A woman accused of tricking a New Jersey family into thinking she was dying of brain cancer and pulling similar fraud in Pittsburgh and South Jersey wrote a lengthy public apology on Facebook.

"First and foremost, to those I have hurt - purposefully or not - from the absolute depth of my soul, I am sorry," Kiley White wrote Friday. "Words could never express just how many tears I have shed over knowing I contributed to the heartache of another human being."

In the post, White goes on to explain her actions and thought process while remaining apologetic.

"I don't know much but what I do know is that my inability to love myself has left me with the need to find people who do," she wrote. "The way I have done that is clearly so beyond wrong. It’s taken advantage of peoples feelings, robbed them of their emotions and broken their hearts when they found out it was all a lie."

On July 12, White, 26, was charged with theft by deception and harassment after allegedly taking advantage of Linda and Steve Evans of Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey.

"All night long, she would be moaning and groaning and I would be massaging her legs," Linda Evans said in an interview. "Every day was just like she has one more day to live."

Police believe it was all a hoax.

White met the Evans through a mutual friend in early June. The couple said they took her in because White said she had no safe place to spend her final days due to a traumatic family history. 

"It was all lies — all lies. And I just want this girl exposed," Linda Evans said.

White stayed with the Evans family for about five straight weeks.

Nearly every day White would leave the house to supposedly visit a hospital in Philadelphia. But the Evans now believe she was babysitting and working at a local restaurant instead.

White pulled off a complicated lie, police allege.

"During the investigation, Egg Harbor Township police discovered that Ms. White pretended to be other individuals as well, including her own hospice nurse," Detective Sgt. Cherie Burgan said in a statement.

The Evans showed purported text messages from White's "nurse" that provided medical instructions.

"It's just amazing that someone could come up with that elaborate of a story and have verifications along the way," Steve Evans said.

The family went to police after their relatives got suspicious and discovered a similar scheme in the Pittsburgh area.

Burgan confirmed that the alleged Egg Harbor incident isn't believed to be White's first foray into such deception.

"It has been documented that White has used similar tactics on other occasions in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey, but she has never been charged with a crime," Burgan said. "On each occasion, she has preyed on the sympathy and compassion of others, receiving services and goods from those victims whom she scammed."

After her arrest, White was issued a summons for a future court date.

NBC10 tried to get comment from White at a Galloway Township home where she's now staying.

"I don't have any comments," White said through a window.

White wrote about the Evans family in her Facebook post however.

"My lies were to desperately hang onto a rope with blistering hands, willing to do anything to keep this family I thought I had," White wrote. "Looking back, maybe they would have loved me without all that nonsense. Just me. Just Kiley from Pittsburgh with a crappy past. I’ll never know that now, but will probably wonder about it for all the rest of my days."

The Evans said they spent close to $1,000 on White but the alleged fraud also had an emotional cost. 

"I was shaken, totally shaken to my core," Linda Evans said, her voice breaking. "Because here I loved on a girl that never existed and gave everything."

Evans added: "She needs help — she needs serious help."

After NBC10 aired the initial story on White, an administrator for a Galloway Township, New Jersey, church came forward, alleging she pulled a similar stunt last year.

"We know the emotion of that and the emotional pain that went through it," Mike Bult of Mainland Baptist Church said.

Bult told NBC10 a member of Mainland Baptist Church was conned into giving White hundreds of dollars for housing-related costs. Police investigated but say no charges were filed after White confessed to lying, apologized and repaid the money.

"Our goal was to see her get help," Bult said.

After White was charged for the Egg Harbor Township incident, police are taking another look at the Galloway Township case.

"I think we're going to revisit our case to see if we have enough evidence moving forward to change on our end," Galloway Township Police Chief Donna Higbee said. 

Galloway Township Police said White agreed to get help following the incident at Mainland Baptist Church but continued to con other people.

"She threw that all away," Chief Higbee said. "She looked a gift horse in the mouth and decided to go on her own and continue to victimize people."

Besides Evans and Bult, other people came forward and accused White of tricking them with a similar story.

"She was an awesome actress," Judy Levy of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania said.

Levy told NBC10 White stayed with her in her Pittsburgh home for three months in 2014.

"It just made my blood boil that she's still doing it to other people," Levy said.

