Fruit juice, long recommended as a source of vitamin C for children, has no nutritional value for kids under 1 year old and isn't as good as fresh fruit for other kids, according to a leading pediatrician group.

The American Academy of Pediatricians recommends that babies not be fed any fruit juice in the first year of their lives, according to a policy statement released Monday. One-hundred percent fresh or reconstituted juice can be gradually introduced into toddlers' diets, but kids up to 18 should drink at most one cup of it per day.

Fruit juice is lacking in the protein and fiber that is found in fruits, according to the recommendations, being published in the June issue of Pediatrics. That can lead to too much or too little weight gain.

"Parents may perceive fruit juice as healthy, but it is not a good substitute for fresh fruit and just packs in more sugar and calories," said Melvin B. Heyman, co-author of the policy, in a statement. "Small amounts in moderation are fine for older kids, but are absolutely unnecessary for children under 1."

It's the first change in the academy's recommendations for 16 years, according to the statement.

Fruit drinks do not have the same value as fruit juice, the pediatricians note, and doctors may prescribe fruit juice in some instances. But 

Chaka Fattah Jr. is headed back to court, this time for a different reason as a judge has ruled the son of former U.S. Congressman Chaka Fattah can sue federal investigators over his treatment. Fattah told NBC10's Harry Hairston that he considered the ruling a significant victory.

Firefighters responded to a woman on fire on a Philadelphia street midday Monday.

She was spotted on East Chelten Avenue near Kenyon Street in the Germantown neighborhood around 12:20 p.m. It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the fire.

The woman was transported to Temple University Hospital with undisclosed injuries, fire dispatchers said.

Rayya Lioness, a witness, told NBC10 she and others helped put out the flames and stayed with the woman until police and firefighters arrived. Lioness said she didn't see any nearby structures that were on fire at the time and believes the woman either ran from an alley or a car. She also said she heard another witness mention the woman was set on fire though this has not been confirmed by police.

The stretch of Chelten Avenue where the incident occurred features a string of businesses.

This story is developing. Check back for updates.

Here are some ways to make sure you and your passengers are safe before the next time you get behind the wheel:

-    Check for reported airbag deployments. Carfax has a free option (CLICK HERE). You can also type your VIN number into Safercar.gov (a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration site), or call the manufacturer directly.

-    Have a reputable mechanic (like C&G Auto Repair in Northeast Philadelphia) inspect the airbag to see where a potential replacement came from: shops can check serial numbers and track down the origin of the airbag.

-    Before you buy a car: get a full, pre-purchase inspection report (from a company like Carfax), so you can see if the airbag in the vehicle was ever deployed, or if there’s an open recall on the car.

Philadelphia community groups continue their relentless crusade to oust Congreso de Latinos Unidos CEO Carolina Cabrera DiGiorgio after she was photographed sitting in the front row of President Donald Trump's rally in Harrisburg last month.

A letter sent on Monday to Congreso’s board of directors and signed by more than 15 groups questioned her ability to lead and asked for her immediate resignation.

“We cannot understand how the executive director of the largest Latino social service agency in Philadelphia would not just participate but be front row and center at a rally where chants of ‘build the wall’ were prominently featured," the letter read.

"Even more unimaginable is an executive director of said social services organization visibly supporting a president whose goals are to slash social spending to agencies like itself, to destroy the Affordable Care Act and to remove health care access from at least 26 million people in our country all while separating families and incarcerating people through cruel deportation and detention practices and policies,” the letter continued.

DiGiorgio is married to the chairman of Pennsylvania’s Republican Party. Her political affiliations were known when she was appointed to head Congreso in January, board member Esperanza Neu said.

DiGiorgio and other members of Congreso's leadership team have not returned repeated calls and emails for comment.

Adding to the quagmire is local artist, activist and senior graphic designer at the Community College of Philadelphia, Gilberto Gonzalez. He issued a letter not only calling for DiGiorgio to be fired, but for the entire executive team to reconsider its standing within the Latino Community. 

