isaac was arrested and faces several charges. being on alert is exactly the reason why the nypd was out here today handing out flyers to subway riders. >> we are concentrating more cops up in this patrol in the precincts. they're coming down handing out prime prevention literature -- crime prevention literature engaging the public. >> reporter: also cheers for police as another man threatening passengers was quickly arrested. strap hangers say these recent incidents have changed the way they ride the subway. >> i have been just more aware of my surroundings because yeah, that is a tendency to be checked out in this city and that's not the best strategy for staying safe. >> you need to take off your headphones i tell my daughter and be more alert about your whereabouts. >> reporter: it's really important advice to heed. remain alert while you are on the subway. now the nypd is going to be conducting these kind of operations all throughout march just to make sure people are

they plan to be doing it all throughout the month and in many different transit hubs. of course, we'll keep you updated on this. >> thank you, shirley, a lot of attentions lately on slashings and stabbings in new york city. here's the numbers. there have been 672 slashings or stabbings so far this year reported compared to 550 at this time last year and that is a 22% increase. l man trying to earn money picking up -- the man trying to earn money picking up fares is fighting for his life tonight. he dropped four passengers off at a club in astoria. the group entered the club, got into a dispute and ran back out to castillo's suv and someone began shooting. police say he does not have a livery license. case.

was shot and i think that's the real deal. licensed or not, whoever was in the pickup would have received the shot. >> he remains in critical condition. doctors removed the bullet. the passengers were not hurt. the gunman is still on the loose. o.j. simpson back in the news decades after being acquitted of murder and detectives are now examining a knife reportedly found years ago buried at his former home. of course, the big question to not is it the knife that was used to kill -- tonight is it the knife that was used to kill nicole simpson and ron goldman? >> right on cue as america watches the 20-year-old o.j. simpson case play out in the tv mini series, a startling new piece of evidence. okay, maybe it's a hoax. maybe it's evidence, maybe it's nothing at all. police are doing a forensic study of the knife rusted and maybe blood stained. as demolition workers tore down

estate where o.j. simpson lived when his ex-wife and her friend were murdered, one of the workers allegedly stumbled on something buried in the yard. that was 1998. suddenly it is the hottest story in l.a. >> guarding an alleged knife that may have been recovered possibly in connection to the o.j. simpson case. >> reporter: it's not an alleged knife. it's real enough. the question is it connected to the simpson case? >> we the jury find the defendant not guilty of the crime of murder. >> reporter: former football, tv and movie star o.j. simpson was acquitted of the murders of his ex-wife nicole goldman. the two were slashed with a knife in and around her home. now in a complex not altogether clear series of events a knife has found its way into police hands. >> whoa, slow down here. >> reporter: the case captivated the nation then and is still enthralling enough for

airing on the fx network. it may not be terribly relevant. >> no matter what this knife turns out to be it won't lead to o.j. simpson getting prosecuted again. >> reporter: ronald gold nan's parents released a statement saying the -- goldman's parents released a statement saying the validity of the knife relating to the murders is purely speculative. the knife was found by a construction worker and handed to an off-duty police officer who was working for a movie company nearby. that officer held onto it all these years until his superiors heard about the knife and he finally handed it over in january. again, it's not clear the knife is related to the murders. simpson remains in prison in nevada for a 2008 kidnapping conviction. it's happened again. for the third time in the last two months someone has phoned in threats to 12 northern new jersey schools this morning. a robocall was made to schools in bergen, passaic and essex counties.

evacuated or put in lockdown, no clues into who was behind. this. negotiators are meeting in washington trying to avert say strike by new jersey transit workers, officials and a coalition of 11 rail unions saying these are the final talks before the march 13th strike deadline. new jersey transit rejected a federal recommendation to give transit workers an average 2.6% annual wage increase he over the next six years. >> -- increase over the next six years. >> it is unfair to workers to ultimately continue to just say no and expect them to show up every day while they have to be able to take care of their families and their children. >> about 105,000 people use new jersey transit to get to work. yesterday transit officials unveiled a contingency plan that would only accommodate about 38% of commuters. the brooklyn borough president is increasing the reward in the search for a man who attacked an elderly woman. police say this man followed elizabeth jowino into her

