dinardo. they even compared his case to the parkland florida shooting, his trial starts in november. >>> live from the sat center, chantee lans for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> there are callsiminal chargd begins camden county officer accused of police brutality. officer and two others were suspended after this video surfaced, it shows an officer punching a man who was already on the gund, a lawyer, foreman says his client, edward menwilla was brutally beaten but still faces criminal charges. >> i have called on the prosecutor's office to dismiss those charges but it has been met with silence and that is interesting considering the individuals caught on video doing the beating has not been criminally charged. >> reporter: in a statement to "eyewitness news" camden county spokesmen says in part that the video from the scene as shocking and disturbing as it is, it is not who we are and the police department and does not represent our training, standards or culture at the agency. i can say in no

cosmo dinardo confessed to the killings during a three-day spree. today, the victims families opened up about their loss. >> nobody should ever have to deal with losing their child and not in the way he was taken. >> i never thought i would feel this. and lose my son. >> it is devastating to our family, everything. >> cosmo dinardo confessed to avoid the death penalty. his cousin, sean kratz was also implicated in the killing. >>> another storm moves our way. >> the nbc first alert weather team is keeping you ahead of it all. >> that's right. we will see more snow and wind and everybody shaded in pink is going to be shoveling or snow blowing. we will break down your neighborhood after the break. >> an arena upgrade. >>> the wells fargo center about to look quite a bit different inside. >>> plus this. >> surprise, why this was a monday some area students won't soon forget. cancer challenges us. to find smarter solutions. to offer more precise and less invasive treatment options than before. like advanced genomic testing and immunotherapy. see how we'

. >>> the families of the three victims who were allegedly killed by cosmo dinardo and his cousin on a bucks county farm last summer has filed ongful death suits. "eyewitness news" reporter chantee lans is on the and she joins us live from our satellite center with more, chantee. rents are in all victims describing life after losing theisons they believe more should have been dt the accusedr cosmo dinardo from getting the gun. today attorneys for the of dean finocchiaro, tom mayo and jimmy patrick wrongful death lawsuit. victim filed a wrongful death next year. they were filed begins dinardo dinaankrwers, their sean bodies were found last july, buried on a farmnolebury, count. now that farm is owned bynardo'd according to criminal complaints sturgis was shot with the gun owned by dinardo's mother, lawsuit claims his parents, neglect to safe guard their gun while knowing their son had serious mental health issues. >> at least so-so site can begin to change to make sure that mentally ill individuals disturbed never, ever have access to weapons to kill people. >> it is undescribable the

so the reason why they are charging cosmo dinardo the family because cosmo dinardo himself, yes, he is 17. >> no, he is 20. >> he is an adult but he doesn't have any money so they will get the two family and business. >> that is right. the parents are not normally liable for acts of their adult children you are not responsible for them, however now circumstances and facts may be different here. let me tell what you happened here negligence is cosmo dinardo had severe mental illness known to the families. that is an important point. he had violent tendency, threatened people in the past that was known he was involuntarily committed to a mental institution banned from his high school and college because of that violent behavior and arrested for having a shotgun possession after he was committed, he had access guns and access to construction equipment, now in light of all these circumstances and thinks important his parents had a duty to exercise reasonable care so they had duty to put these firearms away because of all of thighs violent tendency and construction equipment that is basis o

today in center city, the familieses announced a wrongful death suit against the parent of cosmo dinardo. the family's lawyers say dinardos didn't do enough to keep their guns out of their son's hands even though they suspected he was mentally unfit. today, family members talks about how much they are missed. >> there isn't a day that goes by i don't cry or think of jimi. >> i never thought i would lose my son or go through this. >> devastating on our family. >> tom was everything. >> cosmo dinardo confessed to everything and his cousin, sean kratz confessed to the killings. >>> the background of the suspect of the florida high school massacre. investigators say nikolas cruz had been bullied by his younger brother, zachary. he told them he when they were younger he and his friends bullied zachary he now regrets doing. he said he does feel somewhat responsible and guilty about the incident and could have possibly prevented this. cruz is accused of killing 17 teachers and students at douglas high school in parkland on valentine's day. >>> two of our local lawmakers are pushing for legislat

