A day after a South Jersey boardwalk collapsed under the weight of a delivery truck, police released surveillance video showing the truck crashing through the wooden boards.
A truck intended to pick up a carnival game was maneuvering on the boardwalk near E 23rd Avenue in North Wildwood, New Jersey around 5:40 p.m. Monday when some of the wood gave way, causing the back of the vehicle to break through.
In the moments after the truck fell into the boards, you could see the driver jump out of the cab to see what happened.
No one was hurt in the incident.
North Wildwood Police, who released the surveillance video, said the truck had a permit to be on the boardwalk but was too heavy.
A crane later removed the truck from the hole.
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A man was arrested after he allegedly fled the scene of an accident in Fairmount Park late Tuesday afternoon.
Police say the accident occurred at Ford Road and Chamounix Drive. One of the drivers involved in the crash then ran away, investigators said.
State Police eventually found the man in the woods near I-76 eastbound and Montgomery Drive and he was taken into custody.
Police have not yet revealed the man’s identity or if anyone was injured in the crash.
Staff members and customers at the Great American Pub in Narberth celebrated as Jordan Spieth held the green jacket Sunday after winning the Masters.
“What a feeling,” said Tom Darlington, the owner of the Pub. “Every stroke was a cheer! It was emotional for us.”
The reason for all of the excitement? The 21-year-old golfer just so happens to be the nephew of Stow Spieth, a bartender at the pub. Stow was in Augusta, Georgia to cheer Jordan on as he won the Masters with a score of 18 under par, tying the 72-hole record set by Tiger Woods. Jordan is the first wire-to-wire winner to wear the green jacket since 1976.
Stow returned to work at the pub after watching his nephew win in Augusta.
"It's really exciting," Stow told NBC10 Tuesday. "Especially to do this at his age. We knew he had it in him but we had no idea it would come so soon."
Aside from Stow, Jordan, a Texas native, has other family members from our area. His parents are high school sweethearts who met at Saucon Valley High School and grew up in Hellertown, Pennsylvania.
Jordan's local ties were bolstered even further through his uncle's job at the Great American Pub. Darlington told NBC10 he and his staff have been fans of Jordan ever since Stow told them about him.
“Two or three years ago no one knew who he was but we all followed him because of Stow’s relationship with him,” Darlington said.
Jordan gained major prominence in 2013 when he won the John Deere Classic at the age of 20 and was granted full status as a PGA Tour member as well as entry into the 2013 Open Championship, PGA Championship and 2014 Masters.
“From that point to winning the Masters two years later, it’s just an amazing accomplishment,” Darlington said.
As happy as everyone at the Great American Pub is for Jordan, Darlington says they aren’t all that surprised by his huge achievement based on what Stow told them several years ago.
“Stow told us that his nephew is the next Tiger Woods and by God he’s right,” Darlington said. “It’s just amazing for all of us.”
A vigil was held in honor of a slain Philadelphia dirt bike rider six months after his death.
Friends and family gathered at 49th Street and Westminster Avenue around 7 p.m. Tuesday in memory of Kyrell Tyler.
Tyler, also known as “Dirt Bike Rell," was found shot to death inside a car back on Oct. 14. He was 23-years-old.
Tyler was a popular figure in Philadelphia’s dirt bike riding community. Several videos of him performing stunts on his dirt bike were posted on YouTube. He also had an extensive following on social media websites such as Instagram and Vine.
After Tyler’s funeral in October, dirt bike and ATV riders traveled through various parts of the city to pay homage.
Both dirt bikes and ATVs are illegal on city streets. For years, police have tried to crack down on city dirt bike riders but are not allowed to pursue them due to a department policy which makes it illegal to chase a vehicle that's only committing a moving violation.
A $20,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest in Tyler’s death. If you have any information, please call Philadelphia Police.
Philadelphia Police and the FBI are searching for a man accused of robbing several banks in our area.
