nbc 10's deanna durante is joining us. this all started as a small find and it got more significant as the day wore on? >> reporter: those crews have just left the site within the last couple of minutes. they tell us that today, construction stopped here in order to be able to lift a lot of the heavy dirt out of the way. they say that they are working now to put those people where they should have been placed, more than a century ago. some have been buried here since before the signing of the declaration of independence. this is the view we saw today. a skull, bones and coffins. all once part of the first baptist cemetery. it was supposedly moved in 1859, 1860. so this cemetery was not something that we were expecting to find. >> reporter: last fall construction workers breaking ground on a new apartment complex made the discovery. they found some bones. they called in the city and medical examiner's office and the thought of what to do with them, was left to the property owner. after word spread a group of archeologist an

reporting live, deanna durante. >>> berks county a reverend is facing charges in the death of a youngirl. he is accused of failure to report child abuse. he is considered a mandatory reporter of child abuse. that means if you know about child abuse you are required to report it by law. this all comes after a 2-year-old ella grace died of pneumonia back in november. her parents are charged in her death. they say their faith forbids medical treatment. >>> philadelphia's mayor calling for hiring additional firefighters and paramedics, more spending to fight the opioid and heroin epidemic and millions of dollars for a project connecting the waterfront to center city. the mayor kinney introduced his $4.5 billion budget today. the mayor went beyond talking about philadelphia, saying there's a lot of uncertainty about the future. >> we don't know what's coming out of washington and we don't know what's coming out of harrisburg. every day it's something different and it's not good. >> some state and federal funding could be in jeopardy for sanctuary cities like philadelphia because of efforts

deanna durante spoke with that man today. she's live in north philadelphia tonight. what is he saying this evening? >> reporter: well, he says he's concerned that somebody may come here and retaliate. it was yesterday afternoon that he chased the robber from the stores of his business here, down 5th street around the corner and that's where police say he fired several shots, two of them hitting the suspects in the chest. five or six shots, so loud workers take cover at a local pizza shop. the store's not far from where philadelphia police say a local business owner shot an armed robber. two bullets hitting him in the chest. in the hours after the shooting, early in the investigation police cuffed him and took him into custody and determined later they were not going to press charges. >> the guy pull out a gun so he shot. >> police say today the decision was made by the district attorney's office. >> this individual had something in his hand either knife or gun and that's what made the store owner fire his weapon. >> reporter: the case is not over. detectives were out

deanna durante takes you to both counties. >> reporter: they say you hear it by day. >> it's 8:45 atight. we've been hearing gun fire for over one hour. >> reporter: and by night. >> it sounds like a war zone. it's constant and it doesn't stop. and that is your quality of life. >> reporter: meg has been leading the charge in her neighborhood. she's not the only one complaining about the noise. a community group is filled with rants online. >> our hands are tied. >> reporter: the noise isn't coming from her county. it it was intended as a site for officers who guard the nuclear power plant to train as well. east vincent's township manager refused a request to comment on camera. >> i think you can have police who train properly. >> reporter: residents who reached out to me by phone, it's not the training they have the issue with, it's the time of day. she says that east vincent first agreed to alert residents in montgomery county about any use of the facility. but on monday and on tuesday she heard the shots again with no warning. >> not knowing when it's going to start or when it's go

nbc 10's deanna durante with a story of one woman who says there were clear warning signs. >> i know the plan was to adopt her. i tried my hardest to try to stop that from happening. >> reporter: at 16, jessica knew grace packer. she was a foster child just like grace. in 2006, grace was three and the foster parents, david and sarah packer. >> they were verbally abusive. her chore around the house was to pick up the chihuahua's poop. >> reporter: her case workers were here i. the packers would let grace cry for hours. she said she told her case workers about that and other concerns. >> the foster father was asleep and the baby was in the kitchen by himself with a knife. i reported that. >> reporter: before she was in north hampton county case worker, sarah packer worked here. we visited this building twice trying to get answers, if they ever investigated the suspected abuse reported to them by jessica and also another foster child. both times we were told no comment. we're with nbc 10, i have some questions. you don't even know why we're here? we interviewed ann last month. she told

