guilty on all counts, the verdict announced in the christina regusters kidnapping and sexual assault trial. jurors convicting her on all six charges. her $4 million bail has been revoked. the judge ordering a mental health evaluation for regusters and her sentencing date, she faces up to life in prison. her sentencing date has been set for december 15th. nbc's monique braxton will have a life report just ahead. >>> the breaking news, the verdict is in in the kidnapping and sexual abuse trial of a woman accused of abducting a 5-year-old. found guilty on all counts. monique braxton live outside the courthouse. >> reporter: the judge has ordered sentencinged for december 15th. he has revoked a $4 million bail. i'm going to step out of the way to monitor what's going on. the judge has order that all notes be destroyed. he wants a mental health evaluation. regusters was escorted out of the courthouse ten minutes ago. her mother covered her mouth. she began crying and rocking back and forth inside the courtroom. the defendant, christina regusters, sat emotionless. the victim's family was cr

was guilty. >> reporter: christina regusters did not take the stand in her own defense today. she stood up and told the judge she was not going to testify. tomorrow morning the judge will tell the jury not to hold that against her. then the jury will begin deliberating in this case. we have no idea how long that will take. reporting live in the criminal justice center. >>> in three hours president obama will speak to the nation outlining his strategy to defeat islamic terrorists in iraq and syria. the president expected to make his case for more air trikes in iraq and possibly expanding missions into syria. another mission, giving weapons to syrian rebel mz the president trying to form an international coalition to wear down isis militants. john kerry spent the day in baghdad trying to drum up support to defeat the isis threat. complete coverage ahead on nbc "nightly news" with brian williams at 6:30 after this broadcast. and you can watch president obama address the nation tonight. we'll bring it live in an nbc news special report tonight at 9:00. more analysis on nbc 10 new

christina regusters' mother was crying. it was a very emotional end to a very emotional trial. >> you have been in the court for three straight weeks. describe the emotional ups, downs that clearly everyone who was inside went through, including obviously the defense and prosecution. >> reporter: in the very beginning of the trial, a doctor testified about the victim's injuries. they were just horrific. evidence was put forth via photographs. it was so disturbing that the judge ordered that the public leave the courtroom. so the jury and members of the media were able to view those photographs. it was horrible to see, disgusting and brought tears to the eyes of many jurors, to members of the media, including myself. it was very difficult to see. >> having said that, what would you say was the one moment that will maybe stale with yy wuith ? >> reporter: to see the victim march into the courtroom with grace at 7 years old, face her kidnapper and rapist and tell her story. it was quite remarkable and something that we will ce

they said the defendant portrayed in court is not the christina regusters they know. her mother did not want to appear on camera, but here's what she said. >> i'm hearing all of this, you know, evidence that they have, and i just don't believe it. i don't believe it and i won't believe it. like, the person they're describing, that's not my daughter. >> now, the defense attorney told nbc 10 that he may call two or three witnesses today, but did not confirm if one of those would be christina regusters herself. >>> a preliminary hearing is set today in philadelphia for a man charged with killing two women. james mears is accused in the august murders of dolly evans and ruby thomas. it happened at a home on vista street in the holmesburg section. police say mears was staying with the two women. they believe the murders took place after mears tried to rob one of them. >>> now from our south jersey bureau, two people are under arrest in an attempted armed robbery and shooting at a burlington county liquor store. a surveillance camera captured it all. police say two men walk

now, for the last 11 days, the prosecution laid out its case. 21-year-old christina regusters, a former child care worker, is accused of kidnapping a young girl from her cobbs creek school in january of 2013. police say regusters walked the victim to her home several blocks away where she kept the victim for nearly 24 hours, raping her. the 5-year-old's injuries were so bad, she had to have several surgeries after. regusters' dna was found on the victim's t-shirt, but the little girl's dna was never found in regusters' home. the prosecution believes she disposed of an area rug after the crime. regusters' mother spoke to us yesterday as long as we did not show her face, because she says she's receiving death threats. >> i'm hearing all of this, you know, evidence that they have, and i just don't believe it. i don't believe it and i won't believe it. like, the person they're describing, that's not my daughter. >> reporter: and regusters has been in jail for the last 19 months since she was arrested for these crimes. we are hearing from court insiders that closing arguments could begin as

>> reporter: exactly. 21-year-old christina regusters, she sat quietly and showed no emotion when theerdict guilty on all counts, all six charges against her. regusters was stone faced as she got up and was escorted out of the courtroom to be escorted behind bars. now the district attorney wants her to stay there for the rest of her life. >> i hope for her sake that she doesn't remember the brutal details of what happened to her in that bedroom. >> reporter: after the conviction, the prosecution and police gave credit to the little girl who had been kidnapped and brutally assaulted in this case. >> this is a child who was able to provide more detail and more information than most adults. she's an amaze, courageous child. hopefully, this gives her some closure. >> reporter: the 5-year-old who they say bravely helped the investigation by answering questions and retracing her steps. >> when you sit with this child in the early stages, she could barely sit or walk. she had to be carried. we carried her to and from the car. >> reporter: they couldn't have convicted regusters without the gi

