With heavy rain expected this weekend some events for the collegiate rowing competition have been moved to earlier times. NBC10's Pamela Osborne has details.

A 23-year-old man accused of abducting and sexually assaulting a 4-year-old and then dumping her in a Delaware pond, remained behind bars Friday on $1 million bail after waiving a preliminary hearing. 

Daniel Santucci Jr. was set for a hearing Friday morning but his attorney asked to waive the hearing. Nicole Magnusson, spokeswoman for Attorney General Matt Denn, said that the case is headed for an arraignment in Superior Court at a yet-to-be determined date.

Santucci was unable to post $1 million bail on the attempted murder, kidnapping, sexual assault and child pornography charges, and remained in jail.

"I share the feeling of relief with the community and our officers now that this predator is off the street," said New Castle County Police Chief Vaughn Bond Jr. said while announcing Santucci's arrest Monday. He called the crime "heinous" and "despicable."

"Our hearts, thoughts and prayers go out to the victim and her family because their lives have been altered forever," Bond said.

Investigators said the 23-year-old suspect lured his 4-year-old victim while she played with friends along the 4800 block of Sugar Plum Court in the Plum Run neighborhood of Pike Creek on April 6 around 7 p.m.

The suspect forced the girl into his car then sped off, causing several children to scream and give chase. A woman heard the cries and called police.

A Good Samaritan found the young girl nearly two hours later in a wooded section of nearby Banning Park wearing little clothing. The girl was taken to a local hospital where investigators discovered signs of sexual assault. According to their accounts, investigators later found that Santucci tried to kill the girl by throwing her into a large pond in the park.

Police were tipped off to Santucci, who had no previous contact with his victim, on April 11. He matched witness accounts. That same day, police found his black Honda Civic — consistent with the one used in the abduction — abandoned, still running in the middle of a Centerville road with the driver's door open.

On April 20, police arrested Santucci in Tampa, Florida on a probation violation. Investigators said he had boarded a Greyhound bus — a violation of his parole on an earlier charge.

Santucci was sent back to Delaware on May 1. Further investigation revealed he had child pornography, not related to this case, in his possession, police said.

A Pennsylvania State Senator introduced new legislation Wednesday that would prohibit ‘lunch shaming’ – a practice used by some school administrators that singles out students with overdue meal bills.

Senator Jay Costa brought Senate Bill 709 to the floor on Wednesday, which requires school districts to serve meals to all children and puts a process in place for schools to work with families who may be in need of help.

The bill also prohibits schools from humiliating children in any way if their family owes money, including wristbands or handstamps. SB 709 also requires districts to find better methods of notifying parents of the situation.

“These reports of schools consciously making the choice to bully children whose families are struggling to pay for school lunches is disturbing,” Costa said. “When did it become okay for children to be publicly shamed for something over which they have no control? We need to be supporting these families and providing assistance, not shaming their children.”

The measure requires school districts to introduce policies to determine if children are eligible for free or reduced price meals, and to determine if further intervention is necessary.

“This legislation sets the bar where it should have always been, preventing anyone from ever singling a child out for any reason, especially their ability to pay for lunch,” Costa said. “Our children are our most valuable resource. We must treat them as such and show respect for the families at home supporting them.”

This legislation follows a similar push at the federal level— U.S. Senator Bob Casey of Pennsylvania joined his colleagues on Tuesday in introducing a bill to prohibit schools from ‘lunch shaming.’

“I am confident that this legislation will do its part to stop students suffering from humiliation for circumstances outside of their control,” Casey said. “This is bullying and I am saddened that we have to write legislation to ensure it ends.”

Wissahickon Valley Park, with its gravel trails and lush tree canopy, is a peaceful oasis from the hustle and bustle of city life.

But when an emergency strikes, calling for help can be difficult. That's because the 2,042 acre park has a cell service problem.

Thanks to the very features that make the Northwest Philadelphia park appealing — heavy forest cover and a deep gorge — mobile devices can get spotty connections or none at all.

"It's not the providers fault. It's a fault of geography," said Maura McCarthy, executive director of Friends of the Wissahickon, a nonprofit that helps maintain and preserve the park.

McCarthy said there is a need to fix the dead zones. In 2013, when a father and son became trapped in Devil's Pool, a popular swimming spot in the Wissahickon Creek, family members had to run for a mile to the Valley Green Inn to call for help.

The father and son drowned in the creek before help could arrive.

"The children had cell phones with them and they couldn't get a signal," McCarthy said.

Crime is also a concern. Police do patrol the park and crime is down citywide in the park system, officials said.

Still, more than 1,600 criminal incidents took place at Philadelphia parks so far this year, according to police data. Statistics for only Wissahickon Valley Park were not available.

Recent assaults along the Schuylkill River Trail add to worry.

McCarthy was one of several officials — law enforcement, environmentalists and cell service representatives — to testify Friday before a Philadelphia City Council hearing called by Councilman Curtis Jones, Jr.

