washington township new jersey. >> what would you want people out there to know about him? >> he's a great guy. he never hurt anybody. >> reporter: his neighbors say niro spent years here and was always friendly willing to lend a helping hand before joining the baltimore police force in 2012, he was a firefighter in washington township. his former chief told nbc 10 that he was an outstanding and dedicated firefighter with a clean record and no problems. >> he was a great guy. his family is great. we never have -- he even cut our grass. it was like he's a good neighbor. >> but he's now charged with second-degree assault. he could face 20 years in prison. >> now, the baltimore police union. adding that none of the six officers went into work that day intending to hurt anybody. live in washington township, new jersey, randy gyllenhaal, nbc 10 news. >> today, the philadelphia police department is praising the efforts of officers during this baltimore related protest in center city. despite a few skirmishes no one was seriously hurt. hundreds of protesters forced their way on to the vine street expressway in a show of solidarity. police stopped them. officers used extreme restraint in doing so. >> can't say enough about the phenomenal job that the men and women of the philadelphia police department did. you were out there, witnessed it, the professionalism, the restraint. >> you see that cut above chief inspector sullivan's lip. it happened when he was hit by a bucket thrown by the crowd. police arrested two people for disorderly conduct. you can see all of the video from last night's protest right now on nbc 10.com. mysteriously missing not one, but two box style type trucks. the fbi and philadelphia homeland security officials want you to be on the lookout for these vehicles. nbc 10's cydney long is live tonight. >> and one of the suspects actually convinced a homeless man to help him pull off this crime? >> that's right. he did along with two other suspects who forced the homeless man to not one, but two locations. a bank as well as a local u-haul rental company. and when that man told his family about what happened to him, they took the information straight to police. >> philadelphia police are on the hunt for two missing cargo style trucks in recent days. one, a u-haul van unaccounted for after police say this suspect along with two others forced a homeless man inside this lehigh avenue td bank. >> and he was directed to open up a checking account and to obtain a debit card. he was given money to place into that account. once that was done, he was driven to a u-haul outlet where he was directed to rent a cargo van. >> a second larger yellow 16-foot penske box truck stolen just a day and a half later. and there's no surveillance of the crime. >> we have no evidence that these two incidents are connected. >> chief inspector joe sullivan says he has no evidence that the missing trucks are related to any terrorist activity. >> we're eliminating all the possibilities, and not making any assumptions or taking anything for granted. >> so the u-haul van if you see it has an arizona license plate ag 30928. the box truck has an indiana tag 2224-5222. with a number of events in the city this weekend, especially sunday with 40,000 runners plus fans to take part in the blue cross broad street run. >> of course that's in the back of my mind. whenever we had a large event like the broad street run, we do threat assessments well in advance. >> now, i did ask police, but neither of these vehicles are equip with tracking or low jack systems. anyone who recognizes the man in the bank surveillance video or knows where the trucks are should contact police immediately. live in center city, nbc 10 news. >> now to the jersey jam scandal, two former new jersey public officials are facing conspiracy indictments and another pleaded guilty today. today's developments involve david wildstein, bridget anne kelly, former chief of staff to christie. wildstein exploded guilty. kelly and baroni were indicted. all three took part in a scheme to close lanes on the george washington bridge back in 2013. bridget anne kelly and baroni were top alleys to christie. david wildstein is cooperating with investigators. he claims he was told to start the traffic problems then helped cover it up. >> the traffic study story was a sham. a total fabrication that they created and used to execute their scheme and to cover up their misdeeds and their misuse of public resources. >> the u.s. attorney does not expect to charge anyone else based on the evidence they now have. governor christie was out of the state today as the news of the charters became public. he addressed business groups in maclaine virginia. he did not say a word about the developments in his speech. he did release a statement about today's indictments which reads, quote, today's charges made clear that what i said from day one is true. i had no knowledge or involvement in the planning or execution of this act. now 15 months later, it is