reporting live from lower moreland katy zachry "nbc 10 news." >>> thank you.appening today, a pennsylvania state police corporal faces a judge for arraignment. richard schroeder was explaining to gun mechanics during a training station at a firing range in montgomery county last september. investigators say he pulled the trigger and fired a round to kill trooper david kedra. schroeder is charged with reckless eng danedangerment. >>> and charges will be filed against the ex-firefighter accused of holding four firefighters hostage a day after he was let go from the department. paul jordan threatened the men with a handgun when he showed up at the lamont fire company yesterday. investigators say jordan fired one round into the base holding the men hostage. he surrendered more than an hour later and his neighbors say it doesn't sound like the man they know. >> it doesn't sound like him at all, he's not that type of guy. >> he's a respectable person. you never thought that people could do something like that. it doesn't make no sense. like he just snapped, i don't

examiner will perform autopsies on the husband and wife whose bodies were found, in their lower moreland home, find out what investigators are saying about the gruesome way they may have died. i'm ukee washington. >>> i'm quarter von tiehl. tolls day you might start seeing offensive ads on septa buses, push back now coming from the community. >>> katie? >>> erika, today we can bank on a entire day of sunshine, the last two days have feature a storm system or disturbance moving on through, so half of the day was nice, half of the day brought wet weather but today it is all good. let me take you outside looking at sky cam three down the shore, tough to see but if you look closely at top right corner of the screen do you see that glow? that is moon dropping over the horizon in ac. a nice clear sky to kick it a all off here and we will talk about sunshine eventually. we will have all of these details in the next few, back to you. >>> good morning. in the news a medical examiner will perform an autopsy on a montgomery county couple found dead in their lower moreland township home. >> a teenag

the teenager made the discovery yesterday afternoon at the family's home on country lane in lower moreland where nbc 10's monique braxton is live for us this morning. monique, bring us up to date. >> reporter: good morning to you, vai. early this morning the district attorney from montgomery county announced that her office is joining the investigation, working alongside the lower moreland police department. she also told us an autopsy will be performed today. this morning, we knocked on the door of the country lane home. no one answered. here where a 48-year-old man and 43-year-old woman were found dead by their teen son yesterday. near their bodies a chainsaw. above the door decorated for easter, we saw a sign which read tranquility. the crime scene tape has been removed, also near the front door several dirt bikes with helmets. alongside the driveway a shed and freshly sawed wood. investigators say they aren't looking for suspects at this time. they know at least one death is considered a homicide. now who exactly used that chainsaw and the murders remains a mist a mystery. it is one th

. >> police say a teenager found his parents cut by a chain saw in their lower moreland home. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us from the township police station in huntington valley jan, good morning. >> reporter: erika and ukee, you mentioned it it was a gruesome scene. authorities say husband and wife were found dead inside their homes, had wound on their body a maid by a chain saw. today the autopsies will be performed, to determine their exact cause of death. the medical examiner's van left the scene in lower more land late last night preparing to conduct autopsies on a husband and wife found dead at their home on country lane. township police and montgomery county detectives spent all of tuesday inside collecting evidence. >> search warrant is being conduct right now with our forensic unit, they are on the the scene. it is a bloody scene. >> reporter: to make matters worse authorities say it was couple's four year-old son who discovered the body and called for her. first responders found the four three-year old woman and 48 year-old husband unresponsive and

the 911 call came from this lower moreland township home a 14-year-old boy found his parent's dead and that he saw gashes from a chainsaw. >> the death for the female appears to be an apparent homicide but the investigation is continuing and it's preliminary. it's nicole pepleman and chris peple man. they attend church and the three go to school there. the reverend spoke to us today. >> just ask to do the best we can and ask god that we make as much sense out of this that can exist. which it's very hard. >> he was teaching when he received a call from the police chief and then got the children out of class to be with their extended family who told them the news at a church member's home. they showed the children they have their support. >> to have the sense that it's not an easy world and some hope of the happily ever after so how do you help them make sense of something that is just so different from what we would want. and the district attorney's office said today that they are not making comments until they receive the results from the autopsies they are expecting to be performed so

we are reporting live outside lower moreland police department jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> a former volunteer fire fighter is behind bars after allegedly holding fire fighters hostage in a montgomery county firehouse. police say paul jordan armed with a gun walked into the lam ot t firehouse in elkins park. he was reese ensley fired for the the department held four fire fighters hostage. "eyewitness news" spoke to a woman who says that she's friend with jordan. >> i just can't believe he did it. i just can't. even if i thought he did it, because i don't think he would be able to do something like that. >> reporter: the the authorities managed to convince jordan to release hostages. he later earned iserd without incident. no one was hurt. >>> authorities charged a girlfriend of the darby boro police officer with murder. this is exclusive video of tiana finch as she was escorted from her court appearance. finch shot and killed officer mark hudson inn inside their glenn olden home. she gave police two bogus stories about what happen. first claiming saturday's shooting wa

