A man was arrested for allegedly fondling himself in front of women at three stores in Delaware.

Police say Marvin Wiggins, 56, of Colonia, New Jersey approached women inside Target, TJMaxx and Kohl’s stores in the Dover, Delaware area Thursday and Friday.

During each incident, Wiggins asked the women for advice on Baby Shower or House warming gifts, police said. He then allegedly fondled himself through his clothing while asking the women to look at his genitals through his sweatpants.

Wiggins was arrested and charged with criminal trespass, disorderly conduct, lewdness and harassment.
 

Pro-Trump marchers and Anti-Trump protesters clashed in the streets of Philadelphia Saturday.

The Pennsylvania 'MAGA' March planned for Saturday morning was met by Anti-Trump protesters in Old City and Center City. Both groups demonstrated near and around Independence Hall and City Hall. 

The Pro-Trump marchers first gathered at Independence National Historical Park on 5th and Market streets at 11:30 a.m. where they held a rally at People's Plaza. The group then marched on Market Street toward City Hall. Andrew Shecktor, a candidate for the U.S. Senate (PA, 2018) served as the keynote speaker for the rally.

"I know every American has a side of unity and patriotism running in their blood," organizers for the Pro-Trump demonstration wrote. "This is the chance where you can stand up to all the lies and corruption we face in this very much love nation to be proud to have our freedom and to thank all the men and women who have served and lost their lives in the line of duty to show you care who is coming into this nation with love and care and not terrorism and hate. We are marching for our President, Vice President, Military, and First Responders."

During the march and rally, the demonstrators were met by a group of Anti-Trump protesters who used the hashtag #DisruptMAGA on social media.

"Let’s show them that Philly knows the truth. That America was founded on Colonialism, Genocide, Slavery and Sexism," organizers for the Anti-Trump march wrote. "Those traditions continue today, though sometimes in varied forms. America was never great. But Philly can be great on March 25th. Let our rage send a message to all those who think the election of Trump means that we will lie down and die, and all those unsure how to best stand against Trump and his minions."

The pro-Trump group also planned on marching on Benjamin Franklin Parkway towards Eakins Oval in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art but were stopped by police who wanted to avoid a clash between the two groups. Both marches tied up traffic in Center City. Streets were closed near City Hall but later reopened. Both groups dispersed shortly after 3 p.m.

Two people, a man and a teen boy, were cited for disorderly conduct.

NBC10's Drew Smith spoke with members of both groups.

After more than a year, the Hatboro Police Department will return to its permanent headquarters.

The department’s main headquarters on 120 E. Montgomery Avenue in Hatboro had been undergoing renovations since November, 2015 and they were staying inside a temporary location during the renovation period. Hatboro police announced Friday they will begin to transition back to their permanent headquarters starting Monday, March 27, one month ahead of schedule.

The department’s telephone and IT systems will transfer to the E. Montgomery Avenue facility first. Hatboro Police say there may be brief interruptions to their business telephone lines (215-675-2832) and email systems during this time. Their 911 system won’t be impacted.

The Hatboro police business line should only be used for matters such as requesting information on how to obtain a report copy or asking to speak with a police employee for non-emergency reasons. All other calls reporting crime, accidents or fire should be made to 911.
 

Investigators say a man’s cellphone helped police capture five burglary suspects in Northeast Philadelphia.

On Friday around 1 p.m. a man called 911 and told the dispatcher he was watching a burglary at his home on the 7700 block of Revere Street via his cellphone that was connected to his home surveillance system.

“He was at work and all of a sudden his phone went off and then he’s watching these guys in his house,” said the man’s neighbor Bruce Rook. “Called the detectives and thank God they were able to catch them.”

Responding police officers spotted a 20-year-old man and a 19-year-old man fleeing from the home on foot. The 20-year-old man was carrying a flat screen TV which he threw on the sidewalk, investigators said. The 20-year-old then got into a black Nissan Xterra which was parked and running while the 19-year-old man continued fleeing on foot, according to police.

A police sergeant in an unmarked vehicle followed the suspects’ SUV for several blocks. The SUV then crashed into an unoccupied vehicle at the intersection of Hartel Avenue and Fairfield Street. Police arrested the 20-year-old and 19-year-old suspects as well as a 20-year-old woman, another 19-year-old man and a 16-year-old boy.

