rosemary: joining me now is nbc10 investigative reporter george spencer. george has been on top of this story for months. you join us with some new developments, so what's the latest? george: yeah, it's been an interesting one, rosemary. this is a story that's attracted so much attention, you know? and since we first aired that story, people have kind of come out of the woodwork, and everybody with their own sort of connection to this story. perhaps the most interesting, though, is this--was this family we spoke to from south jersey who came forward, emailed us through our website, said, "we actually have a family bible that was signed by h.h. holmes, dated the day of his execution." this family bible has an inscription in it that appears to have been written by holmes right before he was led to the gallows. their connection, as a philly family, longtime philly family, they have an ancestor who was a catholic priest, who apparently worked at the catholic parish that's directly around the corner from what was the site of the moyamensing prison, now that acme

. >> george spencer takes a closer look at the allegations of gaps in cybersecurity. >> reporter: for almost anyone who has been pulled over by police or had an ambulance rushed to your home, laptop computers like these offer a way for first responders to check some of your most sensitive personal information. >> i just walked into a big mess. >> reporter: but david insists the laptops also offered a glaring opportunity for hackers. >> it's the worst scenario that you could be in. >> reporter: he filed a whistle blower complaint this spring alleging he was fired for his job as a county technical communications specialist after bringing his concerns to light. he says major cybersecurity gaps in chester county computer aided dispatch system were obvious even as he was installing it last august. >> i asked a colleague after that are we not enabling the firewall and they said it has just been a big mess. >> reporter: without an active firewall and unified threat management system, the laptops in about 650 emergency vehicles were open to hacking. the vehicles range from chester county fire

coming up at 5:30, nbc 10 george spencer has new details about the fire investigation. >>. >>> we have new details about a stabbing in kensington left one man dead and another in the hospital. investigators said the victim was inside his frankfort avenue apartment when a man came in and began stabbing him with several knives. the victim grabbed one of the knives stabbed the attacker and ran outside. that that's where police found him and rushed him to the hospital. officers found the attacker dead in the apartment. police are looking for a motsive. >> new at 5:00 atm stole frere a diner in cape may county. police say over the weekend thieves broke into the courthouse diner. along north main street np they dragged the atm drown the street loaded it into a car. police tell us the machine had $4,000 in cash. >> police in new jersey say they are getting better at investigating gun violence. it used to takes months of toast ago gun to use a federal database to sees gun had been used in other shooting. now the process is down to eight hours pennsylvania. police say the change has helped. >>

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today george spencer was there as police acted on those concerns. pennsylvania state police information security officers moved tr patrol car to patrol car performing a cyber security review of the laptops inside only a day and a half after we exposed a whistleblowers plan. >> do you realize that there's no protection on these laptops. >> so this was an immediate red flag. >> hands down. >> david tells us he was fired from his job after highlighting the concern. he says the new aided dispatch system was rolled out to every fire engine, ambulance and local lis car across chester county last summer. but he insists the cyber security gaps were so glaring, they may have endangered the personal information of any citizen who called an ambulance or was stopped by police. and could have opened up state and even federal records to hackers. >> there's absolutely no idea what information has been compromised from our citizens. the agency told us this afternoon chester county's three-year record certification was set to e expire some time later this year. but

. >> reporter: for the investigators george spencer nbc 10 news. >> nbc 10 has complete coverage on the and mystery of h.h. holmes. >>> meteorologist erika martin. we're going to be seeing a lot of rain. >> we do have rain on the way, so it looks like a soggy start to workweek. so let's take a look at your doppler radar. this is our one hour loop right now. conditions are dry right now, but give it a little time and we will start to get reports moving across. those clouds are building very quickly. current temperature 59 degrees, and winds are southeasterly at 8 miles per hour. be sure to look at the bottom of your screen for your most accurate forecast. so current temperatures in and around the metro area seeing lots of upper 50s. also seeing 58, 59 and current temperature, 59 degrees. so conditions for tonight not that bad. but for tomorrow we're only going to top out in the low 70s and a little bit warmer by tuesday. seeing lots of upper 50s and some low 60s. lendardsville 68 for you. white hall, 61. and south mountain current temperature 58 degrees. don't forget we do have that east

george spencer, nbc10 news. >>> 7:22 on this sunday. you think your prom was good, and talk about a prom night to remember. the bucks county high school can add another star to its popular musical guests. that's next. >>> today, we are with executive chef, and we are going to make a lot of different dishes today, aren't we chef? >> yeah, we are taking this krystcris ginger. krystalized. >> it's just popping, and then it goes. >> that's beautiful, chef. >> now this one is a little bit more complex in the preparation, and we are go use the yellow tail and make just randomly, put radish, and there's no right or wrong, and you roll the leaves up just a little bit. this mushroom -- >> time for the fish. how should i move here? one, two, three? >> yeah, go ahead. >> this is fabulous. is that the perfect bite or what? >> you did great. >> to see today's recipe, log on to chefskitchen.com. >>> in south philadelphia this morning, folks will gather for the citizens park to the walk. it's one of nearly 80 walks of its kind happening around the cou