time to let the justice system do its job, end quote. the police department is celebrating its two-year anniversary by pointing out progress made during that time. the department marked the anniversary with a gathering today at pine point park. two years ago it took over public safety in camden. in the first year alone, the number of murders in camden drop some 47% robberies drop by 47% and assault by 7%. the only crime with an increase is rape. bottom line camden has become a safer place. new at 6:00, philadelphia police trying to find a thief with a sweet tooth. the video here of a man stealing money and ice cream. from several mr. softy trucks yesterday morning. the trucks were parked in a lot. many of them more damaged in the process. investigators want to know who shot two people outside a waffle house in allentown at 2:00 this morning. police were called at a restaurant on airport road in hanover township. they found two men with gun shot wounds. police aren't telling us the condition of the two victims. the st. joe's university softball team's been suspended now for the rest of the season. this after an internal investigation into hazing allegations. the university had been looking into accusations that players hazed and bullied younger members of the team. the university officials tell us because of privacy laws they cannot give us details on any specific punishments for individual players. the team had just three games left in the season. a beautiful day for a bike ride to class. nbc 10 on the university of delaware's campus in newark. some students dining el fresco for lunch today. it was nice out there. glenn "hurricane" schwartz with the first alert forecast. >> and today was the coolest day we're going to see for a while, right? >> yeah it's going to be significantly warmer tomorrow, and then sunday is going to be warmer than saturday. one of the reasons, we're going to have fewer of these things the clouds hanging around that we've seen for so much of the day today. that's kept the temperature down along with the easterly wind. you can see the clouds continuing to come down from the northeast, but you're also seeing more and more areas of clearing. across the region and even in that live shot you saw some sunshine in the distance. nothing on the radar close by. looks like a dry evening. temperatures in the upper 50s to low 60s except much cooler right toward the shore. and that of course, will be the trend overnight tonight. the clouds break up a little bit as we go through the night tonight, and temperatures drop into the mid 50s. they go way up as we head through the 7-day period. we'll see how much they go up coming up in a few minutes. less than 48 hours to go now before the blue cross broad street run. the race will be broadcast live for the first time from start to finish sunday right here on nbc 10. >> and taking a live look at part of the race course. this is broad street near city hall. if you make it here, you're about half way there. more than 40,000 runners will hit the pavement sunday morning and the anticipation's building tonight at the expo. and tim furlong live from the convention center. >> tim, the runners are picking up the pangckets right now. we can hear the excitement at the expo. >> yeah you can hear it feel it too. yeah lots of people are picking up the bibs right now, registering. it's been exciting. really does make you want to run with them. the expos have been a lot of fun today. everyone's being positive. take a look. we also met a lot of people today who say for them though the blue cross broad street run isn't just about them running as individuals, more about coming with friends and family, pushing for a good cause. they've raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for cancer research over the years. i asked them flat out, this is a tough race, why do you do it? >> we do it for the names on the ribbon. we do it for those who can't run. we do it for those that we've lost. we do it to raise money so that we don't have to do this anymore. broad street is our victory lap. this is a celebration. for all the training and all the money that we've raised. this is a celebration. >> and this is pretty cool as you come back live. if you like to track the person you see here or any of your favorite runners, you can go to nbc10.com, sign up for about any knowledge individual runner. we'll send out text updates about their times, when they finish, anything you need to know about that runner it's access you can only find on nbc 10.com. it's going to be a great day sunday. i hope you cannot wait as well. very exciting. live in the convention center, nbc 10 news. >> already out there with you. cheering everybody on. so get a warm-up before the big race tonight. it's called ready set run, preparing for the run. you can watch it live tonight at 7:00 only here on nbc 10. and then the big event, you can watch the blue cross broad street run live on nbc 10 and on our latino sister station telemundo 62 this sunday may 