Rescuers worked to free a person from the wreckage of a head-on crash along a rural Chester County road Monday morning.

A sedan and pickup truck collided along Scroggy Road between Jackson School Road and Street Road in Oxford, Pennsylvania around 6:30 a.m.

The extent of the person’s injuries wasn’t immediately clear.

The road remained closed Monday morning for about 90 minutes as investigators searched for a cause of the crash.
 

Comedy star Tracy Morgan is "still struggling" more than two months after he was injured in a motor vehicle crash, his attorney said.

Appearing on NBC's "Today" show Monday, Morgan's attorney Benedict Morelli said the "30 Rock" star was struggling but is "fighting hard."

Morgan, 45, suffered a broken leg and cracked ribs when a Wal-Mart truck crashed into his Mercedes-Benz limousine on the New Jersey Turnpike on June 7. The accident killed Morgan's friend and fellow comedian, 62-year-old James McNair, and injured two other passengers.

Morelli has filed suit against Wal-Mart, claiming the retailer should have known the truck driver had driven 700 miles from his home in Georgia to work in Delaware.

In a statement to NBC News Wal-Mart called the accident a terrible tragedy and said the company is "cooperating fully with the ongoing investigation and working to resolve all of the remaining issues as a result of the accident."

The driver of the Wal-Mart truck, Kevin Roper, has pleaded not guilty to charges of vehicular homicide and assault by auto.

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A 60-year-old western Pennsylvania man has been charged with using Facebook to solicit a 14-year-old girl to perform a sex act.
 
Steve G. Moore, of Beaver Falls, was arraigned Sunday on charges of unlawful contact with minors, corruption of minors, and promoting prostitution.
 
The last charge resulted after police say they found ``disturbing private message conversations'' that Moore had with prostitutes and random women.
 
Police searched his computer after the girl told her grandmother that Moore offered her $50 on July 8 to perform the sex act. Police obtained a search warrant for Moore's computer and filed the charges Saturday.
 
He faces a preliminary hearing Aug. 19.
 
Online court records don't list an attorney for Moore, who also does not have a listed telephone number.

A Northeast Philadelphia mother found dead in a quiet city park will be laid to rest as her husband sits behind bars accused of her murder.

Friends and family gathered Monday morning at John F. Givnish funeral home on Academy Road to remember Constance "Connie" Murray.

The Holme Circle mother of two girls was found dead Tuesday morning in Pennypack Park.

Police say Christopher Murray, 48, confessed over the weekend to killing his wife last Monday night at the park following an argument. According to investigators, there were ongoing domestic issues between the husband and wife, which culminated in the violent incident.

Investigators say Connie Murray left her Tolbut Street home Monday to go for a walk. While she was walking, Christopher Murray allegedly followed her while driving a silver Ford Taurus. He pulled up beside her on Willets Road and the two began to argue, according to police.

"She sticks her head in the car, says something and she goes back on her walk," said Philadelphia Police Lt. Philip Riehl.

Police say Christopher Murray continued to follow his wife and got out of his vehicle on Holme Avenue around 9:30 p.m. The husband then met his wife at a bench area at the park where another argument ensued.

"She went up there voluntarily to talk to him about whatever was going on and things went bad," Riehl said.

According to law enforcement sources, Connie Murray accused her husband of infidelity, which he denied. Sources say she went to the park's snack stand to meet her daughter where she was met by her husband who wanted to discuss the issue further. According to sources, Christopher Murray told police his wife began to slap him which caused him to snap.

Christopher Murray allegedly strangled his wife and then left her body near the Crispin Rec Center. Investigators say he then contacted police around 2 a.m. and reported his wife missing. A woman walking her dog later found her body Tuesday around 6 a.m.

After receiving several neighborhood tips and looking at surveillance video allegedly showing Christopher Murray driving his car, police identified him as a suspect. Investigators took him in for questioning Saturday night.

"State Trooper David Lang came in and helped us and administered a lie detector test," Riehl said. "After failing the lie detector test, Murray confessed to strangling his wife in the park next to the two benches where she was found."

Police also say they recovered Connie Murray's headphones and cellphone in a sewer at Solly Avenue. They believe Christopher Murray took the items and disposed of them there.

A preliminary arraignment took place Sunday afternoon, the same day as a planned memorial service for Connie Murray. A judge denied Christopher Murray bail and set Murray's preliminary hearing for later this month.

