On Sunday, a 20 year-old University of Delaware Student reported to the Newark Police Department that she had been sexually assaulted the night before.

The victim reported that she was walking alone at approximately 10:30 p.m. when a man approached her from behind and pushed her against a parked car.

She says he sexually assaulted her before leaving the scene. She described her attacker as a white male, with light color hair, medium build, about 6 foot. She said he was wearing a flannel shirt and a beanie hat.

The alleged assault took place on Corbit Street in the area of Wilson Street.

If anyone has any information contact James Skinner at 302-366-7100 ext 3135.

An SUV drove into a Delaware County Acme supermarket Monday, and police are investigating.

The crash happened about noon at the Acme near the intersection of Baltimore Pike and Conchester Highway, in Glen Mills.

Video from SkyForce10 showed police and fire crews at the scene and a white SUV on a tow truck after being pulled out of where it crashed into the store. Police aren't sure yet what led to the crash.

Henry M. Palmer, 80, of Ocean View, Delaware was arrested and charged with two counts of lewdness and one count second degree indecent exposure.

On Sunday, police were approached by a 37 year-old man who reported Palmer had exposed his genitals to him while masturbating in the Rehoboth Avenue Bandstand public restrooms.

The man told police that he observed Palmer in the men's restroom masturbating over a urinal in full view. The victim, alarmed, took a photo of Palmer and gave it to the police.

A different investigation revealed that this was not the first itme Palmer had done this, police said. On January 8, a 56 year-old male reported to police that he observed Palmer masturbating over a urinal in the same public restroom. When the victim expressed his disapproval to Palmer, Palmer allegedly turned, placed his back to the urinal and exposed his genitals to the victim.

All of the charges against Palmer are misdemeanor offenses. He was released on $600 unsecured bail.

It is all too common to hear about a teen dying due to a car accident. Now advocates are calling on the goverment to take action.

In 2015, the United States saw a 10% increase in young driver deaths, but no state has improved their driver safety laws in the past year.

According to the National Center for Health Statistics, car accidents are the leading cause of death among 15 to 20 year-olds, killing 1,678 16 to 20 year-olds in 2014.

In 2015, 54% of teen deaths were due to not wearing a seatbelt, in 26% there was alcohol in the driver's system, and 36% of teen deaths were due to speeding.

How did this affect our area if 100% of people wore seatbelts while in a car in 2014?

In Delaware, where it is illegal to be in a car without wearing a seatbelt, 55 lives were saved becuase they were wearing a seatbelt, and 10 lives could have been saved. It is also illegal to not where a seatbelt in New Jersey where they saved 194 lives and could have saved 37.

In Pennsylvania, you can only get a ticket for not wearing a seatbelt if you're pulled over for something else first, but seatbelts saved 381 lives and could have saved 94 more.

While the number of teen deaths caused by accidents in 2015 increased in the rest of the nation, Pennsylvania saw a trend in the opposite direction.

Pennsylvania recorded the second lowest level of teen deaths since record keeping began in 1928. Pennsylvania saw 1,102 fatal crashes and 1,200 total deaths in 2015.

New Jersey has released records through 2016 and so far has seen an 11.2% increase in car accident deaths in the past year.

Delaware had 129 fatal crashes with 133 people killed in 2015.

What can we do to prevent this crisis and save young drivers?

Parents should ensure young drivers are wearing their seatbelts while driving, stress the safety of staying under the speed limit, and limit the distractions while driving.

If you have a passenger in the car, let them hold your phone. If you're alone in the car, keep your phone in the center console or glove box so the temptation isn't visible.

The FBI continues to search for the “straw hat bandit” who they say is responsible for 11 armed bank robberies in Montgomery and Bucks counties over the past four years. Officials say the suspect is responsible for the following robberies:

• 6/8/2012 – Colonial American Bank; 300 Welsh Road - Horsham, Pennsylvania

• 9/28/2012 – First Federal Bank; 803 Park Avenue - Wrightstown, Pennsylvania

• 1/18/2013 – Wells Fargo Bank; 706 Stony Hill Road - Yardley, Pennsylvania

• 3/30/2013 – PNC Bank; 1015 South Bethlehem Pike - Ambler, Pennsylvania

• 5/24/2013 – Harleysville Savings Bank; 1889 East Ridge Pike - Royersford, Pennsylvania

