A man who allegedly exposed himself to women and children in very public areas in Lower and Upper Providence townships is now in custody, according to police.

Police say that between April 6 and May 12, the man exposed himself at least five times. During each incident, the man spotted a person walking along roadways or trails between 3:20 p.m. and 7:25 p.m., according to investigators. Police say he would then get out of his vehicle without his pants or his pants pulled down and begin to masturbate while staring at the victim.

"It makes me concerned," said Tiehana Banks of Philadelphia. "It's the middle of the day and the kids are out."

One of the victims was walking her baby in a stroller when the man exposed himself to them, according to police.

"That's the only instance where he yelled at the victim," said Chief Francis Carroll of the Lower Providence Police Department.

Police released a sketch of the suspect last week.

On Saturday, at 3:40 p.m., police say a detective spotted a man standing outside his car at the trailhead of the Perkiomen Trail at the intersection of Lower Indian Head Road and Upper Indian Head Road in Upper Providence. The detective noticed that the top button of the man's pants was unbuttoned, according to investigators. The detective also says that the man, identified as 29-year-old Kumar Agarwal of Lower Providence, matched the description of the suspect. They also say his vehicle matched the description of the suspect's vehicle.

Police approached and arrested Agarwal. He's charged with indecent exposure and open lewdness. He is currently awaiting a preliminary arraignment.

Police also say they are investigating whether Agarwal was involved in any additional incidents.
 

A former Philadelphia police officer, once hailed as a hero and given a seat next to the first lady at a speech by President Obama, is being held on $60 million bail after he allegedly raped two women and assaulted another.

A source tells NBC10 former officer Richard DeCoatsworth, 27, met one of the women at a bar on North Front Street two weeks ago, then forced her into prostitution at a Days Inn hotel along Roosevelt Boulevard.

Between 2 a.m. Thursday and Friday evening, DeCoatsworth went to the woman’s home along North Howard Street in the Fishtown-Kensington area, according to the source.

Once he arrived, DeCoatsworth forced that woman and a second woman, both in their 20s, to use drugs and perform oral sex on him at gunpoint, according to the source. The alleged victims reported the assault Friday only after DeCoatsworth went home, according to police.

Police raided DeCoatsworth’s house on the 2700 block of Salmon Street in the Port Richmond section of Philadelphia around 6:30 a.m. on Saturday. He was charged with rape, sexual assault, terroristic threats and related offenses. Police also confiscated drugs and guns from the home, according to a source. No word yet on what kind of drugs were removed from the home.

According to court documents, bail was set at $25 million for each of the alleged victims. Another $10 million bail was set in a separate domestic violence case DeCoatsworth is now being charged with, according to investigators. Police say he assaulted his live-in girlfriend on May 9. The $60 million bail is reportedly one of the highest set in Philadelphia history. Decoatsworth faces more than 32 crimes in all three cases.

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One of DeCoatsworth’s neighbors said she was relieved to hear about his arrest.

“I am scared to be saying this now but I hope he stays where he is at, he has been a thorn in the side of this neighborhood for so long,” said the woman who did not want to be identified.

DeCoatsworth was shot in the face back in 2007 when he was a rookie officer. After being shot, he managed to chase down the suspect for several blocks before collapsing. He called in enough information by radio that police were able to track down and arrest the suspect later the same day.

His heroism earned him an invitation from Vice President Joe Biden to attend President Obama’s first congressional address at the U.S. capital in February of 2009. The officer sat with First Lady Michelle Obama during the address. He was also honored by his peers as a 2008 Top Cop. He was involved in two more dramatic incidents soon after.

In April of 2009, police say DeCoatsworth was jumped and attacked by a man when he tried to disperse a crowd at the Logan section of the city. During the struggle, sources say DeCoatsworth’s gun went off and hit the suspect who took off running. Another officer responding to the scene shot the suspect dead, according to sources.

In September of 2009, police said DeCoatsworth and another officer stopped a man on a motorcycle in the Kensington section of the city. While they were questioning him, a second man allegedly jumped on the motorcycle and drove at the officers. Police say DeCoatsworth shot at the suspect, who sped off. The suspect was found later at the hospital where his mother had taken him to be treated for a shotgun wound.

During the incident, local witnesses claimed the two suspects did nothing wrong and that DeCoatsworth and the other officer acted recklessly, shooting while children were nearby.

In November of 2011, Internal Affairs investigated an alleged scuffle between DeCoatsworth and another officer, according to Philly.com. The Daily News also reports he amassed nine citizen complaints, accusing him of assault, abuse and misconduct.

DeCoatsworth retired from the police force on disability back in December, 2011.

In February of 2012, an arrest warrant was issued for DeCoatsworth after he allegedly threatened a woman in Port Richmond.

On the day that the state announced the third-largest decline in unemployment thousands of people tried to pack into an ex-offender job fair.

Statistics released Friday by the state Department of Labor & Industry showed that 13,00 new jobs were created last month while unemployment dropped three-tenth of a percentage point to 7.6 percent. Despite the drop, nearly 500,000 Pennsylvanians still remain without a job.