Rashon Mitchell, 40, is being charged federally with the robbery of the Republic Bank on 1601 Market Street on Feb. 28, police said. He is also a suspect in the robberies of the TD Bank on the 3700 block of Walnut Street back on April 9, the TD Bank on City Avenue on April 10 and the TD Bank on the 900 block of Baltimore Pike in Springfield, Pennsylvania, also on April 10.
Police say Mitchell is 5-foot-9 and weighs 215 pounds. He is considered armed and dangerous.
A $10,000 reward is being offered for information leading to his arrest.
If you have any information, please call Philadelphia Police or the FBI at 215-418-4000.
A 250-mile march protesting police brutality crossed into Trenton as well as parts of Pennsylvania on Tuesday.
Protesters with the "March 2 Justice" marched in Trenton and parts of Bucks County early Tuesday evening. The demonstration is taking protesters from New York City to Philadelphia to Capitol Hill.
The March 2 Justice began Monday morning in Staten Island, the borough where Eric Garner died during a confrontation with NYPD officers last summer. Garner's death, along with others across the nation including that of Ferguson teen Michael Brown, set off protests that culminated with several nights of massive marches when a grand jury chose not to charge the officer seen putting Garner in a chokehold in a widely viewed amateur video with any crimes.
About 100 protesters from the Justice League NYC began their journey by marching across the Outerbridge Crossing into New Jersey. On Tuesday hundreds of protesters marched from Union Square to 1 Police Plaza in New York.
NBC New York’s Chopper 4 was over the Brooklyn Bridge when it captured around 500 protesters walking into traffic. Police were seen taking some people into custody and commuters were warned to expect traffic delays on the bridge.
Protesters also marched from Trenton to Middletown Township, Bucks County Tuesday.
On Wednesday a community rally will be held in Philadelphia. More rallies are planned for Lincoln University and Baltimore, Maryland before the protesters make it to Washington D.C.. on April 21.
Organizers said that the march's timing is to mark the death of Walter Scott, the black South Carolina man shot and killed by a white police officer after running from a traffic stop earlier this month.
The Philadelphia woman accused of abandoning her quadriplegic son with cerebral palsy and leaving him alone in the woods for over five days with nothing but a blanket and a Bible will be charged with attempted murder once she is released from the hospital.
Nyia Parler, 41, is accused of leaving her 21-year-old son in a wooded area along Cobbs Creek Parkway near Catharine Street around 11 a.m. Monday before traveling to Montgomery County, Maryland to visit her boyfriend.
Parler was hospitalized early Sunday morning in Maryland after a warrant was signed for her arrest. Investigators have not yet revealed why she was hospitalized but told NBC10 Tuesday she might remain there for at least five more days before she's finally released.
"The timeline is what ever the doctors say," said Montgomery County Police Captain Paul Starks. "When she has completed her treatment we will take her from the hospital to the District Court in Maryland."
Parler is expected to be charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault, simple assault, reckless endangerment, neglect of a care-dependent person, unlawful restraint, kidnapping and false imprisonment.
After several days of cold temperatures and rain, Parler's son was found 100-feet into the woods around 9 p.m. Friday, according to Philadelphia Police Lt. John Walker. Investigators say the victim likely would have died if not for the man who spotted him while passing by.
"They found [him] about 100 yards off the roadway here, laying in leaves. He's got a blanket over him and a Bible on his chest," Walker said. "He has a wheelchair about 10 feet from his body."
Rescuers took the man to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia where he is being treated for a cut on his back, dehydration, malnutrition and exposure to the weather, police said. He is currently in stable condition.
"A lot of things could've happened out there," Walker said. "Obviously he's in the middle of a wooded area. You have wild animals out there. You never know what's going to happen."
Several of his aunts are by his bedside, said police, who added the relatives are being interviewed about his medical history and his mother.
Officials describe the victim as "non-verbal" and completely dependent on others for his care.
"What we've learned so far is that the 21-year-old child lives with his mother, completely dependent on mom as a result of his condition," Walker said. "She also has a 16-year-old son who is staying with other family members."
