this case, the victim who suffered, for being so brave in coming forward. due to her bravery, and her making a positive identification, we were able to lock this individual up this afternoon at 3:30 in mass ave. it was great work. officers worked around the clock. this for a similar offense, in december of this year. and through the work of monitoring gps bracelets, we were looking for the individual for the last 16 hours and we are happy we have him in custody because he was a dangerous individual who

that being said, i just want to again stressed the great work of my investigation -- since this crime was reported, we were working around the clock to get this guy off the street. >> [indiscernible] >> no, he had served time from a similar offense. he was let out of prison december. he was on a gps bracelet. from all the information we have, he cut the bracelet off, and that is why we weren't able to locate him as quickly as we wanted to, but we were on to about 15 houses over the last 16 hours looking for him. we had everyone possible looking and i'm happy to say we got him. >> [indiscernible]

between the gps bracelet that was in the area at the time, as well as the victim coming forward and identifying him after this credit, that is how we found him. >> [indiscernible] >> again, that is part of the investigation. itvery active's -- it's very active but i am happy we got him,. >> [indiscernible] >> again, we just got him. >> [indiscernible] >> again, i don't want to get into specifics, but i'm sure he threatened her with harm, but i don't want to get into the particulars. i am just happy we got who is responsible. >> [indiscernible]

at the arraignment tomorrow, i want to thank the district attorney, who was instrumental, and i'm sure a lot more details will come out tomorrow. >> [indiscernible] >> again, i can't comment. that is something you will have to -- >> [indiscernible] >> again, i am sure she's traumatized. we just want to thank her very step forward and work with us to get this dangerous felon off the street. as far as charges go, this individual will be charged with aggravated rape. he'll be charged with aggravated kidnapping, indecent a&b, intimidation of the witness, armed robbery. he'll be facing very serious charges.

city, but i am happy we could get him quickly. ben: the boston police commissioner listing of the charges. they have made an arrest in a sexual assault in boston, 1:00 a.m. yesterday the person they arrested is eduardo rodriguez. he has been known to authorities. jc: he was let out for previous crimes of sexual assault. he did have a gps bracelet but cut it off, and that is why it took police 16 hours to locate him. commissioner evans says he is happy to have him in custody, calling him a dangerous individual. he will be arraigned tomorrow. ben: breaking news at 5:30, a plane makes an emergency landing in the quabbin reservoir. sky5 shows the small plane on a sandbar. state police say the pilot had

42-year-old man from rhode island. he is not hurt. jc: also breaking, a worker seriously injured after fall from scaffolding at a construction site in boston. the worker fell more than three stories at 25 shattuck street. ben: an auto dealership worker is seriously hurt after he was hit by a falling tree limb in brookline. the 29-year-old was hit in the head behind the herb chambers dealership. osha is headed to the scene. osha is headed to the scene. jc: let's get to harvey now because it is perfection. harvey: i am with you on that and i think everyone is as well. just beautiful, 70's and low 80's around the region, but the air is so dry, what a wonderful evening to be outdoors. satellite imagery, you can't

it won't be as cool as last night. this time about mid-60's, but it will be in the 50's in the suburbs. a number of systems to watch, this is tropical storm gaston. even though this is just a tropical wave right now, it will probably develop over time and could be heading toward the bahamas. we of course have to pay careful attention. re jc: a worcester man is facing a judge charged with shooting and killing his neighbor. it happened on hamilton street last night. police say 42-year-old jacinto maldonado shot 24-year-old carlos maldonado. the two are not related. police say jacinto maldonado found the suspect lying on the ground when they arrived. it's not clear what triggered the dispute. ben: police in bedford are searching for a man accused of robbing a citizens bank branch

could be this man identified as stephen gingras. this photo was taken during a robbery one week ago in salem, new hampshire. that robbery also took place at a citizens bank inside a grocery store. jc: police now say some of the animals found dead on a westport farm died of starvation. more than 1,000 animals were taken from the site earlier this month many of them dead, injured, or mistreated. investigators are pouring over evidence found at the farm including 17,000 photos. no one has been charged. a convenience store in western mass raided people inside accused of selling heroin. three men were arrested at the holyoke mini mart. it was one of four locations in the town where 5600 bags of the drug were seized as well as $19,000 in cash. several more arrests were also made. ben: a $25.6 million settlement over curt schilling's 38 studios. the state of rhode island reached the deal with two of the

