the worst of it occurring during the afternoon rush with some localized flooding as a result. right now, we do have some radar echoes in philadelphia. the heavier stuff is well to the west. that's going to be the story as we go through the afternoon and evening we may see a a few showers around, but the main rain is going to come tomorrow. it increases overnight and by tomorrow morning's rush a lot of you are going to be seeing rain as well. and then it's starting to get heavier. the model has it getting heavier during the latter portion of the morning rush with even heavier rain become to the west. that's just the beginning of this thing. here we go through the night tonight. generally dry, 6:00 a.m. the rain is around. the suburbs, the rain a little heavier as you can see with the three drops. it's all rain.

temperatures above freezing. so even the lehigh valley gets just rain. everybody has it by 6:00 a.m. if you're going to get a lot more hours of it. how much rain is going to fall and if it's going to get out of here by the weekend, we'll answer those questions in a few minutes. >> download the nbc 10 app to plan ahead. get severe weather alerts right on your smart phone. 20 minutes of nonstop news continues with a bucs county woman's dog brutally killed and police say it was at the hands of her jealous boyfriend. >> her boyfriend betrayed her trust. . >> reporter: she says her 2-year-old pug rarely got sick, but the time that he was she wanted her boyfriend to watch him, to give him his medicine. she didn't expect to come home and find him dead. >> he said i showed the dog more love than him. >> reporter: jennifer sherman gave us these pictureses of her

now ex-boyfriend. the dog is her 2-year-old pug sebastian. >> if anything happened to him, i would have been devastated. i told him that weekend before i left. >> jennifer left her dog in davis' care. when she was on the way back to see him, he called and he was like the dog's legs aren't working. he's on the floor and can't breathe. >> sebastian was dead. a freak accident or mystery illness. sherman wasn't sure. she did move to the salem apartment and brought home a new dog from a a local rescue. >> i was on my way home and he calls me and says something is wrong with leo. . i said what do you mean? he basically told me his legs stopped work iing. the same story he told me with sebastian. >> it's the most ridiculous

thing i have ever heard. it was over jealousy. >> when sherman questioned davis, he denied having anything to do with the dog's death. sherman told him she had a camera set up that caught the crime on tape. a lie, she says, that worked. >> davis is being held on 10% of $500,000 bail charge d with animal cruelty. sherman, she hasn't decided if she's getting another dog yet. reporting live, deanna durante, nbc 10 news. new details on a a police. -shovelled shooting. within the last hour, nbc 10 news learned the suspect who died was suspected for running down a philadelphia police officer with his car. nbc 10 bureau reporter just got

that new information connecting these cases. he's live now in new kcastle. >> last night we had two pieces of breaking news. it turns out we know they are connected. . it started with a domestic dispute in philadelphia. a guy ditches his car and steals another car. he goes to an apartment complex next to the gas station and the whole story ended last night over here on this bank. you can see it's covered up with evidence-marking paint. it started last night at 56th in southwest phil ly. police called to a ghesic dispute. >> by that time shs the male joured the man and proceeded at a high rate of speed in reverse striking one of the officers and dragging the officer several feet. >> reporter: the officer was able to fire one shot that hit the suspect. a mechanic heard it all happening. >> as i was under the car, i hear a gunshot. i'm not get iting up. >> reporter: the suspect got

away and ditched his van at a philadelphia shopping center. after 8:00 in delaware, philadelphia police asked new castle county police to check r for the suspect. an officer arrived, got into a struggle with the man and the officer shot the suspect but got into a car, hit a police cruiser. he was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. ed to a detective was back at the park investigating. police in philadelphia and new castle now working together to lay out more details of how it all started and ended for this suspect. >> this is the photo of the suspect. this is an older picture. his family tells us he's a father of three. tonight he's dead after being shot twice by two different law enforcement agencies with whom he fought. he had four young kids with him in the car when this all happened. as we come back live, the officer who fired the shot is on administrative leave, which is standard. he's a second year officer. my colleague george spencer got