• 5/24/2013 – Univest Bank; 4285 Township Line Road - Schwenksville, Pennsylvania

• 8/30/2013 – Wells Fargo Bank; 25 West Skippack Pike - Ambler, Pennsylvania

• 1/2/2014 – First Priority Bank; 10 Sentry Parkway - Blue Bell, Pennsylvania

• 1/6/2015 – Wells Fargo Bank; 481 West Germantown Pike - Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania

• 7/3/2015 – Wells Fargo Bank; 1675 Limekiln Pike - Dresher, Pennsylvania

• 7/2/2016 – PNC Bank; 1216 Welsh Road - North Wales, Pennsylvania

During the incidents, the suspect was armed with a black semi-automatic handgun and demanded money from tellers. He then fled the scene after stealing the cash.

The suspect is described as a white male in his 40s or older standing between 6-feet and 6-foot-2 and weighing over 200 pounds.

During the robberies he has concealed his face using a mask, pillowcase or bandanna. He has also worn several different types of hats including a large straw hat, dark-colored bucket hat and black baseball cap with unknown white writing. He has also worn suit coats over a shirt and tie, hooded sweatshirts and lightweight jackets.

Officials believe the suspect owns or has access to a 1998-2007 white Chevrolet Silverado or GMC Sierra base model pickup truck with a cap over the bed. He also may have owned or had access to a teal BMW sedan or a dark-colored Volvo sedan. 

If you have any information on the robberies or suspect please call the FBI at 215-418-4000.

A vehicle struck and killed a woman walking on a road in northern Delaware Monday afternoon.

Police said the victim was on foot on southbound Route 1 at Paddock Road, in Smyrna, about 12:30 p.m. when she was hit. She died as a result of her injuries.

The driver of the striking vehicle stopped and stayed at the scene, according to Delaware State Police.

The southbound lanes of the highway were shut down at police investigated the crash.

Philadelphia City Council conducted a public hearing Monday evening for people to weigh in on the proposed tobacco retailing regulation.

The hearing took place at the Municipal Service Building at 1401 John F. Kennedy Blvd Monday.

The policy will increase the cost of selling tobacco products by $50 to $300 annually. It also proposes a standardized penalty, where businesses caught selling tobacco to minors three times in two years will lose their tobacco license for a year.

The extra money will be used to hire inspectors to crack down on tobacco sales to youth.

Mayor Jim Kenney was blunt about his opposition on tobacco—specifically underage tobacco use.

“I don't have a lot of sympathy of people who market and sell to young poor people or poor people, things that are detrimental to their health,” he said.

If approved, the policy will likely go into effect starting in 2017.

Dashcam video captured a dramatic rescue in Hamilton Township, New Jersey as a group of Good Samaritans lifted up a car to save the life of a woman who was trapped underneath.

The woman was driving along a curvy section of Weymouth Road Sunday afternoon when she lost control of her vehicle and crashed into a tree. The woman was thrown out of her car which then flipped and landed on top of her.

At the time of the accident, Mygnalis Vidal was driving with her three children and a friend when she was flagged down by others on the side of the road. That’s when Vidal saw the trapped woman.

“It was bad because she was like turned like that,” Vidal said. “Her face was all scratched from the road and stuff.”

A group of people gathered near the victim asked Vidal to help.

“So I just parked real quick and I started running towards the car because they were telling me to help to lift,” Vidal said. “I was just trying to lift the car as strong as I could so she could come out.”

Sergeant Michael Virga helped Vidal and six other Good Samaritans raise the car high enough for Sergeant Michael Schnurr to pull the woman out from underneath. The woman suffered serious injuries but is expected to recover thanks to her rescuers.

“It’s something I needed to do,” Vidal said. “Because can you imagine, it could have been myself. It could have been anybody else. I just wanted to help. That’s all.”

When NBC10 hit a local state park Monday, people had mixed feelings about the warmer than average forecast temperatures and the lacking fall foliage.

“I think they could be a little better, have a bit more color, but we're getting there,” said Glenn Smith, as he looked through the trees around him.

“It's still pretty green, which is surprising. I'm not used to it being this green,” said Sarah Schneider, who is from the area and feels like it’s September instead of October.