According to law enforcement sources, Christopher and Connie had known each other since they were between the ages of eight and nine.

Funeral services for Connie Murray began with a viewing Monday morning followed by funeral services.

The little kitten thrust into national headlines after allegations of its owner giving his pet heroin can't be adopted for some time even once the pet fully recovers.

Chris Shaughness with the Chester County SPCA said that the abused kitten, aptly named "Hope," is recovering from its injuries in a foster home.

James Paul Myers, 24, was charged with cruelty to animals, drug possession and other related offenses after authorities say he shot Hope up with heroin, choked the kitten with a rope and slammed it to the ground.

Shaughness said that the SPCA has received many calls from people hoping to adopt Hope. But, since Myers' case is going through the court system (his next scheduled court date is a preliminary hearing on Sept. 15) and Hope is considered "evidence" in the trial, the kitten must remain in foster care and can't be adopted into a permanent home, according to Shaughness.

Shaughness did have some advice, however, for people interested in helping the tiny black kitten.

"If anyone wants to adopt a black kitten in honor of Hope please do so," she said.

Shaughness added that the SPCA has plenty of kittens in need of homes.

Myers remains behind bars unable to post bail.

A police officer patrolling Dunwoody Drive in West Whiteland Township spotted Myers parked in the middle of the street with his car door open around 4:40 a.m. on Aug. 3, according to investigators. A small black kitten was underneath the door, investigators said. Its neck was bound tightly with rope, its face was bleeding and several of its teeth had been knocked out, according to police.

Police say the phrase “SLAM IT YOU [expletive]" was spray painted on the roadway near the vehicle, and the kitten appeared to have been dragged and slammed to the ground.

Police executed a search warrant of Myers’ vehicle, where investigators say they found bundles of heroin, hundreds of used bags of heroin, 46 hypodermic needles, a rope that matched the one used on the kitten and a small box containing cat feces.

The 8-week-old kitten, which was lethargic, unresponsive and suffering from head trauma, was taken to the HOPE Veterinary Clinic in Malvern, Pennsylvania.

Dr. Jennifer Magilton examined the kitten and determined it to have been given heroin. Dr. Magilton gave the kitten Narcan, a heroin antidote commonly given to humans.

A lack of qualified bids for the auction of the bankrupt Revel Casino and Resort in Atlantic City could mean luck has run out for the troubled gambling hall.

A source involved in the bankruptcy auction and sale of the $2.4 billion resort told NBC10 on Monday no acceptable bids have been put forth ahead of Thursday's auction. Officials had already postponed the original auction date by a week to have more time to review bids.

Revel's board of directors is meeting Monday to determine the next steps and whether they will be forced to close the casino-resort, the source says. An announcement could come soon after that decision is made, according to the source.

Atlantic City Mayor Don Guardian said in July that there were six potential buyers for the casino, but none of those bids had been outlined.

Casino officials have said they would close the resort, Atlantic City's newest, if a buyer couldn't be found.

Should Revel's owners opt to close the casino, it will be the fourth gambling hall to shut down this year along the Atlantic City boardwalk.

The Atlantic Club was closed in January. Caesars Entertainment-owned Showboat, which sits next to Revel on the boardwalk, is set to close its doors at the end of this month. Trump Plaza is shutting down in mid-September.

Revel, which employs more than 3,000 people, ran into trouble before it even opened its doors in April 2012.

One of the casino's original financiers, Morgan Stanley, pulled out during construction, leaving the project stalled. The State of New Jersey offered $260 million in tax incentives get the project moving again and an additional billion dollars in private funding was eventually secured to finish and open the resort.

But, nearly a year later the casino voluntarily entered bankruptcy protection for the first time in February 2013.

The casino industry's downturn has not only had a direct impact on workers, but also those living in the seaside resort.

Tax appeals from the struggling casinos was a factor in a 29-percent property tax increase approved last week. Guardian said the assessed value of the casinos dropped nearly by half recently.

Three state lawmakers asked the state's Casino Control Commission to force Trump and Showboat's owners to stay open. However, the commission says that's out of their purview.

NBC10 reached out to a Revel spokesperson for comment, but has yet to receive a response.

The Roosevelt Boulevard is getting a facelift and the three-month-long project is underway.

