Fire crews in Delaware County battled flames at an apartment building Friday afternoon after some sort of explosion outside the building, officials said.

The fire broke out at an apartment building located at the intersection of Woodland and Sharon avenues in Sharon Hill just before 2:30 p.m.

Flames and thick, black smoke could be seen coming from the roof of the building as SkyForce10 hovered above.

Officials said one woman was treated for smoke inhalation.

The fire went to 3-alarms with crews from more than 15 companies called to respond.

Officials used a drone to check for flare-ups from above.

Residents in all six apartments were displaced. The American Red Cross was providing assistance 14 people.

Officials continued to look for a cause and account for all residents who live in the building.

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A Philadelphia school teacher was charged early Saturday with allegedly making terroristic threats against a police officer during a protest at the Rizzo statue Aug. 16, according to court documents.

John Sheerin, 63, of Crescentville, is seen on a video shot by local reporter and columnist Helen Ubiñas during protests in the shadow of the statue for Frank Rizzo, a former mayor and police commissioner. (Warning: The video contains extremely graphic language.)

A phone number for Sheerin went to voicemail, which indicated that the mailbox was full and a message could not be left.

Sheerin most recently taught at Julia De Burgos Elementary School. A spokesman for the Philadelphia School District confirmed last week, prior to Sheerin's arrest, that they are aware of the incident and investigating it.

On Saturday, district spokesman Lee Whack said in an email that Sheerin would not return to his school, pending the ongoing investigation.

"The safety of our students and staff is our highest priority. This is a matter which we take very seriously," Whack said. "The School District is aware of his arrest, but prior to his arrest Mr. Sheerin had been under investigation. He has been removed from his school pending our investigation."

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It is unclear how or when Sheerin was arrested. Facebook posts on his page from two members of the local Black Lives Matter chapter indicate that Sheerin also attended a protest by BLM on Thursday night outside the house of a police officer who shot and killed a man earlier in the summer.

Sheerin was released on $5,000 bail and his next hearing is scheduled for Sept. 26.

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Several members of the group Black Lives Matter demonstrated outside the Northeast Philadelphia home of a police officer Thursday evening over his involvement in the shooting death of a man during a traffic stop.

The small group of about a dozen paced outside 15th District Officer Ryan Pownall's twin home along Bridle Road in the city's Bustleton section for about an hour.

Shouting "If we don't get no justice, they don't get no peace," the group demanded Pownall be charged with murder for the June death of David Jones.

Pownall, a 12-year veteran of the police department, shot the 30-year-old in the back and buttocks on June 8 following a struggle. The officer stopped Jones for riding an illegal dirt bike in North Philadelphia.

During a pat down, Pownall felt a gun in Jones' waistband, police said.

A witness in back of Pownall's police vehicle watched Pownall pull his service weapon and warn Jones not to touch the gun, police said. The two men scuffled before Jones allegedly grabbed his handgun, according to police.

Jones then fled. Surveillance video obtained by NBC10 appears to show Jones running away when he was shot.

The same witness later told NBC10 that Jones had dropped the gun before running. A fully loaded .9mm handgun was recovered at the scene.

Jones died at Temple University Hospital.

The shooting remains under investigation by both police and the Pennsylvania attorney general's office. Police Commissioner Richard Ross said the department is looking into whether protocol was followed.

Pownall remains on administrative leave.

Black Lives Matter, led by activist Asa Khalif, along with others, have been protesting the shooting for weeks. In July, the group marched on the Police Administration Building and City Hall demanding a larger investigation.

The group decided to turn its attention to Pownall Thursday. A line of on-duty police officers separated the demonstrators from the officer's home. The non-violent protest was streamed on Facebook Live.

Pownall was called a "racist, bigot pig cop" and Khalif said he has "a murderous spirit" referring to another shooting that the officer was involved. That 2010 shooting left Carnell Williams-Carney paralyzed when a bullet hit him in the back. The shooting was ruled justified and Williams-Carney lost a federal lawsuit against police.

Thursday's protest riled police union boss John McNesby. He called Khalif a "punk" who shoud've been arrested for protesting without a permit.

"I can't use the words I want," McNesby said Friday. "To take it to someone's house, a police officer's house, he doesn't have any respect."

"He's a two-bit punk who doesn't have the respect of decent protesters, if there is any in this city."