“Not one of their executive team has ever lived in the barrio,” Gonzalez said. “Not only do you have an executive director that has completely lost touch with Latinos in the region, she has a staff that has no connection.”

Controversy erupted earlier this month after Philadelphia Weekly placed DiGiorgio at President Donald Trump’s Rally on April 29. Photos and video show DiGiorgio, wearing a pink tank top, snapping pictures of the president with her phone and clapping as he spoke.

Community activists insist the issue is not her party affiliation, but instead her support of Trump’s policies.

“Her recent actions demonstrate not only her lack of credibility, but also her privilege in not being affected by the policies of the administration she vehemently supports," said Nikki Lopez, executive director of Galaei, a Philadelphia-based social justice organization.

"How can a community who has been directly affected by the oppression of Trump's administration trust a leader who is supporting the oppression our Latinx community is facing? The first step in rebuilding that trust is accountability. No more avoidance, it's time that our people are heard."

It all started with a flood.

When Lena Kim’s basement was under inches of water from a cooking-oil clogged drain after Thanksgiving in 2013, she wondered if anyone else had a similar problem. While talking to her “other mom friends”, she found out this cooking oil issue was one many others had faced—including two Indonesian mothers who had immigrated to the South Philadelphia area to raise their families.

“They were talking about how they had these massive floods but didn’t know it was happening because of oil going down the drain,” Lena explains. “They explained there was a huge cultural difference in the way they treat cooking oil in Indonesia and thought they could just pour it down the drain in America just the way they did there.”

Lena, who supports the community efforts and works at the EPA, saw this as an opportunity to give information to this growing immigrant population as well as non-immigrants who do not know what to do with their oil.

“The community explained they had some other ideas about what to do with the oil,” Lena says. “They asked questions like, ‘Can we recycle it?’ ‘Can we turn it into something else?’ and ‘Can we do better than just getting information?’”

These questions are what sparked ‘Feed the Barrel’-- the nation’s first immigrant-led cooking oil recycling pilot right in the heart of South Philadelphia.

Hani White, a ‘Feed the Barrel’ leader and member of the immigrant community, explained that the Indonesian community was hesitant at first about the EPA coming to talk, but after a blogger spoke out about the future they would be leaving to their children, ideas quickly changed.

“The EPA members walked into the community and everyone became nervous at the sight of the jacket, they looked like immigration police at first, and our community leaders weren’t so excited about the idea. Everyone’s arms were crossed… It can be hard to change people’s minds,” Hani explains. “That blogger made them think about changing the world for the kids, and suddenly everyone was interested.”

That moment sparked the community to begin working with Lena to start the ‘Feed the Barrel’ pilot. The community partnered with the EPA, who help make initiatives like this possible, and Eden Green Energy, a vegetable oil recycling plant located in Chester, Pennsylvania, who would collect the oil from the barrels located around the city.

Domenico Finocchiaro, who is one of the collectors from Eden Green Energy, explains that to make this pilot work, they wanted to make it as simple as possible.

“If you dump your oil down the drain, you’re going to have a financial impact somewhere down the line,” Domenico explains. “You’ll have to fix your home drain system, or you as a tax payer will have to pay for when sewers clog. The problems are enormous… the city to the river to the ocean and then to the beautiful planet, it could all be destroyed. Pour it in this barrel, and you won’t have those issues.”

“Additionally, you shouldn’t be wiping up your extra oil with a paper towel and throwing it into the trash,” Lena chimed in. “When you wipe it with a paper towel and then toss it, that towel gets wrapped in a plastic bag, which then travels to the dump, and then it sits in a landfill. Just another sad ending for that oil.”

Domenico explains that after residents pour their used cooking oil, including product like leftover bacon grease and olive oil left at the bottom of a salad bowl, into the big barrel, Eden Green Energy will come and vacuum the oil into a truck. The oil is then transported to the recycling center where it is strained and cleaned before being turned into biofuel, used for animal feed, or even turned into soap.

The new addition of the barrel at Weavers Way Co Op allows a new community to get in on the ‘Feed the Barrel’ action. Director of Marketing and Community Relations, Crystal Pang, says she is excited to see how receptive shoppers are.