let's go to deanna durante looking at the traffic backup. >> reporter: if you're trying to go anywhere quickly, some people are slowing down, yelling things to us. that's how slow the traffic is here. i'm looking at the merge where route 1 and 76 come into merge here on 76 west. you can see how slow it is. people beeping maybe at us, maybe at their frustration. certainly a long night. it was about an hour ago we took an hour to come down the blue route through conshohocken to city avenue. it took us about 60 minutes. hopefully the traffic conditions will lighten up for people as time goes on so that people can get home and enjoy their friday evening. but tonight certainly slow going. reporting live near city avenue, deanna durante, nbc10 news. >> be careful out there. >>> a norman rockwell painting is back with its owners. it was stolen from their cherry hill home more than 40 years ago. the fbi returned the famous painting to the grant family today. the owners now, six siblings, aren't saying what they'll do with the painting. their dad paid 100 bucks for that painting in the '50s. it

deanna durante. >> the lehigh valley heavy snow fell at times dumping between 12 and 14 inches. plows tried to keep things clear and not even 18-wheelers could handle the snow and slush and these guys got a workout pushing their car. >> people in reading are also busy digging out tonight, some using their bobcats, others going that classic shovel route. brandon hudson is live in reading tonight. driving there won't be easy any time soon. >> reporter: no, it won't be, jacqueline and jim, especially fot with this thick packed snow. you can see it comes well past my ankle. i want to take you across the street. you can see some of these cars are still buried in the show. it's going to take a while for some of these cars and some of these people to get these cars out of there. we're on north sixth street out here in reading. the crews are working on these side streets this evening. we just got a few more flakes in the last half hour, but i can tell you around lunchtime today we were a little hesitant to drive down these streets. with so many cars buried in snow, we saw a few guys get

deanna durante will bring us some of those at 4:30.ight now 20 minutes of nonstop news continues with a video of the jersey shore that's going viral, viewed more than 18 million times. >> it starts with a fight involving two teenagers but a good samaritan jumps in to teach a lesson. >> you think it's a game out here? it ain't no game out here. it's real out here, will brother. >> friends of the good samaritan say they're not surprised he helped the teenagers resolve their differences. cydney long is live in atlantic city. >> you spoke the good samaritan on the phone. what did he have to say about all the attention the video is getting. >> reporter: he's taken back by all of the viral attention of his media -- of his post yesterday afternoon or what he did to step in. he's a 27-year-old father, taking college classes. he also played football at one time for atlantic city high school. he's not quite ready to step into the spotlight the same way he did in a very big way right here yesterday. punches fly between two teenaged boys at the co

deanna durante joining us live from the scene. details of this hard to listen to. most importantly, how is that little boy doing? >> reporter: we're td injuries. it happened from theon diand stt philadelphia. the mother was seen a threateni harm his and her child and today she made good on that threat. >> his face was beaten or whatever, but i didn't want to look at him like that. i didn't want to see him like that. >> reporter: dan yelliielle sai older woman was wheelchair bound and she would often watch the baby named justin. >> he started crying and i was happy to hear him cry so i felt a little comforted. but they were saying he was in critical but stable condition. >> reporter: police say they're not sure how both ended up on the pavement. >> we don't know whether she actually was holding the baby or threw the baby out the window. it's under investigation. >> reporter: neighbors stepped in yesterday when they saw the woman hanging from the woman with the baby. >> i ran over there and got the baby from her. talked to her for a while. >> reporter: she wanted to

deanna durante talked to the dog's owner. >> e she joins us live with the story. >> joel davis is in prison. . investigators say he killed two dogs as revenge. >> it's the most ridiculous thing i have ever heard of. >> reporter: he's it all. . ask then there's this case. >> it start ed on a february weekend when the 2-year-old pug died. the dog's owner jennifer sherman. >> i even told him that weekend you better take care of him. nothing better happen. >> the him is her boyfriend joel davis. that's him in the pictures. >> he told me the dog's legs gave out and blood came out of his nose and mouth ask that was it. he just stopped breathing. >> a freak accident was hard to believe. they this no reason to think he was lying. until three weeks later her new dog home just three days was alone with davis. >> i was on my way home. he told me the same story. what do you mean something is wrong with him. and he basically told e me his legs stopped working. the same story he told me with sebastian and he just stopped breathing and he died. >> an autopsy showed he died from trauma and a fractur

