A stabbing inside a Northeast Philadelphia home left a man and woman dead Tuesday, and police are investigating.

Police said someone found the victims in the home on the Elmore Road near Glenfield Street about 12:40 p.m. Responding officers arrived to find a man dead of stab wounds in the kitchen of the home and a woman stabbed to death in the living room. Medics pronounced both people dead at 1:18 p.m.

Officers found a weapon believed to have been used in the stabbings in the home, police said.

The man's age and identity were not immediately known. Police said only that the woman is 58 years old. It's unclear if either person lived at the home where they were found.

NBC10 has a crew on the way to the scene. Stay with NBC10.com and the NBC10 app for continuing updates.

A shooting left a pregnant woman and two men in critical condition in Philadelphia's Kensington neighborhood Tuesday afternoon.

Police said gunfire rang out on Thayer Street near Kensington Avenue just after 12:30 p.m., wounding three people who were outside on the block.

A pregnant woman suffered gunshot wounds to the stomach and head, police said. Police took her to Temple University Hospital, where she was listed in critical condition.

Two men also suffered gunshot wounds, police said -- one to his stomach and head, and another to his groin. Police took both men to Temple University Hospital, where they were also listed in critical condition.

Police said no arrests have been made, and the motive of the shooting was not immediately known. It was unclear whether any of the victims was the intended target.

Detectives and crime-scene investigators are at the scene searching for evidence and witnesses.

Police in suburban Philadelphia investigating reports of a man masturbating naked in the bushes arrested a man who previously pleaded guilty to indecent exposure.

A West Goshen police officer witnessed Gary Hacker, 59, masturbating along the side of Boot Road near Route 202 Friday, said West Goshen Township Police.

Police had been on the search for a naked man who neighbors say was masturbating in the bushes off Boot Road back in August when they made the arrest, said investigators.

Hacker posted 10 percent of 25,000 bail after a judge arraigned the Collegeville man on indecent exposure, lewdness and disorderly conduct.

This wasn't the first time Hacker faced indecent exposure charges. He pleaded guilty to indecent exposure in Montgomery County in 2007 and received two years probation, according to court records.

NBC10 reached out to an attorney who represented Hacker in his previous indecent exposure case for comment.

The skeletal remains found in an old New Jersey police headquarters gutted by fire more than three decades ago may belong to a homeless man who accidentally locked himself in a holding cell and couldn't get out, according to a woman whose family owns the building.

Susan Greenbaum, whose family is in the process of selling the building to a developer, told NBC 4 New York police believe the man got into the Paterson Police Department station on Washington Street, which has been boarded up since the devastating 1980 blaze, and somehow locked himself in the cell.

Greenbaum said police think he died there about eight to 10 years ago; she said the approximate date of death is based on a water battle and over-the-counter medication found near him in the cell. A contractor working with the new owner of the building found the remains Monday, she said.

"It's tragic and we are upset about it," said Greenbaum. "My family was born and raised in this community, and we have a great respect for the community. It's sad that we have a homeless problem." 

Police did not immediately return a call seeking confirmation of the circumstances Greenbaum detailed to NBC 4 New York. Earlier, authorities said only that a decomposing body belonging to a man was found in the building.

The building has been vacant and boarded up since it was damaged by a fire on Feb. 8, 1980.

The department's headquarters were temporarily moved to the old Central High School on Hamilton Street after the fire; the headquarters are now housed on Broadway. According to a New Jersey history blog, the Washington Street headquarters had been consumed by flames previously -- in the so-called "Great Fire" of Feb. 9, 1902 that devoured more than 450 buildings and 25 city blocks.

The headquarters were rebuilt after that fire, but abandoned after the one 78 years later.

Authorities say additional information about the man's identity will not be released at this time. 

A New Jersey man found himself in cuffs just five minutes after being released by cops over the weekend.

The 38-year-old Paterson man had been arrested on Monday afternoon after police got a call about a man trying to throw a brick through the window of a parked car outside a shopping center in Wayne.

When they got on scene, police said they found the man -- who had been previously banned from the shopping center's property -- holding a pocketbook stolen from the vehicle along with two bags of heroin.

They arrested the man on burglary and drug charges and took him to the police department for processing. 

