Seriously are making specific threats, ri why theyre targeting a very county. Vid as students at pine forgewk academy pack up forkrjn winter break, administrators here atag school are on high. alert aft an email was sent to thee principal claiming a 39cyberattk was imminent. He claims in thea ; email h hacked 57 otherr÷fno institutiod apparently knows what hes doing. The xmvers are demanding 1 million. State police area a cal[t this extortion. They say the alleged hackers arc part of a Group Calling themselves heart of the people. Theii hackers claim they were contacted by disgruntled 7y alu who wanted;j to infiltrate sc computer systems. Was it a student . Was it legitimate . X is it part of a scam that none of us has ever heard about yet . In a statement, m7x the acad said we had no information about why this monetaryo1an ransom wa made. . ; authorities n; 9reviewsedht th ®hsage, circulated the premises and determined the facility to be safe. Iuvmun . I8 i think it might be a big joke but its not funny. Locals here in pine forge say its probabecj just a hoax likei bomb threat. After the sony hack involvingip north korea, you just cant be o too sure. Of ten its qnl probably a prank isnt, im sure the cops will handle it. Right now there is no n phe school have been o compromised. Meanwhile, c allq of the stude here have gone home fq2÷ winter t hahp hc they will return in january. Live in berksa cn county, Randy Gyllenhall, nbc 10 news. Ayn display of hate on loca buildings. Tcp response to the grand jury decisions in ferguson, month many and staten island, new york. Deanna durante live in West Philadelphia with reaction from police and the community. Deanna . Reporter police say theyre going to investigate this just like any other case of vandalism. The wall has been paint over where there was graffitinno earlier, down the street you can seebstx the painters still here cleaning it up. What was here, takeg a look at the video. About 11 30 this morning, Philadelphia Police say they were notified to the graffiti on several buildings between 49th were notified to the graffiti on several buildings between 49th and he< some of the messages are in in referencermj f1[to, its beg man who was killed monday night. Police are investigating that officerinvolved shooting. Brownk residents here say that they are well aware of gn the ongoingcor to me it means that we have no protection. m4[o no prote hahp hc[o protecting us. Its difficult when youre wh issuaef you haven is with a sy as powerful as the police. ni i think its is it a good thing tgc9eface someones property . Not necessarily. Reporter now, i wg4 speak with the head of the philadelphia fraternal orderijm th m he says thathh5 it was not an appropriate way tyn express th get crews out here to clean upbge some ofe graffiti. Now we are live in West Philadelphia, deanna durante, nbc 10 news. Cb n now to new information on a a philadelphia paramedic on instagram. Here it is. The issue has reached city3]1 h the photo shows two black men pointing guns at a white police officer. Theeco message with the post i, ourwkrj realymc enny need 2 st pointing guns at each other and the ones that is legally quoting innocence. ocz1÷ mayor nutter called this incomprehensible. Its of÷c[ar e. Incomprehensible. Its of÷c[ar e. Asv as we[p there are limits. The paramedic works at medic 23. The fir [o commissioner says theres an investigation under way to see if he should be disciplined. In xak hands of a special thuexzezqwh would reaq the state attorney general to appoint an independent special heywoods call for action comes thn and eric garner grand jury official tooc restore trust win the community. D kav÷e q heywood says he plans to 6th when he is officially sworn into office in harrisburg. Another . Bn round of . D,n pro over Police Action is set to happen over the weekend including one at the busiest mall inp, our region. Head to the nbc 10 apps to find out more about what protesters t will be a busy weekend holiday activities,y. includin that last weekend of shopping. S nbc 10 first alert meteorologist forecast. Weekend, brittney . 