if christina regusters is convicted. now, the prosecution rested its case today and the defense will pick up tomorrow morning. what we don't know right now, the defense attorney says he doesn't -- he won't release yet if christina regusters will take the stand in her own defense. reporting live outside the criminal justice center, christine maddela, nbc 10 news. >>> it already feels like fall. here's the live look at boat house row on a cloudy and cool afternoon. i'm not ready to let go of summer at all. so the question tonight, will we see a warm up anytime soon? >> >> let's talk to nbc 10 first alert weather she that parveen. >> we will be warming up this week. it really looks like one day will be the one day that you say it's very warm outside compared to what we've seen. it's not going to last. i'll show you that coming up with the seven-day forecast. it is a cloudy, cool start to the week that continues today. here's a live look at our sky camera network. we have two areas in center city, one around the stadium ther

christina regusters is accused of snatching a 5-year-old girl last year. during testimony today, she yelled from her seat screaming "i never touched your child. she's lying." it came as her cousin testified that regusters also abuseed her daughter. regusters did not comment on the accusations against her. she talked about her past and said she herself was sexually abused. >>> from our south jersey bureau, a man pleaded guilty today to running over and killing two young girls two years ago. he admitted he was driving drunk on prescription medication and texting when he hit and killed a 13-year-old and 15-year-old. his blood alcohol level w was .183. he will be sentenced in december to 18 years in prison. >>> new video at 5:00 of a restaurant robbery in philadelphia. it happened in the early morning hours of august 22nd. you can see two men, one with a gun, enter the diner and demand money. the employee went to the register, then handed over the money. no one has hurt in that holdup. >>> students at drexel are now back in their dorm rooms after being evacuat

. >>> the mother of just convicted child rapist, christina regusters is speaking out in her defense.y found the 21-year-old guilty on all accounts of the kidnapping and rape trial of a 5-year-old girl. the mother of christina regusters released this statement to nbc 10, saying, "i am deeply hurt and saddened about the trauma the girl has suffered. no child should ever have to go through that. i still believe my daughter was set up and whoever set christina up did a very good job. my daughter did not wake up on the morning of january 14th, 2013, and just decided to abduct, rape, and injure the girl. she was never in my sister's house nor was the white jacket hers. there was clear evidence that supported this. the d.a. believed my daughter acted maroon i do not believe it. although christina is very intelligent, the abduction was too well planned out for the actions of a 19-year-old." christina regusters was convicted yesterday on all six charges, including kidnapping and the assault of a child. prosecutors said she posed as the girl's mother, taking her from bryant elementary school i

. >>> locally the christina regusters' jury resumes deliberation. we we have a live look outside. cool and clear today. also when phils play ball tonight. good morning. this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm chris cato. let's start with meteorologist brittney shipp with her first alert forecast. off to a cool start on this friday. we really won't get that much warmer than what we're having right now, will we? >> we won't. we're going to stay in the mid to high 70s as we head into today which is below average versus yesterday when we were humid and well above the average. as we push into the start of your weekend, we're actually seeing our temperatures dropping down a little bit more than that. here's a closer look at your current temperatures throughout our area. we're mainly in the 60s. even the 50s. it is a brisk start depending on where you are in the poconos. 53 degrees. 58 in allentown. 60 degrees in reading. 67 in atlantic city and temperatures will range between 74 and 77 degrees. we'll cooldown even more heading into the weekend. we'll check in with jillia

after less than 24 hours deliberations, a jury found christina regusters guilty of kidnapping and assaulting a 5-year-old girl last year. vernon odom is joining us live outside of the courtroom. >> reporter: good afternoon rick, the jury met a total of six hours, five yesterday and one today after the jury came out and delivered the verdict convicted christina regusters of all six charges here. aggravated assault, guilty. deviant intercourse, guilty, illegal contact with a minor, guilty. all guilty. when that was announced in the courtroom this morning both mothers began to cry, both the mother of the child and the mother of christina regusters, who came up here regularly from delaware where her children grew up. the mother weeped openly but it was silent, there was not a lot of emotional outbursts. the sentencing is set for december 16th. this story is still develop, i had a sense that the jury was coming in, the evidence here was overwhelming, direct and indirect and circumstantial evidence. the verdict is no surprise. >> a quick question before we go, the evidence was graphic, detailing t

christina regusters's family tells us she's not the monster that people think she is. the 21-year-old former child care worker is accused of kidnapping a young girl from her cobbs creek school in january of 2013. police say regusters walked the victim to her home several blocks away, where she kept her for nearly 24 hours, raping her. the 5-year-old's injuries were so bad, she had to have severe surgeries after. regusters's dna was found on the victim's t-shirt, but the little girl's dna was never found in regusters's home. the prosecution believes she disposed of an area rug after the crime. regusters's mother spoke to us, as long as we did not show her face, because she's receiving death threats. >> it's very painful. it's painful to hear, it's painful to watch. i mean, it's just horrible. and to think that my daughter's being accused of it, yes, it's even more so. >> my sister loves children. like, that's her life. that's her dream in life, to help children, and she would never hurt a child. she's too nurturing. and honestly, she would hurt herself before she would