The man, who attends the School of the Future at 40th Street and Parkside Avenue, didn't show up for classes and officials called Nyia Parler, his mother, police said. When she didn't answer, they contacted his aunt and then she phoned his mom, according to investigators.
At that time, Parler lied to authorities, claiming her son was safe with her in Maryland along with her boyfriend, according to investigators.
"We know she left for Maryland on Monday to go see her boyfriend on a bus," Walker said.
Police signed a warrant for Parler's arrest Saturday night.
Parler is expected to be extradited to Philadelphia in a matter of days unless she tries to fight the extradition, Maryland authorities told NBC10's Jesse Gary following the woman's arrest.
Gary was at the scene when officers took the man's wheelchair in as evidence Saturday morning.
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— Jesse Gary (@JesseNBC10) April 11, 2015
Police said the victim and Parler live in a West Philadelphia home that does not have a handicapped-accessible ramp. They are working with DHS in the investigation.
"It's heartbreaking to see another human, especially a mother, treat someone like that," Walker said. "You had all the opportunities in the world to turn that kid to your family members who wanted to care for him."
It was back on April 14, 2014 when Jennifer Candelario first spoke to NBC10 about the death of her younger brother Jonathan.
“He didn’t deserve to die like this,” she said. “He has a lot of family here that love him. I won’t give up until justice is served for my baby brother.”
One year later Jennifer has held true to her word.
“We just want justice,” she told NBC10 Tuesday. “We deserve it.”
Around 50 people gathered on the 800 block of Montrose Street in Vineland Tuesday evening for a vigil in Jonathan’s memory. It was the same spot where he was killed a year ago.
The 21-year-old was at a friend’s house on Montrose back on April 13, 2014 when a gunman suddenly opened fire. Jonathan was struck in the abdomen. He was taken to the hospital where he died from his injuries the next day.
Neighbors and family members said Jonathan was an innocent bystander who was at the wrong place at the wrong time.
“He had just gotten there maybe five minutes before this person walked up to the porch and opened fire,” Jennifer said.
His death was part of a violent night in Vineland in which a home invasion and two fatal shootings all occurred within a few hours of each other.
A month later a Vineland man named Aleshio Jones was arrested in connection to the shooting and charged with conspiracy to commit murder and hindering, according to the Daily Journal. Yet Jonathan’s family doesn’t believe Jones was the one who actually pulled the trigger. No one else has been arrested in connection to Jonathan’s death.
“At this point the detectives have no leads and it’s basically up to this individual and his attorney to speak or take the full wrap himself,” Jennifer said. “For him to go down for the whole thing with the actual murderer still in the street is not justice.”
Jonathan was part of a big family, which includes his parents, two sisters, four nieces, a nephew, two maternal grandparents, two paternal grandparents, and many aunts, uncles and cousins. Jennifer described the difficulty her family has faced since Jonathan’s death.
“My mom and dad are struggling,” she said. “About two months ago my mother received a letter from a college that had accepted him. She was so upset she tore it up.”
For Jennifer, her baby brother was like a son to her.
“I was 10 years-old when he was born,” she said. “I practiced being a mommy to him. He was my baby.”
Jennifer described her brother as a good kid, and a “somebody.”
“My brother was excellent in sports,” she said. “He played everything from football to basketball to baseball. He loved music. He loved camping and he had a billion dollar smile.”
During the vigil, Jonathan’s family announced that a $2500 reward for information leading to an arrest had been increased to $5000. They’re hoping it will lead to new developments in the case so that the person who killed Jonathan will finally be brought to justice.
“I don’t care if he’s sentenced for five years or 20 years,” Jennifer said. “I just want him to pay for what he did. He took a life that was precious to us.”
If you have any information on Jonathan’s death, please call the Vineland Crime Stoppers at 856-691-0345, Vineland Police Department at 856-691-4111 or the Cumberland County Prosecutor's Office at 856-453-0486.
A driver accused of striking and killing a 4-year-old boy and then fleeing the scene is expected to surrender Wednesday, according to police.