While some who commented on White's public Facebook post remained outraged over her alleged actions, others offered her prayers and urged her to get help.

"I am sorry to everyone I have hurt in this process," White wrote. "I am sorry that your lives were turned upside down, your reputations ruined and your hearts played with. I am more sorry than you will ever, ever know."

Read White's full statement below:

Too often students and teachers are forced to put the brakes on learning because they lack the tools to succeed.

From new technology to something as basic as pencils, there are schools all across our area that lack supplies to provide our children with a quality education.

NBC10 and Telemundo 62 is giving students and teachers the supplies they need to flourish in the classroom. Through July 28, you can donate money or supplies to support a specific teacher's project through our program.

Here's how you can get involved:

CHOOSE A SCHOOL PROJECT TO SUPPORT

Make a tangible impact in a local classroom. We've teamed up with the popular fundraising website DonorsChoose.org to connect you with local teachers who are trying to raise cash for specific projects.

Examples of projects include the quest for flexible seating for students to get away from the desk, art supplies to allow their creative minds to flourish and 3D pens to illustrate STEM concepts.

Visit our special Donor's Choose Supporting Our Schools website here to pick a program to support.

DONATE IN PERSON

Help students get the school supplies they need to succeed. We've teamed up with the United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey to host the second annual school supply drive. On July 28, you can stop by the Metroplex Shopping Center on Chemical Road in Plymouth Meeting from 11 a.m to 4 p.m. to donate school supplies to help students and teacher in need.

We're seeking pencils, pens, colored pencils, glue sticks, rulers, backpacks and much more. Supplies will be collected by the Conshohocken-based nonprofit Cradles to Crayons and distributed to students and teachers.  

Are you a public school teacher who would like to post a project on DonorsChoose.org? Visit this website to start the process.

Thank you for helping NBC10 and Telemundo62 make an impact in our community!

NBC10 First Alert Weather meteorologist Bill Henley is tracking a rainy week in our immediate future. Expect temperatures in the mid 80s all week to go along with the wet weather.

Two World War II veterans who fought at the Battle of the Bulge got together Saturday in Chester County to share their memories from the war.

“He and I were working on the same gun for the very first shots of the Battle of the Bulge,” Eugene Morell, a 92-year old veteran said.

“That’s how we met,” his friend, 99-year-old B. Ira Needham added.

The World War II veterans are the last two surviving members of their gun crew from the battle.

While the men were briefly acquainted at Camp Atterbury in Indiana before they left the United States, they really got to know each other during the Battle of the Bulge when they worked with three other men to operate the 105 Howitzer, a pick-up truck length gun that the Army had to wheel onto the battlefields.

The men were on the front lines as the U.S. Army covered a 27 mile front during the battle which lasted from December 16, 1994, through January 25, 1945. Morell and Needham say they were in the field the whole time.

“The air was full of shrapnel, but we had to keep doing our job,” Morell said. “If you stood by your job, even when you were scared to death, you were a hero.”

“We lost 7,000 men in one day,” Needham said.

The men said a winter storm prevented the U.S. from getting air support and kept the battle raging on the ground.

“When the snow stopped, it snowed for a week and a half, you could see the planes flying into Berlin. You couldn’t see the planes, but you could see their vapor. That was a beautiful sight,” Needham said. “Within five days that was the end.”

For Needham, however, the battle was only the beginning. As the U.S. forces were retreating, he was separated from Morell and got lost with four others in the Adennes forest.

“There was snow up to our knees,” he said. “And one night the whole woods light up and we thought they had us.”

The group had actually came across a launch for a jet propelled missile known as a buzz bomb and they were able to get back to safety before the German troops knew they had been there.”

Needham and Morell remained in Europe until the end of the war. They don’t remember partaking in any celebrations, however, when the war ended.

“For me, it was just like another day,” Needham said. “We didn’t have big celebrations like you see in the movies. We needed to think about going home.”

It would take a little time before the men returned home. The U.S. Army used a point system, known as the Advanced Service Rating Score, to determine which men to send home first. Needham and Morell said that this system gave soldiers points based on factors such as how long they had been overseas and how many children they had to determine who would return home first. Being 18 and 24, Morell and Needham were held back until older men with children were sent home.

When they got back to the states, however, job prospects were poor and Morell was unemployed for a time.

