it's great taste and better nuttion new milkwise go from milk to amazing a dangerous look alike. why this fake gun got a boston man in some big trouble. i'll have an updated time loan on today's rain and who could see gusts up to 40 miles an hour tomorrow. and danger on the dating scene. the new police warning for anyone looking for love on line. age grandmothers under arrest. why they ended up handcuffed by the police. right now at noon, road-rage. a boston man facing a judge

like a real gun to a woman on 93. good afternoon i'm chris mckinnon. once they caught up with the man, they found something very troubling. and court just wrapped up. what happened inside? >> reporter: we just saw him. but he's being held on another case too. this is another case that brought us here today of a fake trouble. it is 20-year-old -- of charlestown that just appeared in court a couple moments ago. but it is what the police found on him that has in so much trouble. this is a fake gun that looked somerville. she stayed him and helped the police track him down after she said he waved this gun at her in a threatening manner. they did find the fake gun with

the tip of it previously around painted black. and this comes after a press conference on monday in which the mayor walsh signed an ordinance saying it is illegal to have any fake gun in public in which the orange tip has been painted black. so i told you earlier, he has been housed. because of an earlier case. if it was just a fake gun case, they would have walked him out of here. but a case in may in which he's accused of hurting someone at work. a patron said that he plant about food and punched person in the face. we're live if somerville. update. i appreciate it. a pipeline protest ends with more than a dozen arrests, among them grandmothers. the group held up construction on the spectra energy pipeline

this morning. they are oppose to the project that will create a natural gas pipeline in west roxbury. it is a gloomy day out there. and we'll switch gears right now. and we'll take a live look over the city of boston. and you've been taking it for the last couple of days, midday showers moving in. there's a little drizzle and touch of patchy fog out there too. and the rain has had a little more steam back to the west. and we had light showers out here. and 48 degrees in boston and most of us in the upper 40s with showers pushing from gilford, new hampshire down 91 into green field right now. and they're all lifting to the north and east and a couple light showers over cape cod right now and stretching into falmouth too. they are more of a nuisance than anything. and a couple showers on the

medfield and 495 too. expect some scattered showers over the next few hours and they may become a little more widespread in the evening commute too. and notice a pockets of rain and a few downpours. and still a leftover shower north of boston. and the temperatures will continue to rise and it will be slowly through the rest of day today and partial clearing and dropping into the 40s overnight. and we get sunshine tomorrow and it will be quite windy and gusts over 40 miles an hour in the cape and the islands. looking forward to a little bit of sun. dating danger. boston police issuing a warning to people that use on line dating sites and apps.

six people have been robed from a so-called catfishing scheme. they urge potential matches to meet them at their home. >> i would never meet anyone that i was not certain of who they were in a remote area or in a excluded area. -- secluded area. >> scammers often use an attractive profile picture. and they will not skype or use a web cam to chat and the profile may appear new or incomplete. a trooper is back at home after getting out of the hospital after a bad crash after a wrong-way driver hit him. >> reporter: troopers were trying to prevent other motorists from coming in contact with the wrong-way driver and the that is what the crash happened. 11:30 wednesday night, route 6, a 911 call bruce the

here, reports of a wrong-way driver. they were traveling west. and the unidentified elderly man crashed into the cruiser. and he had a medical condition that caused this. and the trooper and the 80-year- old were both taken to cape cod hospital, treated and released. but minor injuries in this case and because of two troopers' actions, the situations with not worse. the elderly driver will have his license revoked and he's been summoned to court on charges related to the crash. nichole jacobs, wbz news. a former police officer in new hampshire will be sentenced today for this assault caught on surveillance camera. he pleaded guilty to slamming the head of a suspect into the wall of the sea brook police station in 2009.

the state is recommending a one- year sentence with all of 21 days suspended as long as he seeks treatment. a man will undergo carrying a hatchet. man. and they learned that he was a veteran and thanked him for his service that was enough for him to drop the weapon and be taken to a near ambulance. the man will face assault charges. in revere, a craigslist ad leads to a robbery he answered an ad for a pair of sneakers. but when he showed up, he was robbed at gunpoint. one person was arrested but the police are still searching for another suspect.

season till a teammate before they started this year. it is all in the name of their team captain. the 14-year-old took his own life in july. his brother said that he was the victimming of bullying and he kept the pain inside. >> we could have done better and how we can do better now for people around us and people not directly connected to us. >> when they see it, they nip it in the bud right away. it got them closer and it is like they are treating each like brothers and sister. >> some of the players had a chance to play for the high school football teams but made the decision to play pop warner in honor of their friend. experience anchor blob dell is suing a golf course claiming with disabilities. the woodland court of law club

he said it weighs less than a lawnmower. >> i was convinced a lack of understanding. and it went to a willingness to not understand and an effort not no understand. >> the club president issued a statement saying that the golf cart caused significant impressions and greens. and it represents an unreasonable burdens to hundreds of others. a phone from citizen fenway transformation. dog. a family finds their pup 20 feet down a well. and how they managed to get him up to safety. and gratuitity gone and

be here for the ski and snowboard event. a risky rescue. a family's dog is back at him after falling down 20 feet into a well. they were worried sick when they would not find buddy. he was missing for a night till another dog led them to the well buddy down at the bottom of it. they used a harness to pull him out. >> he was not moving but i moving. he was in like a foot of water. >> buddy, as being tell right there is doing just fine. wild weather across the country and rain, wind, hail, snow even some tornadoes coming with a powerful storm that is now heading our way. like that. >> we have showers from it today. >> i'll take showers over that. >> yes. it's been active across the country.