People across Pennsylvania are now getting letters in the mail about changes happening to E-Z Pass tolls along the Turnpike. NBC10's Aundrea Cline-Thomas has the details on how it will impact drivers and why it may cause some confusion.

A federal judge has ruled against three former detectives who claimed that the Delaware attorney general's office refused to pay them overtime.

Robert Durnan, Gerald Christian and Mark Forbes also alleged in their 2014 lawsuit that they were subjected to retaliatory reassignments or duty restrictions after their attorney sought payment for overtime accrued since November 2010.

But the judge on Friday granted summary judgment to the state Department of Justice and former deputy attorney general Tim Mullaney.

The lawsuit claimed the men's duties, primarily returning fugitives to Delaware, were taken over by other employees who lacked the proper training, including the late Attorney General Beau Biden's former chauffeur.

Court records also indicate that Durnan was eventually terminated after officials found several pornographic and crude emails on his state email account.

Police report a man has died after being struck by an SUV in New Castle County early Sunday morning. 

Around 1:30 a.m., Police say the man was walking in the parking lot near the Nueva Rodeo, located at 2000 Firedancer Lane in Bear, Delaware, when a driver in a Cadillac Escalade struck him. The driver then ran into another parked car and into the building of the Alpha Worship Center. 

The driver then fled in an unknown direction. 

New Castle County paramedics treated the victim at the scene. He was then transported to Christiana Hospital where he was pronounced dead. 

The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information on the incident is asked to contact Master Coporal J. Aube at 302-365-8483 or call Delaware Crime Stoppers at 1-800-TIP-3333. 

Runners were geared up for chillier temperatures this morning at the Philadelphia Love Run Half Marathon. NBC10's Matt DeLucia has more details from the starting line.

Friends and family are mourning the owner of a Jewish Community Center café who passed away over the weekend. Maxi Senderowitsch died Saturday after a sudden illness. He was 55-years-old.

Senderowitsch was the owner of Nana’s Kitchen, a café located at the Kaiserman Jewish Community Center in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania. Nana’s Kitchen also prepares meals for students at Jewish Day schools.

In addition to owning Nana’s Kitchen, Senderowitsch was also a veteran of the Israel Defense Forces. He is survived by a wife and four daughters.

A page has been set up to raise money for his funeral and burial. Click here if you would like to donate.

A New York City man is in custody after Pennsylvania State police thwarted his plan to meet and rape an 11-year-old girl for the third time in Lehigh Valley, according to investigators.

Sandro Zhinin was arrested in Hanover Township Saturday. Police say they received a tip that the 33-year-old was traveling to Pennsylvania Saturday to meet the child before taking her to a hotel. Investigators then set up surveillance at the playground and Zhinin was taken into custody once he arrived, police said.

According to police, Zhinin had executed this plan twice before.

Police say that after Zhinin connected with the girl online, he met her at a playground on March 4, drove her to a hotel and sexually assaulted her. He then sexually assaulted her again one week later on March 11, police said.

Zhinin is being held on $500,000 bond. He will be charged with rape of a child, statutory sexual assault, unlawful contact with a minor, corruption of a minor, and criminal use of a cellphone, according to state police.

Big Foot and the Lochness Monster have always been the most popular urban myths. Could "coywolves" in Philadelphia be the next one?

Mike Weilbacher, executive director of the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education is collecting testimonies from staff and residents who have reportedly spotted coyotes in the Roxborough area and writing about it in his blog.

Although the sightings are rare, they are of no surprise to Weilbacher who believes coyotes have been populating across Pennsylvania for a while.

"Historically, we've had wolves in Pennsylvania, but they were vanished from the state," he said. " Since then, coyotes have been moving up from the southwest because there are no wolves to prey on them."

However, Weilbacher says that it's possible that these four-legged animals are hybrid coyotes.

"These coyotes have dog and wolf DNA in them; people have been calling them 'coywolves'," he said.

This explains why coyotes-- a western species more likely found in prairie and desert -- are acclimating themselves to suburbs and big cities.