“There were so many of us coming in and all the jobs were being taken by the married men,” he said. “You could see everyday soldiers and sailors walking the streets.”

Needham was luckier. He was able to return to his job at a Lukens Steel company when he got back.

Morell was eventually able to find a job working with Michael Stern Men’s Suits as part of an on the job training program he said was started by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

“I had been a farmer all my life. I had no idea about making men’s clothing.” Morell said. “You would make one section of a suit. One guy would make pockets, another sleeves. We got paid per piece.”

Needham now lives in Honey Brook, Chester County, while Morell lives in Wolcott, New York. After the war, they kept in touch with the other members of their crew until the others all passed away. They now remain in contact with each other by writing letters.

A man was struck and killed by a hit-and-run vehicle in West Philadelphia early Sunday morning.

Police were on patrol around 3:15 a.m. when they spotted a man on the ground in the bike lane near Lancaster Avenue and 42nd Street.

The man was taken to Penn-Presbyterian Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 4:16 a.m. Investigators later determined the man was struck by a vehicle which fled the scene.

Police have not released the man’s identity but say he was in his mid-50s. They also have not released a description of the hit-and-run vehicle.

A local hero will forever be immortalized. On Monday, the Wyncote Post Office will be renamed after fallen airman Staff Sergeant Peter Taub. In 2015, the Montgomery County native was killed by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan. Taub's mother spoke to NBC10 about her son's legacy.

Vice President Mike Pence will be in Philadelphia Monday to talk about the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and campaign for a Pennsylvania senate candidate. 

The event, hosted by America First Policies, a non-profit started by a group of former Trump advisers, will take place at the downtown Sheraton Philadelphia at 1:45 p.m.

Speakers at the event will discuss how the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, signed into law by President Trump, will impact Philadelphia as well as Pennsylvania and the entire nation.

After speaking at the event, Pence will attend a fundraiser hosted by Republican U.S. Senate candidate Lou Barletta of Pennsylvania at the Union League of Philadelphia.

A crash closed Route 422 eastbound in Montgomery County Monday morning.

The wreck closed both lanes near Pawlings Road, just past Oaks and Egypt Road, around 6 a.m.

No word yet of any injuries.

A tow truck removed a crashed vehicle and the crash was cleared by 7:45 a.m. but severe delays continued as traffic slowed.

Route 23 could be used as an alternate, NBC10 First Alert Traffic reporter Jessica Boyington said.

After pounding rain hit the area. areas of Chester County were hit with flooding that caused evacuations and rescues near the Brandywine Creek. Officials are advising residents to be cautious around floodwater.

Rescues were underway Monday morning after a house collapsed in Mercer County, New Jersey, trapping residents in the rubble.

Neighbor James Feig said he arrived around 7 a.m., just minutes after the collapse, to find a woman chest deep in bricks and debris where a three-story home once stood along South Broad Street near Joseph Street in Hamilton Township.

The woman who was rescued was on her cellphone with dispatchers moments after the collapse, Feig said. He comforted her until crews were able to free her from the rubble.

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"I could see that she was physically OK but she was very much upset," Feig said.

The woman was hospitalized with scrapes and cuts, Hamilton police said.

Firefighters, rescue teams and search dogs worked to find other people trapped in the debris. Up to three people were trapped, neighbors said the rescued woman told them.

State police, local police, firefighters and utilities responded to the scene. PSE&G turned off gas to the area as part of standard routine after a collapse. So far the incident doesn’t appear gas-related, PSE&G said.

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Neighbors in the area told NBC10's Pamela Osborne that they didn't feel or hear an explosion.

Broad Street was closed between Lily Street and New Cedar Lane as crews responded to the scene.

No word yet what caused the collapse.

A Delaware County woman who was admiring a turtle in her backyard got a surprise when she spotted an alligator just a few feet away.

Tracie Hoffecker says she found the 2-to-3-foot-long gator near her home in the Philadelphia suburb of Prospect Park, Pennsylvania, on Sunday morning.

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Hoffecker called her cousin, who is a Philadelphia firefighter, and he safely removed the alligator using a net.

Slimy, Scaly, Taily Reptile Rescue arrived on the scene and recovered the animal. Rescue group representative Matt Snider says the alligator will go to an aquarium.

Authorities say the alligator was likely someone's pet and was illegally dumped in the area.