Police told NBC10 they recovered the black Ford Edge that struck and killed Abdul Wilson around 9 p.m. Tuesday in an underground parking garage at Love Park. They also say the driver's attorney is in touch with the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office. She is expected to turn herself in Wednesday, according to investigators.
The news comes after Mayor Nutter announced a $20,000 reward for an arrest in the case. Abdul was struck and killed while walking near 57th Street and Florence Avenue Monday night.
Surveillance video showed Abdul walking between two cars when he was hit by the Ford Edge and knocked 15-feet into the road. The vehicle then drove over the boy as he lay helpless in the street.
"It just broke my heart," said Raysa Cespezes, a witness. "Since he was so little it was very hard to watch."
The driver, who police describe as a woman, then fled south on 57th Street.
Abdul was taken to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, where he was pronounced dead at 7:06 p.m. A toy that he was carrying at the time of the crash was found in the middle of the street.
The boy's mother came to the scene minutes after the accident.
"She was just crying for the baby," Cespezes said. "It was horrible. Something I would never want anybody to go through."
Friends and neighbors gathered Tuesday at a memorial on the corner of 57th and Litchfield streets to remember the young boy, who was also known as Lateef.
"I was crying last night because I won't see him again," said 6-year-old Noah, a friend of the boy.
The $20,000 reward was offered for anyone with information leading to the arrest and conviction of the driver.
The incident occurred less than an hour before another hit-and-run in Philadelphia. In that crash a mother and her 2-year-old son were struck in the Kensington section of the city. They are both in critical condition.
As a homeless man who was brutally beaten outside a Philadelphia gas station clings on to life, his heartbroken sister is speaking out for the first time.
“What action could he have done to deserve such a brutal beating?” asked Diane Barnes.
Diane’s brother, 51-year-old Robert Barnes, was attacked by at least six people at a Sunoco gas station at 5th Street and Somerville Avenue in Olney back on April 7.
Surveillance video captured the group attacking him with a hammer, a piece of wood and Mace. Barnes was taken to the Einstein Medical Center where he remains in critical condition in the Intensive Care Unit. His head is covered in staples and 40 percent of his skull was removed.
“He’s not coherent and he’s not responding,” Diane said. “So I really can’t talk to him and I don’t know if he hears me.”
Diane says her brother suffers from alcoholism and repeatedly chose to live in the streets of Olney rather than with relatives where he’d have to stay sober. Despite this, she continued to support her brother and checked on him every week.
“He had a loving family,” she said. “He’s a brother. He was an uncle. He was a nephew. We loved him. It didn’t make him any different of a person because he was homeless.”
Two women were arrested and charged in last week’s attack and police continue to search for more suspects. Despite earlier reports, police say there’s no evidence Robert Barnes did anything to provoke the beating. He will receive a feeding tube in his stomach as well as a tracheotomy tube as he continues to fight for his life.
“I’d like everyone to pray for my brother,” Diane said. “Right now he needs prayers. He needs prayers really badly.”
If you have any information on the attack, please call Philadelphia Police.
A 19-year-old man ran home after suffering a gunshot wound to the leg early Wednesday morning.
The shooting occurred near 57th and Carpenter streets in southwest Philly around 1 a.m., according to police.
Investigators said witnesses reported spotting a gun on the victim.
Authorities have no suspects and the motive for the shooting is unknown at this time.
Police took a man into custody early Wednesday morning for allegedly igniting a fire at a Philadelphia home that left one person hurt.
Fire crews responded to a home on West Nedro Avenue near 16th Street in the city's Ogontz neighborhood around 1:30 a.m. to find flames engulfing the back of the property, according to officials.
Rescuers rushed a man suffering from smoke inhalation to Albert Einstein Medical Center, said authorities, who added the victim is expected to be okay.
Both the injured man and the alleged arsonist were renting rooms in the Nedro Avenue home, police said.
Authorities arrested the unidentified suspect and charged him with arson.