dinardo. they is. we have the latest on that. and then then this. >> too motivated for mother hood. i'm proving, time and time again there is no wrong way to be a mother. >> simple, yet powerful, serena williams with an inspirational message to women every where. >> that just gave me chills. she's so fabulous. we will have some good news on this very busy day, tuesday. >> not too late to get a flight out of here. >> that is right. >> well, remember when we were hitting the 70's, oh, this is great, smooth sailing right into spring. >> yes. >> shorts out, all ready to go >> got to put those short, shorts away for a couple days. morning. sue, we are busy. >> keeping dreaming because we have a winter storm coming ou wm warning for tonight into tomorrow morning. it all depends onwhe the rain/ss up. i will be sayingain as far as es of precipitation. we have a six out of 10 f will be okay for balance of the daylight hours as far as precipitation is conrn winter c, temperatures in the teens and 20's,

attorneys announcing their long expect civil suits against confessed killer cosmo dinardo, his cousin sean kratz , dinardo's parents and businesses. they say his parents created a play land to their son's illegal acts. denard he was charge in the slaying of jimmy patrick, dean finocchiaro, thomas mayo and mark sturgis. >> i never thought i would feel this and he was my son. >> it has been devastate to go our family, thomas, every day. >> families of jimmy patrick and dean finocchiaro and thomas mayo are the won who filed the suit. they believe dinardo sold pot and how he was able to lure his victims to their violent deaths. you may remember there were four men who died, fourth person filed their suit in december, so earlier then other three. >> yeah. >>> boy, here's footage out of new york city that reminds us how brave our fire fighters are. wow. building collapsed. fisod comes down on them. >> yes. >> we will tell you about how this turns out. >>> former president trump aid goes off in a series of tv interviews why he says he thinks special counsel robert mueller may have something

they are suing the accused killer cosmo dinardo along with his family and they're business. jeff cole has more on these new developments. >> reporter: there was no answer at the bensalem home of antonio and sandra dinardo the parents of cosmo did you marred dough the admitted killer of four young men in his father's bucks county corn field last summer. a 20 minute drive away in 52 floors up, the family also of his alleged victims spoke of their grief. >> nobody should ever have to deal with losing their child and not in the way he was taken. >> reporter: jimmy patrick and dean finocchiaro 19 thomas meo21 and mark sturgis 22 were slaughter the in a bucks county corn field in july of 201753 investigators by cosmo dinardo and his cousin sean katz. monday the family's of patrick, finocchiaro and meo gathered group photo with high profile attorneys to mark the filing of civil lawsuits against dinardo, katz, dinardo's parents and they're construction related business. >> we hugged each other and i told him come home early and he he said he would. that was the last time -- >> i nev

by 21-year-old cosmo dinardo and his cousin sean kratz will katz. the families of patrick, finocchiaro and meo gathered to mark the filing of civil lawsuits against dinardo, katz dinardo parents and construction related business. >> we hugged each other and i told them come home early and he said he would. he was the last time. >> i never thought i would feel this ever lose my son. >> it's been devastating to our family. thomas, everything. >> the suit filed this morning hone in on the alleged use bidil far dove his mother's 357 magnum handgun in the murders. a weapon the lawyers 11 the dinardo's deranged and violent son should never have gotten his hands on. >> to make sure that mentally ill individuals disturbed never ever have access to a weapons to kill people. report roar the lawyers are going after the parents businesses claiming their troubled son used company equipment in the killings. dinardo sold pot say investigators. it's how he drew his alleged victims to the field where they died. >> that is not justification for a brutal gruesome horr