Khalif invoked the words of Black Panther Assata Shakur in response: "It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win. We must love and support one another. We have nothing to lose but our chains."

Protesting at Pownall's home has Pa. Rep. Martina White (R - Pa. 170) renewing calls to support a bill that would bar police from releasing an officer's name shortly after a shooting.

Philadelphia Police Department policy directs the release of officers' identities within 72 hours of a police-involved shooting if there is no credible threat against the officer. The policy falls in line with U.S. Department of Justice guidelines.

White has sponsored House Bill 27, which would limit the release of officers' names to 30 days or until the investigation is completed — whichever is sooner.

The representative fired shots at Commissioner Ross and Mayor Jim Kenney in a statement Friday alleging they have been soft on policing Black Lives Matter protests.

"It is shocking to me that Police Commissioner Richard Ross and Mayor Jim Kenney allowed this illegal occupation to go on for hours without taking any action to enforce the law, and I question whether the police department has been ordered to stand down when it comes to addressing this Black Lives Matter action," her statement read in part.

Kenney thanked police for defusing the protest and denounced the event.

"There are many Philadelphians and officers who are productively working to build police-community trust, including pushing for transparency and reform which Commissioner Ross and I both agree must continue. What happened last night did nothing to move those efforts forward," the mayor said in a statement.

White previously introduced a bill that would bar police departments from releasing officer identities unless that officer was charged with a crime and only after an internal investigation has been competed.

The law was vetoed by Gov. Tom Wolf in 2016.

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The only way an elderly man from the Jersey Shore could release himself from the torment of eight apparitions was to buy into 14 step program that cost $147,700.

Failure to do so would result in continued agony in this life and the next.

Or so he was told by a psychic from Galloway Township, New Jersey.

Galloway Township police said Sally Wando, who went by the name "Kim," duped the Ocean County man into thinking she could solve his otherworldly problems. But in reality, police said, she and her son stole that cash and filtered it into a car dealership.

The victim had been meeting with Wando, a 49-year-old Galloway Township resident, at Village Psychic in Smithville when she sold him the soul cleansing treatments, police said.

Wando told the man the first visit would cost $5,000 and then recommended he buy a 14 step Chakra program priced at $10,500 a level, according to police. In some religions, Chakras are believed to be energy sources within the human body.

Authorities said Wando used information from the man's unpleasant childhood to hook him on the program.

The victim was told to transfer the cash to Frank's Classic Carz in Ventnor City, a business that is owned by Wando's 24-year-old son, Frank Marco, police said. He instructed to tell the bank that the money was to buy a car and not Chakra treatments.

After the transfer, in mid-August, the man called police believing he'd been scammed.

When police questioned Wando and Marco, they said the money was to be used for a car purchase, police said. Those claims weren't substantiated and the pair were arrested.

Wando and Marco are charged with second degree theft by deception and third degree conspiracy. They were released.

A call to Wando's business went right to voicemail and the mailbox was closed. A message was left at the car dealership. It's not clear if either has retained legal counsel.

Police are concerned other people may have been scammed. They're asking anyone with information to call Detective Jason Kiamos at 609-652-3705 ext. 325.

The union representing Philadelphia police officers says it has won a temporary halt to the immediate release of cops' identities in shootings of civilians.

The Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 5 said late Friday that the union can now challenge the release of officers in police-involved shootings until a full hearing is held Sept. 29.

The union has long sought to protect the identity of officers who shoot civilians in the line of duty, and filed a lawsuit Friday seeking a temporary injunction against the police department's release of names after a protest outside one officer's house Thursday evening.

The small group of about a dozen protesters from a local Black Lives Matter chapter paced outside 15th District Officer Ryan Pownall's twin home along Bridle Road in the city's Bustleton section for about an hour.

McNesby ripped the protesters during an interview with NBC10, and called one of the Black Lives Matter organizers, Asa Khalif, "a punk."

"I can't use the words I want," McNesby said Friday. "To take it to someone's house, a police officer's house, he doesn't have any respect."

"He's a two-bit punk who doesn't have the respect of decent protesters, if there is any in this city."

Pownall, a 12-year veteran of the police department, shot the 30-year-old in the back and buttocks on June 8 following a struggle. The officer stopped Jones for riding an illegal dirt bike in North Philadelphia, and patted the man down. Pownall has alleged that a struggle then ensued when he found a handgun on Jones.