6he its going to be cold and dry. a t rz have your christmas forecast. Our current ki conditions if y plan on shopping tonight this evening, were in the low 40s in philadelphia. Z in pottstown, 35 inke . n z allentown e1n even if i widen out the picture, we dont have rainfall or snowbwd÷ our area. Ez shopig tomorrow, heres how your day by 9 00 a. M. , only 33 degrees, cold conditions. By noon 38. Cold conditions. By noon 38. If youvl similar conditions in store for us as we head into sunday the full forecast coming up. While you are out shopping this weekend,co thieves will be out right along with you. They are already hard at work ripping off unsuspecting victims. Pick pockets in cherry hill stole thousands from four victims recently. The suspects, theyre still out there. vejt h10s south jersey] bu reporter cydney long is live in cherry hill. Tdeo m happening as we go. Cydney . Numberl vone, keep your gua up. Sa shopping is the for thieves. And take a look just how busyq this Cherry Hill Shopping Center u before the end of the workday. Preying on the fact thatht shoppers get distracted the closer we get to christmas. Bcl while shopping among thousands, this final weekend parking space may be the ; ]t of your worries. co full of pick pocket suspectsdd o slipping a credit or debit card out of your wallet in a flash. ; invc some instances its individual. In some instances its two z its not always the same people2 on tuesday, this couple caught on surveillancey video inside cherry yhills total wi, moments after police say they stole acw womans pocketbook atn the Christmas Tree shoppe. I will close myst bag and m sure its close to me and notn my cart. And it seems like thats the kind of thing that happens and o people take advantage of it. On november 26th, the man in this photo managed to wrack up 14,300 in no time shopping at n the picture had her bag on the back of a chair as she ate at panera bread. By herself for that reason. You have to look over your shoulder every once in a while, even in the daytime. Reporter and police say another good tip is writing in a signature on thesoi back of y debit or credit card is a good preventive measure for not getting ripped off. Live in cherry hir,cydney long, nbc 10 news. Dl< nno good advice, cydney. The jump on lastminutey shoppers plan to complete their christmas purchases tomorrow. Super saturday. uipkkohls stoe in a par monday sales event. They will bea a open until 6 00. On Christmas Eve. Other retailers like target will have extended o hours over the next six days. And you can be sure to expect the airports too[ be pad as wnpf head into some of the year. Airline travelni experts say½ y is the busiestroh day for air travel because a lotco of scho dismiss for. Y holiday break. Ku tr hitting the roads starting tonight as we take a live look at ÷i95, traffic not too badqk right now. But aaad7z at uj close to 100 sbc211 travel more than 50xdn0gz miles from h over the jfgyearend o holiday period. Its time to make your new years eves plans. In 12 day, the world will rino in the new year. Area, the water fronts of philadelphia and camden will be front and center. < vn landing. Youve beene looking into what going on with this years party. Reporter on the Delaware River well have two fireworks shows to ring in the;v< new yea including one on the evening i new years eve followedngn another at the stroke of midnight. Theu1u6fanning has been under w this i; it looked like started 2014. Now the plawu are s ry startin w2015. If you canzno believe it. Are you ready for new years . z yes. All right. The cities of philadelphia well. The fireworks on the delaware y 23 and now 24. New years eve fireworks on the water front certainly embodies another uniquea5 partnership between our two spectacular cities. Reporter the 15minute show ;k twice, once then the main show,i at midnigh january 1st. Years eve out with a bang. Itcqen will be better, more elaborate this year . I cantonouq away all our secrets. Every show is bigger and better than the year0l before. Reporter the display is worth a couple hundred thousand s that tab is being picked up by mayor Michael Nutter hinted at hotel stays being a big part of the celebration. I think for all the people that have been coming here for 20, 30 years, they already know. Everybody tells a friend. 3 gpga reporter another big event is new cw j day with the mummers parade. Some bigt÷ changes to thatc thi route. 4 spectators and former mummers about how theyre dealing with those changes. Ill have that coming up in the e aelucia, nbc 10nr news. Group is cutting up to 200 jobs, some here in pennsylvania. The buffalobased bank says the jobs are management positions and will be÷8 eliminated by n month. Co now, despite these xjnnezzlayof bank says it still plans to hire 200 people across the cound. Therejov are good nnews, the keystone state9un last xl÷month. Thats pennsylvaniasyumz jutau Unemployment Rate in more than six years and well below the national Unemployment Rate of 5. 