>> he lost his money, he can't use the phone, and he can't get a refund. >> it's a story will you only see on newschannel5. an iphone of one of our viewers goes missing. you're probably thinking, who hasn't lost their phone, right? >> but this story has several twists and turns. jonathan wallace has been digging for answers. john than, missy lost her phone in 70. >> reporter: yeah, she was in downtown cleveland, forgot her iphone 6 on beanches went back later but it was gone. then recently she got a strange e-mail now a couple of people are left scratching their heads. >> i kept trying to call it and never got any answer. >> reporter: that after she realized her iphone 6 was missing. she quickly went back to that

>> still a sink feeling, somebody has my phone. >> reporter: she got a new iphone and went on with her life until about 10 days when she got an e-mail from randall murray in lufkin, texas. after seeing this ad on ebay, randall bought the phone for $270. but when he got it, it was i cloud locked. it did have missy's e-mail on it. >> he lost his money, he can't use the phone, and he can't get a refund. >> reporter: randall told me he talked to ebay and infolder them the phone was lost and stolen only to be told by ebay saying the phone was locked. >> ebay tells me there wasn't anything they could do. >> reporter: i tracked down the supposed return address on the iphone package that was sent to randa. it's a house in maple heights. but no one answered. who knows if that's the real address of the seller. criminals have been known to

randall told me he was shocked that ebay would allow lost or stolen items be sold. >> it just was aggravating and disappointed that i couldn't get a refund. >> i think ebay should refund the money to the buyer and maybe possibly take the serial off of their list. >> reporter: and just minutes ago, i received a call from ebay saying it did not follow protocol in reviewing this case. it apologized for terror and ran dallas, yep, he will be getting his full refund. meanwhile the shearl, in fact, been suspended from ebay's site. i'm investigator jonathan walsh, newschannel5. >> a viewer tip helped us with this story. so if you see news happening text or e-mail us or was it the us at wews. new at 6:00 tonight, the naacp just sent a letter to the cuyahoga county prosecutor about the tamir rice case. the group asked tim mcginty to

rice's death. last week the grand jury declined to indict the two police officers involved in the 12-year-old's death. only a judge can release the transcript but the naacp letter asks mcginty to join with them to make that request from a judge. cleveland police arrested three men in connection with a overnight. tonight investigators are connected. police say christopher freeman and gerald williams and another man drove a van aid. all three were captured after they took off from the scene. cuyahoga falls police are looking for this man caught on at gunpoint. it happened at that time seven monday morning. police say the man walked into the store, pointed a gun at the employee, then ordered them into a back ram and got cash. if you recognize this guy call cuyahoga falls police.

father will spend the next eight years behind bars for killing his three-month-old daughter. matthew scott was convicted of murder after his baby girl died of head injuries. scott has said he accidentally dropped the child and she hit her head on the floor. cleveland paramedics are take something else along on the job. they are now required to wear bulletproof vests on every call. the change just went into effect, and we wanted to know why. so derrick waller worked very hard today to find out. derrick, what did you learn? >> reporter: danita, our ems director tells us this is not in response to any specific threat but she says she's seen issues with ems workers getting hirnt other major cities so she wanted to take this precaution so that her employees that come out of fire stations like this remain say. nicole carlton said she reviewed her policy after seeing paramedics get hurt elsewhere including an incident in detroit. two paramedics were stabbed on

i spoke with carlton as 15 new paramedics were sworn in today. they will be required to wear those ballistic vests on every call. vests used to be only required on certain calls. a mother of one of those cadets tells me it's a sign of the times. >> it's just to save his life as well as anybody else's. it's a dangerous world out there and people are shot every day, innocent bystanders, little babies. so anything to protect his life, i'm all fort. >> reporter: according to a memo that we obtained this change actually took effect on december 21st, but the vests are still not required in every situation, like going to the hospital, court, or training. live in cleveland, derrick waller, newschannel5. jute could be a few more days before chester avenue in cleveland reopens to traffic. we just checked with the stey's water department, and crews are still working to repair a massive water main break under the road. chester remains closed between east 36th street and east 55th street.