He was released from custody a short time later, and Wayne police said two detectives watched him walk to Wayne Valley High School. Once there, authorities alleged the man rolled down the window of a Jeep in a parking lot before stealing three pieces of Under Armour-branded clothing. 

Authorities said the two detectives confronted the man as he tried to walk away, and he was again cuffed on burglary charges.

Authorities said only 5 minutes passed from the time the man left police custody to his second arrest.

He was booked on $500 bail and was being held at the Passaic County Jail. 

Above average temperatures and a dry spell have made the last few weeks of summer feel more like the middle of summer.

Philadelphia has not seen measurable rain at the airport since Sept. 1, and before that, August 21. The forecast Tuesday calls for a primarily dry week ahead as well.

The U.S. Drought Monitor recently categorized the Philadelphia area, the Lehigh Valley and most of New Jersey as abnormally dry. That category is only one level below moderate drought.

This year, most areas have seen less than average rainfall. In fact, Trenton, New Jersey's annual precipitation is 7.06 inches below average. Philadelphia is 3.99 inches below. And, Allentown is 4.61 inches below. Reading currently has a 5.59 inches annual precipitation deficit. And, Mount Pocono comes in just under 3 inches below. Delaware has fared slightly better, with Wilmington only 0.64 inches below average. Atlantic City has seen just enough rain to put the official reporting station at 3.32 inches above average for annual precipitation.

At this point, one strong and steady storm could help alleviate the deficits.

Only a year ago, Philadelphia saw nearly 10 inches more rain than in 2016. As a result, some people may start to notice lawns and plants suffering compared to 2015.

Louis Holod, Owner of Holod’s True Value Hardware, said it’s not time to panic, yet.

"Most of the grass here is blue grass, and it goes dormant above 90 degrees," Holod said. "Sixty to 90 percent of it will come back automatically. Then you can do your repairs, and spend a lot less money."

If you’re particularly concerned about your lawn, Holod said you can water the area.

"If it’s small enough, water now. If it’s larger, then I’d hold off until we get just one good rain and you can overseed it, but probably the most bang for your dollar would be lime."

Holod also suggests that if you do water your lawn, do so before 10 a.m. because watering at night can lead to fungus problems. He also said not to aerate your lawn until we’ve seen rain, as the soil may be too dry for aeration to currently work.

Police in New Jersey are searching for a man who allegedly attacked a woman in her home, dragging her through bleach and punching her in the face. 

The 28-year-old suspect, Andrew Kazmierzak, went to the 26-year-old victim's home in East Rutherford and was allowed in to have a conversation, according to East Rutherford police. The two were former acquaintances, though the exact nature of their relationship wasn't clear. 

Inside the apartment, Kazmierzak and the woman began arguing, and the Kazmierzak urinated on the floor, according to police. 

The woman went to get bleach to clean up the floor, and that's when Kazmierzak took the bleach and poured it on the victim, then dragged her through the bleach, police said. He then punched her in the face. 

Kazmierzak ran away before police arrived.

The victim was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center to be treated for injuries from the bleach on her hip and buttocks, police said. She remains in stable condition at the hospital. 

Anyone with information on the suspect, who possibly lives in Paterson or in the Bronx, is asked to contact the East Rutherford Police Department at 201-438-0165.

An e-cigarette explosion at a New Jersey mall left a woman's Louis Vuitton bag smoking, startling a worker and another shopper on the anniversary of September 11.

Surveillance video captured the surprised reaction from everyone in the Sunglass Hut store at the Freehold Raceway Mall as a lithium battery exploded in Mara McInerney’s handbag. Thick, black smoke could be seen pouring out of the high-end purse.

“Terrifying, scary. It sounded like a gunshot. It sounded like a bomb went off,” McInerney said. “It was 9/11. I thought someone had put something in my bag.”

McInerney says she immediately dumped the contents onto the floor. It was then that she discovered her melted personal vaporizer and what was left of the charred battery. Heat from the blast melted holes in her Louis Vuitton Neverfull MM tote, which McInerney says she purchased last November for almost $1,900.

Lithium batteries power a great number of things because they pack a lot of energy into a little package. They are also delicate — a crack, a fray or a defect has the possibility of leading to an explosion like the one that rattled McInerney.