done talking to his u father. >> to washington now where law maukers are taking the next big step into the investigation into russian election hacking. >> the senate intelligence committee is holding its first public hearing. lawmakers are promising the investigation will be both a comprehensive and bipartisan effort. during today's testimony, russian, perts told the panel the russian president has not stopped his alleged disinformation campaign in america. >> it's also i believe about holding russia accountable for this unprecedented attack on our democracy. and it is about arming ourselves so we can identify and stop it when it. happens again and trust me it will happen again if we don't take action. >> on the other side, squalling continues between the chairman of the house intelligence committee and democrat you can members about how to move forward with their investigation. president trump is threatening the conservative group that opposed him on health

care. this morning trump tweeted the freedom caucus will hurt the entire republican agenda if they don't get on the team and fast. we must fight them and dems in 2018. the tweet comes a wook after members of the freedom caucus blocked a house vote on the republican's health care plan. the conservatives said the proposal didn't eliminate enough obamacare regulations. house speaker paul ryan said today he shares the president's frustration. >> it's very understandable that the president is frustrated that we haven't got on to where we need to go. this is something we all said we would do. >> ryan says he's pushing law maukers to keep talking to try to reach a consensus on a health care bill that can pass. several is senior programs are on the chopping block because of president trump's proposed budget. that's where we sent lauren maik to find out the biggest nonprofits would feel the impact. >> reporter: at the community center is, there's a window you

can go to for help. >> what are they telling you? >> they are struggling with their bills. >> reporter: she helps people sign up for a federally funded program that helps low income people to heat and power their homes. under the budget, it would be eliminated. one of the cuts the director is. watching closely here. >> that frees up money for other expenses that they have. food, pharmaceuticals, rent, mortgage. >> reporter: the budget eliminates specifics like the legal services corporation, but it's an 18% cut to health and human services that's also raising concern. >> i understand the proposal is to increase military spending. but it should not be at the expense of low-income seniors and children and food programs. >> she's been writing to lawmakers this is the list and plans a trip to washington next week. the budget does offer a boost in

defense spending and $500 million to fight opioid addiction. it's stuff that could go away that causes worry. it helps people sign up for lowered bills last winter for 75,000 households in philadelphia. like marilyn from frankfurt. >> the president's budget cuts could also eliminate funding from programs provided by the 21 century community learning center. in south jersey it provides hours of free after school le n learning and activities to about 300 students a at four locations. organizers say the work they do is important. it's too important to throw away. >> it's 100% of our students go on to high school and graduate on time. we survey the students throughout the year. all of our students have a

desire to attend college. >> they are lobbying to save the funding. they have secured a grant through next year. a suspected serial rapist is under arrest in delaware county. authorities say the 19-year-old attacked nine women. they say the attacks took place over three years dating back to when lee was 16. all but one happened in chester. they found out how a chance meeting with one of the suspects led to his arrest. more on this story at 4:30. a controversial special election in north philadelphia is working allegations of fraud and voter intimidation. republican leaders announced a lawsuit to void the election results. the write-in candidate won last woke's election to fill a a state house seat. that's after the party's first nominee was kicked off the ballot by a judge who ruled he didn't win in the district.

they said they did so unfairly. >> some of the stuff we saw is people going into the poll into the machines without signing assistance forms, election boards directly handing out stamps for the candidate they preferred. election board workers saying they can vote on the machine. >> the gop has already asked the attorney general to investigate its claims. the city's election fraud task force is looking into the matter. chester county students arriving at coatesville high school. the school tells us the graffiti has been cleaned up and police are reviewing surveillance video. >> the bathroom bill has been repealed and replaced.

lawmakers voted to repeal the bill after the ncaa gave an ultimatum. their boycott of the state would continue three more years if action wasn't taken. it responds with their birth certificate and passing their own nondiscrimination ordinances until the end of 2020. helping community schools in philadelphia succeed. that's the goal of a plan released today by city loaders. it includes more job train iings well as more access to healthy foods and health service. there are nine community schools in philadelphia. they operate on the idea that they should be community anchors. in addition to teaching, they offer resources like medical clinics or police substations that help the neighborhood. the first state could be the first in our area to legalize recreational marijuana. they introduced a bill to allow

residents to purchase up to an ounce of marijuana for stores authorized to sell the drug. the delaware governor addressed a joint session of the general assembly for the first time today. they discussed budget challenges and his ideas for create iing j and growing the economy. last week carney unveiled his plan to close a $385 million shortfall. a judge has rejected a a plea deal from a former chester county pastor accused of raping and impregnating a a teenage girl. the deal would have dropped the rape charge and sent him to jail for two years. but the judge called the circumstances too serious to accept it. prosecutors say riped the teen in 2014 while he was serving as pastor in downing town. allentown residents with