8 . w new w information this afternoon on a cold case in new castle county. T homiciden b detectives say thi baseball bat right here, it was used as a weaponmblsoom to kill cappelli. Vomzcmy ;e investigators want to track dow. Cappelli was beaten to death in february of 2013, last seenuni leaving the wilmington. His bodym4wn was found along d dellavue two days later. Iz;mp n open the register. All of it. Thats all i got. Thats all ive got. 7l n gn suspects makingn 3 demands thea3dco money and the clerks cell phone. This same man k3 robbed two mor stores in less thanjn a week, police say. A guilty plea for a gold medal olympian. tonn phelps was sentenced to a year in prison for drunk driving. Police arrests phelps after he left a baltimore casino on september 30th. He was speeding and crossing thc double yellow line while driving through a tunnel. S8 suspended. He has÷n to be[wv on probation year an a half. Year an hahp hc payments . In new copays. 56yearold joyce russo was expected of stealing part of n payments tor submitting fake timeeg cards. Medicalco error and high infection rates have led to penalties for9 tz hundreds of hospitals, many in our area. Its part of the new federal health care law. It requires hospitals to cut the number of complications that are considered avoidable. One hospital Industry Group calls the oversight flawed. For a complete list of the hops involved, logon to our website, nbc10. Com. 1 ,cx the philadelphia v. A. Has a new name. Lpx rename the hospital in honor of philadelphia hero corporal mi]t3el j. nicressence. Xu. h t o awarded the medal of honor ÷n. Mp r t ho nsored the jerseyszv shoreline from anot big storm has led to a[olawsuit. The state wants to build sand dunes along new jerseys 127mile coastline. The ownerlpcn of | jenkinson pavilion isht worried it willq transfer his privately owned cvjylion isht worried it willq governor Chris Christie has promised to useni eminente doma if gproperty ownersvjkq don off on the project. Somewhere in the Lehigh Valley has some extra cash in their wallet today. Thats because theyre holding i powerbalticette worth a million buck. F1 o but nod ne nowm o your nbc 10 first al weather with meteorologist Brittney Shipp. Good evening. We are going tofz see a cold dry weekend. So cold conditions expected as you do your lastminute Holiday Shopping this weekend. Kjb rain before heading into next ni week, starting monday night. That will continue into Christmas Eve. Well take addn closer look at r christmas forecast. Theres a big difference between Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Starting to set in philadelphia. 41 degrees. The clouds cleared up from this morning. Our humidity is down to 45 . Wind speedsr at 16 miles per hour, still thats making it feel a whole lot colder ttout. It feels like its 14 degrees po 32 in pottstown, philadelphia. 35 at millville,dae 33 in atlan city and it feels like its freezing in]yw wildwood at 32 degrees. Our wind speeds willm o slowly cp into the rest our actual temperature, 40 degrees in mt. Holly, 37 inco trenton. Temperatures areyki actually ao quakertown and mid20s right now in mt. L npocono. As we head into the rest of our entire area will drop below freezing. Partly cloudy skies,meme of the clouds start to thin out. As we take a closer look at your travel forecast here, if you plan on heading out, flying out, we dont see problem areas unless youre heading closer to atlanta wheren2hut are going to see more rainfall pushing off the carolina coast as we push the caro hoa coast as we push by sunday the only trouble areas look northwest. Everywhye else, especially throughout the northeast will so thatfwx should be have lastminute Holiday Shopping too. or if youre traveling to get home to loved ones for christmas. We take a closer look atu 0 mon night into tuesday. Thats when we start top see me rainfall moving in. This rainfall is going to lost its going to pick up in intensity. Inteb wet, windy Christmas Eve by thursday. We start to see the system mjrg out. We dry up. Our lows overnight tonight, down to 19 degrees for the poconos, 22 in allentown, 25 in quaker tonighttown. Well drop down to 26 for f1 o 30 degrees in atlantic city. 26 in vineland. Around the philadelphia area,g 7 degrees tonight. 25 injv glassboro and 24 degre your Christmas Eve forecast showsvfh warmer temperatures te mid50s. Rainy but windy. As we head into Christmas Day, the cold front will drop our temperatures down, back to 43 degrees,ti colder and windy conditions will remain. Tonight, 27 degrees for philadelphia. 