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Skyforce 10 where dirt bike riders and atv riders are driving through the streets of the city. This caravan is a moving tribute to a dirk bike rider who enroux thely died. His funeral was held today. Police are keeping 0 i close eye on this activity as well as skyforce 10. We have seen them go through traffic lights. Were looking into why police arent stopping them. Suburban police layoffs. A Montgomery County Police Department is about to lose roughly half of its officers. Its happening in franconia township which covers 15 square miles in north Montgomery County. Nbc 10s Deanna Durante is live to explain what led to these jobs being cut and what that means for residents. Deanna . Reporter jacqueline, this statement from township management says that a budget shortfall is what is making these cuts necessary. But what residents are asking is how thec department will functn once it loses six officers. These are the Largest Police cuts weve seen in Montgomery County in decades. Reporter richard says hes outraged at the planned layoff. Six Police Officers in three township employees will be gone from franconia township in two weeks. Residents we spoke with said they had no idea the budget shortfall was so dire. Whos watching them is what i want to know to make sure that theyre not overspending and everything . Whos in charge of that . So that we dont get to this point. Reporter those who went to the franconia Board Meeting are shocked. They say supervisors didnt provide reasons why the township is coming up 900,000 short. I felt as though the board was misinformed. They were not prepared and they did not answer any questions directly. Reporter we made several attempts to speak to township supervisors and requested an oncamera interview from the township manager but declined. He told me offcamera the township has been operating at a deficit since 2008. Theyve been using a Rainy Day Fund thats now depleted. When i asked why there was continued spending despite a deficit, i was told, quote, they thought the economy would get better. All we have now is an allegation that the budge set short, theres been no information about where the money went, whether it was misspent, misappropriated. All they said is theyre going to cut Public Safety in order to pay the bills. The police union tells me its demanding the township to open up its books and plans to file a grievance of unfair labor practices because these layoffs are set to begin november 1st. Residents told me this did ask supervisors to table the issue for a couple weeks. We had residents stop by our truck here outside the township building say theyd gladly pay more taxes if it means holding on to the Police Officers. Reporting live in franconia township, Deanna Durante, nbc 10 news. What is next for the township finances and also those officers . Reporter well, im told that through their collective bargaining unit those township officers that have been notified theyll be laid off that they will get severance packages, six months of salary as well as some health benefits. The other township employees its unclear what happens to them because two of them are part time and will this cover the entire budget shortfall . The entire manager tells me he expects to see tax increases here in franconia. Deanna durante reporting live in franconia township, Montgomery County. Thank you very much. To a developing story from south jersey. Police want to find 23yearold sapphire wiggins. She vanished nearly a week ago. Nbc 10 Jersey Shore Bureau reporter Ted Greenberg has been talking with police. This investigation took an unexpected turn. Jackie and keith, people here in sapphire wiggins neighborhood are very worried, especially after learning the sudden death of her boyfriend is part of probe into her disappearance. Shes missing, hes dead. Tonight, sources tell nbc 10 investigators across south jersey are trying to determine if theres a link. Im very worried for her. Im worried for her life. Reporter 23yearold sapphire wiggins was reported missing by her sister on sunday. The woman told Atlantic City police she hadnt heard from sapphire since last wednesday. Attempts to reach wiggins on her cell phone have been unsuccessful. Police found wiggins car still parked outside her north new york avenue apartment complex wherec neighbors are fearful about what happened to her. Its heartwrenching, it really is. Reporter sources tell nbc 10 investigators are concerned that wiggins was taken against her will and may have become the victim of foul play. Fueling those fears, according to sources, is the fact that wiggins boyfriend, 50yearold Kevin Shelton was found dead in runnemede, Camden County saturday after committing suicide. Sources say investigators are working to find out if theres a connection between his death and wiggins mysterious disappearance. A neighbor tells me wiggins is the mother of a young son. I feel for the child, i really do. My heart goes out to the family and the child. Reporter now, Atlantic City police and the Atlantic County Prosecutors Office are both