Snow and slush turns to ice on roads in Delaware.
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Snow and slush turns to ice on roads in Delaware.
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Snow and slush turns to ice on roads in Delaware.
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Sun Shines as Cold Sets in
Snow and slush turns to ice on roads in Delaware.
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Snow Cleanup in Bucks County
As the sun came out so did people trying to get out and about.
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Down the Shore Cleanup
Coastal flooding and snow struck in Longport, N.J.
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Cleaning Up in Manayunk
Wind and snow causes headaches in Manayunk.
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Army of Hundreds Clear Snow at The Linc
As much as 9-inches of snow blanketed Lincoln Financial Field a little more than a day before the Philadelphia Eagles are set to fight for a win against the New Orleans Saints.
An army of more than 400 workers scoured the 67,594 seat stadium on Friday, shoveling away mounds of powdery snow from the seats and aisles. The Eagles say the workers were dispatched at 7:30 a.m. and are focusing on the stands.
The workers are throwing the white stuff into construction trash chutes and ferrying each small mound down to the field. There, a front-end loader is plowing the snow off of the field.
The team says the field, which is heated from below, is ready for game time. It was painted ahead of the storm and then sealed with a tarp. Officials expect to remove the cover on Saturday morning.
Crews will continue to work in shifts, until the stadium is clear, officials say.
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Missing Endangered Woman
A 20-year-old woman who suffers from paranoid schizophrenia went missing Thursday.
Juedy Timothy was last seen leaving the Consortium Treatment Center on the 5500 block of Chestnut Street with an unknown person around 2:30 p.m., according to police.
Officials describe Timothy. of the 5600 block of Willows Avenue, as 5-feet tall and 105 pounds with brown eyes and braided black hair. She was last seen wearing a tan jacket with a fur collar, white winter hat with fur pom-poms and light blue jeans.
Police are asking anyone with information on her wearabouts to contact the Southwest Detective Division at 215-686-3183.
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Snowmobilers to the Rescue
NBC10’s Doug Shimell speaks to snowmobilers in Bucks County who prove to be critical during stormy winter conditions.
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Dangerous Road Conditions
The snow is gone but due to the extreme cold, cleanup work on messy roads is far from over. NBC10's Deanna Durante has the details.
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Jersey Deals With Winter Storm
NBC10's Cydney Long shows us how cleanup crews in Burlington County are dealing with the messy aftermath of the winter storm.
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Teacher Accused of Sex With Student
A New Jersey music teacher faces charges over an alleged inappropriate relationship with a student.
Police say they arrested 28-year-old Daniel Poussart of Pine Hill Friday morning over accusations the Overbrook High School teacher engaged in sexual acts with a female student from November to December when he had a supervisory relationship to the victim.
The Pine Hill School District, located in Camden County, suspended Poussart with pay at this time, according to reports. Should he be indicted, he will be suspended without pay.
The suspect faces multiple charges including sexual assualt and endangering the welfare of a child. He is being held at Camden County Jail on $450,000 bail.
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Ice Cold at the Jersey Shore
A mixture of water and ice flooded the streets in parts of the Jersey Shore after the winter storm. NBC10's Ted Greenberg has the details.
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Winter Storm in Wilmington
Crews in WIlmington continue to try and clear roads after the winter storm. NBC10's Harry Hairston has the details.
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Cleanup at the Linc
Crews were hard at work cleaing the snow from the Lincoln Financial Field a day before the highly anticipated playoff matchup between the Eagles and Saints.
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Robber Targets Local WAWA: Police
Police are on the hunt for a man who they say robbed a WAWA store in the Bustleton section of the city.
Investigators say the suspect walked inside the WAWA on the 8900 block of Krewstown Road back on December 29 around 12:20 a.m. He then allegedly threatened the employee inside and demanded money.
Police say the employee opened the register and gave the suspect an undetermined amount of money. The suspect then fled on foot, according to officials. Investigators say he was last seen west on Bloomfield Avenue.
The suspect is described as a medium-built man standing 6-feet and wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and blue jeans.
If you have any information on the man’s whereabouts, please call Philadelphia Police.
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Staying Safe in the Dangerous Cold
Dr. Lou Samuels, the Surgical Director of Heart Failure at the Lankenau Medical Center, gives advice on how to stay safe in the dangerous cold.
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Suspect ID'd in Diamond Ring Theft
Police have identified one of the four men who they say stole thousands of dollars-worth of jewelry from a store inside a Chester County mall.
Police say three men walked inside the Zales Store at the Exton Square Mall in West Whiteland Township on December 27, around 4:15 p.m.
The men allegedly separated once inside and spoke to different employees, asking to look at jewelry. Investigators say the men then left without buying anything.
Shortly after, the employees discovered two diamond rings, worth a total of $15,000, were missing from a display cabinet. Police say one of the suspects had stolen them while inside.
The first suspect is described as a thin, dark-skinned man between the ages of 35 and 45, standing 6-foot-2 with salt and pepper hair and a beard.