3rd. live coverage begins at 8:00 a.m. victims of hurricane sandy say their new house is being held hostage. >> this incident with my builder has been worse than the storm. >> i'm ted greenberg, why the home hasn't moved from this parking lot. 70s this weekend and then some 80s next week. i'm tracking the big warm-up for the first week of may and my exclusive nbc 10 first alert forecast. it's been 2 1/2 years since sandy. hard to believe. but the superstorm is still causing problems for people trying to rebuild. >> that's right, a jersey shore family has a new house with no home because of a contract dispute with their builder. nbc 10's jersey shore bureau reporter ted greenberg spoke with both sides and explained why skepticism and delays are adding up to more heartache. >> this is where the front door would be. >> there's nothing but pilings on the spot in ocean township where jill and dennis say their new house is supposed to be. that's because it's sitting in a parking lot miles away. >> they're holding it hostage. >> the couple who lost their homes here to hurricane sandy 2 1/2 years ago says price home group has had the modular house sitting on their property in stafford township for a week. >> it's been worse than the storm. >> they've given phg $165,000 and endured seven months of delays. they've refused the company's demand for another large payment before it puts the house on pilings and finishes the job. >> we were supposed to have a house in september of 2014. what happens if i give them that money and they don't deliver the house and they go under? and we've lost every single dollar. >> it's impossible to pay for something in full and not have it. we have a contract that says we don't have to. >> phg disagrees. no one from the company would go on camera but they sent me a copy of the contract that says a third deposit is due three weeks prior to delivery. >> in a statement, phg says the belloffs defaulted on their contractual obligation and alerted the company that they're unable to pay according to the contract. the belloffs deny that. phg also says it's offered a few solutions but their proposal remains unanswered. >> time is on their side not on ours. we're going broke. >> they say they continue to pay for a rental home and the mortgage on a property they can't use. they're hoping lawyers from both sides will help settle the dispute. >> this is our front porch. >> but jill says even if she gets the house, she'll spend the rest of her house getting over this storm. ted greenberg, nbc 10 news. tonight, a bucks county man's in hiding. he's afraid for his life after he was the victim of not one but two hold-ups at a gas station. and police say what they stole may be priceless. take a look at this video. the pioneer gas station was hit twice this week by an armed mask man. they're not sure if it was the same suspect. but the same gas station attendant was there both times. the man from nepal was beaten and robbed of his iphone. >> the phone contains pictures of his wife who is in nepal missing after the earthquake occurred. and he has no way to contact her, he has no way to retrieve those pictures without the iphone. >> police say in at least one case the thief left behind some key evidence. >> well the east winds for a couple of days have certainly helped to keep the temperature down. plus, the clouds that are partly related to that east wind. but now that we're going to get rid of the east wind and the clouds, we're going to be seeing a weekend warm-up. a significant one that's going to lead to super weather on sunday for the race. and then 80s for several days next week. which is way above average. average is close to 70. a lot of clouds still in the sky right around the station here. but other places seeing it breaking up a little. still overcast, still international. 61 with very light wind. that wind is really dying down here as we can see. it's out of the northeast, right at the coastline, but it's pretty calm. generally, as we go inland. temperatures in the upper 50s to low 60s except much cooler right at the beaches. and we're going to be seeing very little wind on sunday for the broad street run. 58 degrees with virtually no wind at 8:00 a.m., going up to 65 degrees by 10:00 a.m. again, sunshine, light winds. only issue this weekend the pollen's going to be high. a lot of clouds around during the day today, but they're thinning out and breaking up a little bit. the radar, not showing any kind of showers of any significance. and as we go through the rest of the east coast, you see the rain from that nor'easter we've been talking about all week to the south of delaware. that's about as close as it has gotten. through the evening, generally dry. tomorrow, it's generally dry, too. but there could be some isolated, little showers in the afternoon and some spots. if you do get wet, it'll only be for about five ten minutes and probably not very wet because it's not real heavy rain. here comes the warm air as we go sunday and into monday. and