Police are asking any other victims to come forward after they arrested a man accused of exposing himself inside a clothing store at the Plymouth Meeting Mall several times last month.

Francisco Salazar Hernandez is charged with indecent exposure and several other offenses.

Police say Salazar exposed himself at least five times in September at the American Eagle store inside the Plymouth Meeting Mall.

“He would get a pair of pants from one of the sales personnel, walk into the fitting room under the guise of trying them on and then he would come out and say they didn’t fit,” said Plymouth Township Detective Sergeant Tom Longo.

Officials say Salazar would then expose himself after a sales associate brought him new jeans for him to try on. He would then leave the mall.  

Sources close to the investigation told NBC10 the women in the store at first thought it was a mistake. Once it happened a third time however they became suspicious and called police, according to investigators. Officials say workers called mall security and police in late September when Salazar was at the store. Salazar was arrested after he was found in the dressing room wearing only a t-shirt, investigators said.

“I don’t know what his objective was,” Detective Sergeant Longo said. “I don’t know what kind of perverse pleasure he was getting out of this. I can’t really speak to that.”

Salazar is currently out on bail but is not allowed to return to the American Eagle store at the Plymouth Meeting Mall as a condition. He is still currently permitted to visit other malls however. Police say they’re unsure if he’s exposed himself anywhere else and are hoping other victims come forward.

“Whenever you have a case that involves something like this there’s always the possibility of additional victims coming forward,” Detective Sergeant Longo said.

Salazar is scheduled to appear in court at the end of the month.

In Springfield Township, Montgomery County, school district officials began the year with more than $21 million in the bank, including millions in reserve accounts dedicated to future costs like pension liability and special education.

Yet the district sought approval to circumvent, if needed, the annual state-mandated amount that the district could raise taxes. By June, after months of budget wrangling and numbers crunching, Springfield adopted a 2016-2017 budget with a tax increase that fell under the limit and didn’t use its state-approved waiver.

Still, seeking exemptions from the Pennsylvania Department of Education has become a familiar move for many of state’s 500 public school districts. Springfield's budget chief, Ken King, said the reason is simple.

“All you have to do is complete the form. That’s it,” King said. “We don’t use exemptions. We don’t like to use them. But you start the budget process in October with very little known. There are a lot of things outside our control. Just to be safe, we file for exemptions.”

One in three districts in Pennsylvania received exemptions to raise property taxes above their state-mandated caps this year, according to documents provided to NBC10.com by the state DOE. 

The number of districts that received approvals, 178 this year, has increased from 165 in 2014-2015 and 173 in 2015-2016, the documents show. It is unclear how many used the exemptions to raise taxes above their caps.

The findings come as the Commonwealth Court gets set to hear one of the most important cases regarding local districts’ taxing powers in recent memory. In early December, the court will hear Lower Merion School District’s appeal to a lower court ruling that the district improperly stashed millions of dollars in reserve accounts while continuing to raise taxes each year.

Lower Merion is one of the numerous districts to be allowed tax increases above the state cap each of the last three years, despite having more than $55 million in reserve funds.

In total, the state’s 500 districts had $4.3 billion in reserve accounts as of the 2014-2015 school year, according to analysis by the Commonwealth Foundation, a conservative think tank.

The group released a report Wednesday that found 46 districts, including Lower Merion and Springfield, have applied for and been granted cap exemptions in at least 8 of the last 10 years. 

Even if some districts don’t use the exemptions to raise taxes above district caps, Commonwealth Foundation senior policy analyst James Paul said the process takes decision-making out of the hands of the taxpayers.

“Pennsylvanians have the right to know if their school districts are holding millions in reserve while asking for even more of their hard-earned money,” Paul said. “It’s one thing for districts to plan responsibly for the future; it’s quite another to expect taxpayers to fund massive cash stockpiles that do little to educate students.”