jurors consider sex charges against christina regusters. prosecutors say she put on a burqa, abducted a 5-year-old girl from her west philadelphia school and sexually assaulted the little girl last year. attorney tom kline represents the family in a civil lawsuit and isn't bound by a gag order in this criminal case. >> those crimes ranging from rape to endangerment of a child are all separate individual crimes with individual elements that the commonwealth had to prove to them beyond a reasonable doubt. >> reporter: the defense is raising doubts that christina regusters is the villain that the prosecution portrays in this case. i'll explain that coming up in the next 30 minutes. live in center city, jesse gary, nbc 10 news. >> a man charged with raping a woman in her apartment is being held for trial. that was the decision after garcia's preliminary hearing. the attack happened back in june. prosecutors say surveillance video shows garcia locking a bike to a pole and following a victim on spruce street and then forced his way into her apart

christina regusters was convicted yesterday on all six charges, including kidnapping and the assault of a child. prosecutors said she posed as the girl's mother, taking her from bryant elementary school in cobbs creek, sexually assaulting her, and then leaving her at an upper darby playground. regusters is scheduled for sentencing december 15th. she faces life in prison. >>> he went too far. that's what the grand jury decided in the adrian peterson case. now, peterson turned himself into authorities in houston this morning. the minnesota vikings running back was booked and released on a child abuse charge. the texas prosecutor says a grand jury reviewed a lot of evidence before backing the child abuse charge. he allegedly spanked one of his sons with a wooden switch back in may. the grand jury looked at pictures of his injuries and decided peterson went too far

all that remains is sentencing now for christina regusters and she could get life in 3reuz prison.er victim will carry physical and psychological scars for the rest of her life. >> i cannot imagine what she endured at the hands of this monster. >> 21-year-old christina regusters kidnapped a 5-year-old girl her classroom at bryant elementary school in january of 2013. she kept the girl naked under her bed and sexually abused her causing life altering injuries. a day later she left the girl alone after dark at a park dressed only in a tee shirt. police later closed in on regusters with the girl's help. >> the child miraculously was able to identify this home from the back stairway and new there was a sglird this is marty the bird videotaped by police inside regusters home. the victim remembered hearing a talking bird and when neighbors pointed out a house with a talking bird investigators say the help they got from a young victim was extraordinary. >> especially being a 5-year-old child that went through 19 hours of the most horrific ordeal that mathable. >> this say child able to pr

christina regusters said that is not his clean in the that video.she's eventually expected to take the stand in her own defen defense. >> 5:07. now to news from our delaware bureau. the side entrance to the new castle county courthouse is open again. that entrance had been closed since a man shot and killed his estranged daughter-in-law inside the courthouse on 2013. a new layout increases security. >>> the parents of a 9-year-old girl who accidentally shot and killed a shooting range instructor say their family is devastated by the tragedy. the couple's new jersey-based attorney released a statement saying that they areç praying r the instructor's family. that came as investigators released reports and 911 recordings from the incident that happened at a gun range in arizona. the police report names the child's parents but does not list their hometown. no charges will be filed, prosecutors say. >>> now your first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> overall looks like a nicer day ahead. yesterday was so steamy with temperatures in the 9

case makes me want to be a lawyer all together. >> reporter: this afternoon, we just learned christina regusters' aunt as well as her boyfriend will take the stand for the prosecution tomorrow. those two people lived with regusters when the prosecution alleges that regusters held the young victim in that house after she kidnapped the little girl. reporting live outside the criminal justice center, christine maddela, nbc 10 news. >>> next on it be ten news at 6:00, a crazy tweet from the governor of delaware, how his office is explaining this suggestive photo he posted on twitter. >>> i'm tracking storms that could arrive during the weekend. tell you when the weather could interintoer with the maps in my exclusive nbc 10 first alert forecast. >>> and we are remembering joan rivers, the trail blazing come immediate yep died at age 81. up next, new details about an investigation into the clinic where rivers stopped breathing. >>> celebrity colleagues and as meyers are remembering joan rivers tonight and leaving flowers on her hollywood star. the comedienne and fashion critic died in a new york hosp

christina regusters is accused of putting on a burqa and kidnapping a girl from her kindergarten class last year. they must reach a verdict of guilty or not guilty and do the same with other charges. they deliberated for five hours yesterday. legal experts say there's no way to know how long the panel will go before they reach a verdict on all of the counts or tell the judge they are a hung jury and even if they say that, the judge could order them back in to continue deliberating. they already asked the judge a question during day one of deliberations and we'll talk about that in the next 30 minutes. jesse gary, nbc 10 news. >>> key arab allies tell secretary kerry they will help to stop isis. ten arab nations pledge to stop the flow of fighters and funding to the militants and agree to join the u.s. led military campaign and new this morning, australia has raised its threat level from medium to high now because of the isis movement. officials say some australians joined isis to fight in syria and iraq. >>> new information in the ray rice scandal. espn is reporting that rice told roge

