Friends, family and fellow officers and firefighters gathered at a Delaware County church Saturday to pay their last respects to slain Darby Borough officer Mark Hudson who was killed in his Darby Township home a week ago.
Services for 26-year-old part-time Darby Borough Police officer and volunteer Yeadon Borough firefighter Mark Hudson began when his casket was carried into St. Joseph's Church in Collingdale as loved ones looked on.
The viewing was held from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and the mass began immediately after.
Following the service, a motorcade, led by a fire truck carrying Hudson's body, passed the Yeadon Fire House and the Darby Borough Police Station on its way to his burial site at Mount Zion Cemetery in Collingdale.
Hudson's 27-year-old girlfriend, Tyaina Finch, is facing murder charges for his shooting death, court records show. She is being held at the George Hill Correctional Facility.
"He was murdered, it's that simple," Smythe said. "When the facts come out, it might be more of an assassination than a murder."
Finch initially told authorities the shooting was accidental, but later changed her story and told authorities she acted in self-defense, police said.
The couple had a history of domestic disputes, including an incident last August which, police say, involved Finch grabbing an 8-inch kitchen knife and creaming at Hudson.
Hudson was a 4-year veteran of the Darby Borough Police Department. He worked there part-time and was soon to be recommended for full-time duty due to the quality of his work.
He had also volunteered with the Yeadon Fire Company since he was 16-years-old.
A Wilmington woman was charged with her fifth DUI after she was stopped Friday afternoon for running a red light, Delaware State Police said.
Ann M. Baker, 54, was driving her red Ford Focus north on Harmony Rd. near Green Ridge Rd. when officers watched her run a red light. She was immediately pulled over and that's when police say they smelled alcohol on her, officers said.
Police performed a DUI investigation and pulled her driving record, which revealed four previous driving under the influence charges.
Baker was charged a fifth time. She was driving on a suspended license at time of the incident, according to officials.
She was released from custody after postingf $10K secured bond.
A car struck and hurt a person in southwest Philly Saturday afternoon.
The crash happened at 58th Street and Cobbs Creek Parkway around 2 p.m., officials said.
The victim was rushed to the Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania, according to reports.
No word yet on the victim's condition.
Stay with NBC10 for more on this developing story.
A fight between two men that began inside a Mummer's clubhouse in South Philadelphia early Saturday morning snowballed into a large brawl outside, police said.
The fight started inside 2nd Street Shooters Clubhouse on the 1400 block of South Front Street just after midnight. Witnesses say that two men were fighting, prompting security to force a large group of patrons on to the street.
While outside the club, an 18-year-old man had to have his head stapled after he was hit with an unknown object, police said. Another 18-year-old was knocked to the ground and hit his head on the concrete, while down, a 22-year-old man stepped on his stomach, according to officials.
A 19-year-old woman told police that a man hit her once above her lip, cutting her. She received stitches at Methodist Hospital.
Two other men were punched during the brawl and treated at Methodist, police said.
Only one person, the man who stepped on another man's stomach while he was on the ground, has been charged.
Police have not identified any of the people involved. An investigation is ongoing.
UPDATE: The family's beloved dog has died after she was hit by a car.
A local family who were victims of a massive apartment fire in West Chester Thursday are offering a reward to anyone who finds their beloved dog, Sadie.
Sadie, a black Lab-Pointer mix, was last seen by neighbors at the Wyntre Brook apartments on Phoenixville Pike on April 2 as crews battled a massive blaze that destroyed most of the building.
Neighbors ran after the 60-pound dog, but were unable to catch her, according to Jen Leary, a representative from the Red Paw Emergency Relief Team.
Now, Sadie's family is offering a $500 reward for her safe return, said Leary.
Anyone with information is asked to call Sadie's owners, Mark or Taryn, at 484-995-6094 or 610-247-8597.
No one was injured in the fire and the cause remains under investigation.
Authorities evacuated library-goers in a Delaware community Saturday afternoon while they investigated reports of a suspicious package.
A passerby noticed a package with what appeared to be a timer located near a bike outside the Bear Library at 101 Governors Place around 12:30 p.m., New Castle County Police said.
Library staff were immediately notified and evacuated the building as authorities rushed to the scene.
Upon arrival, New Castle County Police officers secured the area and they, along with fire crews and the Delaware Department of Transportation, closed nearby roads.
Authorities used a specialized robot to examine the suspicious package and determine it was not an explosive device, police said.
Investigators said the package contained a device used to capture distances covered on the bike. The owner of the bike and item was located.
No charges will be filed.
A Toyota Prius struck a man walking in the right lane of a busy South Jersey highway, killing the pedestrian early Saturday morning.