Districts can apply for exemptions for three reasons: construction spending, pension liability and special education. According to state law, the districts then have to spend the money raised above the cap on those specific expenses. NBC10 was provided each district’s approved waiver applications by the Department of Education.

In addition to the exemption applications, a school district can also seek tax increases above their cap by putting a referendum before voters. The Commonwealth Foundation said it is not a popular route.

“Since Act 1’s passage, however, virtually no districts have sought voter approval,” the group said in a statement with its report, adding that legislation called SB 909, introduced by Sen. Donald White, would require voter permission for any tax increase.

The bill would require a referendum on all local proposed tax increases, regardless of the amount.

"I believe taxpayers must be empowered by having the final decision on real estate tax increases through a referendum process that cannot be bypassed by allowing for inflationary increases or automatic exemptions for certain costs,” White said in introducing the bill last year.

It has remained in the Senate Appropriations Committee since last October.

Police are investigating the execution-style murder of a man near the steps of a home in the Hunting Park section of Philadelphia.

Police say a gunman shot a man ten times in the head outside a home on the 4200 block of Franklin Street shortly before 10 p.m. Wednesday. The victim has not yet been identified.

No arrests have been made. Police continue to investigate.

A family dog was killed and a home was destroyed following a massive fire in Newark, Delaware Wednesday night.

The fire started around 7 p.m. at a home on the 900 block of Crossan Road in the Bridleshire Farms neighborhood of Newark, Delaware. Firefighters from several companies responded to the scene and were able to bring the flames under control.

The home is a total loss and the fire caused an estimated $350,000 in damage. Officials say the family dog died in the fire.

The Red Cross of Delmarva is currently assisting the five residents of the home. None of them suffered injuries during the blaze. The Fire Marshal's Office is also investigating the cause of the fire.

A plane pushing back from a gate at Newark Airport Wednesday evening clipped the wing of another plane parked at a gate Wednesday evening, the second day in a row two planes made contact at the airport.

The FAA says United Airlines Flight 31, a Boeing 767, was backing out of a gate at Terminal B at about 4:30 p.m. when its wing made contact with the right wing of Austrian Airlines Flight 90, a Boeing 767, which was parked at another gate in the same terminal. 

No one was on board the United Airlines plane, an airline official said. 

On Tuesday, a Lufthansa Airbus A340 and a United 88 Boeing B777 clipped right wing tips at the airport while landing just before 5:30 p.m., an FAA spokeswoman said. 

No injuries were reported in either case. 

The FAA is investigating. 

The man suspected of planting explosives in New York City and New Jersey is expected to make his first court appearance nearly a month after was shot in a gunfight with police.

Ahmad Khan Rahami is expected to be arraigned for state charges in New Jersey related to the shootout on Thursday at the Union County Courthouse. Those charges include attempted murder of a law enforcement officer.

It's not clear when he'll make a court appearance on federal terrorism-related charges connected with the Sept. 17 bombings in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood and Seaside Park, New Jersey. He'll have to be transported to New York for arraignment on those charges. 

Thirty-one people were hurt in the Chelsea explosion, and additional unexploded devices were found in Manhattan and Elizabeth, New Jersey. No one was hurt in the explosion in Seaside Park, which was along a Marine 5K race route.  

Rahami has been at University Hospital in Newark recovering from multiple gunshot wounds in the shootout with police who found him sleeping in a doorway in Linden amid a national manhunt two days after the bombings.

Court officials said he will be arraigned at his hospital bed using videoconferencing software.  

His attorneys, with the American Civil Liberties Union, have previously declined to comment on the case. 

A shooting in Northeast Philadelphia left a man dead on the sidewalk and another wounded, police say.

Just after 11 p.m. Wednesday, 9-1-1 calls began pouring in about gunfire and a person shot at two locations in Lawncrest, according to Chief Inspector Scott Small. Officers responded to both locations -- Alcott Street near Rising Sun Avenue and Cheltenham Avenue near Rising Sun, about two blocks away.