22 for suburbs to the north and west. v your rangejf tomo. Expected for o[ shopping. We head intoe next week, a rai stretch monday through wednesday, drying up for Christmas Day. It is time for the best of the best. f nbc 10nd more fmq teaming up to share the finalists. Xd hearing na h irst 12th grade divisions. This is0fi the oxfordlgc;na school choir. Mjy3onr wko2ko hark j o peace on earth and mercy mild joyful all u nations rise oo christ is born in bethlehem d hark gajx jdscm nr t]n . 7v vs7 eevn first place, what a beautiful sound. Thesrf complex choral arrangem there. Well hear more from the Oxford Area High School choir at 5 00. Watch this. New video of a xlatenight shootout with porvn coming up, a to spark the gun battle. Then, a deadly listeria outbreaf across the u. S. The disease, coming up on nbc 10 news at 4 00. Breaking news right now involving a data breach at the store staples. The company now confirming that 1. 2 million credit cards have been impacted by this data breach. Hackers attacked the company in stealing the information. Well have more on this story throughout the newscast. Five people have died in a listeria outbreak linked to tainted apples. Prepackaged caramel apples are responsible. 28 people in 10 states have the bacterial infection and most needed hospital care. Right now, no one in our area has come down with the illness, however, the centers for Disease Control want everyone to stay clear of prepackaged caramel apples. The list of automakers expanding their air bag recalls is growing. Today chrysler added certain models of the ram pickup trick, Dodge Durango and magnum. Sony made a mistake. Those are the president s words. Coming up, president obama addressed sonys decision to pull its movie the interview during his end of the year News Conference. He says dictators should not be allowed to force companies to make decisions about their products. Well hear more from his News Conference at 4 30. Also up next, fighting the flu at least 11 children have lost their lives to the illness so far this season what doctors say you should do to protect yourself and your family. And im tracking colder air settling in for the weekend plus rain returns. Ill let you know when, coming up in my first alert sevenday forecast. Then coming up tonight on nbc 10 news at 5 00, police in upper darby are called to a Mcdonalds Restaurant but this wasnt a robbery. The crime that happened at the drivethrough. This is nbc 10 news. Right now at 4 00, sony made a mistake. Those are president obamas words about the media giants decision to cancel a release of a comedy about north korea. Nbc News National correspondent president obama leveled the accusation. We can confirm that north korea was engaged in this attack. He would not say if he knows what the u. S. Would do. They caused a lot of damage. We will respond. The hackers today issued a new threat. The socalled guardians of peace warning sony we still have your private and sensitive data. We ensure security for your data unless you make additional trouble. Warning sony never to release in any form the comedy the interview about killing north Korean Leader kim jongun. But sony shouldnt have canceled the christmas release, says president obama. They made a mistake. I wish they would have spoken to me first. We cannot have a society in which some deck tater some place can start imposing censorship here in the united states. c reporter the fbi today concluded kim jonguns north korean government is responsible for the hack attack based on the malware used and the computers it came from. We just confirmed that it was north korea. We had been working up a range of options. They will be presented to me. Reporter diplomats and cyberexperts say there are not much the u. S. Can do. Im steve handelsman, nbc 10 news. Here are some of the stories making headlines and nbc 10 news today at 4 00, Police Investigating a cyberthreat at Pine Forge Academy in berks county. They received an email demanding 1 million or the School System computers would be hacked. A warning for holiday shoppers, police in cherry hill say a handful of pick pockets is on the prowl trying to steal credit cards and cash. At least two crimes were caught on surveillance cameras. Vog investigators say be careful where you leave your hand bag or where you carry your wallet. Messages of hate are showing is up in West Philadelphia. Nbc 10 spoke with people who live in the neighborhood. They say the messages show a distrust between the community and the police. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather. Cold, clear night out there, live look at philadelphias boat house row. It is going to be another night for a heavy coat if youre heading outside. Nbc 10 first alert meteorologist Brittney Shipp is here. Brittney, this could be a busy weekend for a lot of people who are out doing their shopping. We are going to see a cold start to saturday morning by 9 00 a. M. , 33 degrees by noon, just 38 by 4 00 p. M. 40 degrees, cold conditions will remain and its going to be an even colder start to the morning on sunday with temperatures dropping right below freezing by 9 00 a. M. At 31 degrees. By noon, 41 and then by 4 00 p. M. , 43 degrees. If you plan on heading out tonight, youll still need the heavy coat. Wind chills are being seen in the 30s right now. The actual temperatures, 39 degrees by 8 00 p. M. 37 as you head into the Morning Hours at 8 00 a. M. And then by 10 00 p. M. , well see temperatures closer to the mid30s. Ill have your full sevenday forecast coming up. Thanks, brittney. Growing concerns about the flu outbreak today. It is ramping up quickly. The seasonal flu is slamming most of the u. S. Right now. Thats according to federal health officials. Theyre predicting its going to get much worse. The flu is widespread in pennsylvania. More than 2,100 cases have been reported across the state. Flu is also widespread in delaware where two people have died from the virus so far this season. New jersey officials dont track individual cases but tell us the flu is moderate right now. Nbc 10 National CorrespondentErica Edwards has more details. T8experiencing a surge in flu cases. My oldest daughter is home with the flu today. Reporter so far, it appears to be worse than last year. One year ago this week, flu was widespread in four states, shown in brown. Now look at the current map, 29 states all with rampant flu. We have widespread activity and were already seeing cases in our hospital. Reporter including 13yearold john gentry. My throat and chest were hurting really bad. I couldnt breathe. Reporter 1,700 people nationwide have been hospitalized. Mostly people over age 65 and those with underlying conditions like john who also has asthma. This year, one of the main flu virus strains mutated, making the vaccine less effective. Still, Infectious Disease experts say its worth getting the shot. Our vaccine may be a little less protective but not getting vaccinated gives you no protection. Reporter johns father agrees, even though his son did get the vaccine and still landed in the hospital with the flu. We believe had he not gotten the vaccine that he could have been much worse off. Reporter its too early to know whether this flu season will indeed be worse than last years. Cases often peak sometime between december and february. Erica edwards, nbc 10 news. Refunds for customers of one Cell Phone Company well tell you who will see the cash, next. First, heres what were working on for nbc 10 news at 5 00. New at 5 00, Philadelphia Police are after these men accuse of robbing several stores. Coming up, what parts of town theyre hitting. Plus, how a pennsylvania judge just blocked Jerry Sandusky of all the money he saved during his career. It might take longer to get your refund check this tax season. How recent cuts to the irs will hold up your money. And just as Holiday Travel begins, were checking into the gas prices youll be paying in new jersey, pennsylvania and delaware. Count on nbc 10 news at 5 00. 90 million in refunds will go to tmobile users in the u. S. Its money federal regulators say the company charged customers for is ofs they didnt order. Tmobile is accused of billing for subscriptions to horoscopes and celebrity gossip updates that charged a text fee. Nearly 300 students at shth elementary school. The Health Insurance gave the school money to improve its library and treated everyone to a christmas concert. And a lot of kids eager for santa to get here. One local boy got his present today. Coming up, the surprise he got when he went to the local mall. Plus, ill have your forecast for your lastminute shopping this weekend. Im tracking the return of rain as we get closer to Christmas Day. Ill let you know what to expect coming up in my first alert sevenday forecast. All new tonight on nbc 10 news at 5 00, trouble at the drivethru. This is nbc 10 news. Mourners gather at a candle lightc vigil and memorial serve in cairns, australia today to remember eight children killed inside a house here. Police went to the house when they learned a woman inside the home was stab. Police are questioning her about the crime. Investigators are not