Despite the drop getting a job still isn't easy, especially for those with criminal records. And, that desire to find work literally pushed people -- resumes in hand -- towards the door of the the Philadelphia Municipal Services Building in Center City, according to witnesses.

The event wasn’t a publicly advertised, according to Mayor Michael Nutter’s office. However, it wound up being shared on Facebook after flyers and emails went out to businesses that normally hire convicts.

Around two thousand people showed up for the third edition of the ex-convict job fair at the Municipal Services Building, said Nutter's Chief of Staff Everett Gillison.

Gillison admits that the city wasn't prepared for the amount of job seekers this year. The influx of job seekers without criminal records caused things to get out of hand. 

"I figured because I had a very strong resume that I should come down and take advantage of the opportunity," said Donnita Mitchell, who is not an ex-convict but had heard about the job fair on Facebook.

After standing in line for hours, Mitchell said things got out of hand.

"It was a madhouse, unorganized, just mass confusion," Mitchell said. "At one point the crowd just dispersed and ran towards the door."

Fellow job seeker David Coates, who served 2-1/2 years for robbery heard of the event through the Veteran's Affairs office. He was hoping to find work as a mechanic but said he never got the chance.

"There was no organization... we got by the door and that was when they said 'we're shutting it down,'" Coates told NBC10 Philadelphia.

Philadelphia Police were called in around 10:30 a.m. after things got a little out of hand. Luckily, police were able to disperse the crowd and there were no reports of injuries.

It was unclear how many potential employers were at the event and when the doors were set to open.

The event left many disappointed.

West Philadelphia's Kimberly Richardson, 44, told NBC10 Philadelphia that she felt humiliated.

"They knew the outcome. They know how many people on Philly went to prison," Richardson, who served time for retail theft, said.

She said she'll be back again when they reschedule but feels disappointed.

"It makes my day depressing," she said.

Nutter's office says the city will plan on rescheduling the job fair at the larger Pennsylvania Convention Center in the near future.

Fire tore through a home this morning leaving one person hurt.

The blaze on the 500 block of E Luray Street in the Juniata section of Philadelphia, Pa. began a little before 11 a.m. and only took about 10 to 15 minutes to bring under control, according to the Philadelphia Fire Department.

One person was taken to Einstein Hospital. The person’s condition wasn’t released.

No age was given for the victim.

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Police searched for a subject this morning after an off-duty officer's gun accidentally went off while he was chasing a burglary suspect.

Two off-duty officers who live in the area of Palmetto and Robbins Streets in the Lawncrest section of Philadelphia, Pa. were woken up around 4 a.m. after a neighbor saw someone breaking into the shed behind one of the officer's Palmetto Street home.

Northeast Detectives confirmed that the two off-duty officers gave chase to at least one person who took off running down Robbins Street.

During the chase one of the officer's guns went off, police sources with direct knowledge of the investigation told NBC10.

Neither officer was hurt and it wasn't clear if the suspect was hit.

Police scoured the neighborhood through the morning as they looked for the suspect. They also confirmed that they were calling around to local hospitals to see if anyone checked in with a gunshot wound.

The off-duty could be seen later in the morning returning items, including a generator to his shed.

Police shut down a city street for about two hours after a suspicious moving truck was left parked a little too close for comfort to a government agency building.

A security agent at the Mid-Atlantic Social Security Center saw the U-Haul truck parked along Spring Garden Street near 3rd Street in Philadelphia’s Spring Garden section around 3:30 a.m.

The security guard investigated since the truck had been parked since at least 2 a.m. He found that the truck was unlocked and that it had no keys or papers inside, according to Philadelphia Police.

Police closed a multi-block radius around 4 a.m. as the bomb squad was called in since the 18- to 22-foot long truck was parked close to the Social Security Center at 3rd and Spring Garden.

Police told NBC10 that the truck was parked legally along the street but since it had Arizona plates and since there was no way to identify the driver they took extra caution to make sure this wasn't another Oklahoma City situation.

Despite the claim of the truck being legally parked, it still had a parking ticket under the windshield wiper.

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Luckily the bomb squad found nothing suspicious inside the truck and by 5:30 a.m. they gave the all clear.

“It has been cleared by the bomb squad,” said police Capt. George Fuchs.

Streets were slowly opened and by 6 a.m. traffic began moving as regular.

Fuchs said police would run plates to find out who rented the truck in hopes they could explain why it was parked near the Social Security building.

This Social Security Office processes checks for eight states. Workers would be able to enter the building close to the normally opening time of 5:45 a.m.

A dramatic standoff in West Philadelphia that featured the SWAT team surrounding and then entering a home all began when a police officer’s son took her gun early this morning, according to police.

The police officer was off-duty when her teenage son stole her gun, which the officer says was dissembled and hidden, from their Lansdowne, Pa. home, according to Philadelphia Police.

The unidentified Philadelphia Police Officer reported to the department that her son, who is on house arrest, stole her gun around midnight and went to his friend's house in West Philly.

NBC10 Philadelphia was first on the scene.

NBC10 cameras were the only ones to roll as police surrounded a home on the 5700 block of Lansdowne Avenue for nearly two hours. A SWAT officer in full gear could be seen knocking on the door of the home before officers entered the home around 6:30 a.m.

