to the 10-year-old girl being connected. tracy carloss is live at the elyria police station. tracy, you talked exclusively to an eyewitness? >> reporter: yeah frank, i did. he told me before he knew it, he had came eye to eye with a man that police are looking for right now. >> the car was sitting there and the lights were on. >> reporter: that got the attention of eugene shumate and his wife. they had just come home. before they could >> when he came around the bush i said what are you doing in my yard, i said what are you doing in my yard? he said i was talking to my friend over here. >> reporter: but eugene would soon learn that it is not the case when his neighbor came through next. >> he was trying to get into my window. he had the screen up. i was like we'll call the police. >> reporter: police tell me that four young girls were in this bedroom when the mom caught the man peering in trying to breakthrough the

attempted abduction here in elyria, but there are striking similarities. for instance the location. right now i'm standing on northwest river road. we are in the same area where the attempted abduction happened back in february. in fact we walked to the house where it happened in about four and a half minutes. we walked right past this building that at times is filled with kids. to get to this home on furnace street where a man crawled through the window trying to snatch a 10-year-old her bedroom. that's not all, the witnesses told me the man was driving a bluish-green silver malibu or impala in the case of a 6-year- old abducted from her cleveland home back in may. that man was driving a chevy malibu. i discovered surveillance cameras near the area where this unfolded sunday. i learned police had also canvassed the area looking for surveillance video and that they have evidence from the home that will be sent to the

>> definitely making sure that everything is locked constantly watching our surroundings. and just making sure that they're safe. i make sure my kids are with me in the bedroom right now. >> reporter: the only two cases linked are the attempted abduction of the 10-year-old here in elyria and the abduction of the 6-year-old cleveland girl. all the other similar cases have not yet been news channel 5. we are closely following the developing story out of central ohio. the suspected serial killings of several women, the suspect shawn grate is already under arrest and charged with two murders in ashland. and now police in mansfield are reopening one of their cases. investigators say grate is cooperating with them in the death of rebecca lay see whose body was found in ashland

found in this richland county neighborhood. residence there can't help, but feel less safe. >> i've got two daughters that still live here and my wife. to think that there is something like that going on 100 yards or so away it is not very comforting. that's for sure. >> and even during a news conference yesterday, the marion county sheriff said that they will keep looking for more bodies. >> makes you wonder what goes on in the mind of an killer. we learned fbi agents and other local police department are working together to gather everything that they can about shawn grate the man arrested in ashland county last week. now suspected of killing at least five women. tonight, a local expert is speaking exclusively to news channel 5 offering an inciting into what the fbi might be looking for. >> bob jones, the woman teaches a class on profiling serial

>> reporter: she assigns her students on a criminal profile to shawn grate. and it could help investigators figure out if there are more victims out there. >> how is he getting the victims? >> reporter: in dr. mary meyers classroom, students are learning how to profile serial killers. >> two dead bodies in the house, a woman held for 17 hours. what's happening? >> reporter: today's lect erica mcclendon is from mansfield. one of the victims vanished from there. >> everybody thought he looked normal. they couldn't believe that it would happen in our area. >> reporter: grate is charged with murdering two women and suspected of killing three more including an unidentified woman found in 2007 in marion county. >> he allegedly told investigators that he killed her because his mother was upset that she did not get the magazine to the woman. >> reporter: dr. meyers told her class that the fbi will

put together a profile learning whatever they could about grate's upbringing, his job and from anyone that knows him. >> i'd be looking at where he has been as family members. >> reporter: meyers says that crime scene information will also be entered into a data base. >> they will want detailed pictures of every crime scene that they have. they'll want all the investigative notes. >> and that it is a major part of the profile that they be figuring it out. >> he has traveled, right? he's possibly, which means that there may be victims in other states. >> reporter: the fbi confirms it is assisting with the grate case, but they wouldn't discuss details of a profile. >> there are serial killers among us. they're here. >> reporter: and today the professor in this course told her students to learn everything they possibly could about the investigation of

thursday's class. live at the university of akron tonight bob jones news channel 5. new developments tonight in the investigation involving the man believed to have planted bombs in new york and new jersey. >> rob powers live with late breaking developments. >> new questions in the suspect's weekend bombing attack. rahami was likely working alone. the bombings are being investigated as an act of terror. investigators want to know if ther group. if so, which one. the taliban already has denied any links to these attacks. >> we don't have anybody else, but again this is just a couple of days since this event happened. >> rahami had a notebook on him when he was apprehended. writings making references to terrorists including the 2013 boston marathon bombers. we learned in the last few minutes that officials have spoken to rahami's wife and she is cooperating right now with law enforcement. lee?