prosecutors called christina regusters the monster under the bed.he little girl said she was placed under a bed, sexually assaulted and then set free in a park in upper darby. regusters told jurors he was not an abductor but a rescuer. she is shown here from bryant elementary school. and investigators say regusters' dna was found on the shirt that the child was whaearing when sh was discovered about 19 hours after the alleged abduction. in the next hour, we're going over evidence presented and have that for you. monique braxton, "nbc10 news." >> announcer: now your nbc10 "first alert" weather with meteorologist brittney shipp. >>> good morning we have a "first alert" day to tell you about. basically, we're expecting thunderstorms as we head through the evening commute. this is the timing of the thunderstorm that's why we issue a "first alert" day for you we want to be first to alert you of potential dangerous weather. so just be careful. allow a little extra time to get home from work. we're not expected widespread rain for hours and hours, but we a

today a jury will pick up where it left off as they resume deliberations in the christina regusters trial. nbc 10's jesse gary is live covering the story for us. >> reporter: good morning to you. a new twist from the defense. they say christina regusters is actually the savior and not the savage criminal who sexually asu assaulted a child. that 5-year-old girl was found in an upper darby park a day after she was taken from her west philadelphia kindergarten class last year. defense attorney fred harrison says the 21-year-old defendant was at homesi sick with a cold d could not be the person seen walking the child out of the school building. prosecutors contend that her dna was found on a t-shirt the child was wearing. there are six separate charges against the defendant. the jury must reach unanimous verdict on all six charges. live outside the criminal justice center in center city, jesse gary, nbc 10 news. >>> happening today, a man who beat up and robbed a temple university professor on campus is scheduled to be sentenced. darryl moon pleaded guilty to the crime earlier this month. las

throughout the trial the prosecution has told the jury christina regusters kidnaped and sexually assaulted the 5-year-old victim in regusters's home. today the prosecution wrapped up its case, and there's a gag order in effect. so none of the attorneys or witnesses can speak out about the trial. regusters's mother and sister, though, they are not bound by that gag order. >> they have her described as she's some diabolical psychoperson, you know, that did these horrible things. granted, our hearts are hurting, too. we're upset that this child got hurt. we wouldn't wish that on anyone. but it's equally agonizing, because it's my daughter that they're accusing of these crimes. so it's really hurting me. >> she's innocent. i want her to come home honestly. so i just want her to know that i'm here and i'm never going anywhere. >> reporter: we've been in contact with regusters's attorney throughout this trial. and he said he could call up to three witnesses for the defense starting tomorrow morning, but he has not told us if christina regusters will be one of those witnesses on the stand in her

christina regusters worked at the child care center the girl attended. he judge warned regusters if she has another outburst in court like she did on wednesday she would have to watch the proceedings from a video feed. >>> the family of a northeast philadelphia murder victim says her funeral will be held today. family and friends will pay final respects to ruby thomas. she's one of two women killed in the execution style murders inside a home last month. dolly evans was the other victim. police say the suspect in the case, 25-year-old james mears was staying with the women. they believe the murders took place after mears tried to rob one of them. >>> happening today, a memorial service will be held for american journalist steven sotloff who was beheaded by isis militants. the public service is expected to take place this afternoon in pine crest, florida. sotloff was taken hostage last year in syria while working as a free lance journalist. his family says through his work, sotloff wanted to give a voice to those who have been silenced. >>> today, nato all

. >>> the jury has the case in the kidnapping and sexual assault trial against christina regusters.eliberations startd this morning, the 21-year-old is accused of abducting a 5-year-old girl from her school and then molesting her. "action news" reporter vernon odom will have a live report from the courthouse coming up at 12:30. >>> thousands of people that received federal aid money from super storm sandy, they investigated households suspected of receiving improper payments. some were not eligible because their damaged property because it was not their primary residence. >>> still to come a former olympian is cleared of murder and oscar pistorius is not off the hook, the announcement that led to his courtroom break down coming up. >>> a weight loss drug is hitting the market and the latest later on health check. and a cool down for the weekend. the forecast from accuweather when "action news" at noon i'm j-a-n-e and i have copd. i'm d-a-v-e and i have copd. i'm k-a-t-e and i have copd, but i don't want my breathing problems to get in the way my volunteering. that's why i asked my d

now, regusters, christina regusters is a 21-year-old former child care worker on trial, accused of kidnapping a young girl from her cobbs creek school in january of 2013. regusters was allegedly dressed in muslim garb at the time. police say she walked the victim to her home several blocks away, where she kept the victim for nearly 24 hours, raping her. the little girl's injuries were so bad, she had to have several surgeries after. regusters maintains her innocence. defense says police arrested the wrong person, despite regusters' dna found on a t-shirt the victim was wearing. the trial is in its third week already. we've seen three jurors have been dismissed. at 5:00 a.m., coming up in the next hour, you will hear from christina regusters's mother about the allegations against her daughter. reporting live outside the criminal justice center, katy zachry, nbc 10 news. >>> and from our delaware bureau, police are looking for two kids accused of beating up a 12-year-old boy in a wheelchair. quan mackey is in a wheelchair with cerebral palsy. on monday, two attackers, just about quan's age, sho

christina regusters' laptop showed a search for garb. the defense attorney asked agent moore that computer you analyzed, you said there was no password. does that mean anybody could use it? moore answered anybody could use it. agent moore also testified days before the kidnapping someone using the guest user profile on regusters' laptop was searching for pornography. and someone deleted the search history on the laptop. he was able to recover it, also finding web searches for information about rape, dna, and fingerprinting. again, under cross examination regusters' attorney asked is there any way to tell who visited those sites? moore answered no. so more circumstantial evidence the jury will have to go through if christina regusters is to take the stand, would probably happen tomorrow. prosecution has one more witness, then the defense would begin. her attorney may decidebzt has enough to argue reasonable doubt without taking the risk of putting her on the stand. live at the criminal justice center, lu ann cahn, nbc 10 news. >>> we cont