There have been at least two dozen incidents of explosions and fires in personal vaporizers and e-cigarettes between 2009 and 2014. A Long Island man says he was burned when an e-cigarette ignited in his pocket earlier this year. A Queens woman says she was also burned when an e-cigarette exploded. 

McInerney says there was no warning. She always stores her vaporizer safely in the pocket of her handbag. She’s just glad her 4-year-old daughter had not been reaching into her purse for a piece of candy at the time her bag blew up.

“It could have exploded in her face,” McInerney said.

No one was reported injured in the eruption.

If you use the Martin Luther King Drive to get out of Center City, you may want to take the Kelly Drive or Schuylkill Expressway for the rest of the week.

The Philadelphia Water Department closed about 1.5 miles of the westbound lanes of MLK Drive from Spring Garden Street (Eakins Oval) to Sweetbriar Drive around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday to perform maintenance on the PWD Fish Ladder along the banks of the Schuylkill River, said PWD spokesman John DiGiulio.

The roadway would remain closed until 3 p.m. Wednesday. The same closure from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. will be in effect Thursday and Friday, said DiGiulio.

A violent day on the streets of Philadelphia left five people dead, including a rapper Meek Mill's cousin, in numerous shootings and stabbings over the span of about 15 hours on Tuesday.

The bloodshed began in West Philadelphia just after 9 a.m., when police say someone shot a 25-year-old man in his side, chest, buttocks and shoulder at 52nd Street and Wyalusing Avenue. Police took the victim to Presbyterian Hospital, where he was in stable condition.

The bloodshed only worsened from there.

A little more than three hours later, about 12:30 p.m. shots rang out on Thayer Street near Kensington Avenue, in Kensington, leaving a pregnant woman with gunshot wounds to her stomach and head, a man with gunshot wounds to his stomach and head and another man with a gunshot wound to his groin, according to police. All three victims in that shooting were taken to Temple University Hospital in critical condition.

About the same time, officers performing a wellness check at a home on the 12000 block of Elmore Road in Northeast Philadelphia made a gruesome discovery: a 68-year-old woman, later identified as Virginia McLaughlin, along with Lawrence Carty, 60, both dead of stab wounds. Police said McLaughlin lived at the home on Elmore Road and Carty lived on the 3500 block of Grant Avenue, also in the Northeast. They said they believe Carty died of self-inflicted wounds to his arms, but did not say whether authorities have ruled the case a murder-suicide. They said they believe an argument motivated the violence.

Less than five hours later, a shooting in Philadelphia's Fairhill neighborhood left a 32-year-old man dead, police said. Gunfire erupted on Howard Street near Cambria about 5:20 p.m., leaving the man dead of several gunshot wounds to his torso. A Verizon worker on the block at the time scooped up the victim and drove him to Episcopal Hospital in his work van, according to police, and was being interviewed by detectives after the shooting. Investigators said they believe the shooting was drug-related, and no arrests had been made as of Wednesday morning.

About two hours after that, just after 7:30 p.m., a man who would have turned 25 on Wednesday stumbled into the alley behind his Southwest Philadelphia home and died after police say someone shot him several times. Police said they believe the man was standing on his back steps between the 5800 blocks of Cobbs Creek Parkway and Fernwood Street when someone shot him, then fell down the steps and died. Several cameras in the area captured the gunman fleeing the scene, police said.

About an hour later, about 10 minutes before 9 p.m. in West Philadelphia, a 24-year-old man suffered a gunshot wound to the back on Frazier Street near Media, in the Carroll Park neighborhood. Police said that victim was hospitalized in stable condition and officers arrested the suspected shooter.

The violence didn't end there. Less than a half-hour later, about 9:10 p.m., a 27-year-old man showed up at Albert Einstein Medical Center with gunshot wounds to his back, police said. The man told them someone shot him on Opal Street near 66th Avenue. No arrests were reported, and the man was in stable condition.

Less than an hour later and across the city in South Philadelphia, 21-year-old Angelo Colon died after police say someone shot him in the head outside a take-out restaurant at 18th Street and Snyder Avenue. Colon, police said, is the cousin of Philadelphia-born rapper Meek Mill, who took to Instagram to express his grief over the young man's death.