. >> for now let's go to glenn schwartz george spencer. >> he should be taking his first steps as a freement now. for his attorneys this has been a seven-year fight and for thomas and his family it's been far longer and far more painful. >> everyone is very happy. very, very happy. >> you could hear that chuckle of joy in the voice of the fiance of a now innocent man. she's a long-time friend of sean thomas's family but she's only seen him in prison. as of today, that is changing. >> it's going to be a good feeling. >> reporter: a good feeling and a long time coming. nbc 10 was on the scene of the murder back in 1990 for which thomas was convicted. a bullet right through the window on this street. but he insisted he was four miles away. now being held in custody for an attempted theft of a

. >> investigator reporter george spencer has a previewer of the story you will only see on nbc10 at 11:00. >> for any one who's called an ambulance to their home or been pulled over by police your personal information is likely run through laptops like these by the first responders involved in your case. but a whistle-blower insists the laptops in chester county's computer-aided dispatch system were not properly protected. >> it's the same as your computer at your home. so if you don't have the proper protection at your house and your surfing the internet, your information is going to be captured. >> reporter: the impacts may be even broader potentially violating federal rules and even endangering the police working to keep you safe. >> we are taking those allegations to a top cybersecurity expert and will have that whistle-blower lay out for us exactly who he believes was put most in danger. >> we'll see you then. >>> now that prom and graduation parties are in full swing, police across the country are reporting a spike in teenage drinking. >> tonight some departments are using ver

we've blurred out the time name of the group that targeted these and target aid george time professor who lives in the spencer at their gym not long ago. family and neighbors are fighting back with messages of inclusion and hope people whole feel the same as they do will do even more. >> where i might be less up explained to speak surprise i feel like even for them i have to speak up. we feed to tell people that hate there's no place for h hate. i'm just kind of shocked that people can be so mean. >> now, alexandria's mayor says that alexandria is a city of kindness and compassion and she also called the flyers a new low in ignorance and said that alexandria police are investigating whoever put up those flyers. live in del ray, i'm melanie alnwick, "fox5 local news". >> all right. melanie, thank you for the report. time now 4:49 and also in the news this morning new details about suspectsed drug tests at country. agency investor general is dealing with criminal investigations three dozen ten brings it to 108 involving theft or unauthorized drug use by hospital staff. some doctors, nurses and pharmacy workers

george mason university history professor spencer crew is teaching a course on slavery and the under ground railroad. he says it's wrong to use public places to honor those that fought for that way of life. >> those symbols are of oppression and hatred and bigotry. that is what i see when i see them. >> reporter: student tom riddle lived in latvia for four years. >> there are no remnants of the soviet occupation left. all of those statues are gone. and there is a reason. >> the comparison is apples oranges. salen killed latvia's. >> reporter: the man known as the great emancipator would not be pinned down on this one. >> we're all friends now. if some is folks want to honor their ancestors, i say that is fine. but if other folks living in that same state think it might be an insult to them, they should talk it out. they should talk it out and come to that decision themselves. i'm going to stay out of that. >> many of those reenactors are amateur historians. tonight at 11:00 we talk to the big guns. renowned civil war historian and author who taught thousands of students at virginia t

news4's darcy spencer spoke to one prince george's county couple trying to figure out what to do. >> is where we got stacy's bench. >> reporter: gayle took this video of the bench she bought and dedicated to her 17-year-old daughter stacy, who was murdered back in 2005. the memorial bench is on the stacy actually told her family she wanted one of these benches before she died. >> i said, these are memorial benches for when people die. she goes, i want you to buy me one of these. i said 80 years down the road, when you die, four family will buy you one. five days later, she was murdered. >> reporter: her family looked into it, and it wasn't cheap. >> $1,370. i thought that might be a little steep, but then i thought, this is forever. >> reporter: stacy's parents and friends visit that bench every year and it gives them a sense of peace. because she didn't want to be buried, this bench takes on special meaning. >> we don't have a grave site for her, so we talk to stacy there. >> reporter: they and other families were surprised when they received a letter from the town of ocean city, as

george's county earlier this morning. nefertiti horton was killed near farmington road. darcy spencer spoke to the people who say that area can be dangerous for drivers and pedestrians. >> reporter: that's right, wendy. we just learned that the victim was 39 years old and left no fixed address. here body was found on indian head highway beyond the curve. you can see the car wash right next to the scene. they have a surveillance camera system and they're looking through the video to see if it could help their investigation. police looked through a bag belonging to the victim and pick up a shoe. these are just a couple of the items left behind when a hit and run driver struck and killed a woman in the early morning darkness and kept going. >> senseless. there's all. >> reporter: it happened on indian head highway in accokeek, about 12:45 in the morning. surveillance video shows the e emergency response around the time of the crime. they're looking through the video to see if it could be useful to police. francis smart is the manager here. >> everyone knows this area here is a speed zone