Moments later, Jones fled. Surveillance video obtained by NBC10 appears to show Jones running away when he was shot.

A witness later told NBC10 that Jones had dropped the gun before running. A fully loaded .9mm handgun was recovered at the scene.

The shooting remains under investigation by both police and the Pennsylvania attorney general's office. Police Commissioner Richard Ross said the department is looking into whether protocol was followed.

Pownall is on administrative leave.

A state lawmaker who represents a portion of Northeast Philadelphia, Martina White, also took exception with protesters entering a suburban neighborhood of Philadelphia. White has twice proposed legislation that would restrict the release of officers' identities following police-involved shootings. Gov. Tom Wolf vetoed her initial bill last year. Another bill remains in the state legislature.

“While I fully support lawful protests as provided by the First Amendment, [Thursday's] events were not that," White said in a press release Friday. "Instead, Black Lives Matter activists invaded a residential neighborhood without a permit, utilized bullhorns to spew profanity, and threatened an endless occupation of that neighborhood until their demands are met."

The city plans to defend its policy of releasing officers' names at the next court hearing, scheduled for Sept. 29 in front of Common Pleas Judge Daniel J. Anders, a spokeswoman for Mayor Jim Kenney told Philly.com.

Anders issued a temporary injunction Friday until the next hearing that allows the city to continue releasing officers names 72 hours after shootings, but also gave the FOP the right to challenge the release of an officer's identity within that 72-hour window.

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Police are searching for a woman with Alzheimer’s who went missing from a senior living facility in Allentown.

Audrey Penn, 77, went missing Wednesday from the Woodland Terrace at the Oaks Senior Living Community on 1263 South Cedar Crest Boulevard.

Police say Penn suffers from Alzheimer’s. She is described as an African American woman and was last seen wearing green pants and a green and purple flower shirt.

“At this time, locating Audrey is our top priority," a spokesperson for Woodland Terrace wrote. "Woodland Terrace has tested its security systems and reviewed its resident safety and security measures to ensure that all technology and processes continue to work effectively as the health, safety and well-being of every resident is always our number one priority."

“We have spiritual counsel available to all residents, families and the local community if they feel a need for support. The entire Woodbine Family, residents, families and friends are praying for Audrey's safe return.”

Woodbine Senior Living, the parent company of Woodland Terrace, is offering a $10,000 reward to anyone with information leading to Penn’s safe return. If you have any information on her whereabouts, please call Sgt. Donald Sabo or Detective Kevin Kress at 610-797-1447.

The Budweiser Made in America Festival kicks off next weekend, but road closures start Sunday throughout Philadelphia. 

All roadways will re-open prior to morning rush hour on Sept. 5 with traffic patterns returning to normal.

Click here for a map of road closures. 

Phase 1 – 7 a.m. on Aug. 27 to 11:59p.m. on Sept. 5:

• Two lanes of Eakins Oval in front of the Philadelphia Art Museum

Phase 2 – 7 a.m. on A. 28 – 5 a.m. on Sept. 5:

• Spring Garden Street between Pennsylvania Avenue and Benjamin Franklin Parkway

Phase 3 – 7 a.m. on Aug. 29 – 11:59 p.m. on Sept. 5:

• Parking prohibited on Pennsylvania Avenue from 22nd Street to 23rd Street (south side) and Park Towne Place from 22nd Street to 24th Street (north side)

Phase 4 – 10 a.m. on Aug. 30 – 5 a.m. on Sept. 5:

• The inner lanes of Benjamin Franklin Parkway, between 20th Street and Eakins Oval
• Cross traffic on numbered streets will be permitted

Phase 5 – 7 p.m. on Aug. 31 – 5 a.m. on Sept. 5:

• 22nd Street reduced to one running lane between Pennsylvania Avenue and Benjamin Franklin Parkway

Phase 6 – 10 a.m. Sept. 1 – 5 a.m. Sept. 5:

• Outer lanes of Benjamin Franklin Parkway, between 20th Street and Eakins Oval
• 23rd Street, between Pennsylvania Avenue and Benjamin Franklin Parkway
• 22nd Street, between Pennsylvania Avenue and Park Towne Place
• 21st Street, between Pennsylvania Avenue and Winter Street
• Kelly Drive outbound, from Benjamin Franklin Parkway to Fairmount Avenue
• Outer lane of MLK Drive adjacent to Paine’s Park

Starting at 10 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 1, due to the closure of the outer lanes on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, traffic headed inbound (to Center City), from Spring Garden Street Bridge or Martin Luther King Drive, must exit Eakins Oval on the 24th Street ramp. Traffic headed inbound on Kelly Drive must exit Kelly Drive at Fairmount Avenue.

