Today. Police say hes the person you see punching a man in center city monday. The victim was knocked unconscious. That suspect is 16 years old. Now to the Lehigh Valley and new information in the murder of a local mother. Yes, prosecutors charged the womans 14yearold daughter in that crime. Nbc 10s doug shimell is live for us in the Lehigh Valley. Doug we reported last month that the girls adult boyfriend had already been charged in this case. What led to todays development . Prosecutors now say this is the case of a 14yearold girl who lied about her age and many other things in order to get her 20yearold boyfriend to commit murder and police say it all went wrong when they pushed a bloody car down this embankment. Police never thought it would lead to an eighth grader. Jamie has been charge as an adult in the stabbing deaths of her 34yearold mother cheryl. Prosecutors say he was not a pawn of david barnes but rather a coconspirator. There has been a. Reporter juvenile that cannot be named that they talked about killing both slafonics parents, caleb barnes stabbed cheryl in the neck while in her car march 15th. Barnes buried her mother in the shallow grave which police found along with the car. Officers proceeded to the residence of 1516 randy lane in upper county township and there they found them undressed in bed together in an upstairs bedroom. The Digital Forensics lab, saying she threatened to throw me out of the house. I want her gone. Another says im going up to the bathroom while you do it okay . Why dont we wait until we get into the car with her. Barnes responds. Fine. Another one from jamie, just do it. Both caleb barnes and jamie silvonic. Given the age difference between his client and 20yearold caleb barnes who is in the army he finds it impossible to believe that a 14yearold can manipulate a 20yearold into committing murder. Live in lehigh county, im doug shimell, nbc 10 news. 20 minutes of nonstop news continues with this the senator surrenders. New jersey senior u. S. Senator turned himself in today on corruption charges and told the court hes not guilt. These allegations are false, and i am confident they will be proven false. Todays Court Appearance in north jersey comes after a federal grand jury indicted a democratic senator. Menendez is vowing to defend himself and hes not the only one to be implyicated in this case. Senator menendez arrived in fed cal court this morning to plead not guilty to the 14count indictment. He is accused of using his Senate Office to help his friend wealthy florida eye doctor. Now they have laid out their case and we will finally have an opportunity to respond. On the record in court. As i said yesterday, these allegations are false and i am confident they will be proven false. Prosecutors claim menendez received gifts totaling close to 1 million. The indictment lists private jets, and a piris hotel and visits to a posh country club. Menendez says the indictment is politically motivated. For nearly three years the Justice Department has pursued allegations based on smears launched by political opponents trying to silence me. U. S. Attorneys claim menendez used his office in a myriad of ways to help melgian, resolving a dispute over medicare charges and helping his many foreign girlfriends secure travel visas to the u. S. Prosecutors have to prove the friendship between the two men were used for criminal purposes. If found guilty menendez would be forced to leave office and face years in prison. New at 4 30 we will examine senator menendezs impact on south jersey and hear from those who say their lives have changed because of his work in the u. S. Senate. Its all new this afternoon on nbc 10 news at 4 30. Meantime were following a developing story out of africa. An attack on a college in kenya. 147 people are dead. This is happening in kenya, about 100 miles from the border in somalia and theyre believed to be islamic extremists. The gunmen went door to door shooting anyone who claimed to be a christian. Four of the gunmen are among the dead. President obama calling the preliminary agreement with iran over its Nuclear Program historic. Negotiators in switzerland announced the deal just a few hours ago. The u. S. Iran and five other world powers dame to the agreement. The plan limits irans Nuclear Program so it cant build atomic weapons. And i am convinced that if this framework leads to a final comprehensive deal it will make our country, our allies and our world safer. The final agreement should be reached within three months. This deal is straining relations with israel whose leaders are not positive about irans intentions and they asked congress to here at home sky force 10 over a street scare in philadelphia. An atv rider crashed that fourwheeler and is now hospitalized. The a it vs are not street legal in the city. Nbc 10s Deanna Durante reports from mayfair. Philadelphia police are towing that atv from this mornings crash. Witnesses say the driver of the atv was heading down the street and crashed into this fence. I guess the police and Fire Department see the guy in the street laying on the street and they were doing cpr. He says he saw the man riding his atv near walker and mcgee this morning when it flipped over. He took the cell phone video of paramedics working on him before he was taken to the hospital. 