The crash occurred in the right northbound lane of Route 55 near mile marker 54.3 in Mantua Township around 5 a.m., according to New Jersey State Police.
The man was pronounced deat on the scene, said authorities, who have yet to identify the victim as they are still working to notify family members.
The crash remains under investigation. No charges are pending at this time.
Two nurses rushed to help a teenage boy who crashed while racing an ATV on a southwest Philly street Saturday afternoon.
The 15-year-old boy, who was not wearing a helmet, crashed near the intersection of 58th Street and Cobbs Creek Parkway around 2 p.m., officials said.
"All I know for certain is that he didn't have a pulse," said Bridget Joynes, a trauma nurse.
Joynes heard the crash while inside a nearby church and rushed to help.
She joined neighbors, including another nurse, who already began performing CPR on the boy.
"He was bleeding from his nose," Joynes said. "Once he lost his pulse, we started CPR, switched off until EMS arrived and they jumped in."
The victim was rushed to Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania in critical condtion.
The injured boy and another teenager were racing the ATVS -- even swerving between other cars on the road -- before the crash occurred.
"All of a sudden I hear a crash, I looked in my left rearview mirror and saw an ATV flipped over," said Feliz Carbone, a driver who witnessed the accident. "I saw a kid laying on the ground bleeding from the head."
"They were in the street. They were definitely racing," Carbone said. "They tried to go around me, and the guy in the back of the other ATV clipped his friend's back tire and flipped over."
Two other crashes -- both deadly -- involving dirt bikes and ATVs in the city occurred in the past two weeks. A 38-year-old man was killed when his ATV flipped and landed on him in the city's Mayfair section Thursday. A 19-year-old died in the same section of the city a week earlier when his dirt bike collided with an SUV.
It is illegal to operate or park an ATV on any public street, sidewalk, park or recreational facility in the City of Philadelphia.
Philadelphia Police are planning a major crackdown on the illegal vehicles. A day-long operation to get ATVs and dirt bikes off the streets is in the works, police said.
A man was shot in his butt and leg Saturday afternoon as he sat in his car on a North Philly street.
The shooting occurred near the intersection of 13th and Butler streets in the city's Hunting Park section around 3:45 p.m., police said.
The 23-year-old victim was rushed to Temple University Hospital, where he is listed in critical condition, officials said.
No arrests have been made.
Heavy flames engulfed a single-family home in Camden County moments before the structure came crashing down Saturday afternoon.
The blaze broke out in a 2-story home near Union Avenue and Stow Road in Pennsauken Township around 3:30 p.m., officials said.
Witnesses reported watching the upper floor of the property start to collapse around 3:45 p.m. as crews continued to work to extinguish the fire.
Windy conditions made it difficult for firefighters battling the blaze, according to Pennsauken Fire Department Chief Joseph Palumbo.
The fire began on the property's exterior and then spread through the first floor, Palumbo said.
The cause of the blaze is under investigation.
There were no reported injuries.
A man convicted of sexually assaulting or trying to assault several women in Atlantic City during the summer of 2012 has been sentenced to 46 years in prison.
Hiten Patel must serve more than 38 years before he becomes eligible for parole under the sentence imposed this week.
He was convicted in February 2014 on 22 criminal counts, including multiple counts of aggravated sexual assault, making terroristic threats, criminal restraint and impersonating a law enforcement officer.
The 36-year-old Egg Harbor Township man continued to maintain his innocence during his sentencing Thursday.
During his trial, Patel said most of his accusers were prostitutes he had solicited or been solicited by for paid consensual sex.
Prosecutors argued that Patel targeted prostitutes because they were less likely to go to police.
One person is dead after getting hit by an Amtrak train in Delaware County Saturday afternoon.
The incident happened near the Sharon Hill Train Station, located at 414 Sharon Ave., shortly after 7 p.m., officials said.
No word yet on the circumstances surrounding the deadly accident.
The striking train was traveling to Washington D.C. from Boston, according to an Amtrak representative.
No one aboard the train was hurt.
There will be some delays as authorities complete their investigation.
Two firefighters suffered minor injuries Saturday while battling a brush fire that erupted near a farmhouse in the Wissahickon section of Philadelphia.
The 2-alarm blaze broke out in a grassy area near Bells Mill Road around 6 p.m., officials said.
Medics rushed the two injured firefighters to Roxborough Memorial Hospital, officials said.
The location of the blaze, in a wooded area, along with the wind conditions made it difficult for crews to get to the scene, according to authorities.
Crews got the fire under control shortly after 7 p.m.