PennDOT crews began to repair and resurface 12 miles of the inner lanes of the roadway -- officially known as U.S. 1 -- from 9th Street in North Philadelphia to the Bucks County line in Bensalem, Pa.

The inside lanes will be closed weeknights from 7:30 p.m. to 6 a.m. in the direction where crews are working during the project. Traffic will be diverted to the Boulevard’s outer lanes.

Crews first began work on the northbound lanes between 9th Street and Adams Avenue. Construction on that stretch of road started Monday night and will last until August 15 from 7:30 p.m. to 6 a.m.

Drivers are advised to allow extra time for travel through the construction area.

Work on the $5.8 million project expected to be completed by October 31.

Officials are looking for new leads in the disappearance of more than $68,000 in iPads from a local school district.

Approximately 171 iPads -- valued around $400 a piece -- went missing from the Willingboro school district between April and November of 2013, according to officials from the Willingboro Township Police Department.

The disappearance was reported to police by the Willingboro Board of Education the following February and an investigation was launched, although all leads have since been exhausted.

Police are still working to determine whether the iPads were stolen or lost.

The district's insurance company will reimburse them $59,000 for the devices, the Burlington County Times reports.

Anyone with information regarding the missing iPads should contact the Willingboro Township Police.

Philadelphia city officials are still searching for the source of an electrical shock that sent children to the hospital last week.

The Parks and Recreation Department said Monday they haven't found the electrical current at the O'Connor Pool.

The pool, located at 26th and South Streets in the Graduate Hospital section of the city, remains closed and has been drained since the Friday afternoon incident.

Three children were shocked around 1:15 p.m. while they were swimming. Witnesses said a boy was using a metal step ladder to climb out of the water when he was shocked. The other children appear to have been nearby and were also hit by the electrical current.

Lifeguards immediately evacuated the pool and called the fire department. The kids were taken to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia with minor injuries. They were expected to be fine.

Some pool-goers told NBC10 that their kids have also been shocked in the past, but city officials said this was the first incident they've been made aware of.

Two people were hurt after a tractor trailer and dump truck collided in Bucks County.

The crash caused the tractor trailer to overturn on Northbound Route 1 near Oxford Valley Road in Langhorne, Pa. Monday afternoon.

Officials say two people suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the accident. They were both taken to the hospital.

Both northbound and southbound lanes on Route 1 were closed between I-95 and Oxford Valley Road. All lanes later reopened.

A realistic game of manhunt almost turned tragic for a group of Bucks County teens, according to investigators.

On August 5, around 3:45 a.m., Newtown Township Police were called to South Lancaster Lane in Newtown Crossing for a report of three suspicious men carrying flashlights and walking around a woman’s yard.

Responding police officers spotted the movement of flashlights near the condominiums on Leedom Way. An officer walked within 20 yards of the lights, illuminated his flashlight and announced his arrival. The officer then spotted two teenage boys dressed in camouflage pants and tactical vests.

Investigators say the two teens began to run away and the officer chased after them. The teens finally stopped after they were ordered to do so by the officer.

As he ran towards the teens, the officer says he noticed one of the boys was carrying what appeared to be a handgun. The officer ordered the teen to drop the gun to the ground which he did. After another officer arrived, the second teen claimed that the gun was an “Airsoft” gun and not real. He then claimed that he also had an “Airsoft” gun inside his tactical vest.

As the officers recovered the second gun, a third teen yelled at them from behind a dumpster approximately 50 yards away. The teen was also dressed in tactical gear and claimed he was placing his “Airsoft” rifle on the ground and would come over to speak with police.

The three teens, two 13-year-olds and one 16-year-old, from Newtown Crossing, claimed they were playing a game of “manhunt” with their “Airsoft” guns, according to the Advance of Bucks County. The teens were not charged but scolded by the officers and taken home to their parents.

 

A construction worker is in the hospital after he was struck by a SEPTA El train in Center City.

Officials say the 27-year veteran was working on the ceiling portion of the trolley line at the 22nd and Market street station. As he was working, he was clipped by a SEPTA El train that was passing by.

Another worker helped pull the man to safety. He was taken to Hahnemann Hospital. Officials have not yet revealed his condition.

Shuttle buses were operating in place of trains on the Market-Frankford line between 5th and 40th streets. Train service was resumed shortly after 5 p.m. in both directions.

This story is developing. Stay with NBC10.com for updates.

