A teenage boy armed with a knife pushed a girl into a high school restroom during an attempted sexual assault, according to police in Bucks County.

The alleged attack occurred Friday morning around 6:45 a.m. -- before first period -- inside Pennridge High School along N 5th Street in Perkasie, Pennsylvania.

The 15-year-old boy, later identified as Kodi Michael Hendricks, chased his 15-year-old classmate a knife, according to an affidavit of probable cause.

Once he caught up to his classmate, he dragged her down the hallway, forced her into a boy’s restroom and put the knife to her throat in an attempt to get her clothes off and rape her, according to Pennridge Regional Police.

Hendricks never intended to stab the girl, and only used the knife to intimidate her into a rape, according to the affidavit.

A male Pennridge teacher heard screaming coming from the restroom and intervened to stop the attack.

The armed student came out of a stall waving the knife at the teacher and telling him he would he cut the teacher if the teacher didn't back off, police said

Hendricks then dropped the knife and put his hand behind his back, said police.

No one was injured and the building was quickly secured, according to a message posted to the school’s website.

Medics checked out the 10th-grade victim as a precaution.

Police arrived and arrested Hendricks then took him to a district judge to face attempted rape, making terroristic threats and related charges. NBC10 identified Hendricks since he was arraigned as an adult.

Outside court Friday, Hendricks -- wearing an AC/DC T-shirt -- covered his face as he was led to a waiting police car.

Hendricks, who lives in Sellersville with his grandmother, was sent to jail unable to post 10 percent of $100,000 bail.

Parents Jenna Gassew and Dan Haley garnered national attention by completing a bucket list for their unborn son with a rare birth defect. Now they are preparing for his burial.

Shane Michael Haley died just four hours after he was born Thursday Oct. 9  due to complications from a rare condition where babies are born without major parts of their skull and brain known as Anencephaly.

His parents found out about his diagnosis back in April while Shane was still in utero. They created a Facebook page, asking for prayers.

The young couple then began filling up their summer with visits to the Jersey shore, Lancaster and many Philly-area attractions like The Franklin Institute, checking off each trip and using the hashtag #shanesbucketlist.

"It's nice and it's a blessing that they're with you for the whole thing," Jenna said of her pregnancy.

Support poured in for Gassew and Haley and their "Prayers for Shane" page grew to more than half a million likes since NBC10 first reported on the story in August. People from around the world were following the updates on the page the day of his birth and soon-after death.

The Facebook community has stuck by the young couple’s side. They continue to offer condolences and helped alert NBC10 this past weekend when the Prayers for Shane page was compromised by hackers and flooded with inappropriate images. NBC10 worked with Facebook to restore the page.

Gassew and Haley post frequently on the page as they mourn the death of their son.

On Wednesday, which was Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day, the couple invited everyone to light a candle from 7 — 8 p.m. to create an "International Wave of Light" in memory of Shane.

"I wish more than anything I could kiss those cheeks one last time but I find comfort in knowing that he, along with all the other beautiful babies that left Earth too soon, will be forever remembered,” the Gassew’s Facebook post read.

A viewing for the "cherished son, grandson, great-grandson, nephew and cousin" will be held Friday from 6 — 8 p.m. and Saturday 8:30 — 9:45 a.m. at The Donahue Funeral Home in Upper Darby.

His funeral Mass is at St. Laurence Catholic Church off West Chester Pike at 10 a.m. followed by his burial service at SS Peter and Paul Cemetery in Springfield.

In lieu of flowers, the family is asking that contributions in Shane Michael’s name be made to the J-Foundation, a nonprofit corporation supporting children facing life-limiting illness and their families.

"Shane spent his entire life in the arms of people that loved him unconditionally," Haley said of his son’s passing. "I don’t think you could ask for a more beautiful life than that."

How ready is Philadelphia if Ebola comes here?

Mayor Michael Nutter addressed that exact question at a news conference Friday afternoon.

Nutter wanted to reassure Philadelphians about the city's readiness for Ebola or other infectious diseases.

