very preaking news at 5:30. a new hampshire mother is facing charges in the overdose death of her teenage daughter. last month, the 1-year-old died mother. >> also, police are telling us body. investigators believe the body washed assure and they are calling the death suspicious. and protesting racism on campus. now, a short fuse. a man arrested for pointing a fake gun at another driver and now we're learning about his violent past. >> investigators say he also punched a customer while working at a mcdonald's. christina hager spoke to the victim in that case. >> reporter: the victim said it looked like a glock pistol. it was a bb gun with the orange

tip painted black. now 20-year-old gary is accused of waving it in a road rage incident that prompted a woman to call 911. >> stated that the driver flashed a gun at her and is following her right now. >> reporter: she stayed on the phone with police as she directed officers to mystic valley avenue where they arrested him only one day after boston police announced a ban on the kind of gun he is accused of flashing. turns out what happened here was not his first brush with the law. he was out on bail on another assault and battery case. and when we spoke with the victim in that incident, he wasn't surprised. >> this kid has a short fees. >> reporter: adam was at the mcdonald's in the boston garden. he says they got into a short argument over his order. the next thing he knew -- shoulder. i looked over like what are you

he said you still want some of those fries? and then he hit me. >> reporter: now he's behind bars. his relatives in court to support him. >> i feel extremely horrible but there's nothing we can do. no, thanksp. >> they need to re-evaluate what to do with him. >> reporter: at least for now, the handcuffs stay on, say this judge. we were talking for a while. >> unfortunately, we want to check in with eric again. the weather will be sweeping through and from the adirondacks, very unusual. seeing the squall line moving closer to home and temperatures are still rising at this hour up through the 50s.

a few on the bourne and sandwich down to new bedford. a few more showers up through lynn and marble head this morning. then the storm becomes wind. tomorrow we'll consistently be gusting 30 miles per hour. the dusty winds will stick around into saturday and slowly die down into sunday. all told, crisp and cool. stuff? you might like the forecast. david? >> i like the warm stuff. revere police say a craigslist ad led to a robbery. the victim answered an ad for a pair of sneakers but when he arrived to meet the seller, someone robbed him at gunpoint. officers arrested one person but he's still searching for a second suspect. police discharged people in connection with a dog theft.

kennel and three days later a tip led officers to the house where they found the yellow lab and two boxers inside and reunited the dogs with the kennel workers. the animals were worth more than $1,000 each. fortunately, they were not injured. tonight, an i-team investigation. homeowners paying for furniture they never got here and all over the country, and they blame a local interior designer. so ryan kath tracked her doth to get answers. >> reporter: from the drapes to the fill lows to the blinds. decorating a home can be overwhelming. >> reporter: we purchased the shares she recommended. >> reporter:: that's why this couple hired amanda, a charlestown consultant who offered affordable furnishings through her web site, home made designs. >> it seems legitimate on the internet. >> reporter: despite paying

rooms in brian's new suburban home are still empty. >> the factory's already begun the frame of the furniture. >> reporter: when she stopped communicating, brian decided to get answers from the wholesaler. >> they said the furniture had never been ordered. it was difficult to believe. >> reporter: we found a woman in newton suing for $3,000. $7,000. another victim in new york who's out more than $8,000. reached by phone, debtle refused an on-camera interview and told the i-team she's working to resolve the customer complaint. when her answers about the missing thousands of dollars didn't add up, the i-team caught up with her in charlestown. can you explain what happened paid? >> absolutely. i would be happy to refer to

you my lawyer. >> reporter: what happened to the money? >> i dold you that on the phone. >> reporter: why can't they get a refund? >> they are. i told you that. thank you. >> brian was promised the check was in the mail but that was several months ago. >> unless this business is exposed, it's the only way this will stop. i may not get my money back but at least this can stop. >> reporter: even though it operates out of charlestown it was incorporated in delaware and the good standing was revoked for failing to pay its annual fees there. we have breaking news now and update on the body found in duxbury beach earlier today. police identifying the victim. this is a man who apparently had been missing for some time listed by malden police as missing. family members say they have not seen him after october

