A teen boy is fighting for his life after he crashed into a car while riding his dirt bike in the Crescentville section of Philadelphia Tuesday night.
The crash occurred on the 6100 block of Tabor Road. The 15-year-old boy was taken to the hospital where he is currently in critical condition. The driver of the car, who was not seriously injured, stayed at the scene.
Four people, including a woman who is 5-months pregnant, are in the hospital and a teen is in custody after a stolen SUV crashed into a deli in Philadelphia Tuesday night, according to investigators.
Police say an 18-year-old suspect was driving a 2017 Nissan Pathfinder Tuesday that had been stolen in Philadelphia Monday. The suspect was driving about 100 miles per hour northbound on Frankford Avenue around 7:45 p.m. when he suddenly lost control of the vehicle, investigators said. He crashed into several other cars before slamming into the Frankford Deli at Frankford Avenue and Tioga Street.
Four people, including a 19-year-old woman who is 5-months pregnant, were inside the deli during the crash. All four were taken to the hospital. Police have not yet revealed their conditions but say their injuries don’t appear to be life-threatening.
Police apprehended the 18-year-old driver of the stolen SUV and took him into custody, investigators said. They are currently searching for the second suspect who was a passenger in the vehicle.
Police are searching for a man accused of exposing himself and masturbating next to a woman on a SEPTA train.
Monae Alvarado told NBC10 the man followed her onto a Market Frankford Line train at the 15th Street Station in Philadelphia around 8 a.m. Friday morning. She says he then sat down next to her, exposed himself and began to masturbate.
“I was surprised, I was shocked,” Alvarado said. “Somebody can have the guts to do that in public.”
Alvarado took out her phone and began to record as the lewd act continued.
“I kept ignoring him but he kept saying stuff to me,” Alvarado said. “Very rude stuff. Making rude comments and stuff about my body. I felt violated. Disrespected.”
Alvarado said the harassment continued until her stop at 69th Street Station in Upper Darby.
Police released photos of a man who they say is a person of interest in the incident. He’s described as a thin, black male with black hair and a beard, approximately 25-years-old and standing 5-foot-9. He was last seen wearing an all-black, USA hoodie. He was also carrying a cellphone with white ear buds.
If you have any information on the incident, please call Philadelphia Police.
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Investigators say an arsonist set fire to a Glassboro home that was being rented by a Rowan University fraternity. Everyone made it out safely and no one was hurt.
Tracy Davidson, Vai Sikahema, NBC10 First Alert Traffic reporter Jessica Boyington and NBC10 First Alert Weather meteorologist Bill Henley took the #NBC10Mornings show on the road visiting a New castle County Wawa Wednesday.
The fourth stop on the months-long on-the-road tour was the convenience store at 2754 Pulaski Highway in Newark, Delaware. [[422726624, C]]
Wawa mascot Wally Goose joined in on the fun as the Morning Team, plus NBC10's Delaware reporter Tim Furlong (representing the 302), handed out free cups of coffee. Tim even signed Vai's "Delaware" shirt. [[422732864, C]]
Next week they will be stopping by the Wawa along White Horse Pike in Galloway, New Jersey.
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Larry Krasner Wins Democratic Nomination for Philly DA: A civil rights lawyer poised to become Philadelphia's next district attorney reached out to reassure office prosecutors about his agenda after winning the all-important Democratic primary. Larry Krasner has never worked as a prosecutor and has instead defended Black Lives Matter and Occupy Philadelphia protesters. He benefited from a $1.5 million donation from liberal billionaire George Soros to an independent political action committee that ran commercials and sent out canvassers in support of his candidacy. He hopes to succeed two-term Democratic incumbent Seth Williams, who goes on trial next month in a federal bribery case.
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The sun and heat continues Wednesday as temps could break records as highs push into the 90s. Thursday is expected to be similar with temperatures expected to hit 95 degrees. Friday could see some thunderstorms also with temperatures in the 90s. Saturday and Sunday are expected to cool down with temperaures back in the 70s. High Temp: 93 degrees. Get your full NBC10 First Alert forecast here.
WHAT YOU MISSED YESTERDAY
Teen Dirt Bike Rider Dies in Philly Crash: A teen boy died after he crashed into a car while riding his dirt bike in the Crescentville section of Philadelphia Tuesday night. The boy crashed into a car on the 6100 block of Tabor Avenue after 10:30 p.m., Philadelphia Police said. The 16-year-old boy was taken to the hospital where he died from severe head trauma, police said. The driver of the car, who was not seriously injured, stayed at the scene. Neighbors told investigators that the boy was riding recklessly earlier in the day and wasn't wearing a helmet, police Chief Inspector Scott Small said.
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Comey Memo Claims Trump Urged Him to Drop Flynn Probe: Fired FBI Director James Comey wrote an internal memo saying President Donald Trump asked him to shut down an investigation into former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, multiple sources with firsthand knowledge of the memo told NBC News on Tuesday. The memo was part of a paper trail Comey built documenting what he believed to be Trump's campaign to derail the FBI's investigation of alleged Russian ties to his presidential campaign, according to a source close to Comey and a former federal law enforcement official. The source close to Comey said the memo included a line in which Comey quoted Trump as having said, "I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go.” The unclassified memo, which raises questions about obstruction of justice, was first reported by The New York Times.