campuses were targeted by richard spencer new claims to have invented the term all right -- albright have launched a campaign and there are a number of episodes there and from george washington university . a numbe my son and heir a number of people first told me about that horrible episode over the eric. younger people are much more clued in to this than us older folks unfortunately but i have been there it is a wonderful place it is a college town and a target for this sort of thing. they are recruiting and getting the word out even if they don't have direct student recruits in the liberal college town say get people who are of the french like those who committed the double homicide and injured a third person. >>host: the democrat line from virginia. >> caller: thanks for taking my call one of the best reporters in the country i live in virginia and my daughter goes to middle school i never dreamed in my 30 years as an immigrant who follows every law that date call her a tall head. just like the previous caller said really my child is afraid to go back to the school so i sit with the principle and i get an assurance but this is getting out of control just like t

george forsyth. with the consent of a group of frontiersmen all armed with spencer repeating rifles. seven rounds repeating rifle, this is a somewhat new invention that allows these guys to fire rapidly against any foe they may face. they are also carrying 140 rounds. they are really packing heat as we might say today. they are caring colt revolvers -- carrying colt revolvers with 30 rounds of ammunition. these guys are well-armed shock troops. they head into colorado in quest of stabilizing what would be eastern colorado and the cheyenne. well, the problem is they will arrive thinking they are armed to the teeth, ready to take anybody on, when they run into cheyenne who are the finest light calvary in the world. and at a place that is remote and isolated, named beecher island, not unlike the remote dia airport that we have today, which is also near the kansas border it seems, forsyth and his men are attacked. when they go under attack, they are besieged at beecher's island, so named for forsyth's second in command, a second lieutenant of infantry, frederick beecher third u.s. , infa

george forsyth. has been sent with arms men. they are armed with spencer repeating rifles. this is a somewhat new invention that allows these guys to fire rapidly against any foe they may face here they are carrying 140 rounds. they are really packing heat. they are caring cold revolvers with 30 rounds of ammunition. these guys are well armed shock troops. colorado inquest of stabilizing what would be eastern colorado and the cheyenne. welcome on the problem is that they will arrive here thinking that they are armed to the teeth, ready to take anybody on, when they run into cheyenne who are the finest light calvary in the world. and as a place that is both remote and isolated, named beecher island, not unlike the remote and isolated airport that is dia today, which is close to .ansas he and his men are attacked. when they come under attack, they are besieged at beecher's island, so named for forsyth's second in command, frederick teacher third u.s. infantry. -- frederick beecher, third u.s. infantry. despite their rounds or technical superiority and firearms, they are facin

george washington this year. we blurred name of the group responsible and their web site so we don't give them any unnecessary publicity and another flier posted here target georgetown professor that confronted white supremists richard spencer at their alexandria gym. he ended up with his membership revoked. i spoke to a community activist about what people should take away from this. >> white supremacy is a part it's baked in in many ways to the hist rep and for aa long time baked into the laws and these effects are very real and unless we actually try to reverse white supremacy we won't succeed at getting rid this. >> how do you think you act to reverse it you. >> talk with your neighbors and get organized and make friends with minority communities that have organized their church groups and political groups and people with get involved in. and they can work together to reverse this problem. >> alexandria mayor allison silverberg issued a statement that reads in part the flyers found in del ray are horrible and reflect a new low in ignore nans alexandria police department reresponsibilityed quickly and is investigating. at this point we don't know who positioned flyers. she goes on to say i would like to say, in the stron

george. the mayor of charlottesville, virginia, calling demonstrations protesting the removal of a confederate statue horrific. the protesters led by white nationalist richard spencereld torches and shouted "you will not replace us." a scene critics say was reminiscent of the kkk. counterprotesters held a rally calling for equality and tolerance. >>> well, united airlines is not commenting on how some closely guarded security information was inadvertently made public. the carrier's cockpit door access codes were reportedly posted online by a flight attendant. the airline says other security measures were in place to protect the cockpit. >>> one of hollywood's best known bad guys has died. powers boothe played villains in several films, including "tombstone," and "the avengers," also on "s.h.i.e.l.d.," and "nashville." he died of natural causes and was just 68. >>> good news about the driver in this fiery crash over the weekend at nascar. eric almirola has been released from the hospital. he suffered a fractured vertebrae and a broken brake rotor caused that crash. >>> finally what do you do when you're stuck on a broken down train and not going to make it home for