right now, a 5 on your side investigation is finding large number of cleveland residents with huge water bills. >> and water that residents say they are not even using. so we began digging. our investigators have received numerous complaints about your water bills. now, we start off a brand new series. >> jonathan walsh is live from cleveland's west side. our coverage has sparked people to come forward? >> reporter: as a matter of fact, the guy who own this is property says that he is being charged for water that is supposedly flowing right into his business. but he says that was capped years ago. now, he is gist throwing his hands up in disgust. >> like a highway robbery. how are they going to charge me with something that i never consumed and never used >> reporter: since bought this building in 2008, water has not been connected but a water bill came two weeks ago saying he

he showed me his sprinkler system. >> this has been completely bone dry for 30 years. >> his toilet is dry, too. in fact, the only water he has comes from these barrels he has brought in. the recent notice from the city says it's tried several times to reach vazquez about the bill. >> never have i been contacted about this water amount. >> he went to the water department. >> nobody cares, nobody listens >> reporter: crews responded quickly shortly after i called. >> they did find a connection and a water line and there is a quarter lee. vazquez was not at the building and will have to reschedule them to come back out for further inspection but, in the meantime, he has had big dreams in for this. in one water shop, cakes, photography and more. now? it's so much we're going to give it up. >> reporter: now, i contacted the division of water for

committee chair for utilities for cleveland city council. the water reps told me they'll need more time to research this because it is a bit more complex than first thought. of course, you know that i will stay on top of it and keep you updated. >> good work, jw. developing now, police have identified and are looking for one of the nuggets a double murder in downtown cleveland. they say 29-year-old james johnson shot and killed rashard bandy and brand done james in their west 9th street apartment last month. police say that johnson knew the victims and an incident report shows an officer found what appeared to be marijuana in the apartment. a warrant has been issued for johnson's arrest. disappeared from her home is now back home safe and sound. but it's what happened before investigation. police say lon ya louter did not show any signs of lengthy

night. family members believe that she was abducted but police couldn't -- don't believe that was the case. they say that a utility company crew with was in the area working on a line and did not see anything. and patrick finney was tied up and shot inside his collectible shots a year ago. now the family is offering rewards. bob, a man was charged in the murder but not mid-more? >> reporter: well, we obtained this document and went to the prosecutor's office. the prosecutor's office has been asked to drop the charges. the victim's family is frustrated and now putting up big bucks to solve the case.

i know i can't get him back. >> feelings of agony for sharon mumma and her husband paul. >> we miss him. >> the family will pay up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of patrick's killer or killers. >> i just want top find out who thing >> reporter: patrick a popular and friendly owner, was killed inside his collectible shop. a friend found him the next day. >> reporter: police tell me that patrick's hands were tied with duct tape during a robbery and he was shot in the head. >> please, help us with this. >> police got a tip and charged this man for murder. but the case was not ready for a grand jury and more time was needed to investigate. hayes went to prison on unrelated drug charges but the murder charges were dropped. and he is now free.

investigation on him. that's an open case. it's an open murder investigation. he is the top suspect. >> reporter: police believe that more than one person was involved in patrick's murder. the hope that is a renewed focus on the case and the family's large reward will bring justice. >> it's just like my heart has been totally affected. >> on top of the family's $10,000 reward, some in the county crime stoppers are offering a reward up to $2000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction. cops. a north royaltytop man accused of shooting and killing a woman in his home was arraigned in court this morning. jeffrey greiner was charged in the murder and the death of crystal shaver.

at his home and tuesday night. a medina woman as indicted for hitting and killing a bicyclist in november. she said that she did not know she had hit john deviza. she turned herself in shortly after pictures of her car were circulated. the man died shortly from his injuries. she was indicted with vehicular homicide and failure to stop. mark, we have warmups coming up? >> well, it's not here yet. you'll still going to have to wear those warm february clothes going out and about this evening. clouds are beginning to move n you can see that all a part of the warm front still well off to our south and west. but it will arrive overnight tonight. it will bring in a brief 15 to 20 minute snow or rain scattered band to your

and then by tomorrow morning, windy, warmer, warmup on the way. we have 50s to talk about. and i tell you, if it's going to last for an extended period of time. all of that when we come back. don't go away. it starts in about seven minutes. >> we'll see you then, mark. the countdown is certainly on to the south carolina republican primary. new polls gives republican john kasich to feel good about. >> john kasich will not wen the south carolina prime rhythm he on saturday. he will be up in vermont and will not finish second like he did in new hampshire last week. but a third or fourth place finish over jeb bush, that will be a victory still. new poll out this afternoon from american research group shows trump with a solid south carolina lead followed by marco rubio, riding the high of yesterday's endorsement by hailey.