questions about new immigration policy is coming out of washington can lock to the website for help. an announcement today city officials tauds about the resources that are just a click away. you can find out about citizenship and naturalization and other legal and translation services. >> there's no way i can change what's happening policy wise. there's no way that the mayor of l.a. could change what's happening on the federal level. but we can address what's happening on the local level. >> and once renovations are complete at the new cultural community center, residents can meet with the attorneys that specialize in immigration issue there is. have a question for the governor? log on to twitter and you might get an answer. he's hosting a twitter chat today at 4:45. >> today we're learning a a bt a head on crash involving a church bus that killed 13 people in

texas. investigators say it appears the driver crossed the center line along a a curve in the road. the bus was filled with members of a church return trg a a retreat. 12 of them died along with the driver. today penn state announced major changes to its grief system following the death of a fraternity pledge last month. . the university is permanently banning one fraternity. the 19-year-old fell down a set of stairs during an event. authorities say no one called for help until the next day. he also later died at the hospital. the university says an investigation found a persistent pattern of excessive drinking, hazing and drug it use and sales at the fraternity. >> we have had long standing concerns about outcomes in our greek system. and we have just gotten to the point where we're saying enough is enough. >> penn state is also banning beer kegs at fraternity events and lumting attendance a at any parties. the university is pushing back

next year's fraternity and sorority recruiting period from fall to spring. from blitzing quarterback to testifying before congress, malcolm jenkins wears a lot of hats. >> he was on capitol hill today. they spoke at a forum on community policing within minority communities. >> we're here to use our leverage, our voices to make sure that our families, our communities, our kids are a a priority to the people here on capitol hill, to this administration and the rest of this nation. >> jenkins was also in washington back in november to discuss ways to improve relations between police and the communities they serve. >> turning to our weather, it's not impacting your drive home today as we take a live lock at the ben franklin bridge. but big changes will be coming our way tomorrow afternoon. let's check in with glen for an update on that. >> tomorrow is going to be quite a nasty day out there.

. we have a first alert for the heavy rain for the entire viewing area. during the day friday and into friday night. this is not just a few hours we're talking about. . heavy rain, the heaviest of the rain and the most localized f t floding may occur during the afternoon rush making things even worse. it's 52 right now. cloudy skies in philadelphia. we have pretty much clouded up after early sunshine. the clouds are ahead of the next storm that's coming in. we have a series of storms here every two or throw days, but the temperatures are not going to be going down a whole lot from where they are right now. not really concerned in lehigh valley of freezing temperatures or snow or anything like that. . so we're way above freezing. could be some freezing rain in

the poconos tonight. that's about the only area that would be in danger. we do have some light showers coming into chester county now. there's a a little bit of light snow up toward the new york state border. the main moyisture is way back o the west. a lot of thunderstorms there and severe weather. and quite a swirl as you can see on the radar and satellite. when you see that, that's a a strong storm. and it is moving right in our direction. there's really nothing to stop this thing. and as we go through the morning rush, it looks like it's going to be increasingly wet. then even into the afternoon, even heavier rain coming through. so we're going to have periods of some very heavy rain through the afternoon and into the evening. and into the very early hours ob saturday. how much rain will wub computer model we e showed you this yesterday. around 2 inches for this one model.

now we're talking 2 to 3 inches. so it's kind of upped the totals as some other models have. that's a lot of rain even spread over a period of time. now for a look at how the weekend is going to be affected by this, let's go to tammie. >> this is a a lot of rain. this is going to be a case of location. if you're under one of those heavier storms, we could see some isolated thunder out there. this is where this area of low pressure is. it's over northeastern maryland. it's going to slide right across the philadelphia area. watch it. it's pulling the winds in from the south and the east. by the time that we hit 4:00 in the morning on b saturday, we're going to have widely scattered showers. up toward mount pocono, it could get cold enough to mix in sleet or freezing rain. then we advance this as we get to 10:00 on saturday morning. pretty much the shower activity

is gone. i don't think we're going to be seeing any of this snow. that's to the north of trenton. i don't even know they will get it. you'll notice the winds out of the north. so we head sbo saturday afternoon. we're mostly cloudy. it's overnight we start to clear out. and our sunday for the most part turns into a pretty pleasant day with plenty of sunshine out there. it looks right on through the day. so let's take a look at the numbers. you're going to need the raincoats. we're looking at the upper 40s and low 50s on saturday. 52 in philadelphia. on sunday a different day. almost everybody hits 60 and you'll have to grab the sunglasses. over to you. >> thank you. police say he terrorized tech vims for three years. >> it was a chance encounter that put an end to a serial rapist crime sproe. still ahead, how a phone call from the grocery store led to