When they arrived, Small said, police found a 20-year-old man suffering a gunshot wound to the back on Alcott Street. He was taken to a local hospital in stable condition.

On Cheltenham Avenue, police found a second victim, Small said. That man suffered a through-and-through gunshot wound to his chest and back and died at the scene. Small said police hadn't yet identified him early Thursday morning, but estimated him to be in his 20s.

The surviving victim told investigators that he and his friend were walking on Cheltenham Avenue when a gunman began shooting at them from the corner of Colgate Street and Cheltenham Avenue, police said. The man said he ran from the gunfire, but the shooter managed to catch up with him on Alcott Street and shoot him. It's unclear where the friend he was with wound up, but it did not appear based on initial police information that the man killed was the surviving victim's friend. That man, police said, remained unidentified Thursday.

Near the man's body on the sidewalk, police found a semi-automatic handgun. Six spent shell casings were also found about half a block from where the victim fell. Small said police would analyze ballistic evidence to determine whether those casings came from the gun found at the scene and that it wasn't immediately clear whether the deceased victim had been in possession of that gun.

"We're not certain at this time whether the victim fired any shots," Small said.

A single spent casing was found on Alcott Street near the surviving victim.

Small said police also found a wad of cash and bags of what appeared to be marijuana at the scene on Alcott Street, leading them to believe the shooting may have been drug-related.

Police did not say whether they believed the victims were shooting at each other, or if additional people are suspected to be involved.

The homicide and shooting remained under investigation Thursday.

Mamas & Papas has recalled nearly 3,000 strollers due to a fall hazard.

The company recalled its Armadillo Flip and Flip XT strollers after reports that a loose latch can cause the seat to tip back unexpectedly, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

No injuries have been reported.

The strollers were sold at Albee Baby, Babies ‘R’ Us, Buy Buy Baby and other stores nationwide and online at Amazon.com from December 2014 through July 2016. Lot numbers for recalled Flip strollers are 00814 through 00416 and for Flip XT are 01214 through 00416.

The company advised consumers to immediately stop using the strollers and contact Mamas & Papas for a free repair. Customers can call 800-309-6312 any time or visit www.mamasandpapas.com and click Recall Notice.

Donald Trump’s campaign sent two of its top surrogates to Pennsylvania Thursday to stump for the Republican presidential candidate. 

Trump’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, is holding several "Coffee with Ivanka" events in the Philadelphia suburbs Thursday. The fashion mogul is trying to sway voters in the critical battleground state. 

She was delayed arriving at her first event in Chester County due to fog at Philadelphia International Airport and didn't start until nearly noon.

After apologizing for her tardiness, Trump spoke about playing a role in her father's campaign's family care initiatives.

"I got very excited when the campaign and I started to talk about some of these ideas... that hopefully would start to eliminate big systematic issues such as gender equality."

Trump's late arrival into the Philadelphia area delayed a planned noon event at The Drexelbrook in Drexel Hill, Delaware County, for about 80 minutes. And, it may have impacted a planned 2:30 p.m. event at Spring Hill Manor in Ivyland, Bucks County.

At neither of the first two "coffee" events did Ivanka drink coffee while on stage, instead opting for a glass of water.

Women voters in Philadelphia’s suburbs could be critical in the race between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. The race to appeal to these voters even got its own "Weekend Update" sketch featuring Tina Fey and Jimmy Fallon on "Saturday Night Live." Trump has struggled to court female voters throughout the campaign and has worked to mitigate damage done by the release of a 2005 video where Donald Trump is heard crudely speaking about women during an "Access Hollywood" shoot.

The 2005 video, dismissed by Donald Trump as "locker room talk," bothered 80 percent of Philadelphia suburban voters, said a Bloomberg Poll released Thursday that put Clinton up 9 points over Trump in the critical Keystone State in large part due to growing support (a 28-point lead) for Clinton in Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery counties.