and jeb bush. south carolina is a state that bush desperately needs to do well and to go on. the second poll, this one out of the cbs national poll shows trump way out in front at 35 prs followed by cruz and 19% but with kasich and rubio tied for a virtual third. a quinnipiac poll also came out this morning. it was the second poll in two days that showcasism beating hillary clip ton by the widest margin of the gop hopefuls, beating by eight points. the state is getting a whole lot of push back over proposals to increase rates over two ohio companies. the power utilities commission has received nearly 55,000 letters against first energy and aep's requests. the companies are asking for the increase to help pay for maintaining some aging plants. opponents are calling the plea a bailout.

takes you over a northeast ohio bridge. but is the one you travel safe? according to the american road for transportation builders association, more than 58,000 in the u.s. are now considered structurally deficient. so we did some digging and four of them are in northeast ohio. including this one. air tracker 5 just flew over at i-71 over i-490. so we checked with o dot. this bridge was last inspected in december of 2015 and rated a 6. the highest rating is a 9. the latest is i-77 and bandon drive. there is a plan underway to make repairs this spring. two other bridges in summit county. both along i-76. first over brown street got a 5 rating. a project is underway to address these bridge concerns.

westbound ramp near state route 8 and it received 7 rating. on 5:00. we'll tell you how ohio risked their lives to save yours. >> ohio is one of 16 states that does not recognize the cancer. we pored over study after study showing fighting fires is tied to an increase risk for severalcancers, including an aggressive form of brain cancer. beechwood firefighter mike palumbo is currently battling it. but ohio lawmakers won't pass a bill to give him timeoff and better cover his medical costs. >> i would retire tomorrow and spend more time with my family. they are the most important thing to me at this time of my life. and they've always been important to me but i want more time with them because,

that's a time thing. >> tonight, we'll tell you why ohio lawmakers won't pass this law and how your tax dollars are funding the fight against it. i hope you'll watch our full investigation tonight at 11:00 p.m. after "how to get away with murder". i'm investigator sarah buduson. scammers are constantly finding new ways to get their hands on your money. a lake county man says she was duped through a popular social media app. we will tale you how, coming up. a score that you have to see to believe. with a margin this wide, is it fair? we talked to the game's winning coach about why it happened. and remember, if you see news

since the inception of the internet, it's been a buyers beware market. thieves on the other side wanting to take your money. now, there is a new scheme and a new group of victims. lee jordan with more on this.

shopping, most of us are looking for the best deals we can get but one teen learned the hard way that a deal is too good to be true. octovia hardaway became familiar with a man on instagram. she recently wired him some money to pay for some of those items and then the communication stopped. >> if its sounds too good to be true, it's not true at all. there is a lot of predators, a lot of scam artists out there looking to make a quick dollar off of people. unfortunately, a lot of people fall for it. >> police say they have seen an increase in crimes like these and add that there is not much law enforcement can do. back to you, guys. >> lee, thanks a lot. that's scary. >> very scary. ready for some washth?

>> you're going to be popular again. >> again. >> just for a few days. >> the warmup cometh. that's from shakespeare, i think. might have been in taming of the shrew. you are familiar with that one. >> hey, hey, hey. >> we got 40s, we've got 50s and we've got 60s and the movement is to the north and east. it's going to take a while to get here. so the evening is chilly. 28 in elyria, medina. 28 in can tonight wooster at 24. the coldest that we could find here in northern ohio. most of us ended up in the lower teens. 31 degrees right now at hopkins. winds out of the east at 9 miles per hour. those winds will pick up. overnight, you will hear the shutters rattling and tomorrow will be breezy all day, and even breezy into your saturday.

degree air up into ohio, you have to have some pretty strong winds to transport it. so we have the blustery conditions coming. 32 is our high today. 38 is where we should be. our morning low, 9 degrees here at greater cleveland. again, we managed 5 to about 10 degrees for the overnight lows. a few areas near lake erie, 5 to 14 for the low. notice the timelines this evening. tells drop. by 8:00 or 9:00, we are reaching the lows of 27 to 28 degrees. and then we begin to warm up all in response to that warm air. now watch. watch what the warm front does. brings in a very thin band of wintry snow, burst and changing to snow-rain mix. watch.