the teenager made the discovery yesterday at the family's home on country lane in lower moreland. katy zachry is live outside the lower moreland police department to tell us what happened. >> reporter: tracy, we know that this morning police are not searching for any suspects. we also know that they are withholding the names of the two victims until all the family is notified. so we are doing the same. take a look at the video, skyforce 10 was over the scene yesterday just before 1:00 when lower moreland police were called to a brutal and gruesome scene. officers arrived at 1100 country lane to find a couple in their 40s dead. a chainsaw at the scene and both bodies were covered with lacerations according to investigators. at least one of the deaths is labeled a homicide but investigators are waiting on more information from the medical examiner who is doing an autopsy today before they label the other. now, a family friend tells us there were problems in the couple's marriage. >> i know some things were going on for years, i know they had some tough times within the family. i don

jen is he on the story in lower moreland. jenny?rter: good morning, guys, every detail just horrifying in this case, the fact the couple was found by one of their children and mike like you said it was with a chain saw that at least one of these people was killed in a apparent homicide. wait to go hear from police as to the death on both bodies. they are awaiting a autopsy. those results should be back sometime today. but again these bodies, bloodied mutilated by a chain saw, found inside the family's country lane home in lower moreland yesterday before 1:00 p.m. police are calling one of the deaths a homicide. again, they are wait to go make the declaration on both deaths until after the autopsy is complete. neighbors didn't want to talk on camera last night. they said they wanted to deal with the tragedy privately. the montgomery county district attorney's office says the victims are 48 year old man and 43 year old woman, again fawn by one of their children. at this point police are not releasing the victim's names. so we aren't g

. >>> a son found his parents' bodies in lower moreland. neighbors began to mourn. >> george spencer is live tonight in lower moreland where he has been tracking the new developments for us tonight. george. >> reporter: swrim, even the district attorney's office tonight admits that this case is a difficult one. right now some ten hours later you can see police are still blocking the entire road here and tonight we spoke to the family's pastor who was teaching religion class to one of the couple's young sons when the school was notified. >> reporter: from sky force 10 we got our best look at the home where the long-time couple was found dead today, their bodies mangled by a chainsaw. in this community where neighbors say everyone knows one another, the crime hits too close for long-time friends like eric shellcross. >> it strikes home. yeah it's unbelievable. >> reporter: investigators tell us it was a bloody scene. the 48-year-old man and 43-year-old woman was discovered by their teenage son, a chainsaw was laying nearby and no one else was

police say a chain saw was found at the scene in lower moreland township. at least one other death is being investigated as a homicide. >>> a former volunteer firemen could face charges today after he took several people his stage inside of the lamott county firehouse. paul jordan was armed but in injuries. >>> there will be anti muslim ads on septa buses beginning today. federal judge ordered septa a to accept ad. which will be displayed for one month. >>> come up be 50:42. let check with katie and our weather watcher. >> we have a couple snow reports to pass on from the watchers this morning. snow is long gone but it has been left behind. now that temperatures are cold enough to allow to it stay put here through overnight hours. we have keith barros up in sailorsberg where he ended up with just about he didn't give us a snow report cold and breezy and roads are slippery but be careful, if you have to will travel toward i80 interchange. 30 degrees sent in from charles. he has had a snow report. just under 2 inches of snow clear skies, 30 degrees. we'd love

reporting live in lower moreland township katy zachry "nbc 10 news." >>> and happening today, a driver who killed a woman and left the scene faces sentencing in a philadelphia courtroom. teri fleming pleaded guilty to homicide by vehicle. her car hit deanna pates walking along clarissa street. pates died five days later. >>> in delaware county, the parents of the baby injured by pet ferrets are scheduled for a preliminary hearing. jessica and bernie face child endangerment charges. in january the ferret mauled the 1-month-old girl's face. >>> and 5:03, a whom woman who blamed her baby's death on her children will go to prison. yesterday a judge sentenced whitney stanford to 15 to 30 years in prison. in january he was convicted of killing her 2-month-old son back in 2003. prosecutors said she shook the baby and banged his head against the furniture and then told police her daughter knocked the boy out of the swing. >>> from our south jury zee bureau now the death of a cumberland county man in police custody is raising questions. witnesses say violent police officers punched and kicked t