"Watching my family die to these Philly streets ... My mission is to save my family from these streets and change the mindframe of all my lil cousins growing up in it! #RIPLO," Mill wrote in an Instagram post about the killing.

A second man, age 27, also suffered two gunshot wounds in that shooting but survived and went to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital for treatment. Police said the suspected shooter took off in a dark sedan and that cameras in the area may help them solve the case.

Back in Kensington, a retaliatory shooting on Lee Street left two people wounded shortly after 11 p.m., according to police. Chief Inspector Scott Small said investigators believe that shooting was payback for an earlier homicide in the neighborhood. It was unclear what homicide to which the shooting was connected.

Across the city again, in South Phladelphia's Point Breeze neighborhood, a man suffered a gunshot wound on Latona Street near 16th about 11:30 p.m. No arrests were reported in that shooting.

Police reported only one arrest, in the West Philadelphia shooting on Frazier Street, among the shootings.

Philadelphia's homicide rate, according to police statistics, is currently up 11 percent year over year compared with 2015. As of Tuesday night, the city has recorded 203 homicides so far in 2016, compared with 181 as of the same date last year. The jump is even larger compared with 2014, when 176 homicides were recorded year-to-date, and 2013, when there were 172 homicides. Compared with 2012's rate, however, the city is still recording fewer homicides. That year, among the most violent over the last five years, 253 people were killed in the city as of the same date, and 331 homicides were recorded by the year's end.

Police temporarily put a West Kensington school on lockdown after a gunman shot a man at a playground across the street.

Philadelphia School District Police implemented the lockdown at Julia De Burgos Elementary School on N 4th Street after the shooting in Fairhill Square, which sits across from the school on W Lehigh Avenue, around 11:25 a.m., said Philadelphia Police.

No word yet on the victim’s condition.

The lockdown lasted only about 15 minutes, said police.

No children were harmed.

Fairhill Square features a playground and green space.

Open alcoholic containers were found following a crash that left a 5-year-old New Jersey boy dead and five other people hurt. The wreck closed Interstate 78 in the Lehigh Valley for hours Wednesday morning.

Cars backed up for five miles behind the three-vehicle wreck along I-78 eastbound at mile-marker 70.6 between Route 33 and Route 412 in Lower Saucon Township in Northampton County shortly before 1 a.m.

A Nissan Versa driven by Nadine Walton, 54, of Newark, New Jersey for some reason left the roadway, swerved and struck a guardrail, stopping in the left lane, said Pennsylvania State Police. [[393393771, C]]

A Kia Forte and Doge Caravan then struck the disabled Nissan, said police.

Walton was driving 31-year-old Stefany Stephens, a 2-year-old girl and a 5-year old boy (all from Newark, New Jersey) at the time. The wreck left the boy -- identified by his grandfather as Rayvon Robinson -- dead at the scene -- ejected from his car seat, said police.

Walton and the 2-year-old suffered serious injuries as Stephens suffered undisclosed injuries -- doctors at Lehigh Valley Cedar Crest treated the injured, said police.

Each child was in a child safety seat but it wasn't clear if they were properly strapped in, said police.

Police said they found open alcoholic containers inside the Nissan Versa. They hoped to find out if either the driver or passenger were drinking at the time of the crash. [[393373531, C]]

The drivers of the other vehicles suffered less serious injuries and were transported to local hospitals, said police.

As the coroner was called to the scene, all lanes remained closed as of 7 a.m. as the minivan and one of the cars remained badly damaged int he middle of the roadway. The roadway opened up before 1 p.m.

Why Have a 'Radar on Wheels?'

Radars just aren’t close enough together in the existing fixed radar network. The map below shows all the National Weather Service radars across the country:

The dots are small, but basically our area is "covered" by radars in Ft. Dix, New Jersey; Dover, Delaware; and State College, Pennsylvania. As I explained in a blog when StormRanger10 debuted, they are simply not close enough for equally good coverage across our area.

The biggest radar "gap" in our area is clearly in Chester and Berks Counties. Places outside the yellow area on the map below have the worst coverage of fixed radars. I would call areas in yellow "marginal" for tornadoes, precise rain/snow lines, and small showers. The areas in green are covered the "best."