"We would hope, of course, that Ebola never reaches Philadelphia, but  we need to be prepared," said Nutter.

Nutter spoke at the Municipal Services Building in Center City shortly after noon.

He urged Philadelphians to not be prejudiced towards people with western African heritage.

A New Jersey couple has been reunited with its missing dog after an NBC 4 New York report aired Wednesday.

Grant Parseghian and Jackie Giuffre say their nearly 2-year-old rescue dachshund-chihuahua mix Zuzu was returned to them Thursday, two days after it went missing in downtown Newark. 

Parseghian says he tied up Zuzu on a downtown Newark strip as he dashed into a store Tuesday. When he returned less than five minutes later, the dog was gone and witnesses told him they saw a woman walking away with the dog.

Jackie Giuffre said, "We always tie her up, and we just didn't think that anything would have happened."  

On Thursday, someone who had the dog saw NBC 4 New York's report and called the number on Zuzu's collar, according to Parseghian and Giuffre.

How the person wound up with the dog isn't clear, but the couple didn't ask any questions. They say they're just happy to have Zuzu back. 

A judge sentenced a Philadelphia teenager to life in prison for killing his childhood friend over the theft of a PlayStation3.

A Philadelphia jury found Malik Anderson, who turns 20 in December, guilty of first-degree murder and weapons charges in connection to the killing of Daquan Crump last summer. Judge Steven Geroff then announced a life sentence without parole on Anderson.

Investigators said that Anderson, livid over being cut out of the sale of a stolen game console, shot Crump nearly a dozen times at a Northeast Philadelphia demolition site on Aug. 19, 2014.

Crump never saw the shots coming, according to an alleged confession detailed in police documents and first obtained exclusively by NBC10.

Anderson allegedly confessed to firing 10 bullets into Crump's head and face at the vacant demolition site in the Somerton section of the city.

Anderson told investigators he was angry 19-year-old Crump stole a PlayStation 3 from another friend's house, sold it for $60 and did not give him a cut. Anderson also told police he initially lied to investigators during an interview following Crump's death, according to the statement.

"I was still mad at Daquan for stealing and selling the game system," the confession reads. "We were walking and I dropped back a step or two and pulled out my deuce. That's my gun, it's a .22. I shot Daquan once in the back of the head and he fell to the ground."

Disturbed by the sight of Crump's lifeless body, Anderson opened fire again, emptying the gun's clip into his friend, the document reads.

"His eyes were still open and he was staring off, like into space. I couldn't leave him there and didn't want to see him like that," he allegedly told police. "I stood over him and pulled the trigger and shot him in the face until the gun stopped."

Aware of cameras in the area, Anderson told police he tucked the gun in his waistband and "hugged the bushes," the alleged confession read.

Anderson allegedly told police he found out about the PS3's sale the day before the shooting and had asked Crump twice about getting his money. Crump told Anderson he would get his cut after the two robbed their friend's house, according to the documents.

Anderson's attorney Charles Peruto, Jr. unsuccessfully petitioned the court to have the confession thrown out after the trial began last week.

A construction worker found Crump's body at the former site of Black Red White Furniture along the 10000 block of Northeast Avenue. Philadelphia Police Homicide Cpt. James Clark said the killing happened about two hours earlier.

Police arrested Anderson the morning of Aug. 28 at his home on Tomlinson Road and charged Anderson with Crump's murder as well as weapons violations. Anderson was arraigned the next day and sent to county jail where he has remained without bail, according to court records.

According to Clark, Anderson and Crump grew up together and were together with three or four other friends the night before the killing hanging out at each other's houses, playing video games, going to 7-Eleven and watching television.

"Be very careful how you choose your friends," warned Clark.

Investigators believe Anderson acted alone in the murder.

"Daquan and Malik, who were childhood friends, had conspired to steal another childhood friend's PlayStation console game," Clark said. "Allegedly Daquan carried out this plan alone without Malik."

Investigators found Anderson's .22 caliber automatic handgun inside the teen's refrigerator. Clark said it wasn't clear where Anderson got the pistol.

