reporter: he says he wants to put this behind him. still, there are many questions about his behavior here. >> i want to start off by saying i mean i -- i made a pretty stupid mistake. reporter: chandler jones is contrite but he is not elaborating on the bizarre medical emergency that prompted him show up at the foxboro police department half-naked early sunday morning. officers say jones went to the back of the police station looking for help. they say he kept telling them he was told to go to police from his home just across the street. although appearing nervous and anxious, the individual was polite and cooperative, an officer wrote. sportscenter 5 contributor chris gasper of the boston globe reports that jones had an adverse reaction to synthetic marijuana, which is consistent with an officer' s report that the defensive end' s home smelled of burnt marijuana. >> there' s nothing more important to me personally than the health and well-being of our

>> i want to apologize to the fans. this weekend, i' m focusing on having probably the biggest game of my life. like i said, i made a stupid mistake. reporter: it' s still not clear who told jones to come here to the police department. there is no indication in the police report that there was anyone else inside his home. live in foxboro, john atwater. heather: what is synthetic marijuana? what does it do and is it legal? kelley tuthill digs deeper for us. reporter: synthetic marijuana is a designer drug that doesn' t actually contain marijuana. it' s sold in bright packages under the names scooby snacks, k2, spice and crazy monkey. according to the national institute on drug abuse, it' s made by spraying mind-altering chemicals on dried, shredded plant material. >> you don' t know what you' re actually getting. even though these are sold in packages you still don'

what the actual chemical compound is inside that package is. reporter: many synthetic drugs have been banned nationwide since 2012, but lawmakers have struggled to keep up with changing formulations meant to circumvent regulation. for years, synthetic marijuana was sold at gas stations, convenience stores, smoke shops and the internet. many labeled not fit for human consumption in august, boston passed an ordinance banning the drugs in the city, buyers and sellers face fines of $300. >> some shops started to sell it but we put an stop to that. we have enough problems with the opiates and heroine in the city. reporter: the synthetic version can affect the brain much more powerfully than marijuana sending many users to the emergency room. >> it' s some of the most concerning overdoses we see outside of opiates, where people are just paranoid, they' re delusional. they'

t have any sense of what' s going on. reporter: there' s no medication to reverse the effects so hospitals try to keep the patient safe until the drugs wear off. i' m kelley tuthill, wcvb newscenter 5 heather: brockton rocked by a big amount of heroin overdoses in a short amount of time. sixteen reported yesterday. the city typically sees about three a day. police say it' s unclear if the powerful painkiller fentanyl was mixed with the heroin which would make it more lethal. ed: a car full of young people from southbridge falls through the ice killing a teenage girl. we are hearing from one of the survivors. it happened tuesday night at bigelow hollow state park in union, connecticut. it was snowing, and the car accidentally drove about 50 yards onto the ice on a pond before falling through. 18-year-old emily bloyn died. 22-year-old hunter says the doors were locked, making it difficult to escape. >> i couldn' t open the door.

there was no way out but the window. ed: the car' s driver and another passenger also made it out alive. a dive team helped get them out. authorities say it appears the group illegally entered the park after dark. heather: the family of a roslindale grandmother run down and killed in the street wants to know why the driver initially took off. 78-year-old sylvia acosta was crossing washington street not far from her home when she was run down. the driver, jaidys pimental-pena, has been charged with vehicular homicide. it took hours for acosta' s daughter to find her mother at brigham and women' s hospital. when she got there and spoke a doctor she knew it was too late. >> i can see it in your eyes. the doctor -- i' m so sorry. heather: sylvia acosta was a two time cancer survivor, mother of

children. ed: new at 7:00, a terrifying ride through boston for a mother and her 6-year-old son, as random bullets hit their car some piercing the windows whizzing right past their heads. newscenter 5' s jorge quiroga spoke with the still-stunned mom. he' s live in brockton. reporter: the mother of five lives here in brockton. tonight, she' s counting our blessings after her suv got riddled by stray bullets while she was driving through dorchester. driving home from boston, a wrong turn nearly costing amber castaneda and her son their lives. jackson, six years old, was sitting in the middle backseat of her suv. >> if he was about two inches taller, he would have got in the way of the bullet. reporter: it happened tuesday afternoon around 6:00 on geneva avenue, around the corner from

friday. ember' s boyfriend, also a passenger. >> i opened my eyes and there was a bullet hole. reporter: a parked car was hit as well and her suv shot three times. >> that' s the one that came through the window, over his head, past my ear, and went into the windshield. reporter: jackson, the youngest of her five kids. >> i wasn' t lucky enough to win the powerball, but i' m lucky enough to be alive and breathing. reporter: deeply religious, the mother' s faith. >> i know the big man above had everything to do with it. you can call it luck. he was watching over me and my son. i have five beautiful, healthy kids and god knows they need their mom. t the intended target, believing she was in the wrong place at the wrong time. police still looking for that

live in brockton, jorge quiroga, wcvb newscenter 5. ed: police, hazmat crews and a bomb squad spending a second day at a house in ayer. they found rifles, grenades launchers, grenades, world war ii equipment. the fire chief says many of the weapons could be nonfunctioning but they won' t know until they are tested. the homeowner is in the hospital. no word on whether he will face charges. heather: commitment 2016: the sixth republican presidential debate is taking place tonight in south carolina. it will feature front-runner donald trump facing off against governor chris christie, senator marco rubio, senator ted cruz, governor john kasich, and former florida governor jeb bush as well as dr. ben carson. on the democratic side, vermont senator bernie sanders is in new hampshire right now.