in court we heard more about christina regusters' past. regusters told the court that she is -- herself is the victim of sexual abuse and has been abused several time ins past. there was a win for regusters' attorney today. the police officer who arrested regusters in this case did not read her her miranda rights. the statement obtained after her arrest cannot be used in court for now. live outside the criminal justice center, christine maddela, nbc 10 news. >> thank you. count on nbc 10 news to give you perspective about today's developments in court. new at 4:45, we will hear legal analysis on the trial from our legal expert. >>> a little girl wanders philadelphia alone in the dark and in a thunderstorm. >> her mother says she was dropped off at the wrong bus stop. today the school called police on the mother when she started asking questions. lu ann cahn continues live outside the palmer charter school. >> what went wrong here? >> reporter: i have to tell you, we're not getting a lot of answers here. what we do know is that yesterday, ar

not my sister. >> this is the sister of kidnapped victim of christina regusters. >> prosecutors say this is regusters in a muslim costume kidnapping a 5-year-old girl from her school in january of '13. and she was accused of brutally several you'lly molesting the child and abandoning her at a playground in the predawn air wearing only a t-shirt and the child required extensive surgery as a result of a molestation. >> it's not in her nature or dna to do this. i believe she is innocent. >> they suggested that regusters was actually her rescuers and the girl now 7 was initially taken by a woman name rashida. and brutalized by the man, the person the child was told about by the kidnapper but a person she never saw. all of this during an ordeal where the child was blindfolded. >> it's the man who did this to her and then referring to china, does the predator save the prey. >> the assistant prosecutor told a story of eight women and four men. and they were characters created in regusters world and the evidence points to kristina and no one else. >> her dna was found on her t-shirt when it was

in court yesterday, forensic experts say christina regusters' dna was found on the t-shirt she was wearinghen she was found. regusters worked at the child care center where the girl attended. the judge warned regusters if she had another outburst in court like she did two days ago, she'll have to watch the proceedings from a video feed. >>> more budget cut means fewer security guards for philadelphia katy zachry is with us. >> reporter: chief inspector carl holmes has a long history with the philadelphia police department. yesterday he was not shy about admitting that this year their resources are less than last year but he says he's confident he and his police officers can keep things just as safe. now when the school year starts on monday, they will be down 40 officers from this time last year. the district is operating with an $80 million budget deficit. there's no extra money to fill those positions. he says that schools will be sharing officers and at the city's high schools, they've had to take away some officers to put them in other buildings. do parents have reason to worry about t

. >> reporter: christina regusters doesn't have a criminal history. during the trial he would heard about her troubled past. she herself was once a victim. >> i wouldn't call her a monster. she's misguided and she really had a rough childhood. she was in foster care. her father physically molested her. and her sister. so things were bad, things in her background. she didn't overcome them. >> reporter: the prosecution celebrated the conviction and will push for regusters to serve the maximum sentence. >> i think that the sentence possibilities include a life sentence. that's what she deserves. if she were released from prison, community would not be safe. >> this child can move on. let them -- let the child heal. move on with her life. knowing that this person is no longer out there and going to harm her or anybody else. >> reporter: the lieutenant with the special victims unit said it's rare for a woman to sexually assault a young girl. >> we knew that there might not -- there was not a male involved. bringing that whole thing home to understand that

surveillance video. >>> nbc 10 keeping close tabs on a philadelphia jury deciding the fate of christina regusterssed of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 5-year-old girl. after five hours of deliberation today, the jury was sent home. today the judge announced the six formal charges regusters is facing. all 12 jurors will have to agree on a verdict. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> some peeks of sun today outside. and we're watching skies for a chance of rain now as well and more changes ahead in the forecast. >> nbc 10 first alert chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz tells us what to expect next. what about it, glenn? >> renee, tomorrow is not going to look or feel very much like today. we have mix of clouds an a little bit of blue in that sky as we look to the west. we're actually starting to see some of the drier air that is comi.ckvz in behind the cold fr. we've had some sunshine toward the shore, ahead of the front. but either way, we're not seeing much in the way of rain. just a couple of showers around lancaster county. and the future cast shows perhaps a couple dev