avoid that area until further notice. let's gate first check on the weather with mark. do we still need the winter coat? >> absolutely. temperatures are falling back below freezing already in many spots. 31 akron to canton, 29 currently in wooster, 31 in mansfield, 33, though, closer to the lake in cleveland and lore rain. dry weather on our 5 live radar. that's what we call the power of 5. we are seeing clouds moving in and thickening from the west but they're cirrus clouds, high-level clouds. not going to rain or snow on you tonight. here is your evening. watch those temperatures falling into the upper 20s. some of you already there. but the general trend will be middle and upper 20s by 10:00 p.m. again, no rain or snow to have to worry about. just the cold. now, remember, we're going warm you up, bring in some rape for the weekend, then don't put away the winter coat. we're tracking snow and a big cool-down.

court judge who was accused of retiring. the ohio supreme court agreed to dismiss complaints if angela stokes agreed to never run for reelection. governor john kasich will pick her replacement. a major blow to a popular mexican restaurant chain. chipotle is now facing criminal investigation fooling norovirus outbreak in california. and lee, the company received a subpoena from a federal grand jury? >> danita, chipotle is required to produce a broad range of documents related to a restaurant where nearly 200 customers contracted norovirus. chipotle released a statement saying it does not discuss pending litigation but the company intends to cooperate fully with the investigation. the number of people getting sick after eating at chipotle has been growing for months. a norovirus outbreak in boston last month sickened more than

least three northeast ohio chipotle restaurants have been linked to an e. coli outbreak. this isn't the only problem chipotle is dealing with. the mexican chain's stock fell to its lowest level in two years and is now down 40% in the last three months. a grocery klain is being sued for allegedly underfilling its cans of tuna. the class action complaint claims trader joe's 5-occupies tuna cans only contain three ounces of tuna. a government lab found nearly every can tested was underfilled. trader joe's which has locations in westlake has not commented. now to a news alert just in. macy's has announced it's closing 40 stores including two in northeast ohio. macy's at chapel hill mall in akron and in elyria.

a lot of clearance stores will begin monday. stocks taking their second big loss this week following claims north korea tested a hydrogen bomb and tumbling oil prices. the dow dropped 252 points, closing below 17,000 for the first time sips mid-october. today marks the dow's worst start to a trading year since back in 2008 while the s & p and nasdaq also were down. still ahead at 6:00 -- that we're on thurnghts chris, watching out for johnny manziel. the mystery even getting national attention right now. and we just got a brand-new clue. >> his team is in transition, looking for a new head coach. we are breaking down the top candidates on the browns' depth chart as the search officially gets underway. >> plus, an olympic-sized send- off. a local boxer packing up his gloves and heading to a new risk. he's hoping to make this year's game.

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you can see the backup. stop-and-go traffic backing up toy-7 1. check our news net 5 app for updates. happening now, summit county is going blue to honor a fallen police officer. hundreds of these blue lights are shining in barberton for justin weinbrenner. justin's father is delivering blue lights and encouraging neighbors to turn them on at night to show support for law enforcement. we are on manziel watch. we want to know, was johnny actually in vegas, and where is he now avenue missed that important browns meeting sunday morning? >> everybody wants to know, so kristin joins us. you just spoke to his friend. >> reporter: i did. 's friend from high school. he tells me that he is house sitting while johnny is somewhere here in town. where? he doesn't know. when i asked him whether johnny was in vegas over the

here is video of johnny's friend and johnny's dog. that dog showed up in johnny's instagram post saturday night. johnny's friend suggested i reach out to his agents for comment. i did that earlier today and also reached out to his marketing firm. still, no return phone cause. and no return phone call or text from johnny when i reached out to hit. and when we approached his front door today, we could hear guys' voices. at the point when we knocked, the voices got silent and no one answered. today lebron james addressed johnny's image at the cavalier pregame shoot around. >> i'm not quite sure, i don't know all the details on it, but i've heard a little bit of it. it's just a distraction, not only for himself, but everyone, the people around him. >> reporter: the browns told

on whether johnny was in vegas. all they would say is that john knee missed a 9:00 a.m. treatment meeting sunday morning in berea for his concussion. now, johnny's car has tbin driveway here all day. just about a half-hour ago that friend and someone else got into another car that was in the garage and drove off. who that other person was, it was too dark to see. live in avorntion kristin volk, newschannel5. >> take a look. this painting of johnny's alter egg go fetched $500 on e basement it features manziel with the fake mustache, the disguise he reportedly wore in las vegas. the artist listens connecticut and is known for his sports and pop culture paintings j. a send-off for a local boxer who can fly like a butterfly and sting like a base. now he is hoping to represent our country in the olympics.