forefront of the presidential race. the issue expected to take center stage at the first presidential debate next week in new york. dhomonique ricks is track the campaign trails for us. dhom, they are both trading barbs over terrorism? >> reporter: that's right, lee. they are trying to prove they're the best candidate to fight terrorism in the u.s. a rally in north carolina, trump blamed terror in the u.s. on liberal immigration policies. >> it is just a plain fact that our current immigration system makes no determine the views of the people entering our country. we have no idea who they are, what they think. >> reporter: trump's son is also stirring things up with a tweet, "likening refugees to skittles and candy." calling it disgusting and the company that released skittles says it is an inappropriate analogy. as for hillary clinton, she is locked in on trump, accusing him of motivating isis with his

>> we've heard that from former cia director who made it a very clear point when he said donald trump is being used as a recruiting sergeant for the terrorists. >> tonight, clinton may have the vote of the former president. there are reports that george w. bush's plans to vote for clinton in november. president obama making his final speech to the united nations ne world leaders to reject and embrace open societies. he also recounted the progress made during his pregnancy on issues such as international terrorism and reestablishing relations with cuba. >> this is important work. it has made a real difference in the lives of our people. and it could not have happened had we not worked together. >> the president didn't miss

republican presidential nominee donald trump and his immigration policies during his speech. saying that the nation would only imprison itself. all right, let's check in with mark j. weather. are we still doing good inside? >> yes, doing great inside northern ohio's trapezoid of terrificness i would like to call it. we are dry here on the power of five. no worries about rain, the temperatures are warm. 86 degrees in akron and canton and cooler near lake all right, now we are winding down the season. our magic number is 7. we'll start off 78 degrees at 7:00. we are clear and starry all the way through the later innings with temps falling down to near 68 by 10:00 p.m. if you are not going to the game, how about this? the lower 80s at 6:00. mid-70s at 8:00. by 10:00 p.m. right around 70 degrees. 68 to 70 degrees. it'll be a warm one. and an alarming situation taking place in one community tonight.

protect them. all new tonight, why domestic abuse is higher in the deaf community and what is being done to stop the crisis. >> an unarmed black man shot by a police officer after video surfaces, showing the man with his hands up. tonight an entire nation is calling for action to stop the killings. two local k-mart stores are shutting down. when you can start cashing in at one of their going out of business sales. new iphones hissing like cats? what is causing the problem and

new at 5:00, we are learning about some surprising community and domestic violence. >> according to the rochester institute of technology, deaf individuals are one and a half times more likely to be victims of relationship violence and we wondered why. today kristin volk spoke exclusively to a survivor. kristin, what did you learn about this? >> reporter: one big reason is that the deaf community is very tight knit. for a member it could be difficult to break away no

and needs help to get out of a relationship, well communication with police and help hotlines have been historically tough. it is something that cleveland residents have experienced firsthand. she told us that her moving story happened through an interpreter. >> well it looks like we are having problems with right now. we'll bring it to you as soon as we can. but cleveland police are making strives to help deaf individuals that are also victims of abuse. >> all right, kristin. we'll try to get that back as soon as we can. meanwhile we now know the name of the man who was shot and killed by an akron police officer over the weekend. 61-year-old philip hasan died sunday at akron general hospital after he was shot in the chest. police say hasan tried to grab

neighbor. police reportedly told hasan not to touch the gun, but he didn't listen. the officer who fired the deadly shot is on paid leave pending the investigation. rob? well, it's happened again, another unarmed black man shot by a white police officer. new video shows a tulsa man cooperating with police, but the officer shot anyway. video of the incident shows a 40-year-old unarmed black man walking towards his broken down suv with his hands in the air. moments later he falls to ground. and tonight the tulsa police chief promises to get to the bottom of what happened here. >> it will come out. i'll just make this promise to you. we will achieve justice in this case. >> reporter: federal, state, and local authorities now investigating this shooting. the officer involved in the shooting now on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of a criminal investigation. records show that the officer joined the tulsa police force in 2011 and worked for the