deanna durante, nbc10 news. >>> to the forecast now. get ready for a big change to the weather.ain cooled things off a bit. we're in for a drastic drop. >> crystal tracked the storm as it moved off the coast. >> these 70 degree days over for a while? >> we're looking at a huge drop over the next several days, today we end um hitting 74 degrees in philadelphia. records were tied. now take a look, clouds all the rain and thunderstorms. they are out of here, and we are tracking clearing conditions as we move forward. what's interesting is how quickly this system broke apart. look at the damage reports. i've turned off everything except for downed trees. maryland all over the place, seeing trees that were down. we get into our area. this is right about the time the system started to fall apart. we lucked out in this situation. everywhere else, free and clear, aside from some periods of heavy rain. very good news for the region. the bulk of the storm ran a little too fast. here a look at the gusts, we're going to stay windy. we have gusts at 31 miles per hour. we're going to see the

deanna durante reports. >> reporter: when they said do you know the packers, my heart sunk to my toes because i hadn't heard that name in ten years. >> they told my case manager that i was absolutely. >> reporter: jessica was sent to leave with sarah and david packer when she was 16. also in the house a 3-year-old named z-uzy. grace's baby brother and a teenager also lived there and last month we introduced you to ann row dak. she lived in the packer house in 2010. ann and jessica never met but they were both kids under the care of the impact project and both tell nbc10 news they reported abusive conditions to their case worker at the hands of the packer. >> reporter: for weeks we've been trying to get information, how big of a provider it is in this state. those answers have been hard to come by. we know that some counties use it for foster care. others use it for foster care and court ordered services. she worked here and she fostered kids while working here. after our report aired on friday one county official in north hampton said an e-mail asking for a full review and suspension

. >>> what a gorgeous day to be outside shopping, our own deanna durante was at the philadelphia premiumutlet in limerick. a great day to get that wardrobe in order. you still see some hands in the pockets, people dressed up. even though it was nice and sunny out there. >> even though it was nice and sunny, temperatures still topped out only in the 50s. here's the deal, i kind of want to use that line that you just used, a dog gone nice day, lots of sunshine and we did see a lot of that snow pack melting. we do have a clear and chilly night in the forecast. be sure you bundle up. you'll see those overnight lows in just a moment. a great night for sky gazing, with mostly clear to clear skies, a quarter moon and also a comet, and if you follow us on social media, i'll have more updates on the comet because it will be pretty good viewing for those with mostly clear to clear skies. on the bottom of the screen you'll see your most accurate forecast. for the workweek, we do have a few chances of some showers, but a great warmup by the end of the week, a live look outside, we're just seeing a f

deanna durante is joining us. >> you even spoke to a jeweller who allegedly sold some of their stolen>> reporter: he's charged in connection with the case. he says police don't have evidence against him. police say the focus right now is trying to reconnect the stolen items with their original owners. gold, silver and diamonds. all of it police say is stolen. they say they have 50,000 items including bracelets, houseware and coins. police say they busted up a burglary ring that dates back to 2013. they can't find all the people who have been victimized. >> we want to reunite the jewelry, the family heirlooms. >> reporter: police say by finding more owners, they'll find more victims. >> we believe that we may discover more burglaries, we may discover more crimes that have occurred. >> reporter: police say they caught several thieves in the act over the summer and the case led them to three jewelry shops in jewellers row. they raided the shops and this man's home. the. >> i am innocent and nothing beside that. >> reporter: he told me he has proof he bought his items legally. police tell