involved in the investigation. But both denied my request for interviews today. If you have seen sapphire wiggins, they certainly would like to hear from you. Live in Atlantic City, im Ted Greenberg, nbc 10 news. New information tonight about a compost facility that creates a massively unpopular stink in northern delaware. The state has ordered the Peninsula Compost Company to close its recycling facility. The order comes from Delawares Department of Natural Resources and environmental control. When president obama spoke at the port of wilmington this summer, grape air freshener was sprayed in the air to make it smell better. Well, to this, now the second suspect in a deadly carjacking case will stand trial for Second Degree murder. The judges decision came after numerous witnesses testified, including the Real Estate Agent who Cornelius Crawford is charged with raping. Police say crawford and an accomplice carjacked the woman in north philadelphia, then a short time later, the suv plowed into a crowd of people selling fruit on the corner of germantown and allegheny, killing a mother and her three children. Family members of the victims say theyre frustrated that crawford is only charged with Second Degree murder. Explain to me, what would you like to see happen . I want the Death Penalty for him. Thats all i want is the Death Penalty. Crawford is expected to plead not guilty next month. Philadelphia police are looking for two men caught on tape robbing a Subway Restaurant in the citys winfield neighborhood last week. They walked into a store, one preattended to order something, the other walked into an Employee Entrance and pointed a gun at employees. The other man leaned over the counter and emptied the register. If you recognize either of these men, police want to hear from you. Take a good look at these two men. Theyre wanted for robbing a Dollar General on green street and west m arie. Both men were armed with guns when they began ordering employees and customers to the back of the store. One of the men used plastic ties to bound the hands of the victims. Theyre accused of taking a cell phone from one of the customers. A woman is now died after a car ran into her near the woodborn train station in langhorne. Around 6 30 this morning, Joanne Schaeffer from newtown was hit while crossing the street. The driver stayed on the scene and is cooperating. Police are asking witnesses to come forward. Joey merlino could head back to prison. A judge ruled the former philadelphia mob boss will have a hearing to decidec whether h parole should be revoked. Prosecutors claim merlino violated the terms of his supervised release. His lawyers asked a judge to throw out the accusations but a judge says the hearing can go forward. It will be held friday. Prosecutors say parole should be revoked because merlino is still involved in organized crime. His lawyers say hes been working a sales job since his release from prison. She was shot in the head just because she was wanted to go school. But not even Death Threats by the taliban could stop her and her bravery is one reason shes being honored tonight in philadelphia. Nbc 10s lu ann cahn is live outside the National Constitution center where this evening Malala Yousafzai will receive the 2014 liberty medal. Lu ann . Reporter 1400 people are expected to fill this tent in the next couple of hours. Of course, many of the people coming here today are young people. Just in the front there, you see the Delaware Valley Elementary School from milford, p. A. Arriving. She is a hero to the world and hero so so many young girls. As you say, she will be the youngest recipient of the liberty medal. Yousafzai first gained National Attention at age 11 when she started writing for the bbc about life under the taliban in pakistan. And in 2012 she was shot in the head by the taliban as she came home from school on a bus. She did miraculously survive and continued the fight, becoming the youngest person to receive a Nobel Peace Prize and today, students marion Mercy Academy spent the day learning about yousafzai and empowering Girls Education. This is one of the girls who will be here tonight. Its more than we could have ever imagined. Malala has been a wonderful figure we always aspired to be and now that we actually get to see her in person, it just makes it a lot more real, more tangible and it just makes us realize we can do what she does and have all the successes shes had. We were just watching an Impressive Group of young women who will be participating in the awards ceremony tonight, including mone davis, the local Little League pitcher from philadelphia who played in the world series, mayor nutter and his daughter olivia will be here and the pennsylvania girl choir will be performing. Live at the National Constitution center, lu ann cahn, nbc 10 news. Thank you very much. We transition to this though now. Imagine one minute youre talking on your cell phone walking down the street, the next, someone else has your phone. Hear what police say these crimes are spiking. Hurricane sandy nearly wiped some jersey shore communities