Earlier, Clark said "it was very personal and very vicious" attack. 

Crump's death rocked his Northeast Philadelphia community.

"He doesn't deserve whatever happened to him," said Crump's mother Sherron Kaba.

The construction site where Crump was found is located across the street from the fields behind George Washington High School not far from Red Lion Road and the Roosevelt Boulevard (Route 1).

Police say Crump both lived and worked in the neighborhood and that he never had any trouble with the law. Crump was a GW High grad who began working at a neighbor Wendy's a couple weeks before his death, according to his family. Clark said he got that job in part due to pressure from his family being upset that he wasn't doing much.

Crump's backpack, which he always carried, was near his body. Inside was his Wendy's uniform. The fast-food restaurant was the last place he was seen when he left work the Saturday before the shooting.

A shoplifting suspect making his escape struck three people outside a Delaware supermarket Friday afternoon, according to Delaware State Police.

The incident played out at the ShopRite store at 1st State Plaza along the 1600 block of W Newport Pike in Wilmington, New Castle County around 2:30 p.m.

A store employee witnessed a shoplifting in progress. As store employees confronted the suspect, he darted out of the store and into his parked car, said police.

Once in the car, the man struck three people, injuring two, as he sped off, police said.

The injured victims were rushed to Christiana Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

As SkyForce10 hovered overhead minutes after the crash, you could see a state police cruiser responding to the shopping center.

State police sorted through clues as they worked on a description of the suspect.

A historic Philadelphia restaurant couldn't open Friday after a fire outside the eatery since smoke into the building.

Firefighters arrived at the City Tavern at 2nd and Walnut streets in the Old City section of the city around 4:45 a.m. to find a dumpster blaze outside the building, officials said.

"Thankfully, no one was injured in the incident," said a statement from the restaurant.

Smoke made its way inside the property, but the restaurant did not sustain any interior damage, according to reports.

Proprietor chef Walter Staib, however, decided to close Friday for cleaning. Staib promised to reopen as soon as possible.

Authorities shut down 2nd Street between Chestnut and Walnut streets, as well as Walnut Street between 2nd and Front streets, for a portion of the morning while crews investigated.

City Tavern is considered the unofficial meeting place of the First Continental Congress. The current structure is a replica of the original bar, which was partially destroyed by a fire in March 1834, according to the restaurant's website.

Congress commissioned the historically accurate reconstruction of the City Tavern in 1948.

After nearly 30 years of planning, officials opened the new restaurant in 1976. 

Philadelphia Police questioned two women who showed up to claim an sports utility vehicle police say was used during a baseball bat and mace attack on a school bus full of Bucks County students along the Roosevelt Boulevard in Northeast Philadelphia.

Philadelphia Police recovered a charcoal gray Chevrolet Suburban along the 2100 block of N 4th Street in North Philadelphia Friday morning.

The SUV, despite being a Suburban -- not a Tahoe as first reported by police -- is the one used in Thursday afternoon's "bizarre" attack, according to police.

“For someone to get out of a vehicle and use a baseball bat and break a window of a yellow school bus knowing that it’s full of students – that’s pretty bizarre,” said Philadelphia Chief Inspector Scott Small.

On Friday afternoon two women showed up at the impound lot to claim the SUV. Police considered the women persons of interests and took them into custody for questioning.

The apparent road rage incident occurred around 3 p.m. when the bus approached Levick Street in the southbound lanes of the Boulevard (U.S. Route 1), according to Philadelphia Police.

An initial investigation revealed that a group of teens -- 21 students in total from St. Katherine Drexel School in Holland, Pennsylvania -- on the bus began yelling at a Chevrolet SUV full of women and the two groups began to through objects at one another.

“There was some verbal argument between the students on the bus as well as four occupants,” said Small.

The women became angry and pulled their SUV in front of the bus, blocking its path, said police.

Two women then got out of the SUV and began attacking the outside of the bus using a baseball bat and mace, said investigators. During the attack the women sprayed mace onto the front of the bus and broke the window directly behind the bus driver, sending broken glass onto a student who injured his wrists. Police said that student is expected to be OK.