It is legal to own an alligator under Pennsylvania state law. But it is illegal to release them into the wild.

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Dozens of women wearing red dresses and white caps will greet Vice President Mike Pence when he visits Philadelphia Monday afternoon. 

No, this is a not a dystopian nightmare in which fertile women are enslaved by a military dictatorship. Rather, drawing on inspiration from the Netflix show "The Handmaid's Tale," which is based on a Margaret Atwood novel of the same name, protesters will march against President Donald Trump's zero tolerance immigration policy and its perceived anti-choice U.S. Supreme Court nomination, Brett Kavanaugh, according to a press release. 

The protests will mirror recent demonstrations throughout the country that use themes from "The Handmaid's Tale" aimed at "[waking] people up to the real life dangers of the Trump/Pence regime," organizers said in a statement.

"Nothing short of removing this whole illegitimate regime from power will stop this nightmare," organizer Samantha Goldman of Refuse Fascism Philly said. "If we allow this regime to get away with caging and torturing children, they know there is nothing they can't get away with."

Pence will be in Philadelphia Monday to tout Trump tax cuts and campaign for Pennsylvania senate candidate U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta, a staunch conservative and supporter of Trump. Barletta is running against Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Casey in this year's Pennsylvania midterms.

The event, hosted by America First Policies, a non-profit started by a group of former Trump advisers, will take place at the Sheraton Philadelphia in Center City at 1:45 p.m. After the event, Pence will attend a fundraiser hosted by Barletta at the Union League.

Hope is not lost for Made in America as Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney meets with representatives from Roc Nation to discuss the festival's future.

A source within the mayor's office confirmed that the meeting will take place Monday, but would not disclose the time, location or list of attendees. 

The meeting comes less than one week after rapper Jay-Z's music and promotion company learned that the festival was not welcomed to return to Philadelphia's Benjamin Franklin Parkway after 2018. 

Jay-Z said he was disappointed by the city's decision, but Kenney said he is committed to finding a local alternative for hosting the event. 

Meanwhile, Milwaukee invited Made in America to take place there if Philadelphia was no longer an option. 

This story is developing. Please check back for more updates. 

Philadelphia police are warning people to be on the lookout for suspect in recent armed sexual assaults and robberies in West Philadelphia that followed similar patterns even as his appearance changed.

Police released surveillance video Monday from one incident in hopes of tracking down the suspect in the "very serious and disturbing crimes," Police. Capt. Sekou Kinebrew said.

The first incident happened Tuesday (July 17) around 5:45 a.m. when a bearded man in his 40s wearing a hoodie approached a woman shortly after she got off a bus near Belmont and Parkside avenues and pulled a gun on the woman, Philadelphia police said.

The gunman then forced the woman into a more secluded part of Fairmount Park where he forced her to partially disrobe, sexually assaulted her and robbed her of her Beats headphones and iPhone, investigators said.

Two days later, around 4:20 a.m., a man in his 40s wearing a hoodie, but this time clean shaven, approached a woman as she pumped gas at Lancaster and West Girard avenues and pushed a gun into her side.

The gunman forced the woman into her car, where another woman was already inside. He then forced both women to drive to an unknown secluded area where he forced both women to partially undress then sexually assaulted them, investigators said. The man took about $420 in cash from the women before fleeing, police said.

Surveillance video shows the man, gun apparently in hand, approach the car at the gas station.

Kinebrew said both sex assaults followed "an emerging pattern" and happened near the park. The suspect in both instances appeared to be about 6-feet tall and weighs around 175 pounds.

“This person is… very bold,” Kinebrew said.

Police said anyone who recognizes the man shouldn’t approach him and should call 911 immediately.

Police have increased patrols in the area as they look for the suspect, Kinebrew said.

The fight against childhood hunger is a year long effort in the Leigh Valley. And it doesn't stop when school ends for the summer. One program is making sure students get the meals they need to try and prevent a summer slide.

NBC10 Responds is helping a family get photo keepsakes. The family was thrilled when they found a photography session package within their price range. But they never received the photos. 

A mural honoring the late inaugural director of Philadelphia's Office of LGBT Affairs will be spared from the wrecking ball amid a plan to redevelop the property emblazoned with the painting.

