The suspect is in Critical Condition right now. Children as young as toddlers physically and sexually abused. Tonight, we are learning details about an investigation that involves five adults. We should warn you, some viewers might find the allegations in this story disturbing. Were live tonight, sidney . Reporter as you mentioned this, some of this type of abuse were talking about certainly is shocking. Thats because some of the children were as young as diaper age being forced to perform sexual acts and also being shot in the stomach and buttocks with bb guns. Were told the mother of four of the five victims not only engaged in the abuse, but she allowed others in the house to do the same. This 31yearold, detectives with darby police say inside a home on 7th street is where five children suffered a terrifying fate. A proximate cause affidavit we received today says the physical abuse consisted of victim number one and other children in the home being punched, slapped, thrown over a banister and shot repeatedly with bb guns. The details so disturbing parents on this block who recognize jackson and the defendants didnt want to show their faces on camera. Its sickening. Its terrible. I have a 5yearold that lives on the block. It really makes me sick to my stomach because i have daughters. I have kids. So i couldnt imagine. Reporter jackson, wade, carter and isom along with hammond are all behind bars. Jacksons children were told are with relatives. In addition to the physical abuse they were exposed to at least three different sexrelated activities. They were performed in the presence of the children. And we also just found out that the children range in age from 1 to 12 years old and that this abuse took place between march and may of this year. Also according to the sworn affidavit, that mother reportedly told investigators, quote, that the other adults in the house were playing and that the children wanted to be shot with bb guns. All five defendants will be in court december 10th. Live in darby, nbc10 news. The suspect at the center of that highprofile kidnapping of a philadelphia woman pleads not guilty. Delvin barnes appeared in federal court today with his public defender. A judge ordered barnes held with no bond. They argued that barnes is a danger to the community and could not safely be released under any circumstances. The defense did not challenge that. Barnes is the man accused of kidnapping a 22yearold woman nearly two weeks ago. Prosecutors say the victim was bound and kept in the trunk of a car during part of her ordeal. This just in, nbc10, Philadelphia Police are looking for these two teens caught on camera vandalizing a park last saturday morning. One of the teens kicking and breaking the lights on the lawn of Venice Island park. He then pulled it from the handrails of the stairs there. The damage cost as much as 30,000. A developing story bringing more bad news about atlantic citys casino crisis. The owners of the trump taj mahal made it official today, they will close on december 12th. They have notified new jersey casino regulators of its intention to close. Just yesterday they threatened to shut down if its main union didnt drop its appeal. This will be the fifth to close just this year. Meanwhile, the casino fight continues in philadelphia. We already saw pushback from south philadelphia residents, but now government leaders are stepping in to expressi opposition to anymore casinos. Reporter the pennsylvania gaming control board is scheduled to meet next week when it may decide on the final philadelphia gaming license. One spot in the running is here by the stadiums. A fight is now getting support in delaware county. It will cannibalize the revenues from the other gaming facilities. Reporter namely they say harrahs in chester which supplies portions to gaming revenue to the towns and cities. We estimate a loss of revenue in over 30 which would be devastating to the casino in chester and a threat to the 1,700 jobs there. Reporter cesars entertainment sent me this statement, if rumored in the press, there will be devastating effects to our project, our employees, the city of chest skper delaware county. They claim the casino has already impacted its gaming revenues. And from year to year, revenues dropped by more than 36 million. This isnt just were afraid of competition or somebody will draw some money. This is a dramatic shift in the gaming industry that will substantially affect the other existing gaming facilities. Reporter in what county leaders dont want, they say, is a repeat of troubles currently facing atlantic city. Were taking these actions today, so we certainly hope our actions really will have been effect and that the game board will reconsider these actions. Reporter leaders threaten that one way or another if gaming revenues drop too much, they may have to make up for it by hitting residents with higher taxes. Nbc10 news. Time is running out for students at a philadelphia Charter School. The Wakisha Charter school will close december 23rd. The students will have to find another school. They have been struggling with money problems for the last year and a half. Board members claim declining enrollment. Not the only Philadelphia School to abruptly close because of money problems. We told you about this Charter School last month. It canceled school leaves nearly 300 students looking for a new place to go. A former firefighter accused of blaerzing