is being held at the cleveland heights boys and girls club to send well wishes to charles conwell. the high school senior has been named a contender for the 2016 olympics. after going undefeated, he will hit the road in a few weeks for the international round. the 1-year-old says' working hard to be on top of his game. >> just going to do what i have to do to win. i want to fight everybody. to be the best you have to fight the best. >> charles heads to argentina january 19th to begin intensive training for the final qualifying tournament in march. if he wins it will make the u sai boxing team. good luck. great story. the lorain county organization hosting a polar plunge for a heart warming cause. >> the wellington eagles are encouraging residents to take a dip in icy waters to help

she's add baseball-sized tumor removed and multiple rounds of chemotherapy. proceeds from the upcoming polar plunge will help pay for the treatment. we have more information on our newsnet5 app, but man it is cold. >> we're going warm up a little bit, then we're going to cool back down. but i've got some interesting stats about snowfall that you are going to want to see here coming up. let's talk about what's going on right now outside we've got high, thin cirrus clouds over downtown. no worries about any type of rain or sleet or snow so we're going to stay dry through the evening. here's your five live radars. dry weather on the power of 5. to rainfall or snowfall within 450 miles of nosh ohio. good news there. 33. that's chilly. 33 in mentor. a little cooler inland, 31 for akron and ravenna and canton.

we've got lower 30s cleveland, a southerly breeze on the light side at 7 miles per hour. a dew point at 18. so we're going to see temperatures falling back with those low dew points within about four or five degrees of the dew point. so we're talk probably low to mid-20s for most of you except right along the lakeshore for tomorrow morning. our high 39, five clicks above the average. 16 the morning start. that was cold. another night in the teens. tonight i think we will avoid teens, for a lot of you anyway. let's talk snowfall. take a look at these stats. so far for this snowfall season we've had 1.4 inches of snow in cleveland. that is 21 inches below normal. compare that through january 6th of last year and the year before. almost -- well, almost 22 inches of snow, and over 30 inches of snow back in the 2013-14 sea sown through january 6th.

this is a huge difference, thanks to el nio. remember during el nio winters, greater cleveland averages less than half of their normal snowfall. we might even set records for least amounts of snow. but we are going to get a little bit. now, not this stuff. it is sliding that way. we've got some moisture coming in from the south and west for friday. snow is going to stay to our north. this is where they're going get the snow. we're going to see the lows travel to our west. when that happens we're on the warm side of it. notice where the snow. we stay snow-free at least until late in the weekend. so rain for friday, rain for saturday, and then some scattered snow for sunday. 33 at 6:00, 31, 30, there's 29 right around midnight for greater cleveland. so a chilly night. lows near 26, a few clouds, dry and cold. tomorrow a little milder. 4 2, above normal by about eight degrees. cloud/sun mix, staying mild,

akron and can top, same story. tonight about 20, cold, tomorrow 4 2. above normal by a few clicks temperature-wise. now your seven-day. watch the temperatures go up. flirting with 50 on saturday, rainy and mid-40s. saturday a few showers, 50. then cooling down. sunday some scattered light snow. monday, tuesday, wednesday, lake effect, and another shot of arctic tarp 20s. >> mike is in now. the browns be againing the interview process for a new head coach. >> going to be a busy week for this search committee. two guys to tell you about today but they've also added some names to the list for later in the week. we'll run it all down, set you up and get you straight, next

the browns interviews for the next head coach officially began today with what could be the top choice, adam gase. the browns wanted to hire him two years ago but he declined the interview to focus on the super bowl with the denver broncos. he is in demand. he interviewed with the eagles and is expected to meet with the team this weekend and is scheduled to interview with the giants and dolphins. now the team is also scheduled to interview lyons defensive coordinator charles lawson. that was set up for today. austin is also in line for

meets with the browns. here's how the week sets up so far. with five more candidates on the list, doug marone and shawn mcdermott next. a former dallas cowboy got added to the list. and both cincinnati coordinators will talk to the browns. a very busy week in line for our browns. cavaliers will become the road warriors over the next nine days with six games now away from home. it all begins tonight for lebron and the wine and gold in our nation's capital. they're looking to avenge the team's only home loss of the season. cavs are a much different team with kyrie and shump back. >> when you get that dna, you

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