Pa. State Rep. Brian Sims (D-Philadelphia) said Monday that a deal has been reached to save the Gloria Casarez mural on the former 12th Street Gym building.

The mural at 12th and St. James streets in the Gayborhood covers a large portion of the now-defunct gym's red brick facade. It was completed by artist Michelle Angela Ortiz in October 2015, a year after Casarez's death.

The mural's fate had been lingering in limbo since January when the 12th Street Gym closed. The landmark fitness center was shuttered after the owners couldn't come up with more than $500,000 to bring the facility up to fire code. The property was sold to Midwood Investment and Development in late 2017.

In a statement through Sims' office on Monday, Midwood Investment and Development CEO John Usdan said the mural will be relocated and that the developer will provide the funding to make it happen.

Details on where it may wind up and what will be developed on the property remain unclear.

Casarez was Philadelphia's first director of the Mayor's Office of LGBT Affairs. Under her tenure, the city enacted broad protections for the LGBTQ community. She also led GALAEI, a nonprofit serving the city's queer Latinx residents, and was a founding member of the Philly Dyke March.

Casarez died in October 2014 following a battle with breast cancer. She was 42.

"Gloria worked tirelessly for not only the LGBT community, but also the city of Philadelphia as a whole. It is important to memorialize the steadfast work Gloria dedicated to establishing our city's policies that made us one of the most LGBT inclusive cities in the nation," Sims said.

Seven months ahead of the outdoor showdown of the Philadlephia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins, the National Hockey League unveiled the official logo for the 2019 edition of the Stadium Series.

Highlighting the Pennsylvania rivalry, the image of a keystone is used while the primary colors of the Pens and Flyers outline the state logo.

With this years game being held in Philadelphia, the NHL placed a liberty bell in the center of the logo.

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The Flyers will host the Penguins at Lincoln Financial Field on Feb. 23, 2019, as part of the ongoing Stadium Series, the NHL announced in November.

The 2019 "Battle of Pennsylvania" is a renewal of the first outdoor game between the two divisional rivals that saw the Penguins beat the Flyers, 4-2, at Heinz Field on Feb. 25, 2017.

"On behalf of the Philadelphia Flyers, we are thrilled to host the 2019 Coors Light NHL Stadium Series at Lincoln Financial Field," Flyers president Paul Holmgren said.

"Lincoln Financial Field will provide a perfect setting for these cross-state opponents and their passionate fan bases," NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said.

For a Flyers franchise in search of its first win outdoors, the 2019 game will mark the fourth outdoor game in team history. They played the Boston Bruins in the 2010 Winter Classic, losing 2-1. In 2012, the Flyers hosted their very first Winter Classic at Citizens Bank Park in a game that saw the New York Rangers win, 3-2.

With seven Stanley Cups between the two storied franchises, the Flyers and Penguins have produced some of the game's greatest players and details are still being worked out for an alumni event that will likely be held in Pittsburgh after a similar game was played at the Wells Fargo Center on Jan. 14, 2017, as part of their 50th anniversary celebration.

A Comcast Spectacor executive said other games, such as a Penn State collegiate game or an AHL event involving the Phantoms, could eventually be played prior to the Flyers-Penguins game, but those specifics still have to be worked out.

"There is no doubt that the Penguins and Flyers will put on a great show for the passionate fans in Philadelphia, and those watching at home, adding to the history between these two teams," Mathieu Schneider, NHLPA special assistant to the executive director, said.

In Southern Chester County so much rain came down so fast last night people were left stranded in a flash flood. Dive team members used boats to rescue more than a dozen people who were trapped in a tavern.

The original copy of one of the most influential political cartoons in American history has surfaced in a Los Angeles area auction.

The 264-year-old "JOIN or DIE" cartoon, believed to be created by Benjamin Franklin, is listed at the Nate D. Sanders Auction to begin taking bids Thursday at 5 p.m. The starting price is listed at $40,000.

According to the auction's website, the piece listed is "the very first printing" of the cartoon which appeared in the Pennsylvania Gazette.

The Library of Congress in Washington D.C is believed to possess the only other remaining copy of this historic document.

On May 9, 1754, Benjamin Franklin created and published the cartoon of a rattlesnake cut into 8 pieces to symbolize the newly formed colonies.

"JOIN or DIE" was a message to the colonies to come together and fight against the French or die during the Seven Years War.