A short time later a young male was seen being led away from the home in handcuffs. Philadelphia and Lansdowne Police will work together on charging the teen.

It isn't clear what the officer's son did to wind up on house arrest.

The stolen handgun wasn't immediately recovered and police had to wait to enter the friend's home until getting a search warrant.

A Burlington County Police Officer and a man were shot during an early morning struggle.

Delanco Police received a call around 3:45 a.m. for the report of a man causing a disturbance in the street along the 400 block of Delaware Avenue in Delanco, N.J., officials say.

Burlington County Prosecutor's Office spokesman Joel Bewley said Patrolman Francisco Ambrifi arrived on scene and found the unidentified 21-year-old man in the middle of the tree-lined street facing the Delaware River.

"He kept yelling about Jesus and the Devil," said Katie Stockton, who called police after she says the man's screams woke her family up.

Patrolman Ambrifi and the man then got into a struggle after the suspect failed to comply with the officer's orders, Bewley said.

During the struggle, Patrolman Ambrifi shot the man "more than once," according to Bewley. The officer also accidentally shot himself in his left leg.

"My daughter was yelling out to me that the officer was saying, 'I need help, I need help! I think I've been shot! My leg!'" said Stockton.

Police have not said where the suspect was hit, but that he is in critical condition. Patrolman Ambrifi, who married just four weeks ago, is listed in stable condition.

The Burlington County Prosecutor's Office Major Crimes Unit, Crime Scene Unit and Special Investigations Unit as well as the Delanco Police Department are investigating.

Bewley says the investigation is ongoing. Stockton, meanwhile, is thankful for Ambrifi's actions.

"I'm very thankful that this officer came out to protect us to deal with a man who was on our front lawn, close enough to our door," she said. "He responded to make sure we were safe and put his own life at risk."

In the state of New Jersey, the county prosecutor's office takes over the investigation of any case involving the use of force by law enforcement where serious injury occurs.

Some scary moments today at an area elementary school after a child found a balloon with a mystery substance on it.

A Joseph Stackhouse School student was playing in a sandbox outside the school on Trenton Road in Browns Mills, N.J. right before noon when the child found the suspicious device, according to police.

Pemberton Township Police confirmed they were on the scene along with emergency medical personnel. Authorities said they were being overly cautious while investigating.

Hazmat crews were called to the location.

After about an hour the all clear was given, according to county dispatchers.

It turned out the device was nonhazardous and that no one was under any danger, according to dispatchers.

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A 12-year-old Camden boy is recovering in the hospital five days after being shot in the face by his friend.

IBN Anderson was shot last Friday around 8 a.m. at an apartment at the Crestbury Apartments on the unit block of Hunter Street in Camden.

His 11-year-old friend pulled the trigger, but prosecutors say it appears to have been accidental.

Investigators say neither child was aware the weapon was loaded.

Camden Metro Police Chief Scott Thomson describes this as a "senseless tragedy." 

The boys were getting ready to head to school at H.B. Wilson Elementary school when the shooting happened.

The victim's sister talked with NBC10's Monique Braxton. "He hit the wall. He was like 'please God save my life. Please God save me. And if I die, please let me go to heaven,' " said Nashaya Anderson, who says the boys were playing around.

Investigators say they are still trying to find out who the gun belonged to and how it got into the hands of two children.

A two-alarm fire broke out this morning leaving two families out of their homes.

The blaze broke out shortly after 5 a.m. on the 100 block of Pine Street in Collingdale, Delaware County, Pa. 

Next door neighbor Miguel Cardes describes how he found out about the blaze.

"We were sleeping and somebody was banging on the door and 'saying there's a fire next door,'' Cardes told NBC10.

"I was like 'oh lord there's a fire everybody get up and get out' and we had to grab the kids and get out."

No one was hurt but the American Red Cross is helping 12 people from both homes who were displaced by the blaze.

More than two hours after the fire, crews remained on the scene investigating the fire.

The two-story home, which shares a wall with the Cardes' neighboring home, appeared to be heavily damaged -- especially on the second floor.

This block of Pine Street runs between McDade Boulevard and Chester Pike. The road was closed for the investigation and drivers could expect some delays in the area.

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Students evacuated their high school this morning after a chemical spill in the building.

Absegami High School on Wrangleboro Road in Galloway, N.J. was evacuated before 10 a.m. as hazmat crews were called in, Galloway Township Police Detective Sgt. Donna Higbee told NBC10.

There were no reports of injuries.

Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District superintendent Steven Ciccariello told The Press of Atlantic City an odor was reported in the storage room where the chemistry labs keep their equipment.

Students returned to their classes just before noon, according the galloway Township Fire Department.

It's still not clear which chemical caused the incident.

This is the second high school incident in as many days in South Jersey. On Wednesday, Eastern High School in Voorhess (along with a nearby private school) was put on lockdown after a holster was seen in a nearby parked vehicle. Police say there was no weapon in the parked vehicle as originally thought.

Three people, including a firefighter, were hurt in a house fire this morning.

The blaze broke out before 245 a.m. on the 300 block of Weatherby Avenue in Swedesboro, Gloucester County, N.J.