reporting live in media, deanna durante, nbc 10 news. >>> to this now.ake a look at this robbery at a dunkin' donuts in east mount airy. you see that person struggling with a woman behind the counter. you see the man grab that cash register, getting away with about $150 from the drawer. police are looking for those two men. >>> developments in that case of a delaware county day care worker caught right on camera pushing a 4-year-old down the stairs. we've learned the state is now investigating. erin coleman is working this live. what did you find out? >> reporter: i've been on the phone with the pennsylvania department of human services. within the last hour their office of child development told me regional certification staff is on site investigating this ip incident. it stems from this video we first showed you yesterday. you can see 52-year-old sarah gable, a pre-k teacher, push her 4-year-old student down the stairs. this happened at child care of the future in delaware county. now that student is okay. gable was fired. we also dug into the day care

deanna durante joins us live. >> what do police know about the contact this guy may have had with the kids? >> reporter: well, they know that he found them on the street basically near his apartment. this is 115 east baker street and that's where police say those assaults happened. this guy would welcome kids to come on in for alcohol, video games and drugs. once he got girls inside he would sexually assault them. >> i knew him when he was in elementary school. >> reporter: people who live in media and around this baker street apartment are just learning about the crime this man committed against children. police say he found them in the area. 20-year-old hugh taussig-lux began hosting parties for local teen. he said he would find them on playgrounds and once he had them alone he would rape them. >> he would play truth or dare. he would play what he called the quiet game, spin the bottle, have them take off their clothe ks as he would take off his clothes, then after they were under the influence of alcohol they would then try to sexually assault these children. >> awful to hear. espe

. >> deanna durante joins us live in conshohocken with the progress the road crews are making. you've seen the conditions change over the hours. how it is out there? >> reporter: well, we've driven from king of prussia to conshohocken taking the back roads. at ridge and butler pikes, cars are coming through. the roads are wet, which is if you'll be heading out, which again is not advisable, that you do take it easy. sometimes even a plow isn't enough to get you on the road. >> a lot of people out there that shouldn't be driving. >> reporter: and for those people donny hoffman is there. we met him this morning at the king of prussia wawa. these are what the roads looked like as we drove there this morning. despite plow after plow -- >> off the side of the road, embankments, ditches, pulling them out. to safe ground. >> reporter: hoffman sent us video after video of cars he responded to that were off the road. we found some, too. a stuck septa bus blocked the entrance to the king of prussia mall. workers used shovels to get it free. a couple of plows were stopped on route 23. >>

deanna durant is tracking the post storm pain. >> reporter: brie peterson didn't plan on spending day at the abington hospital emergency room. i was holding her arm, but i couldn't hold her. she went down. the mail men came out behind us and helped me try to lift her up. then the maintenance man came. >> reporter: the store just open according to the owner. he said he had not yet cleaned the sidewalk. >> my leg hurts really bad. >> reporter: ruth is one of dozens of patients packing ers since the storm ended. >> today a lot of slips and falls on the ice, shoulder injuries, ankle injuries, wrist injuries. >> reporter: by now many streets and sidewalks have been shoveled and salted, but you still have to be careful. you can't tell if there's black ice or not. and when it comes to areas completely untreated, best to avoid them. >> they were shoveling snow, got chest pain, called 911. >> reporter: the slips and falls are not the only hazard. two patients had heart attacks shoveling snow. then there are the snow blower injuries. jt people tend to shut it off before they unblock the ice. we

deanna durante reports she faked a pregnancy and needed a baby to continue her lie. >> reporter: she stays silent after her kwindsconviction, prosecutors are shedding light on why she went to the king of prussia mall and stole a baby. prosecutors say she continued with her fake pregnancy story. after she ran from the mall with the baby prosecutors say she took him home to our boyfriend. where she passed off the little boy as their baby. >> she want today change the child's clothes because she didn't like the clothing that the case worker had had him in. she had previously told her family and friends that the child was in the custody of dhs in philadelphia. >> reporter: prosecutors say she continued with the lie when she took the baby to her family's house. her defense attorney said he was removing the insanity plea from the case. they refused to answer our questions. moore remains free on bail. prosecutors say they want the maximum when it comes to sentencing. nbc 10 news. >>> a murder mystery in burlington county tonight. police are trying to figure out who killed this mother and he