“Our members are very engaged. I think when customers learn about this barrel and I am able to educate and communicate this to everyone, I think they’re going to be right on board,” Crystal says. “I love this program and how it started because it is similar to Co Ops in a lot of ways in that it’s a group of people who identify a need and come together to do something about it.”

Hani and the team at ‘Feed the Barrel’ are excited about the future of the initiative but say with the current political climate, some people are beginning to panic.

“After the election we heard rumors about the EPA losing funding or disappearing all together,” Hani said. “The community knew the EPA could go away, Eden Green could go away, but this cooking oil is going to be around forever—we need to step up our game.”

Additionally, Lena says this program highlights the good that comes from this community.

“This immigrant community is powerful and this program has helped change perceptions,” Lena said. “They’re not doing this for the money—no one here is making any money—they’re doing it to better this land they live on.”

Hani says despite the worry, the group would like to see ‘Feed the Barrel’ become a full-fledged program with better technology, and hopes conversations with political leaders like Governor Wolf will help them expand to more counties.

In the meantime, the group is excited to see another community feeding the barrel.

A member of the Philadelphia Housing Authority Police Department was placed on administrative leave Monday after unloading her gun near Kingsessing and 58th Street in Southwest Philadelphia over the weekend, according to officials.

Police confirmed the PHA officer was off-duty at the time, but did not say what caused the incident. Officials have not identified a victim or the officer involved in the shooting. Police did confirm the officer is a woman.

Shell casings were found scattered throughout the scene and the window of a car smashed in. 

The incident is under review by the Philadelphia Police Department’s officer-involved shooting investigation unit.

A man was caught on camera mocking and sucker punching a person with cerebral palsy outside a West Chester 7-Eleven store, according to investigators.

Police say Barry Baker, 29, of Coatesville, was with his friends at a 7-Eleven store on 200 South High Street in West Chester back on May 10 around 2:30 a.m. At the same time a 22-year-old man with cerebral palsy drove into the parking lot of the store and parked his vehicle. As he got out and went into the 7-Eleven, Baker began making fun of him and mocking how he walked, investigators said. When the victim got back out of the store, Baker mocked him again and began to imitate how he moved, according to police.

As the victim stood in front of his vehicle, Baker sucker punched him in the face, according to police. He then fled around the corner of the store. Police say the entire ordeal was captured on surveillance video.

“The defendant’s actions in this case are appalling,” West Chester Police Chief Scott Bohn said. “You wonder what would make an individual treat somebody like that.”

The victim called police and Baker was later arrested and charged with simple assault and other related offenses. His bail was set at 10% of $25,000 and his preliminary hearing is scheduled for May 30.

“This defendant is a bully. Every decent citizen should be outraged by the defendant’s conduct,” Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan said. “The victim is to be commended for keeping his cool and notifying the police.”

West Chester Police continue to investigate the incident. If you have any information, please call them at 610-696-2600.

A 9-year-old girl who went missing in Maple Shade, New Jersey Monday was found safe.

Police say Jaemarie Serenity Rivera left the Fox Meadow Apartment complex on 100 Fox Meadow Drive in Maple Shade, New Jersey around 3:40 p.m. Monday. She was walking a dachshund-Chihuahua mix at the time and was reported missing.

Police say she was later found safe.

is getting attention worldwide. The child was quickly rescued by a man who jumped in. NBC10 Jersey Shore Bureau Reporter Ted Greenberg speaks to local marine mammal experts about the video.

The search continues for the foster kids of a woman who was charged in the rape and murder of her adopted daughter.

Sara Packer, along with her boyfriend Jacob Sullivan, were arrested and charged in the rape, murder and dismemberment of her 14-year-old adopted daughter Grace Packer in July, 2016. While Sara Packer remains in custody with a trial date not yet set, the state is looking for the 30 foster children who she cared for within the last decade. Officials say about a dozen of those children are now adults and are unaccounted for.

Packer fostered the children over the course of a decade in addition to formally adopting Grace and Grace’s younger brother in Berks County.