The fire was under control by about 3:20 a.m. but not before three people were hurt..

Two people in the house were hurt after they had to jump out of a back porch roof of the home to escape the flames, reported NBC10's Tim Furlong.

The residents, both believed to be in their 50s, suffered smoke inhalation and injuries from the fall from the roof. The female victim told NBC10's Tim Furlong off camera that her husband remained hospitalized with smoke inhalation.

A firefighter was treated for a knee injury and released.

The house appeared to be a total loss.

"There was a lot of heavy fire on the front porch when we arrived," said Chief Ed Barber.

Investigators were talking to neighbors to try and figure out what caused the blaze. Barber said a cause remained under investigation.

Two South Jersey schools went on lockdown this morning around 9:10.

The reason for the lockdown at Eastern High School on Laurel Oak Road in Voorhees, N.J. and nearby Kellman Brown Academy -- a Jewish day school for students from preschool through middle school -- was a parked Jeep in a nearby dentist's office parking lot on Haddonfield-Berlin Road (County Route 561).

A Kellman spokesman confirmed that the academy was put on lockdown as a precaution because of a suspicious vehicle that possibly had guns and ammunition inside.

Voorhees Police tell NBC10's Cydney Long that someone spotted a holster inside the Jeep with Pa. tags. Police were called in to investigate.

Police identified the driver and found that the man is allowed to legally own guns but that there were no guns inside the vehicle, according to police.

The man isn't expected to be charged.

The precautionary lockdowns were lifted just before 11 a.m.

Amazingly no one was hurt in a wreck that left a tractor-trailer split in half along the Schuylkill Expressway (I-76 West) late last night. The crash caused more than 15 hours of lane closures.

Officials say a tractor trailer crashed into a concrete barrier around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, causing the vehicle to split in half. The crash also caused a piece of the concrete barrier to fall off the highway, landing on the railroad tracks below.

No one was injured but the damage was done to the roadway..

The truck was carrying shortening, or fat that's used to make pastries (think Crisco), according to state police. Some of the shortening spilled onto the road during the crash.

I-76 West was shutdown at the 30th Street Exit at Walnut Street (that's before you go under the roadway after the South Street Bridge) for much of the overnight hours until I-676. Crews could be seen clearing the scene one shovel full of shortening at a time.

The slippery nature of the shortening caused a challenge for cleanup crews, according to PennDOT spokesman Eugene Blaum.

"It's a very unusal substance to have spill onto the pavement, it's very slippery, it's bonded to the pavement," Blaum said.

Crews used sand, salt and water to try and clear the highway.

The roadway remained closed as morning commuters began their trips to work. All lanes reopened Wednesday afternoon.

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The exact cause of the wreck is under investigation.

An 80-year-old woman died after flames tore through her home overnight.

The blaze broke out just before 4 a.m. along the 100 block of Mount Zion Avenue (near the Pottstown Bypass (Route 422) in North Coventry, Chester County, Pa.

A police officer on duty heard a noise, smelled smoke and called the fire department while trying to put out the blaze with the help of a neighbor.

It only took about 30 minutes to bring the fire under control but it was too late for a woman found dead in the home, according to county dispatchers.

The woman wasn't immediately identified.

If she died from the fire or from something else wasn't clear. Neighbors tell NBC10 that the victim often burned candles and would stay up late.

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A murder investigation into an elderly woman's killing, allegedly at the hands of her elderly husband just took a bizarre set of turns.

Sex could be the motive in the elderly killing that first appeared to be a home invasion in Northeast Philadelphia.

Louis Hartdegen, 75, admitted to police that he fabricated a story about a 26-year-old neighbor breaking into his Oxford Circle home early yesterday and killing his wife Judith, according to Philadelphia Police.

Hartdegen said money led to the killing. Multiple police sources with knowledge of the investigation tell NBC10, however, that Hartdegen didn't kill his 74-year-old wife over money but rather during an argument over sex.

The sources say the woman's body was found with baby oil and a bite mark on her chest. The sources also say that Cialis -- an erectile dysfunction medication -- and pornography were found nearby.

Philadelphia Police were called to the 6700 block of Castor Avenue in the Oxford Circle section of Northeast Philadelphia around 2:20 Monday morning for the report of a burglary, according to investigators.

They found Hartdegen, 75, bloodied with extensive wounds to his head and neck. Hartdegen told police his neighbor had broken into the second floor apartment and began to attack the couple including sexually assaulting Hartdegen's wife before suffocating her.

Louis Hartdegen was rushed to Aria Health - Torresdale Hospital in stable condition. Police took the man's 26-year-old neighbor into custody Monday morning.

Monday night however, investigators announced a twist in the case. According to Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey, Hartdegen confessed to killing his wife and making up the lie about his neighbor committing the crime.

“Rarely do you have a homicide like this take place,” Ramsey said.

On Tuesday morning, homicide Capt. James Clark said that Hartdegen admitted to striking his wife several times before suffocating her during a domestic argument.

Those who knew the couple are shocked.

"That guy was arthritic from head to toe," said Mark Ryan. "I just couldn't see him doing it."

"She was always with him, supporting him," said Randy Bertre. "He can't even walk."