Police identified the second suspect as 57-year-old Kevin Blagmon (Pictured) of N. Stillman Street in Philadelphia. 
The third suspect is described as an average-built man around 60 years of age, standing 5-foot-6 with salt and pepper hair. Police also say he was missing a few front teeth and carried a cigar and a necklace with a handgun shaped charm containing diamonds.
Police also say a fourth suspect was involved but they have not yet released his description.
Police say a warrant has been obtained for Blagmon's arrest. They continue to search for him as well as the other three suspects, who have not yet been identified. Police also say the stolen rings have not been recovered.
If you have any information, please call the West Whiteland Township Police Department (610)-692-5100.
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Police Search for "Holiday" Burglar
Police are on the hunt for a burglar who they say targeted West Philly businesses on Christmas and New Year’s Day.
On Christmas, around 4:30 a.m., police say the suspect picked up a brick from a dumpster and threw it through the glass door of the Fiesta Pizza restaurant on the 4500 block of Baltimore Avenue. The suspect then allegedly went inside, forced the cash register open and fled the scene with an undetermined amount of money.
On New Year’s Day, at 5:16 a.m., the suspect allegedly entered the Mill Creek Tavern on the 4200 block of Chester Avenue. Police say the suspect was riding a bicycle and once again threw a brick through the front window. He then allegedly stole loose change from the cash register before fleeing the scene.
The suspect is described as a medium-built man who was wearing dark clothing and possibly a jacket with a dark-colored pattern.
If you have any information on his whereabouts, please call Philadelphia Police.
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Armed Robbery in Religious Garb
Two teens are facing charges after they allegedly tried to rob a suburban gun shop while wearing religious clothing.
Police say 15-year-old Isaiah Nelson and 17-year-old Sean Wooden were wearing "Muslim-type clothing" when they entered the Suburban Armory store on the 1000 block of MacDade Boulevard in Collingdale around 1: 30 p.m. Friday.
One of the suspects brandished a silver hand gun and pointed it at the owner, who then fired a shot with his own weapon, according to officers.
Nelson and Wooden fled on foot and witnesses reported seeing the pair disrobing as they ran away, according to reports.
Officials say Nelson boarded the Route 114 SEPTA bus as it headed towards Chester, while Wooden was seen running out of the woods by a SEPTA trolley stop on Chester Pike.
Officers recovered the handgun used in the robbery from the floor of the bus and other pieces of evidence, including the Muslim clothing and a backpack with duck tape, were found between the crime scene and the trolley stop, according to police.
Investigators detained both suspects, who now face multiple charges including robbery and simple assault. Wooden also faces drug-related charges.
Police say the store owner has a license to carry a firearm. It is unclear what the suspects took during the robbery attempt.
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Archbishop Explains Bail Money
The Archbishop of Philadelphia released a statement Friday explaining the Roman Catholic Church's decision to supply bail money for Monsignor William Lynn.
"The funding for his bail has been taken from no parish, school or ministry resources, impacts no ongoing work of the Church and will be returned when the terms of bail are completed," wrote Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput. "As a result, I believe that assisting Msgr. Lynn's family and attorney with resources for his bail is both reasonable and just."
But contributing to Lynn's bail shows the church hierarchy will continue to support church officials regardless of their actions, according to the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests.
"Catholic officials have for decades helped their corrupt colleagues who have committed or concealed heinous crimes against children," said David Clohessy, SNAP director, in a response to Chaput's statement. "And they’re still doing this."
"By bailing Lynn out, Chaput shows that little is changing in the church hierarchy," Clohessy said.
Chaput, however, disagrees and said the bail money does not "diminish in any way our determination to root out the possibility of sexual abuse from the life of our local Church."
Lynn was released to an undisclosed location from Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility in Philadelphia Friday after the Roman Catholic Church posted 10 percent of the $250,000 bail under the direction of Chaput.
Authorities fitted Lynn with an electronic monitoring device before he left the local jail, where he spent the night following his release from Waymart prison in northeastern Pennsylvania.
Chaput said his release does not create any danger to the public. "Msgr. Lynn presents no danger to anyone," he wrote. "He poses no flight risk."
Lynn's attorney, Thomas Bergstrom, said Lynn is "working on finding housing" in Philadelphia, where he must live as terms of his release. He declined to say where his client is staying and whether Archdiocese housing was an option.
Lynn, 62, will remain on administrative leave and cannot function publicly as a priest, according to Chaput. It is unclear if Lynn could resume duties on behalf of the church in the future.
SNAP is glad Lynn is not back on the job and calls for the Archbisop to make the decision permanent.
"Policies, panels, procedures and protocols don't protect kids," Clohessy said. "Decisive action protects kids. That's what Chaput refuses to do - take harsh, clear disciplinary measures against those who hurt or let others hurt kids."
Even though Chaput faces criticism over his decisions surrounding Lynn's case, the Archbishop says the diocese is committed to uncovering sex abuse in the church and preventing it from happening again.
"For the past three years the Archdiocese has worked vigorously to reform the way it protects the children and families it serves," he wrote. "We cannot change the past. But we can and will do everything in our power to prevent it from being repeated."