-- counts and took -- >> reporter: it took 6 hours for the jury to convict christina regusters they concluded this was her a 19-year-old who wore a muslim disguise to gain access to the child's elementary school. she took the girl to a nearby house and sexually is alling her during a 19 hour ordeal keeping the girl naked under a bed. detectives say she tried to fool 5-year-old. >> she fed her information about an alleged man including showing her a picture on a cell phone. there's no evidence to suggest that man existed. >> reporter: a day later she was left alone after dark at a park dressed in t-shirt. police closed in on the regusters with the little girl's help. >> the child was able to identify the home by the back tears, and knew about the bird. >> reporter: this is marty the bird. police say this is a closed case, but her lawyer thinks there were others involved. >> i don't think she had the capability of coming up with a scheme like this. >> reporter: the victim's mother we want when the verdict came down -- we went when the -- wept when the verdict came down. >> she didn't

yesterday the jury was shown internet searches made from christina regusters laptop.e at the criminal justice center and you've been in the courtroom for portions of this trial. is regusters still expected to take the stand in her own behalf. >> at the beginning of the trial that was the plan. proceedings could certainly change that. christina regusters has maintained her innocence throughout but her attorney may not want to take that risk. christina regusters is accused of kidnapping and raping a 5-year-old girl and posing as that 5-year-old girl's mother taking her from bryant elementary school in january of last year. prosecutors are expected to wrap up their case today and witness testimony has taken nearly three weeks in that time we have heard from the victim herself, family members and detectives assigned to the case. now, yesterday, one of those investigators told the court that internet searches related to muslim clothing, child pornography and rape were found on regusters laptop though it could not be proven that she performed those searches. after the cri

each time christina regusters heard the forewoman say guilty the trembling increased the verdict this was regusters a worker that wore muslim des guys to gain access her school and kidnap the kindergartner and sexually assault her. she fooled the child into believing there were three people involved instead of one. >> she told victim a name when she was dressed in

christina regusters worked at the child care center the girl attended. if she has another outburst in court like she did on wednesday she'll have to watch the proceedings from a video feed. >>> this morning, we are remembering comedy legend joan rivers. celebrities and fans across the world are mourning her loss. her daughter melissa rivers issued this statement, quote, my mother's greatest joy in life was to make people laugh. although this that is difficult to do right now, i no he her final wish would be that we return to laughing soon. rivers had a long career as a standup comic, late-night talk show host and hollywood fashion critic. locally she sold a successful line of clothing, jewelry and accessories on the qvc shopping network based in westchester. qvc hosts say they have fond memories of working with joan. >> you never knew what joan was going to say or do next. she got me to dance the charleston on air. >> rivers spent 24 years selling her products on qvc. the network's president said she was a generous and a caring spirit who inspired them ev

. >> reporter: this morning, christina regusters sat emotionless as the judge read out the six charges against her. aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury. involuntary deviant sexual intercourse with a child involving serious bodily injury. kidnapping. unlawful contact with a minor. unlawful restraint of a minor. and concealing the whereabouts of a child. >> those crimes ranging from rape, to endangerment of a child, are all separate individual crimes with individual elements that the commonwealth had to prove to them beyond a reasonable doubt. >> reporter: now, the jury has been attentive and at some times emotional during the nearly three weeks of testimony in this case. now, all 12 jurors have to agree on a verdict on each one of these six charges in order to find christina regusters guilty or not guilty for each one of those charges she faces. of course, we'll be back here in the courtroom tomorrow to wait on the jury to see if they hand down a verdict. reporting live outside the criminal justice center, christine maddela, nbc 10 news. >>> and stay with nbc 10 as we await

. >>> christina regusters's kidnapping trial could go to a jury tomorrow. charged with kidnapping and sexual assault of a 5-year-old girl in 2013. in court today, her lawyer called two character witnesses, including her best friend. regusters did not take the stand in her own defense. >> the judge directly and bluntly told christina regusters she had a right to testify and asked her if she understood when she was not testifying that she was waiving that right and asked her whether she approved of everything that her council did and she answered yes. >> the judge will give his instructions to the jury, first thing in the morning. >>> the controversial images of ray rice and his then-fiancee in a elevator are now hitting newsstands. a frame of that video on this week's cover of "sports illustrated," the magazine delves into not only the problem of domestic violence but nature by which the nfl reacted both before and after the video was released. for the third day in a row since that video surfaced the prosecutor, who admitted rice into a pretrial invention pr

>> reporter: from what we're being told is that inside up on the 11th floor, the defendant christina regusters stood up and said she will not be taking the stand today. we do understand also that two character witnesses have taken the stand though. one of them a woman who worked with regusters at the day care center where the victim attended. we're hearing that the closing arguments are beginning momentarily by the defense. prosecutors tell us regusters is the woman seen here. we have more on a recap. prosecutors say regusters is the woman seen her in muslim clothing with the then 5-year-old victim. investigators have testified the little girl was kidnapped from her elementary school, sexually assaulted inside the west philadelphia home of regusters' aunt and abandon eed here in a park. prosecutors have linked her to the crime through testimony like dna and activity on her laptop. >> reporter: the defense could rest today. when that happens, we will let you know. christine maddela is in the courtroom. she's following the developments. she began on nbc 10 news at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. live for n

it began with the chilling security camera footage of christina regusters disguised in muslim clothing snatching her five year old victim from bryant elementary school. it ends 20 months later with a guilty verdict against reguste regusters. >> many people can't imagine that this crime would occur. how could a woman abuse a child in this way? well it happened. >> reporter: regusters kidnapped the little girl, brought her to a nearby house and raped her in a most savage fashion. the child was diss covered 19 hours later alone and frightened in an upper darby park. some believe regusters was the scapegoat for group of people involved in the abduction. but prosecutors say that story was pushed by the defendant herself. who told her blindfolded victim that her sexual attacker was unnamed man. >> she fed her information about this alleged man including showing her a picture on a cell phone but there's absolutely no evidence to suggest that man ever existed. >> this was her and her alone. >> her and her alone. >> reporter: regusters defense attorney continues to insist there were others invo