50 Miles Per Hour. You think he was going 50 Miles Per Hour . Very fast. Was he by himself . Just by himself and then he hit the fence. How fast the man was traveling and how he wound up underneath the atv is what accident investigators are working to figure out. Nbc 10 was there as major krieps examined the atv. IlPhiladelphia Police say it is illegal to ride atvs on city streets. Police are not identifying the man, but say hes 38 years old and had severe head injuries. Some say they know the man. He doesnt live far away and hes not known to own an atv. They fear this will be the first of many accidents. Every year it seems that its getting worse with people getting on fourwheelers or those mini threewheelers and they race up and down mcgee street. Reporter investigators are not identifying the 38yearold man, but we can tell you that accident scene investigators will take a close look at this atv and figure out if there is anything wrong with it that contributed to the crash. Deanna durante, nbc 10 news. Your nbc 10 first alert weather. Boy, is it a Beautiful Day to get out and enjoy the spring weather. Pictures at love park but it is so nice to feel the sun and we dont mind the wind and warmer temperatures are ahead and what does it is a on the street. Reporter 65 degrees and chief meteor ol jit glenn hurricane schwartz. It may be raining by the time you get up in the morning and this is a rare day with warm weather and sunshine. We havent seen that combination in months. We have dry conditions right now and were starting to see some of those high clouds increase across the area and weve had lots of sunshine during the day and look at the showers not that far away. Western central pennsylvania and theyre moving into dry air so i dont expect this first round to reach the ground. So this evening, i think it will be dry. 66 in philadelphia and 64 in allentown. Cooler right at the beaches and the wind coming right out of the south trying to warm us up and weve had gusts up close to 40 miles an hour and its already starting to come down a little bit. As we go through the evening its windy for a while, but the wind will diminish and the clouds will increase. Weve got rain tomorrow and well have a timetable on that along with another day windier than today with the serve dayven day in a few minutes. Happening now students at Stockton University are getting set to rally. This is outside the show boat casino in Atlantic City and you see them gathering here and getting ready for the rally and College Students and theyre upset over trump entertainment from being turned into a campus for stockton. Trump taj mahal is next door to the show boat. Trump entertainment says its worried that underaged College Students will sneak in to gamble and drink exposing the casino for fines. They blame carl icahn who is taking over trump entertainment resort. At issue is a 1988 legal covenant among the taj mahal show boat and resort casinos requiring the show boat never be used for anything other than a firstclass casino resort. Caesars entertainment closed the showboat august 31st and stockton bought it in december and they announced plans to convert it into a satellite campus. Once again, taking a live look here as the students are getting set to rally and the plan is to make a peaceful protest both here today as well as tomorrow. Meantime the showboat could actually have another interested buyer, the florida developer who wants the revel casino following all of this . Hes expressed interest in other Atlantic City properties and glen is back in Bankruptcy Court trying to get permission to buy the revel for 82 million. Revel officials and consultants testified today and it is the only real one that exists. Trump testified that he has a contract on his desk to acquire other properties including to acquire other show boat casino. Theyre in discussions with several people. Workers are striking at Philadelphia International airport today. What do we want . If we dont get it . Shut it down several hundred baggage handlers and airport cleaners hit the picket line this morning. They are not airport employees and theyre contracted and provide services for the airline. I have mortgage insurance like everybody else here and my coworker also said were here for respect and for more money and we aint going nowhere until we get our money. The airport says the strike is not having an effect on travel. From our Delaware Bureau the state senate set the vote that would a bell onnishbolish the death penalty. It would not apply to inmates currently on death row. We have a first alert traffic update from new castle county. The southbound lanes of route 141 near wilmington manor are open to traffic once again. Crews spent the last week repairing potholes. New information this afternoon on the copilot suspected of