Nadeem Bezar, an attorney who practices in the areas of child sexual abuse and child welfare, told NBC10 he’s been watching the Packer murder case closely and has had contact with individuals who claimed to have lived in a home with Sara Packer and her former husband David Packer.

“This is somebody who had a predatory lifestyle who was preying on young children,” Bezar said.

Much remains unclear about the Packers' fostering and adoptions, which involved Children, Youth and Family agencies in at least two counties. Officials in several counties across eastern Pennsylvania have declined to provide details about the Packers, citing the ongoing criminal case. The state Department of Human Services, which purportedly provides oversight of the county agencies, also has released few details about the Packers' long history of adoption and foster care.

Montgomery and Northampton counties have canceled contracts with certain contracted adoption agencies linked to the Packers, NBC10 has previously reported.

Sara Packer worked as a case manager for Northampton County Children, Youth and Family before she was fired two months before then-husband David Packer was charged with sexually assaulting one of the couple's foster children and Grace Packer in 2010. Sara Packer had no criminal record until she and Sullivan were arrested in Grace’s rape, murder and dismemberment last July.

Bezar and other child advocates told NBC10 that state and federal investigators need to do as much as they can to locate the foster children who are unaccounted for. According to Bezar, while many choose not to be found he is concerned that some of the foster kids were harmed by Sara Packer given the severity of the charges against her.

“I think it’s no coincidence,” Bezar said. “I think unfortunately we might have to expect the worst.”

Child advocates also told NBC10 another concern is the fact that records of foster children are allowed to be destroyed, which makes finding them difficult.

A spokesperson with the FBI confirmed to NBC10 that they are searching nationally for Packer’s foster children.

“I’ve seen your stories on this awful tragedy, and know that you’re looking for some accountability on behalf of Grace and any other potential victims,” the spokesperson said. “Rest assured, it’s something we take very seriously.”

Three police officers were injured while three teens were charged following a large brawl at a SEPTA station in the Juniata Park section of Philadelphia.

SEPTA police say they first saw posts on social media calling for high school students to show up at the Erie-Torresdale Market-Frankford Line Station for a fight. When police arrived they say they saw a large crowd of teens fighting at the station.

“Cops were definitely outnumbered,” Emmanuel Negron, who witnessed the fight, told NBC10. “There was probably about like a good 200 to 300 kids.”

Police say the responding officers were attacked as they tried to break up the fight. The crowd eventually dispersed.

Three officers were injured during the ordeal. One of the officers suffered rib injuries while the other two suffered minor injuries. Three teens were also arrested and charged with assault.

A witness who did not want to be identified told NBC10 a similar brawl occurred at the station Friday. Negron also said several past incidents have occurred there. 

Police continue to investigate.

A viewer says she paid for a once in a lifetime opportunity to meet some of her favorite celebrities. When the event was cancelled, the company never provided her with a refund. This prompted Harry Hairston and the NBC10 Responds Team to get involved.

A vandal or vandals targeted a mural of late Philadelphia Mayor Frank Rizzo.

Officials say four black paint splotches were found on the mural located on 9th and Montrose streets over the weekend. A paint gun may have been used in the vandalism, according to investigators. They also say the material used is a substance that is "different than just graffiti paint."

A spokesperson for Mural Arts Philadelphia released a statement on the vandalism.

“Mural Arts prides itself on responding within 24 hours during the few circumstances where murals get tagged or defaced," the spokesperson wrote. "In this case, with the Rizzo Mural, a lift cannot be brought in because of the rain. And a lift is needed because of the height of the damage. Mural Arts is working actively on a plan to address and repair the mural which will happen in the next few days.”

The mural was also vandalized in 2012.

Rizzo served as Philadelphia’s Police Commissioner for four years before serving two terms as the city’s mayor from 1972 to 1980.

Both as commissioner and mayor, Rizzo was remembered as an extremely polarizing figure, having both loyal supporters and extreme detractors. He died of a heart attack back in 1991.