close tabs on a philadelphia jury deciding the fate of christina regusters. five hours of deliberations today, the jury was sent home. today, the judge announced the six formal charges that reguster is facing. they detailed them. all 12 jurors have to agree on a verdict. >>> a sixth grade teacher is dead. she was discovered at a holiday inn on packer avenue this morning stabbed multiple times. police say she taught at francis scott key elementary school in south philly. the woman whose name has not been released was found in a hotel room with wounds to her arms and throat. according to police, two weapons were recovered, but there was no evidence anyone was with her. >>> new at 5:30, a philadelphia police officer was arrested today after investigators say he assaulted his wife. officer joseph griffin turned himself in to police today. he's accused of threatening and assaulting his wife in june at their northeast philadelphia home. griffin is an eight-year veteran of the force. police commissioner charles ramsey has suspended him for 30 days with the intent to

. >>> it's took a philadelphia jury just 6 hours to find christina regusters guilty on 6 counts. prosecutors said they they coult have done it without the brave 6-year-old victim and key piece of evidence a talking burdened. >> reporter: it took 6 hours for the jury to convict the former day care worker. a 19-year-old who wore a muslim disguise to gain access to the child's class at bryant elementary. itshe took her to a nearby housekeeping the girl naked under the bed. she tried to fool the five-year-old into thinking three people were involved. >> she fed her information about this alleged man showing her a picture on the cell phone. >> reporter: a day later she was left alone after dark at a park dressed only in a t-shirt. police closed in on the suspect with the little girl's help. >> the child was able to identify the home from the back stairway, knew this was the bird. >> reporter: this is mattery the bird, video taped inside the home after she was arrested. police say this is a closed case, but the lawyer said there's others involved. >> i don't think she had the capabilit

they told the judge they were tired and ready to go home for the day. >> at age 21, defendant christina regusters'sawyer is hoping to convince the jury she was not the one. regusters mother and sister who live in maryland have been here in court every day. >> my dad was abusive, he did things to both my sister and myself. but is this supposedly the motive, no it is not. i can't speak for my father's actions he is a grown man but i know that is the not the reason and she is not the person that did this. >> the defense's theory is there were others involved in this crime. that saw the child so badly sexual abuse sd she needed surgery. and they found on her laptop computer an interest in child porn. the jury did ask one question, they asked the judge to give them a read back of two statements she made one to the police and one to the fbi, denying any involvement in that crime and the judge denied that and the judge has said that if convicted of all the charges here, kristina regusters could spend the rest of they are life in prison. vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> authorities s

this morning, the defense attorney started by call two witnesses, christina's best friend as well as a woman who worked with reguster at the day care the victim attended. character witnesses who both said christina's a law-abiding citizen and peaceful. her best friend smiled and waevd in the courtroom when she stepped up to the witness stand. reguster smiled back. after two character witnesses we waited to hear if she would take the stand herself in her own defense. >> the judge told her she had a right to testify and asked her if she understood when she was not testifying that she was waiving that right and asked her whether she approved of everything that her counsel did and she answered yes. there was no testimony from christina reguster. >> reporter: tom kline represents the family in the civil case and is not bound by the gag order in the criminal trial. the defense attorney spoke passionately saying he's proud to represent chrisjjb because she's innocent. >> the prosecution has argued that this case proves that christina was guilty, that the defense argued there are many holes in the case and there is no way

two people who live in a house with christina regusters testified in court today. egusters is accused of sexually assaulting a 5-year-old philadelphia girl. the aunt testified she's the owner of the white jacket the victim was seen waring on surveillance tape the day the child was kidnapped. >>> layoff or closure warning notices could be sent to workers at trump taj mahal. they could be close to declaring bankruptcy. no comment today from the taj mahal. >>> google will refund millions to parents who were unfairly billed for charging by kids playing video. google and apple came under fire for allowing children to put hundreds of dollars of game charges on their parents' credit cards without permission. google will refund more than $19 million. they will change its billing practices. >>> a field hockey fight on two local high school teams. this time, it's a group of boys being sidelined by the state and the school. >> reporter: guys colliding with girls on a high school field leads one group to ban boys from playing field hockey. the story next. >>> what researchers a

. >> reporter: the manages will begin to decide the fate of 21-year-old christina regusters. prosecutor erin o'reilly called her the monster under the bed. prosecutors say the little girl testified she was about ducked, placed under a bed, sexually assaulted and then released in the park. the during the two-week trial, investigators testified regusters is the woman seen wearing muslim clothinging who kidnapped the then 5-year-old in january 2013 from bryant elementary school and took her to a home in west philadelphia. investigators also say regusters' dna was found on the shirt that the cold and shivering child was wearing. at times, tears filled the eyes of the jurors during the moving testimony. we're going to keep it here and keep an update for you on n"nbc0 news." monique braxton, nbc10 news. >>> this this morning from the delaware bureau, both prosecutors and officials are asking a judge to step aside in the case. thomas matusiewicz is the man who shot and killed two women inside a courthouse before he took his own life. matusiewicz's wife, son and daughter are charged