frank? well right now three wildfires are raging in california. and this is what they look like from space. a nasa satellite took this picture. you can see smoke from each of the fires that we are talking about. the fire burning on the west coast near monterey. its current size is over 113,000 acres. that fire is burning in the los padres national forest. the third the owens river fire started on september 17 and ha acres. >> wow, from satellite you can see all of that smoke. pretty tough season out there for firefighters. >> yeah, and again most of it started by human error. illegal forest fires and arson. i mean this is not a natural thing. i mean we get fires out there sure from lightning strikes, but they don't have lightning this time of the year so these are unnatural fires unfortunately. >> that's a shame. >> folks are doing a lot of

cleveland live tower cam. the clouds out there are high thin clouds. they will not hurt you, i promise. there's not going to be any rain there. it'll be a nice sunset as well. so get out and enjoy it. it is warm everywhere you go. here is our current radar screen. dry for hundreds of miles. the nearest rain is way out here 400 miles away. currently middle 80s. akron and canton 87. dover-new philly slightly cooler lake side because of a little front that has dropped in. is dropping in across the south shore. again they are looking real good if you want to go to the ball game tonight. temps mainly in the 70s until the later innings of the ball game and then we cool down to 68. still a comfortable night to root on our first place cleveland indians. lower 80s to the mid-70s. by 10:00 p.m. the upper 60s to near 70 degrees. it is all about the high pressure. currently in control, bringing in the warmth and the dryness. here is that little weak front that's sneaking in.

north. so we will still be in the 80s. middle and upper 80s for the next oh two to three days. i think friday will still be in the middle 80s as well. then finally the cool down will come. the cooler air is here, the cooler air is here. that will drop in and we're looking at highs over the weekend. most likely near 70. some of you not out of the 60s on sunday. wow. big change. 60 tonight mainly clear and mild tomorrow. let's bring it on up and go 85 and i'm thinking akron and canton will do 86 or 87. why not? there you go, mainly sunny. tonight down to 68, mainly clear and mild. seven day, here it is. i'm thinking 85, 88 on thursday. and remember that fall will begin at 4:02 p.m. on thursday. 88 degrees would tie the warmest first day of fall start in 135 years believe it or not. 85 degrees on friday and then

70s. the first full day of fall is warm and the first weekend of fall feeling very fall like. monday, 76. and tuesday 72 degrees. and so i think that if you are tired of the heat and the humidity that you'll finally get your wish beginning this weather weekend. it's back to the desk. >> all right, we want to get back to the kristin volk story after we learned there is new statistics showing that members of the deaf community are more likely to be victims of domestic violence. >> yes, kris >> reporter: well frank, it could be very difficult to break away from the deaf community no matter the circumstance. it is something that cleveland resident dawn marie has experienced firsthand. she told me her moving story today through an interpreter. >> yeah, he would grab me, push me down. he just kept pushing me, hitting me. >> reporter: he was once her sweetheart, charmed by his sports car, connected through their deafness.

relationship dawn marine describes how it all changed. fast. >> he got a hold of me and threw me physically into the coffee table. , but i missed it by just an inch. >> reporter: they lived in parma at the time. don marie calls how she finally mustard up the strength to call police. twice officers came to their house. twice they left without arresting her live-in boyfriend. >> both of the officers that were there, i could understand them, but they were oh, poor you. you can't communicate. we know that there are more victims who are deaf and and hard of hearing that don't have access to the information or to services. that's a big problem. >> reporter: it's a problem that the child advocacy center is trying to change with help from cleveland police on the cleveland hearing and speech center. >> they have the information and the equipment right there

grant, the domestic violence center, its shelter, and all five cleveland police district now have these video remote tablets to take with them on calls. dawn marie says these are the big step in the right direction. >> do not be afraid to ask for that help. i got help. and because i decided to move on. >> parma police say that they used a text message service to communicate with deaf individuals today. and both parma and cleveland police say interpreter for any in-depth interviews. as for dawn marie's boyfriend, she says he was eventually charged and convicted of domestic violence. lee? >> thanks, kristin. new at 5:00, stopping allergies before they start. new research showing perhaps eggs and peanuts should be among babies first foods. and then all new at 6:00, an exclusive jailhouse interview rather with the father who triggered a nationwide amber alert.