deliberately crashing that passenger plane in the french alps and there are indications he may have been planning this for days. German prosecutor say Andreas Lubitz was researching suicide methods and cockpit Door Security in the days before the crash. Search terms found evidence of that on lubitzs home computer. Investigators believe lubitz locked his captain out of the cockpit last tuesday before crashing the plane into the mountain. All 150 onboard died. French authorities announced today they found the second black box from the crash. Two of the three americans killed in the crash were emily selke and her mother yvonne. Emily graduating from drexel and her mother graduated from Springfield High School in 1975. Today marks holy thursday for christians around the world. Nbc 10 is at the cathedral of basilica st. Peter and paul the archbishop celebrated the mass where he blessed three holy oils. Holy thursday commemorates the last supper when jesus celebrated his final meal before the crucifixion. [ speaking italian ] pope frances headed to the main prison to wash the feet of inmates. Its an Easter Ritual designed to serve others. The impact its already having on our region. Its one of the few pictures of myself that i carry and one of the few pictures of myself i ever had framed. A numbers guy, he ranks his personal meeting with pope francis the number one experience of his life after having a family. As president of the world meeting of families in philadelphia he had the rare opportunity to shake the holy fathers hand at a special audience at the vatican last spring. But it will be right here on the ben franklin parkway where five hand picked families from around the globe will have a similar thrill a personal meeting with pope francis on the stage. Typically what happens is that five families, one from each of five continents would interact with pope francis and have the opportunity to ask him questions or tell him stories that then he would engage with them. That will happen as pope francis attends the festival of families on saturday september 26th. Hes expected to deliver remarks and bless the crowd. Do we expect that will be in english . Do we know . Thats a good question. Many languages . We dont know. All this a day before he says mass on the parkway at the climax of the weeklong festivities. By that final weekend, the population of philadelphia expected to double an influx of as many people as inhabit the entire island of manhattan pouring in from around the world. The Economic Impact already projected to eclipse original geographic and financial estimates. Clearly the Economic Impact has increased significantly since we started this so beyond 418 million coming into this region . I we really wont know unless we did another Economic Impact study. I would say were at least 500 million. When i say biggest challenge, what comes to mind . Biggest challenge or biggest concern . Biggest concern. A hurricane. And the reason i say that that is something we cant control. Well have to talk to glenn about that but we have less than six months left to prepare for the pope. The world meeting of families will be held the week of september 22nd. Pope francis will be in philadelphia the weekend of september 26th and 27th and with each passing week you can count on nbc 10 news to bring you important developments about the papal visit and its impact on the region and you can get those updates any time by using the nbc 10 news app for your smartphone or tablet. Hell be here before you know it. Jews around the world are preparing for passover. The weeklong holiday begins tomorrow. In jerusalem theyre gettinget ready for the meal to remember the exodus of the people from slavery in ancient egypt. Your nbc 10 first alert weather with glenn hurricane schwartz. A good day to get the kids to the playground and lots of sunshine in Gloucester County. The kids steal needed the coats, but at least it feels like spring and it was funny and it was also warm and we have not been able to say that for a long time. We do have rain coming in on friday more than just a couple of showers, but we also have temperatures near 70 degrees in parts of the area and a windy weekend especially on saturday. The phillies and the pattern is improving just in time for the beginning of baseball season as youll see in a minute. 66 degrees now and 23mile an hour winds gusting to 31 and the relative humidity is very low, though. The pollen is high today, but its going to be much lower tomorrow because of the rain and then it builds up saturday and sunday. By sunday thats pretty high. 11. 