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Police are investigating a reported abduction, assault and carjacking in the East Falls section of Philadelphia Monday night.

A witness told police she was driving eastbound on Roberts Avenue and approaching Wissahickon Avenue at 7:18 p.m. when she spotted a black car and a brown minivan with tinted windows stopped on Roberts Avenue. The witness said one man, who police say was the victim in the incident, got out of the black car and started walking towards the van. Another man who police say is one of three suspects, then got out of the van and began assaulting the victim, according to the witness.

The witness told police a second suspect then slid the minivan open and the first suspect pushed the victim inside the vehicle.

"That's when the person winning the fight forced the victim into the minivan, laid him in the minivan and continued to beat him," Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small said.

A third suspect then got out of the van and went inside the victim’s car, police said. The witness told police both vehicles then drove westbound on Roberts Avenue approaching Henry Avenue.

Police did not release detailed descriptions but say the victim is a black male with a thin build standing 6-foot-4. The suspect who assaulted him is described as a black male in his 20s also standing 6-foot-4 with a light beard wearing a long white t-shirt and black pants. Police have not yet released descriptions of the other two suspects or the motive behind the abduction. 

"If this was the result of an auto accident turned road rage, we're not sure at this time," Chief Inspector Small said.

If you have any information on the incident, please call Philadelphia Police.

If you’ve ever been pulled over by police or had an ambulance rush to your home, laptop computers offer a way for first responders to check some of your most personal information. Former Chester County Technical Communications Specialist David Cucchi insists however that the laptops in his county also offered a glaring opportunity for hackers.

“It is the worst scenario that you could possibly be in,” Cucchi said.

Cucchi claimed major cyber security gaps in Chester County’s computer-aided dispatch system were obvious even as he and a colleague were first installing it last August. He later filed a whistleblower complaint earlier this spring alleging that he was fired from his job after bringing his concerns to light.

“I had asked the colleague after that, I said ‘Are we not enabling the firewall?’ And they said, ‘No, it’s just been a big mess since the start of the project,’” Cucchi said.

Without an active firewall and without a unified threat management system, the laptops in about 650 emergency vehicles were open to hacking, according to Cucchi.

The vehicles range from Chester County fire engines and ambulances to patrol cars for local police departments and even security for schools in Chester County such as West Chester University and Lincoln University.

Cucchi insists the cyber-security gaps violated federal rules and also endangered the personal information of anyone who interacted with first responders. He also said they endangered police officers as their locations could’ve been tracked by hackers.

“It’s not a matter of ‘if,’” Cucchi said. “It’s a matter of ‘when’ you’re going to be hacked.”

The NBC10 investigators took Cucchi’s complaint to David Lanter, the director of Temple University’s Information Technology Auditing and Cyber Security Programs.

“The exploits, the folks who are trying to break in, are constantly looking for opportunities to break in,” Lanter said.

Lanter says that if Cucchi’s allegations are accurate, then basic cyber security rules he teaches his students were violated and first responders in Chester County are potentially vulnerable to hackers who might jump in the middle of their communications.

“The information systems are all linked,” Lanter said. “So this was a county system tied to a state system tied to a federal system.”

According to Cucchi, since emergency dispatch is a county responsibility, none of the first responders, from police chiefs on down, knew of the security holes.

Chester County declined to comment on Cucchi’s allegations as they’re now part of an active lawsuit. A spokesperson for the county told the NBC10 Investigators however, “To our knowledge, at no point has criminal justice, law enforcement sensitive or personal information been breached or compromised.”

The spokesperson also said Pennsylvania State Police reviewed their system to ensure compliance and allowed it to go live.

Cucchi meanwhile is urging anyone who interacted with Chester County first responders between last summer and this spring to be on the lookout for identity theft.

“There is absolutely no idea what information has been compromised from our citizens,” he said.

