Jury selection will begin Wednesday in the murder trial of an Atlantic County, New Jersey woman accused of killing her ex-husband, dismembering his body and hiding the parts in her closet for years.

Loretta Doyle Burroughs stands accused of stabbing her former husband, Danny Burroughs, to death inside the couple's Hamilton Township home in 2007. Prosecutors said she stuffed parts of the 66-year-old man into two containers. He was listed as missing for six years.

Then in 2014, investigators found the remains while inside Loretta Burrough's Ventor home while executing a search warrant for documents related to a embezzlement case. They found the containers in a closet. Officials believe the man's body was moved several times.

The 63-year-old woman is charged with murder and related offenses. She has pleaded not guilty in the case.

Jury selection is expected to last two days.

It's true, we've sprung forward and temperatures are rising, but does that mean that winter is over? Maybe not.

There could be more snow ahead, according to data pulled from winter's past.

"Of the 25 largest metropolitan areas that record measurable snow in at least 50 percent of their winters, 16 are still due for one more snowfall," said Harry Enten of FiveThirtyEight.com who collected data from the past 50 winters in those cities.

According to Enten's research, in more than 50 percent of winters, Philadelphia is one of three northeast cities that had their last snowfall of the season AFTER March 9.

So don't put away that shovel and salt just yet.

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Due to logistics concerns, the Philadelphia Police Department asked for more time to announce official funeral plans for slain Philadelphia Police Officer Robert Wilson III.

Earlier on Tuesday, the department announced that services for the 22nd District officer would be held on Saturday. Later in the day they said some plans still needed to be confirmed and finalized.

The 30-year-old father of two was killed during a robbery at a GameStop at Hope Plaza Shopping Center on Lehigh Ave. in North Philadelphia last Thursday.

Wilson was in full uniform when brothers Carlton Hipps, 30, and Ramone Williams, 26, entered the GameStop store inside and announced the robbery, subsequently sparking a "fierce and violent" gunbattle that ended with the officer being shot in the head and killed, said Homicide Captain Darrell Clark.

"They were both firing at him," said Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey. "He was actually being hit during the exchange of gunfire but he continued to fight, continued to shoot until the fatal wound was fired and it brought him down."

Wilson is being hailed a hero and is credited with saving the lives of customers and store employees, according to Ramsey.

Williams and Hipps are charged with his murder.

Police questioned a suspect after a threat that caused the evacuation of a New Jersey high school Tuesday morning.

The incident cleared West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South in West Windsor Township, Mercer County around 11 a.m.

Due to a concern posted on social media, all HSS students and staff have been evacuated. Police are on the scene and investigating.

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The West Windsor Police Department cleared the school then searched the building “from top to bottom” with about one dozen K-9 units.

No students or staff  suffered injuries.

As Skyrforce10 hovered overhead you could see students and staff on the bleachers of the football stadium. Once police gave the all clear around 12:30 p.m., they returned to the building to resume the rest of the school day, said the district.

Investigators questioned a suspect, police said. Neither the district nor police revealed the nature of the threat. They didn’t say if the suspect is a student at the school.

The mother of two missing New Jersey boys publicly pleaded for help finding her young sons after police say the boys' father abducted them. 

Sandye Dohm has not seen or held 8-year-old Parker and 7-year-old Jaxon in over a month. Police said they were abducted in Hopatcong by her ex-husband Kristopher Dohm, who had shared custody.

"I don't know where they are, but I know I want them to be returned as soon as possible," said Sandye Dohm in an emotional news conference Monday. 

Parker is asthmatic, and his 36-year-old father is diabetic and relies on insulin. Sussex County prosecutors say the medical conditions have them concerned for the health and safety of the two boys. 

Authorities said Kristopher Dohm's gray Nissan Pathfinder was last spotted in Maryland with stolen plates. They believe he was headed to Nevada and may have shaved his head and the boys' heads to alter their appearances (see video). 