0. The temperature in the 60s just about everywhere and 55 in mount pocono and it is colder right at the beaches at the jersey shore. Its generally 10 to 15 degrees warmer than it was at this time yesterday, plus we have sunshine like yesterday. So it makes it a nicer day. There are some of those showers in central pennsylvania and moving into dry air and they may not make it until well after midnight and more showers back to the west and its not that well organized and it doesnt look all that heavy and also doesnt look like a big threat of severe storms. So when a Severe Threat tracker, the heavy rain threat is only moderate and lightning is only moderate and the other things high winds, hail tornadoes are very, very low threats for tomorrow. Now thursday we see the southerly wind keeping us warm and keeping us warm through the night tonight, too. Its going to stay in the 50s to near 60 but you can see some of these showers coming in by 6 00 a. M. Affecting the morning rush and some more showers, perhaps in the middle of the day and into the afternoon and it still gets warm despite all of that. You see, you saw that 70 there toward philadelphia for late in the afternoon. Despite all of the clouds and the rain. Tonight, cloudy and mild, a few showers after 3 00 a. M. And 49 north and west and during the day tomorrow warm with showers at times and also a chance of thunderstorms. Its not going to rain all day. Temperatures ranging from the upper 60s to the low 70s and a very windy day on saturday and the gusts could be at 40 miles an hour or more. A breezy day, but plenty on Easter Sunday and what a Beautiful Day and then a pretty nice day for the phillies to start off on monday highs in the mid60s when they start the game and then it starts getting wet and cooler. It was so strong. Potholes costing drivers big time but the state wont help you pay for damages. How one lawmaker is trying to change the rule. A new stomach virus in the u. S. Spreading in the area and who should avoid using antibiotics to treat it. This senator accused of raking in millions for a friend and how it would affect his request to fix rundown areas. At book club they were asking me what youre doing now, janice. Blogging. Your blog is just pictures of you in the mirror. Its called a fashion blog todd. Well, ive been helping people save money with progressives discounts. Flo, can you get janice a job . [ laughs ] you shouldve stuck to softball i was so much better at softball than janice, dad. Wheres your wife, todd . Vacation. Discounts like homeowners multipolicy i got a discount on this ham. Ive got the meat sweats. This is good ham, diane. Paperless discounts give it a rest, flo. All yeah, flo, give it a rest. The phillies play their last spring training game in florida today against the tampa bay rays. From there, they head back to philadelphia for the ondeck series and they play the pirates at Citizens Bank park and then saturday at 1 05 and then off sunday. Monday, april 6th theyre playing against the boston red soshgs and the game youll see here on nbc 10. Taking a look live at Citizens Bank park all quiet now and that wont be the case days from now when fans pack the place. Crews are getting the stadium set for the new season and 125,000 square feet of field that need to be in tip top shape and the team here says its up to the task. We have to be ready for opening day no matter what. The grass has to be green and thats what the expectation level is not only from our fan, but from our players. The phillies ground crew says the temperatures havent been too kind and things are not as green as they might normally be but time will take care of that as well. Dont miss welcome home phillies. Nbc 10 will feature a pregame special at 2 00 and the home opener at 3 00 and youll see it only here on nbc 10. Back new now to our top story. Breaking news in south jersey, route 73 is shut down and road crews closed the roads because of a cracked telephone pole. There are concerns it could fall on to busy route 73. Rush hour traffic is being detoured. Under fire u. S. Senator Robert Menendez accused of corruption because of alleged dealings with a florida eye doctor. Why some people are coming to the defense of the embattled politician. Im tracking rain headed toward our area. Ill let you know when its going to arrive and how its going to impact the region in my exclusive first alert, sevenday forecast. At 5 00 penn state continues to investigate a campus frat at the center of a sex scandal. Why a University Task force isnt involved just yet. The senator surrenders. New jersey senior u. S. Senator turned himself in today on corruption charges in newark. The Court Appearance coming a day after a federal grand jury indicted menendez. The democratic senator accused of accepting nearly 1 million from a doctor friend in exchange for political favors but both he and that doctor told the judge theyre not guilty today. The department has pursued allegations based on smears launched by political opponents trying to silence me. The grand jury indicted menendez on 14 counts including bribery and conspiracy. Menendez is the first senator charged with bribery in 35 years. While the feds are building their case against new jersey senior senator others coming to their defense. Some in south jersey say the democrat has changed their lives. Cydney long is live this afternoon in camden. Youve talked to people who say theyve benefitted from the senators work. Reporter jim and renee, thats right. Hes been able to secure funding for lowincome