from the map. Its clear in these before and after pictures, now nearly two years later, nbc 10 looks at how theyre coming back to life. And they are superheroes on a special mission. Why some of the biggest names around werent fighting crime today. You wont want to miss it. Tomorrow the u. S. Government launches new travel rules designed to curb the spread of ebola. Travelers from liberia, sierra leone and guinea will only be allowed to enter through one of five airports. Screeners are checking passengers temperatures to see if they have a fever. In madrid, a spanish nursing assist and the will remain in the hospital for two more weeks. A blood test shows shes clear of the ebola virus. Doctors say Teresa Ramiro began to show signs of recovery last week. She was the first known person to contract ebola outside of west africa in the latest outbreak. Thousands of medical kits are being distributed in liberia today. Theyre going to people who are taking care of family members infected with ebola and waiting to receive treatment. The kits include buckets, chlorine, soap, gloves, a gown and instructions on how to look after ill family members while waiting for a bed in a hospital. An armed man accused of jumping over the white house face will have to undergo a complete Mental Health evaluation in the next 30 days. U. S. Army veteran Omar Gonzalez was carrying a knife when hec scaled the fence and got as far as the east room last month. Today attorneys on both sides of the case agreed that further evaluation in a federal prison hospital is necessary. The highly publicized Security Breach helped lead to a change at the head of the secret service. Gonzalez has pleaded not guilty. Here comes the Holiday Shopping season whether youre ready or not. With christmas cheer, special sales and speaking of security, hackers today, staples revealed its customers personal data may be compromised. Nbc 10 National Correspondent Steve Handelsman has the latest from washington. Reporter at target, the first big u. S. Retailer hit by hackers last year, people were swiping credit cards today but some were concerned. I am worry. Everybody is worried about that. Theres so much stuff going on today. Reporter kmart has been hacked, home depot, even dairy queen. Staples is the latest, the Company Warning Law Enforcement that payment card data is presumed stolen and its not just plastic. Its bank accounts. Just a few weeks after Jp Morgan Chase disclosed that 83 million customers names addresses and phone numbers got copied. The dpib fbi is warning that al anyones funds in almost any bank can be stolen by hightech hackers anywhere in the world. Were in the days of where someone can commit 15,000 Bank Robberies in about a minute sitting in the basement of their apartment. Reporter president obama moved friday to help those whose identity gets stolen. For victims its heartbreaking. As a country we have to do more to stop it. Reporter cant go back to paper money. Walking around with large sums of cash is probably more frightening than having someone hack into targets main frame. Reporter most agree step one ought to be securing credit cards with secure chips instead of magnetic stripes. That transition is going slowly. The new target, walmart and home depot credit cards have chips but the cards arent out yet. Steve handelsman, nbc 10 news. A massive drill in japan as 14,000 people practiced what to do in case of a nuclear meltdown. They pretended that an earthquake knocked out powering with triggering a plan the to release radioactive materials. People in nearby towns received mock evacuation orders. All of japans Nuclear Plants have been offline since the 2011 Fukushima Nuclear crisis. The Prime Minister wants to restart them when they pass new safety checks. They are tough, rough and buff. And spend their time saving the world. Sometimes superheroes stop fighting the bad guys to concentrate on the good guys. Spiderman, captain america, superman, thor and batman all suited up and grabbed their squeegees today. They wanted to bring smiles to the faces of the patients at Childrens Hospital of pittsburgh. One little guy, though, was waiting for the worlds most famous web slinger. Spiderman. Spiderman. Really . He has super powers. He flies. And he got his wish. Spiderman showed up in the nick of time to defeat the dirt and the smudges on Young Douglass windows. Wheres wonder woman . Or cat woman . Good question. Sorry. cnow, your nbc 10 first alt weather with meteorologist Sheena Parveen. Well, another pretty nice day today. Some of us did see a few showers, especially close to the shore in parts of ocean county earlier this afternoon. We are tracking more showers as we go through tonight. So there is going to be more rain in the forecast, especially tomorrow we have rain and wind in the forecast with what is technically a noreaster. So through parts of the area tomorrow, we will see rain and wind. The farther inland you are tomorrow, you may not sees amuch wind as the other parts of the area. Temperatures stay on the cooler side throughout the next few days with the rain. Well only be in the upper 50s. Heres a look outside center city from the adventure aquarium. Temperatures are comfortable with 68 degrees. We had enough sunshine to warm things up. The winds are still fairly light. Only around 5 miles an hour. It wont be until tomorrow when the winds start to pick up. It will be gusty at times. 