wednesday, choked her and demanded money at gunpoint. eric adams is adding $100 to the $2,500 reward by crime stoppers and adams is giving $7,500 to the victim, which is the amount that was stolen from her. >> this is a bad person and he needs to go where bad people go. we call that jail. >> police say the same suspect is linked to another home invasion in park slope last month in which he attacked a 71- year-old woman. turning now to vote 2016 and the candidates back on the campaign trail after last night's fiery debate and they weren't letting up today on their over the top rhetoric. political reporter dave evans is here with more on what was said. >> hillary clinton today actually called last night's republican debate an insult fest but said the biggest insult was to the american people. you kind of expect her to say something like, that but at times they did talk over each other so much that it was kind

insults kept flying. last night's debate was a raucous slugfest and it got crude. >> he referred to my hands, if they're small, something else must be small. i guarantee you there's no problem. i guarantee it. >> reporter: a day later campaigning in michigan trump was still seething at marco rubio. >> so when little marco spews his crap about the size of my hands which are big, the size of my hands, so i looked at him and i go marco. no. look at that. those hands can hit a golf ball 285 yards. >> reporter: rubio was still at it early today on good morning america. >> the front runner now in republican primary apparently has turned this thing into a spectacle. he's turned it into a freak show. >> reporter: it might not make a difference to many voters, but trump was slammed for changing his views on so many topics. he calls it being flexible. >> you change your tune on so

people saying what is his core? >> megan, i have a very strong core. i have a very strong core. >> reporter: ted cruz kept up his argument others should give up and join him. he says whoever has the most delegates, even if it's trump and even if he's short of the magic number, then he should be the nominee. >> in my view of brokered conventioning and if the washington dealmakers try to steal the nomination from the people, i think it would be a disaster. >> tomorrow is called super saturday because five states will be holding elections including kansas, kentucky and louisiana, but the next big primary is really tuesday in michigan. the latest polling there shows donald trump still has a big lead in part because of so many people who have never bounced back from the economic downturn. >> thank you, dave. the u.s. in talks with south korea tonight about deploying a missile defense system to protect the nation from a potential nuclear attack.

korean dictator kim jong un ordered his military to be ready to launch nuclear strikes, although it's unclear if the nation actually has nuclear capabilities. he is reacting to tough u.n. sanctions aimed at punishing and isolating north korea after its recent nuclear test and long range rocket launch. stocks on wall street rising for a fourth straight trading day after the release of a robust jobs report. u.s. employers added 242,000 jobs in february. the unemployment rate held steady at 4.9%. energy and metal prices rose today along with the price of u.s. crude oil. the dow climbed 62 points closing at 17,006. the nasdaq added nine points. the s&p 500 rose six points. new at 5:00 a military recruiter arrested on long island, we are gathering new details about the charges. >> also a serial killer sentenced, what happened inside court that had family members of the victims walking out. >> out of control, new

may have done right before this crash. >> he endorsed it and cashed it into his bank account. >> a woman reaches a settlement worth thousands of dollars, but she says her lawyer kept money that was hers, see what happened after 7 on your side got involved. >> snow totals from new york city and long island, over 2 inches in part of the island, about 1/2 inch in central park, a little over an inch at the airplanes, a little higher in monmouth and ocean city. meanwhile in two hours the meadow went from snow covered to now just grass as we melted things down, temperatures above freezing, classic march storm.

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a brooklyn courtroom filled with emotion and fireworks, a convicted serial killer was sentenced today to decades behind bars for killing three shopkeepers, but what he did in court today had some people walking out. eyewitness news reporter stacey sager is live in downtown brooklyn for us. >> reporter: well, he is a convicted serial killer, but he rambled in court today as if he was trying a case, his own imaginary case, and the judge gave him the maximum sentence, 75 years to life. sal perron walked into his sentencing immediately looking over to address the relatives of his three victims, three innocent shopkeepers he murdered in brooklyn for no reason back in 2012, but first one of the family members asked about his father mohammed who was murdered. >> for what?

what did he do to you, man? >> reporter: then the victim who lost her brother. >> you are going to rot in jail. >> reporter: her father was the third and final victim. >> and only god knows how many nights i cried myself to sleep thinking about it. >> reporter: they came here for justice, but before they got it, questions. >> why did you do it, man? it's killing me. know. >> reporter: but it got worse. per ron like any other defendant was given -- perron like any other defendant was apologize. instead he pleaded an imaginary case for 25 minutes, condemned his own attorney. >> you can't go into the mines of these people -- minds of these people because it's like a swamp. you'll never get out. >> reporter: perron rambling