we are live in lower moreland township matt rivers, for cb is. three "eyewitness news". >> thank you you for that. >>> septa a police now say they know who they are looking for in a vicious attack on a 60 year-old man on monday. they say that they have positively identified the young man who delivered the blow, and thanks to some facial recognition software and two tipsters. an arrest warrant for that person is now in the works. he has been seen on surveillance video from 15th street station knocking that man unconscious. >>> tonight, we are hearing from the cumberland county prosecutor's office about the the investigation into the the the death of a man in vineland, police custody. family members say philip white was unarmed when he died in police custody on tuesday. police are calling white's death a in custody non-shooting death. we do know there was a struggle between white and the officer on west grates street. in a statement the prosecutor's office says quote events transpired between the time of the officer's arrival and white's transport

new details in the couple killed by a chainsaw the teenage son made the discovery in their lower moreland township home "action news" reporter, david henry joins us outside of the police department, with more on this investigation. >> reporter: good afternoon lower moreland police and detectives continue to work this case trying to determine what happened and what led up to that gruesome murder and exactly the chain of events that unfolded inside of that home, it appears at this point it appears to be a murder-suicide, they have not made an official ruling yet. the bodies of 33-year-old nicole and chris pepleman were found in their home yesterday afternoon he called police and said they both died of injuries inflicted by a chainsaw at least one of them at this point was said to be murdered. >> the death of female appears to be a homicide but the investigation is continuing and it's preliminary at this point and we have work to do yet. >> that leaves open the possibility of murder-suicide. but investigators are not make a final ruling until later today. >> the peplemans are well known in t

"action news" reporter annie mccormick is live in lower moreland township.ot the latest on what we know. good morning annie. >> reporter: good morning tam. and a gruesome discovery by that little boy. at this point investigators say it is still early in the investigation. they can say that they are investigating the woman's death as a homicide but they are not ready to say if this is a case of a murder-suicide. around 1:00 p.m. tuesday police say a young boy discovered his parents dead inside their lower moreland township home and called 911. >> the death of the female seems to be an apparent homicide. however, the investigation is continuing. this is preliminary if this point. >> reporter: investigators have not released the names but family friends and records show they were 43-year-old nicole peppelman and 48-year-old chris peppelman who operated this huntingdon valley excavating company. because of the gruesome nature of the crime it took first responders police and county detectives hours to go through the scene. it appears the weapon was a chainsaw. we

a gruesome and horrifying scene in this lower moreland township home.oung boy discovered it his parents dead bodies mutilated. >> it is an awful thing. it's surreal. like a spielberg movie. i can't believe it. >> the son called 911 around 1:00 p.m. first responders police and montgomery county detectives swarmed the property tucked away on country lane. investigators say the 48-year-old husband and his 43-year-old wife had severe cuts. it appears that the weapon was a chainsaw. >> the death of the female seems to be apparent homicide. however investigation is continuing. this is preliminary at this point. >> the district attorney's office has not released the names of the homeowners but family and friends say they were chris and nicole peppelman who ran this escavating company. and eric shallcross went to high school with nicole. >> out going, everybody loved her. honestly, knock -- nothing bad to say about her. >> he was a great guy to his friend, really to the guys who knew him a good person. >> and the family friends say the marriage was in trouble a

. >> i'm iain pavements let's get straight out to fox 29's dave kinchen life in lower moreland tonight. dave. >> reporter: this was grizzly scene for investigators and tonight the montgomery county coroner has ruled this a murder/ murder/suicide and now a whole community is devastated. the gruesome deaths avenue lower moreland married couple found with gaping wounds from a chain saw is now considered a murder suicide by the montgomery county coroner's office. but questions remain as to why chris pep pelman would take his wife's life and then his. coroner says she was also stabbed multiple times and choked. >> just a great loss. >> reporter: bryn athyn cathedral pastor says the victims were active in the church. sources say the couple and in their 40 has been separated with nicole and their three boys living with her parents. >> tremendous sadness because both of the couple and as couple had friends in the congregation. people have had them over at their house. >> the same country lane house where investigators say their oldest son a 14-year-old found the bodies with chain saw laceratio

thes bodies were found in their home on country lane in lower moreland township.ey has not released the names of the homeowners. but others have identified them as nicole and chris peppelman. the district attorney says the death of the female appears to be a homicide but the investigation is ongoing. >>> we know the couple had three sons and reports that their relationship was known to be turbulent. >> new this morning new jersey state police are asking for your help in the search for a missing teen. no one has seen 17-year-old rachel lynn manzo since late sunday night. friends of the pittsgrove salem county native say she was texting with an unknown male that day and she might have been planning to meet him. manzo is 5-foot one and 100 pounds. she could be carrying a black backpack with a floral pattern. anyone with any more information should contact state police at the bridgeton barracks. >> there could be a turn in the case against new jersey senator bob menendez today. let's heads over to erin o'hearn. she's got the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good mor

