The body of a man was found floating in the Schuylkill River Monday morning, Philadelphia police said.
He was retrieved by boat just off Kelly Drive near Boathouse Row and pronounced dead shortly before 9 a.m.
His age and identity are not known at this time. NBC10 will update with more details as they become available.
Joonas Suotamo, who portrays Chewbacca in the new Star Wars film Solo, joined us in studio to talk about his experience in the iconic role and what he learned from the original Chewbacca.
From the cake, to the dress, and the guest list a lot of money and heart goes into planning a wedding. But what happens when someone you paid to help with your I Do's says I Don't?
NBC10 takes a look inside a special dance class in Delaware County where students know no bounds. And neither does their instructor.
A New Jersey Transit passenger captured video that appears to show a bus operator counting money while driving.
Aston Smith filmed the video around 5 p.m. on Saturday, she told NBC 4 New York. The driver shuffled money for nearly five minutes as he drove with around 20 to 30 passengers on board, she said.
“His hands had cash in them and that’s where his eyes were focusing,” she said. "I didn't feel safe."
NJ Transit said in a statement Monday it is "thoroughly investigating" the case and shares the concerns of those who brought the matter to light.
"We have specific rules in place that strictly prohibit counting money or tickets while driving," spokeswoman Nancy Snyder said. "In ensuring the safety of our customers and our bus operators, we are committed to taking swift and appropriate disciplinary action upon the completion of our investigation."
Snyder added that NJ Transit has no plans to ban people from paying in cash, and also pointed out the multiple payment options on the NJ Transit app.
The apparent incident isn’t the first time an NJ Transit driver has been caught on camera counting cash. In December, another rider snapped a photo of her driver counting cash behind the wheel of the vehicle.
And in 2015, a six-month NBC 4 New York’s I-Team investigation found six different drivers who had taken their eyes off the road to count tickets. Drivers are supposed to wait until the end of their shifts to carry out the task.
Snyder said in her statement Monday that NJ Transit continues to pursue newer technology and other payment options, and said any customers should report any and all incidents of concern by calling (973) 275-5555.
Christine Dibona Lobley dropped by the studio to talk about a ladies' night event that she started in her dads memory. Fred's Footsteps Ladies' Night will be at Life's Patina at Willowbrook Farm in Malvern on May 31st from 6 to 11 pm.
We are less than a week away from the unofficial start of summer which means many people are heading to the beach. Authorities say summer also often brings a spike in human trafficking. New rules in New Jersey are aimed at curbing what's been described as a form of modern day slavery.
Mekhi Brodie and Dante Diggs from Bodine High School for International Affairs came to the studio to talk about the National Catholic Forensics League Grand National Tournament debate event in Washington DC this weekend. They are accompanied by their teacher Lauren Geschel.
A new twist in an unsolved mystery in Upper Bucks County. A jealous rage pushed a woman to kill a fellow church member. But now police want to know if she also hurt her father, who has been missing for 25 years.
Do you have outdoor plans over Memorial Day weekend, summer’s unofficial start?
If so keep both the sunscreen and the umbrella handy because we will swing from hazy, hot and humid near 90 degrees on Saturday to temperatures in the 70s, rain and thunderstorms on Sunday.
Saturday will be a steamer with hazy sunshine and high humidity. Temperatures will be 15-20 degrees above average near 90. Saturday evening clouds increase.
On Sunday Mother Nature delivers a one-two punch of rain and thunderstorms with moisture from a possible tropical system near the Gulf Coast combined with a cold front dropping out of the upper Midwest. Temperatures Sunday will fall to the 70s.
The rain and thunderstorms will continue through Monday and into the first half of Tuesday with temperatures in the 70s.
The Coast Guard continues to search for a missing man who fell in the water following a boat accident on the Delaware River between Delanco, New Jersey and Philadelphia Monday.
The unidentified man was one of five people aboard a 16-foot recreational vessel. The boat hit a wake around 5:40 p.m. and all five people fell into the water.
The Coast Guard arrived at the scene and rescued four of the boaters. They were all taken to area hospitals. Officials have not yet revealed their conditions.
The fifth boater, a man in his 20s, is still missing.
The Coast Guard, Philadelphia Marine Police, New Jersey State Police, Philadelphia Fire Marine and other local agencies are all searching for the man.
"We are working diligently along with our partners," Chief Petty Officer Kyle Gerkens said. "Doing everything we can to locate this man."
A Folcroft Police officer who survived a shooting two years ago opened fire at a suspect who was aiming a gun at him, according to investigators.
The incident began on the 1100 block of Taylor Drive in Folcroft Monday around 5:30 p.m. Police tried to pull over an SUV with New York tags. Investigators say they suspected the vehicle was involved in an earlier shooting in Chester City.
Two men inside the SUV allegedly fled the scene on foot and Folcroft Officer Chris Dorman pursued. One of the suspects then aimed his gun at Officer Dorman, police said. Dorman then opened fire at the suspect.
Investigators say the suspect escaped though they're unsure whether or not he was struck by gunfire. Neither Officer Dorman nor any other police officers were injured in the incident
Police advised residents of Folcroft's Delmar Village to shelter in place during the search.