65 degrees in allentown and reading. 64 in pottstown, 68 in trenton, bensalem. 69 in glassboro. 68 Atlantic City, 63 though in dover. Also in wilmington, temperatures in the mid60s there. We saw a little bit of shower activity. The most rain is still off to our west. This is where we find an area of low pressure. This is the area well be watching as we go through tonight. You see more heavy rain developing just to the south and west of harrisburg. Its slowly moving in this direction and some models are picking up on this and bringing it into our area. As we go into late tonight, overnight and into tomorrow morning. Heres what future weather shows, it picks up on the area i just showed you off to the west. Watch what it does, it moves it in mainly south of philadelphia. Through delaware and south jersey, as we get closer to 10 00, 11 00 tonight. You see moving up through parts of the area by about 4 00 p. M. This will be early, then into the morning rush hours we could see showers lingering across the area. Its all in part due to what technically is our noreaster that will be hanging off the coast. As we go through the afternoon, another area of low pressure developing through the day wednesday. The rain and wind will stay in the forecast. This low is not going to move away very quickly. So even by thursday afternoon, you see it just hanging off the new england coast. And this will continue to give us clouds and even more rain chances through thursday, not really clearing up until we go into friday. For tonight, though, the clouds continue to move in, the clouds thicken, rain increases. 48 degrees areas north and west. Tomorrow, rain and wind. Winds could be gusting near 30 miles an hour. 56 to 59 degrees. When you combine the chilly temperatures with rain in parts of the area, it will feel colder. As we go into thursday, the showers are still around, still the wind as well. Not until friday do we clear out. The weekend so far actually looks really nice. More details coming up. Weve all been stuck behind a driver who seems to be all over the road. This is the perfect example. The guys in this video decided to document it, then something even more jarring suddenly happened. And cbs took a stand against selling tobacco products. Now the pharmacy is going further. This change at cvs could cost you on your next prescription. This is ceo tom macarthurs world. In macarthurs world, he opposes new laws to ensure women receive equal pay for equal work. And macarthur opposes a womans right to choose backed by a group that would outlaw abortion even for rape and incest. For us in the real world, Aimee Belgard. Aimee will fight for equal pay and protect a womans right to choose. Aimee belgards on our side. Im Aimee Belgard and i approve this message. Cvs recently stopped selling tobacco products, now it may cost more to get prescriptions from their stores. Caremark, cvss drug benefits manager may charge up to 15 in additional copays for customers who fill prescriptions outside its tobaccofree network. Walgreens and rite aid do sell tobacco. A new cell phone app was launched allowing anyone to record video of animal neglect or cruelty and share that video with police. The program enables people to record suspicious activity or crimes with a direct link to police. Not everyone thinks these apps are a good idea. Theres no issue with using them. This technology to improve the Neighborhood Watch program but there may be issue in terms of how its used by local Law Enforcement, in particular, whether the data they get from black box, whetherc they retai that themselves, for how long, do they share it. The app allows video to be uploaded in fivesecond increments. Even if the phone is crushed, the video is safe. Next week marks two years since sandy. The images from before and after the storm are still eye opening. Parts of ocean county were nearly wiped off the map. Today nbc 10 checks in on rebuilding efforts in two of the hardest hit places. Also new at 5 00, delaware businesses are losing part of their roofs to burglars. Coming up, a look at the string of robberies and what police are doing to track down the suspect. New at 5 30, business breakins. And the bad guys arent busting in through doors or windows. Its happening in through dover. Tim furlong explains. Reporter okay. It isnt exactly mission impossible. But same idea, over the weekend someo e cut a hole through the roof of this builders office on route 13 and dropped down and cut through a cinder block wall into the adjoining Check Cashing business where he, she or them stole a couple grand in cash. The owner of the business doesnt want his face on camera. Turns out, dover and state police have seen this act before. Theyre investigating at least five through the roof burglaries in just the last five