this was just before 1:00 yesterday afternoon at the family's country lane home in lower moreland. the victims are a 48 year old man, and a 43 year old woman according to the montgomery county district attorney's offs. at this point police are not releasing their names. so we aren't either. we are expect to go learn more today again after those autopsy results come back. lauren? >> jenny joyce, thank you so much for up that date. happening today there will be vigil tonight for 26 year old mark hudson the darby police offers here was shot and killed inside his home. yesterday authorities in delaware county charged this woman, 27 year old tieanna finch bees his girlfriends with his murder. police say finch originally told them the shooting was accidental. but later said she fired in self-defense. >> we believe from the evidence, from the inconsistencies, from the physical evidence at the crime scene, from the evidence of the medical examiner, we believe she acted on this particular day with this specific intent to kill. >> a day before being charged with murder, finch was arrested on

this yes found inside the family's country lane home in lower moreland yesterday before 1:00 p.m. police are calling one of the deaths a homicide. they are wait to go make a declaration on both deaths until after an autopsy is completed. that is scheduled for today. neighbors didn't want to talk on camera last night and said they wanted to deal with the tragedy privately the montgomery county district attorney's office says the victims are a 48 year old man and a 43 year old woman again, found by one of their children. at this point police are not releasing the victim's names. so we aren't either. details as to how and why this tragedy happened are still being determined. we hope to learn more today. lauren? >> all right, jenny joyce thank you so much for that update. septa police trying to track down a group of teens who might know what led to up a violent attack on a train platform monday. we're going to show you some of the video that might be disturb to go some viewers this morning. fox 29's steve keeley liver at septa police headquarters with the latest on this investigation.

ports of hatboro and upper moreland awoke to no water. the main was location in the unit block of east moreland avenue. water department crews shut off service in the area to make repairs. water was back on by later in the afternoon. >> to put it simply today was nothing short of glorious. not a cloud in the sky. moderate temperatures making it a day to go outside and soak it all in. john rawlins is among those taking advantage of the wonderful conditions that come to us have manyunk. >> things winding down here. they had a huge street festival earlier today. as far as temperature is concerned we're told it's a few above normal today. but, after the cold wind, and rain of late last week today's sunshine was well, liberate sunshine was well, liberating. at the horticultural center in fairmount park the sun was shipping on ceremonial drumers. the beginning of grand finale of subtrue cherry blossom festival, 1,000 people expected to attend the open air event that fosters better understanding of japanese customs. a sea of people, estimated 30

katy zachry is live outside the lower moreland police department now with more on what we should learn today. a lot of people are just wondering what happened there inside that home. >> reporter: they are waking up with a lot of questions that they went to sleep with last night, chris. police are calling one of the deaths a homicide but waiting for more information from the medical examiner before they label the other death. and the autopsy is scheduled for later today. investigators describe what they found at 1100 country road as brutal and grewmany. just before 1:00 this afternoon, the dead couple was found by their teenager son. a chainsaw was near the bodies but this morning the man and woman both had lacerations to their bodies. police aren't looking for any suspects at this time. >> this is a difficult one. it's a difficult one because a child has found his parents and it's something that we're going to be working through as the night goes on. >> reporter: and that was montgomery county's district attorney speaking to the brutality of this crime. coming up next half hour you'll

reporting live in lower moreland township katy zachry, "nbc 10 news" news". >>> 4:04. the parents of the baby injured by a pet ferret are scheduled for a preliminary hearing. jessica and bernie face child endangerment charges. the ferret mauled the girl's face when she was 1-month-old. >>> the woman who blamed the death on her child on her other children is going to be in front of a judge. whitney stanford was convicted of killing her 2-month-old son back in 2003. prosecutors said she shook the baby and banged the head against furniture and then told police her daughter knocked the boy out of a swing. >>> and the son of delaware congressman john carney is being sued by the family of a college student who died in what the suit calls a hazing incident. tracy davidson is live in the digital operations center this morning. tracy, this lawsuit comes before the sheriff's office there in south carolina has even determined how the student died right? >> reporter: correct, chris. the parents of tucker hicks filed two lawsuits asking for more than $50 million in the death of the

upper moreland on the pa turnpike westbound by the byberry overpass. out in trevose, still an accident combined with a fuel spill from a tractor trailer on trevose road at reading avenue. we'll definitely keep you updated. tracy. >> 5:32. new from overnight, police are looking for two men who robbed a man in his home just after 11:00 on the 6600 block of heg german street in northeast philadelphia. rbers pulled a gun on a man outside of his home ordered him inside and stole cell phones. >>> a mother of four in philadelphia faces charges after police say she locked her kids in a basement for 12 hours as punishment. "nbc 10's" matt delucia is live at the special victim's unit in hunting park. matt, tell us more about it. >> tracy this woman is likely to face several charges including endangering the welfare of a child. we could see the children playing in the lobby doing well after police said they had been locked in a basement for 12 hours. this happened on east atlantic street in kensington. four children two boys and two girls ages 9 to 13. one of the