This isn't the first time Hartdegen has been in trouble with the law. According to court records, he was found guilty of incest back in 1991. He was also found guilty of burglary back in 1971.

Two people are in the hospital after an accident involving a car and an NJ Transit bus.

Officials say a car was traveling on Mount Ephraim Avenue and Route 130 in Camden Sunday afternoon when it made an illegal turn, striking a Route 400 bus.

Police say the car was completely totaled. The driver was taken to Cooper Medical Center. His injuries don't appear to be serious, according to investigators.

Police say one of the 11 passengers on board the bus was also hurt. The person was taken to Cooper Medical and treated for non-life threatening injuries.

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Five women in their 30s died Saturday night when a stretch limousine burst into flames on the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge over the San Francisco Bay, police confirmed to NBC News.

Four other people in the limo escaped with burn and smoke inhalation injuries, California Highway Patrol Officer Art Montiel said. The car's driver was unhurt. 

Montiel said the women were "probably killed by the fire," though the cause of death has not been confirmed, NBC News reported.

Witnesses told NBC Bay Area the white Lincoln Town Car was not involved in an accident prior to catching on fire. It was not clear what could have sparked the flames. 

The car was driving from Alameda to Foster City, Montiel said.

When asked if an "explosion" had occurred, Montiel told NBC News it was unconfirmed, however he did say the "vehicle was partially engulfed."'

A viewer named David Solomon sent in the picture above that he said of was of the limo.

The fire was first reported around 10 p.m. in the third lane of westbound state Highway 92, according to the California Highway Patrol. 

The bridge, located about 20 miles southeast of San Francisco, connects San Mateo and Alemada counties. The westbound lanes were closed for several hours.

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A wrong way driver caused a four-vehicle crash that left two people dead this morning including himself.

The deadly wreck, involving two tractor-trailers and two cars, shutdown the northbound Blue Route (I-476) for about three hours this morning.

Pennsylvania State Police say that Kent Michael Gans, 50, of Philadelphia, was driving his gold Oldsmobile Royale southbound in the northbound lanes when he crashed head on into a green Chevrolet Venture driven by Paul Wallendorf, 62, of Delaware City, Del. Both drivers died on the scene.

Family members told NBC10's Monique Braxton that Wallendorf was headed to his job at a courier service when his car was struck.

Two tractor-trailers trying to avoid the wreck swerved into it instead, according to police. Neither truck driver was hurt.

The wreck, which happened just before 3:45 a.m. near mile marker 8 in Marple Township, Pa., shutdown all lanes from Exit 5 (U.S. Route 1) to Exit 9 (Broomall).

Investigators are having difficulty figuring out where the man got on the highway because traffic cameras weren't rolling at the time.

To clear the roadway, officials turned around vehicles stuck in the backup. They then were seen cleaning up debris and putting some sand on the asphalt to soak up any spilled oil or other substances.

All cars were being sent off the road at Route 1 causing a backup. Some alternate routes include Roue 252 and Route 320, NBC10's Jillian Mele said.

Around 6:30 a.m. some stopped traffic stuck behind the wreck began to snake by the scene on the northbound lanes but the roadway remained closed to other drivers until around 6:50 a.m.

Traffic continued to move southbound throughout but slowly due to the gaper delay.

The crash remains under investigation.

A Delaware County deputy sheriff was wounded in the leg by fragments from an accidental gunshot during a drug raid.

Darby Police and the Drug Enforcement Agency were conducting the raid a barber shop along the 500 block of Main Street in Darby Borough, Pa. around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday when the deputy sheriff was hurt, the sheriff's office tells NBC10.com.

The raid was part of a joint investigation between the DEA and police. The Delaware County Sheriff's Office was on scene to help remove those arrested.

Sheriff's office spokesman John McCann says as officials were clearing the building, a gun discharged into the floor. After the gunshot, Deputy sheriff Vincent D'Agostino was "injured by some type of fragmentation," according to McCann. Officials say the shooting was accidental and came from another officer.

D'Agostino was taken to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in University City with non-life threatening injuries and was later released.

The 33-year-old has been part of the sheriff's office since 2009.

A young child found wandering the streets of Philadelphia this morning has been reunited with her parents.

The unattended 4-year-old was found around 9 a.m. at Tulip and Sargeant Streets in the Kensington section of the city, according to Philadelphia Police.

Shortly after reports came out of the missing child, police announced that the girl was reunited with her mother.

Charges weren't expected police said.

The circumstances leading up to the girl walking off remain unknown.

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A body found at the water's edge of a Jersey Shore beach was identified as missing boat captain David McAuliffe, according to N.J. State Police.

“Thank God. The family needs closure. It’s been a nightmare," said Chris Dziena, McAuliffe's aunt.

McAuliffe's body was found on the beach at 24th Street in Ocean City, N.J. around 5:45 a.m. by a public works crew, according to Ocean City Police.

"It's very important to our family that he is brought home and honored with the dignity and respect that he deserves," his wife, Lynsey McAuliffe told NBC10's Ted Greenberg.

An autopsy showed that McAuliffe drowned. His death was ruled accidental.