weeks. The opening was about like that. Reporter the general manager at dovers Mapledale Country Club described the hole the burglar cut in the hole of his clubhouse and showed me where he came in through the locker room ceiling and busted down some doors. Very frustrating. Reporter the alarm system went off before the burglars could make it into the pro shop to steal the valuable stuff. They fled out through the roof. Reporter police tell me theyre treating the rooftop breakins as connected crimes. If you have any information, call dover police before you or someone else goes through the Roof Cleaning up after these burglars who went through the roof. Its a big hassle, you know, just to have to go through the process of getting everything repaired. Reporter in dover, tim furlong, nbc 10 news. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather. Temperatures warm to near 70 today but changes are coming. It felt good out there. Nbc 10 first alert meteorologist Sheena Parveen is tracking rain and colder weather, sheena. Theyre both going to come together actually. More showers in the forecast. Tomorrow even for thursday and the temperatures, they go down, too. It will be chilly and rainy. Make sure you have your umbrella. Right now were watching the rain off to our west, some up to our north. Big area in lower parts of pennsylvania. Thats where you see the rain. One area in particular, because models are picking up on this to move through, its nearing harrisburg at the moment. Some of the rain is getting heavier. So as we go through the next several hours it should start to move in mainly south of philadelphia but we will keep the rain chances in the forecast. As far as your planner is concerned, by 6 00 p. M. , mid60s, isolated shower, chance through 8 00 p. M. Tonight, low 60s. By 10 00, few showers around, temperatures in the upper 50s. Ill show you the timing of that rain tomorrnight and tomorrow. Another reported sighting of suspected cop killer eric frein led to a shutdown of schools in the pocono area. Not all parents and students were happy with that decision. Reporter you would think a lot of families would be relieved at the cancelling of classes particularly with so many police searches going on nearby. Someone had reported seeing a man rummaging through a dumpster along 611. State police converged on a small compound of cottages not far away in paradise township but still nothing. The eric frein manhunt now occurring not far from pocono mountain schools which canceled classes. Got me worried because i thought he was going to come after us and target the school. Reporter there were parents who did not want schools to be closed. After the other day with that lady, she was standing 15 feet from him . And he didnt do anything. I dont think hes after us. I think hes more or less after the police. He knows who hes looking for. Hes not going to target the kids. They keep them inside, police activity, the kids should be safe. Reporter nbc 10 has learned the fbi did ask to see securhdy video from Pocono East High School to see if it was eric frein who reportedly broke into an athletic building and took bottles of gatorade. And finding video would support one theory that eric frein is taking more chances of being seen to find things to eat and drink because his own supplies may be running out. In swiftwater, monroe county, doug shimell, nbc 10 news. Heres some of the stories making headlines on nbc 10 news at 5 30. Relatives have not heard from 23yearold sapphire wiggins since last wednesday. Her car is still parked at her Atlantic City apartment. According to sources, wiggins boyfriend was found dead in runnemede, Camden County saturday of an apparent suicide. Sources say investigators are trying to determine if theres any connection. Six Police Officers and three township employees will be gone from franconia township in two weeks. Thats roughly half of the small Montgomery County communitys police force. Township Officials Say the cuts are necessary to make up for a budget shortfall. Right now, a pakistani teenager awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to promote Girls Education is being honored in philadelphia. Malala yousafzai is at the Constitution Center to accept the liberty medal. The taliban government shot the teenager in the head two years ago because of her vocal support for gender equality and education for girls. Everyones expected to be okay after a car slammed into a credit union in south philadelphia. Skyforce 10 was over the scene late this morning on south broad street. Police say the driver hit the gas instead of the brakes. The car hit the police and Fire Credit Union causing part of that brick wall to come crashing down. Now to decision 2014. New jerseys third congressional seat is up for grabs. Its a seat held by former eagle john runyon. With two weeks to go before election day, the candidates are trying to drum up support. Macarthur promises to bring jobs to the region and work with local hospitals to bring Veterans Health care closer to joint base maguire. Aimee belgard says shell fight for equal pay for