actively looking for any suspects there. A gunman found guilty for starting this latenight shootout with british police. It was back in may. You can see bullets flying in the surveillance video. The 25yearold suspect fired several shots. The suspect gave himself up when he ran out of ammo. Some beanbag chairs could suffocate children so theyre being recalled. The vinyl beanbag chairs involved has a tag that says made by comfort research. The fear is kids can unzip the chair, crawl inside and get trapped. Comfort Research Offers online instructions on how to disable the zipper. A local fourth grader who wrote a letter to the pope got a special surprise today. Gabriela is a student in delaware county. She was one of the thousands of school kids who wrote letters to pope francis encouraging him to come to philadelphia for the world meeting of families next fall. She played on the popes love of animals this is smart, told him in the letter that philadelphia has a great zoo. And so today, the philadelphia zoo brought some animals to gabrielas zoo. We wanted to highlight one of the letters and say thank you to one that really captured a lot of peoples attention. I think really told the story of how excited everyone is to welcome pope francis to philadelphia. Listen it this. Gabriela received a family membership to the zoo today. Maybe she and the pope can hang out at the zoo when he comes to philadelphia next september. Put that on his list of activities. Right . This next story is the kind we love to see during the holidaysen it involved a special surprise at the deptford mall in gloucester county. Take a look. Thats Airman First Class jacqueline rink surprising her little boy for christmas. Jacqueline is with the Delaware Air National guard. Shes been training in texas for the last seven months. Her son, bryce, said all he wanted for christmas was to have mom come home. Today, santa granted his wish. Santa, you know, little bryce is being so well behaved. I think you should do Something Special for him so santa claus decided that bryce has been so good that i get to come home early. Jacqueline planned to enter the air force three years ago but found out she was pregnant with bryce. She said it was tough to leave at just 2 years old. But she says she believes this is what she was men the to do. Wow, the sacrifices of our men and women in the service. I have your christmas forecast as we get closer to the big holiday. Well see a few changes over the next few days. For shopping well see cold conditions. Heres a live look at camelback ski resort. Temperatures are below freezing there. It will be a popular place to head this weekend and temperatures are going to stay in the 20s. Well also stay dry heading into the rest of the weekend as well. For our entire area which will make it easier to do shopping and traveling. Rainy conditions expected. As we head into next weekend well take a closer look at your Christmas Eve and Christmas Day forecast. It will be a cold and quiet evening ahead. Wind speeds out of the northwest at 16 miles per hour. Still gusting up to 23 miles per hour. Feels more like 33 degrees in philadelphia and feels like the 30s throughout most of the area. Right now temperatures at 25 in the poconos, 35 in allentown. 38 degrees currently in pottstown, 41 in mt. Holly, 39 in washington township. 40 degrees in mt. Holly, 41 degrees in northeast philly. 38 in wrightstown, closer to the shore, mainly in the low 40s, lewis at 39. Closer to philadelphia, temperatures in the low 40s. As you head out tonight, we drop quickly into the 30s. You want to bring your jackets with you. Our feels like temperature, feeling like 13 degrees. Feel like 34 in wilmington, 33 in atlantic city. Our satellite radar shot shows the clouds we saw earlier are thinning out. We have quiet conditions expected throughout most of the northeast. If youre flying this weekend, the only problem spots we see are some of the soaking rains stretching into parts of new orleans and they slowly progress towards atlanta. Our next chance of rainfall is monday night heading into tuesday and we expect to see rain most of tuesday and then another round moves in wednesday on Christmas Eve. We will also see our wind speeds picking up into Christmas Eve. We expect to see heavy downpours. As we push into Christmas Day, things clear up. Our temperatures are going to drop. As you plan on heading out tomorrow for shopping, temperatures at 33 degrees by 9 00 a. M. By noon, 38. By 4 00 p. M. , 40 degrees. It will be a cold start to your day. Christmas eve, 55 