several south jersey homes turned himself into police today. They say terrance ward broke into several homes. He was laid off last year. His mother is the pleasantville councilwoman. She told us earlier this week that she supports her son and doesnt blooeft charges to be true. Also new, a guilty verdict for a former Philadelphia Police officer today. A jury convicted Kevin Cochran of obstruction of justice. The incident was captured on cell phone video in march of 2013 in center city. Dont touch me. Prosecutors say he roughed up roderick king, threw him into an suv and took him to an alley. King claims he was never told he was under arrest. Cochran is scheduled to be sentenced in january. The Second Health care gov open Enrollment Period kicks off tomorrow. There will now be 23 plans to choose from, the average cost of an inch policy will go up about 4 . Meantime, the Health Option plan in delaware will go up about 3. 6 . Speaking of cost, we now know the cost of finding eric frein. Pennsylvania state police spent more than 11 million chasing him down. The sevenweek long search included at least 1,000 Law Enforcement officers. They used search dogs, helicopter, infrared sensors and even a balloon. He was arrested 48 days after he ambushed the barracks. Trooper alex douglas still recovering. The man hunt had a devastating effect on business. Tonight, there is a positive sign. Taking a live look at camelback ski resort. Our reporter exexplains. Reporter on the top of Blue Mountain, 1,500 feet up, a fresh layer of snow marks the beginning of ski season. Checking the trails, the snow cover is more than they were expecting. There were flurries forecasted, but it turned out to be a lot more. Reporter not enough to cover the mountain, but its a start, a good one. And its now chilly enough to fire up the sonoma sheens. It has to be cold. This is a fan gun. Whats nice about this, its extremely high output. Reporter this winter like last is shaping up to be good for tourism with lots of skiers from out of town. Any time Mother Nature helps us out with fresh snow, its good for ticket sales. Reporter and in this area, a good tourist season is so needed. It was sbrunted by the man hunt for eric frein costing hotels, restaurants and shops their profits. So any amount of snow this early is a good sign. Its good for everyone. Ive been skiing now i guess about 40 years. Reporter already, the die hards are buying up season passes ready for that first big snowfall. A whole inch of snow in november . Thats pretty good. Reporter now the target date to open Blue Mountain is this black friday. It looks like the weather is going to cooperate. Cold enough to turn on those snow makers so you can turn these mountains white. Youre absolutely right. Its going to be a good ski season. If you think its cold now. Just wait. Ill tell you when the temperatures are going to drop even more. And im also tracking the next chance for snow. Details are ahead in the first alert forecast. You feel this loud smack against the window. Reporter houses shaking at the jersey shore. What ive learned about where it may have come from. The new plan that could change the look of center city. There it is. This is where i met your grandpa. Right under this tree. man some things are Worth Holding onto. Theyre hugging the tree. man thats why we got a subaru. Or was it that tree . man introducing the allnew subaru outback. Love. Its what makes a subaru, a subaru. I bet you didnt see this one coming. Up your game with a new fritos chili pizza. A large for 12 dollars. Add a mega Chocolate Chip Cookie for just 5 dollars more. Better ingredients. Better pizza. Better football. Papa johns. You may see some hightech displays coming to center city philadelphia. The city council is considering allowing Digital Displays to be put in parts of the city. They say they would show news, Public Service announcements and ads. They would make money for the city and highlight some famous locations. A volunteer trip to the Navajo Nation 50 years ago turns into a dream opportunity. Suzanne roberts announced shes donating a million dollars. Its all to support native American Health care. Suzanne robert cents wife of comcast cofounder Ralph Roberts and the Parent Company of nbc10. You could call it the shaking at the shore. Viewers all around our area told us about a rumbling. The ground was trembling so we set out to find out whats going on. Ted greenburg started asking questions. Heres what he found out. It was a steady shake. Then it happened a second time. What could be going on . Reporter three people miles apart in three different counties among the many who Say Something shook their homes today. My computer sways like this. And then i sat at my desk and it did the same thing. Reporter soon after the shaking started this morning, people mostly from cape may, atlantic and ocean counties frooded facebook and other social media sites with widespread accounts of what they felt. Some said their houses shook numerous times over the span of several minutes. It was three. I said let me quick get dressed because i might have to get out of the house. Reporter officials told me it wasnt an earthquake. But a call to the navy revealed the potential culprit. A spokeswoman said navy f18s were other the ocean conducting supersonic tests around the time that people felt their houses shaking. She said theres a good possibility those tests were responsibilities. Many