was teenager who police say found his parents bodies inside their home on country lane in lower moreland. tonight "eyewitness news" reporter diana rocco has new details in a case that has left this community stunned. >> it's awful. shocked. disbelief. >> reporter: medical examiner leaves the country lane home where a 43-year-old woman and her 48-year-old husband were found dead by their oldest son who investigators say walked in op a gruesome scene just before 1:00 tuesday afternoon. >> they were both found by 14-year-old child. search warrant being conducted right now with our forensic unit unit. they are on scene. it is a bloody soon. >> reporter: a chain saw was found near the bodies both husband and wife were suffering from lacerations. police now guard the driveway hours after the horrifying discovery. neighbors and friends embraceing in disbelief the couple's three children have lost both parents. in what investigators say appears to be a murder/suicide the husband owns a huntington excavateing business. >> really really hard worker working kind of guy. we all new in the circle fri

out at upper moreland pa turnpike and byberry, that's pushed over. roosevelt boulevard before broad street a crash to look for. give yourself time as you head out the door. >>> the new budget plan is out at one school district and there are concerns. the possible cuts teachers fear could hurt the future of their students. >>> fast food doesn't have to mean cheap food according to the c of chipolte grill. they're starting something no other major restaurant chain has tried before. >>> this is "nbc 10 news." >>> it's 13 minutes past 6:00 right now. philadelphia community came together to honor a man who was murdered while walking his dog. ♪ >>> family friends, local leaders gathered at the historic african episcopal church of thomas in overbrook to remember james stuhlman. they planted and blessed a new tree in his honor. he was walking his dog when some teen boys shot and killed him. >> jim's legacy to all of us lives on in our hearts and minds and family and friends just by the way he lived. that's all that any of us can hopefully leave. >> three tee

bodies were found inside of the lower moreland township home on tuesday. "eyewitness news" reporter matt rivers joins us live with the very latest matt. >> reporter: chris, couple involved in this case has been identified by police as four three-year old nicole pep he willman and her husband christopher pebbleman. autopsies conduct on both earlier today led investigators to conclude that christopher killed nicole inside their home. montgomery county coroner's office say nicole pebbleman was killed by a sharp force injury to her abdomen and stabbing and choking playing a role. they said those wound were cause by a chain saw and her death was ruled as a homicide. officials say she was killed by her husband, who then turned the chain saw on himself, autopsy results indicate he died of the same stomach wound as his wife as well as injuries to his thigh. it was tuesday afternoon 911 operators got the the call reporting the death their bodies discovered by their oldest son. >> it is just a very hard time. >> reporter: eric carswell is pastor at bryn athyn church

just horrifying news out of lower moreland here today. and we're wait to go find out more as you said once these autopsies are completed. what we know right now from lower moreland police is that the discovery was made yesterday, just before 1:00 p.m. the couple was found inside the family country lane home in lower moreland. police are calling one of the deaths a homicide. they are wait to go make a declaration on both deaths until after an autopsy is completed. again that's scheduled for today. neighbors didn't want to talk on camera last night, they said they wanted to deal with the tragedy privately. the montgomery county district attorney afters office says the victims are 48 year old man and 43 year old woman. again, found by one of their children, at this point, police are not release the victim's names, so we aren't going to do that either. so again, hoping to learn more about the details as to why and how this happened later today, mike, alex. >> keep us inform, 7:04. >> pennsylvania governor tom wolf bridges his jobs to pay tour

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the 14-year-old son made the discovery in their lower moreland home.horities say the couple was separated. nicole and her sons had been living with her parents. >>> a violent bandit attacked woman as he stole her purse in philadelphia. he followed her down the street. he grabs her by the throat when she tries to break free he pepper sprayed her. this happened along north 5th street in hunting park. cherry hill police want your help in finding this woman she racked up five thousand dollars on someone's credit card. she went to the cherry hill health and racket club she snuck into the locker room and grabbed the woman's keys out of her purse and going to the victim's vehicle and stealing her wal lot. >>> we are following breaking news more image also are coming in from -- images are coming in from kenya where gunmen have taken over a campus. >> reporter: more on the teen who sucker punched a man on the septa platform. >> good morning, it is 6:00 a.m. on this thursday, april 2. matt is off, nydia han is with us. we're following breaking news. >> mask gunm