once it comes in it's going to hang around here for a good bit of next week. there's the middle of the week and it is still mighty warm overall. tonight, not exactly warm. partly cloudy 48 for the low in philadelphia 43 north and west. more sun and clouds tomorrow and certainly more sun than today. significantly warmer. highs in the low 70s. and then upper 70s on sunday with lots of sunshine sunny on monday 82 then thunderstorms, cold front comes in for tuesday. but it doesn't really cool us down a whole lot. temperatures near 80 toward the end of the week, too. we'll be right back. ♪ there is no royal blood in this country. nothing is reserved for anyone. it's all just out there... ...waiting... ...for someone to reach out... ...and take it. and the ones who do... ...these are the kings and queens of america. ♪ there's over two hundred thousand students in philadelphia. jim kenney and tony williams are fighting over public schools versus charters. i think they're both wrong...it's making sure they all get a good education. teachers should have their contracts respected. they also should be held accountable. and it's wrong philadelphia gets less school funding than other parts of pennsylvania. i'll work with harrisburg to change that. but if they refuse i'll take them to federal court. as mayor i'll do what's right for them. hi i'm amy fadool from comcast sportsnet. the eagles selected wide receiver nelson aguilar from usc with the 20th overall pick last night. this was his reaction after getting that draft news. and today, agholor received a warm welcome at the novacare complex, especially from his new boss chip kelly. at the press conference, he was asked who his biggest influence has been as a fan and player. >> my high school football coach. he's a very special guy. kind of just taught me, you know concept of you know progression, you know talked about maintaining the former regression. as long as you try to get better every day, you'll be fine. >> perhaps the bigger news is who the eagles did not draft last night. they were unable to make a deal with the titans that would've landed then the second overall pick and that would be oregon quarterback marcus mariota. no one was able to take away from tennessee, mariota is a member of the titans. chip kelly was asked about his efforts to move up in the draft last night. >> we had a conversation with both teams but it was way too steep for us to do anything. that didn't really get very serious. we didn't offer any players to anybody. we didn't get into any discussions. so it wasn't really -- it was just a really steep price. like driving into a nice neighborhood and looking into a nice house and they tell you the price and you drive away. >> we've all been there. in the second round, former players from each team will announce the pick. john runyan will do the same for the eagles. >> that's pretty cool you know. to be back around it. and especially being, i mean you've got multiple hall of famers around. hanging out with them. but also, actually hanging out and, you know, mentoring the draftees. it's kind of that step that the nfl's really taken to help our experience help them grow the brand. >> the phillies begin a series with the marlins tonight. coverage begins at 6:30 with phillies pregame live. that will do it with sports. we're back after this. two local groups are waiting to see if their bid to buy the hotel dupont in downtown wilmington has been accepted. sources tell the news journal wilmington buccini pollen group and some of the partners in centreville are among the four groups competing for the historic hotel. there's been speculation they would part ways with it since last fall. >> glenn, let the warm-up begin. >> just in time for the weekend. >> yeah. >> perfect. >> today was kind of cool temperatures in the low 60s. but tomorrow we're talking low 70s with sunshine. light winds, too. how about that? and then even warmer on sunday with a high of 78 and then 80 plus more than one day next week. >> good-looking forecast there. >> it's about time. >> yes, it is. >> liked it. >> thanks. for glenn and all of us here at nbc 10. thanks for watching. >> the news continues now with "nbc nightly news" and i'll see you again tonight at 11:00. breaking news tonight from baltimore. six police officers charged in the death of freddie gray ruled a homicide. alleged crimes including second-degree murder and manslaughter. tonight, a swift and stunning announcement from the top prosecutor in charge. describing an illegal arrest a fatal injury inside that police van and the repeated failure to get help despite pleas from the prisoner inside. late reaction tonight from the people taking to the streets, the police union. and we'll sit down with the prosecutor bringing those charges. also new developments in the bridge scandal swirling around new jersey governor chris christie. three former allies charged with intentionally triggering a traffic nightmare.

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