His widow says an inspection on her husband's boat showed the propellers were badly bent, leading her to believe that the boat hit something before it sank. The Coast Guard is investigating what exactly caused the accident.

"My husband held a 100 ton Masters [license] in which he dedicated his life to assisting people in need," she said.

This is the first loss of a captain in the 30 year history of Sea Tow, according to a statement released by Capt. Joe Frohnhoefer, CEO of Sea Tow Services International Inc.

"All of our Sea Tow Captains and crew dedicate their lives to saving others.  To lose one of our team is devastating to all of us.  My thoughts and prayers go out to his entire family and friends at this difficult time," said Frohnhoefer.

The area where McAuliffe's body washed up is southwest of the Great Egg Harbor Inlet where McAuliffe went missing eight days ago.

His 45-foot sea tow boat Cape Hatteras was found and raised but McAuliffe remained missing.

McAuliffe, 34, of Egg Harbor Township, is believed to have been the only person aboard that boat when it sank.

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A transformer fire cut power to thousands in Philadelphia today.

The transformer blaze began around 11 a.m. at the corner of 50th and Pine Streets in West Philadelphia causing wires to come down.

PECO told NBC10 that around 2,000 customers lost power due to the blaze. The power has been restored for most of the customers however. Currently, only 72 customers are without power.

A witness to the incident said that a wire came down on a car causing the vehicle to light on fire.

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Everyone was lucky to make it out when a house was destroyed by fire this morning.

The blaze broke out around 4 a.m. at a single-family home on Hunt Meet Lane in Garnet Valley, Delaware County, Pa., according to firefighters on the scene.

Firefighters arrived and found two cars on fire. The fire from those cars apparently spread to the home and spread throughout the attic.

Everyone was able to get out of the home after hearing the fire outside.

The damage was extensive. From SkyForce10 the entire side of the house where the cars were parked appeared charred as did at least two vehicles. Other parts of the home including the roof were also damaged.

A resident who escaped the flames was still wearing her bathrobe as she told NBC10's Christine Maddela that much of the damage was done to her recently deceased son's room that still contained many of his belongings.

The official cause of the blaze is pending investigation.

Two juveniles suffered minor injuries in a hit-and-run accident in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.

The accident happened at the intersection on Lancaster Avenue or Route 30 right near Bryn Mawr Hospital.

The westbound side of the road was closed for a short while between Bryn Mawr Avenue and Elliott Avenue.

The accident happened around 2 p.m. and is being investigated by Lower Merion police.

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A Norristown police officer shot himself in the leg during a training exercise in Plymouth Township, Montgomery County.

The shooting, which police say was accidental, occurred at an indoor firing range at the Montgomery County Tactical Response Training Center shortly after 11 a.m.

Sgt. Robert Langdon was training with other police at the time, when he accidentally discharged his handgun, police told NBC10's Daralene Jones.  Plymouth Deputy Police Chief John Myrsiades says investigators believe the shot grazed the officer's leg and may have gone into his calf.

Langdon was airlifted to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He is conscious and alert.

The training center is located on the same grounds a the Montgomery County Public Safety Training Campus. According to the county website, the facility is used to provide training and mandatory firearm qualifications to nearly 2,000 law enforcement officers throughout the county.

The building that houses the gun training is 24,300 square feet. It has 15 pistol-shooting lanes and five lanes for rifle-firing practice.

In February, an officer from the Upper Gwynedd police force shot himself at another gun range in Montgomery County.

Sergeant Stephen Gillen was taking his gun out of his holster when it went off at the Hatfield Police Pistol Range on County Line Road.

Gillen shot himself in the foot.

He was going through an annual firearms training and being supervised by two certified range instructors, according to Mark Toomey, Chief of Police for Hatfield Township.

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Police say a Collingswood man was behind this morning's false reports of bomb threats and shootings in Camden.

It wasn't hard to track him down either. Police say his number came up on caller ID.

Alon Adams, 25, was arrested at his home and charged with six counts of creating a false public alarm.

He's accused of calling the Camden County Proseuctor's Office and the Camden Police 911 system to falsely report bombs in public buildings throughout the city.

The calls were made between 7:48 and 9:29 a.m. and police say they came from Adams' personal phone.

City Hall at 520 Market Street and the Camden County Prosecutor's Office were both evacuated because of the false reports, according to Prosecutor's Office spokesman Jason Laughlin.

PATCO service was also impacted.

Camden County Police shut down 5th Street in front of City Hall between Market and Federal Streets. The prosecutor's office is directly across the street from Camden City Hall.

Police say the suspect called in a bomb threats for four locations:

• City Hall
• Prosecutor's Office
• Camden High School
• New Mickle Baptist Church

There were also two reports of gunfire called in at the church's location at 4th and Benson streets as well as 1000 Kenwood Avenue.

From SkyForce10, a police K-9 unit could be seen patrolling the area. There were also other officers on the scene.

A little after 10 a.m. police began letting people back into the prosecutor's office, according to NBC10's Lu Ann Cahn who was on the scene.

The day former abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell’s defense attorney was set to begin presenting his case -- he rested. Gosnell's future now rests on a jury's shoulders.