neighborhoods like this one in camden and programs like head start owe many here in this community and across camden say they are standing by the longtime senator because his support to them has been unwavering. From protecting area bridges to federal dollars, from building roadways and helping those most devastated by hurricane sandy. Bob menendezs survey to the state has been vafrt and those in camden say his commitment to education like Stem Science Technology engineering and math as well as Higher Education has made its mark. What goes around comes around. So if youre doing nice thing, nice things will come back to you. Rutgers freshmen credits men menendez menendez, for College Tuition freezes for working families. You need to make College Affordable and everybody out here you need a degree for this that and the third and then you need the money to get the degree. Menendez announced an initiative to clean up sites in camden and hes been a strong advocate for the academy school. He will receive justice and hes a man of honor and hes a strong man. He will get through this. The founder dr. Gloria sant santiago says it would arent have been possible without the center on their side. There are major disparities in the camden communities in terms of diabetes and high levels of hypertension and kids are overweight and we want to keep families healthy. Coming soon . June, to be exact, project hope here will open their brand new expanded Health Clinic in which menendez was instrumental in bringing millions in federal funding. We are told today that this Center Serves 3,000 lower income residents here in camden and also that their numbers of uninsured are rising by leaps and bounds due to universal healthcare also backed by menendez. Live in camden im cydney long nbc 10 news. Thank you, cydney. We want to take you back to the students in Stockton University who are rallying outside the showboat casino. That rally has started and theyre upset over trump entertainments attempt to stop the showboat from being turned into a campus. Well keep watching this. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather. And you can see the flags right here whipping in the breeze outside Camden City Hall this afternoon. Despite the wind it feels so great out there and finally a taste of spring and chief meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz and youre tracking rain and tell us when it all moves in. It will move in pretty much after midnight tonight and this time its rain and were not talking about snow for any part of our area including the pocono mountains where well get some rain and warmer temperatures and the snow is disappearing. Now you can see the rain is getting closer but its moving into such dry air that this first batch is even going to reach us and some of this stuff in western pennsylvania and ohio that will start coming in. Were in the 60s in the entire area except for mount pocono and also right at the beaches at the jersey shore and its because of that wind coming off that cold ocean, temperatures are in the 60s, but the winds are gusting 20 30 miles an hour and have a windier day than this plus the timing on that rainfall with the seven day in a few minutes. Glenn, see you then. From our south Jersey Bureau a Gloucester County family lost two dogs when the house went up in flames and the fire started in the township. Just before 11 00, investigators are still not sure exactly how it started. Sky force 10 was over this house fire in West Philadelphia today. This was the scene at 49th and ogden streets at 9 00 this morning. You can see firefighters had to deal with plenty of smoke and no one here hurt and no word on what caused this. Take a look at this. Brand new cars up in flames. Sky force 10 over Delaware County and a tractor trailer caught fire along interstate 95 in norwood just before 7 00 this morning and it was carrying what looks to be a load of new cars. Crews were able to put out the flames quickly, but the fire slowed down traffic during the morning commute. A poultry house fire in delaware killed some 21,000 chickens. The fire broke out last night along jones church road. Investigators ruled today an electrical malfunction is to blame. A man is recovering after falling off a septa train track. He was trying to get on a train earlier this morning and he fell between the platform and the train. We are still working to find out how that man is doing. There will be one less item on the beach of one jersey shore town this summer. Personal portable toilets. Brigantine city Council Voted to ban portable toilets on the beach and theyve traditionally used for camping and beach goers are using them as well and workers started finding lets just say unpleasant items in trash cans at the beach last summer. Brigantine already provides portapotties at some locations and the solicitors are still working on the exact wording of the ban. There is a big payday coming to someone who bought a Powerball Ticket in new jersey. A ticket for last nights drawing bought in Middlesex County is worth a Million Dollars and