women. Both candidates launched aggressive attack ads against their opponents. Youre under a lot of pressure and youre under a microscope. That shows a lot about people. If you cant stand up during a campaign, i dont know how youll ever do it under the pressure of in washington. Its not defensive when were talking about things like raising the minimum wage or equal pay for equal work for women. These are the issues that ive been talking about and that have really been resonating with the people here in the 3rd district. Belgard says shell fight for the middle class. Macarthur is antiabortion but there should be an exception in cases of rape and incest. Chris christie is campaigning in washington, d. C. Today. He made a stop at a pancake shop. He was asked about his own plans to run for president in 2016. Heres what he had to say. I have a lot of work to do in the next 14 days to help elect as many republicans as i can. I wont waste any time thinking about that until later. No question, i will think about it but i havent made any decisions. This is the governors Second Campaign trip to maryland this year. Terror behind the wheel and its all caught on tape. The driver of this car thought unpredictable driver but then something even more unexpected happened. Thieves getting aggressive all over the city of wilmington. What police say theyre targeting. But first, heres whats coming up on nbc 10 news at 6 clj. We hope we never need this. Coming up at 6 00, the nbc 10 investigators are in pennsylvania, new jersey and delaware. Getting a look at the firepower and which state is keeping secrets. Count on nbc 10 news at 6 00. With the card accepted by 90 of doctors in the philadelphia region you have the freedom to relish right now. Independence blue cross. Live fearless. This is nbc 10 news. Tonight the sayreville board of education will decide whether to uphole the suspensions of football coaches for players who were accused of sexually abusing their teammates in a hazing ritual. The alleged locker room assault ended sayreville high schools football season. Several players, witnesses and victims spoke to the New York Times in a report released yesterday. The witnesses describe how younger players were physically held down, beaten and sexually assaulted in some cases. They described it as a bonding process. Now to Philadelphia School budget crisis. A hearing is set for tomorrow morning in harrisburg over the contract fight between the Philadelphia School Reform Commission and the Teachers Union. Yesterday a judge issued temporary injunction. That means teachers wont be on the hook for their own health benefits. The Teachers Union sought the ruling after the src canceled its contract with the teachers on october 6th. The src says the city cannot afford to keep giving teachers free health benefits. The union called for arbitration before any changes can be made to their contract. A classroom at one delaware high schoolc got a full makeov today. Its designed to get kids interested in going to college. Volunteers from capital one turned a classroom into the schools new college and career center. The new room is packed with new furniture, 400 new books, plenty of laptops and all sorts of college guides. The communities and Schools Organization says this kind of center is helpful to atrisk kids who need a little extra push in the college direction. The center at william penn is now officially open. An exciting opportunity for some Philadelphia Middle School students. Penn museum announce a new partnership with the School District of philadelphia. Its called unpacking the past. It connects seventh graders studying ancient egypt or rome with the museums collections and resources. This allows us, educators, to provide children with experiences that are more relevant. Children will sometimes recall facts, sometimes not. But they will always recall an experience. This is a threeyear, 2. 2 million privately fund project that is free for students. Ill tell you what, cell phones are very popular at least in wilmington, especially when they belong to someone else. Criminals are stealing they will right out of your hand. Police want you to know. Plus, sheena is tracking rain. Im tracking more showers in the forecast. Some later tonight but more as we go through the day tomorrow. Also with the cooler temperatures, ill show you the time line of all that coming up. I felt her intensity when she really felt strongly about a missing child. A former Philadelphia Police officer is killed in virginia. Tonight, a mother remembers that officers dedication and how it helped solve her sons case. Thats coming up at 6 00. Now to new information on what police call an inside Armed Robbery job at a Delaware County restaurant. Investigators announced today a 5,000 reward for any information leading to the arrest of the suspects who held up the Chickies Petes in drexel hill sunday morning. The suspects forced several employees inside a walkin freezer before getting away with more than 16,000 and some personal items belonging to the victims. They knew what they were doing. Theres no doubt