degrees. Our temperatures are going to rise, windy conditions expected throughout most of Christmas Eve, Christmas Day. Temperatures drop back down into the low 40s. Windy conditions stick around for us. As we head into tonight, 27 degrees for philadelphia, 22 for suburbs to the north and west. Your sevenday forecast shows our temperatures warm up after winter officially starts on sunday. We drop right back down to the low 40s by Christmas Day on thursday. He is south jerseys most famous cat perhaps. Coming up, his fate is decided. The fate of an infamous escaping bobcat is decided in a jersey shore courtroom. This should be an end, hopefully to the tortured history ofu is case. Im Ted Greenberg. Why rocky wont be going home. Then all new tonight on nbc 10 news at 5 00, yep, done deal. Fan favorite Jimmy Rollins is no longer a philly. Hear from his teammates about what the trade means for the team so many fans grew to love. Pretty famous feline escape artist is losing his freedom. It appears rocky the bobcats days of running on the loose are over. Weve been telling you about the infamous pet bobcat since his first breakout nearly nine months ago from his stafford township home. Hes lived at the park zoo. Rockys not going home, as Ted Greenberg tells us. This should be an end hopefully to the tortured history of his case. Reporter never again will he be able to escape from fines home. She gave up ownership of her pet 38pound bobcat thats gotten loose six times since march. Will rocky be getting loose again . Never, ever, no, never. Reporter fine made that promise to us in may and a similar one to the judge in september during which she agreed to forfeit ownership if rocky broke loose again. Sure enough in october, he did. And has been at the popcorn park zoo ever since. Thats now where hell stay. Youre thankful hell be at the popcorn zoo . No, im not thankful. Why did you surrender him then. I dont want to talk to anybody right now. I think she realizes at this point she had very few choices. Reporter fine also pleaded guilty, paying a 500 fine and 560 in restitution for his care at the zoo. Some things are just not men the to be, rocky in your household is one of those things. Reporter reporter as a result of it, a ban on owning exotic pets here is now in place. In stafford township, Ted Greenberg, nbc 10 news. Next all new tonight on nbc 10 news at 5 00, hate messages against Police Officers for everyone to see. We just showed you these graffiti messages sprayed on several philadelphia properties. Up next, what Police Union Officials are telling nbc 10 about them. And another cold night through the area. Then im watching a rainy stretch as we go into parts of next week. Ill show you that forecast, plus your weekend, of course, thats coming up. And signing off afees 27 years after working for you, the viewer, nbc 10s lu ann cahn is hanging up her microphone. Well look back at her career and ahead to her next challenge. All next on nbc 10 news at 5 00. Nbc 10 news starts now. It caused a lot of damage and we will respond. We will respondc proportionall and well respond in a place and time and manner that we choose. Tonight president obama is vowing to respond to north korea. He spoke this afternoon a few hours after the fbi formally accused north korea of hacking sony. That hack resulted in the disclosure of tens of thousands of leaked emails and other material and it escalated to terrorist threats that led sony to cancel the christmas release of the movie the interview. That film depicts two tv interviewers who take part in a fictional attempt to kill north koreas leader kim jongun. The president said he wishes sony would have spoken to him first, before shelving the movie. We cannot have a society in which some dictator some place can start imposing censorship here in the united states. North korea has denied it was involved but praised the hacking as a, quote, righteous deed. Meantime a hacking threat is also under investigation tonight right in the Lehigh Valley. The target, a berks county school. Nbc 10s Randy Gyllenhall live to explain what state police are investigating. Randy . The socalled hackers are demanding a Million Dollars or else theyll say theyll wreak havoc on this high school in berks county. The school is taking it very seriously but right now its unclear why theyre targeting this Small High School boarding school in rural berks county. We have a potential crime here that we can arrest somebody for, absolutely. As detectives hunt down clues left by the suspected hackers, students here at pine forge