The dog-wolf-coyote hybrid is slightly bigger than a coyote's average size, Weilbacher said. However, all else remains the same.

"They can eat a variety of things. They're most likely eating small animals such as mice, rodents and squirrels -- but they can also eat berries and fruits," he said.

Weilbacher claims the few sightings are due to the species' elusiveness and shyness.

"Coyotes are quiet and do not like being seen," he said. "More people have seen footprints than anything else."

To read Weilbacher's blog about the "coywolf" and coyote sightings, click here. 

Firefighters battled a large fire at a building in downtown Wilmington, Delaware.

The two-alarm fire started at a sneaker store on 405 North Market Street at 2:10 p.m. Sunday. Around 60 firefighters and EMS workers from several companies responded to the scene as thick, heavy black smoke blanketed the area.

"It seemed surreal when I came out," said George Jones, the owner of the nearby D&H Restaurant. "End of days type scenario. It was crazy. It was crazy."

Firefighters first tried to battle the blaze inside the building but realized they had to take the fight outdoors instead.

"Fire conditions were overwhelming," said Wilmington Fire Chief Michael Donohue. "All members were evacuated and we went with basically a defensive exterior attack."

Firefighters were able to place the blaze under control at 5:32 p.m. The sneaker store is a total loss and the fire also damaged at least two adjoining properties. While no injuries were reported the Red Cross is assisting five adults.

"As soon as the cop was banging on the door he wouldn't even let us grab extra stuff," said Stacy O'Dell who was forced to evacuate her apartment due to the fire. "He was just like, 'Come on! Let's go! You guys gotta go!'"

The area along 400 North Market Street is currently closed off to traffic and officials are asking residents to avoid the area, even during Monday's morning commute. They continue to investigate the cause of the fire.

A laundromat owner armed with a gun shot a robber as well as a bystander in Philadelphia Sunday afternoon, according to police.

Investigators say the ordeal began at 4:19 p.m. when a 42-year-old man armed with a knife entered a laundromat on the 2800 block of N. 5th Street. The armed man forced the laundromat owner, who was behind the counter, to give him $2,000, according to police.

As the robber left with the money, the laundromat owner grabbed a revolver and began to chase him, investigators said. Police say the robber threw the money in the air and fled as the owner ran after him.

"I saw one of the guys running with a pack of money," said Angel Perez, the owner of a store next to the laundromat. "When this guy ran he told him three times, 'Stop! Stop! Stop!'"

The owner then fired five shots and struck the robber twice in the chest, according to officials. A 51-year-old woman, who investigators say was an innocent bystander, was also shot twice in the left hand.

Surveillance video showed local residents swarm the sidewalks and pick up the cash the suspect had thrown to the ground.

"People running north, south, west, east," said Elvin Gonzalez, a witness. "Then all of a sudden I'm like, 'Why are people coming back?' Because they saw the money flying in the air."

Police say all the money that the robber stole and threw to the ground was stolen again by the local residents.

Both the alleged robber and the woman were taken to the hospital. The robbery suspect is in critical condition while the woman is stable.

The owner of the laundromat was taken into custody for questioning. Investigators also recovered his weapon. Police say he has a license to carry and is cooperating.

A man held a 6-year-old child hostage in an apartment in Elizabeth, New Jersey, for more than five hours on Sunday, officials said. 

There was a domestic dispute in the home on at Clarkson Avenue and Carteret Street and the child's mother left at about 9 a.m., Elizabeth police said. The mother cooperated with officials, said Kelly Vance, spokeswoman for Mayor J. Christian Bollwage.

"The man stayed there with the 6-year-old and barricaded himself," Bollwage said.

According to Bollwage, he wasn't cooperating with police. 

That's when police turned to a suspect's friend, Andre Williams, for help. 

"Once I knew they had a bulletproof vest for me I knew that there was the chance that I would have the opportunity to go in and talk to the guy," Williams said. 

The hostage situation ended peacefully at about 2:30 p.m., Vance said.  

No weapons were found and the child was unharmed, Vance said.