a shop rite store on washington road the ticket matched all five numbers and matched the powerball. Here they are, 2, 30 33 39 44 and the powerball was 1. I hope someone out there was has that matching ticket. We have an update toic braing news that we told you about earlier. Route 73 and maple shade back open back after being closed to a telephone pole that was in danger of collapse. Now to this damage done and what options do you have if your car and your wallet suffer from the impact of potholes. It wasnt my fault. I couldnt avoid it and i couldnt do anything to miss it. So whos on the hook for the damages . The nbc 10 investigators find out what kind of case you can make to get someone else to pay for the repairs. And next tummy troubles. The stomach illness spreading across the country and hitting closer to home and why medicines may not be able to help. Health officials are warning about a drug resistant stomach bug spreading in parts of the country including pennsylvania. The cdc says the culprit is a bacteria called shagella. Americans traveling overseas are bringing this back and it can cause diarrhea stomach pain and fever. One of the clusters is found in pennsylvania which has 18 cases so far, but the cdc does not specify what part of pennsylvania. There is a new place lowincome students and their families can go for medical treatment in camden. The leaf Academy UniversityCharter School officially opened its Rutgers Health and wellness center. It will provide medical services and Wellness Programs and it will be staffed by three medical professionals. Its a team effort between leaf academy and the Rutgers School of nursing. Its a welcome addition to the community. The Health Care Disparities in this community are massive. We have tons of families here suffering from issues of hypertension diabetes a lot of children with asthma. A lot of kids here who are overweight and we want to be sure that we provide a holistic approach to wellness in the School Community where the parents can come, one stop, one shop. Studies show that having schoolbased Health Centers improve as well. There have been plenty of bumps in the roads for drivers this season. Now youre stuck with the bill to pay for the repairs done by potholes. Today, the nbc 10 investigators talk with those who dont have the money to pay. Were facing some spring showers and even a chance of a thunderstorm. Gets timing on my exclusive nbc 10 first alert forecast. All new at 10 news at 5 00 we show youed these horses living among trash in a philadelphia lot. What we learned today about the animals and their owner. Sky force 10 over some breaking news right now out of north philadelphia. This is at 25th and jefferson where we understand two people have been shot this afternoon. We dont have any word on their condition. You see several police cars there. Officers on the ground because theyre apparently looking for two suspects who took off after the shooting. If we get more information on this, two people shot in north philly, well bring it to you. Now your numbersbc 10 first alert weather with glenn hurricane schwartz. Kids and parents alike loving this weather. It was nice enough to shed some of those heavy coats. You wont need the heavy coats tomorrow but you will need the umbrellas because we definitely have rain in the area. Its not going to rain all day and were not expecting so much rain with this flooding but it will be kind of wet. It will also be near 70 degrees in parts of the area and its also going to be windy over the weekend especially on saturday. Its fairly windy right now as you can see right outside the station. 66 degrees and the wind 23 gusting to 21 miles an hour and were 10 degrees warmer than this time yesterday. Generally in the 60s except for that 55 degrees of mount pocono but as we head farther to the south, look at that. 49 degrees at stone harbor. Is that right . Well lets take a look at whats going on here. The wind is blowing out of the southwest. The ocean temperature is only 42, so right at the beaches, beach haven down to avalon and it is in the 40s for the most part and it will be that way tomorrow too, with those strong southerly winds. Clouds are starting to come in and the showers getting closer. Certainly need them by tomorrow morning. Not all that much rain back out to the west but there is enough there and the future cast showing us hour by hour the southerly wind keeping the temperature up during the night tonight thats for sure and so by tomorrow morning that wont need any kind of coat and then during the afternoon weve got more showers and watch the temperatures and see if we get to a 70 its a new model that just came in. I havent seen it. No that one didnt and it just depends on how much rain we get and there are more showers back to the west and that includes friday night and maybe into early, Early Saturday Morning and then the wind comes in and really drives us out. For the phillies pretty lucky with the weather here. Southwest, 10 to 15 on monday and the winds are blowing out and the temperatures are looking