17th. police say this death is not considered foul play. again, the body found on duxbury beach identified as a young man from malden. david? president obama just presented a u.s. army cooperate within the nation's highest military honor. he received the medal of honor. in 2012, he saved the lives of fellow soldiers by tackling a suicide bomber in afghanistan. the president acknowledged his heroic actions that took place on what he calls one of the worst days of his life. >> that's precisely why we honor heroes like this because on his very worst day, he managed to summon his very best. that's the nature of courage. >> reporter: captain groberg required 33 surgeries to save the leg. he says he shares his medal with the four who didn't make

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judge's has a great sense of humor. swift is being sued claiming some of the lyrics were stolen from "haters gonna hate." the judge dismissed the case. listen to the lyrics of the judgment. this is what the judge said "at present, the court is not saying that brayham can never, ever ever get his case back in court but for now we have got problems and the court is not sure brayham can solve them. the complaint has a blank space, one that requires brayham to do more than write his name. at least for the moment, the defendants have shaken off this lawsuit. that is a judge with a sense of humor." >> and clearly creative as well. one australian woman found a unique way to fight internet trolls. >> every time she gets a nasty tweet, she donates to charity. nee she regularly gets mean tweets telling her to move out

death threats. instead of blocking the trolls which she could do, she decides to donate $1 to unicef for every nasty message she gets in her inbox. >> it makes me wonder how many people are really taking her on. you think she's doing it just to get in the news? >> maybe, but it's giving money to unicef, so that's the good part. this is good, too. this is veterans week. >> one of the contestants' unusual guesses has viewers wondering if perhaps she had an all tier your motive -- ulterior motive. >> zave. >> no, there's no z. >> x. >> there is no x. >> so she's guessing xs and zs. obviously, she's not trying to get the puzzle. she also passed several times. eventually the man who guessed

right after her won the prize, and it was his first win of the night. nura had already won about $14,000 and a lot of people who were watching the show speculated that she wanted to make sure a fellow vet didn't go home empty handed. because she already had the money, she wanted the next guy to win. >> that is really great. >> isn't that incredible? >> hats off to her. a local student with a life-saving message. straight ahead, the big surprises thinking them for the hard work. >> closer to the weekend and we're checking in with the weather watchers network. it's been a couple of gloomy days. temperatures in the 40s to low 50s. larry writes in and says, mostly drizzle. give liam the clicker and see how he does. we'll challenge liam to see if he can go to the weather wall later on this newscast. we'll have the forecast coming up in a few minutes. >> eric has been working on all new stories on my tv 38. the second part of our debate

about standardized testing. the president of the teachers union will talk about that. and the lead singer behind the station nightclub fire is saying he's sorry. why some of the victims don't

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celtics are teaming up with the local elementary while driving. closer look. liam? >> reporter: lisa, david, they made a compelling psa to get adults to put down their phones while driving. >> texting while driving causes 1.6 million car accidents per year. >> there have been 30,000 injuries per year and 11 teen

deaths per day. >> the celtics backed that psa. they treated the kids with a dunk-fest at the pep rally and then this surprise. [ cheers and applause ] >> make some noise. [ cheers and applause ] >> that one little go's pretty excited. the adults said that the psa really worked. watching that video of the kids telling the adults to put down the phones is really making the adults think twice about texting and driving. >> i think they are excited about the game, too. >> good message, good reaction. not so great was the weather. i feel like it's hard to

had such a good stretch. still above average. another day is above average. >> we've got a pretty low average. >> that tells you how spoiled this month. today's high so far is 50 but we're still rising. so we'll get up to around 53 degrees. the overnight low is not getting colder than that. every, single day this month has been above average. the colder air gets a little locked in across northern new hampshire. winds have turned to the south ahead of our big storm system and spinning across the great lakes. your weather word of the night is lake erie this afternoon when the winds were so strong taking the water from one end and push it to the other end.