The goal: figure out how to improve cell service in Wissahickon and Fairmount parks, both part of the same park system, without becoming a detriment to the environment and park serenity.

"The balance is that we don't want to see the cell towers. We just want to enjoy the benefits of them," McCarthy said.

Jones, Jr. said city council will work with the cell phone companies and environmental advocates to find common ground on the issue.

"As technology improves, so should we," Curtis, Jr. said.

It's too early to project a timeline for improving the cell service, but once it does come to fruition, McCarthy hopes folks won't let technology get in the way of the natural world.

"Once that ability is in place, please turn off your phones and don't use them," McCarthy said.

As the Dad Vail Regatta packed the Schuylkill River on Friday, rowers and fans prepared for the weekend washout coming our way.

Pennsylvania's Attorney General says he is reviewing the Amtrak derailment case to determine if charges will be filed, but some are concerned that the statute of limitations will run out before that happens.

What do moms really want for Mother's Day? Some said time with their kids, some said bags full of cash! NBC10's Tim Furlong finds out.

Rain showers will hit our region this weekend, but will they clear out in time for Mother's Day celebrations? NBC10 Chief meteorologist Glenn "Hurricane" Schwartz has the details.

A warehouse fire in Hammonton has left residents and former workers devastated. Now, investigators are still trying to determine the cause of the fire.

Six former Montgomery County officers are now facing charges after allegedly assaulting inmates. One victims mother says she hopes now the violence will stop.

After one woman was scammed out of money from a fake social media message, the NBC10 Investigators are giving you tips to make sure it doesn't happen to you.

As President Trump will travel to his New Jersey golf course, flight restrictions put in place for Trump's safety will impact local pilots.

For the first time in its 97-year history, the Wilmington Flower Market will shut down over concerns about severe weather.

Nancy Buker, chairperson of the annual fundraising event, confirmed Friday afternoon that the outdoor festival will be closed Saturday because of an impending nor'easter.

The NBC10 Weather Team issued a First Alert for Saturday when the storm is expected to move into the region bringing heavy rains and strong winds.

The Wilmington Flower Market is an all volunteer, three-day fundraiser benefiting children's charities. The event is held every year leading into Mother's Day at Wilmington's Rockford Park along W. 19th Street.

The organization has raised more than $4 million for charity over the years. They are hoping people will still donate to the cause through their website.

A pair of young brothers were abducted by a man outside a Strawberry Mansion gas station who then sexually assaulted them in two incidents minutes apart, police said.

The boys, ages 14 and 11, were taken separately by the same man on Tuesday evening from a Sunoco along the 3300 block of Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia police said. They were pumping gas for money.

Detectives said a chubby, light skilled man in his 20s approached the older brother and offered money to pump gas into his gray Dodge Avenger. He told the boy, however, that he wanted to go to a nearby gas station because it had cheaper gas and asked the child to come along.

The boy followed and once inside the car was shown pornographic images on a cell phone. The man then carried out an indecent act on the boy during the drive, police said.

When they arrived at the second gas station along the 3000 block of Hunting Park Avenue in North Philadelphia, the man said he needed to use an ATM to get cash, but refused to go inside because there were too many people there. Investigators said he asked the boy to go with him to another ATM, but the boy refused and fled the car.

The boy ran to a bus stop and waited to catch a ride back to the first gas station.

In the meantime, police said the man drove back to the Strawberry Mansion Sunoco to pick up the younger brother. The man allegedly told the boy to get into the car and he would take him to his brother.

Once the boy got into the car, the man carried out the same acts — showing porn and performing an indecent act on the boy, according to police.

The boy told police he asked to be let out of the car near Hollywood Street. The man then drove away.

Kids pumping gas for tips is common at the Sunoco. Several boys were helping to pump gas on Friday afternoon.

Police are searching for a man in his 20s with light skin, short hair with a chubby build. He had a mustache and was wearing a white shirt, red hoodie and tan pants. The 4 door Dodge Avenger was gray or silver in color and had tinted windows.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Philadelphia Police tipline at 215-686-TIPS.

The engineer operating Amtrak 188 when it careened off the tracks in Northeast Philadelphia two years ago has been charged criminally in the derailment, Pennsylvania's attorney general announced Friday.

Brandon Bostian, 33, was charged shortly after 5 p.m. Friday, a mere seven hours before the statute of limitations was set to expire in the case and following a legal challenge by the family of a woman killed in the catastrophe.

Amtrak 188 was traveling 106 mph when it jumped the northbound tracks negotiating a large curve at Frankford Junction on May 12, 2015. Several cars overturned and one was left crushed and contorted. The curve's speed limit was set at 50 mph.

Eight passengers were killed and 200 were injured. Bostian told investigators he blacked out and couldn't remember the moments leading up to the crash.