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Search Continues for Foster Kids of Woman Charged in Murder: The search continues for the foster kids of a woman who was charged in the rape and murder of her adopted daughter. Sara Packer, along with her boyfriend Jacob Sullivan, were arrested and charged in the rape, murder and dismemberment of her 14-year-old adopted daughter Grace Packer in July, 2016. While Sara Packer remains in custody with a trial date not yet set, the state is looking for the 30 foster children who she cared for within the last decade. Officials say about a dozen of those children are now adults and are unaccounted for. Packer fostered the children over the course of a decade in addition to formally adopting Grace and Grace’s younger brother in Berks County. Nadeem Bezar, an attorney who practices in the areas of child sexual abuse and child welfare, told NBC10 he’s been watching the Packer murder case closely and has had contact with individuals who claimed to have lived in a home with Sara Packer and her former husband David Packer. Much remains unclear about the Packers' fostering and adoptions, which involved Children, Youth and Family agencies in at least two counties. Officials in several counties across eastern Pennsylvania have declined to provide details about the Packers, citing the ongoing criminal case. The state Department of Human Services, which purportedly provides oversight of the county agencies, also has released few details about the Packers' long history of adoption and foster care.

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'Bully' Mocks and Sucker Punches Man with Cerebal Palsy: A man was caught on camera mocking and sucker punching a person with cerebral palsy outside a West Chester 7-Eleven store, according to investigators. Police say Barry Baker, 29, of Coatesville, was with his friends at a 7-Eleven store on 200 South High Street in West Chester back on May 10 around 2:30 a.m. At the same time a 22-year-old man with cerebral palsy drove into the parking lot of the store and parked his vehicle. As he got out and went into the 7-Eleven, Baker began making fun of him and mocking how he walked, investigators said. When the victim got back out of the store, Baker mocked him again and began to imitate how he moved, according to police. As the victim stood in front of his vehicle, Baker sucker punched him in the face, according to police. He then fled around the corner of the  store. Police say the entire ordeal was captured on surveillance video. The victim called police and Baker was later arrested and charged with simple assault and other related offenses. His bail was set at 10 percent of $25,000 and his preliminary hearing is scheduled for May 30.

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Authorities recovered nearly 1,500 budding marijuana plants from a New Jersey home in what they're calling one of the biggest pot seizures in Essex County history. 

Sherline Dare, 37, and her husband, 41-year-old Densley Lawrence, allegedly ran the pot growing operation, which officials estimate was worth about $3 million, out of their single-family home near Springdale Avenue in East Orange. 

Cops found the pot plants in the couple's four-car garage Thursday after responding to a report of an "incident" in the backyard, authorities say. Dare was taken into custody at the scene and faces an array of charges related to the maintenance and operation of the alleged "marijuana farm." 

Authorities say her home is within 1,000 feet of a school and within 500 feet of a public park, which adds to the charge list. Dare's husband is wanted on the same charges, police say; a warrant has been issued for his arrest. 

Another man was arrested at the scene Thursday as well; he allegedly was parked in front of Dare's house and had more than $1,700 in cash and pot in the vehicle. 

"Grow houses like these often go unnoticed, even by next-door neighbors," Essex County Public Safety Director Sheilah Coley said in a statement. "This was a high-tech, high-level marijuana-growing operation, the size of which I have not seen in my over 25 years in law enforcement."

New Jersey police say a driver was texting when he slammed head-on into a tractor-trailer, sending the car's engine flying and spillng fuel all over the road.

South Brunswick Police said it's a miracle no one was seriously injured in Monday's crash, calling the accident "entirely preventable."

Pava Dama, 33, was texting while driving a 2007-Volkswagen Jetta when he crossed over the center lane and collided with a 2008 Freightliner, police said.

The force of the crash ruptured the truck’s fuel tank, spilling diesel fuel all over the roadway, authorities said. The Jetta’s engine was ripped out of the car and landed 20 feet away.

Witnesses said they saw the Jetta swerve all over the road just prior to the crash.

"I am not sure what was so critical in a text message that would allow you to take your eyes off the road and hit a tractor trailer head on,” New Brunswick Police Chief Raymond Hayducka said.

Dama was ticketed for careless driving, failure to maintain the lane, crossing a double yellow line and using a cellphone while driving, police say.