that is mitch moreland with a two run shot. in the 4th. going up top. 3-run home run. 7 earned. ouch! and three errors. 10-1 texas. >> tiger woods stole the headlines because, well, he is tiger woods. there is a young gun from texas who is drying to duplicate. win a green jacket at age 21. the sign of spring in the south. augusta national. this is your number one player in the world, rory mcilroy for bird. yeah. one under 71. tied for 18th. tiger woods on 13. hits the bird. 73 on the day. one over. 21-year-old jordan speith. 18th hole. 8th birdie of the day. 64, one off the course record. unbelievable. thursday, keep an eye on him over the weekend. major league baseball is back. masters. it is spring time. >> and the padres are a big team to worry about for the giants. >> on paper they are really good. but we have seen it with the dodgers on paper and reality not the same thing. >> nice for the dodgers to win the western division last year and let us go to the world series. >> i thought so. we will take that. >> absolutely. >> thank you. >>> vice president joe biden and his wife

examiner will perform autopsies on the husband and wife whose bodies were found, in their lower moreland, find out what investigators are saying about the gruesome way they may have died. i'm ukee washington. >>> i'm quarter von tiehl. tolls day you might start seeing offensive ads on septa buses, push back now coming from the community. >>> katie? >>> erika, today we can bank on a entire day of sunshine, the last two days have feature a storm system or disturbance moving on through, so half of the day was nice, half of the day brought wet weather but today it is all good. let me take you outside looking at sky cam three down the shore,

. >> the montgomery county coroner ruled the deaths of a lower moreland couple a murder-suicide. the bodies of chris and nicole peppleman were discovered at their home yesterday, they both suffered wounds from a chainsaw, and the coroner says that nicole was also stabbed and choked. the couple's 14-year-old son made the gruesome discovery. >>> investigators are looking into the death of a man in police custody, the incident happened yesterday morning when police got a call of a man screaming on grape street. he tried to grab an officer's gun, in a statement white was handcuffed and transported to the hospital and at some point he became unresponsive and then despite cpr white died at the hospital. >>> today we learn names of two men killed in a small plane crash over the weekend. joseph deliberately deal was the pilot and richard pock of westchester was a flight instructor their aircraft went down in west goshen shortly after takeoff from the brandywine airport. >>> investigators are continue to seek leads about a missing south jersey teenager rachel lynn manzo was last seen at h

getting word of an accident in upper moreland by the buy bury road overpass.ident in the westbound lane. we'll definitely keep you updated. i'll check in on all the roads. for now "nbc 10" will be back. >>> nearly 100 after shocks in nepal. the death toll continues to rise as crews struggle to get to survivors. we're following this story and new damage coming into the "nbc 10 news" room. >>> and count on a dry, sunny start as you head out this morning. don't forget your umbrella. we could see a few showers moving through parts of the our area. good morning and welcome to "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm chris cato. hopefully we'll have sunshine to start the day.

and mitch moreland crush canning a two-run bomb to the left ax and that type of a day for him. and the a's are blow out, 10-0 the final. >> and with two games to play, the sharks are playing for pride. and team edmonton skating against againstt the islanders, and now, drawing a five-minute major penalty, the sharks didn't score. but later in the third, the tie game and lerg fires and scores on the one-timer, and it is a one-timer, and they score, 1-0. and now, august can only mean one, the masters. tying tiger on nine, after a wayward tee shot he bogeyed and finished 1 over on the day. and but everybody is chasing jordan spieth and watch this, he gets the flagstick, and taps in for birdie a ndnd now on 18 spieth like spieth perfect line and that is going to fall. one of nine birdies on the day and three-shot lead after shooting 8 under 64. >>> all right. final finally, and if you are wondering how he is doing in an early retirement well he is enjoy ing enjoying a lot of r&r, and he posted the photos to instagram. fishing is not why he gave up football, but it is not a bad start

jeanit thei was tight lip as she entered montgomery county court n february iteam exposed lower moreland high school teachers inappropriate behavior. why did you do it? why throw your whole teaching career away. >> are you serious right new. >> reporter: police record show two years, sexually explicit text messages photos and, to one of her students. the three three-year old who was married with children later had sex with the 17 year-old boy in her car. >> we as a society we put great trust in our teachers and our schools. she betrayed that trust. >> reporter: according to state record over past ten years number of educators who lost their teaching certificates for having sex with students has increased 81 percent n2014 a third of them were women. she pled guilty to institutional sexual assault and a disseminating sexual explicit materials to the minor. our cameras were not allowed in court where she faced up to seven years behind bars. but the judge only gave her, 30 taste in prison and three years probation, saying jeaniti has suffered enough. she lost her job will never aloud to teac