Jack McMahon did not call one witness to the stand in defense of Gosnell Wednesday, before announcing "the defense rests."

A day earlier, McMahon successfully argued three of the first-degree murder charges his client faced should be tossed out.

In January 2011, Gosnell was was charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of seven babies. Prosecutors alleged the former doctor delivered the babies alive and then killed them by snipping their spinal cords with scissors.

Third-degree murder charges were also brought against the 72-year-old over the death of patient Karnamaya Mongar. Mongar, 41, died after being given a lethal dose of pain killers and anesthesia during a 2009 abortion procedure at Gosnell's West Philadelphia clinic, the Women's Medical Society.

On Tuesday, McMahon motioned that Common Pleas Judge Jeffrey Minehart acquit Gosnell on several murder charges because of a lack of scientific evidence. He argued the prosecution could not prove the babies were born alive even though several former employees testified witnessing babies move, make noise and breathe.

McMahon said Gosnell routinely administered drugs that would stop the fetuses' heart in utero and that any movement seen by the employees could be nothing more than involuntary spasms.

Philadelphia's chief medical examiner Dr. Sam Gulino testified he could not say for certain whether any of the 47 fetuses he examined were born alive.

Judge Minehart agreed with the assertion on three of the cases -- tossing three first-degree murder charges before they went to the jury. One charge of infanticide and five counts of abuse of a corpse were also acquitted.

Prosecutors Joanne Pescatore and Ed Cameron spent five weeks presenting its case against Gosnell. They called 36 witnesses to the stand, including former clinic employees who recounted graphic accounts of abortion procedures.

Kareema Cross testified she saw babies breathe and move and one utter a "soft whine." Cross recounted how she watched a baby aborted into a toilet "swimming...trying to get out of the water."

The 28-year-old also claimed she watched Gosnell kill one fetus, referred to as Baby A. Cross said Baby A was placed into a plastic container and that the boy moved inside. His neck, she said, was snipped 20 minutes later.

Cross claimed Baby A was so large, Gosnell joked the boy was big enough to walk home.

Stephen Massof, who acted as an unlicensed doctor at the clinic, said "it would rain fetuses." Another employee, Sherry West, testified she was disturbed when a baby made a screeching noise during a procedure.

"It sounded like a little alien. It really freaked me out," West told the court.

Ashley Baldwin, a third employee who was 15-years-old when she worked for Gosnell, said she saw at least one baby's chest move during a procedure.

Prosecutors dubbed Gosnell's clinic a "House of Horrors" after a 2010 raid uncovered deplorable conditions inside. Aborted fetuses in household containers and plastic bags were found inside a freezer. Dirty, old equipment and blood-stained exam tables filled rooms at the practice at 3801 Lancaster Avenue. Staffers were found to be untrained and unlicensed.

Over the course of the six-week trial, jurors were shown graphic images of aborted babies and equipment from the clinic was brought into the third-floor Philadelphia courtroom.

While McMahon's choice not to bring forth any witnesses may surprise some,  Philadelphia jury consultant Melissa Gomez says she has seen this strategy before.

“I have seen this happen before in criminal trials in which the defense decides that it has done enough in the prosecution’s case through cross examinations to cause a reasonable doubt and either does not need or decides it is not worth the risk to call its own witnesses considering that the prosecution would also be able to cross examine,” Gomez said.

Although she has not been following the day-to-day events of the trial, Gomez said, “Considering he got three charges dismissed, it sounds like he did do a decent job poking some holes in the prosecution’s case, so maybe he was right to let the evidence be and just close.”

Gosnell still faces four counts of first-degree murder over the babies deaths and third-degree murder in Mongar's death. He faces the death penalty if convicted.

The jury is expected to be charged on Tuesday.

Contact Vince Lattanzio at 610.668.5532, vince.lattanzio@nbcuni.com or follow @VinceLattanzio on Twitter.

A school bus and car collided in Delaware County this morning.

It’s unclear if any kids were on board when the yellow bus and car collided around 6:20 on southbound Market Street (Route 452) at Meetinghouse Road in Upper Chichester, Pa.

SkyForce10 arrived minutes later as a white car was loaded onto a tow truck while the bus was parked nearby.

There were no kids on the bus at the time of the crash, according to Upper Chichester Township Police.

The driver of the car was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, according to police.

Traffic was able to get around the scene as the investigation continued.

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The scene took firefighters and police less than an hour to clear.

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Thomas Gorman wasn't the father of his girlfriend's son. But according to police, Gorman's love for the 11-year-old boy was so strong that he laid down his own life for him.

Gorman, 39, and Carmen Medina, 31, had parked their SUV on the 200 block of Gurney Street in Kensington Tuesday night while Medina's son sat in the backseat. Police say Medina left the vehicle and got into a confrontation with an unknown man on the street.

"She started to walk away and she was getting back into her vehicle," said Philadelphia Police Captain James Clarke. "This male came upon her, opened up the driver's side door and shot her several times."

Investigators say the suspect then pointed a gun at Medina's son. Gorman, who was in the front seat, jumped in the way and took the bullets meant for the boy. The gunman then fled down the 2800 block of Swanson Street.