about that this was a setup job and, in my opinion, based on my experience, the way they did it, they knew exactly where they were going. Police are also looking for the person driving this car. Described as a white or silver suv or mini van. Investigators are working right now to enhance the video youre seeing on your screen. Youve got to see this now, a threecar crash in western pennsylvania all caught on video. The man behind the camera is one of the people involved in an accident. Some of you may find this video graphic. The video begins in a passenger with a car recording an erratic driver in front of him. This is in uniontown, south of pittsburgh. You can see the white suv veering several times into the oncoming lane. Watch what happens as the swerving driver tries to make a left turn. No. As bad as that looks, emergency officials confirm no one was seriously hurt in the accident. You heard him say there, too, i saw that coming. The woman driving the suv was taken to a local hospital to get checked out. Its not clear while she was driving erratically in the first place. An Advisory Panel issued several recommendings to help improve the turnpikes operations. These include enhanced ethics train for employees and vendors. The appointment of an independent professional to review project bids and Greater Transparency over turnpike policies and operations. The turnpike ceo addressed the recommendations today. This document will not sit on the shelf. Commissioners have instructed myself as well as our other senior staff to ensure these recommendations and changes are made throughout our agency. The turnpike Advisory Panel was appointed after an alleged paytoplay scream surrounding former turnpike officials and vendors. From our delaware bureau, a warning from police in New Castle County about a rash of cell phone robberies. Wilmington police say they have seen an increased in both arm and strong arm robberies by thieves wanting cell phones. In many of the cases, Police Say Victims were onc their phones the time they were robbed or their phones could be seen in their pockets. Police suggest a few things, including dont text and walk at the same time. Also be aware of your surroundings. Keep your head up and scan your surroundings. Also, if youre listening to music, only use one ear bud. Treat your cell phone like cash and keep it hidden. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist Sheena Parveen. Well, a pretty nice day today with a stretch of sunshine. So that allowed us to see temperatures climbing into the upper 60s across the area. Heres a live look outside the center city skyline, beautiful sunset for us. We still do have some of those thin clouds out there, more clouds as we go into tonight. Well be tracking showers as we go later into tonight and especially through the day tomorrow. Tomorrow the rain comes with some wind and also some cooler temperatures. We are watching what is technically going to be a noreaster. Cooler temperatures coming along with the rain and wind both tomorrow and parts of your thursday. Temperatures right now, though, pretty comfortable through the lehigh valley, mid60s. Here 65 allentown and reading. Upper 60s philadelphia, even bensalem, trenton coming in at 68 degrees. Also mt. Holly. Closer to the shore, mid to upper 60s. Much of delaware seeing temperatures now in just about the mid60s. Looks beautiful up in the poconos. Heres a live look in the poconos. A lot of fall foliage, leaves changing colors and beautiful time of the year for the month of october for sure. A few showers as we go in through tonight. Right now on the radar, we are mainly dry but more clouds are moving in. If we take a wider view, you can see the atmosphere is unsettled at this time. We have rain to our west, north, northeast, its all because of the big area of low pressure. It will be spinning around the northeast over the next couple of days and will be increasing the rain chances because of that. If you look off to our west, there is an area forming to the south and west of harrisburg. Its pretty slow moving but a lot of the models are picking up on it moving through as we go later into tonight. Here is future weather as we go through the 9 00, 10 00 hour, we should start to see more showers approaching the area, especially the farther south you go. Into the overnight hours, even for part of the morning commute theres a chance we could have rain around. Keep that in mind as we go in through the day tomorrow. For the afternoon tomorrow and also for thursday, this area of low pressure offshore will start to form as well. Thats just going to keep the moisture in place so the rain chances will stay up later tomorrow. The rain chances will stay in the forecast as we go through thursday. There you see that low spinning off the new england coast and that keeps our clouds and rain in the forecast also cooler temperatures and it will be breezy, too, especially as we go through the day tomorrow. For tonight, though, the clouds increase, thicken, rain chances increase later tonight, too. 52 for the low in philadelphia. Upper 40s north and