the lawsuit filed by the state accused 38 studios executives and several financial backers of fraud and negligence. the company got a state-backed loan to move to the state. the company went bankrupt in 2012, leaving taxpayers on the hook for $116 million. jc: the new head of the embattled boston latin school is spelling out plans to address concerns in the classroom. an investigation found school leaders failed to address six complaints about racial incidents forcing the headmaster to resign. returning long time headmaster teachers will undergo targeted training this year and set new expectations for students. new video of a car slamming into a work zone inside the ted williams tunnel. the crash was caught on camera. you can see here the car slams into arrows set up in the center lane. no one working at this work zone was hurt. the 60-year-old driver from lynn suffered minor injuries he has

new hampshire and maine remains closed tonight. the sara long bridge malfunctioned over the weekend and has yet to reopen. the new hampshire department of transportation says there is a problem with a wheel that makes the bridge go up to allow boats to pass under. the malfunction comes just months before the bridge was scheduled to be permanently shut down. as part of a $172 million replacement project a new bridge is set to open in september 2017. about 14,000 vehicles use the bridge daily. jc: and taking a look f bunker hill bridge, slow. a half hour drive a 93 southbound and right now we are looking at 34 minutes mass ave to routes 3. they three on newton corner has increased and now we are looking at 20 minutes. other west on the cake, 30

of 495. ben: wildfires still raging on the west coast. jc: the progress being made by firefighters as evacuation orders remain in effect for hundreds of residents. ben: new questions in the shooting of a deaf man at the hands of a police officer. the action his family wants taken. jc: an incredible survival story in florida. the teenager defying the odds

ben: massive wildfires out west.

dana bacchus has the latest. dana: across the west, the firefight doesn't seem to be ending. at yellowstone national park, the flames are growing bigger and more firefighters are being called in to help. in washington state, several fires have burned more than a dozen homes. there's there are working on the ground and around-the-clock to establish containment lines to protect bin evacuation orders are in place, people watching and waiting anxiously. six fires are burning across california, hundreds of homes destroyed. 10,000 firefighters are trying to make sure the number doesn't rise. on california's coast, flames charred more than 50 miles of drought dried brush.

containment, but crews continue to monitor the area for hotspots and flareups. with wildfires spanning several states, officials say resources from firefighters to air tankers are running thin. donna bacchus, abc news. jc: a zoo blasting social media. ben: and helping louisiana flood the unique offer. harvey: and we continue to follow the tropics. the weather is very tranquil here and very pleasant alt

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jc: questions following the death of a man in north carolina. he was shot and killed by a patrol officer during a traffic stop. on a chase after refusing to stop. he was struggling he got out of his car and was reportedly making gestures. friends gathered for a vigil last night. the brother is calling for change. >> the police need to become aware of how to communicate with deaf people, what it might look like, and how to avoid situations like this. jc: the officer involved remains on leave.

-- ben: the cincinnati zoo deactivates its twitter account after voicing opposition to internet memes, the memes referencing the slain gorilla, harambe. he was shot and killed earlier this summer when a child fell into his exhibit. the zoo's facebook page is still up and running. jc: your economy, a major bank must pay up over a student loan scandal. federal investigators say wells fargo charged illegal late fees to some of its student loan borrowers who paidth million to the consumer financial protection agency and refund customers $410,000. boston-based draft kings and 4 other fantasy sports companies are back in business in new york. the state's gaming commission issuing temporary permits to the companies. the move comes after new york's governor legalized fantasy sports earlier this month. in massachusetts, the attorney general has placed new rules on the industry including banning anyone under the age of 21 from playing. ben: looking live at the boston

jc: why are we inside? rhondella: too bad -- harvey: too bad. [laughter] i don't think anybody needs an excuse to get out there. i was out there early this morning playing tennis and it was awesome. if you are outside for a while, you enjoyed it too. look how cool it started early this morning. 46 in keene, 46 in orange. 48 in bedford, 44 in norwood, 46 in taunton. of course the sunshine to cover in the temperatures responded. uniformly beautiful and pleasant everywhere. on the cape right now it is

exquisite day on the cape. very comfortable and the ideal temperature around the area. now it has turned fairly comfortable, but the stickier conditions are still south and west, but at least they have gotten warmer. some of this air will start to come back, but very gradually. humid, and that is when we get a chance at a thunderstorm on friday. it is still pretty pleasant tomorrow although the temperatures will get toasty in the afternoon, sticky on thursday and uncomfortable on friday. but then it should go the other way for saturday and sunday. low temperatures tonight after a

really nice summer night. tomorrow i could even touch 90 in a few spots. lawrence could be around 90, interesting that concord may start out around 50. a 40 degree rise in temperatures tomorrow, but the air will still be rather dry relatively speaking for this time of year. of course the flip side of the coin is that we need the moisture and we certainly won't get it out of you have to get pretty far out to the midwest before you see storms. that is the front that will be in our vicinity. we have seen the cool side of this high-pressure area and now we will see the warmer side, and eventually the more humid side, with the chance of a thunderstorm on friday. the tropics, this is the strongest system, a tropical storm.