While portions of the region have begun to see peak colors, the southeast portion of Pennsylvania as well as Southern New Jersey and Delaware haven't been so lucky.  In fact, in a report by foliagenetwork.com, it categorizes the fall colors for the area as moderate to low.

“It seems like a very slow start. When fall does hit, it will probably be fast and quick,” said Service Forester Heather Kerr.

According to Kerr, there are quite a few factors that determine when fall foliage peaks, and how long it lasts.

“As the seasons change, the night becomes a lot cooler, the trees start to go dormant and they understand they need to start sending all their reserves to their roots," Kerr said.

Temperatures are forecast to remain in the 80s for afternoon highs, and only slip to the 60s at night. Those temps don’t help with the Philadelphia areas fall foliage shortage. Plus, the area has had a drier than average year. That can lead to an earlier start to the leaves changing colors. However, the area actually had a wet start to fall, which may have delayed the start of peak foliage colors. Finally, Kerr said the type of tree plays a big role in when the change occurs, and how impressive it is.

“Different species have different chemicals in the leaves. Maples will have different chemicals than an oak. So they're going to produce different colors, different vibrancy and they'll start changing at different times,” said Kerr.

Here's the good news! Those colors are projected to fill out at least a bit more beginning this weekend through Halloween, and may lead to about 15 to 20 percent of trees in full color. Regardless, the Service Forestry suggests heading to higher elevations where temperatures have dropped lower for the best fall foliage sightings.

The bus driver who hit and killed an 11-year-old boy walking to school in Jersey City last week "feels horrible" about the fatal crash.

Defense Attorney Edgar Navarrete said that his client, Raul Delatorre-Galaza, "broke down in tears" when they met ahead of a hearing where his bail was lowered from $50,000 to $30,000.

Delatorre-Galaza is accused of driving with a suspended license when he hit and killed George Gonzalez at Neptune Avenue at John F. Kennedy Boulevard on Friday morning. 

"He feels horrible," Navarrete said. "Certainly it's a situation that's very tragic for those involved."

At the bail hearing Monday, prosecutors revealed that Delatorre-Galaza's commercial license had been suspended four times, while his personal license was suspended five times. 

"He never should have been behind the wheel," one prosecutor said. 

Navarrete countered by explaining that the suspensions were mostly for unpaid traffic tickets, and that his client didn't know about the most recent suspension until Friday's fatality.

But Gonzalez's family said they think that the charges against Delatorre-Galaza should be upgraded to murder. Last week, Gonzalez's uncle told reporters that the bus was speeding at the time. 

A shirtless man in cutoff jeans shot and killed a man celebrating his 30th birthday, said Philadelphia Police.

The gunman fired multiple shots at the birthday celebrator following an argument around 11:30 p.m. along E Allegheny Avenue near F Street in Kensington, said police.

Police arrived at the scene to find the victim "laying in the middle of the street, unresponsive, unconscious suffering from a gunshot wound to his upper back and his head," said police Chief Inspector Scott Small.

He died a short time later at Temple University Hospital.

"What makes this story even more tragic… was that he actually got killed on his 30th birthday," said Small.

"A friend of the victim said the motive of the shooting was an earlier fight."

Investigators believe the shooter used a revolver because they found no shell casings at the scene, said Small.

No word yet on a clearer description of the shooter outside of what he was wearing.

Former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice defines “champion” differently two years after video was released of what he calls “the worst decision of my life."

“Winning is big,” he said. “I take that and I cherish it, but if I played and never got another Super Bowl but I helped save some men in the locker room, then I'm a champion.”

Rice may be best known for what he was seen doing on a surveillance video from an Atlantic City hotel rather than anything he’d done on a football field before it. The video showed him knocking his fiancée, Janay Palmer, unconscious with a blow to the face, then dragging her off an elevator.

“It was the worst decision of my life, and I'm going to pay that consequence for the rest of my life,” Rice told News4 for the domestic violence awareness project "Safe at Home." “I have two kids, who I now have to raise my son to grow up to be a man but I also have to protect my daughter from myself, a guy that could potentially be like me in my worst moments.”

Rice said he never dealt with issues before hitting Palmer, and issues came at a young age. The eldest of four siblings, his father was shot and killed when he was very young, and he was raised by his mother.

“Me being the oldest in the house, I had to be the man at a very young age,” he said. “I tell the story that I started paying bills when I was 11 years old. I go to college and I was chasing the dream."