>> the victims were murdered in their own backyard. i'm seeking the truth in this >> shut up. >> you're a liar. >> reporter: he walked out. then all the other relatives walked out as well, but soon it >> everyone knows what i'm going to give you because that's what you deserve, the allows. >> reporter: with that 75 years to life, but one last time speaking out of turn and shut down. >> anyone chooses to receive a copy of this -- >> you are going to die the most painful death. >> reporter: 67-year-old sal perron is from staten island. in court today the judge said if new york had a death penalty, perron would be a perfect candidate. we're live outside court in downtown brooklyn. i'm stacey sager, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> stacey, thank you. we now know tonight what killed bobbi kristina brown,

houston and bobby brown. the 22-year-old died after her face was immersed in water along with drug intoxication, cocaine, marijuana and alcohol in her system as well as medications used forrization or answering -- for sedation or anxiety. brown was found unresponsive in her bathtub january last year and would have turned 23 years old today. the cdc is looking for better ways to tackle the zika virus. the agency will hold a one day action plan is i he mitt on the topic april -- summit on the topic april 1st. there has been no evidence so far of transmission of the virus through mosquitoes in the continental u.s., but experts are preparing for infected mosquitoes to possibly reach the states as early as next month. a new study on the zika virus shows it can infect and harm cells that help develop the brain. researchers found the infection can either kill key cells or growing. those cells help build the part

birth defect known as microcephaly. experts caution this research does not entirely this. astronaut scott kelly now ha several months worth of tests ahead -- has several months of tests ahead of him, but before that happens the new jersey native took time to answer questions about his year spent on the international space station. >> i also have an issue with, you know, my skin because it hadn't touched anything for so long like any significant contact. it's very, very sensitive to -- it's almost like a burning feeling wherever i like sit or lie or walk. >> that's not good. as for that 1 1/2 inches he gained in space, kelly says due to gravity he lost it almost as soon as he stood on solid ground. >> 2 inches, 1 1/2 inches. i guess we're just not going to go. >> no. you're not going to get taller.

>> that was my one hope. so i wish we could start the spring preview this weekend. it's still going to be decent, just have to be careful, a little bit of snow late tomorrow night and sunday. how about the statue of liberty getting a front row seat to a beautiful sunset, really nice. we're finishing the day a lot clean are than we start -- cleaner than we started with the snowfall. the high today just shy of the 40-degree mark, average high 46. we have a shot at that by the end of the weekend and we'll be talking record warmth road. just under 1/2 inch of snow in central park. there are your sunset and sunrise times. last year at this time decent rainfall and 45 degrees and snowed on the 5th. howell, new jersey is, one of the first places reporting snow last night, 4 1/2 inches, freehold same thing. there was a narrow band in monmouth county that stretched into central long island with

whiting about 4 inches. morris county only an inch and somerville only .8-inch. so once you got up into parts of central and northern new jersey we got lighter amounts. newark picked up around an inch of snow. they've had a tough time clearing out on the east end of long island and some snowfall and upper 30s in hudson valley and mid-30s in much of new jersey. the wind chills are generally in the 20s, but the wind will back off overnight. skies will clear. mostly sunny and chilly tomorrow morning, light wind. then look for clouds to increase during the day tomorrow and we'll finish on a partly to mostly cloudy note. still some clouds over long island, connecticut trying to back into new york city now, but that storm is a strong one. look at the lightning finally spinning offshore. once we get rid of that our winds will get lighter of high pressure builds in later on and we watch this area of snowfall that could bring us some snow later saturday night into sunday morning. it's really more predawn hours of sunday into maybe midmorning. so it's not going to impact your saturday night plans.

sunny. clouds come in. it could look mostly cloudy around lunchtime, then more partly cloudy during the afternoon. it's not textbook increasing clouds today, sort of variable cloud once the afternoon hits. we have should get in the low 40s. then we'll watch that clipper. all indications are the brunt of it is going to our south and west. it's a fairly weak storm. we're fine saturday night, just chilly. sunday morning at least a little area of the snow can break off and get into our western suburbs. this may be a little underdone. west of the hudson is a little light snow, same thing in new york city and down at the shore early sunday morning, then things improving in the afternoon with some clearing. clearing is what we have tonight, diminishing wind, maybe a few patches of black ice especially south of new york city. sunshine mixes with clouds tomorrow, not a bad day, 43 degrees, wind light, 5 to 10, 12 miles an hour. a late period of snow tomorrow

especially south and west of new york city. we'll get more details on the potential coating sunday morning for 5:30. we see snowflakes, is that it for at least the next two weeks and maybe the month? we'll deal with the long range forecast for march and record warmth a possibility for next week. seven-day accuweather forecast next half hour. coming up armed and dangerous, the growing reward for search of suspects at a robbery that left restaurant workers terrified. >> what police say this man did at a local high school when he snuck on campus and then took off. >> these are rice balls lobos style and that means there's braised short ribs inside. this is how they serve it in nutley and no matter where you look,