we'll get some winds tomorrow on the backside of that storm. but a couple downpours around and there's a little fog out there. look at the live shot over the city of boston. low clouds and a little rain about to move in right now. 48 in boston. and there are some areas of light showers into metro west now the and a little broken line of them southwest new hampshire back down, 145 and 28. the temperatures for most of us are in the mid-to upper 40s. a little light rain right now exiting out of the lower connecticut river valley. a couple spritses coming over the cape cod canal. a couple wet spots along route 6. and this extends back to the 128 belt approaching the city of boston back to medfield and denim and a little light rain. no oranges or anything like that over us right now. there is back to the west in connecticut. so we'll get into a little steadier shower activity and

some downpours as we head into the evening. and visibility okay for some of us. look at wooster right now, a quarter mile visibility with fog. and the temperatures, even though in the 40s right now, will continue to rise right on through the evening hours ahead of the front. so it is a gradual process through the course of the evening with additional showers through the evening drive. and if you zoom out the view, and you'll see the showers' back to the west in connecticut and a few in pennsylvania. look at the big counterclockwise spin. it is still snowing right now in parts of northern wisconsin and minnesota. that gusty wind behind it too. you'll feel it tomorrow. morning. but we see wind gusts over 40 miles an hour. this is not just along the coast but across the board there could be a late day sprinkle.

rain showers change to snow showers in western new england. saturday a lot of sunshine but a gusty breeze. sunday looks like the pick of the two weekend days because the winds will be a little lighter and sunshine and building clouds in the late afternoon. right now and afternoon scattered showers. 7:00 and 10:00, there may be some downpours embedded in there. and then clearing after that. for the ski lovers and snow lovers, in northern new england, friday night into saturday. up and down the spine of the green mountain, the mountains ever new hampshire and maine, we're talking about a couple inches, possible. some could see three to four inches at the summit and also in the white mountains as well. tonight, 40s for most of us. 48 in boston and about 50 on the cape and the islands. kids will need the jacket tomorrow.

and the sun will be up at 6:32 and bullying clouds going from the 40s in the morning to the 50s with the gusty winds in the afternoon. and most of us will top out in the upper 50s for the highs during the day tomorrow. a little above average and the 7-day forecast, breezy and saturday and a chilly and dry, crisp air. and a little less wind on sunday and another warming trend looking quiet for the beginning and the middle of next week and the temperatures rising by mid-60s. >> cool weekends and warming up for the beginning of the week. this is a super food that is more popular. and we're talking about pomegranate. we will show you how to get the best without the mess. >> reporter: fall is in the air and pomegranate is a fall fruit that comes around for three or four months and they go away and come back again.

now and wonderful loaded with juice. when you buy them, the red all the around and a little cracking that is okay. that means that the seeds in there are bursting with juice. they're messy. and they can stain a few items. so the best way to cut them up in fours and open it up inside the water. all the seeds will go to the bomb and the skin to the top and get a strainer and scoop up the seeds. they are great for us too. remember. east fresh and stay healthy. the juice on the counter, rub hard, and you'll hear the seeds start to break up and squeeze

out the juice. that's all. a line could soon be missing from your bill at a restaurant chain. of tipping. in order to make up for the difference, prices for menu items will go up but the increase will be less than the 20% that people usually tip. call it a bombshell discovery. a perfume with a secret power. and how it can get rid of the

a surprising fine for victoria secret perfume. it is also a mosquito repellant.

they don't know why. on the health watch this noon, harvard researchers are hoping toenail cans offer a clue into our health of the boston globe said that doctors are researching the compound in toe nails and if they reel anything about cancer and heart disease. it appears that america is losing the battle of the bulge. the ungreece comes years of public awareness campaigns about the dangers of sugar and processed foods. a medical breakthrough right here in boston. they are sequencing the g hormones of newborns and they can look at dna and look at future diseases like cancer and heart disease. they hope to enroll 500 new borns in the new project and

we'll have a closer look at these tests and how they work. you can catch that on wbz news at 11:00. 100 women are suing birth control companies after they said that the pills caused them to get pregnant. some of the birth control packets had been rotated 180 degrees. and they are seeking millions of having and raising a child. up next, a frightening flush, a woman tosses her diamond engagement ring into the toilet. and the extreme measures to get it back. i have a feeling it involves putting her in the toilet. weather watchers home and

we only had a trace of rain and damp, dreary. and we'll take one more peek of the 7-day forecast. if you want to join the weather

boston neighborhoods overrun by short-term b&b rentals and now a popular company is making changes. that story and more on wbz news at 5:00. a bride-to-be goes from cleaning to chaos when she found out that she accidentally flushed her toilet down to the toilet. and she cleaned her julie and then decided to clean the sink and put the pile of paper towels only to realize her ring was wrapped up in there. and she went on line to see how to tear the toilet apart. and she called the water company. and they blocked the pipe down

she got it back. join us for our next newscast at 5:00. >> keep an eye on your ring.

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