most parents have been told to avoid feeding their children eggs and peanuts until they're older. but there is new evidence that allowing kids to try these foods earlier could actually prevent these food allergies. researchers reviewed over 70 years of studies and found kids introduced to peanut-based foods as babies had about a 30% chance of developing a peanut allergy. children introduced to eggs early were only half as likely to develop an egg allergy. for the first time in more than a decade, ohio's obesity rate has dropped down to under 30%. ohio now ranked 26th for highest adult obesity rate in the nation, just three other states reported declining

that includes minnesota, montana, and new york. welcoming up a community outreach after a teenager is shot dead by police. residence heading to the city hall demanding answers. not backing down. one business owner says he has no plans to take down this

top stories now at 5:30, elyria police are looking for a man wh that incident similar to an attempted abduct to a 10-year- old girl that happened back in february. but right now police are not saying if these cases are connected. we'll have a live report coming up at 6:00. shawn grate already under arrest and charged with two murders in ashland. now police in mansfield are reopening one of their cases. investigators say grate is cooperating with them in the death of rebekah leicy whose body was found in ashland.

cunningham who was found in this richland county neighborhood. we have just learned in the past few minutes that officials have spoken with the wife of the suspected new york and new jersey bomber. officials say she is cooperating with law enforcement. right now officials are trying to determine if her husband acted alone. breaking developments in an excessive force case brought against cleveland police. >> a possible settlement between the city and the family of a man who died in police custody. derick waller was reporter in federal court today. derick, what did you learn? >> reporter: well you know i just learned that the family of 40-year-old rodney brown who died in police custody back in 2010, well they are now actually in talks with the city of cleveland over a possible out-of-court settlement coming just a few days before the trial was set to start here behind me in federal court. and now brown died in police custody on new year's eve 2010 after being pulled over east 113th. his family including his mom

the courthouse. cleveland police said he was pulled over for driving without his headlights on. court documents say that they decided to arrest him after he refused to show a driver's license. but there was a struggle and officer michael chapman pulled out a taser. police said that brown ran before getting tased again and tackled. he ended up going into cardiac arrest and dying, but not before telling officers that he could not breathe. listen to the police dispatch audio from that night. >> reporter: officer chapman and several others involved in this case are being sued for excessive force. but in court filings that they have denied the charges of course. i'll keep you posted on what

>> derick, they are calling for an independent investigation right into the recent shooting of the 13-year-old boy all in front of city hall. and check it out right here where they would rally for king who is shot and killed by police after he pulled a bb gun that looked just like a real weapon. protesters walked inside city hall, carrying a list of demands with them. and they want the city to move away from the organizers criticized a city for blaming tyrie for his own murder. >> why is this 13-year-old dead when he had a bb gun? that's one side of the story. we're not hearing king's side of the story because he's dead. >> reporter: in the meantime the city leaders have promised a thorough investigation into this incident. amid the hero win epidemic taking -- the heroin epidemic taking the city by storm.

foster care than ever before. last year alone at least half of the kish had taken into cust -- at least half the kids that had been taken into custody were taken from parents that were heroin. a grandmother arrested after overdosing with her grandchild in the car. they found deborah hyde passed out on lowell through a sliding rear window. hideaways given a dose of narcan and then taken to the hospital. she is facing child endangering charges. all right, the akron archbishop held that high school head football coach that is now suspended. for recruiting violation, the ohio high school athletic association found him in violation after the ohfaa said he contacted an elementary

coach for the playoff and also probation for the remainder of this school year and next year. in addition he can only have contact with the football team for five days next summer. mark j. weather, summertime? >> yes, absolutely still feeling like summer, summer is winding down of course. thursday at 4:02 p.m. is when fall officially begins. 86 in akron and canton. 87 over at dover new philly. notice cleveland hopkins as last hour we were at 74 and now 79. now notice the front is only stirring up some clouds. some high thin clouds primarily and that is not going to rain on us. don't worry about that. your hour-by-hour is dry. and a few clouds by 8:00 p.m. then clearing out overnight lows between 55 and 60 degrees generally if you are headed out to the tribe game. no worries about rain. it looks like it will be warm

go tribe. still ahead wells fargo is heating up being in the hot seat. congress grilling the ceo about bank employees creating millions of fake accounts. what he is saying tonight about the scandal. protecting your privacy, we are talking about online websites and apps tracking your every move. how you can prevent your personal information from going public. but first lee, it's time to get paid. >> these are my winning

in my world of weather we're going to check on the tropics now. here is karl still a tropical

hurricane and then the -- in the next 36 to 48 hours. then the current trajectory will take karl right up here toward bermuda. there's the island of bermuda. this means, good news for the east coast. we should be spared from any major hurricane. now, we still have the remanence of julia right over the outer banks. it is still spinning all of this rain into the virginias extreme northern north carolina. and then eventually up towards the delmarva and into delaware. a lot of moisture along the east coast due to a former and for us it is all about dry warm weather. we'll have more on that coming up including a cooler period coming in for the weekend.