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parade, not only will mayor de blasio be marching, so will kristine quinn who is openly gay and she's going to be marching with her father. we spoke to both of them about making history. >> reporter: for lawrence and christine quinn this could be the warm-up on this snowy day for marching in this st. patrick's day parade. for the first time this father and daughter will be able to celebrate their irish heritage and march together in what is now an lbgt inclusive parade. >> it will be a really, really great st. patrick's day parade, difference than any one i've experienced in my adult life. >> reporter: as the first openly gay council speaker, kristine and many others in the lgbt community were barred from marching. >> it was frustrating when we met with some leaders who were very negative. >> reporter: they would spend 25 frustrating years fighting for inclusion with expanded

>> your historic gesture of welcome undoes the years of pain and anger and exclusion. >> reporter: they have before marched in parades once as grand marshals, but this is a proud moment for both father and daughter. >> that period is over. so it's time to adjust. >> reporter: at 89 years old lawrence in true irish form is playing it low key, though. >> i'll be able to manage. it will be good. it will work out. >> your enthusiasm is overwhelming. you're being very irish this morning. >> well, you know, it's -- we'll see how the waves are. we'll see how the reaction is. >> reporter: christine and lawrence will be with 300 others marching under the lavender and green alliance banner. >> we're lgbt irish people will be able to march representing the totality who they are. >> reporter: reporting from the upper west side tim fleischer, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> wow.

army, authorities say he stashed an arsenal of child born. new at 5:00 what we learned about the recruiter, the sting that led to his arrest and the serious charges he now faces. >> also patient escape, how a career criminal gave a hospital in the bronx the slip. >> and help arrives, construction crews dig in to

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burkett is at the recruit centering with more. >> reporter: those prosecutors say the images of 11-year-old girls were downloaded into his home computer where neighbors watched the raid today in disbelief. >> they were talking to him over there and after that they all went inside the house. >> reporter: joe ellis watched as detectives raided his neighbor's apartment this morning. investigators say terrance cole downloaded thousands, maybe tens of thousands of pornographic images of young girls. computer crimes detectives monitoring child porn download sites discovered that cole's account had an extraordinary number of downloads. assistant district attorney shawna kerr. >> at one point based on the detective's investigation, he was the second highest amount of child pornography downloads in the state of new york.

cole worked as a u.s. army recruiter and he allegedly told investigators after his arrest, "there were five younger ones, but i look above." >> the detective, in fact, downloaded at least 645 images from the defendant's file sharing network himself. is that that's shocking, but, you know, he was an odd gentleman. so i'm not -- i am surprised and at the same time i'm not. >> reporter: neighbors say cole appeared to be living alone, although sources telling me he is married. he has no criminal history and is held tonight on $150,000 bail charged so far with a single count of possession of child pornography, but that apparently was just to get him through the arraignment. prosecutors say he could be hit with as many as 200 counts by the time the grand jury is done with this. live tonight in long island, n.j. burkett, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you.

news and ben carson right now announcing that he is dropping out of the presidential race. the republican contender saying that he's going to lead an organization that encourages christians to vote. carson was, of course, absent at last so this is not unexpected. of note, his campaign pulled in more money than anyone else's, $58 million. we'll have much more on what ben carson is saying coming up on eyewitness news at 6:00. also new at 5:00 an off- duty paterson police officer is facing weapons and assault charges in new jersey. prosecutors say 25-year-old donte gordon pointed a gun at 34-year-old travis mann at an intersection at a man and market streets in paterson last thursday. they say he then fired once missing a man. another person 36-year-old john smith was injured by a fragment or debris. in westchester county

