and breaking news in the death of a 3-year-old girl in canton. police have just charged the child's father and his girlfriend for little haley miku's death. it is a tragic turn of events that has left the community numb. >> homa bash has been following the story throughout the evening. she has late breaking developments. >> reporter: there are so many many details about what happened that police officers are still trying to wrap their heads around what they found. >> you never expect something like this. >> reporter: a tiny red piece of crime scene tape seals the home where paramedics found a nightmare inside. 3-year-old hailey miku dead. >> whether it be from hands or an object, it'll be for the

definitely, i guess you could call it literally was beat up. >> reporter: in a horrifying 911 from her father mathew, he describes the 3-year-old as stiff and not breathing. saying she had fallen down the steps a week ago and died today. hours later police charged the 22-year-old with murder and child endangering. his live in girlfriend jessica bender also charged. >> there were things that led us to believe this had been happening over time. there was a lot of fresh injuries too. >> reporter: this photo is from a go fund me account started by her grandparents. now paying for a funeral. >> i think it's a shame. >> reporter: police tell us the family had just moved into the home this month. neighbors say they hardly saw them. a 5-year-old boy now in the custody of child protective services. >> why take something out on a child? the bottom line is a child is innocent. >> reporter: this is the third

police usually average about eight in a year. in canton, homa bash. police tell us the 5-year- old taken from the home did not have any apparent injuries. another child killed in columbus today. police say three people were shot at a convenience store there late this afternoon. a 7-year-old was killed. his 5-year-old brother and a 19- year-old were also hurt. in custody tonight. that's the same store that was the scene of a shooting back in january. meantime a 17-year-old from stow will be charged as an adult in last month's shooting that left a kent state student dead. bond was set at $2 million today. he and a 17-year-old from massillon are both charged with aggravated murder after nicholas masa was shot and killed during a robbery attempt at an off camera apartment. prosecutors want the other teen to be charged as an adult as

can -- my daughter got robbed. she's a delivery person. >> only on 5, the 911 call the mother of a pizza delivery driver robbed outside this house. it has happened once again. this is the latest in a string of pizza robberies in akron. tonight that shaken driver speaks only to news channel 5. as the 22-year-old mother of two was delivering a pizza on 12th street shortly after 7:00 last night she quickly realized the address was an abandoned house. it then went from bad to worse. brooklyn, who doesn't want to use her last name, says she was jumped by three men. >> and he grabbed my shirt with my skin and just turned me all around. i felt like r i have no words to how i felt. >> reporter: brooklyn found words and fearing for her life screamed as loud as she could.

and it seemed like no one heard me. no one came out. but they -- it got them away from me. >> reporter: her screams scared them off. she claims the three men ran for it empty handed. this is the second marco's pizza delivery driver to be robbed in akron in the past week. >> what's going on there? >> i've just been shot. i was delivering a pizza. >> reporter: last month a papa john's driver robbed and shot shortly after making a delivery on akron's south side. >> at the end of the day i cannot fight off three guys. but i did. >> akron police have not made an arrest in this case or last month's papa john's robbery. the fbi trying to crack the unsolved murder of a pizza shop worker shot during a robbery back in december. we have new surveillance video of a car that could be connected to more than 50 vandalized cars in tremont. take a closer look. in one of the videos you can

car hits his brakes several times, likely where damaged cars were parked. police are asking anyone with information to give them a call. an important consumer alert for you tonight. >> yeah, you'll want to double check your store receipts before tossing them in the trash. a former walmart worker facing theft charges for charging shoppers for gift cards, then keeping them for himself. police say 20-year-old artis driscoll targeted older customers. >> elderly, generally speaking, are nonconfrontational. they're out, share shopping, they're least likely to kind of look at their receipts. >> police say there could be more victims and they want you to check your receipts and credit card statements. driscoll could face six months in jail and a thousand dollar fine for each theft charge. we want you to check this out right here. a live look at our city's -- well, part of the skyline as we pull out a little bit there.