buffalo along the shoreline because of the winds. much like a bathtub, it will slosh on one side and then back to the other. after midnight, we start to get a little bit of clearing. as i mentioned with the temperatures, we'll be holding well up into the 40s all night long. tracking the rain showers. they are moving eastward through midnight. also a couple of pop-up showers into the berkshires as well as the green mountains that change over to snowfall. brighter times are ahead of us. this weekend is much brighter than these last couple of days. tomorrow morning, partly cloudy skies. wind will already be gusting in the morning about 10 to 25 miles per hour. we'll be gusting around 30 miles per hour by midday. so building clouds, strong wind

into the 50s and a chance for a few showers tomorrow afternoon. mainly focusing on the higher terrain. lower 50s in worcester. the big system which has been causing outages in the great lakes. as it moves northward, the taught treasure gradient will -- that tight pressure gradient will keep it low. by sunday, starting to calm down looking athe 15 to 20 mile- per-hour gusts. we also have a wind advisory in effect for nantucket. this is for late tomorrow morning and into saturday morning. the strongest winds here. as we head into the weekend, high pressure builds in. mid to upper 40s on saturday plus the wind.

it will be cool outside. on sunday, mostly sunny, breezy and cool finding our way into the low 50s. big storm system developing into the middle of the country with cold and snow. a lot of warmth toward florida and warming up. here is the accuweather seven- day in the 50s to lower 60s. it's well above average and a lot of sunshine through monday, tuesday, and wednesday. the school yard shoutout is the barry burbank day. this is the lawrence family development charter school in the city of lawrence. 80 third graders here. it is the 20th anniversary of the school. it was founded by a coalition of hispanic parents and community leaders. >> and they have a lot to be proud of. clearly they enjoyed the visit. this is interesting.

it is the new victoria's secret perfume. it was almost as effective as deet. tonight, they don't know why. [ laughter ] >> the things you want to say. >> it's great for camping. >> that's right. exactly. police in oregon say masked bandits broke into an art gallery but didn't steal anything. here they are hanging out near the art work. all four now this is literally what they said, are now known by the street names home dog, da nails, squeaky feet and to to's todd. after a brief chase, all are in custody so police are having fun with the police report. >> easily identifiable there. beyond the call of duty. >> how massachusetts law enforcement officers came together to make a sick little boy's dream come true. >> coming up next at 6:00, breaking news a body found on plymouth beach has been identified plus a veteran

threatening to kill himself on the mbta bus. five words the boston police officer said that saved his life. >> ben affleck's transforming

springfield police just added to the ranks by making one boy's dream come true that started with a convoy to

more than 50 off-duty officers, emts, firefighters and state troopers lined up outside of the hospital to meet the 5-year- his dream? to become an officer for a day. he received a badge, a police hat and had a chance to have the lights on and sirens blazing. the department says that boy will be on honorary officer forever. we have much more still ahead. the news at 6:00 starts now. breaking news. a body washes up on a beach in plymouth and a mother charged in her daughter's deadly overdose. kill himself. >> he has the hatchet against his neck. >> reporter: the five words the boston police officer said to diffuse the situation. >> the clouds are starting to move out but the wind is moving in for the end of this week. we'll time out the strongest

comes through. >> turning shipping containers into cozy transformations of a neighborhood. captions by: caption colorado, llc (800) 775-7838 e- mail: comments@captioncolorado.com we're going to stick with two breaking stories tonight. a mother is charged in the overdose death of her 17-year- old daughter. >> and a body washes up and police have identified it. >> we begin in rochester, new hampshire where police announced that they are filing charges against a woman whose daughter died of a drug overdose. >> she died in a motel room mother's boyfriend. ken? >> reporter: paula, this is the motel on the outskirts of rochester where the teenager died back on october 17th. as you mentioned, among those with her at the time, her