tonight, nbc 10's deanna durante looks into whether packer may have broken the law, far before her daughter's murder. >> reporter: she wore an orange jumpsuit and her hands remained cuffed, even when she had to sign the document that said she was pleading not guilty in the rape and murder of her adopted daughter. now the defense team for sarah packer is getting ready to figure out if it can get a fair trial in bucks county. we're learning more about the foster children in the packer home. the majority of foster children sarah packer and her then husband came from the impact agency. in the last month, nbc 10 introduced you to two women who say they reported abuse in the packer house as far as back as 2006. more kids have told investigators they too say they reported abuse allegations they saw in the home. sarah packer went on to adopt grace packer and her brother and continue to foster children until 2010 when david was arrested and charged for sexually abusing one foster child, and grace. nbc 10 has learned sarah was required to have a waiver to the state that demonstrated there was no confli

deanna durante, "nbc 10 news." >>> and bracing for the worst, new jersey governor chris christie declared a state of emergency in the garden state. that means people should stay off the roads so they don't interfere with the emergency workers who are out in the dangerous conditions. >> here's a live look at philadelphia international airport where hundreds of workers will be clearing ice and snow as it falls there. southwest airlines, though, has already canceled all of it its flights in philadelphia tomorrow. american airlines has no flights until 5:00 p.m. tomorrow night. now, if you are planning to fly tomorrow, you might want to check with your carrier. >> and nbc 10 will be with you every minute of this storm with everything you need to know to stay safe. we'll bring you special extended snow coverage throughout nbc primetime tonight. and tomorrow morning starting at 4:00 a.m. and when we're not on the air, you can get up to the second storm updates on the nbc 10 app. sign up for school closing alerts, get updated snow timing and totals and check out snow photos as that i come in. >>

reporting live in north philadelphia, deanna durante, nbc10 news. >>> turning to our weather a dreary day out there around much of the region nbc10 university city as these people were out and about near 39th and walnut. taking a live look from very cloudy skies over the philadelphia museum of art. it's looking pretty overcast out there. >> the west stretch of weather to start our week isn't done just yet. first alert radar is tracking the threat for thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon and looking across the delaware river behind us, overcast, gray skies and a big change in temperatures, a contrast depending on where you're watching right now. >> not good. we do have first alert neighborhood weather chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz tracking the changes. after the weekend we're getting used to these changes, glenn. >> and starting to get used to the clouds too. we had quite a bit of it yesterday, we got it today and we're going to have it tomorrow too. it's 57 degrees in philadelphia now only 52 degrees in allentown but look to the south. 71 in dover, 70 in mill vil, 70 atla

. >> deanna durante is live in plymouth township where crews are gearing up for another all nighter. >> reporter: crews will be out there fighting piles of snow like this, melting snow, freezing on the road as well as still cleaning up some of those side streets. >> i made the mistake of leaving it the night of the snow. and i came out the next day and it was completely iced in like i was in a block of concrete. >> reporter: mickey has learned his lesson, waiting for the snow to melt, just got his minivan iced in. >> i've been out here for two hours trying to do this. got three cars we have to do. >> reporter: some have been digging out little by little for days, others have never stopped. >> i've been plowing for 35 years. and this ranked up in the top ten. >> reporter: days after stella dumped snow and ice in the area, township crews are still fighting the cold. crews are getting ready this weekend filling salt trucks before they can go home. they'll be on call. >> we're still digging out. >> reporter: in springfield township crews are using heavy equipment and shovels to tackle th