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he came out to play. >> the innocence of children. they see no harm in it. firefighters in california found a new way to train and it involves dodgeball. >> try it in all that heavy gear. each firefighter is wearing more than 40 pounds of kwumt. they are learn iing how to contl their breathing so their air tanks last longer when it's time to fight the fires. heavy downpours during tomorrow's afternoon rush. >> our weather is tracking the return of rain to end the week. a lot of rain because of this system. and the impact across our area tomorrow. i'm tracking how much rain you can see in your neighborhood in your most accurate weather forecast. making more room for your tweets. how twitter is easing its character limit without raising it. plus the chance encounter that put an end to a crime

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right now at 4:00, a teenage serial rape suspect now behind bars. investigators say one of the victims make the arrest when she spotted him inside the store where she worked. police say the suspect was just 16 years old when he started attacking women. >> the krocrimes went on for th years. the parents are deceased and not enrolled in high school. >> rose mary has more on the suspect and how police tracked him down.

>> one of the victims who worked at a grocery store recognized the suspect in her store and called police right away. >> he remained silent, but this 19-year-old had con tesed to attacking nine women since he was 16. according to prosecutors in had cases lee would rob and rape his victims a at gunpoint. one rape victim was a 22-year-old pregnant woman. >> that's terrible. >> this individual would stalk women. he would terrorize women. he would hide and he would wait for women, young women to be walking alone. >> reporter: the district attorney says lee grabbed a county and youth services employee here at the bus hub in chester while on hr way home from work. the woman fought back and ended

up with a minor gunshot wound to the head. it was an arrest for an illegal gun in february. it put lee on the radar of local police. while this custody, they swabbed his dna and sent it to the police lab. the results didn't d not come back until a few months ago in january. >> in your experience is a year about the average time it takes. >> reporter: i thought dna is more quicker than that. >> while lee was on probation and dna waited to be tested at the state lab, he attacked five more women. >> it's sad that other people had to suffer because the system took so long. >> women were disturbed to learn about thats like at the crime lab where all the dna is tested. no word yet, but we'll keep you posted as soon as we get some answers. reporting live, i'm rosemary

connors. >> we're tracking a sierp soaker. heavy rain and potential flooding during the afternoon commute. taking a live look at the expressway. this is nearby city avenue. normal rush hour traffic isn't the only problem you'll have to deal with for your drive home tomorrow. first alert weather team keeps you prepared ahead of the storm and that's why they issued a first alert for tomorrow. >> glenn schwartz is tracking the conditions you can can want in your most accurate weather forecast. >> the worst of this may occur during the afternoon b rush tomorrow. this is an all-day thing. all day and all night. one of the places that's going to get hit hard at the shore. this is cape may. nice and quiet today other than the clouds. there's going to be an on shore wind about 40 miles per hour to add to the misery. the entire view iing area of in the first alert friday and friday night. the heavy rain is going to be

rain during the day. when you get bursts of heavy rain later in the day that's the best chance for some localized tloding. that's why the afternoon rush is going to be worse than the morning rush. the morning rush may have some moisture too. here's the radar and satellite. we have the first showers already moving into chester county. a little bit toward the poconos. so the moisture is already increasing. the main storm is way back to the west. this is just the beginning of this. now as we go through the night tonight, you saw a few of the showers coming through. there's going to be more and more of the area covered as we go through the night. so the ground is likely to be wet. when you get up in the morning and go out, some coming in. most of this on the lighter side until later on during the morning. and then we get waves of that heavier rain coming in. look at that. late morning into the midday hours.