Also Thursday, another of Donald Trump's children, Donald Trump Jr., defended the "locker room talk" as something that happens very often, including in his own experience. 

"I've had conversations like that with plenty of people, where people use, you know, language [that's] off color. They're talking, two guys, amongst themselves," he said in an appearance on a Charlotte, North Carolina, talk radio show.

Ivanka Trump's suburban tour ends with her addressing the Montgomery County Republican Committee's dinner starting at 6 p.m. at the Crowne Plaza Hotel along Mall Boulevard in Montgomery County. The event carries at $125-per-person or $200-per-couple cost.

Also Thursday night, Trump’s running mate Mike Pence, spoke to Lehigh Valley Republicans at two events. The Indiana governor first spoke at the 3rd annual RepublicanFest reception in Orefield at 6 p.m. He then wrapped up his visit by addressing the Northampton County Republican Committee’s Chairman’s Dinner at Hotel Bethlehem at 7 p.m.

Mike Pence blamed the media and Hillary Clinton for what he characterizes as "a discussion of slander and lies" targeting his running mate Donald Trump. 

Pence's remarks Thursday evening were the first time the Republican vice presidential candidate addressed multiple allegations of sexual assault leveled at Trump. 

Pence told attendees at a GOP dinner in Orefield, Pennsylvania, that Trump denies accusations that he groped or forcefully kissed women against their will. Pence said the claims are "unsubstantiated." 

Pence blamed Clinton for pushing the story. He said Democrats are trying to draw attention away from hacked emails that are unflattering to her campaign.

Police are cautioning drivers to beware at the pump, NBC's "Today" show reports.

Surveillance cameras around the country are revealing what police call “sliders”: thieves stealing from women who leave their purses in the car while they pump gas.

The suspects sneak through the passenger side of the car, targeting potential victims who leave items on the front seat.

"Today" national investigative correspondent Jeff Rossen reports how to protect yourself from “sliders.”

In short: lock your doors and roll up any windows.

Nutrisystem is recalling one of its popular high-protein bars over concerns about possible listeria contamination, which can cause serious and sometimes deadly infections in young children and the elderly.

The company's Nutricrush Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough bar, manufactured by Noble Foods, Inc., contains an ingredient that may be contaminated with the bacteria, Nutrisystem said. 

Only 455 cases of the affected product were shipped to ShopRite and Hannaford stores in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and nine other states; it was also sold online through Amazon.com and Walmart.com. The product, sold in a box of five, can be identified by the UPC 6 32674 85579 4, Enjoy by Aug 22 2017 and Lot Code NF082216A. 

No other Nutrisystem product is affected by the recall, which the company said it is initiating out of an abundance of caution. 

No illnesses have been reported to date. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.

Young children, frail or elderly people and others with weakened immune systems are more susceptible to infection.

Anyone who purchased the affected products can return them to the place of purchase or call Nutrisystem's customer service at 1-866-293-8118.

Nearly 80,000 new millennial voters could be making their vote count in the upcoming presidential election.

NextGen Climate PA, a political action committee focused on curbing climate change, announced Thursday that they had registered 79,938 voters on more than 90 campuses around the Keystone State.

The climate change group said a majority (more than 52,000 registrations) were done in person ahead of the Oct. 11 voter registration deadline.

NextGen, which hasn’t officially endorsed a candidate, does openly state its lack of support for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. "It will take all of us to make sure we don’t let Donald Trump wreck our climate and our economy."

Of course, just because 80,000 college students registered to vote doesn’t mean they will cast votes for Trump or Democrat Hillary Clinton come Nov. 8 but it does open up the door for millennials concerned about the environment to vote.

"Polling has consistently shown that millennials are more likely to support a candidate who will make addressing climate change a top priority--- and NextGen Climate PA is proud to play a role in ensuring young people's voices are heard at the ballot box in November." said NextGen Climate PA state director Pat Millham.