. >> deanna durante is live for us. you're near the mall.ll open up here in about eight minutes or so, but the roads are really, really tough to navigate. >> reporter: yeah, the plan is for the mall to open at noon. i just talked to septa. the bus routes heading out there are still operational. vai, i want to introduce you to ken here. he's heading to work. it's going to be your job to keep these roads clear, at least to get them clear, yeah? >> i'll be one of many out there trying to help everybody. what's up, vai? good to see you, buddy. >> reporter: it's getting mashed down by cars that are driving out there. how tough is it to keep them clear as traffic picks up? >> our main roads are getting good because our guys have been working on it since late last night. we're pretty good in upper marion, but tmar merion. >> reporter: be careful. >> go eagles. >> reporter: according to montgomery county, we have 9 to 10 disabled vehicles as last check. a number of car accidents out there and some road obstructions. police are being called in some o

reporting live in north philadelphia, deanna durante, nbc 10 on news. >>> meanwhile thousands of people still waiting for their power to be turned back on more than 24 hours after fire tore through this pico substation in tioga. pico wants to have everyone out of the dark within the hour. you can see what is left of the substation. a much different scene from what we saw this time yesterday. look at this, flames were shooting from the building. thick black smoke hovered over homes and businesses. investigators are still trying to determine what sparked the fire. luckily no one was hurt. >> cloudy down the shore. in margate, crews were working on one of the city's water towers. >> going live to lincoln financial field, let's take a close look at those turbines. yeah, not really moving too much. they had been getting a workout today as we look beyond into the center city skyline. erika martin joining us. >> and still pretty mild out there. >> that's right. right now we're seeing mild conditions as far as temperatures go. in fact most only sunny skies. but winds still an issue. 17-mile-per

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

nbc 10's deanna durante got a first look at all that jewelry. >> she's joining us live from montgomery county. you even spoke with one of the people accused of selling these stolen jul stolen jewels. what do they have to say? >> reporter: he says he didn't do and police have no proof. police tell a different story. one of the reasons why they're showing off the property today is they say they want to reunite the stolen jewelry its owners and it could lead cases they didn't know about. diamonds, coins, rings and watch watches, some of the items police say was stolen. some of the crimes go back as far as 2013. police say they caught some of the suspected thieves in the act over the summer. and the case led them to a jewelry store, run by this man. in january, police executed warrants here and other shops they say he operated. >> a massive trove of jewelry, coins, watches, gemstones, silver houseware and cash. >> reporter: that's when he was arrested. they began with sorting what they found, some in buckets and some staffed in chests and some in the store. >> the setup was consistent with

deanna durante is live. >> reporter: we're getting some up close looking here at the damage here. you can see how widespread this substation, one of the main substations in the area, delivering power to thousands of people in philadelphia. at its peak 36,000 customers. that's not people. that's homes. there could be multiple people in the homes and multiple people in the businesses. we're told about 3,000 customers still in the dark right now. however, peco hoping to have the lights back on by 2:00 this afternoon. for some customers, it could be early evening. what's still unknown is what caused this fire that broke out. flames crawling all over the peco substation here. a very difficult fire for firefighters to put out. we're told they had to shut down all the power coming to the substation before firefighters could try to put it out with water. what we don't know again how it started and how long it will take to fix the damage. we're told that crews will be investigating that as well as trying to figure out how to prevent this from happening in the future. they do know they have

reporting live, nbc10 news, deanna durante. >> take a look at this from skyforce10 over the seen of a tractor-trailer accident in montgomery county happened just before two this afternoon in northeast extension. you can see that tractor-trailer flipped on its side. war chester township after it went down the turnpike, slid down that embankment. no one was hurt. >> about one million dollars in jewelry was stolen from a story. skyforce10 flew over the storm and this right here, look at that, that's how the burglars got inside. looks like someone cut a hole right through the roof. we're checking with police and the store to see if there's any surveillance video from inside. that would be something to see. >> this now the senate confirmation hearing is underway for the supreme court court. >> i'm honored and i'm humbled to be here. >> judge neil gorsuch was sworn in before giving his opening statement this afternoon. questioning begins tomorrow. democratic senator chris coons was one of many who gave remarks today. >> the american people are entitled to see you answer probing, thorough an

in reading, deanna durante, "nbc 10 news." >>> and chuck barris, the high-energy host of "the gong show" has died. he was 87 and grew up in montgomery county. he graduated from lower marion university. in addition to "the gong show," he created "the dating game" and "the newlywed game" and once claimed to be a cia hitman. barris died of natural causes. >>> and turning to the weather and a noticeable difference out there today. and going to be into tonight. >> you can really feel it. chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz is here with us. what has happened to spring, glenn? >>> it's taking a couple days off. but it will be back. and it's going to be back just in time for the weekend, at least for part of it. it's sure not feeling like spring now. 39 degrees in philadelphia with a 17-mile-an-hour wind despite bright sunshine. and we're in the mid-30s across much of the rest of the area despite bright sunshine. the average temperature this time of day, at this time of the year, 55 degrees. nowhere near it, it's 35 in west bradford township, kenneth square and unionville at 36. st.