pretty good here. Look at that in the 60s and im sure youll be happy with that kind of weather for early april. Cloudy and mild with a few showers generally after 3 00 a. M. And 56 for a low in the city and 49 north and west and during the day tomorrow warm with some showers and a chance of a thunderstorm. Highs in the 60s to near 70 degrees and not as windy as today and it will be really windy on saturday especially in the morning. The gusts to 40 and then sunday pretty nice but breezy. Really good for the easter egg hunt. A little chilly for the Sunrise Services and good weather for the phillies on monday but not so good for phillies on wednesday and thursday because weve got a wet and colder pattern coming after the beginning of next week. Thats not snow cold . No. Dont say that word thank you. I appreciate it. We heard those concerns earlier from the folks concerned planning the popes visit, the hurricane, which they cant control. That is an issue right. September is the key, peak month for hurricane season. Youll be on top of it. Local roads have become an obstacle course. Drivers do their best to avoid potholes and its just not possible all the time. That cost me over 1,000 you know what i mean . To go see a flyers game. Today fighting the state to get them to pay for car repairs, nbc investigators find out what your options are. I am never getting married. Never. Psssssh. Guaranteed. You picked a beautiful ring. Thank you. Were never having kids. Mmmmmm. Breathe. I love it here. We are never moving to the suburbs. We are never getting one of those minivan . We are never having another kid. Im pregnant. I am never letting go. For all the nevers in life state farm is there. Pennsylvanias pothole problem is as bad as its ever been. Investigators found the state iszvyky material brian and others like him who hit pennsylvania potholes they will have to pay for the damage out of their own pocket. This year alone, the state bureau of Risk Management has received 621 pothole damage claims. Those claims are denied. Penndot spokesman, penndot like every state agencies to small county government are immune for paying for Property Damage caused by ion and absolutely terrible condition. State representative scott petrie is from potts county. The law is meant to protect tax payers . Can you imageine the cost for the commonwealth if somebody could bring aeismall claims court and they had to spend a lawyer for every pothole case. It would bankrupt some of our municipalities. Hes looking for ways to help drivers pay for hot poll damage through what he calls a pothole wn 2 it wouldnt just be the first hundred people and say we dont have any more money. That would frustrate people more. The nbc 10 vast 4j investigators looked at the and pennsylvania doesnt have to pay for damage caused by them. In new Jersey Drivers can sue the state for potholerelated damage and it has to be documented and submitted within geje 90 days. Back on pennsylvanias state roads, penndot has spent 47 million since io january poring 80,000 tons of pothole patching material. Nobody likes potholes we dont like them. Brian berger feels the same way. That cost me over 1,000 to go see a flyers game. Did they win . They lost. While you cant sue pennsylvania or delaware for potholerelated Property Damage the states can be on the hook if someone is injured, but both states have a cap on how much you can get. In pennsylvania its 250,000. In delaware, 300,000. For the investigators im mitch blacher, nbc 10 news. Nbc 10 news at 5 00 is next. Here is jacqueline london and keith jones. We continue to follow breaking news from south jersey. We continue to follow breaking news from new york. Two women arrested accused of terrorest plots and more on who is in custody at 5 dlok. Today, beautiful weather and tomorrow all of the showers will be moving into our area and still warm temperature tch, but big changes for the weekend and ill show you the timing of this and how cool it will get. Take a look at this. New information about these horses. M0rg in a southWest Philadelphia lot full of mud and trash. An nbc 10 viewer tippeds off and what we learned about the horses and their owner next on nbc 10 news at 5 00. un right now at 5 00 stolen air bags Philadelphia Police have a man in custody for breaking into cars and stealing the air bags right out of this steering wheels. Police are looking into whether this suspect is connected to a bigger crime spree. Nbc 10 investigator Harry Hairston joins us live with the latest. What have you found out about this . We confirmed what Philadelphia Police said they arrested a man for stealing airpur bags in north philadelphia last year and they hope it can be the break they needed as they hope to find whoever has beenpqcn ripping off air bags throughout the city. We discovered this theft in ronhurst. Someone broke into five cars there last monday and made off with the air bags. They sell the air bags to repair shops for as much as 200. The suspect they arrested today is identified as Ricky Sanchez of west kensington. Well keep yountb0i w