and into the afternoon. more on how much to expect and if it gets out of here by the weekend, coming up. here's a lock at some of the other stories we're following county by county. a judge sentenced a woman to 40 years in prison for killing her husband with antifreeze. she pled guilty to second-degree murder. her husband was a competitive weight lifter who died four years ago. prosecutors say baker killed him by putting antifreeze in his steroid injections. in delaware county a chance for residents to hear from penndot about local road and bridge improvement projects. they will host a town hall a at rut ledge. it runs from 6:00 until 7:00. authorities say they busted members of a drug ring accused of making and selling synthetic marijuana. six people are charged. . investigators say they were using chemicals shipped from china to make thousands of pounds of synthetic of the.

they seized two and a half million dollars in cash. in atlanta county, longport joined the towns banning smoking. varieties could face fines up to a a thousand dollars. it was all about girl power in camden. senator cruz spoke to female students a at a charter school. her goal was to inspire the girls to become community leaders themselves. it's part of women's history month which wraps up tomorrow. a town isn't without prying people away from their cell phones. >> it's hard for people to look away. the new street lights keeping your eyes on the road while looking down. long-time eyesores disappearing from the gateway to one of the jr. see shore's most popular resort. . i'm ted greenberg with the changing landscape you'll find this summer.

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this is what you call a sign of the times. traffic light on the ground. a town in the netherlands installed them so people staring a at their phones can see them. the idea is to improve safety, but the krit cannics say they reward bad behavior. twitter has found another way to ease its 140 character limit without raising it. from now on when you reply to sunshine, their user names will no longer count towards the

character limit. they will display the handles to above the tweet or text. snapchat is teaming up with nbc universal. cob tent for the winter olympics. the deal let's nbc sell fulters and lenses to advertisers for the first time. nbc is an investor in snap incorporated, the parent company of snapchat. starbucks is touting the most recent as a cure for the common cold. >> it's called the medicine ball. it's steamed lemonade, honey and pepper mibt mint. the drink gained popularity on social media after it made them feel better. starbucks decided to e add it to the menu. we both could use a cup right now. >> we're struggling with tea. >> i'm surprised they didn't. >> we're going to need some of that tomorrow. a lot of rain coming.

>> it is going to be heavy out there. let's start with chief meet rolgs glenn schwartz. >> it is going to be an ugly day tomorrow. this is not just a couple hours of it. this is the entire viewing area for the entire day friday and friday night. heavy rain, the worst of it probably during the afternoon rush after a whole day's worth of rain. right now, we're in the 40s in most of the area. 52 in philadelphia. that's pretty cool. cloudy skies everywhere. and quite a from what we have seen over the last couple days in delaware. that's for sure. it's 49 in marshalton. 48 in middletown. farther to the south where we're in the 70s just a couple days, it's in the 40s. and lewis, 46. wind coming in off the water.

we already have some showers in lancaster county moving into chester county right now. a little bit about redding. so got to get the umbrellas even for this evening. there's plenty more to come. west of cleveland and east of chicago, two other large areas of rain. as we go through the night tonight, we see some of that mostly light rain. temperatures not dropping very much as you see. by 6:00 a.m., 40 in philadelphia. even 37 in allentown. so no icing or snow or anything. it is wet by the morning rush. it just gets heavier later on. there's 10:00 a.m. still wet. still in the 40s in the afternoon. getting a little-ier. look at this. afternoon rush, temperatures in the 40s. it's windy and wet and it continues that way.

not a a tremendous amount by 9:00 a.m. tomorrow. so i don't think there's going to be flooding for the morning rush, but look at what happens for the rest of the storm. this again is 2 to 3 inches of rain. overall, less rain at the shore. then if you're interested in what's going to it happen over the weekend tammie souza has that. >> the most important thing to remember is with these downpours, we could see the flooding you were talking about. so you at home may want the to follow along. if you have our app, you may want to keep it handy because it may put off an alert if you have street flooding. take a look at what to expect for this weekend. saturday is going to be mostly cloudy and damp. we have a brief shower in the morning.