flasher who expose himself at a school in heartsdale. police say the man went into a bathroom at maria regina high school last went and undressed and -- last week and undressed people. a criminal held in the psychiatric ward in the bronx is on the loose. 28-year-old torian coos escaped yesterday through the front door of the bronx lebanon hospital in mount eden. he was supposed to be supervised by two workers. he has more than 60 arrests on his record and was held on drug charges. closing arguments are underway tonight in erin andrews $75 million lawsuit against hotel marriott and her stalker. her attorney argued the hotel was at fault for not keeping andrews safe. they say andrews suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder because she knows people are looking at naked videos of her daily. the dangerous lead pipes

flint, michigan, are now in the process of being replaced. workers began digging up the old lead pipes this morning connected to water mains in home. the initial work is targeted lead service lines in neighborhoods with the highest number of children, senior citizens, pregnant women and others with compromised immune systems. >> feels great to know that people still care and are not ignoring us. >> the goal, my mission is to totally get the lead out of flint. >> on sunday democratic presidential candidates hillary clinton and bernie sanders will take part in a debate in flint focusing on the handling of the water crisis. former new york house speaker sheldon silver will not be able to keep so-called secret evidence from his trial, that decision reportedly from a federal appeals judge. the evidence actually was not admitted in his corruption trial, but there is a possibility it could be used judgment.

he will be sentenced next month. in queens the city has shut down the strip club where a knicks player was partying before he got shot. city investigators closed down city scape's gentlemen's club for violating alcohol control laws. the knicks player cleanthony was shot in december. then someone threw a molotov cocktail into the club. the nypd cracking down on people selling fake tickets to liberty island. this comes weeks after a tourist was punched for refusing to buy tickets in front of the staten island ferry. police will put officers by battery park where scammers are working and is the public is asked to be mindful of the potential scam. the first phase of the ferry expansion should be ready next summer to cover at store ya and rockaways in queens and south brooklyn. the project is well underway city officials say.

ready by june of 2017. coming up on eyewitness news you may have snoozed right before a deadly derailment, but that hasn't stopped a metro north engineer from collecting a pension. >> also fueling fire, a driver asleep at the wheel plowed right into a gas pump. >> plus the nanny who flashed a dazzling smile for the camera, but it's what police say cap a hidden camera captured -- say a hidden camera captured her doing to a baby that will horrify you. >> 39 degrees in new york city coming back. have some snow pictures coming in. park.

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we have breaking news, there's been a bad accident on the tappan zee bridge backing up traffic for miles. shannon stone is live in newscopter 7 with more. >> reporter: here's doing their best pushing him a -- they're doing their best pushing him alone for now. as of this moment we are down two lanes. you've got an ambulance here as well, so at least one person injured in this crash and really it's all about the timing. it couldn't be worse smack dab in the middle of the rush hour heading out of rockland county. this kind of accident is a tough one to get around, but look at this line of headlights coming into the tappan zee bridge. reporting live over the tapp,

>> thank you, shannon. a metro north engineer who fell asleep at the controls of a train and caused a deadly crash in the bronx has been approved to collect pension benefits. william rockefeller's attorney said his client's sleep apnea caused him to fall asleep at the switch and led to the crash in 2013. it also makes it impossible for him to return to work. the crash killed four passengers and left 60 others hurt. a nanny in california accused of being a monster, a hidden camera showed her apparently trying to suffocate a 13-month-old baby because he would not stop crying. fortunately the child who had gone limp from the alleged attack is doing okay now. the nanny is charged with child abuse. police fear there could be more victims. a fiery explosion is caught on camera at a gas station in washington state. take a look. police say the 31-year-old driver likely fell asleep just before plowing into a gas pump.

the truck for a full 40 seconds before running away as the pump burned out of control. it's not clear if the driver was injured, but the gas station employee who helped put the fire out was not hurt. good another story big on social media and this is a woman's attempt to fool authorities with a fake handmade license plate, didn't go so well. the deputy pulled her over in erie county after spotting the fake plate on her car. of course, you could see there it's made entirely of cardboard and paint. the 28-year-old allegedly had suspended registration and no insurance. she's now facing charges including felony possession of a forged instrument. >> she was creative. pumping in money to get the pollution out. >> coming up on eyewitness news the flood of money coming in for a new plan to clean up the passaic river, plus. this. >> reporter: for this week's