there it is. >> not bad. >> the question now, will it stay this way for the rest of the night? >> it's going to stay dry for the rest of the night and it's going to be chilly. look at ashtabula. already down to 21 degrees. i think we'll settle in right around 20 degrees here for elyria as well. you can really tell where skies have cleared out. close to the lake shore. you see these cold temps. lower 20s. middle 20s. inland, still some clouds. 28 canton. let's show you the approaching storm system. it will bring with it some scattered snow showers and those snow showers will likely not arrive until some time during the day on saturday. all in all we'll come back, we'll bring you that snowfall expectation in just a couple of minutes. meantime, new video of a head on crash that happened on the inner belt. odot cameras caught the moment a wrong way driver slams into a u-haul truck. this was the scene of the crash

the family who survived is counting their blessings, even after as it put their faith to the test. 3:00 friday morning, covered by nothing more than clouds, snow and mercy. held by a seat belt and a blessing. fate inevitable. that head on crash fueled by slick roads and alcohol left a u-haul hugging railing. our cameras rolled. he tiffed. >> we was on route 71. just before this happened i said lord, god, please don't let a wrong way driver hit me. >> reporter: it played out on odot cameras like a fuzzy premonition. >> as soon as i said that we seen headlights coming. >> reporter: then, like the truck's steering column his prayers shifted. >> i said lord please don't let us go over that wall. >> reporter: instead anthony and his brother landed in the hospital. doctors slid him into a neck brace. his voice is shaky but not his faith. >> lord was looking out for us.

car, a man and his female passenger caught anthony and his brother as they were finishing a moving job at church. the couple was so drunk they couldn't tell entrance from exit. >> the lady was in there saying i just want to go home. i just want to leave. >> reporter: truck drivers blocked them in while anthony and his brother waited on police. the pain, a constant reminder that he was not called home. and by the way that wrong way driver was charged with ovi. we have breaking news out of los angeles. >> multiple media reports reporting a knife found at o.j. simpson's former home is not consistent with the 1994 murders of nicole brown simpson and ronald goldman. tonight's revelations end a whirlwind day. america awoke to news that a knife had been found when simpson's former home was being demolished. a worker turned the knife over to a police officer who kept it for almost two decades. when higher ups at the lapd found out the knife existed they seized it.

in on the surprising discovery. >> i thought it might be useful to take a small break from the spectacle of the political season and, and now i gather o.j., to focus on something that really matters to the american people. >> simpson was acquitted in the 1994 killings of his ex-wife and her friend. he cannot be tried again because of double jeopardy. the supreme court has temporarily blocked a louisiana law imposing regulations on doctors who perform abortioning. that move would allow two recently closed clinics in louisiana to reopen. the order said the court's action was in line with its decision in june to temporarily block part of a texas abortion law that was challenged by abortion providers in another high profile case. assault charges against three pennsylvania high school football players are unveiling a culture of hazing among the team going back several years. investigators say last fall two

teammate while another senior violated him with a broom stick in the locker room. the district attorney says the team had what they called no gay thursdays where underclass men were ordered to do things like undress other teammates or clean the locker room naked. >> kids knew the locker room was theirs. the locker room was theirs to do what they wanted, when they wanted and how they wanted. >> investigators say it was so bad that some players avoided the locker room or quit the team altogether. coaches and administrators didn't know what was happening. the head football coach has been suspended pending an internal investigation. cleveland on the defensive tonight after what some feel is a scathing article by the new york times. i'm 5 on your side investigator joe pagonakis. the article states we're one of the worst off economically. i crunched some numbers that tell a different story.

we're seeing it on the power of 5. i'll tell you how much you may have to shovel this weekend coming up. and then there were officially four. another republican bows out of the presidential race. but ben carson says he's not done fighting for the nation. they just want to help out those who don't have a place to go. city officials say they're breaking the law. the battle brewing over helping the homeless. and we want to hear from you if you see news happening.

