in two minutes. brought to you by mr. hero. get a meal for only 5.75. newschannel 5 starts now. all new at six. only on five. a scene in stark county as an unusual pet was removed from a township backyard. >> agents received a black bear weighing a half of a ton. the owner says the bear was there for 18 years. >> the man refused to follow the dangerous animal law. bob jones the only reporter there when the big bear was taken away. >> investigators showed up to this backyard in plain township. inside this giant cave, they found a 1000-pound black bear hibernating.

the owner is angry. >> a vet used two tranquilizers on the bear. >> this is not humane. >> reporter: the owner was moved to tears after his pet was taken out of a man cave where the bear was hibernating. >> it is not right. it is like taking the kids from you. they are better off just shooting me and being done with it. >> reporter: jeff bought ben at an exotic pet show and pays for the permit. him. >> reporter: the issue is the bear's cage was out of compliance with the dangerous wild animal law and there are holes in the roof. the owner was told safety changes were needed during five previous inspections. >> once again the deficiencies were not corrected and they got

>> it took nine people to carry the bear away. >> i have never had to do this before. >> he is worried about ben defending himself in a sanctuary because he is declawed. >> i will have to go to lawyer fees to get him back. >> bob jones, newschannel 5. and all new at six, breaking developments about a story we have been covering for three years. our investigators have been telling you about the problems with the controversial birth control device e sure and after complaints the fda is taking action. investigator sarah buduson has the details. >> a few hours ago there was an order that e sure manufacturers to take steps to protect patients. since e sure was approved in

complained about serious complications. including bleeding, miscarriages and perforations of the fallopian tubes. the fda has ordered bayer which manufactures e sure to do studies and forcing bayer to change warning labels so patients know about the side effects. a victory for this woman who testified before an fda panel after e sure caused her serious health problems. >> by the time i had a his -- hysterectomy i had pain and swelling. >> e sure is supposed to a people form of birth control. conception. we reached out to bayer. in a news release they say patient safety is the greatest priority and they will work with the fda to support the effective and promote use of e

our side, i'm investigator sarah buduson, newschannel 5. developing, a 14-year-old southwest ohio student in police custody after shooting at fellow students. it happened in madison county in butler county. the students were hit with bullets and another two with shrapnel. a student was taken into custody after the shootp the sheriff says they do know what the motive was. all of the students were taken to a hospital with non-life- threatening injuries. right now lorain police are looking for a man behind a string of attempted abduction on thursday. this as we are learn that a teenager may have been a 4th victim. tonight we do know that two police departments are working together to catch perhaps the very same man. tracy carloss has been digging into what is being done to catch it. a man looking at a teenage

happened in the same neighborhood where three attempted abduction happened. all within a short time. it could be the same man. >> alarming and concerned. >> the girl's mother that was too shook up to talk to me on camera called police on friday after her daughter detailed the story. >> a man who was thursday morning out in the yard, my daughter you saw him. >> a teenager noticed the man in the driveway. >> he was zipping up or zipping down his pants. not clear and couldn't really see. the man must have noticed her looking and he fled. >> in neighboring elyria police trying to solve a criminal crime that happened a couple of hours before the attempted abduction in lorain. >> desperate and dangerous. >> the man crawled through a window and tried to snatch a 10

>> we need help and leads to try to find the person before they hurt somebody. >> parents in two communities on edge until the man is caught. in lorain county, tracy carloss, newschannel 5. the man that police say they are looking for is in his 20s or 30s, 5'10" to 6 feet and wearing a dark colored mask and jacket and gloves. anyone with information to help identify the man is asked to call police. the body of a man believed to be connected to an abduction this morning has been found. charles barns' body discovered in a car after two men took him by gunpoint. the 46-year-old taken from his mother's home. the men stormed into the home and assaulted her and took items from the home before taking her son. police are looking for the two men. a 20-year-old has been charged with vehicular homicide after hitting and killing a 60-