Parishioners at the church Jaxon and Parker attended vacation Bible school are praying for the boys, and over the weekend they used Legos -- the boys' favorite toy -- to build a house of hope. 

"To think they disappeared, not knowing where they are, I can imagine this mother is tormented every night," said Ledgewood Baptist Church Rev. David Holwick. 

In a message to her boys Monday, Sandye Dohm said: "Parker and Jaxon, I want you to know that I love and miss you, and I will never, ever stop looking for you, no matter what." 

Anyone with information on their whereabouts should call the Hopatcong Police Department at (973) 398-5000 or the New Jersey Regional Operations and Intelligence Center at (609) 963-6900 ext. 1.
 

Three Pennsylvania state representatives serving Philadelphia have been indicted on charges they accepted bribes from a lobbyist working as an undercover state informant.

Democratic Reps. Louise Bishop and Michelle Brownlee and former Rep. Harold James surrendered Tuesday in Harrisburg to be arraigned on Bribery charges and related offenses, according to Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams.

"All three are charged with accepting illegal cash payments in exchange for agreeing to peddle their influence," Williams said.

The motivation, Williams said, was to help boost low balances in the lawmakers' political campaigns. Audio recordings allegedly captured the conversations setting up exchanges ranging in amounts from $500 and $2,000.

Brownlee and James have admitted to wrongdoing while Bishop has denied her role, according to Williams. An attorney for James had no comment. Calls to attorneys for Brownlee and Bishop were not returned.

Bishop, a reverend who hosts a gospel radio show on WURD-AM and whose daughter grew up with the district attorney, offered the lobbyist help in gaining influence in the state liquor control committee.

"Bishop assured the lobbyist that several representatives would be lined up to support him, including Brownlee ...," Williams said.

The district attorney said Bishop had the chance to "set the record straight," but refused to answer the grand jury's questions.

Citing his personal relationship with Bishop and her family, Williams said there are "no free passes."

Last year, NBC10 learned Bishop and Brownlee along with two other representatives were targeted in the sting executed by the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office. Those lawmakers, Pa. Reps. Ron Waters and Vanessa Lowery Brown, were already charged with bribery and face trial in Harrisburg. A former Philadelphia Traffic Court judge, Thomasine Tynes, was also charged and pleaded guilty.

Williams swore in a grand jury to investigate the case last summer. The DA office's Public Corruption Task Force has been leading the investigation with the assistance of Pennsylvania State Police.

His office took over the case after Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane chose not to move forward with the probe calling it flawed and racist. It was begun under the purview of her predecessor, former AG and Gov. Tom Corbett.

Firing back at Kane on Tuesday, Williams said his office was dragged into the case and that he took offense to the notion that the investigation was racist.

"She is her own worst enemy," he said of Kane. "I am insulted when someone would allege something is racist when it isn’t."

Williams couldn't say if the grand jury would bring forth charges against others.

While audio recordings captured six lawmakers allegedly agreeing to take a bribe, a number of other current and former state representatives turned down offers from the undercover informant.

They included U.S. Rep. Brendan Boyle, a former state representative, Rep. Curtis Thomas and former state Rep. Tony Payton, Williams said.

The City of Philadelphia is home to 25,000-thousand vacant properties — some unsightly and others dangerous.

“As you can see, the whole back end of this house fell down,” said Bernard Polis, who lives less than half a block from 741 S. 15th Street where loose bricks, a partially-collapsed roof and violation notices are visual reminders of a home vacant and deteriorating for four years.

"In that condition it's in and the fact, the fact that it can injure somebody. We'd have a disaster around here,” said Polis.

The fear for Yusef Jamal-Addine feels even more urgent. The house right next to his on Mulberry Street is tilting.

"It’s sitting there deteriorating and it's leaning toward my house,” Jamal-Addine points out. "It seems to me that I’m hearing creaking at night, you know. And you just can't be sure you know."

The NBC10 Investigators found the Department of Licenses and inspections (L & I) posted this notice — in May of 2014 — ordering the owner to renovate or demolish the property. That didn't happen. A second city notice went up in December warning the property poses imminent danger and the owner needs to fix it or knock it down immediately. It is still standing.