The unidentified driver and her passenger got back into her vehicle and drove off down Horrocks Street, said investigators.

Police said there was no indication the women ever tried to board the bus.

The bus stopped a short time later across the street from Gilbert Pruance Elementary School at Horrocks and Hellerman streets. The school nurse then treated the injured 15-year-old and sent him on his way.

It’s been nearly two years since Russ Patterson has had a home, but that’s all about to change thanks to the big heart – and house – of a perfect stranger.

Russ Patterson’s Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey home was destroyed when it flooded during Superstorm Sandy in 2012 and she’s been living the hotel life ever since.

“It’s a constant stone wall and you really feel like you’re alone,” said Patterson.

But that’s all about to change because Patterson is getting a new home – one that was donated anonymously from a good Samaritan who’s building a larger home for his expanding family and wanted to give this one to someone in need.

“It’s so hard to even comprehend,” Patterson said.

The generous gift was donated to Habitat for Humanity Atlantic County and with the help of the county’s Long-Term Recovery Group with whom Patterson has been working with, The Red Cross and United Way, the Atlantic City Traffic Control Officer now has a new home to call her own.

“They’re incredible, they’re incredible. There’s no way in this world I could possibly say thank you enough,” Patterson gushed.

The house will arrive at the empty lot on where Patterson’s former home once stood Saturday morning. She’s hoping that it will be move-in ready by the holidays.

A woman was pronounced dead at a Delaware County hospital after she was shot in the chest Friday evening.

The 25-year-old victim was found on the front porch of a home on the 2900 block of West 11th Street in Chester, police said.

She was rushed to Crozer-Chester Medical Center in critical condition where she was pronounced dead a short time later, according to authorities.

No arrests have been made and it's unknown why the woman was shot.

Authorities are asking anyone with information about the crime to call Chester Police immediately.

Police are looking for a man they say followed a 20-year-old woman into her Stuyvesant Town apartment building and tried to rape her in an elevator early Friday.

Authorities say the woman screamed and fought the man, who ran off around 4 a.m.

Police released surveillance video of the suspect walking into the elevator, then fleeing. The video shows him shimmy down a tree outside the building before running off down the street.

Anyone with information about the attack is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS.
 

A New Jersey high school has a confirmed case of the unusual strain of enterovirus that has sickened more than 500 people nationwide this year, according to the district superintendent.

The case at Bound Brook High School is the first confirmed EV-68 case in Somerset County. It's not clear if the sick person is a staff member or a student, but the virus is prone to affect children.

In a letter sent to parents last week, Daniel Gallagher, superintendent of Bound Brook schools, said the administrative and maintenance departments were working with the high school's physician and the state health department to ensure all proper protocols are being followed.

Earlier this week, officials with the state Health Department confirmed three additional cases in Monmouth County.

The new EV-D68 cases brings the total number to 18 in New Jersey, with cases in the following counties:

• Monmouth County – 3
• Morris County – 3
• Mercer County – 2
• Camden County – 2
• Middlesex County – 2
• Burlington County – 2
• Passaic County – 1
• Somerset County -- 1
• Sussex County – 1
• Essex County -1

Last month, 4-year-old Eli Waller of Mercer County died of the virus.

Enteroviruses, which usually cause mild cold-like symptoms that last about a week, are common, afflicting up to 15 million people in the U.S. each year, but the CDC says this particular strain of the virus is unusually severe.
This year the virus has sickened more than 500 people in 43 states and Washington, D.C. — almost all of them children.

Infants and children are at particular risk, and though most affected people recover on their own and have no future problems, those with weakened immune systems or underlying medical conditions such as asthma may need to be hospitalized. 

A CVS in South Philadelphia was evacuated Friday night after a crack was discovered in a pillar outside the store -- which appeared to be sinking.

Employees and customers were forced from the store at 1001 South Washington Avenue around 7:30 p.m. after someone realized one of the pillars that is responsible for keeping the structure sound was crumbling.

Licenses and Inspections is investigating the building.

This story is developing. Check back for more details.