The man, 38-year-old LeRoy Boyd, was charged with second-degree kidnapping and third-degree possession of cocaine. He's being held at Union County Jail pending a first appearance in the case. 

A Montgomery County zoo is mourning the loss of its animal curator, a man who has cared for animals for more than four decades.

The Elmwood Park Zoo announced the zoo's animal curator David Wood died March 22 from complications from dermatomyositis. Wood was 61.

"I can’t overstate how important Dave Wood’s work was, certainly to our zoo, as well as the community worldwide," Elmwood Park Zoo’s executive director and CEO Al Zone said. "He had an incredible amount of knowledge, and I learned so much from him. He was also a great advocate for wildlife and the environment."

Wood began his career as keeper at the Philadelphia Zoo in 1973, eventually caring for the Philly zoo’s large mammals. After stints at the Palm Beach Zoo in Florida and Mill Mountain Zoo in Virginia, Wood came to the Elmwood Park Zoo in Norristown as animal curator in 2005, the zoo said.

He oversaw the expansion of the Montco zoo’s animal collection including bringing giraffes to the zoo in 2013, the zoo said while crediting Wood with the zoo attendance surge. He also served as the zoo’s Philadelphia Eagles ambassador -- bringing Noah the Eagle to Eagles home games for the past three years -- and he was instrumental int he zoo's upcoming Trail of the Jaguar exhibit set to open this spring.

"Dave’s passing is a tremendous loss and we will miss him terribly," Zone said. "But I know he was very excited for the zoo and the direction it was going in. In truth, Dave Wood’s passion and commitment to the zoo has ensured we will continue to grow and remain strong for many years to come."

Wood is survived by his wife Laurie Smith Wood and many other family members and zoo colleagues. The family asked that memorial donations by made to the Elmwood Park Zoo’s Development Department at 1661 Harding Boulevard, Norristown, PA 19401.

Millennials tend to have head-scratching job titles that just don't make sense to their parents, NBC News reported.

To be an "influencer" or "app developer" is a relatively new trend that might lead some to believe their millennial friend or family member doesn't have a real job.

Take, for example, the up-and-coming position of social media manager. A social media manager is involved with managing and growing a brand's social media presence. Responsibilities usually include creating content, managing partnerships, strategizing ad campaigns and interacting with customers.

NBC News rounded up four other "millennial jobs" that it turns out are actually pretty important.

Harry Hairston and NBC10 Responds help a couple whose long wait for a health insurance refund wasn’t looking promising.

For the third time in recent months, a Northeast Philadelphia synagogue is cleaning up broken glass left by vandals.

A maintenance worker arrived to Temple Menorah-Keneseth Chai on Tyson Avenue Monday morning to find a broken window and baseball-sized rock inside the decades’ old temple, Philadelphia Police said.

Workers at the temple believe the vandalism took place sometime between Friday night and Monday morning. Police say surveillance video shows two teens between the ages of 12 and 14 sitting outside the synagogue Sunday shortly after 5 p.m. and they are currently searching for them. Investigators are treating the incident as a vandalism rather than a hate crime.

The FBI investigated after December and January incidents of vandalism that prompted the Citizens Crime Commission to offer a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the repeated vandalism. The synagogue installed surveillance video after eight windows were broken in the January incident.

No one was injured in any incident. Synagogue President Malcolm Adler claimed the synagogue was also vandalized three to four years ago when someone painted a swastika on an outside wall. 

Adler believes the synagogue was being targeted.

"No other church was damaged in this area, just us," Adler said.

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A power outage left thousands of customers on the Main Line in the dark Monday morning.

PECO reported around 2,000 lost power in the area of Radnor, Wayne and Villanova after a wire came down around 8:20 a.m.

PECO didn't immediately know what caused the wire to fall but said it got people back online around 9:30 a.m. though the power company's website didn't immediately reflect the change.

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The Flyers will be hosting a unique event for military members looking for jobs. The team is hosting a free hiring fair and participants have the opportunity to attend Tuesday night’s game as well. Comcast’s Senior Director of Veteran Military Affairs Bob Langol and Comcast employee Vineet Mehta are in our NBC10 studios to tell us more about the Hiring Our Heroes event. Get more info: www.hiringourheroes.org/events