wells fargo's ceo apologizing today after bank employees created millions of fake accounts using customer information. >> john stumpf testified before congress about that scandal saying it was not a part orchestrated scheme. stephanie ramos reports some of the demands that are coming from him to resign. >> reporter: today the wells fargo bank ceo john stumpf taking rounds of rapid firing from congress. >> do you acknowledge that the employees who engaged in this activity were committing fraud? >> they broke our code of ethics, they were dishonest.

of secretly using customer information and illegally opening up more than two million savings and credit card accounts for five years to meet sales goals. they would temporarily take money from real bank accounts, depositing it into those secret accounts. customers who had no idea that the money was gone were then charged overdraft fees. on capitol hill, some senators defended the employees saying that they were victims of a pressure cooker environment. placing the blame on manage senior management, the people who actually lead community banking division who oversaw this fraud. did you fire any of those people? >> no. no. >> reporter: and it was another no when they asked if stumpf should fire the head. she retired, but still expected to receive more than $100 million in salary, stocks, and

responsibility to our customers, to our team members, and to the american public. >> reporter: wells fargo has agreed to pay a $185 million fine and says that they have refunded $2.6 million in fees to customers. stephanie ramos abc news washington. new information tonight about the controversy surrounding the cost of epipens. usa today is reporting that the mother of mylan ceo board association to get states to force districts to buy the epipen. it's used for emergency allergic reactions. epipen, of course currently under scrutiny because their price jumped 400% recently to $600 for a two-pack. tomorrow the ceo is expected to testify about the issue in front of a house investigative panel. we will keep you posted. guess what, k-mart is

struggles with declining sales. now the latest list of closures include stores in canton as well as mentor. k-mart says that liquidation sales will close down by mid- december. in april the retailer closed more than 80 stores in the united states. a minnesota business owner is expressing his anger after a violent mall stabbing rampage in st. cloud. the owner posting this sign at his restaurant that reads muslims get out. opposition, the owner says he has no regrets for showing how he feels. and he doesn't plan to take the sign down. >> it is time for people to start standing up, not worried about the pc crowd and do what is right. i feel what we're doing is right. we are not targeting the muslims in general, just the extremists. and that is all i can say. it is my right and i'm going to stand up. i wish that more people would do it. >> ten people were stabbed

an off-duty police officer later shot and killed the suspect. we could be one step closer to seeing self-driving cars on the road today. the department of transportation released new regulations for the vehicles. here goes the new guidelines, they tell how the vehicle should perform and include a model for state policies. they also include a 15-point safety assessment for vehicles with categories that include crashworthiness, privacy vehicle cyber security, ethical considerations and here is a question for you. could you be throwing away money every time you fill up? >> premium gas is more expensive, it has to be better, right? well that's wrong. premium is higher octane, not higher quality. 16.5 million americans used premium gas when they could have used regular. that means 270 million gas tanks were filled with premium when regular is required for

that is more than $2 billion. down the drain or through your engine. >> that is $2 billion. >> yes, $2 billion. >> get that 87. >> 87. 89. >> yeah. it won't make your car go faster. >> what i like now is that they have regular price like $0.40 than the middle grade. which you know, it is kind of nice. >> just my opinion. not it will be a nice sunset out there folks. take a look at the cleveland tower cam shot. >> it's starting so early. >> i know. we are setting just a little after 7:00 p.m. now. remember two months ago it was 9:00? >> i'm sorry, it's my fault. please help rehabilitate me. send your checks to my manager frank wiley. there we go. we've got high thin clouds all because a little front is dropping in. notice that front is stirring

high thin cirrus clouds. they do not make rain. we're not worried about that. so you're going to stay dry. now notice our temps, we have seen temps fall. ashtabula at 80, cleveland was at 84 last hour they're now at 79. 81 in elyria. the front is here inland south of the front it is still warmer 86 akron to canton. 87 dover new philly. youngstown all in the middle 80s. we will zoom on in as the tribe will play baseball tonight. comfortable weather there. parma at 77. here is that front. 81 in richfield. 88 peninsula. there is 86 for canton. alliance at 79. how about kent? sitting at 85 degrees home of the golden flashes. a wider view waiting for some of this cooler air right here. it is currently being blocked by a nice little warm surge. we've got 90s for st. louis to omaha, but eventually the flow will change and we are going to see that cooler air dropping in from the north.