the city of cleveland now firing back at the new york times. >> leaders are not happy about an article that says cleveland is worst off in the united states when it comes to economic recovery. 5 on your side investigator joe pagonakis went in search of the z i heard cleveland leaders are sending a letter to the new york times editor in chief. >> reporter: cleveland's economic leaders have the real numbers that show our city is on the rebound. >> cleveland scores high marks as one of the most tax friendly large cities. >> reporter: tracy nichols shows us more than a dozen independent studies showing cleveland is on an upward trend. she says you wouldn't know it if you read this new york times article that states cleveland is ranked among the worst off when it comes to economic recovery.

onion to take a look at some of these statistics they're using and what we found was a lot of the information is very misleading and it's really not accurate. >> reporter: the article is based on census data interpretedy the economic innovation group. the data is three years old. >> i would say they need to dig a little bit deeper. >> reporter: community development director points to new employment data that shows growth since 2010. healthcare jobs up by 16%. education service jobs up 24%. and company management positions up by 28%. >> we're showing since 2011 a graduation rates. good things and it's really upsetting with people don't give you a call to say hey, we have some facts, do you have anything to say about it. >> reporter: and we sent e- mails and phone calls to new york times trying to get a response to try to get them to defend their article. so far they haven't gotten back us.

sending that letter to the new york times editor in chief some time early this coming week. 5 on your side investigator, joe pagonakis. it is official. ben carson no longer running for president. after hinting at it earlier this week and not taking part in last night's gop debate, dr. carson made that announcement at the conservative political action conference in maryland today. the crowd gave him a standing ovation. >> there's a lot of people who love me, they just won't vote for me. it's okay. it's not a problem. you know, i will still continue to be heavily involved -- [ applause ] -- in trying to save our nation. >> pretty good sense of humor too. carson is not endorsing any candidate. he will now serve as national chairman of my faith votes, which is focused on getting out the christian vote come november. bernie sanders will be in

he'll rally at the olivet institutional baptist church. he hopes to gain momentum by the ohio primary. governor kasich will be back home next week. the republican presidential candidate will hold a rally at ohio cat and broad view heights tuesday afternoon. doors open at 4:30. that is the same day as michigan's primary. kasich will hold an election night party in columbus. we may still have more than a week to vote. voters in five states go to the polls tomorrow. it's democrats in kansas, louisiana and nebraska and republicans in kansas, kentucky, louisiana and maine on super saturday. we'll have results on news channel 5 as well as newsnet5.com. whether we do go to the polls on march 15th, republicans may find their ballot confusing. >> just a bit. they have two chances to vote for president. one box is for picking an at- large candidate and one for a congressional district delegate. why? ohio's republican vote used to

now it's a winner take all fashion. both boxes will be counted. if that's not bad enough, there are still 11 republican candidates on the ballot even though four are still actually running. some surprising finds in a new cnn-orc poll. four out of five americans think the country is ready for a female president. democrats were more likely to agree with that than republicans. when it comes to the sexes, men, men were more likely to feel we're ready for a woman in the white house. >> i think we all know, you want something done, done right, have a woman do it. >> absolutely. >> my wife is watching. got to say it. >> lauren has given us the thumbs up out of the shot there. >> four out of five dentists prefer trident too. let's talk about snow coming our way. >> no thank you. >> it's march. hold on. we do get a nice warm up coming in. that is still on track.

we are mainly clear to partly cloudy over downtown cleveland right now. that's allowed our temps to drop. 28 in downtown. we'll widen out our view and show you a dry power of 5 live doppler network radar. at least in our viewing area right here and east. snow beginning to show up off the detroit radar. that'll be in for your morning and afternoon tomorrow. 18, medina. look at that. 18 with clear skies. it's 19 now in mentor. it's cold. 21 in ashtabula, as well as elyria. still 32 degrees in millersburg. it all depends on whether you've seen clearing over your neighborhood as to how cold you are. the clearer your skies the colder your temps. 25 downtown. a light southerly breeze. 85% humidity. a dew point at 21. least amount of snow for any winter. we're now number four. we're tied. we have 24.7 inches after two inches of snow yesterday and earlier this morning.