elija akilla was charged with hitting mike grove walking across lee road. cleveland police say the suspect turned himself in. grove was not in a crosswalk when the accident happened. mild weather, the quiet before the storm if you will. we got inclement weather. in the meantime in the 40s. 49 degrees dover new philly 48. and 46 in youngstown. so far so good on the power of five doppler radar. there's a cold front. we will show it to you. right here it may stir up an isolated sprinkle or flurry for a few of you. the majority will stay dry and even if it does flurry or sprinkle, you won have to worry about it. here is your evening planner. notice the temperatures in the 30s by ten p.m. in most spots. you will need the winter coats

tomorrow a slop storm. that means a variety of weather northern ohio. we will sort out where the rain and freezing rain and snow will fall when we come back. new at six, new information about an investigation we broke for you right here at newschannel 5. the invitation rnc out. local bike shops say it is a waste of time because the city is favoring a company out of state. megan hickey has more. this is a huge contract. >> reporter: it is the largest order of police patrol bike for any rnc event. the 300 bikes would come out to half a million dollars but bike shops say that is skewed towards a seattle company. that company is called

a piece of hardware that landen tracy says is found on volcanic bikes. it is a must have. matt zone told me that selection is out of his committee's hands but he is strongly advocating for local consideration. tracy tells me a year of prep for the rn c is going down the drain. >> there is a lot of great shops that could have helped out but they were overlooked and it seems with what they are hoping to get out this, it is a shame that all of those guys were shut out. city to ask why they are asking for that specific bike. as of tonight, i did not receive a response. live in cleveland, megan hickey. newschannel 5. in case you haven't heard. tomorrow is super tuesday when roughly a quarter of the nation will voice their opinion for the presidential nominations. that means candidates were extra busy.

donald trump is actually widening his lead. >> normally the national numbers don't matter but when you talk about the states going to the polls, it becomes to come into play. the cnnroc polls donald trump with the 49%. marco rubio also up 8 points to second place and governor kaisch up six to five points from january. donald trump is at 49 points. everyone else combined, 47. england super tuesday states. vermont and massachusetts and weighing in on the name we are not electing class president, or class clown. we are picking the president of the united states. the leader of the free world. i want to tell you, folks, there are people that say you ought to get in there and start

tell you, i would rather lose people names. from tomorrow. the first of the winter take all states. donald trump in columbus tomorrow and bernie sanders back in cleveland on saturday. still ahead on newschannel 5. protecting those that run towards danger. area firefighters are hoping to get equipment that could help save their lives. why they are changing role in emergencies have them calling for additional gear. it happens every four years. we will tell you have last- minute deals for last minute getaways only good for today. and why the nation's leading agency for vehicle safety does not want to have a full recall of takata air bags.

newsnet5.com or tweet us at wews. right now firefighters across ohio are having to change how they do their jobs in order to keep themselves safe. even if that means wearing a bulletproof vest. chris firefighters need to

they are dispatched and we found out the lynnhurst fire department is hoping for help to protect its crew. they applied for a grant to pay for military grade for equipment when responding to high crime area or mass casualty events. with lack of the gear firefighters say they wait for police to respond depending on the area they are dispatched to but with the right gear, they won't have to delay moving in. now the fire department ems workers used to wait until the whole team was secured. we will go in with officers, police officers and that will be the force protection and go in and start to treat the victims. and the lynnhurst lynn under arrest fire department will find out if they get the grant. a defect with takata air

it is the largest automotive recall in u.s. history. the national highway safety traffic administration says a complete recall of the product will put a train on the industry. the company uses a chemical react to create a tiny explosion to fill the air bags in a crash and believed that the problem is high exposure to humidity. the administration is giving takata until 2018 to prove that inflaters are safe. this weekend we got a grate sneak peek at warmer weather. but are you looking to get away from the lingering cold temperatures? i will raise my hand with you. some travel companies offering deals in honor of leap day. southwest airlines is promoting a spring sale with flights out of hopkins and akron, canton. allegiant is offering 29 travelers either free tickets are vouchers for future flights on their facebook page.