showed you that on the futurecast. but by the time we get into the late afternoon and evening and overnight, the clouds are going to clear out. sunday is going to simply be lovely. grab the sunglasses and head outside and enjoy because that's the weekend gunfight to you. let's pick it up where glen left off. you can see the heavy rain. temperatures are probably in the 40s and 50s. we get up saturday morning and still have clouds in place. could still have some showers out along the jersey shore. all of this clears out by saturday afternoon. we start to see a few peeks of sunshine out there. and sunday turns out to be not a half bad day out there at all. here's a look at your ten-day. we're dealing with temperatures in the 40s tomorrow with all of this rain. and then we'll see the 50s and the clouds on saturday. we get into our sunday. we're going to be looking at bright sunshine. we see the clouds increase for monday. rain on tuesday. clearing out wednesday. rain on thursday.

and i'm hopeful that it's only morning rain a week from friday when the fullies have their home opener. >> that would be perfect. saturday is a good day to stay inside and switch out the closets from winter to spring. >> good idea. >> i like the way you think. >> no more snow. >> you heard it first. >> i hope not. >> it not look like it today, but spring has sprung. in it philadelphia the cherry blossoms are now in peak bloom. the peak period began yesterday. you can check them out in fair mount park. demolition day down the shore. >> next the 4:00, why tearing down this eyesore is bout if iing the main strans to ocean city. kellyanne conway.

. .the most popular resort cities will had look different when you drive in. >> the lst of a trio of eyesores is being demolished. ted greenberg tells us about plans to make the area more inviting. >> reporter: as beverly sets up summer gear outside her store in it ocean city. walls are coming down at an eyesore across the street. >> i was just so happy. >> reporter: it's the last of throw old gas stations to be demolished. they sat for years at the foot of the 9th street bridge that is the main gateway. >> the two others were torn down

last year. a real estate office has been proposed for what's now a sandy lot. it's a space similar to a park a few blocks away. >> i can only imagine going to have over there. i'm excited. >> anything would be nice than just an empty building. >> reporter: the city is still in negotiations to buy the property. one of the conditions is a clean can site free of contamination. >> we hope to see something here by memorial day. >> something so beautiful and now what it's going to be. >> reporter: a change landscape and visions of a gateway that's far more welcoming. ted greenberg, nbc 10 news. we are working on several stories for nbc 10 news at 5:00. >> here's rosemary connors. >> all new at 5:00, saving a landmark tower. . we'll tell you about the effort

to prevent it from getting torn down. also making marijuana legal in delaware. tonight new details about the proposed rules for recreational pot. and there's a huge storm system in the central part of the nation that's headed our way. it's going to bring us some flooding rain on your friday. i'll talk about all that with your full forecast coming up in just a couple minutes. a south jersey police officer finds himself on the other side of the law accused of a lewd act inside a public bathroom. >> i called 911 and then hung up and called the police myself. >> reporter: the mother of the young victim is speaking up. details, next.

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new at 5:00, a south jersey cop faces charges after an incident in a restaurant bathroom. passing pot. delaware lawmakers are working to make recreational marijuana legal. >> a man confessed to killing his girlfriend's dog. because he wanted more attention. >> all eyes are on the radar. get drenched from tomorrow morning into saturday morning. let's go right over to the meteorologist tammie souza. >> it locks like it's going to be a soaker on your friday. frustrating friday. ugly shoes, make sure you send the little ones out.

it's going to be plenty from dawn until dusk. it's heavy rain. certainly tomorrow evening's commute would be the worst of t it. we could see localized flooding. you'll want to stay with us here. we could have some road flooding and urban flooding because of the heavy downpours. some of the rainfall totals are going to be somewhere in the neighborhood of 2 to 3 inches of rain. we're watching the beams on the radar. just a a few returns taking place up here moving through lancaster county. we're going to start to e see this picking up as the evening wears on. the rain will move in overnight. here's the load iing edge of it. even a a little bit of a changeover in the higher elevations.

it's still moving out of the central plains. it will cross central illinois and really move quickly as it heads towards our area. we'll talk more about the weekend ahead and have the numbers for you and some of the weekend is pretty nice. all of that is coming up in just a a few minutes. >> you can count on the nbc 10 app to get you through the heavy rain tomorrow sbo the weekend. get the radar for your neighborhood by tapping the app. a south jersey police officer faces criminal charges for what happened inside this bathroom after a night out at a local restaurant. >> sydney long, a teen and his younger brother came forward to police to break this case. >> indeed they did. the two young men gave a statement here last night. a short time after their mom dialled 911 from the local restaurant. the complaint also alleges this off duty police offi