our walt hunter has exclusive new pictures and video from the dramatic rescue from lower moreland township. >> reporter: sophie and ivy probably wondered what all of the fuss was about, minutes after eyewitness video shows them along with their owner being rescued from this karen gulf by rising what the's long philmont avenue at mid-morning. >> we saw her car getting in to the ditch and water was raising and she was really upset. >> reporter: as police, fire rescue units raced to the scene here eyewitnesses say they were more and more concerned as water surrounding the car continued to rise. >> she started out saying it is on the my knees, waist and chest. >> reporter: as the driver was pulled to safety unhurt christine margot who works at world of animals veterinary hospital nearby rushed to assist rescue workers carrying the wet, shaken, but otherwise, unhurt pets to safety. >> they were definitely shaking and scared and very wet but they are doing okay. i think they want to see their owner. >> reporter: police and eyewitnesses believe the vehicle wound up in the drainage ditch after the

today the santa clara city council will take up a controversial idea selling moreland to the 49ers. the team is offering $15 million for a used soccer park to make room for more parking near levi's stadium. but opponents say that money will not be enough to buy new land needed for a popular local soccer league. the mayor calls the offer a starting point for negotiations. >>> finding a balance between rigorous academics and demanding court schedule may be too taxing for some student athletes. a stuck from the pac bell conference found student athletes spend on average 50 hours a week on their sport. half the participants said they felt they didn't have enough time to study for exams. the survey also concluded travel for competitions can lead students to fall behind on homework and studies. >>> governor brown may have hit a roadblock as he tries to get californians to save water. a state appeals court says tiered rates are unconstitutional. kpix 5's keit do reports from the san jose water company. >> reporter: the vast majority of water retailers like san jose water company have been

. >>> a former lower moreland high school teacher who admitted to having sex with a student has beenentenced to 30 days behind bars. erica ginnetti pleaded guilty confessing to have sex with a 17-year-old student on several occasions. ginnetti could have seen several years in prison. she's been sentenced to a month. she'll begin serving her sentence later on in the coming weeks. >>> next on nbc 10 news today, fighting for wawa. one woman's passionate plea to keep the store's very first location from closing. >>> in new york several people are under arrest after this massive brawl at resorts world casino. about 300 people were involved in the group fight last night. witnesses say that they were throwing punches and throwing chairs. officers ended up arresting three people. there were no serious injuries but the casino took on thousands of dollars in damage. investigators are looking into whether this fight was gang related. >>> gay rights activists are planning to rally in indianapolis this weekend. it's in protest to indiana's controversial religious rights law which some argued coul

ginnetti was a math teach at lower moreland high school before her arrest two years ago. >>> here is the latest on a story we exclusively is reported on "action news" at 11:00 last night. allegations of hazing involving the women's softball team at saint joseph's university. school officials have confirmed there is an independent investigation under way. "action news" reporter chad pradelli has more. >> reporter: the saint joe's women's softball team played a game at george mason university today with a cloud of controversy surrounding it. sources tell "action news" that the freshmen players were given written instructions in a note from upperclassmen essentially telling them this is deliverance week, that the time has come for them to show respect. it's time for them to realize their place. if they don't follow these instructions there will be dire consequences. sources say the students being initiated had to consume alcohol, perform sexual acts involving inappropriate touching and lap dances and do other acts that are too graphic to outline here. students and other athletes are on

two years ago the lower moreland high schoolteacher began sexually sending sexually explicit text messagesphotos and videos of herself to one of her students. she was 33 and married with children when prosecutors say she had sex with a 17-year-old boy in her car. >> we as a society put great trust in our teachers and our schools, and she be trade that trust. >> she plead guilty to institutional sexual assault and disseminateing sexually explicit materials to a minor. she lost her job. she will not ab loud to teach again and she'll have to register as a sex offender. >>> these are some of the 60 alleged drug dealers and drug buyers who are off the streets tonight after a drug sweep in the kensington section of philadelphia. authorities also seized 24 vehicles in the operation that took place on thursday. it was a response to residents complaints about outsiders constantly coming into their neighborhood to buy crack heroin and marijuana. >>> new at 11:00 o'clock religious leaders and other supporters hold a gun control procession on good friday. dozens gathered advocateing tougher gun laws a

nicole and chris pep mehlman were found inside their home on the 1100 block of country lane in lower morelandp. the couple's young son made the horrifying discovery. authorities say nicole peppelman's death appears to be a homicide but they're not yet commenting on her husband's desk. family friends say the couple was having problems and we're told police had responded in the past for domestic issue. much more on this story coming up in a live report in the next half hour. >>> new jersey state police in cumberland are asking for your help finding a missing teenager. 17-year-old rachel lynn manzo was reported missing monday morning. she was last seen late sunday night. friends reported she was texting with an unknown male on sunday and may have been planning to meet him. anyone with information is asked to call state police in bridgeton. >> federal charges could be filed as early as today against new jersey senator robert menendez. the democrat has been the focus of a corruption probe and he has vowed to fight until the end. "action news" reporter erin o'hearn is live in the satellite center.