by 7:00 a.m., it's gone. 52 wooster, elyria, mansfield. gets warmer on saturday with sunshine, still breezy. i think 55 to 60 looks pretty good because of the warm front coming in, pushing the cold air out of the way at least for a while. should be above average. temperature wise, through the weekend but then cold air does fielder back in during the next week period. a quick mix between, let's say, 2:00 and 4:00 a.m., generally. a quick mix of snow changing over to some rain. that's the warm front. it will be blustery. tomorrow, breezy and milder. 50, clouds-sun mix. stormy, could be a brief mix right around 4:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. 27 degrees, clowdy skies. 50, breezy here is the seven- day forecast.

the birds will be singing. snow will be melting. and dogs will be dirty. you'll be washing all weekend long. >> 30s monday and tuesday watch the storm system trying to get going somewhere in between ohio and the east coast. still undetermined as to how much snow we'll get. 31. 28 on thursday. so let's enjoy a few-day window of spring, just a preview of what spring will bring. the old saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words. we don't have it -- well, we did have it. gilmore academy beat northeast ohio prep school, 108-1 in the district 3 sectional tourney. gilmore's coach tells us that his team tried to make it fair. >> we let them shoot. it was unfortunate they went 0- for-28 from the field and that does not happen.

this is my 36th year as a head coach of girls and i have never seen an 0 - for game. >> northeast prep coach said he congratulates gilmore for the win and they faced an incredibly talented team. opening day is fortunately not too far off. mike aviles' daughter is now cancer free. >> yes, adriana was battling cancer. he now plays for the detroit tirings if you are following. wonderful news >>there that's a great story but that gilmore story is also interesting. if you take a look, they have a mercy room in football but why not in basketball? you put that on the coaches and the kids. kids don't want to embarrass kids. ohio high school school association says, you are up by 20 points, 40 points at the half, let's get the clock running and call it a day. they do it in football, why not in basketball? that's beyond me >> that's a topic that you need to discuss.

>> we won't talk about that next. we just did here. what did the cavs have to say about anderson varejao being traded?

the nba trade deadline came and went. sometimes, you have to give a

and the cavs gave away one of the most energizing player. they gave away anderson varejao. two separate trades. channing frye is coming to town from orlando. they will get a $9.6 million trade exception. anderson varejao off to portland with a protected 2018 first round pick. jared cunningham also went to the magic. both andy and jared are expected to be waived. they will be free agents if that happens. these moves will leave the cavaliers with two open roster spots. as for channing frye, the 32- year-old is averaging a little bit more than 17 minutes, 5.2 points per game. >> in anderson's va >> anderson's varejao's nba career, all of five years here. he has been everything that we

i think his agent will agree with us. cavs play the bulls in betterra, browns made a few moves. they parted ways with jim dray and randy starks. they also introduced hugh jackson's coordinator. ray horton is back, second tour of duty as a defensive coordinator. his objective is to build the browns as a monster defense as that's about change, constant change in the nfl. there is going to be change no matter what happens in this business and we have to find a way to become a suffocating championship defense. do. do we have work? yeah, we do. yes, we do. good to see the coordinators, and the trades are the big talk of the day. and fans will move andy.

a very nice guy. cavs are the highest played roster. >> does it makes us better? >> i think so. channing frye can get into open space. he can hit three-pointers and his offensive game was limited. you lose defense here. let's see what happens to those two offensive roster spots. joe johnson is the guy they want from brooklyn. >> they have two spots, right? >> let's not forget they are in first place in the east. >> right. >> let's quit worrying about the warriors. >> you, stop worrying about the warriors. >> see you at 11:00.

breaking news tonight. chopper down. the helicopter crashing into the water near pearl harbor. civilians on board. a popular trip for tourists. witnesses say it dropped from the sky. several on board. the heroes jumping into the water. also tonight, donald trump takes aim at pope francis, after the pope suggests trump is not christian. the moment on the pope's plane. and tonight, trump's fiery response. the terror attack in california, and this evening, major developments. the fbi moving in. in san bernardino, what did they