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a new clean-up plan unveiled tonight for the heavily contaminated passaic river. the environmental protection agency's plan calls for about 20% less contaminant river mud to be removed compared to a proposal introduced two years ago. the sediment would be taken to facilities where any material containing dioxin would be the result? the rest would then be buried in a hazardous waste landfill. >> big job. >> very big job. couldn't you move midweek back to this weekend? wouldn't be it great? >> we've had some really nice mild weekends and we'll have a great week next week. it won't be too uncomfortable this weekend. with your sunday morning travel

additional coating of snow in the area. as we look at this picture of central park up to the reservoir, see some clouds on the horizon. that's actually the western edge of the ocean storm. most areas have cleared out. we have some stubborn clouds over long island and connecticut. it's 39 degrees and a gusty wind. it will back off this evening, but it's awful chilly. i looked at march snowfall and el nino winters and this, of course, one of them. very light snowfalls typically especially in 1983 and in 1998 5 inches happened on the last day of spring. we'll have to watch out for, that although the pattern going forward the next few weeks doesn't really favor snowfall. we'll have to watch out for the last week of march and the first week of april for a hint of snow. temperatures dropping to the 30s this evening with wind backing off. it will be chilly. tomorrow morning it's 30 in new york city, but lots of 20s in the suburbs. morning, temperatures around 30 degrees in new york city and

getting into the low 40s tomorrow i think more cloudiness midday on, partly to mostly cloudy on average. there's the snow leaving the east end, still a band of clouds going around the hudson river and new york city around the shore. we clear out overnight. clouds will increase from the next system which is already racing into parts of the upper midwest and great lakes. no. 1 system is leaving. that clipper. it looks like the bulk of it is diving south and west, but a little break-away piece of snowfall may get into the area toward basically the predawn hours sunday. so that's why i'm concerned you're coming into a time where it's probably below freezing, chilly, might get some icy spots sunday morning. where will that happen? i think the best chance is from the city west. this particular computer model is making a clean sweep across the area with coatings, but there are other suggestions most of it's staying south and west. right now i'd say new jersey is favored with a little coating

weekend. 46 sunday afternoon with clearing, 50s monday, 60s tuesday. i'm still going for that 70- degree reading wednesday. that would top the record high of 69 set back in 2000. even when we get colder going through late next week and get some rain in the forecast, we're still in the 50s to near week. again at least for the next two average temperatures. it would be the last week of march we might get a little, but by that time how cold are you really going to be? >> i'm so excited. bring on it. >> thanks. >> great weather, good food. in today's neighborhood eats italian from the heart, a new spot in nutley. >> and we get to check it out. lauren glassberg is here now with more. >> so nuevo cucina napolitana, it was initially built to serve up lots of pizza, but the owner

that he loves and they quickly caught on, so much so it is no longer the big draw. all the food is. the restaurant is located at 633 franklin avenue in nutley. >> i like the fact that he bought this restaurant. >> this is the creation. >> i was drive big and saw a for rent sign and a deli i used to come in as a kid and i just had a vision. >> reporter: he transformed that space into something with a mediterranean feel. >> the atmosphere is beautiful. i come here with my wife. my nephew is with me now. come here quite often. >> i try to make it old school with new flair. >> reporter: which is similar to his approach to food. he picked up recipes from his mother and uses his own interpretation like the rice balls with braised short ribs. >> one day i was thinking i wanted to change it up, put a little flair on it. try the short ribs in the rice

it's been a hit ever since. >> reporter: he sautees the rice with wine, peas and stock before he adds the braised short ribs, parsley and then it's rolled into balls and stuffed with a little extra short rib and then the breading and deep fryer. he also offers a rice ball of the week. >> everything is fresh and he's very consistent. his food is always consistent. so that's what draws me back all the time. >> reporter: there are pizzas, fresh mozarella made daily and an array of pasta. >> i like the chicken savoy is excellent. all the pastas i've had so far were out of this world. >> reporter: praise for chris thrilled to be cooking in the neighborhood where he lives and grew up. >> a lot of my teachers from school come in now. they can't believe it's me. they're like oh, my god, it's chris. you were the bad kid in school. now you own a restaurant. it makes me feel good.

nuevo style is at www.7online.com. we had some at the earlier today. >> that's already gone. >> that was me consuming. >> it was good. >> you're digging it. >> rice ball of the week making my night, good. >> excellent, excellent. >> thank you. it was a successful lawsuit, but the victim says the lawyer kept most of her settlement money. >> coming up on eyewitness news can 7 on your side get order in the court? find out. >> i'm bill ritter, new at 6:00, exclusive video on the driver who crashed after he was shot in the head outside a queens nightclub, police now looking for the gunman. >> and a former player for the i hope we have a buyer for the house. me too! what are the neighbors doing here? bill! hey! come in, come in! i didn't know your home wifi could stream so many devices at the same time.