Pilot Survives After Small Plane Crashes in NJ: A pilot survived after a small plane crashed in Ocean County, New Jersey. The plane crashed onto the lawn of a home on the 100 block of Laurel Hill Lane in Eagleswood Township Tuesday night. The pilot, who was the only person on board, was not hurt in the crash, according to police. The incident occurred a day after a small plane that was attempting to land at Teterboro Airport crashed into a residential area in Carlstadt, New Jersey, killing two crew members.
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Sixers Get 3rd Pick: The Sixers received the third pick via a pick swap with the Kings, who will draft fifth. Get your full sports news at CSNPhilly.
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Bucket List Ride in Maserati: The $168Kwhite Maserati helped a 92-year-old woman check something major off of her bucket list Tuesday. Blanche Rednor usually drives a Hyundai Elantra sitting on three pillows to reach the wheel, but this day, she sat in the passenger seat for the ride of her life. "I need a scarf," she said as she rode away. Wesley Enhance Living partnered with the Maserati on Wilmington Pike in Chadds Ford for the retirement home's program called WEL Wishes. The program offers the opportunity to senior residents to fulfill a dream they may have. Rednor tells NBC10 she's always liked fast cars and owned a '73 Nova back in her day. Rednor says like speed limits, age is just a number and she ignores them both. Read more.
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Edison police put 125 body cameras online in February, and the department's chief says he's already seen a dramatic decrease in the number of complaints. Checkey Beckford reports.
A man trying to take scenic photos of his SUV by the Jersey Shore ended up trying to dig the vehicle out after it started sinking into the water-logged sand, officials said.
State Park Police responded to a call Tuesday about a vehicle stuck at Island Beach State Park, about 15 miles southeast of Toms River, officials said. A tow company arrived around the same time to find the man at the surf line with his vehicle.
Video posted to Facebook shows the man using what appears to be a shovel as he tries to dig free the white Land Rover from the sand. At one point a wave crashes over the vehicle as he continues to dig.
Officials said it was low tide when help arrived and the tow company was able to easily remove the SUV.
The driver had a Mobile Sportfishing Vehicle permit, which allows him to operate a 4-wheel drive vehicle on fishing beaches. He was not issued a summons, officials said.
Witnesses said the man insisted on driving the vehicle away after it was towed, even though its lights were flashing and its engine was making strange sounds.
When traveling this summer, the key is to plan in advance. With a busy schedule, a travel agent can do a lot of work. You also should make sure your passport is up to date.
Some students planned to return to CW Henry School Wednesday for the first time since dozens of their classmates were injured in a rollover crash on Interstate 95 Monday. NBC10’s Matt DeLucia is at the school with more details.
A tough commute for SEPTA rail riders Wednesday morning.
An overhead wire issue near the busy Jenkintown-Wyncote Station in Montgomery County caused all of the agency’s Regional Rail lines to experience delays up to 45 minutes, SEPTA said shortly before 9 a.m.
The agency shuttle bused passengers between the Fern Rock Transportation Center and Jenkintown Station for passengers at the Elkins Park and Melrose Park stations.
No word yet when service will resume as normal.
A Delaware pursuit ended on a Pennsylvania highway Wednesday morning.
Delaware State Police confirmed they chased a suspect who fled on Interstate 95.
SkyForce10 captured footage of police surrounding a pickup truck on the side of the highway in Tinicum Township, Pennsylvania, near the Philadelphia International Airport.
The police investigation caused a backup on I-95 north.
No word yet on where the chase began.
NBC10's Katy Zachry reports on how organizing your house can cut anxiety.
NBC10’s Pamela Osborne is at C.W. Henry School in Philadelphia as students returned to class Wednesday after a field trip to Washington, D.c. ended in a bus crash that left a teacher and students hospitalized. The community is lending a hand to help kids at the school.
NBC10’s Denise Nakano has the details on the armed robbery that lead to a car crash in the East Falls neighborhood. Philadelphia Police said that officers responded to an attempted robbery just before 10 a.m. on Wade Street. They attempted to pull over a car at Wade and Manheim streets but the driver fled, striking a car along W School House Lane and leaving two people hurt, police said. Officers caught one suspect but the other got away on foot, police said.
An off-duty Bucks County sheriff's deputy died in a crash when a man who wasn't supposed to be driving allegedly turned into the path of the deputy's motorcycle Tuesday night, authorities said.
The Bucks County District Attorney’s Office announced driving-without-a-license charges Wednesday against Harry Burak, of East Rockhill Township.
Burak turned his 2017 Dodge Ram pickup truck left into his driveway along Route 313 (Dublin Pike) near Sterner Mill Road around 8:30 p.m. and into the path of Deputy Sheriff Keith Clymer, according to a criminal complaint.