Phase 7 – 10 a.m. Sept. 2 – 5 a.m. Sept. 5:

The full extent of road closures around the festival site will begin at 10:00AM on Saturday, September 2nd and remain through the duration of the event. A complete list of road closures and no parking restrictions is outlined below:

Road Closures

The entire width of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, beginning at 20th Street extending through Eakins Oval (25th Street) and behind the Philadelphia Museum of Art. - The rear of the Philadelphia Museum of Art will be accessible to Museum guests via Fairmount Avenue, to Pennsylvania Avenue, to 25th Street.

• 21st Street, between Winter & Spring Garden Streets
• 22nd Street, between Race Street & Fairmount Avenue
• 23rd Street, between the Benjamin Franklin Parkway & Fairmount Avenue
• 24th Street, between Fairmount & Pennsylvania Avenues
• Spring Garden Street, between 20th Street & Benjamin Franklin Parkway, including the Spring
• Garden Street Tunnel.
• Spring Garden St Bridge* (The City will make every effort to keep this bridge open during Philadelphia Art Museum operating hours on September 2nd and 3rd 10am – 5pm, but it may be forced to close during periods of heavy pedestrian traffic)
• Kelly Drive, between 23rd Street & Fairmount Avenue
• Martin Luther King Drive, between the Falls Bridge & Benjamin Franklin Parkway
• Pennsylvania Avenue, between Hamilton & 25th Street
• 2000 block of Pennsylvania Avenue, between the Whole Foods store & 21st Street (the
• eastern half of the block, from the Whole Foods Market to 20th Street, will remain open to allow access to the store)
• Park Towne Place, between 22nd & 24th Streets
• I-676 westbound off-ramp at 22nd Street (I-676 eastbound off-ramp at 23rd Street will be open)

No Parking:

• Pennsylvania Avenue, between 22nd Street & Fairmount Avenue (south side of street)
• Winter Street, between 20th & 22nd Streets (both sides of street)
• 20th Street, between Vine & Callowhill Streets (east side of street)
• 21st Street, between Benjamin Franklin Parkway & Race Street (both sides of street)
• 22nd Street, between Winter & Spring Garden Streets (both sides of street)
• Park Towne Place, between 22nd & 24th Streets (both sides of street)

Public Transportation and Paid Parking Information for Festival Goers and Residents

Broad Street and Market Frankford Lines:

Local train service will operate on a normal weekend schedule throughout the day on Saturday and Sunday. Race-Vine and City Hall Stations on the Broad Street Line and 15th Street Station on the Market Frankford Line provide easy walking access to the festival gates on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. The Broad Street and Market Frankford Lines will offer overnight service as usual on Saturday.

Regional Rail:

Late-night train service will be available on SEPTA’s Regional Rail Lines on Saturday and Sunday nights departing from Jefferson, Suburban and 30th Street Stations. Special schedules will be posted in stations and are also available online at: www.septa.org/events. If the concert runs late on Saturday or Sunday, these trains will be held for approximately 20 minutes after the concert ends. Parking is free at all SEPTA-owned Regional Rail lots on weekends. Parking lot location information is available online at: www.septa.org/parking.

Trolley:

Trolley Routes 10, 11, 13, 15, 34 and 36 offer convenient service to and from the concert, with 19th and 22nd Street Stations providing easy walking access to Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Trolley Route 15 connects with Broad Street and Market Frankford Line service at Girard Avenue.

Bus:

Due to Festival-related street closures, SEPTA Routes 7, 32, 33, 38, 43 and 48 will be detoured from its normal routes through the Benjamin Franklin Parkway area beginning at 10:00am on Friday, September 2nd through 5:00 am on Monday, September 5th. Specific route changes are available on the System Status Page at www.septa.org

SEPTA Customer Service will extend its hours of operation on Saturday and Sunday, with phone and online agents available from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

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