reports of shots fired outside of the facility. right now, there are no reports of any injuries. but investigators at m.c. i. shirley are investigating. we have a crew heading to the scene and we'll bring as we get it. >> anchor: also police in salem are holding out hope for a christmas miracle after a couple made off with toys. >> anchor: police are spending the holiday searching for the pair. john cuoco joins us live with how they were able to pull this all off. >> reporter: the plan was apparently simple. the people walked in and said they were' here to pick up the toys. >> if you can't afford presents, say i can't afford present and get them a lottery tint or something. >> reporter: a christmas crime in salem stealing toys meant for children. according to the report from salem police last week a man and woman walked into the sex offender registry board's office on congress street. claiming to be there to pick

they were' never asked for i.d.'s or to sign this. they were' buzzed in and sheep where all the toys were. the two gathered up all the would be gifts about $1,000 worth all collected during a toy drive and walked out front door with no one the wiser. >> pretty sad. can you go to the $store and buy christmas presents. >> reporter: the case was then reported to salem police on monday. they're investigating. here is the thing. according to the buildings' security company there is no video near the sorb office but employees rallied and redonated what was stolen and ended up giving more than before so if the chairman sent a statement saying in part: >> reporter: salem police are investigating. the possibility this may be some sort of mixup.

live in salem tonight, john cuoco 7 news. >> anchor: a shopping scare for a little girl in shrewsbury, her mother says they were' at this christmas tree shop when a stranger walked up to them and exposed himself to the little girl. susan tran spoke with the girl's mother. >> reporter: holiday shopping at the christmas tree shop turn nos a horrifying experience for a young girl and her mom. >> she had lifted up his pants. >> reporter: tracy was shopping with her 12-year-old daughter when a man in his mid 40s followed her daughter around the store and exposed him self not once but three times. >> reporter: the store was crowded with holiday shop eves, she was' within feet of her daughter but didn't see what was happening. it wasn't until after they something. >> i felt completely sick to

i was, think in shock. i couldn't believe this happened. >> reporter: police are reviewing video and she is confident they will be able to find the guy but she wants to make sure other parents know 'tis the season to be on high alert. >> hopefully more parents especially this time of year would be more aware of what was going on and just more cautious of being careful with their kids. >> reporter: mom is proud of her daughter for coming forward providing police with present of information. if you have any information, you are urged to call police. susan tran, 7 news. >> anchor: a wild ride ends with a car crashing into a dracut home wiping out the front porch and cracking the foundation. homeowners heard a crash and saw their destroyed porch. a building inspector came to the scene and the family will be able to stay home for the holidays. they say that is not the first time a car almost wiped out their house. >> so many accidents on this street. they need to add a four-way

we've had a car come within inches of the house. >> anchor: the family is happy with being able to celebrate christmas at home but they say not having a porch will complicate things, they have a handicapped guest visiting tomorrow. >> adam: high tension into rhode island. a robbery suspect on a roof for hours. families watched worried for their safety but when the police couldn't consequence him to come down the weather did. kim khazei has the story. >> i saw him on the back of the house and i saw the police up there. i was praying for them to make sure they were okay. >> reporter: neighbors crowded watching thomas morrison sit on his roof in providence, rhode island. >> he was wanted for first-degree robbery. police went to the house. he fled from the police and ended up on the roof. >> reporter: police say morrison wouldn't come down for more than two hours. emotional troubles.

nervous. >> this is like, you know, unusual but they got a lot of calls for different things but this is more of a serious issue. hopefully the kid decides to come down. >> reporter: a team of police negotiators spoke to morrison until he came down sweater he had been wearing, kim khazei, 7 news. >> anchor: after spending two hours on the roof top morrison was shaken and shivering from the colds but wasn't injured. he was taken to the hospital for treatment. >> anchor: new details on travel troubles for the holiday season. a muslim man from england says his family was barred from boarding a plane to los angeles but investigators are giving their side of the story. the man, his brother and nine children were ready to fly from london to los angeles in disneyland last week. their bags checked boarding passes in hand when they were' told their visas

suddenly revoked. >> they were' heart broken. they had tears in their eyes because they were' planning this for months. they had a count deval patrick on their phone for the last month. >> reporter: it comes in the wake of the san bernadino shootings and this from donald trump. >> donald j. trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states. >> reporter: customs and border protection won't comment on the family's case saying the religion, faith or spiritual beliefs are not determining factors about his or her admissibility into the u.s. under u.s. immigration law there are multiple reasons for denying entry. a person trainer and gym owner says his family spend $16,000 saving for months to play for the flight. >> i'm devastated because i'm a lou abiding season. why does it happen to moe and my family. >> reporter: the children are still dreaming of a disney christmas.

