authorities doubled lee kaplan's bail to $2 million now. was arrested in june for allegedly sexually assaulting a teen after the teen's parents gave her to him as a gift. prosecutors now allege kaplan also sexually assaulted five of the teen's younger sisters. >>> you have a few more hours to fill your tank in new jersey before the state's gas tax hike goes into effect. the tax on gas jumps 23 cents a gallon tomorrow. new jersey will go from having the second lowest fuel tax in the nation to the sixth highest. state lawmakers approved the increase to help pay for transportation projects. >>> an alert for parents across pennsylvania. >> is first grade accounted for? >> they put our children's lives and the teachers' lives in danger. >> school districts around our area failing at fire drills. why didn't your school district do all of its fire drills? >> that's a good question. >> now based on our reporting, action taken meant to fix the failures. >>> first, your nbc 10 investigators found it in philly, now across our region. superintendents a

lee kaplan was arrested in june.t the time police found 12 girls living at his home in feasterville. tonight, police say he sexually abused at least six of them. the victims are all sisters, one as young as 6 years old. nbc 10's cydney long has the details. >> there's a sad but critical new development in the case of commonwealth versus lee kaplan. >> reporter: six counts of sexual assault and rape of six amish sisters. >> it saddens and it sickens me. >> reporter: prosecutors say the courageous testimony of the sisters will be key in proving that 51-year-old lee kaplan brainwashed this family by telling them he was a prophet from god. >> over time he played on their trust and affection for him. >> reporter: eventually convincing the two oldest sisters they were his would i have wives. the amish siblings had been gifted to kaplan by their parents. according to police that was a favor in return for kaplan saving the amish family from financial ruin. both parents in the case are charged with endangerment. the attorney

additional charges will delay the start of lee kaplan's trial, good afternoon, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon. just wrapped up press conference, good afternoon, anita. >> reporter: jim, rahel, lee kaplan just arraigned by a judge at district court, there are now more charges against him. we just learned from investigators that he allegedly sexually assaulted six total victims, the youngers being only eight years old when this alleged abuse began, bucks bucks county district attorney wrapped up press conference moments ago, calling this rain of terror. >> it saddens me, sickens me, this man, obviously, groomed these children for a long time for a very explicit and horrible purpose. he accomplished his and joke tiff, now weaver to accomplish ours, and that's to bring him to justice. >> now, the da said that had he ahold-over these girls by making them believe that he was a, quote, profit from god, background on the case, kaplan already facing statutory rape other related charges after he allegedly fathered two children with the eldest girl, who was minor at the time, how is now 18

they're going of lee kaplan. they just announced five additional charges have been added to the original case of the 18-year-old. the five victims are alleged ll raped and assaulted with by kaplan. the youngest who was 8 years old. >>> close arguments in the bridge gate trial are underway. bridgette kelly and bill -- are facing up to 20 years in prison if convicted. two former aides of chris christie are accused of creating traffic jams on the george washington bridge in 2013 as part of a political payback scheme. they thought the bridge closurers with part of a traffic study. >>> prosecutors in the bill cosby trial will try to u prove he went on a sigonature crime spree. they say he used his fame an power to befriend impressionable young women then would drug and sexually assault them. they'll call 13 others to prove that. cosby is only facing criminal charges with his encounter with a temple employee in 2004. he pleaded not guilty in the case. the pretrial hearinging starts tomorrow. the defense will likely try

"action news" reporter vernon odom has the new information. >> lee kaplan of feasterville saw his bail jump today from $1 million at 10 percent to $1 million cash. this after the bucks county d.a. hit him with an avalanche of new charges. he's now accused of being a pedophile and a rapist on a mass scale. in june law accused of fathering two children with a 14-year-old, the oldest daughter of daniel and civil la stolfutz of lancaster county. nine of their daughters were gifted to kaplan by the parents he bailed out if thisly. he stands accused now of and continuously raping six of them ages six to 17. >> mr. kaplan has represented himself to these girls as a cult-like figure as a prophet from god but now it is time for mr. kaplan to be held accountable under the laws of mankind and the commonwealth of pennsylvania. >> reporter: a total of nine stolfutz daughters were living inside kaplan's house over an eight year period investigators say. there are no charges connected to the three youngest but in all 11 children were living here with kaplan two of them kaplan's offspring with the old

they allegedly took aid from lee kaplan. >> kaplan was definitely the prime mover there but none of this would have happened without the parents acquiesce sense and support. by phone today kaplan's lawyers said and i quote i know these are very serious charges but that is what they are charges. the melt has not proven -- commonwealth has not proven anything yet. sharrie, the d.a. says they are determined to put kaplan behind bar for the rest of his natural life. kaplan's new bail has been set at $1 million cash. his next hearing date in court here in bucks county is november 15th. live in feasterville, i'm vernon odom channel6 "action news. >> yeah, disturbing details. vern, thank you. >>> officials are inspecting a row home where part of the roof came crashing to the ground. the collapse happened in west philadelphia along the 5000 block of renault street. official reports say there were people end side at the time but that they were able to get out safely. the roof also brought down part of the awning over the front porch. >> about time we said happy halloween. hope you're having a gre