Rice played football at Rutgers, and then, the NFL called. The Baltimore Ravens drafted him in 2008 at the age of 21, and with that came money and fame, which he said compounded his problems, particularly in his relationship with his high school sweetheart, Janay Palmer.

“If you don't deal with issues, a small problem in your household might become a big deal,” Rice said.

Rice was indicted for aggravated assault for the incident on the videotape. Soon after, he reached a plea agreement, which included a program for first-time offenders, which required regular counseling. The case against him was dropped after he completed the program.

Now, Rice speaks out about domestic violence, most recently at a forum on the topic for the Big 12 last month.

“I want my story to be told,” he said. “There's a lot of detail to it, but I want it to be told. I want to help as many people as I can.”

“Domestic violence is a real issue,” Rice said. “It is a real issue. It happens every 12 seconds as we speak. But if you think about it, the conversation wasn't really being had the way it is now because of my video. If I can explain it to young men my worst decision I know that I can save someone.”

Palmer is now Rice’s wife. They live with their daughter and newborn son in Connecticut, not far from where they grew up in New Rochelle, New York.

“First and foremost, I'm a husband, I'm a father, I'm a son,” Rice said. “I was going through life trying to be ‘the man’ instead of trying to be ‘a man.’”

Initially benched for two games in 2014, Rice was suspended indefinitely from football by the NFL after the videotape was made public in September 2014. Later that year he appealed his suspension, and it was lifted, but he hasn’t played since.

“I'm not going to say I don't miss the game,” he said. “I do miss the game. The moments I miss are camaraderie with teammates. But everything I do I want to be genuine, now. I don't want to use this interview or anything like that to get back to playing.”

Rice said setting an example for his kids is most important to him, now, and he knows it's something he will have to work at for the rest of his life.

“I have to make a decision every day that I'm going to be better than I was on tape,” he said.

Temperatures around the U.S. are expected to climb to mid-80s in the Northeast, and 90s in the South, breaking records on Tuesday, NBC News reported. Forty-four cities experienced record-breaking temperatures Monday, with Dodge City, Kansas reaching 100 degrees.

The heat wave is expected to hit the eastern part of the nation through Wednesday, with a strong cold front following.

“[Tuesday and Wednesday] should be the highest numbers,” Weather Channel meteorologist Kevin Roth said. “I would expect some 50 records or more set each day.”

Roth said that Washington D.C., Philadelphia and New York could see the unseasonably warm weather bring temperatures into the mid-80’s.

A woman is asking for help returning a camera memory card filled with priceless wedding and family photos to its rightful owners after finding the chip on a street near the World Trade Center.

Tammy Tozer and her husband were walking in the Financial District on Oct. 14 when they came across the SD card, Tozer told NBC 4 New York. 

The couple visiting from Cape May County had stopped a couple blocks away from the One World Trade Center to watch a fire truck pull out of the station. Tozer's husband spotted the SD card as they crossed the street and she ran back to pick it up for safekeeping.

When they got home, Tozer checked the card, which turned out to be full of wedding and family vacation photos. She searched the SD card’s properties hoping to find names, but couldn’t find anything identifying the owners.

Tozer turned to NBC 4 New York for help, hoping to reunite the rightful owners with their treasured memories.

If you believe you know the owners of these photos, please contact tips@nbcnewyork.com.

McCormick & Company is recalling a specific brand of its taco seasoning because some dairy-free bottles were inadvertently filled with a product containing whey, which can cause severe reactions in people allergic to milk. 

The company said it is pulling 24 oz. Club Size Original Taco Seasoning Mix with best buy dates of June 27, 2018 and Sept. 16, 2018. The products were shipped to stores nationwide. 

McCormick said it has received one report of an allergic reaction related to the product covered by the recall. In sensitive individuals, an allergic reaction to milk can cause hives, stomach upset, vomiting and in very rare cases, anaphylaxis, a rapid onset allergic reaction that can be fatal. 

McCormick has told grocery outlets to remove the affected product from store shelves and distribution centers immediately, and to destroy it in a manner that would prevent further consumption. 

Consumers do not need to return the product to the store where it was purchased. Instead, consumers are urged to throw it out and call McCormick Consumer Affairs at 1-800-632-5847, weekdays from 9:30 AM to 7:00 PM (Eastern Time), for a replacement or full refund.