If we want to get the best look at storms, especially in the areas with the poorest coverage up to now, we need to move the radar to the storms. That is what StormRanger10 does.

Amazing Results From Small Storms

 On Friday, Sept. 9, the radar showed very little on it anywhere in our area. The conventional, fixed radars showed NOTHING in Bucks County and Mercer County. We had sent StormRanger10 to Quakertown, which happens to be southeast of Allentown-in the yellow area on the local coverage map. If any storms were going to develop, we expected them to form (or move to) within 30 miles of our selected site.

Around 5:30pm, StormRanger10 suddenly saw a small but intense shower develop right near Easton, Pennsylvania -- yet, the fixed radar system still showed just light showers at the very same time!

This wasn’t even happening in the main "gap" area, yet the difference was striking (and frankly, surprising). As the showers tracked southeast through Bucks County, we saw our most striking result yet. At 6:15, StormRanger10 showed an intense shower in Trenton, New Jersey, while the fixed radar didn’t show a drop of rain in all of Bucks or Mercer counties. So how could the fixed radars miss that heavy shower?

The answer had to be that, by the time the Ft. Dix or State College radar beams got to the shower, the beam was too wide. The radar beam is very narrow at first, but the farther it gets from the radar, the wider it gets, and therefore can’t detect as much detail. In this case, they missed some very heavy rain.

Meanwhile, StormRanger10 kept tracking the shower, which was still dumping heavy rain on a small area. And this all happened during our newscasts, so I was able to show the difference on TV-live.

Test Results Even Better Than Expected

As I stated earlier, it was surprising to capture a heavy shower without the fixed radars showing anything-in an area not even in the main radar "gap." We clearly expect future radar beams from the fixed radars to show:

1. What looks like precipitation, but it’s really just moisture in mid-level clouds and is not reaching the ground (beam gets too high)
2. The higher parts of rain and snow clouds-missing intensity near the ground
3. Small and weak radar returns in some places where it is actually raining heavily (beam gets too wide)

We’re excited to see what we find with future thunderstorms, floods, and winter storms. Remember, this is all new. StormRanger10 is the first of its’ kind for TV. And you’ll be able to see the discoveries right along with us by watching NBC10 and/or our APP.

Philly Jesus is preaching a message of forgiveness after being found guilty of trespassing stemming from his arrest at a Center City Apple Store earlier this year.

"The son of man will triumph over these bogus charges," said Michael Grant, aka Philly Jesus, ahead of Wednesday morning's trial.

Despite being found guilty of misdemeanor defiant trespass later Wednesday and being sentenced to three months probation -- the first month having to report to a probation officer -- and being told to pay around $600 in court fees, Grant maintained his innocence.

"I will appeal," Grant told NBC10. "I am innocent."

Grant, 30, spent 12 hours behind bars after his May 2 arrest inside the store at 1607 Walnut St. He claims he was lawfully in the store charging his phone since he is an Apple customer. Investigators allege that Grant refused to leave despite being asked three times because a cross he had with him was blocking an aisle. Grant claims the employee that asked him to leave was offended by his appearance and garb.

Grant in full Jesus garb appeared in court with Philadelphia-based criminal defense attorney Brian Zeiger to fight defiant trespassing and disorderly conduct charges. He was found not guilty of disorderly conduct after the trial that lasted a couple hours.

An Apple store manager testified during the bench trial. Grant has been back in the store since his arrest.

"I'm an Apple customer with an iPhone, on a family plan -- Father, Son & Holy Spirit," said Grant. "Bless up! May the lord have mercy."

In May, Grant rejected participation in an accelerated misdemeanor program that would have settled the case since he maintains his innocence.

Despite being put on probation, Grant preached forgiveness as he returned to the streets of Philadelphia Wednesday afternoon.

"I was found guilty of trespassing but I forgive them for trespassing against me," said Grant. "For they know not what they do."

Grant is a recovering heroin addict who is popular among tourists and Center City regulars who donned the Philly Jesus persona about two years during his recovery. He spends most days in the Center City area of Love Park and Dilworth Plaza giving blessings, the occasional fountain baptism and taking photos with tourists.

When reached for comment back in May, Apple referred to Philly Police for comment.