the hot water gets deeper against lee kaplan originally charged with fathering two children with a 14-year-old girl. he was hit with no charges involving the new children and charges sexually assaulting five of her sisters from 14 to 6 years old. the girls' parents were aided by kaplan who took the girls into his feasterville home. >> groomed them to believe he was a religious cult-like figure to whom they should submit their will. >> reporter: the judge added a million dollars in cash bail to the $1 million set when kaplan was first arrested in june. the churn's parents are charge with child endangerment, all their children, including two grandchildren that kaplan fathered are in some sort of foster care. the kaplan next hearing is in november, their lawyers have not been available for comments today. live in feasterville, vernon odem channel 6 "action news." >> also developing at this hour, we're getting closer to the midnight strike deadline for septa workers and no words of a deal. >> however, negotiations to avert the walk out that involves bus, trolley and subway rierldz rierldz

reporter: bucks county district attorney matthew weintraub announced you this charge's monday against lee kaplan, now accused of sexually assaulting a a total of six young victims all sisters over the course of eight years n june investigators discover 11 young children living in the basement of kaplan's feasterville home, he admitted to fathering two of them with the eldest girl now 18 so is only 12 when sexual encounter allegedly began. >> it saddens me and sickens me. >> reporter: probable cause affidavit outlines disturbing details of kaplan's rape and sexual assault of the victim, youngest only six years old at the time. >> well, i think he should get everything that he deserves. i mean it is a sad situation. >> reporter: sexual abuse allegedly began in the to the pots home in lancaster county where kaplan had his own bedroom and continued inside his own home in bucks county when children moved there. neighbors near the old street road home said they felt something was off but saw nothing to indicate abuse. >> i wish i could have said something but they only looked out of place. what could

lee kaplan of bucks county is now accused of victimizing six amish sisters who police say he hid inside his feasterville home. police initially arrested him back in june. investigators say the girls, now ages 8 to 18, were given to kaplan as a gift by the girl's parents in exchange for him saving the familiaraly from finl ruin. kaplan has two daughters with the oldest victim. investigators say he brainwashed the family, calling himself a prophet from god to earn their trust. the alleged abuse dates back eight years for the older girls and began under their parents' roof. kaplan's attorney says these are allegations and not yet proven. >> he has had them at his beck and call over many, many years. what we've now been able to do is hopefully gain their trust and allow us to put an end to this man's reign of terror over them once and for all. >> kaplan's attorney says these are allegations, as we told you, not yet proven. both of the parents in this case are charged with child endangerment. kaplan's bail has been doubled to $2 million. >>> messages of support. both presidential campaigns h

new charges were filed today against lee kaplan have of feasterville. he is accused of assaulting six victims all sisters over the course of eight years. in june investigators discovered 11 young children living in the basement of kaplan's feasterville home. >> mr. kaplan has represented himself to these girls as a colt-like figure as a prove if the from god but now time to being held accountable under the laws of mankind. >> kaplan as well as parents of the girls are each being held on one million-dollar bail. >>> entertainer bill cosby is heading back to the montgomery county courtroom tomorrow, both side will argue over what evidence can be used at the entertainer's sexual assault trial next june. the prosecutors want to have 13 accusers testify, to show a pattern of prior bad act by the now 79 year-old. cosby's lawyers want those women to take competent to tensecy and memory tests, since some allegations stretch back to the 60's. >>> neighborhood are starting to fill up with ghosts and goblins will they need an extra layer or two to keep warm? meteo

so-called child gifting case in bucks county is now facing more sex assault charges. 51-year-old he lee kaplan was first arrested in june for fathering two children with a 14-year-old girl. according to police that girl's parents had given her to kaplan in exchange for financial assistance. well, today kaplan was also charged with assaulting five of that girl's sisters bringing the total number of victims to six. that doubled kaplan's bail from one to $2 million. >> ♪ >> turning to politics now we are just eight days and counting from election day and both candidates for president are gearing up for one final push. >> both hillary clinton and donald trump hit the trail hard today in the wake of friday's bombshell announcement from the fbi, concerning clinton's private e-mail server. today clinton tried to do damage control as trump used it to attack his rival. we'll have more on the race for the white house for you coming up tonight at 5:30. >> meanwhile candidates for wilmington mayor are gearing up for a showdown this week. the action cam caught up with democratic mike purzycki. he beat out

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