refund. >> anchor: a 3-year-old girl in england saves her pregnant mother's life. this is emma receiving an wednesday. she immediately called the police when her pregnant unconscious. emma stayed on the phone until paramedics arrived. >> i was surprised how young she was, there is older children that would have struggled and been a lot more panicked. to be able to do that it is amazing. >> reporter: emma's mother and her new baby brother were by her side when she received her certificate for the bravery. >> anchor: mayor walsh and the menino family coming together for a christmas celebration. jennifer egan has their story. >> reporter: inside the st. peters teen center in dorchester -- >> i got reading books learning toys. >> reporter: gifts for

>> i've nine grandchildren. i'm, you know, i'm a heart patient. i can't work so it does make it a lot easier. >> reporter: what did you ask santa claus for here? >> i asked him, if i could -- >> reporter: that may be a tall order. but there were plenty of other treats all donated happened out with the help of catholic carrities and team menino. the late mayor's son and daughter carried on a tradition of giving. >> he loved it up here. this was one of the best places in the city. he loved it. this is, you know, lock at what we did. we made kids smile. >> if it's not a white christmas it's a bright christmas anyway. >> reporter: there were' smiles on many faces today. hopefully tomorrow, too. >> i asked them what they wanted and they give them their own personal gist so it's nice. it's nice, my kids enjoy it. >> reporter: the mayor's son says this was one of his father's favorite events of

parishes. general egan, 7 news. >> anchor: just ahead. talk about one in a million. how a boston native turned five bucks to six figures with a few lucky guesses. >> a brighton chipotle shut down after dozens of customers get sick, so why is the restaurant still closed the day after gettinged thumbs up to open again? >> anchor: warm weather in foxboro for pats practice but things will be heeding up when they take the -- heating up when they take the field with the jets on

>> anchor: a big bat for a off. this is a receipt for her bet $5, betting on more than a dozen teams. >> she turned $5 into six figures. >> anchor: boston native taylor is lucky. maybe it's lucky the leadership are a caan looking out to her. or maybe her recent move to las vegas made her a good gambler but whatever the

winning more than $100,000 on a $5, 15 team parley card on betting from william hill's mobile site. >> called and they told me i win. i collapsed on the floor at work. >> anchor: adds were against here only 20,000 to one but her boyfriend helped her place her bets on her cell phone. >> i had the app open. and i said okay. which one do i pick? if i want the patriots to win what button do i press? he told me how to pick them. >> reporter: choices were spot on. it's helping make holidays a little brighter. >> it couldn't happen at a brighter time. we had no job, we decided to do it. and then i totaled my car. it was a nightmare then it's like a blessing. christmas miracle. >> anchor: tailor accepted the money last night.

money towards making wedding plans. >> anchor: a bear taking a trashy trip. how the animal ended up at the dutch. >> >> >> anchor: then adam williams takes us inside his kitchen showing us how to make a treat from back home. >> reporter: looks food. the forecast for tomorrow looks good as well especially if from is a new bike or roller blades under the tree. mild again. we'll get to the forecast. >> anchor: countdown is on. how shoppers are scratching off the final names on their

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>> anchor: a bear find himself in a garbage dump site. official says the bear took a nap in a bin and received an unwanted trip to the dump. garbage workers were surprised when the bear woke up and popped out. >> he opened the door.

one of the other drivers was standing there. he ran by him. >> anchor: taking a snap there. he was tranquilized to return him to the forest safely. a. i don't blame the bear for jumping out. i would too if he woke up at the dump. >> anchor: he surprised the workers that found him. >> anchor: they is okay. he was sleeping. >> anchor: back home safe and sound in the woods there and man, talk about non-show for winter weather today. >> reporter: everybody is coming out of hibernation, not just that bear but this is riley up at a beach in beverly earlier today. christmas eve. she is probably a little bit too young to remember this later on in life but wow, breaking records across the board today. highs in norwood, beverly, 70 degrees, 69 for boss. shattering several records, not just the record high. also record warm low this morning. we tied for the highest winter dew point ever.

we're still on track for the warmest december on record as well. as breaking the latest first snow in worcester. so we still haven't seen any flakes. we got to wait for that. maybe in the forecast later this week as we start next week. past christmas weather maybe you remember last year. it was mild. we hadn't seen a lot of snow throughout december and we did start off christmas morning at 59 degrees last year. then we know winter showed up later on. so just food for thought. current temperature 66 for boston. 68 norwood. 63 worcester. it feels much loor like we should be hunting for easter eggs rather than doing caroling and the dew points around about 60 degrees. so the frizz factor in this december just not something we typically use this time of year. we throw that out and use the wind chill but that doesn't afly right now. -- apply now. we do have a bit of a breeze, 10-20 miles an hour winds overnight tonight. where we see the winds died

potential for seeing fog. the air mass is so mild and so moist at this point. especially after all the rain we had last night. if we do see clouds split apart you might notice how bright the sky is. this is the first christmas full moon that we've seen since 1977. it won't happen until 2034. riley the little girl is going to be well past college at this point. areas of fog, mild temperatures 46-56 then tomorrow, mild again. so maybe you have roller blades or the bike under the tree. maybe santa brings that tonight then you've got a goods shot getting out tomorrow. about 20 degrees above normal making it to the low 60s, these are really incredible christmas temperatures. so check them out here. looking for upper 50s, 6 o everett and grafton upper 60s as far as holiday