attorneys announcing their long expected civil lawsuits again the confessed killer cosmo dinardo his cousin sean katz, dinardoss parents and businesses. dinardo charge charged in that y july 2017 brutal slaying of jimi patrick, dean finocchiaro, thomas meo and mark sturgis. >> i never thought i would feel this ever, lose my son. >> it's been devastating to our family. tom was everything. >> investigators believe di far dode sold marijuana that was how i was able to lure his victims to their violent deaths. he can treatmently close call for a firefighter in bucks county. he had a scary fire in a house fire this morning oh tonight we're hearing from his mom thankful he was able to escape without any injuries. let's get out to our shawnette wilson live in the trevose fire company tonight. shawnette. >> reporter: iain, he was more than lucky. his mom calls eight miracle from god. he wasn't hurt. not even a scratch. >> i had the call from the hospital that he's there and what happened, my heart start beating fast. >> reporter: allah priest is relieved to see her son back at work tonight a

dinardo, the man who confessed to the murders. the families of dean finocchiaro thomas meo and jimi patrick filed their suits yesterday. the family of the fourth victim, mark sturgis, filed a similar lawsuit in december. they all claim that dinardo's parents should have denied him access to guns and the construction equipment he used to dig the graves. >> sunoco pipeline project being blamed for sinkholes in chester county. over the weekend a sinkhole developed on the 400 block of lisa drive in west whiteland township. a few doors down there's a sinkhole the size of a swimming pool. look at that. sunoco released a statement saying in part "we injector an approved liquid concrete mix sometimes referred to as flowable fill into holes that were created by soil movement. this action has been completed and all areas have been secured ." >>> this in from our delaware news room. lawmakers introduced a bill to lower the legal limit for drinking and driving. the blood alcohol threshold would drop from .08 to .05. the bill has not been hear

families are suing accused killer doses cosmo dinardo, parent and huskies inch sean kratz. they claim his parent didn't do enough from keeping guns from him. marge sturgis filed a suit last year. >> and philadelphia police are investigating a brazen armed robbery in west philadelphia caught on camera. this happened at the i and s market on the 20000 block of jefferson street last monday. suspect barged into the store armed with handguns and shotgun. roughed up employee and forced him to empty the cash register police say the sus make made offer with go $1,200. >> and philadelphia sergeant facing serious charges this morning, 42 year old steven postell charged with exposing himself annex pat g -- us a at you go. one accused him of indecently assaulting her when on assignment together. charged with indecent as exposure and assault. >> terrifying bus ride for mother and young daughter they came under attack by a woman wield ago knife. this happened on greyhound bus headed from las vegas to oakland, california. eyewitnesses say a woman acting irradically grabbed a three year ol

dinardo, his parents, families, and as well as cousin sean kratz. july 2017 broughtal slayings of jimmy patrick, deanhio, thomd mark sturgis. >> i never thought i would feel this and lose my devastatir family. >> so sad. they are broken hearted, the suspect he lured his victims to their death. >>> in montgomery county bill cosby will be back in court prel hearing on these charges. lets get right to lauren johnson in lauren. >> reporter: so with the jury dead locked unable to make a prs are having their second shot of bill cosby's freedom all playing outetal hearing. so yesterday, lawyers from bet side gathered here and basicalle trying to paint picture of the 80 year-old as one of theredaton hollywood just recently made aware of sexual aware during meo movement. lsosecutors want 19 accusers of being drugged and attacked but cosby's lawyerser argued the dead, their families are shot or lost. judge stephen o'neill said wow not rule to whether allow end oe hearing call it a weighty issue and needs time to reviewot time, to take the stan, jury dead lock