The group said it planned to "Get Out the Vote" come election day.

NBC10 didn’t immediately receive responses about the millennial voting push from either presidential campaign.

For Geno Vento, namesake of Philadelphia's iconic cheesesteak shop and the son of its owner, it's never been about a sign.

And so, a few weeks ago, Geno, who took over his father's steak shop at 9th and Passyunk in South Philly when Joey Vento died of a heart attack, unceremoniously removed what may be the shop's second most talked about item (after the cheesesteak, of course): a sign that hung for about a decade in the front window of the shop proclaiming, "This is America. When ordering, please speak English."

When his father put up the sign about 10 years ago, it sparked a massive firestorm, grabbing national headlines and focusing criticism on Joey Vento, the outspoken steak shop owner who opened the shop in 1966 with $6 in his pocket and a $2,000 loan from his father-in-law, for his views.

But now, five years after his father passed away, Geno Vento wants to set the record straight. In an exclusive interview with NBC10's Keith Jones, Geno talked about why he finally decided to remove the controversial sign from the window at Geno's.

"It's not about a sign. It's about what you do and what your mark in life is, and I wanna change that mark in life," Geno told Jones, sitting across from him in the shop's construction-cone orange booth in front of a wall of famous people who've visited the shop over the years. "I wanna make Geno's Geno's Steaks different than what my father did. Not saying that was right or wrong, but that wasn't my vision, and I wanna take Geno's to the next level."

Geno said the sign was taken down unceremoniously weeks ago. It was gone from the storefront before presidential candidate Donald Trump's visit to Geno's in September, he said.

And even though it was widely believed that his dad's dying wish was to see the sign stay forever, Geno says that's an urban legend as cooked-up as the rib-eye Geno's counter workers sling 24 hours a day.

His father, although outspoken, cared about people, Geno said.

"Dad is humanitarian. We do a lot of support with the community, the troops," he said. "He had a big mouth, but not a bad guy."

In a 2006 interview with NBC10 about the sign — at the height of the controversy — Joey Vento said he didn't intend to remove the sign, although Geno's never turned anybody away.

"We got troops that get blown up, and here we got this big, bad Joey Vento because he's got the audacity to try to teach people to speak English in America, where the language is English, and if you don't know it, you're not going anywhere," Vento said at the time in his gruff Philly twang. "The bottom line is, nobody's ever been refused."

Today, Geno said his vision for Geno's Steaks is to keep coming to work every day to put smiles on people's faces.

"We have all different kinds of customers from all walks of life, from janitors to presidents, come in here," he said. "I'm a people person. I serve everybody ... I'm here to make people happy, and believe it or not, being a cheesesteak in Philadelphia known all over the world. That's amazing."

He stressed that his dad, despite his big mouth, never intended any harm by hanging the sign.

"He basically was proud of America and being American, and that's the way he stood," Geno said, flashing his signature grin. "The way I do it is a little differently, you know? I like to hug."

An analysis of twelve Southeastern Pennsylvania school districts found eleven consistently told taxpayers they needed more money than they did. The NBC 10 Investigators reviewed a dozen suburban Philadelphia school districts' audited budget statements, comparing the projected budgets presented to taxpayers with actual spending. The investigation comes as the Lower Merion School District fights a lawsuit accusing it of misleading taxpayers. 

The NBC 10 Investigators analysis found Lower Merion, Central Bucks and Downingtown area schools had the largest difference between what they projected to taxpayers and what they spent. 

“Every budget has to go through an extensive process that is subject to approval by the state of PA,” Lower Merion School District spokesman Doug Young said. According to the district’s audited financial statements, it has over estimated its budgets by an average of 6.9% since 2009. The district’s average surplus is $13.6 million according to those financial statements. Taxes increased in Lower Merion Township more than 50% during that same period. 