watch those storms. that is three to five days from now. gaston will become a hurricane so we will watch that as it moves over warm waters. that's one reason i could intensify. as we check it out over the next seven days, there you see it. it will still be pretty warm throughout. the difference is we get more humid there are chances of a few storms on friday and again on monday. keep your fingers crossed. ben: pop icon britney spears doing her part to help flood victims in her native louisiana. spears teaming up with the american red cross and crowd funding company, crowd-rise to raffle her costume for the mtv video music awards. spears is set to hit the vma stage on sunday for the first time in 9 years.

win the outfit. jc: we're learning more tonight about the first female iron man character. marvel comics saying she will be called iron-heart. the superhero has a new england connection she went to mit at the age of 15. the first issue is due out in november. ben: a close call for a south florida teenager. jc: the brain eating amoeba that nearly took his life and the doctors who knew exactly what to do. maria? follow several breaking stories, including an arrest in the south end. also breaking, a plane making an emergency landing at us and bar. in brookline, a man rushed to the hospital after being hit by a falling tree limb. and a little girl survives a serious health crisis, going the extra mile to make sure other ailing kids have something to

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jc: a florida teen has just survived a diagnosis, that is known to be fatal in 97% of cases. ben: the 16-year-old infected with what is commonly known as the brain-eating amoeba while on vacation with his family in orlando. doctors say he caught a lucky break. 16-year-old sebastian deleon is a walking miracle. >> i had to tell them to say their goodbyes, to tell their child everything you want to tell him. ben: that's right, even his doctors initially prepared his family for the worst. because you see, sebastian was diagnosed with a rare infection,

the last 50 years, only three survived. >> we decided to take the breathing tube out and within hours, he spoke. sorry. ben: and with that, sebastian became the fourth survivor, and his family couldn't be more grateful. >> he's a very energetic, adventurous, wonderful teen and we are so thankful for the gift of life. ben: exactly when and where sebastian contracted the infection is still under investigation, but the amoeba is found in fresh water lakes, ponds, and rivers, usually deadly when it travels to the brain through the nose. in sebastian's case, doctors say what made the difference between life and death was how quickly he was diagnosed and treated. >> if you have a kid with meningeal signs, meaning, the headaches, fever, nausea, vomiting, stiff neck, mentioning warm body of water, i'd

ben: only the fourth person to survive. we are following several breaking stories from a plane that landed on a sandbar to an arrest in boston. jc: newscenter 5 at 6:00 starts right now. >> now, on newscenter 5 -- ben: a midair emergency. jc: the fox news sex s are ready to defend. harvey: which systems to be concerned with. ben: a grieving mother desperate for answers. one thing she is struggling with after her daughter's party bus death. >> this is wcvb newscenter 5 at 6:00. jc: let's begin with an arrest

first time the suspect has committed a crime. shaun chaiyabhat is live where police just broke the news. shaun? shaun: police say they have arrested eduardo rodriguez this afternoon. he is facing several charges including kidnapping and rape. the suspect approached the and forced her into a nearby playground where he raped her. the young woman gave the police a good description but police say that he left behind clues -- he had just left prison after serving nearly eight years for a similar sex crime and was wearing his gps monitor during the attack. police were able to spot it during the crime.

bracelet and according to all the information we have he cut the bracelet off and that is why we weren't able to locate him as quickly as we wanted to. we were looking for him over the past 16 hours. shaun: tonight, boston police are crediting that young victim for her courage to come forward and identify her attacker. shaun chaiyabhat, wcvb newscenter 5. making an emergency landing in a reservoir. jc: the pilot coming down on the sandbar, landing on the side, located in new salem. todd kazakiewich is live at the reservoir. what happened? todd: the good news is that the pilot is ok. he is uninjured. the other thing we can tell you is that this was not a crash, by