and we may get a half an inch of snowstorm. that'll bump us down to five or six. but all in all, i think we still got a shot at a top ten least snowiest winter here. this guy is not very strong. he's going to lose steam as he moves our way. this looks like an impressive band of snow. by the time it reaches us it's going to be light snow. your hour by hour tomorrow morning, a few flurries. notice scattered snow arriving by lunchtime. could mix with or change over to rain as we head through the afternoon as temps warm up. even if it stays all snow where you are, i'm not expecting much more than one inch. a trace to an inch is what we're going with. once that goes by, we begin to see a warmer return flow of air. beginning monday. so that should take us up to near 60 degrees. excellent weather next week. 24 overnight. clouds thicken up. maybe a predawn snow shower.

could see rain mixing in during the afternoon. we'll go with a trace to an inch. 36 degrees. akron canton, tonight dry. lows in the 20s. tomorrow it's a rain-snow mix. 39. again, should be light and it should end by midnight everywhere. sunday, 45. dry. sunny. monday, 60. tuesday is your day. wow. 67 degrees. we're in the 50s with rain showers cool us off a bit wednesday, thursday and into friday. >> we'll take those 60s. thanks. their city has a homeless problem so they want to help. >> yeah, the city of seattle says a couple who opened up their backyard to those in need are breaking some zoning laws. it's being called camp united we stand. kim and brad lancaster's yard filled with tents where more than a dozen homeless have been living since november. they set it up after the church that had been hosting the camp was sold and everyone was forced to move out.

share a bathroom and kitchen in the lancaster's home. >> every morning i have my music i listen to. me. and that's my motivation. >> the couple was able to work a deal with the city to let the camp stay until spring, but after that by law they'll have to move to a new location. up next in sports, we introduce you to the so-called break.

more changes in berea. browns president alec scheiner stepping down.

armonty bryant has been suspended for four games. downtown at the q. cavs hosting the wizards. lebron james making his presence known. with the steal. and then the jam. james setting the tone early. very next play, little bit of deja vu. cavs up 16-7. james finished with 19 points and 13 rebounds. kyrie from three point land. cavs lead 66-58. go on to win 108-83. around the country the name george whitfield jr. is associated with the quarterback position. it's not what whitfield has done under center but who he has helped. >> i want you to stream it. >> love. >> that's it.

massillon native and quarterback coach george whitfield has a special relationship with the quarterback position. >> more of ab identity than just signing up to go play football. i just think the position in and of itself, it is so dynamic and so rich in so many ways. >> cross plant. >> despite coming from a family filled with defensive players, whitfield was under center at youngs town state. following his years in uniform he became more well known for teaching than playing. >> fourth grader and his mom approached me. it grew. >> work through it, one, two. >> currently he's training quarterbacks for the nfl. including cardale jones and connor cook. his resume includes training nflers cam newton and andrew luck. it's his unique techniques that have led some to call him the quarterback whipper.

because those are surfaces that are unstable. forcing those guys to get themselves organized. we blinded them with the eye masks. >> what's it like working with george? how has his training been different? >> it's been amazing. learning his insight from the nfl and then doing things that the nfl coaches and scouts want to see a quarterback do. >> he knows the position like the back of his hand. he knows you to break down defenses. >> all along whitfield knew he felt passion for the quarterback position but it's only when he combined that love with coaching that he truly met his match. >> there is no feeling i've come across when someone is trying to do something and you have information that can help them achieve that and then you watch them go on and succeed. >> i love it. i love it. >> that is the game. thanks for playing.

your seven day. who wants it warm? who? raise your hands. >> pick me. >> monday and tuesday looking good. golf weather. biking weather. hiking weather. 60s. we'll add some rain wednesday, thursday and friday. that'll cool us down a bit. 50s though. a hint of spring. >> spring is not too far off. sounds good. thanks, mark. thanks for watching. have a great weekend. good night. closed captioning of news channel 5 at 11:00 is sponsored by ... energize your mornings with good morning cleveland, power of 5 weather and traffic

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