocated to the chesapeake trade, they demanded they be disallowed. because they are the ones who pay the most customs, most in customs duties. we see here in 1686, you have a fairly short list of men importing, if you can read that number. these are all men importing more than 240,000 pounds of tobacco in 1686, so it is a fairly short list. collectively, they import over 11 million pounds of tobacco, which constitutes 65% of all tobacco imported into london that year. these are the big players in other

william charles thomas tastes 51 charges including five counts of the the child rape, prosecutors say that thomas have assaulted children as long as 1907's. fifty-eight year-old is also facing charges for child porn found in his morrisville home. now lets send it over to kate for today's forecast. >> forecast we're seeing pretty tame considering we have got the two separate disturbances bypassing the area. we have within view from live neighborhood network a streak of some brighter sky in between gray cloud cover there at 29 degrees here this bern ville out in berks county but everyone can expect to see a little sunshine today and also a stray snow shower in the mountains still a bit of light rain in the southern most counties of new jersey and delaware right now that will break for cloudy skies, later. cooler by tomorrow ape turning blustery as well, meisha. >> we are looking outside still have an accident out there, with medical emergency by the way pulled off to that right lane 95 thort they are penns landing head up but you can see congestion levels are not that bad. we have an ac

the figure off to the other side is william penn seated, thomas jefferson quoted penn as what he termed the greatest lawgiver that the nation has known. lined up behind him are famous humanist thinkers, john locke, and at the very top of the corner, violet oakley painted a andie of herself in that most people do not see that, she actually traveled to a library and did research, she asked the librarian for a history of law and he said there was not one, she said i will have to write one. she wrote one in terms of her paintings or what she wanted to produce. which goes through biblical, hebrew, judaic, different evolutions of law and comes up through pennsylvania law, u.s. law with john marshall and world law. it is a very original work she has depicted. capital preservation's role is to actually care for the fine decorative arts, the historic and architectural fabric of the building, we were formed in 1902, we are a bipartisan legislative service committee. our goal is really to protect the 640 rooms, the historic fabric, any of the artwork and architecture, that is what we deal with, th

two other judges are currently under consideration, william pryor from alabama, thomas hardiman, who works in pennsylvania. it is george neil gorsuch who seems to have the inside track. joining us now from florida, brit hume. first of all, can the democrats block president trump's choice? >> yeah, they can, bill. if they filibuster it, the republicans don't have 60 votes, which is what you need to shut on a filibuster. they only have 53. if a filibuster were mounted, it wouldn't halt the consideration of the nomination until it ended. it could be ended if the republicans were able to round up seven democrats to vote with them. they could shut it down. only once before in history has a supreme court nomination ever been filibustered and that was the nomination, the last republican supreme court nomination, out of samuel alito, that filibuster failed. he was confirmed. >> bill: it looks to me that it will be very hard for the trumpet administration to get seven democratic senators, two or three, i can see, seven, the it will be tremendous pressure on those people to stay within the par

john thomas p. william weaver. james holland. carlton patterson. dennis brandon. gary drennan. we have made it to the last page. john keyes. robert hensley. don mathis. john mckinney. richard written. tomas bo. walter. thank you. [laughter] edward cal sawyer. john morris. david sherman. donald sherman. >> we are going to leave the american legion conference at this point. you can watch the earlier speeches by senator mccain and secretary david shulkin. i've american legion and the search bar. the u.s. senate is about to gavel and for debate for congressman ryan zinke to be secretary. the confirmation about the comments the confirmation vote could come as late as 2:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. senators will be joining house members tonight to air president chun's first address to congress. later in the week in the senate, work on hud and energy secretary nomination. now to live coverage of the u.s. senate huron

>> thomas, karen, really watching the temperatures dropping. i mean, yesterday we had high temperatures in the mid to upper 60s, even couple of 70s, kind of dotting the map yesterday. so those temperatures are dropping pretty rapidly, especially north and west. but of course we have to factor in some of the warm surface temperatures of the roads, due to some of the heat that we saw yesterday. and also the track, also the timing of this system, and we really have to watch those critical temperatures dropping with that transition of rain to snow across the area. so, as we look at ultimate doppler, you can see where the snow is occurring far north and west, where we have the green, where we have the yellow, that's still just rainfall. philadelphia, the i-95 corridor northern parts of delaware pretty much all every south jersey just looking at the rainfall, as we continue to kind of zoom in, harrisburg, looking at snow, lancaster, now changing over from rain to snow, as we move toward part of berks county, starting to see some of those first flakes

william pretzer: that is the case. host: a lot of questions about african-american justices to the supreme court, thurgood marshall and clarence thomas. how are they represented in this museum? william pretzer: we created exhibitions based on themes that were determined by exhibition teams. as it turns out, thurgood marshall is represented by his fraternity dues card and simply buy a quote based on the brown v. board segregation case of 1954. there is really nothing about him as a supreme court justice. justice terrence thomas is represented in a small display around the confirmation hearings, and the charge by anita hill that led to a great deal of controversy, but then ultimately his confirmation and seating on the court. host: some may argue they played a bigger role especially thurgood marshall. william pretzer: we know there are thousands of stories we could have told in much later detail. we simply can't include all of those stories all at the same time. we have done our very best to find the kinds of stories tha

it happened when the officer discovered 28- year-old thomas bennet... asleep in his vehicle.. when the officer searched the car he found syringe needles and a bag of cocaine. the officer was trying to arrest bennet when he attacked. the woman managed to hold off bennet long enough, for police backup to arrive. "my main concern was holding onto my firearm... ...saw him going after my gun." bennet was charged with several felonies including aggravated battery, disarming a police officer and possession of cocaine. a 7-year-old girl at a boston red sox spring training in florida. . . gets an autograph from an unlikely source. makenna woodburn didn't get her baseball signed by a baseball player over the weekend.instead. . . the signature belongs to army reservist olyvia russell. russell was wearing her uniform on saturday when makenna approach her for an autograph.she later made a post on facebook in hopes to reconnect with makenna. . . which went viral. within hours . . .both connected and are now planning to meet next week. an ohio police officer went beyond the call of duty to h

justice correspondent pete williams joins me now. explain to everybody, how does the denial of the doj's motion impact the current stfts travel ban? >> doesn't change it at all. and here's where things stand. just after midnight saturday, thomas, the justice department filly asked a federal appeals court on the west coast to immediately put the seattle ruling on hold after the president called it ridiculous and said it came from a so-called judge. the appeals court declined to act immediately, asking instead for a response from the two states that got the travel restrictions blocked. so, this morning the trump executive order remains on hold. border officials are proceeding as though it never existed. that means that travelers who arrive from the seven countries that had been covered by the order are again allowed to come here. visas that had been suspended by the order are once again valid. so, that means travelers from iran, iraq, libya, somalia, sudan, syria and yemen are being allowed to board u.s.-bound flights. and when they ge