Licenses and Inspections Commissioner Carlton Williams assured NBC10 and the citizens of the Philadelphia, "That's why we have close oversight over that property and properties like the one that you mention."

The city breaks the 25,000 vacant properties into three categories:

• 22,900 = Vacant But Safe
• 1,800 = Unsafe
• 300 = Imminently Dangerous

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L & I did knock down more than 300 imminently dangerous properties last year. Williams cites due process as the primary reason the demolition process doesn’t move faster.

"If they don't comply by the second violation it’s then sent to court."

And the wheels of justice can spin slowly.

We found hundreds of vacant property cases on file at the prothonotary's office. All waiting to be heard.

Judge Bradley Moss hears and rules on L & I cases. Citing orders from his superiors, Moss backed out of an on-camera interview with the NBC10 investigators. But off camera Moss says each case is different and some take nearly one year to resolve.

City Controller Alan Butkovitz has been critical of how L & I operates.

"We know the situation is absolutely destructive of many neighborhoods in the city.” Butkovitz tells NBC10 the city needs to do more than post violations.

"You have to hit them [property owners] financially. It's got to be. The city has to be serious about imposing fines."

L & I said it currently does not issue fines with violation notices. Property owner are fined and billed only if the city has to perform work on the property.

Back on Mulberry Street we found the owner of the home next door to Jamal-Addine requested a repair permit in January.

“I’m concerned that it's going to fall on my house,” said Jamal-Addine, who has an idea of what to do with the property.

"Knock it down. Knock it down first and then build up a new house."

Philadelphia Police are searching for a suspect who was caught on camera brutally beating a man inside a Chinese Restaurant.

The 25-year-old victim walked inside the Golden City Chinese Take Out on the 4000 block of North Broad Street Friday at 2:35 p.m. when he was approached by an unidentified man.

Surveillance video captured the two men briefly talking. The suspect then suddenly attacks the victim, punching him several times. Once the victim falls to the floor, the suspect repeatedly kicks and stomps him. At one point he even jumps up and lands on the victim’s head.

Police said the suspect then dropped brass knuckles on the floor, picked them up and left the restaurant, fleeing in an unknown direction.

The victim survived the beating though police have not yet revealed his condition.

The suspect is described as a stocky, light-skinned African American male in his mid to late 20’s standing 6-foot-1 with a long beard and a tattoo of a tear drop and a cross inside a circle under his eye. Police also say he is missing two front teeth. He was last seen wearing a black knit hat, green hooded sweatshirt, light-colored blue jeans and black, blue and white sneakers.

If you have any information on the man’s whereabouts, please call Philadelphia Police.
 

Fire broke out Tuesday morning at a popular Delaware hoagie shop.

The flames broke out shortly before 10 a.m. at Village Sub Shop at N Market Street, Hutton Street and Vandever Avenue in Wilmington.

The blaze appeared to start in the kitchen exhaust system and spread to the roof, said the Wilmington Fire Department.

There were two workers inside the shop at the time and both got out OK but then one went back in to try and fight the blaze with a fire extinguisher. Medics evaluated that man on the scene for minor smoke inhalation but he refused further medical treatment.

Firefighters could be seen on the roof of the building as heavy smoke poured out. They got the blaze under control in a little more than 20 minutes.

No word on when the restaurant will reopen. Wilmington License an Inspection condemned the building due to fire and smoke damage and the department of health would need to decide if any food could be salvaged, said firefighters.

A Montgomery County woman who had been missing for several days was found safe Tuesday, according to police and her family.

Deirdre Magolon, 20, was last seen leaving her home on Orchard Street in Royersford, Pennsylvania between 6:40 and 7 p.m. Friday.

The family told NBC10 she was driving a 2005 Black Mazda MX3 and they believe it broke down at some point as she was traveling on U.S. Route 422 in King of Prussia.