people at the shore reported something similar weeks ago. Hes been losing his marbles for about the past two hours. Reporter no reports of any damage here at the shore today. The navy says it could take quite a bit of time before they know for sure if their planes were responsible for all that shake. Break news out of Atlantic County tonight. Police have arrested a man for the murder and arson that killed a mother and her young son in Atlantic County. We told you about this story on wednesday. Police say Joseph Palmer lived in the home with the woman and her son. The bodies of the woman and 7yearold boy were found after ft. S put out that fire. Palmer was also injured in the incident. He was arrested today as he was discharged from the hospital. You can feel that chill in the air already. Tonight is going to be the coldest night so far this season. And the entire weekend is going to be cold and feeling more like middecember than midnovember. And the next storm is coming on monday. Going to be a close call. How much are we going to warm up before that storm comes in . Well, we have mostly clear skies now. Its 39 degrees. The wind is down to 8 miles per hour. So the windchill is 33, not as bad as it was. A couple days ago it was 70 degrees two days in a row. 47 yesterday, 43 today, 42 tomorrow. The average high is 57. So we are way down there for this time of the year. And were in the 30s just about everywhere. Already almost to the freezing point. Might be down into the teens if the wipd comes down tonight. About 18 degrees, 21 in allentown. 27 in trenton, northeast philly. 29 in dover. Everybodys below freezing. Philadelphia even below 30 degrees. That northwest wind that brought in the cold air today, thats going to ease as High Pressure from the west approaches. Going to be nice and sunny tomorrow with less wind. And then the clouds come in quickly on sunday. But we dont have a real well organized storm, at least not yet. So it may take a while for this precipitation to come in. If it comes in sunday night, i think the poconos would start with snow, the northern western suburbs could start as a wintery mix. But its mainly a rainstorm, at least temporarily. And then the arctic air comes in behind it. Its already in green bay. Its going to stay there. Drops to the windchill to 5 by the fourth quarter. Imagine playing in january there with this kind of weather pattern. Windchill would be 30 below. Mostly clear. Unseasonably cold tonight. 29 for a low in philadelphia. 22 north and west. Tomorrow, sunny day. Not as windy but only into the low 40s. Cloudy on sunday. Sunday night, the chance of that wintery mix north and west. Rain south and east. Despite, everybody gets rain on monday and then the arctic blast comes in behind it and really cold air tuesday, wednesday. Windchills in the teens even in philadelphia. Good evening, from Comcast Sports met. The eagles face a tall task on sunday in green bay. The flyers welcome an old friend back to town. Weve got it all next in sports. Live and in your living room from Comcast Sports net. Its the talk of the town. The eagles just two days away from the showdown with the packers. Mark sanchez making his second start with the eagles. Aaron rodgers derailing nfl off season player of the week. Rodgers has thrown 25 touchdowns in just three picks this season. To hockey now, its been six days and they are back on home ice tonight. In doing so, they welcome back scott who was traded in the off season. He says philly will always be near and dear to his heart. The sixers lost by an astonishing 53 points last night to the mavericks. They visit the rockets in houston tonight. The head coach said afterward, in the nba, theres nowhere to hide. Phillys president David Montgomery took a medical leave of absence to recover from surgery to remove cancer from his jaw. He made a public appearance today attending an als charity event. Here he is with an update. Im doing fine now. Actually, come the middle of next week, its been six months since my surgery. The good news is im a little thinner. Thats really good news. I feel fit and ready to go. Excellent to see him doing better. Thats sports. Well be right back. Need all the blankets tonight. Yeah, you cant say this is a surprise. Weve been telling you about this for a week or two. Some really cold weather now, tonight, tomorrow morning. It gets even colder next week. Tuesday and wednesday should be the peak of that. And then we have a storm on monday thats mostly rain. Have to watch sunday night to see if it starts early. Then it could be a wintery mix at the start. Thank you. For all of us here, thanks for watching. The news continues now with nbc nightly news. Tonight, big problems from this cold blast. Ill see you at 11 00. Have a great evening. On our broadcast tonight, no relief as we head into a weekend thats going to feel like the middle of winter across much of the country. More records shattered today. And another big storm is on the way. An emergency fix being ordered for u. S. Nuclear weapons after a shocking report about how our arsenal is being handled. And now the boss wants changes. Campus tragedy. Another awful incident in a frat house. A teenage pledge has died that renews a lot of questions for a lot of parents. And troubled waters headed into this Holiday Shopping season. Why so many Christmas Gifts may be trapped just offshore. 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