talking bird named marty. >> it took six hours for a jury to convict former day a care worker christina regusters this was here a then 19-year-old who wore a muslim disguise to game access to a kindergarten class at bryant elementary. january, 2013 regusters took the young girl to a nearby house sexually assaulting her during a 19 hour ordeal keeping the girl naked under a bed. detectives say she tried to fool the 5-year-old into thinking three people were involved instead of one. >> she fed her information about the alleged man including showing a picture on the cellphone. there is absolutely no evidence to suggest that man ever existed. >> a day later regusters left the girl alone after dark at a park dressed only in a tee shirt. police later closed in on regusters with the little girl's help. >> the child miraculously was able to identify this home from the back stairway. flew was a bird. >> this is marty the bird videotaped by police inside regusters home after she was arrested. police say this is a closed case. but regusters lawyer still believes there were others involved. >> i just think t

no problems, so far, so good today, but the judge did start the day off with that warning to christina regusters that if she had another outburst like she had yesterday, she would have to watch the court proceedings from a video feed. after that, reg gusters went back to being unemotional and disinterested. she shuffled papers and took notes while the jurors listened to dna experts on the stand. >> there was dna from both the little, abducted girl as well as christina reg gusters on the t-shirt, the adult t-shirt and that was the headline of the dead. >> reporter: that's tom klein, the victim's attorney the if in the civil case, he is not bound by the gag order in the criminal trial. much of today's testimony centered around dna evidence. we heard from these two forensic experts with the philadelphia police department. they tested evidence from the home where the victim was allegedly held as well as the t-shirt the girl was found in. >> the one key piece of evidence that the prosecution is relying upon, that one shirt that this little girl was found in had the dna of the good samaritan who found

will seek a life sentence for christina regusters. she was in muslim dress and veil when she impersonated the girl's mother, the girl suffered several injuries and needed a clostomy while recovering. >>> an implosion will bring down the queen lane highrise. >> reporter: if all goes as planned it will look like the implosion of mantua hall back in 2008. >> 7:15 a.m. we plan to push the plunger and have that implosion takes place. >> reporter: the building has been vacant for two years as the housing authority worked with residents on a demolition plan. respect toes who live in a one block area will be evacuated to a comfort zone at 4:00 a.m., a second zone which covers a 2 block radius is being called the dust zone. >> we're asking the folks that live in that area to stay in their homes or apartments keep their windows and doors closed until we give all clear sign. >> reporter: ment demolition will make way are to the construction of 355 new flats and walkups and townhouses. >> it's mixed emotions, it's the first thing that's happened

. >> christina regusters is charged with kidnapping the child from a cobbs creek elementary school.lu ann cahn was in the courtroom and is live in center city. >> reporter: a couple of jurors looked particularly disturbed when the fbi agent testified he was able to recover searches for child pornography on christina regusters' laptop, but wasn't able to tell the jury who was using that laptop. the fbi agent michael moore said no password was needed to get on the hot pink laptop held up in court. he said anyone could use it under christina's name or as a guest user. jurors flinched when they were shown word searches for cute lolitas, and one site about a young girl being sodomized. they were done with a guest user profile. there's no way to tell if regusters or someone else did the search. moore testified he was able to recover websites pulled up under christina's name, searching for women's muslim garb, a couple days before she allegedly kidnapped the child from bryant elementary school. january 14th, 2013. surveillance video shows a woman in muslim garb, taking the child out of sch

christina regusters's family tells nbc 10 she would never commit the crimes she's accused of. regusters is charged with kidnapping a child from her school and sexual assaulting her. speaker for the first time, regusters's mother told nbc 10 the person described in court is not her daughter. and listening to the graphic testimony she says has within difficult. >>> more than 24 hours after video of the alleged ray rice elevator assault was released, nbc 10 is still trying to find out how the football player qualified for pretrial intervention. we reached out to the atlantic county prosecutor to see if he had ever viewed the surveillance footage, but we were told he was not in the office. >>> more troubling news for atlantic city's casinos today. trump entertainment resorts filed for bankruptcy today. the company owns trump plaza which is scheduled to close in one week and trump taj mahal which officials say could close in november. today warning notices went out to the taj mahal employees. it would be the fifth casino in atlantic city to close this year. >>> a respiratory virus

. >>> thank you, david, to recap the big story for you former daycare worker christina regusters was convicted on all counts today of kidnapping a girl from bryant elementary school regusters will be sentenced december 15 and faces up to life in prison. >>> in other news tonight two children are back at home with their family after a terrifying crash. they were hit while walking home from school wednesday but they made a remarkable recovery. "action news" reporter eva pilgrim is live at the the scene of the accident where the story began. eva. >>> rick a young brother and sister are now at home recovering after being hit by a pickup truck earlier this week trying to cross academy here in northeast philadelphia. >> we have six children six beautiful healthy children and we still have six beautiful and healthy children and i'm very very proud and happy. >> wednesday around 3:00 in the afternoon 11-year-old isabella and 7-year-old tristan or walking nrom school when hit by a pickup truck byberry road trying to cross academy. several people including two nursing students stopped to help t