The man who police say started a fight that led to a quadruple shooting in North Philadelphia is now in custody.

Investigators say 43-year-old Leonard Hampton got into an argument with a 23-year-old man on the 4700 block of Tampa Street around 11:45 p.m. Saturday. Hampton allegedly called for someone to "take care of business," according to investigators. That's when, police say, a group of men pulled up in a large silver Chrysler. 

"A bunch of guys get out of the car and begin shooting at the victim who is hit in the leg," said Philadelphia Police Captain George Fuchs.

The 23-year-old man was struck twice, once in each leg. He managed to stumble inside a pizza shop at the corner of Wyoming and Whitaker.

As the shooting occurred, police say two cars traveling down Whitaker unknowingly drove into the gunfire.

"Two cars minding their business on Whitaker and they get struck by gunfire for no reason," Captain Fuchs said. "These guys are firing wildly down the alleyway and couldn't care less who they were going to hit." 

One of the drivers, a 25-year-old father of two, was struck in the head. Police say the victim's wife, 6-month-old baby and 6-year-old child were all inside the car at the time of the shooting.

In the second car, a bullet struck a 35-year-old driver as well as a 44-year-old passenger.

"One bullet went through the car window, the one victim's neck and out to the other passenger," Captain Fuchs said.

The 25-year-old father was taken to Temple University Hospital where he is currently in extremely critical condition.

The 35-year-old driver and 44-year-old passenger were also taken to Temple where they are both in stable condition.

The 23-year-old man was taken to Einstein Hospital where he is in stable condition but also reportedly not cooperating with police.

Police say the suspects fled in a large silver Chrysler.

Hampton was arrested and charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault and other related offenses. However, the men who actually fired the shots are still on the loose.

"We do have prior surveillance in the vicinity of the shooting," Captain Fuchs said. "Our detectives are all over it, trying to find if the cameras captured the actual shooters."

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

Pleasantville Police headquarters were evacuated early Monday evening after someone brought a suspicious package inside the building.

According to officials, a person walked into the station on West Washington Avenue and South 2nd Street in Pleasantville, NJ while carrying a suspicious package.

The entire building was evacuated and the bomb squad was called to the scene as a precaution. They continue to investigate.

This story is developing. Stay with NBC10.com for updates on this developing story.
 

It’s a common occurrence for police officers who are undergoing legal troubles to get fired in the process. But when it comes to Philadelphia Police officers who are acquitted of the charges against them, more often than not they’re rehired on the taxpayer’s dime.

“Most times a large majority of these officers are reinstated after the arbitration process,” said Fortunato Perri Jr., an attorney who represented fired and rehired Philadelphia Police Lieutenant Jonathan Josey.

City records obtained by NBC10 show that seven fired Philadelphia Police officers were rehired between 2010 and 2012. The records also show that the city paid $491,685.99 in back pay that came from taxpayer dollars.

“Often times we do find the cost being put on the taxpayers because the city is now in the position where they have to pay the officers back pay to put him or her back on the force,” Perri Jr. said. “If that officer has already been replaced on that detail, it’s obviously going to be an extra cost to the city.”

According to the Fraternal Order of Police, nine out of every ten Philadelphia Police officers who are fired end up getting their jobs back, a statistic which is problematic for commissioner Charles Ramsey.

“Many of the people they bring back are people who should be fired and should stay fired,” Ramsey said.

Perri Jr. believes however that the police administration is at times too quick to act when it comes to firings and unfair to some of the officers.

“They are unilaterally terminated and have to fight their way back on the job through the arbitration process,” Perri Jr. said. “It’s something that should be addressed and should be looked into.”

NBC10 requested information on how much the city is paying in arbitration costs and whether they’re covering legal fees for the officers. So far the city has not responded to our request.
 

The Philadelphia Zoo needs your help naming the newest additions to its African lion family.

Tajiri and Makini are new parents to four lion cubs born June 26. They are the first lion cubs to be born at the Philadelphia Zoo since 1996.

Visit here to vote on the first cub's name.

A big cat's pregnancy is just 100 to 115 days in length. The zoo staff prepared for the births by preparing three rooms. The lioness opted for the room with the most privacy.

Tajiri, a first-time mom, has shown very strong maternal behavior since birth and has guarded the cubs carefully from view," according to Kay Buffamonte, First Niagara Big Cat Falls lead keeper. 