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she filed a lawsuit against her boss, but when she didn't receive tens of thousands of dollars in settlement money, she became suspicious of her lawyer. >> the attorney gave excuse after excuse for the delayed delivery of the funds, so she turned to nina pineda and 7 on your side. >> this young woman says she feels victimized twice, first

she sued and now by her own attorney who she accuses of pocketing much of her settlement money. she asked us not to show her face because the resolution negotiated was confidential. integrity, dedication, excellence is how attorney steve morelli bills himself online, but this former client objects. >> i put a lot of trust in him and that's why i couldn't believe that this happened and then he does this to me. >> reporter: she says her attorney negotiated a confidential six figure settlement against her boss and her former employer. both denied any wrongdoing, but they paid to settle. now she accuses morelli of taking his cut and hers, which is more than 50 grand. >> so this represents the bulk of your settlement. >> yes. >> reporter: he didn't give it to you. >> no. he does not know what happened to it. he's going to look into it. they've been getting checks late from the defendants. it's probably sitting in the comp troller's office. >> reporter: but they did her homework and found a copy of

morelli and endorsed by him a year ago. >> when i saw the image of that canceled check that he had signed in february of 2015 after months of him telling me he didn't know where it was, i was very frustrated. >> reporter: she said even after presenting the lawyer with the evidence she wasn't seeing a dime. >> it was my money and he's supposed to be defending me and he's taking my money and telling me he december know where it is. >> reporter: so we start -- he doesn't know where it is. >> reporter: so we started calling morelli. we contacted him and he said basically we screwed up of it was an oversight. do you take that as a legitimate excuse? >> no. because it was months and he told me he didn't know where it was. meanwhile he cashed it. >> reporter: but the attorney finally coughed up. >> i got my check in two weeks when 7 on your side called. >> she's so relieved to close this chapter and move on. her lawyer said not paying this client was an oversight, completely our fault and

when we asked repeatedly what his business did with all her money for more than a year, he never answered. prison time for a cop who stopped hispanic drivers and then ripped them off. >> channel 7 eyewitness news at 6:00 starts right now. >> this is new york's no. 1 news, channel 7 eyewitness news with bill ritter and liz cho, rob powers with sports and lee goldberg with the exclusive accuweather forecast. now eyewitness news at 6:00. allegations of police abuse tonight by a former nets basketball player. >> he just threw me to the ground and proceeded to punch me, kick and then kneed me. they were taking turns. >> bill willoughby said he was roughed up in front of his apartment by cops in new jersey. >> but first a hail of bullets outside a new york nightclub. >> and exclusive video of a livery driver shot in the head and crashing his suv, the driver in critical condition.

i'm bill ritter. >> i'm liz cho. it was a wild and violent scene, a group of men in a bar argument and chasing them? a man with a gun who opens fire. >> the livery driver was shot in the head in front of the purlieu nightclub and drove a couple blocks before hitting a utility pole. >> the man is now in critical condition, the shooter nowhere to be found. >> we have more live now on the exclusive video. >> reporter: the suv is still smashed here up against that pole. you look to the damage on the front end of this vehicle, gives you the impact of that collision. that driver frantically was speeding away from a hail of bullets. eyewitness news has exclusive video showing you the moment of that crash. >> he's not in good shape at all. >> reporter: the head of the federation of taxi drivers laying out the grim reality after visiting 37-year-old roberto castillo fighting for his life at elmhurst hospital after being shot in the head.

bullet from the livery cab driver's head, but the bronx man is still unable to breathe on his own. this surveillance video taken from a nearby business exclusively obtained by eyewitness news, you can see castillo in the upper left corner losing control just before the crash. cops say it happened around 5 a.m. when the married father of two young girls picked up four passengers from the bronx and dropped them off at club purlieu in astoria. he entered the club, quickly got into an argument with someone inside, then jumped back into castillo's suv as someone followed them out and fired several shots at them. castillo drove 2 blocks before crashing into several cars and eventually into a utility pole near 35th street and 37th avenue. police say castillo was operating without a livery license. >> he's been working about a month for this particular car service. we just need to speak to the car service and understand why if he is was dispatched from there.