If you recognize or see the suspect, please call 911 or Folcroft Police immediately.
Monday's incident is the second shooting in the past two years Officer Dorman was involved in. In 2016, Dorman was shot in the face, leg and groin as he approached people suspected of smoking marijuana behind an apartment building in Folcroft.
Dorman later recovered from his injuries and returned to police duty.
Students at Conestoga High School are holding voter registration drives, urging their peers to register and get out and vote. The students know that in order to make a difference and have a say they need to vote.
Kim Lee doesn’t visit the corner of 22nd and Market streets in Center City very often. In fact, she avoids it.
Her husband, Griffin Campbell, is the former demolition contractor slapped with a 15- to 30-year prison sentence for the infamous 2013 Salvation Army building collapse. In civil court, Campbell was determined to have played a small role in the accident. He was later found guilty of six counts of involuntary manslaughter during a criminal trial.
“My husband was one of the heroes,” Lee recently told NBC10. “He was the first one on the scene.”
It has been almost five years since that unforgettable day when a mushroom plume of smoke and debris filled Center City. Six people died and more than a dozen were injured. A memorial plaque now replaces the former thrift store, perpetually condemning the “reckless demolition” that caused those deaths.
“To have it written in stone on the wall … that’s kind of like a slap in the face,” Campbell’s daughter, Amella Lee Campbell, said.
In the days following the collapse, Campbell was inconsolable. His daughters remember him “balled up on the couch like a baby,” sobbing as he watched television coverage. His wife recalls Campbell calling her on the phone, hysterically crying, as he rushed to help victims.
The Campbell family views him as the seventh victim of that building collapse, a cog trapped in the criminal justice system with no recourse other than to die in jail. He was not operating machinery that day and was only following orders to speed up the demolition, they said.
Campbell recently spoke to NBC10 from prison and said that he will continue to fight his sentence.
“The billionaires all went home and I was sent to prison,” Griffin Campbell said. “I absolutely think the system has failed me.”
Excavator Sean Benschop was also sentenced to prison following the collapse. He admitted to being high on marijuana and percocet at the time of the botched demolition. Benschop received a 7.5- to 15-year prison sentence after being found guilty of involuntary manslaughter.
Meanwhile, Richard Basciano, the building’s owner, was never charged and architect Plato Marinakos was granted immunity in exchange for his testimony against Campbell and others. The lead building inspector, Ronald Wagenhoffer, died by suicide one week after the accident, blaming himself for the six deaths in a recorded video.
Despite the tragic wake left behind by that accident, the Campbell family continues to hope for a legal miracle. Campbell has an upcoming hearing before the Pennsylvania Superior Court during which his attorney will ask for a new trial or early release. Campbell’s legal team has also enlisted the NAACP’s help and recently met with Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner.
“We’re just hoping and praying. That’s basically all that we can do,” his daughter, Akea Campbell, said. “As a family, we try to stick together and hold each other up.”
The Campbell sisters recently turned to the Free Meek Mill movement after the controversial rapper was released on bail following a lengthy legal battle. Mill’s perceived triumph in court re-energized their efforts, the sisters told NBC10. They hope to piggyback off his successful request for bail and raise more awareness for their father.
“There is absolutely no plan to change the sentence or agree with the request for a new trial,” a source within the DA’s office told NBC10. “It is highly unlikely that we would agree to a new trial and any other changes in the case.”
Most people hate waiting in line and it's even worse when you're hungry and in a time crunch. Philadelphia lunch favorite, Fuel, is trying to cut down on customers' wait time by implementing facial recognition.
Teens are advocating to end smoking by starting with their peers. Students hope the Philly First campaign will drop the youth smoking rate to zero.
Montgomery County residents packed the Lower Merion School Board meeting Monday with shirts that said "Save Stoneleigh." The school district wants to convert the free public garden into a new school or athletic fields.
The Philadelphia skyline lit up pink Monday night in honor of a young girl who died suddenly from a rare cancer that doesn't show any symptoms. Sydney Harper Sandlof would have turned4 Monday, she died earlier this year.
Fire tore through a historic Bucks County inn overnight leaving more than one dozen residents out of their homes and two firefighters hurt.
Flames broke out just after midnight Tuesday in the Richlandtown Inn on South Main Street in Richlandtown.
The inn dates back to 1812 and housed both a restaurant and apartments.
When firefighters arrived on the scene, a few people were still inside the building, Richlandtown Fire Assistant Chief Justin Sutton said. Firefighters dealt with thick black smoke on the second and third floors as they rescued people from the building.
Two firefighters were treated at the scene for minor injuries.
The fire appeared to start in the back of the building in the kitchen, Sutton said. The restaurant on the first floor closed earlier this month for renovations.
Most of the utilities to the restaurant and kitchen were turned off, restaurant co-owner Venanzio Poccia, who disputed that the fire could have started in the kitchen, which he said wasn’t damaged.
The American Red Cross is helping the residents forced from their homes.
The whole front wall of a home on Lincoln Drive near Rosemary Lane in the West Mount Airy neighborhood collapsed with Mahlaia Ross and her grandmother inside. Both were sleeping and were not injured.