Clymer – a member of the domestic relations warrant team and a self-defense instructor – died at the scene. He is survived by his parents and children, the Bucks County Sheriff’s Office said.
“Keith was liked by all who met and worked with him,” the sheriff’s office said in a Facebook post. “He will be sorely missed by all.”
Investigators smelled alcohol on Burak’s breath and discovered his Pennsylvania license was suspended until at least 2023 due to earlier driving-while-intoxicated charges, investigators said. He has four previous violations for driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs, Pennridge Regional police said.
Burak didn’t cooperate with investigators and it took several officers to subdue him and get him in handcuffs, police said.
A judge arraigned Burak early Wednesday and sent the 27-year-old to county jail after he was unable to post 10 percent of $250,000 bail.
Court records don’t list an attorney for Burak.
Mayor Ryan Sloyer's ego got the best of him -- and left his political career in tatters.
That's what some of his longtime neighbors in the tiny borough of East Greenville, Montgomery County, believed led to a landslide loss for the incumbent in the Republican primary Tuesday.
In a place as small as East Greenville, about 50 miles from Philadelphia, a landslide can amount to 100 votes -- 114 to be exact.
Sloyer lost to challenger Keith Gerhart, 188 votes to 74. He wasn't alone. All three incumbents on East Greenville's Council who were up for re-election also suffered defeat by wide margins, including two Republicans who closely aligned themselves with Sloyer.
And the political upheaval in this rural northwest part of the county wasn't limited to the borough boundaries.
All four incumbents on the regional school district's governing body also were ousted by voters. Contentious debate in the Upper Perkiomen School District simmered for months over the school board's approval of a $58 million elementary school.
A revolt, led by the mother-and-son duo of Melanie and Stephen Cunningham, ultimately cost the incumbents on Election Day. The two Cunninghams were in turn the top vote getters among four newcomers elected.
The board shakeup may be too late to stop the momentum of the school. A $10 million bond was recently issued to begin construction of the new school in Upper Hanover Township.
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In East Greenville, the sweeping change of power in borough government may also be too late to stop what led to the downfall of Sloyer and his Council allies.
The now-lame duck mayor battled a wave of opposition from residents and business owners for more than a year to tear apart the decades-old regional police force that patrols East Greenville and neighboring Pennsburg.
His plan to create a new department serving only East Greenville became so acrimonious in recent months that one opponent told Sloyer "you can't go in the Halloween parade in this borough because you would be stoned."
On June 1, East Greenville is set to pull out of the commission and use state police coverage until Sloyer's plan for a free-standing department rounds into form. Currently, East Greenville has an interim police chief that it pays $45 an hour, Gerhart said. The chief, however, has no office, no holding cells and no vehicle.
The borough did recently purchase a $38,000 sports utility vehicle, Gerhart said.
Gerhart, a former borough councilman who served a partial term as mayor in 1999-2000, ran on a platform that opposes Sloyer's plan to end the Upper Perkiomen Police Commission. He said Sloyer's defense of ending the partnership with Pennsburg was rising costs for the borough. But Gerhart said it was actually Sloyer's inability to work with his Pennsburg neighbors
"They keep saying it’s financial, it’s financial. No, it’s not," Gerhart said of the plan to dissolve the commission. "We went back and found problems between the two boroughs and Sloyer’s name was mentioned each time."
Now, Gerhart said, he would push Sloyer to resign -- a pledge Gerhart said the mayor made late last year if he lost re-election -- and allow incoming elected officials to re-examine the unpopular move for a separate department.
"if I beat him, I’m going to hold his pants to the fire on that one," Gerhart said earlier in the day Tuesday.
All of the fresh faces in East Greenville and on the regional school board don't officially take office until January. (And in the case of the borough council, there also is the matter of the general election in November.)
Sloyer won't be the only lame duck local official who faces a long, hot summer in the Perkiomen Valley.
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School bus drivers and crossing guards will soon be able to administer potentially life-saving medications without fear of being sued.
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf signed what is now called Act No. 2 Tuesday.
"The new law amends the Public School Code to provide civil immunity to school bus drivers and crossing guards who administer an epinephrine auto-injector, or EpiPen, to a student who experiences an allergic reaction," House Bill 224 sponsor Rep. Justin Simmons, R-Lehigh/Montgomery/Northampton, said in a news release.
"I would like to thank everyone who worked so hard to finally get this important piece of legislation enacted," Simmons said. "In this case, perseverance paid off, and now bus drivers and crossing guards can administer this medication to a student in medical distress without the fear of any legal consequences, possibly saving a life."
The new act doesn’t mandate that school districts or school bus operators enact an EpiPen policy, but allows for policies to be enacted without the fear of civil litigation, Simmons said. Bus drivers or crossing guards will need to complete a state Department of Health training program and meet school district policies to administer an EpiPen in case of emergency.
Senator Pat Browne, R-Lehigh, sponsored companion legislation in the state Senate.
The new law takes effect in 60 days.