The cubs are monitored via cameras and have had limited human interaction.

The winning names will be announced when the cubs make their first public appearance, which is to be determined by zookeepers and staff pending healthy progress.

There's a change in the funeral plans for the four children killed in the Gesner Street fire last month.

The funeral will now take place at Divine Mercy Parish at 6667 Chester Avenue on Aug. 16 at 9 a.m. The wake will commence from 8 p.m. to midnight on Aug. 15.

The two families who each lost two children in the fire decided to hold one funeral for all four children. The funeral is open to the public, according to Dahn Dennis of the Liberian Association of Pennsylvania. 

The venue was changed from the First Baptist Church of Paschall a week before the funeral due to a scheduling conflict.

The children -- 4-year-old twins Maria and Marialla Bowah and brothers 4-year-old Patrick Sanyeah and 7-week-old Taj Jacque --  were killed in the early morning hours of July 5. Dewen "Marie" Bowah was home with her five children and babysitting the two boys when a fire broke out about 2:30 a.m. Bowah was able to help her three oldest children escape through a second floor window, which she also used to get out of the house alive. She was not able to reach the youngest kids who were sleeping in a separate room where they perished.

Numerous in-kind funeral donations have poured in to cover the funeral costs. Patricia Quinn of Final Farewell has lead the effort. Antoine Turay of Turay Memorial Funeral Chapel estimates the discounted cost for funeral services and burials is $10,000.

"It’s very sad, but I’m glad to know that I can at least help out and ease their financial burden so they can get on with their life as best they can. Pretty much all the funeral expenses have been covered," said Quinn of Guckin Funeral Mansion. 

As for why the funeral date took so long to be finalized, Turay said in West African cultures it is not uncommon for a funeral to take place 30 days after a death.

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A multimillion dollar makeover is underway on Philadelphia's Spring Garden Street Bridges.

PennDOT began construction on the bridges, one 56-years-old and another 46-years-old, on Monday. The bridges stretch from Eakins Oval, along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, over the Schuylkill River and trail, Interstate 76 and Martin Luther King Drive to N. 31st Street. They carry 15,400 vehicles a day as well as bicycle and pedestrian traffic.

One of the spans is structurally deficient and both are in need of joint replacement, new bearings and pier caps, officials said. The entire 665 feet worth of bridge roadway will be resurfaced and drainage will be improved.

The $6.6 million project also calls for the rehab and widening of a ramp leading to the westbound lanes of the Schuylkill Expressway.

Traffic patterns will be shifted with some turning lane restrictions on weekdays between 6 a.m. and 5 p.m., PennDot said. In late August, trucks 30 feet or longer will be restricted from using the bridges.

The bridges will then be replaced in two phases: the north side replaced in 2014 and the south side in 2015. Officials say one lane will be open in each direction and pedestrian access will remain.

The replacement project will also result in the closure of the I-76 westbound ramp from Spring Garden Street for 70 days starting in mid-September.

Officials say the shoulders on I-76 at the bridge will be closed during the project. Single-lane closures on the highway will also come from time to time during the project.

PennDOT expects the project to be done in the summer of 2015.

A man was arrested and 21 dogs were seized after officials shut down a Jersey Shore pet grooming shop that may have been used as a puppy mill.

After receiving an anonymous tip, animal control officers raided the Picture Perfect Pets store on Route 9 in Toms River last week. When they arrived, they say they found several dogs, many of them Shih Tzus, poodles and yorkies, in extremely poor health and living in “deplorable conditions.”

“They were in very rusty cages,” said Jim Bowen of the Toms River Animal Facility. “The conditions were all mostly overcrowded. Almost all had no food and water at the time. They were all underweight, flea-ridden and had ear mites.”

Officials with the Ocean County Health Department shut down the store, which is advertised as a professional grooming shop. Investigators say it may have been a puppy mill.

“The evidence just led us to believe it was a breeding operation,” Bowen said. “The dogs were varying ages, all intact, meaning unsprayed, unneutered and with several puppies on sight as well.”

The shop’s owner, Kerry Wombough, was arrested and charged with numerous counts of animal cruelty.
The dogs received veterinary care and are now recovering at the Toms River Animal Shelter. Investigators are currently using the animals as evidence as the investigation continues.

“There may be more charges coming down,” Bowen said. “We’re still investigating at this point.”