for tomorrow and saturday. temperatures will be cooler but we're looking for another round of wet weather on sunday and maybe even a few flakes on monday. if that precipitation is there the temperatures are cold enough. running through the timeline for the week keep clouds around on saturday but saturday night into sunday morning is whether the wet weather work through again possibility lingering showers for sunday as well. we got the big boost in the cooler temperatures saturday. another boost on sunday. but then the cold air really does invade as we cake of kick off -- kick off next tuesday. temperatures dropping to the 30s, latest first snow we may not break this record for boston. january 13th, i don't know if we'll make it that long because i do have a snow flake on the forecast as we starting off with snow turning to sort of an icy mess for the afternoon. we'll keep an eye on it. >> anchor: your last chance to prepare a delicious dish for the holidays, adam williams is

>> a blue christmas for a who will family. thieves break into their home and steal all of their presents. >> anchor: health inspectors giving a brighton chipotle restaurant the go ahead to reopen but management is staying shut down after another problem. >> anchor: get ready for patriots, jets, how it. b.12 is gearing up for sunday's rivalry matchup.

>> anchor: here at 7 news we're whipping up our favorite who will take recipes for a good cause. >> anchor: today adam is introducing us to a cookie native to his home state. here is adam's holiday helping. >> reporter: welcome back to our home. happy holidays. this year i'm going to be making some christmas cookies from my home state of new mexico called biscochitos. so let's warm up and start the cooking. we're in the kitchen with very basic cookie making ingredients, but there is add in and we'll get to that later. we'll add baking powder and salt to the flour that has been sifted and now we're going to mix up these three. now we're going to cream the shortening, sugar and the special ingredient i was telling you about. here goes the shortening. you can see why we have to fluff it because it's solid. next we've got our sugar. what are good cookies without a lot of good sugar? now the unique ingredient,

freshly ground. you can also buy anis oil to this is going to give us the licorice taste. we'll mix up this. you will see the anis seeds. eggs go in next one at a time. this is interesting because i'm not good at cracking eggs but no shells. the next step is adding our flour mixture a flour mixture is almost there. one last step and it's the white wine. we wrapped the dough in out chill. so we're going to put it in the refrigerator for about 1-2 hours. now is the hard part. we're going to roll these out and cook. i use a hot air balloon because you might know by now i like hot air balloons you got to use up every millimeter so you can get more and more. we're going to dunk them in cinnamon and sugar.

350 degrees. oh, yeah about 10-12 minutes. hopefully you enjoy these as much as i do around the holidays. and hopefully, they bring your celebrations to new heights. thank you for supporting project bread, happy holidays. >> anchor: they didn't actually look anything like chitos but i get it. >> anchor: it sound like chitos but it's not. >> it's cookies. >> well done. >> i wonder how many his dog ate. >> i don't know if they're good for dogs. >> good for us. >> anchor: if you want any of the recipes especially adam's there, log on to whdh.com. click on project blade. that is where you will find more information how to donate to the charity. >> anchor: i'm elizabeth norieka. >> i'm jadiann thompson. >> shattering reports with temperatures arounds 70 degrees today.

when does winter arrive? >> nightmare before christmas for a local single mom. what police know about the thieves who stole all the gifts for her kids. >> a chipotle set to reopen shut down once again. >> chelsea firefighters rescue christmas for a teen in need. >> announcer: 7 news at 6:00 starts now. >> anchor: first at 6:00 we've breaking news. we continue to follow for you at the top of the hour, coming to us from out of shirley. sky 7 h.d.over the massachusetts correctional institution. the prison is on lookdown right now. state police investigating reports of shots fired outside of the police stationon. maybe in a wooded area outside of the prison. >> anchor: a strong police presence mr. right now and tim caputo is headed there as well. he is going to bring us live report to give us the latest information as soon as he gets to the scene. we'll bring that to you live when he gets there.

following breaking news out of tux brey right now. d tewksbury, sky 7 over the seen after serious accident involving a pedestrian. the victim was hit by a car on main street before 5:30 tonight. we don't have word on the victim's condition. police on the scene investigating. we have a crew on the way and we'll let you snow as soon as we get more information. >> anchor: also a merry and mild forecast for new england. the sun shining. temperatures rising, is it spring? it as it's not. it's a warm christmas instead of a white christmas. >> anchor: will this trend last into christmas day? a check of the forecast. bri eggers. >> i love the warm banner. we have been sending them to friends and family because i've been getting pictures of snowfalling all day long then i send them a picture of the sunshine that we saw breaking through the clouds. 69 for boston was the high. 70 norwood. beverly 65. worcester, we shattered