Police later contacted the family and told them the Mazda was found unoccupied along eastbound 422 near the Schuylkill Expressway (I-76) interchange in King of Prussia and U.S. Route 202 around 7:20 p.m. Friday, according to Upper Providence Police.

Deirdre's mother Bethellen Magolon spoke to NBC10 Tuesday, telling us the family learned she was alive and in Philadelphia.

"Two nice women, two different times, picked her up and brought her forward, closer to Philadelphia, which is what we have now," she said. "She's very impulsive. She's never done anything of this magnitude."

Bethellen also had a message for her daughter.

"We love you, we miss you to death and we just want you to come home."

Shortly after the interview, Magolon's sister announced she had been found and is doing well. Upper Providence Police also announced she was found safe by the Philadelphia Police Department.

The Philadelphia Eagles made their most shocking move yet.

They swapped quarterbacks with the St. Louis Rams, trading Nick Foles for Sam Bradford. A league source first told CSNPhilly.com's Geoff Mosher about the trade. A spokesperson for the Eagles later confirmed the team agreed to terms that would send Foles, a 4th round draft pick in 2015 and a 2nd round pick in 2016 to the St. Louis Rams in exchange for Bradford and the Rams' 5th round pick in 2015.

ESPN's Adam Schefter first reported the deal.

Selected by the Rams with the first overall pick of the 2010 draft, Bradford is recovering from a torn ACL in his left knee. He first suffered the injury in Week 7 of 2013 against Carolina and tore it again last preseason against Cleveland.

Bradford has played all 16 games just twice in his career (he missed six games in 2010 with an ankle injury).

For his career, Bradford is 18-30-1. He's completed 58.6 percent of his passes with 59 touchdowns and 38 interceptions.

The Eagles drafted Foles in the third round of the 2012 draft. After a spectacular 2013 season in which he threw 27 touchdowns and just two interceptions and earn Pro Bowl MVP honors, Foles did an about-face last season.

He threw 13 touchdowns and 10 interceptions -- albeit behind an injury-plagued offensive line -- but still went 6-2 before being lost for the season with a broken collarbone in a victory at Houston. He is 15-9 in his career.

Are pothole problems costing you money? You might be able to get that flat tire, bent rim and/or broken chassis paid for.

As crews span out across the region to attack thousands of potholes, drivers dealt with figuring out how to pay for the damage done by the potholes crews haven’t gotten to yet.

“By the time I saw it, it was too late to swerve out, there was a car beside me,” said Iyanna Clark after striking the large crater along Haddonfield Avenue near Hollis Avenue in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.

Help could be coming to Clark and other motorists victimized by a Garden State pothole. Motorists can file a pothole damage claim with the State Department of Treasury that includes an estimate of repairs costs, a police report, the specific location of the road hazard and other requirements.

Once a claim is filed, New Jersey promises to resolve the claim within three to six months. A similar program is in place in Pennsylvania.

Despite the pothole payment programs, and motorists carrying car insurance, most repairs done for pothole damage are paid for out of pocket — 65 percent told the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) that they paid for the repairs themselves.

“Before you file an insurance claim for damages, consider the repair costs, and the deductible you have,” advises Mary Ann Gorges, AAA Insurance Sales. “Filing a claim for pothole damage may impact your future insurance rates.”

Even if you plan on paying for the damage done, make sure you alert road crews to the problem that caused it. Departments of transportation ask for motorists to report a pothole as quickly as possible.

To report one in New Jersey, click here.
To report a pothole in Delaware, click here.
In Pennsylvania call 800-349-7623 (FIX ROAD)

Crews have already been hard at work fixing potholes that sprung up after icy roads thawed.

“This has been a brutal winter that has taken a heavy toll on our roads, but I want to assure New Jersey residents that we will spend whatever is necessary to make repairs as quickly as possible,” said NJ DOT Commissioner Jamie Fox.

Fox said NJDOT typically fixes 180,000 potholes a year. But it has already repaired more than 125,000 potholes and expects that number to reach approximately 300,000 this year as they spend $4 million to fix potholes.