offering 29% of all bookings if you make it through their app. caba. the three of us. and our spouses. >> everybody can go. >> book them, daniel. >> tomorrow is march 1st and meteorological we will be stringing winter on some more. >> it is hard to break up with winter. >> winter has not been living up to the promise of warmer weather. ground hog wrong because we got cold air and more snow this week. currently downtown, a little peak of sunshine, sun is going down behind the building and clouds moving in and a front right about here.

cleveland in the course of theey. not a big deal. 47 in canton. 45. medina at 48. a dew point in the mid-30s and a light westerly wind. all right. winds are gusty about 20 miles per hour. ashtabula to cleveland. 21 and it will stay breezy through the overnight and through the day tomorrow as we kind of get a messy winter scenario coming our way. 58 degrees today. wow. 34 the low. here we have our extended hour by hour. look at this. this is a slop storm tomorrow. this is 6:00 p.m. tomorrow. i don't like this pink being right here in cleveland and mentor. this could be sleet, freezing rain depending on the temperatures. the further west you go.

getting freezing rain and snow. tomorrow evening and tomorrow night, this is rain here. that is the moderate to heavy rain wooster to millersburg. if the storm system shifts 30 miles south look at the freezing rain. look at the heavier snow. it comes down to northern ohio and everyone gets a little bit of snow, 12:00 a.m. wednesday into wednesday morning's commute talking generally one to three inches. here is the storm now. we can circle it for you. there's the storm. not a panhandle hook, not the same amount of moisture with it. we will track the low, generally from indianapolis through to the north of dover new philly towards crawford county pennsylvania. if you want a lot of snow you need the winter storm low to go along the ohio river. 125 miles further north. if it does shift a little bit further south over the next

then it changes the forecast. we are right on the edge of the rain-snow line bisecting the viewing area so stay up with the next 24 hours and watch the temperatures. here is the rain snow line. 32 sandusky and 50s for dover new philly and everyone cools down. how much snow? one to three inches by wednesday morning rush hour. could be a sloppy wednesday morning commute. maybe school delays and a couple of closings, i don't expect widespread closings. 29 tonight, an early mick of isolated rain and wet snow. clouds and cold. here is the 7 day. rain, 41, hacking over to snow by evening and wednesday it is the morning snow, 25. i told you winter is not done. 20s to 30s and the weekend slightly milder and more

lauren is for andy and the cavs at it tonight. hosting the pacers and coming off two losses so they will try to bounce back. i will have that later. cardell jones tells us how he

break. the cavs hosting the pacers

the cavs are coming off back-to- back losses. yesterday the loss to the wizards and the cavs defense did not look good. the team was without lebron james yesterday. he was resting. that had an effect on the 113- 99 score. the team not happy with the way they played in the absence of their leader. meanwhile espn stevemit says he has heard kyrie was not happy with the defense. >> we have to have more of a resilient attitude. when you come out and otto has back to back 3s is deflating. we have to have a more positive outlook. quarterback cardell jones injuring his hamstring during the combine this past weekend.

he still has his try on march 11th. his throwing ability has the team interested. cardell has been training for the nfl in san diego. the browns among the team in need of a quarterback. cardell is a cleveland native, he grew up more of a fan of the nfl and specific player than any one team. that being said he would be thrilled to become a brown. >> i think it would be special. i would feel the same way playing at osu. i would love the chance to play in front of any city or for any team that i can call home. tickets for the indians went on sale.

i can't believe indian city is here. a lot of people can't wait. >> they play their first game tomorrow. we are getting there. although winter is hanging around. in the 20s on wednesday and in the 20s on thursday. you won't see it. join us tonight at 11. we will see you again. have a good night. newschannel 5 at 6 brought to you by the ohio lottery cash explosion game saturdays at

several breaking stories tonight. hours away now until super tuesday. the showdown and, tonight, donald trump and the staggering new poll. and the trump rally turning ugly today. the photographer thrown to the ground. plus, the new numbers tonight on hillary clinton. is there a path for bernie sanders? also breaking, the school shooting inside a cafeteria. the 14-year-old opening fire, then running from the scene. breaking down on the stand. erin andrews late today, testifying in the case of her stalker, and a famous hotel. making a statement. chris rock at the oscars.