days to get here. most likely it's going to be on saturday that you're going to feel the cool down. here is the front dropping in now. it'll become stationary and it is actually going to move a little further north again. so the high is doing their job keeping us warm, keeping us dry through friday. all right? and then things will go to fall. 60 degrees tonight. mainly clear and mild. a light northerly breeze. tomorrow i'm thinking about 85 mainly sunny, warm and dry. our way. 58 tonight for akron and canton tomorrow. i'm thinking 86. mainly sunny. your seven day, let's show you, the warmest day of the first day of fall, the first moments of fall at like 4:02 p.m. if it hits 88 it'll be tied for the warmest first day of fall ever. the first full day of fall is on friday at 85. and then the cool down, look. the clouds on saturday, 72.

72 degrees. it'll be cool, mid-70s on monday nice and then good golfing weather on tuesday. the sunshine will be at 72. lee and frank the cool down of fall coming our way. >> golfing, that made lee perk up. >> she's like ooh a nine iron. coming up tonight at 6:00, two men arrested for shooting and killing a 17-year-old girl and leaving her body in an abandoned body. >> investigators say the men charged with her death kill a bank. the latest on this investigation coming up. plus, our cleveland neighborhood, they are fed up with their streets being infested with dozens of wildcats. but first live on 5:00 when we return, how can you keep your online presence as private as possible? we'll give you a look at how your internet surfing is being

if your iphone 7 is making a hissing noise, you're not the only one hearing it. apple has made several complaints saying that they are producing a strange buzzing sound. the unusual sound is made when the processor such as gaming are used or when the device appears to be under stress. apple has not said why this is happening, but they will replace affected phones. no matter what you're doing online whether it shopping, planning a trip, diagnosis yourself, chances are that you're being tracked. >> that's true. terrance lee has simple steps on how to protect your privacy. >> reporter: have you heard of digital tracking? it happens all the time. say you search for new sneakers and then random shoe ads are popping up? it's annoying, right? you can stop that right now. >> we think that the company should be able in simple language to tell you what information is being collected and how it's being used. >> reporter: consumer report

blocker privacy badger is a good one. it blocks ads that come with tracking software. next check your phone settings. see what you have to check in your location and turn off any that don't need to know. consider using lesser known search engines like duck duck go that don't track your every move like google. >> as you use google, it is tracking a tremendous amount of information about you and it does that no matter where you go online if you are using google search, map, youtubes, using gmail. >> reporter: you can see how much they track if you look under my account and then my activity. you can also tweak settings while you're there. one last tip here if you have visited an unfamiliar website that demands your e-mail go to tenminutemail.com. they will give you a working e- mail that self-destructs after you use it. thank james bond here.

>> check those settings, right? >> right. all right, that is our time. thanks so much for joining us. >> rob and danita, what's coming up at 6:00? lee, frank he triggered a nationwide amber alert last week after he had taken his daughter that he lost custody of. today, robert williams faces a judge not just criminal charges related to his arrest. but to fight for custody of the child he is accused of abducting. more on our jailhouse interview with william roberts coming up. temporarily shut down tonight after someone vandalized it with urine. news channel 5 at 6:00 begins

now at 6:00 brand new details about the ohio father accused of taking his daughter from foster care and triggering a nationwide amber alert. >> only on 5:00, william roberts tells our camera that he did it after learning that his daughter was seeing an older man that he met online. but we also know that roberts went as far as to change the license plates on his car before he was caught by police. >> roberts who is a registered sex offender is now fighting for custody of his kids he faces more criminal charges. 5 on your side investigator was in court for two different sessions today. ron, can you break down what happened? >> reporter: well roberts pleaded to a previous drug charge not connected with this current amber alert. but listen to how he describes what is now happening and fighting custody of his two daughters. >> this all goes to a week before september 11.