west. Rainy, windy, a little colder, too, 56 to 59 degrees. When you combine those temperatures with some rain around, it doesnt feel too great. Make sure you have your umbrella. Same thing as we go into thursday, maybe not as much in the way of a steady rain through the area, either way that will stay in the forecast. Going into the weekend, though, we clear up, nice temperatures, mid60s. Just in time for the weekend. Thank you, sheena. Its time to vote for our next High School Blitz game of the week. Centralc bucks east against central bucks west. Downingtown east versus downingtown west or trenton versus paul vi. Te the game with the most votes is featured on the High School Blitz every saturday night at 7 00 right here on nbc 10. They were two of the places hardest hit by superstorm sandy. Were talking about brick township and mantoloking. It shows the Barrier Island towns were nearly wiped off the map. Nearly two years later, nbc 10 checks in on rebuilding efforts. Then coming up on nbc 10 news at 6 00, new details on the deadly carjacking and crash. The woman who was carjacked tells her story in court. A steel wall is taking shapc along the jersey shore two years after Hurricane Sandy came roaring through. Officials admit it wont last forever but do say it will offer years of protection. The project includes installing a nearly fourmile long wall in mantoloking and a section to the south. The project is 75 complete. Nbcs Brian Thompson has our story. Reporter they are long sheets of steel, 45foot monsters being forced into the sarnd piece by piece, mile by mile. From mantoloking down to the northern end of brick. 3 1 2 miles of protection that may not look pretty now but will be covered by sand dunes, thanks to the army corps of engineers. As anyone down here knows, it only takes a couple of storms to wash all that sand away, leaving a steel wall behind. For home owners belonging to the monday mantoloking wall it will show but the alternative, i dont have a house. Thats how you have to look at it. Reporter it runs from the ocean to barnegat bay. Thats why this 3 1 2 mile long steel wall is going in, with everyone counting on the army corps of engineer which is will pump the sand on top and in front and come back on an asneeded basis. Theres no guarantee but the army corps will continue to come back over the years. Reporter the alternative is too bleak for many to consider. Theyd have to close down the new jersey shore. You cant have that wall showing. How long will this steel wall last in anywhere from 30 to 75 years, all depends on how often the ocean washes a wa the sand and begins to corrode this mari marinegrade steel. Coming up next on nbc 10 news at 6 00, local Police Departments using equipment men for the military. The nbc 10 investigators look at where this gear is going and ask if its really needed. Im tracking a wet and windy wednesday. Find out when the rain arrives and how long it sticks around. First alert forecast is next. Plus, malalas message. The young Nobel Peace Prize winner almost died for her cause. Hear her message to people in philadelphia. Next on nbc 10 news at 6 00. At the bottom in job creation. Massive cuts to education. And higher property taxes. Under governor corbett, pennsylvanias been heading in the wrong direction. Theres been no leadership and no vision. Thats gotta change. As your governor, i will lead. And well move pennsylvania forward. Well restore manufacturing jobs. Close Corporate Tax loopholes. And make the Gas Companies pay up to fund our schools. After all, its time to get pennsylvania moving again. Nbc 10 news starts now. Happening now, a visit from a Nobel Peace Prize winner, Malala Yousafzai is in philadelphia to speak about her experiences and get another high honor. Good evening, im renee chenaultfattah. Just about an hour, malala will be presented with the liberty medal. This award is given to someone who strives to secure freedom for people around the globe. Nbc 10s lu ann cahn live at the National Constitution center. Lu ann . Reporter well, theres a great deal of excitement just a few minutes ago when Malala Yousafzai came out for a mike check. Everybody got up and cheered and clapped. She gave a wave and went back behind the stage. We are expecting about 1,400 people here in the ten the outside the National Constitution center for at wards ceremony. Everyone coming through fairly tight security to see malala speak and many under this tent will be young people, you see up front who, of course, idolize her and see her as a hero they can relate to. Shes been fighting for girls rights to education since she was just 11 years old. And continued on despite an assassination attempt by the taliban in pakistan. Just a short while ago, malala spoke to a crowd at the 30 under 30 summit at the philadelphia Constitution Center. She talked about winning the Nobel Peace Prize and she hopes it encourages young people that they can make a difference. To give hope to many Young Children and people who with working for education that yes, their work is appreciated and what theyre doing for the cause of education