discussion hosted by dartmouth college. now he' s hosting another in hanover. sanders continues to lead rival hillary clinton in the granite state. ed: good news for your economy tonight. energy stocks led a rally today giving the market its biggest gain in over a month. the dow climbed 227. the nasdaq was up almost 89. the smb 500 -- the s&p 500 picked up 31. the most active local stocks, emc up nearly half a point. boston scientific also up a bit. staples ended the day down. regularly scheduled life, i think, unfortunately, because you did not win powerball. heather: neither did we. but there are 5 things you still need to know about that epic $1.6 billon jackpot. the 3 winning tickets were sold in tennessee, florida and california, and that means the winners are extra lucky, unlike most states, those three do not tax lottery winnings. so they' ll only have to share

ed: keith bauer of boston has claimed one of the two $1 million prices sold in massachusetts. he bought the quick pick in charlestown, and says he' ll use the winnings to pay off his and his wife' s student loans and help out their parents. heather: another million dollar ticket was sold as at tedeschi' s in east bridgewater. robert dole and his wife are interested in buying a newer house with their winnings and they also plan to travel someplace warm. ed: and we' re all winners in some respects. powerball sales in massachusetts topped $32 million. what does that mean? it translates into millions of dollars in local aid to cities and towns. heather: and don' t feel too bad about losing. one report says nearly 70% of winners are financially ruined within seven years of winning. ed: 70%? wow, holy cow. heather:

new at 7:00. taking away that old tattoo to help change your future. ed: see the amazing results local people are having through a simple procedure. harvey: our next storm starting to take shape in the gulf of mexico. what it means for you and the patriots game, straight ahead. heather: bad news for cell phone users. the mistake many people are is the economy rigged? well, the 15 richest americans acquired more wealth in two years than the bottom

i'm bernie sanders, and i approve this message. my plan -- make wall street banks and the ultra-rich pay their fair share of taxes, provide living wages for working people, ensure equal pay for women. the middle class will continue to disappear unless we level the playing field. with your help, as president,

>> you' re watching wcvb newscenter 5 at 7:00. ed: a record powerball jackpot, good. a record number of people being charged for going over their cell phone' s data plan? not good. a new survey shows nearly one in five cell phone customers reported paying overages during the past six months. at&t continued to lead all of its rivals, with 28% of customers saying they were charged for overages. that' s compared to 20% of verizon customers, 12% of t-mobile customers and 5% of sprint customers. jet blue flights at logan airport are back on schedule after a network glitch disrupted service this afternoon. 31 flights delayed. the check-in system suffered a significant slowdown that lasted about two hours. jet blue is the largest carrier at logan. heather: more than 45 million americans have at least one tattoo and some of them end up regretting it. tonight, phil lipof introduces

unique program to help those who can' t afford to remove a part of their past. >> with more people getting tattoos, more people are removing tattoos. reporter: and it all adds up to good business for carmen vanderheiden. she owns tataway a tattoo removal business that began with just one shop here in boston. >> with our new technology and the new protocol things are coming off of a more quickly. reporter: defending on the size of your tattoo, it could take six months to a year to take it off. look at the before and after. now you see it, now you don' t. s still not cheap. they take into consideration the financial situation of people trying to change their lives. >> we see people who are former

industry, and those who have been victims of human trafficking. reporter: for them, considerably more affordable removal. now in her 30' s, this woman has moved on. she has a job, a new life, but those tattoos, a very real and constant reminder of a life she wants to forget. and so chelsea, carmen' s daughter, is helping her do just that. >> it' s may be about 60 seconds for the procedure. but it hurts. reporter: she says actually more than the needle of the original tattoo. >> it' s worth it. reporter: so the woman you saw there didn' t want her face to the scene. she will need several more sessions. when she' s done with that, she has a back tattoo that she once removed. ed: the part i was interested, is it painful?

s the only one i' ve been able to talk to. she says it is more painful than the original tattoo. heather: what it does for people who perhaps were in a gang or something before and want to move on with their life but they had a teardrop on their face, that is the first impression people have. reporter: they have that amazing program where they will work with people financially. heather: great program. ed: harvey, you can get your tattoo taken off. [laughter] harvey: we will do that after we finish the newscast. let' s talk about the weather up there. 28 degrees in boston. the breeze is out of the southwest. it' s in the 20' s pretty much as most of our checkpoints. we are up a few degrees from last night at this time. the temperatures will drop a little bit, then hold steady. a few flurries for the berkshires. temperatures tomorrow will be a little milder.