He also said the archdiocese will continue to assist victims of past abuse. "We remain committed to that healing - now and in the future," he wrote.
Yet SNAP says Chaput is misleading parishioners and the public with his description of the church's work to end abuse since the actions officials took were mandatory.
"It would be like a citizen bragging because he stops at red lights and pays income tax," Clohessy said. "In clergy sex abuse and cover up cases, Chaput is doing only what he and his brother bishops pledged to do under unprecedented pressure from victims, Catholics, police, prosecutors and the press."
Lynn was the first U.S. church official ever charged for hiding complaints that priests were molesting children. He was the point person for those complaints in Philadelphia from 1992-2004.
Prosecutors charged him with felony child endangerment. But the appeals court said the law that existed at the time didn't cover people who don't directly supervise children. His conviction was overturned after Lynn served 18 months behind bars.
"The Superior Court ruling does not vindicate Msgr. Lynn's past decisions," Chaput wrote. "Nor does it absolve the archdiocese from deeply flawed thinking and action in the past that resulted in bitter suffering for victims of sexual abuse and their families."
The Philadelphia archdiocese has been in the cross hairs of city prosecutors since 2002, when the priest-abuse scandal broke in Boston. Lynn, Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua and other church officials -- accompanied by lawyers -- were grilled for days by an earlier grand jury that issued a damning report in 2005 but concluded that no charges could be filed.
"I understand and accept the anger felt toward the Archdiocese by many of our people and priests, as well as the general public, for the ugly events of the past decade," Chaput wrote. "Only time and a record of honest conversion by the Archdiocese can change that."
Sarmina acknowledged that Lynn sometimes sent accused priests for therapy, but she said he ultimately protected the church's reputation over the souls of children. She sentenced him to three-to-six years in prison.
Lynn's conviction stems from the transfer of accused priest Edward Avery to a new parish, where he was later accused of raping a former altar boy in the church sacristy. Avery pleaded guilty and is serving 2 1/2- to five years in prison, although he denied the assault when called to testify at Lynn's trial.
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Saints Fans Cancel "Rocky Run"
Tensions are high between Eagles fans and Saints fans on the eve of the highly anticipated Wildcard matchup at Lincoln Financial Field. So high in fact that a planned event scheduled for Saturday at the famous “Rocky steps” has been cancelled due to safety concerns.
Saints fans originally planned a “Rocky Run” at the Philadelphia Art Museum steps on Saturday around 11 a.m. Members of the New Orleans media organized the event, which was to feature Saints fans dressed up in their team’s gear running up the steps.
After NBC10’s John Clark and others reported the news, many people chimed in on Twitter with some warning that such an event could draw violent reactions from Eagles fans.
That is gonna be ugly #Snowballs “@johnclarknbc10: Saints fans planning Rocky Run on Art Museum steps Saturday morn http://t.co/tZyNyolUCN”
— NR Garrett (@NR_Garrett) January 3, 2014
“@johnclarknbc10: Saints fans planning Rocky Run on Art Museum steps Saturday morning http://t.co/VbZDgOCelY” NOT IN MY CITY THEY'RE NOT
— Bruce (@sirfundrickboyd) January 3, 2014
@johnclarknbc10 some idiots will start fighting with them thus making national news and then we look like horrible fans again
— Craig (@CraigP17) January 3, 2014
@johnclarknbc10 I hope they have police presence!
— sleepylover215 (@sleepylover215) January 3, 2014
Not wanting to take any chances, Michael DeMocker, of the Times-Picayune announced that the event was canceled.
I admit this was a bad idea. Rocky run is canceled although I still encourage fans to see the museum. @KeithJones @JeffDuncan_ #saints
— Michael DeMocker (@MichaelDeMocker) January 3, 2014
It’s well documented that Philadelphia fans have a long history of treating both fans of opposing teams and their local brethren poorly.
In 2012, following the Winter Classic, a man wearing a New York Ranger jersey was allegedly beaten by a Flyers fan outside Geno’s Steaks. A man was also killed in 2009 following a fight in a parking lot outside Citizens Bank Park.
The now-defunct Veterans Stadium used to have “Eagles Court,” in which a Philadelphia Municipal Court judge presided over unruly fans who had been arrested during games.
Tickets for Saturday's primetime game sold out in three minutes earlier this week, with seats being sold on secondary ticketing sites like StubHub for thousands of dollars.
The Philadelphia Eagles Fan Code of Conduct prohibits “fighting, taunting or threatening remarks or gestures” as well as abusive or foul language, among other things. The policy, which is clearly displayed and shared at Lincoln Financial Field, says violators will be ejected or arrested.
Philadelphia Police spokesman Lt. John Stanford said on Friday that the department has deployed plainclothes officers, as well as uniformed patrols, at Eagles games for the past several years. He says some officers wear the opposing team's jersey, others wear Eagles gear and some wear neither.
"We do it just to make sure that people can go out and have a good time," he said. Stanford added that the patrols are not meant to target one group of fans, but to prevent trouble.
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