we have on the phone cydney long. >> reporter: hi, vai. when we spoke to you live at 11:30, we could tell something was developing as a convoy of police and department of corrections vehicles basically headed south on the garden state parkway. they did a very fast turn around, a u-turn at the rest stop where we are at lacey township. right now we are standing on the side of the garden state parkway. it is pretty much, vai, a dead stop. we know that escaped inmate arthur buckel who escaped from the psychiatric hospital, the bay side satellite prison unit last week on tuesday has finally been captured we are told without incident. a state police source tells me that the department of corrections has been able to capture buckel and no one has been hurt. what i'm seeing is traffic stacked up along the garden state parkway northbound and numerous department of corrections vehicles and police who are up on the left-hand side we are told that buckel is essentially right outside of this double trouble state park and may be sitting on a barrier on

i'm cydney long, nbc10 news. >> thank you for that information. happening now, day two of jury selection in a federal corruption trial of congressman chaka fattah. this is video of him entering the courthouse yesterday. a pool of 250 potential jurors. he's accused of taking bribes and misusing hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign money, charitable funds, and campaign money to pay off personal dents. he lost to dwight evans in his primary re-election bid. >> today, a bucks county woman charneled with murdering her toddler daughter. kayla moore is accused in the beating death of 2-year-old athena wolf. the child dies a week ago today. moore told police her daughter fell down while playing, but investigators say the female suffered injuries more in line with a car accident than a slip and fall. moore is being held without bail. another child who was in the house at the time is now in protective custody. >> and philadelphia police call a shooting that left two cousins wounded rather unusual. a 16-year-old boy and a 20-year-old woman were found

live in trenton, cydney long, nbc 10 news. >> thank you. elsewhere, the phillies kicked off their home runs for trees program philadelphia's neighborhood. for every home run hit this season a tree will be planted in city parks, neighborhoods and water shed areas. children at f.j. meyers helped plant the first tree of the season. the program is in its fifth year. right now there are more than 550 trees tagged with phillies' players planned across the region. >> overcast skies over wilmington. nbc 10 in rodney square where we found a vegetable stand, flowers and plants for sale. some areas cloudy and gray. others saw torrential rain. >> nbc 10 gives you neighborhood forecasts so you know what's happening where you live. sheena parveen is standing by with more. >> yes, torrential rain earlier this afternoon along the jersey shore around two inches of rain fell there. but we're seeing conditions clearing out not with the cloud cover but rain. rain has moved out of our shore points. temperatures are cool. in pennsylvania suburbs, upper 40s. phil

cydney long, nbc 10 news. >>> be on the lookout for bears in delaware. that warning comes from police after pair of sightings, a black bear spotted outside the home in the wood creek community. the first sighting happened yesterday in pike creek. a boy saw a black bear in the backyard of a home late at night. we spoke to that boy's father today. san bernardino he says it was big. my youngest son says it's the size of a car, of course, a little kid. that's about it. i called 911. they stated there have had other sightings in the area. >> tim furlong spoke to the boy who saw the bear. we'll hear from him at 5:00. the latest in a siri of bear sightings. here's a picture of a bear spotted yesterday. last friday a bear spotted in the creek in philadelphia. taking a swim. you can see that animal enjoying the cool water. over the weekend, a bear was spotted at pen oaks township. >>> sixers fans celebrating with new reason to be on mioptimisti. nbc 10 was on the steps of the art museum, the sixers unfurled the massive jersey. number one is significant because th

cydney long is joining us from camden. you spoke with the chief.what did he have to say about this? >> reporter: the chief tells me this is a concerning spike in crime. it has his undivided attention. however he says the murders are not random. one significant change inside the department between may last year and now, there are 50 fewer cops on the streets and 100 officer positions to fill. >> reporter: in the month of may alone, camden hits ten murders. >> if this is any sign of what's to come, it's horrific. >> reporter: it's the same number of lives lost in the first five months of last year bringing this year's total to 22. the most recent homicide was saturday, during the day at whitman park. chief scott thompson says in a majority of shootings, the victim and suspect know each other. >> they're doing it at close range with multiple rounds being fired. >> i thank god for the cameras they have installed. it's making a difference. >> reporter: denise dennis has 14 grandchildren who live and play in camden. she said three of the recent murders t

from cherry hill, cydney long, nbc 10 news. >>> tonight, cyclists around our area will ride in silence honoring eight local bicyclists il canned in accidents. the two rides will roll off at 7:00 this evening. the group of cyclists travel between seven to eight miles slowly and in silence. hoping the ride will encourage drivers to share the road. >>> philadelphia teens hoping to score a job this summer got some help today. the form of a $2 million grant from the u.s. department of labor. the money will go toward providing 250 summer and year-round jobs. the grant target teens between 14 and 16 who live in the philadelphia area. speaking of the city, the city's mayor, jim kenney, got swept up in the celebration of a new playground moving light on his feet. he opened the camp school community playground in fair hill. the high-tech playground offers outdoor classrooms with the weather station and butterfly houses. >>> cloudy skies out there, but the rain held off. first alert weather. folks in camden county took advantage of the mild temperatures. and that break from the clouds, this was t

and cydney long introduces us to trooper eric chuck richardson. >> reporter: new jersey state trooper camden nature difference and camden high 2004 graduate eric chuck richardson is back in his high school library today accepting a national recognition from teach anti-bullying incorporated. >> granted to new jersey state trooper eric chuck richardson for supporting the fight against bullying and school violence. >> reporter: he's the first trooper from camden in ten years and new dad, in freshman lost his father. from he might grab a kid and says you got to acts right. he's just a good guy. >> reporter: trooper richardson gives up his team as a volunteer and assistant basketball coach. >> at times i say chuck can you take over and chuck takes over. and they know when he takes over, it's something special. >> reporter: trooper richardson went on to say today's young people are crying out for help, but they seem to be looking for it in all the wrong places. richardson himself choked back tears. he was filled with emotion and the room fell silent as he spoke about the recent death of 16-

. >> cydney long broke the story.ause of her roberts, officers are making sure the lines are drawn more clearly now. >> how did today's meeting go? >> reporter: well, i can tell you, the meeting did unfold behind closed doors and we are told that there was some tension inside. we did learn, however that that 911 call that was placed from urban promise academy last monday when students were threatened on the playground didn't come from a cell phone after all. and that land lines on campus are also not to blame. >> when you call the police, say a man with a gun and a child, police should come. >> reporter: only after our exclusive report monday about the lack of police response to the urban promise academy did top brass at county dispatch and two police departments meet with school leaders. why was the meeting imperative. >> you had a small group of children who were put in a very, very scary situation. >> reporter: camden county's director of public safety called a special meeting to investigate what went wrong. a pass