it doesn' t get cold tomorrow night. we' re getting set for our next storm. developing in the gulf of mexico, starts to move northeast, and begins to impact us tomorrow night. in terms of snow, a little too warm for most of us. when you get into the berkshires, points north and west, there may be some snow accumulation. doesn' t look like all snow even there. in terms of rainfall, looks like about half an inch for worcester. maybe three quarters of an inch for boston. a significant amount of precipitation. tomorrow, about 40 degrees. the thing to remember is not so much the day, when the storm comes up the coast and brings that rain in after midnight. and the first half of the day on saturday. as soon as we get to saturday afternoon, storm moves away. we have a break.

patriots game. mainly rain for us. wet snow in the higher elevations. so what about the weather for the patriots game? storm is over, rain is over, about 37 at the start of the game, low-to-mid 30' s at the end. could be a little bit gusty. the wind should be easing as it goes on. sunday is a chilly day, but kind of the transition to a bitter cold outbreak. no big storm. the southern jet stream keeps storms out at sea. the northern jet stream will be active. perhaps some snow squall' s early monday. the temperatures go backwards, very cold and windy, and fall during the day on monday. probably single digits early on monday. we are with it for a couple

then we go from frigid to chil ly as the air mass begins to moderate. lots of changes coming. a full update for you tonight at 11:00. >> now, sportscenter 5, one minute drill. lynchie: so here we are less than 48 hours before kickoff and with all that has transpired this week, what is your gut telling you you about saturday' s playoff game with kansas city? it has not been your typical patriots playoff week has it? remember the week began with a brooding bill belichick unveiling a black eye followed by the information deluge from chandler jones, not to mention gronk missing practice and having his knee injected. as for chandler jones the patriots did the right thing today. at 9 this morning bill belichick punctured the tension a bit by addressing it in his opening remarks. after practice jones stood in front of his locker. he was polite, he was contrite and as you may expect not very forthcoming about the events of sunday morning. so the question now can the

impediments and still win a football game on saturday. no team is better equipped at wearing blinders that new england. remember what they endured for 2 super bowl? will chandler jones be benched for a portion of saturdays game? belichick sat wes welker for a series in a playoff game after of rex ryan' s wife. count on some type of discipline from belichick but also count on the resilience of this club. if they lose, it will not be because chandler jones made an error in judgment. it will be because kansas city played a better game. ed: which is entirely possible. heather: they are laser focused. bringing a little sunshine to kids who can really use it. ed: up next, 5 for good spotlights a celtics star

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heather: you' re shoveling, don' t complain. snow storms are nothing for this 101-year-old great grandfather. take a look you can see richard mann shoveling snow outside of his neighbor' s home in minneanpolis. the video has gone viral over 100,000 people have seen it. some are calling mann an inspiration but he says he' s just doing what he was taught

expecting anything in return. mann' s key to a long life? clean living, wine, and bacon and eggs. ed: tonight' s 5 for good is a slam dunk. boston celtics player evan turner, teaming up with project sunshine and united health group to brighten things up for some pediatric patients at franciscan hospital for children. turner shot some hoops with the kids, and then handed out arts and crafts, and joined in the fun. project sunshine is a non-profit organization that provides free educational, recreational, and social programs to children facing medical challenges and their families. he got serious. a look at the stories we' ll be following for you all night when we come back. heather: and remember, we want to know your good news. send us your video and pictures of people making a difference and doing good in your community. share them on the wcvb facebook page. or email them to ulocal at wcvb.com and we'

these little guys? they represent blood cells. and if you have afib-an irregular heartbeat that may put you at five times greater risk of stroke they can pool together in the heart, forming a clot that can break free and travel upstream to the brain, where it can block blood flow and cause a stroke. but if you have afib that's not caused by a heart valve problem, pradaxa can help stop clots from forming. pradaxa was even proven superior to warfarin at reducing the risk of stroke, in a clinical trial without the need for regular blood tests. and, in the rare event of an emergency, pradaxa is the only oral blood thinner other than warfarin with a specific reversal treatment to help your body clot normally again. pradaxa is not for people who have had a heart valve replacement. don't stop taking pradaxa without talking to your doctor. stopping increases your risk ask your doctor if you need to stop pradaxa before any planned medical or dental procedure. pradaxa can cause serious, and sometimes, fatal bleeding. don't take pradaxa if you have abnormal bleeding.

medical care for unexpected signs of bleeding, like unusual bruising. pradaxa may increase your bleeding risk if you're 75 or older, have kidney problems, stomach ulcers, a bleeding condition, or take certain medicines. side effects with pradaxa can include indigestion, stomach pain, upset or burning. don't just go with the flow. go with pradaxa, the only blood thinner that lowers your risk of stroke better than warfarin and has a specific reversal treatment. talk to your doctor about pradaxa today. heather: a nasty stomach bug sweeping through a local school. ed: we are expecting a donald trump-ted cruz showdown at the debate tonight. the top seven gop candidates share the stage.

ed: john atwater is staying on the chandler jones story. ed: and if you ride the t, you may have a refund coming your way. the mistake that has some paying twice the amount they should. that' s alternate at 11:00. heather: enjoy the relative warmth right now. harvey: tomorrow will be relatively mild as well. heather: and look at monday.