Police were called to the scene shortly before 11:30 p.m. where they found Gorman slumped over inside the vehicle and Medina on the ground outside. Both were shot multiple times in the upper torso and pronounced dead at the scene.

"Based on ballistic evidence we know that shots were fired from a large caliber semi-automatic handgun," said Chief Inspector Scott Small. "The shots were fired within close range."

Thanks to Gorman however, Medina's son was not hurt.

"Anyone anywhere near that car -- especially the young child who was in the car -- was very, very lucky to survive the gunshots," said Small.

Medina's neighbor, Alicia Brown, says she didn't know too much about the victim. However, she had plenty to say about the gunman who killed her.

"Heartless," said Medina's neighbor, Alicia Brown. "They don't have a heart for themselves. He's 11-years-old. His life hasn't begun yet."

The suspect is described as a bald man with a beard standing between 6-foot-2 and 6-foot-3. Police are offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible. If you have any information on this incident, please call Philadelphia Police.

A French man accused of impersonating a pilot has been charged with fraud.

On March 20, police say Philippe Jeannard of Town, France, boarded a commercial airplane at Philadelphia International Airport.

Jeannard, 61, was wearing a shirt with an Air France logo and captain's epaulets on his shoulder, had a ticket for a Florida-bound flight and asked at the check-in counter for an upgrade, according to authorities. Officials say he became upset when he was told there were no available seats. A supervisor asked if he was an airline employee, and "the defendant responded that he was," authorities said.

Officials say a flight attendant noticed that he had an Air France ID card and asked "as a matter of courtesy" if he wanted to speak to the pilots. The pilot and co-pilot told authorities that he entered the cockpit while they were performing their preflight duties and checks and said he was a Boeing 747 pilot, according to investigators.

Prosecutors said the gate agent saw the defendant sitting in the jump seat behind the pilot and told him that if he was going to sit there he would have to go back to the check-in gate to complete paperwork and verifications. He allegedly left the cockpit but became verbally abusive and was told he could not continue on the flight. He later acknowledged to a manager that he was not a pilot, prosecutors said.

In an interview with police officers, prosecutors allege, he said his mother had been an Air France employee and he had falsified her ID card by adding his name, photo and status as a crew member.

Local charges against Jeannard were dropped back on April 5. The state charges including trespass, forgery and false impersonation were dropped so that he could be federally prosecuted on fraudulent identity, impersonation, forgery and trespass charges.

On Tuesday, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced that Jeannard had been charged with one count of fraud in connection to the ID card he used to gain access to the plane's cockpit.

Jeannard remains in federal custody on $1 million bail.

A federal grand jury now must indict Jeannard on the charges by the end of the month for him to be brought to trial.

A high-speed car crash early Tuesday morning resulted in the car being torn to pieces and the death of the vehicle's passenger.

According to Pennsylvania State Police, 2000 Honda Civic was being driven by Sean Sperl at a high rate of speed southbound on Ridge Road (Route 563) when it crashed into a utility pole at Sugar Hill Road in Salford Township, Montgomery County, PA.

Passenger Ryan Petrille, 21, of Lansdale, Pa. died at the scene after being ejected from the car. Sperl, also 21 and from Lansdale, was injured.

The investigation into the 12:10 a.m. crash continued throughout the day.

According to a preliminary police report, it appears Sperl failed to negotiate a curve, crossed the opposite lane of traffic and left the roadway before hitting the pole.

As daylight broke half of the Civic could be seen on one side of Route 563 while the other half rested on the other side.

The crash shut down the roadway for hours as the wreckage was examined before being cleaned up by road crews.

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A 49-year-old man suffered burns on much of his body after being shocked while working on a SEPTA train early this morning.

Ewing Police say they were called to SEPTA’s West Trenton Train Station, on Sullivan Way, around 12:20 a.m. for the report of a man on the roof of a SEPTA train.

The man was conscious but he couldn’t move as they wires remained live overhead, according to police.

Crews powered down the wires and the man was able to be medivaced to St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, N.J. with third-degree burns to a “substantial portion of his body,” according to police.

The man, who wasn’t identified, was inspecting the car when he was shocked, according to SEPTA. He remained in serious condition as of the late morning.

It's not clear if the inspection was routine or because of a problem.

SEPTA is currently in the process of holding public meetings about proposed fare hikes and other changes to the transit system. People in Bucks County can weigh in on the changes at meetings today at 2 and 6 p.m. at the library on Pine Street in Doylestown, Pa.

A Philadelphia elementary school was placed on lockdown this morning after a teacher saw someone that she didn't recognize on school property.

Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School on the 3300 block of Old York Road in the Hunting Park section of the city was locked down around 9:30 a.m.

Officers responded to the scene after the report of a trespasser, according to Philadelphia Police.

According to officers on the scene, a teacher say a strange man walking the halls and alerted authorities after he ignored her calls to him.

Police arrived and took the man into custody. Police believe he is a relative of a student and that the whole incident was a likely misunderstanding.

As SkyForce10 hovered overhead, a group of adults, possibly parents, could be seen gathering outside the school just before 10 a.m. There were also police cars out front.

There were no reports of injuries.

The lockdown was lifted around 10:10, according to the school district.