Bostian faces eight counts of involuntary manslaughter, one count of causing or risking a catastrophe and numerous counts of reckless endangerment.

Bostian, who lives in Massachusetts, has not yet been arraigned on the charges. Prosecutors said they have been in talks with his attorney to have him surrender. Attempts to reach Bostian for comment have so far been unsuccessful. Our sister station, NBC Boston, visited his home, but no one answered the door.

The case was transferred to the Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro's office on Thursday after Philadelphia Municipal Court President Judge Marsha Neifield ordered a private criminal complaint could move forward.

Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams previously declined to file charges against the engineer.

"I commend our outstanding team in the Office of the Attorney General who worked diligently and thoughtfully around the clock to enable us to be in this position to pursue justice on behalf of the victims of this deadly crash," Shapiro said in a statement.

An intense federal investigation focused on what Bostian was doing in the moments leading up to the derailment.

Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board said Bostian accelerated to full-throttle as the New York-bound train traversed a straightaway through North Philadelphia.

The NTSB analyzed the engineer's cell phone to determine whether he was distracted by the device. It was later ruled that radio chatter and a rock strike to the train's windshield stole Bostian's attention that night.

He lost track of where he was on the route; the realization that the curve was looming ahead in the darkness didn't come until seconds before the crash, investigators said. Bostian hit the breaks when he felt the train tipping over.

"I remember holding onto the controls tightly and feeling like, okay well this is it, I'm going over," Bostian told investigators.

When the engine and the six cars in tow left the tracks near Wheatsheaf Lane around 9 p.m., passengers were tossed like dolls in the cars. The first passenger car hit steel support beams holding up electrical wires. The beams sliced through the car, bending the coach into an unrecognizable shape. Some passengers were ejected from the train and crushed.

Eight passengers were killed: Derrick Griffith, 42, a dean at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, New York; Rachel Jacobs, 39, the CEO of Philadelphia-based company ApprenNet and a mother of a toddler; Abid Gilani, 55, who worked for Wells Fargo; Justin Zemser, 20, a Naval Academy midshipman; Jim Gaines, 48, a father and Associated Press video software architect; Bob Gildersleeve, 45, a father and vice president of Ecolab; Laura Finamore, 47, a senior account director at Cushman & Wakefield; and Giuseppe Piras, 41, a wine and oil executive from Sardinia, Italy.

Two hundred other passengers were hurt with injuries ranging from paralysis to broken bones and scratches. Police, firefighters and nearby homeowners helped to carry the injured from the tracks to waiting ambulances and buses. Those who could walk were offered water and a place to sit inside stranger's homes.

Amtrak agreed to a $265 million settlement with the injured and families of those killed. Bostian also filed suit against Amtrak in January accusing the railroad of not providing him a safe working environment.

The railroad came under fire after the catastrophe for not having a speed control system on the rails. Called Positive Train Control, the system will automatically slow a train that is speeding. Amtrak later said the system was installed on the tracks, but not activated. It has since been deployed.

Bostian has not spoken publicly about the derailment in the two years since. The NTSB investigation said he was a train enthusiast who had good knowledge of the speeds and tracks he was operating on.

Shapiro's office scrambled to file charges Friday as a midnight statute of limitations deadline loomed. Earlier this week the Philadelphia district attorney said while it was clear the derailment was caused by speeding, there was not enough clear evidence to file criminal charges.

"We have no evidence that the engineer acted with criminal 'intent' or criminal 'knowledge' within the special meaning of those terms under Pennsylvania law for purposes of criminal charges," the office said in a release Tuesday.

The family of Rachel Jacobs then filed a private criminal complaint in Philadelphia Municipal court. A judge ruled Bostian should be charged and the case was referred to Shapiro's office.

"All Pennsylvanians should be grateful that there is an Attorney General willing to do what is right and just to hold Engineer Bostian accountable for his reckless conduct," attorney Tom Kline, one of three lawyers representing the derailment victims said of the charges.

"The charges he faces are serious, warranted, and deserve to be heard by a jury."

Kline said he spoke to Jacobs' father, John Jacobs, shortly after the charges were announced and that the man was at the cemetery "crying at her grave tonight."

What does it take to be a Philadelphia Eagles cheerleader? NBC10's Jesisca Boyington gives us an inside look at how the squad is formed and what it takes to cheer on the Eagles at the Linc.

It's going to rain all day long on Saturday as a nor'easter moves through the area. If you had plans outside, forget them. NBC10 First Alert Weather meteorologist Tammie Souza has your most accurate forecast.

The DEA says some drug dealers are skipping the corner and using digital communications to peddle their drugs not only in one neighborhood, but all over the area.

I-76 eastbound between Montgomery Drive and Girard Avenue has been reopened after being closed for almost two hours due to an accident. 

PennDOT crews worked for the duration of the closing to fix damage to the barrier. Backups as far as Roosevelt Boulevard were reported.

Police forced cars off at Montgomery Drive during clean up.