. >>> lawyers for families of the three of the victims murdered by cosmo dinardo and his cousin, sean kratz are announcing a major development at a press conference this morning. we will have a camera there. so the three of them, four victims in all, found buried in a bucks county farm last summer. this news conference will start at 10:30 this morning. very interesting. we will have a camera there. >>> president trump will host israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu for an official meeting at the white house. netanyahu's facing a political fire storm back at home after israeli police say they had evidence to charge him with bribery fraud and breach of trust, prime minister has denied those allegations. >> won't that be an interesting meeting. >>> big oscar night last night , yeah, what does that do with the eagles? mccauley caulkin boycotted going to the oscars but tweet ed through the whole thing. best original score of the year was new england 33, philadelphia four is. >> yes, mccauley caulkin, i agree. >> i bet eagles fans are like what is his connection, is he in philadelphia ri

cosmo dinardo and his cousin sean kratz are charged with killing and burying four young men on a farm in solebury township. well, today the families of three of the victims dean finocchiaro thomas meo and jimi patrick filed the suit against din dinardo's family. it says dinardo had documented mental health issues and his parents should have prevented his access to guns and the backhoe in the alleged -- that was allegedly used in the crimes. we are still trying to get the dinardo family to comment. >> ♪ >> health check tonight. people with type two diabetes getting a slight break on some blood sugar levels. the american college of physicians have lowered the target levels for a1c. it reflects blood sugar levels over about three months much the goal used to be seven or less but is now between seven anthe group says aggressive treatment to get the lower levels did not cut heart attacks stroke or death significantly. but it did increaseroblems like low blood sugars and cost. >>> congress is considering a bill to create a national three digit suicide prevention hotline. it will replace t

lawsuits allege that cosmo dinardo's parents should have stopped their son from having access to guns, due to his involuntary commitment to a mental health facility. >> the from the press of atlantic city the cape may may lewis ferry hiring, retails, maintenance, and it will be health in april. >> new pilot program at west chester university focused on helping students with intellectual disabilities attend college and prepare for employment. the real achievement matters initiative is seeing first participants to begin their college experience in the family. good for them. >> that's a look at newspaper headlines lines around the delaware and lehigh val ills. all right, jim, the dictionary just got bigger. merium webster added some words, so we have some of the words here, we will test jim's knowledge, because he's always so hip. >> i'm hip and happening. >> the first words is glamping >> like fancy camming? >> i knew would you know that. >> i like it. that's easy one. what's next? >> yorki poo? >> a two dogs put together,. >> i knew you would know these , but do you know what hate watc

. >>> in the meantime the parents of bucks county murder suspect cosmo dinardo are now the target of a new wrongful death lawsuit. the families of three of the victims dean fin caro thomas mayo and? immee pratt trick filed that suit today. they say due to the documented mental issues his parents should have prevented his access of guns and the company owned construction equipment used in the killings. >> had he not had access to the gun, the backhoe, the pig roaster and the farm itself this crime could not have been committed. >> now, during today's news conference in center city philadelphia we also heard from the families of those three young murder victims. it was the first time that some of the distraught relatives spoke publically about their loss. >> we miss jimmy every day. there isn't a day that goes by that i don't cry or think of jimmy. >> "action news" has reached out to dinardo's parents fortune but have yet to hear back. they're named in a previous wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of the fourth victim sturgis. >> a montgomery county firefighter recovered from i

. >>> and the family of murder suspect cosmo din dinardo is now being sued by relatives of his four alleged victims. dean finocchiaro mark sturgis tim patrick. >> from our delaware news room lawmakers have introduced a bill to lower the legal limit for drinking and driving in delaware. the blood alcohol threshold would drop from .08 to .05. the bill is already receiving pushback from the american beverage institute which says the law would criminalize moderate responsible drinking. however, the national academies of science urged states to make this exact change months ago arguing it could save thousands of lives each year. >>> it is now 6:39. taking a live look at center city philadelphia. beautiful sunrise coming up lighting those buildings up but later on today we will be dealing with our second nor'easter in this early month of march. >> you know, karen, it looks so beautiful and clear when you look out right now. it's hard to believe just how different things will be in a little bit over 24 hours. >> we just got done with a big nor'easter on friday and comparing the two, the winds with