they both bled to death inside their lower moreland home. the couple leaves behind three children erika. >>> ukee, the montgomery county firehouse that was scene of the tense hostage standoff is back in services this morning. one of the fire fighters held hostage inside lamott fire company in elkins park is talking now about this ordeal. jamal a robinson says he was justing about his business tuesday morning when his former collogue paul jordan walk in with a gun. >> he had pretty much no emotion. he he didn't look like he was there and i knew that wasn't the paul jordan i met a year ago. >> robinson said jordan called from prison to a apologize for that incident. robinson add he has forgiven him and has no ill will toward jordan ukee. >>> a fiery scene in the gulf of mexico when oil platform burst into flames. we will have the latest on the injuries suffered by the workers, nicole. >>> a washington crossing woman is charged were four felonies after police say she stoled $160,000 from her daughter's gymnastics club. we are live with that sto

take a look it's exclusive eyewitness cam video from lower moreland. it shows woman and her dog being plucked to safety as flood waterswaterswaters rose around their suv this morning. that water filled a drainage ditch. police believe that the woman drove into the ditch thinking it was part of a parking lot. saw her car getting into the ditch and the water was raising and she was really upset. she started out she said it's at my knees she said it's at my waist and it's at my chest. >> worker at a veterinary hospital nearby rushed to help first responders. they carried the pets to safety. they were wet and shaken but otherwise unharm. >>> some developing news at this hour. under ground transformer fire on the mainline. this happened in wayne tonight on wayne avenue. right now crews are still there. they're working to get service restored to some homes that are without power as a result of the fire there. but we're told no one was injured. >>> and some more new video just into "eyewitness news" from wane. you can see a lot of first responders on the scen

the bodies of chris and nicole peppelman discovered at their lower moreland home yesterday.autopsy revealed they both suffered chain saw wounds. but the corner said that nicole was stabbed and choked. and their 14-year-old son made the gruesome discovery. the couple was separated and nicole and her three sons were living with her parents. >>> and out pouring of love and remembrance for the darby borough police officer mark hudson shot and killed in his own home this past weekend. members of his community came together in a solemn candlelight vigil this evening and "action news" reporter dann was there. >> and i pray for your mercy. for those feeling the sorrow. >> as family members looked on a police chaplain prayed for comfort and sowew -- solace. and this in rememberry of officer mark hudson. and the chief officer choked up when speaking about his officer. >> it's going to be a tough couple of days -- it's going to be a tough couple of days coming up and we're going to get by and going to lay our hero to rest. >> hudson gunned down saturday night in his home. his girlfrien

that's the sentence of former lower moreland high school teacher who admitted to having sex with a 17-year-old student received today. erica jenette will also be on probation. she pleaded guilty to institutional sexual assault. she was facing up to several years in prison. she is set to report to jail later this month. >>> well the world's three major religions mark today as a holy day, here in philadelphia many people of faith are joining hands in support at this west oak lane mosque the latest act of opposition to ads many see as anti-muslim. the campaign went up on septa buses wednesday. it depicts adolf hitler with a muslim leader fighting genocide against jews. but instead of dividing the masses, the message is bringing christian, jews and muslims together. >> out of something that was meant to be divisive god has blessed us to make it something that will help us to teach each other. >> septa official says in response to a court order to run the ads they changed policies. they'll no longer accept political ads on septa buses. the current ads will stay up until the end of the mont

the horrendous deaths of a lower moreland couple found with gaping chainsaw wounds is now deemed a murder/suicide by the montgomery county coroner. but the mystery remains. why would 48-year-old chris pep pelman killed his 43-year-old wife nicole and then himself? >> just a great loss. >> reporter: head pastor says the couple was active in the church and neighbor. sources say they had marital troubles weren't separated. the nicole and three boys living with her parents. >> as tremendous sadness because, um, um, both the couple as a couple had friends in the congregation. people have had them over at their house. >> reporter: same house on country lane where investigators say their oldest son a14-year-old, found the bodies with chainsaw lacerations. the coroner says nicole was also stabbed multiple times and choked. pastor says focused on the two younger boys who go to the bryn athyn church school. >> what i would wish for for these boys it's going to be a huge issue but that they can find the strength to not have the rest of their lives defined by this very tragic event. >> reporter: in a