Just in Philadelphia alone, road crews expect a near record year for pothole repairs — more than 9,000 already being filled, said Streets Commissioner David Perri.

Hundreds of gallons of oil that spilled into the Delaware River earlier this week washed up in New Jersey Tuesday.

The U.S. Coast Guard opened a report on the spill by the Pennsville Boat Ramp of Riviera Drive — south of the Delaware Memorial Bridge in Pennsville.

Pennsville Police said "evidence of oil has started to wash up on Pennsville Beach."

Between 400 and 500 gallons of oil spilled near Wilmington Monday during fueling of a barge then washed up in New Jersey on Tuesday, said the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.

Witnesses said there was a strong odor from the spill.

Officials said the globs oil likely won't pose any serious threat to humans or wildlife.

The City of Philadelphia is home to the Liberty Bell, the Rocky steps and 25,000 vacant properties.

Demolition and renovation are two ways the city takes care of that blight and in both cases it means finding or at least attempting to find the rightful owner. The effort can be exhaustive and leaves neighbors like Christopher Plaugic living amid properties which are eyesores at the very basic level, pocketbook problems because they bring down property values and safety threats when they get so run down they crumble or collapse.

"I thought it would have been demolished by now to be honest with you," said Plaugic who lives across the street in South Philly from two vacant properties at 415 and 417 Manton Street — where a tree is growing out of one home.

The city posted notices for the owner to renovate or demolish the homes last April. When nothing happened, more letters were sent. Eight months later, in January, the city tried to take the owner to court, but the case was thrown out because no one could find her.

NBC10's Harry Hairston figured out why after digging through court records and other documents.

Adeline Galloway died in 2003.

Licenses and Inspections [L & I] refused to comment on why it continues to send notices to a dead woman, but the mayor's office told us by email: "City attorneys are engaged in an investigation of the owners of the properties. So, the [court] case has not yet been filed."

Philadelphia Controller Alan Butkovitz questions why the city allows the two homes on Manton Street — and other vacant properties — to remain standing.

"If this causes any infestation of rats or cockroaches it can lead into this house [next door] so it's in general a health concern," Butkovitz said.

Records from the Register of Wills shows Galloway's son is the executor of her estate although his information wasn't listed on any of the code violations or tax notices.

When we reached him, Galloway son told us the family is aware of safety concerns at the properties and plans to address them. According to the latest notice from L & I, the family has until late next week to respond to the city's latest notice.

A Philadelphia man was arrested after he allegedly left his 7-year-old son alone in a car for hours as he gambled inside a casino.

Bryan Bolds, 32, left the boy inside a vehicle in the parking lot of the Parx Casino in Bensalem around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, police said. Bolds then allegedly went inside the casino to play blackjack.

Police said the child was left alone in the car for nearly three hours as Bolds was inside. A passer-by heard the boy crying and yelling for his father and contacted police, investigators said.

Police took the boy to police headquarters. He was not injured during the incident. Bensalem Police, Pennsylvania State Police and Parx Casino Security later found Bolds at a gaming table and he was taken into custody, officials said. 

Bolds was arraigned at 8 p.m. on a misdemeanor charge of endangering the welfare of a child. He is being held in the Bucks County Jail on $70,000 bail.

Philadelphia’s favorite sons released the lineup Tuesday for their annual picnic concert.

The Weekend, A$AP Rocky, Phantogram and Erykah Badu join Philadelphia’s The Roots atop the lineup for the 8th-Annual Roots Picnic.

The all-day party hosted by The Tonight Show band returns to Festival Pier at Penn’s Landing on May 30.

Rap legend Afrika Bambaataa, Philly DJ King Britt (a Central High School graduate) and DJ Windows 98 (Win Butler of Arcade Fire) join 11 others in rounding out the musical lineup.

Tickets cost $81.75 (including Ticketmaster fees) and go on sale to the general public Friday at noon.