The Central Bucks School District had the largest average budget error of those reviewed according to the district’s audited financial statements. 

“I think we’re doing things very well, but I think it would be highly irresponsible of us to sit here and say we can’t get better at it and be better communicators about what our long term goals are here at Central Bucks,” Superintendent John Kopicki said of the district’s 7.6% average budgeting error. 

Kopicki said the extra money collected is used to renovate schools and pay down debt. 

In Downingtown, the superintendent said the district intentionally over budgets for the same reason. 

“The general fund is the only revenue generating fund that we have,” Downingtown Area School District Superintendent Lawrence Mussoline said. “There’s a history to this. This is 20 years of us doing this. This isn’t six years.” 

According to the DASD’s audited financial statements it’s average budget error was 7.1%. 

“It’s sidestepping the public,” Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale said of the NBC 10 Investigator’s findings. “We’re certainly going to make sure they’re on our list for future audits.” 

“We were doing it in secret. We were not telling the public what we were doing,” Former Unionville Chads Ford School Board member Keith Knauss said. Knauss said when he discovered his district over budgeting, the school board changed its practices. According to the district’s audited financial statements, its budget error was 1.5% over the last five years. The district’s average surplus was $1 million. 

“Sound fiscal management is a key strength of our District, enabling our highly rated program while simultaneously prudently managing taxpayer dollars,” said a statement released by the district. “Our stated goal is to produce spending plans that are within 2% of actual expenditures and the five years of audited results show that we were well within our goal.” 

The one district NBC10 Investigators found under budgeting was the Upper St. Clair School District in western Pennsylvania. It’s average budget error was -1.4%. It carried a deficit of $900,000 during the years reviewed by the NBC 10 Investigators. 

“You do not necessarily plan a refinancing activity prior to the adoption of the budget,” the district’s budget director Frosina Cordisco said in a statement. “Refinancings are reviewed and Board approved contingent upon favorable market conditions.” 

The Radnor Township School District called the analysis of its finances misleading, however district communications director Michael Petitt did not respond to a request to clarify that statement. According to the Radnor Township School District’s audited financial statements, the district had an average budget error of 4%. Petitt said $13.4 million was omitted from the district’s “end of year actual expenditure.” He did not respond to questions as to why. 

“Excluding these expenditures inaccurately inflates the amount of surplus as well as the percentage amounts,” he wrote in a statement. “In anticipation of future large increases in contributions toward the Pennsylvania School Employee Retirement System (PSERS), district administration and School Board members had the foresight to plan ahead and create a PSERS Rate Stabilization Fund to fund these increases. District administration and School Board members recognized that the PSERS increases over multiple fiscal years would well exceed the funds the district would be able to be collect under each year’s Act 1 Index, which limits the ability to raise property taxes. Thus, the district prudently maintained a savings account over these years to fund the PSERS increases. 

The West Chester Area School District also said pension responsibilities play into it raising more money than it spends. The district’s average budget error was 3.9% according to its audited financial statements. 

“We work very hard to be fiscally responsible with our budgets,” superintendent James Scanlon wrote in a statement. “We have a board policy that targets an undesignated fund balance between 5% and 8%. Despite all of the mandated expenses, the average tax increase over the six year period of 2010 to 2015 was 2.2%, with two years being 0%. Our average percent of fund balance to actual expenses was 3.3% and each year of savings went to pay for capital projects or was used to help offset the following year’s budget.” 

The Wallingford Swarthmore School District also said it uses the extra money to pay down debt ultimately saving taxpayers money. The district had an average budget error of 3.2% according to its audited financial statements. 

“Budgeting is always challenging and not an exact science,” superintendent Lisa Palmer wrote in a statement. “Our goal is to prepare a budget that not only provides for our students’ needs, but is realistic in terms of our annual revenue and expenditure assumptions. However, sometimes opportunities present themselves during the course of the school year - after the annual budget is adopted.”