deanna durante has been following this case since day one. >> what went on in that courtroom?tions quietly to the judge. she wore an orange jumpsuit and the entire time her hands were cuffed in front of her. she told her judge when it comes to the rape and murder of her adopted daughter that she's not guilty. >> she's charged with a lot of things and we allege she did not do. >> reporter: a judge told sarah packer she didn't have to actually be the person who killed grace packer to be charged with her murder. prosecutors say it was packer's boyfriend who strangled the girl in a hot attic in july a day after he raped and beat her while sarah watched. prosecutors say she helped plan the crime. >> we're not here to say how she's involved at all. there's a lot to go. the investigation is still ongoing. and we'll determine what her role was or wasn't. >> reporter: prosecutors say despite the arrest and charges against packer and sullivan, the case is not finished and continues to hunt for evidence. >> when we present the case it will be presented the good, the bad the ugly and the

let's begin with deanna durante, tracking the road conditions live in conshohocken. >> reporter: youhink as the day went on, the roads would get better. although they do appear clearer, those who are just hitting the roads for the first time this evening say you better be careful. all day we s

in doylestown, deanna durante, nbc10 news. >> deanna has been dicking tiny th -- digging into this cases. >>> here's a look at some of the stories making headlines county by count across our region today. in ocean county, facebook is all about connecting people. in this case, it's connecting police with a suspected thief. staff ordinary police ended up making an arrest after posting these pictures on facebook on tuesday. the man's accused of stealing a trailer from the ocean international market in man ahocken the day before. police say this guy's orange truck was key in helping people recognize him. >>> in newcastle county, a ma r merger between two chemicals is postponed again. dupont and dow were trying to close the deal by the end of the summer but right now dupont is trying to sell a part of its company to msc corporation based in philadelphia. that deal is await ago profl. >>> the mid county easy pass express lanes are back open ahead of schedule. the express lanes where you don't have to stop to pay the toll were supposed to be closed for another two weeks for repairs. >>> new co

deanna durante was in the courtroom. she'll have more on this story all new on nbc10 news at 5:00. >>> a weekend gift for thousands of drivers in our area. the easy pass express lanes opened ahead of school at the mid county plaza in monlt gomry county. they closed last week and are expected to remain that way until april 10th for upgrade work. but all express lanes for easy pass users are open once again this afternoon. >>> take a look at this video of the aftermath of a crash. one car almost completely on top of another. this all happened earlier this morning along broad street. police say there were actually three cars involved. one car hit a light pole, sending the second car on top of the third. one woman went to the hospital. >>> the philadelphia housing authority broke ground today on a new development to revitalize a local community. governor tom wolf joined local leaders for today's ceremony. the pha said the strawberry mansion apartments will complement the ongoing revitalization of the north philadelphia neigh

. >> deanna durante, the king of prussia mall opens this morning at 10:00 a.m.ell us how you got there, how were the roads, and can shoppers make it there? >> reporter: i don't think it's advisable. i spoke to the police chief a little while ago and he says they are dealing with people who are slipping off the road. there's about a dozen accidents that are coming up, being reported all across montgomery county. take a look at route 202 here. when's the last time you ever saw it look like this here in king of prussia. we are a little further away from the mall, near the new target if you're familiar with that and the valley ford shopping center here. normally, this is wall-to-wall traffic. take a look. not too many people out today. you can see two penndot trucks heading towards us trying to clear. that's what plows have been doing all night long. just starting in one spot, getting it clear, going back to write they started, starting over. you asked about our trip here. take a look at video we shot as we were coming a mile down the road. this is not snow. this is