the man, 37-year-old steven jesmer, had sex with a 13-year-old girl who was a parish err at his church. he was immediately fired after can have identifying in a -- confiding with a fellow pastor about the encounter. he is free after posting bail and ordered to stay away from anyone young irthan 18. >> anchor: sky 7 over the scene of an accident here, police say a man was hit by a falling tree. police there with a it's behind the herb chamber dealership. the man was taken to the hospital. we don't have an update on his condition. >> jadiann: more breaking news, former massachusetts senator scott brown has been named in a sexual harassment lawsuit against fox news. the suit claims he made inappropriate comments to former fox news host andrea tantaros. she says she was harassed by brown on setting and after

her show but brown denies that it ever happened. >> i've no knowledge of what she is referring to, to answer your question i've never touched her around her waist in a lunch line? why would i could that? if it was anything in a lunch decline would be good show. that's what i do with the guys. that's what do i with the women. i've done that for three years and will continue to do it. the. >> jadiann: brown's wife plans toak allegations later this evening. >> jadiann: john keiko has the story. >> you have to be careful around here. >> reporter: officers on patrol in the area of the campus at the carter play ground tuesday morning.

around here it's a concern. >> reporter: police say the woman was taken here and sexually assaulted at around 1:00 am monday. >> terrifying, that makes me think twice about coming here alone. >> it's scary. i don't want that to happen to myself or people living in the area. >> reporter: the woman was walking near greenwich park and claremont street. the suspect told the woman he had a knife and forced her to walk to the play ground. it's the attacked her. >> there are situations that i could imagine might happen. it's a secluded area over there. it can be. >> reporter: boston police believe he took off in the direction of tremont street. they say the suspect is tattoos on his right arm and the back of his right hand. >> i think it's a little concerning and i hope that, you know, they can stop that from happening again in the future. >> reporter: of course if you have any information, you are asked to give police a call.

roxbury arresting a man accuse of carrying this loaded shut gunn after police say he broke no a home. police say the 47-year-old man stole a laptop and self other items then took off on a bike. after getting a call about the robbery, they respond and chaised after the man. he fell off the bike. they say he dropped the shut gunn and the items that were reported stolen. >> anchor: secretary of state john kerry speaking in nigeria saying the u.s. is committed to fighting he commended the nigerian government for their fight against boko haram and said the u.s. will continue to work with the multinational task force to battle extremism. >> it takes work and it takes leadership. and it will require sustained effort from all of us. from regional, national and subnational leaders from the united nations and other multinational institutions.

by law enforcement and civil society. i want you to know today that the united states is deeply committed to this effort including by helping our partners to be able to build counter terrorism capacity. >> anchor: kerry met with the nigerian president in country's capital. >> jadiann: new reports zika maybe spreading across not in the so-called zika hot zone near miami beach. the state is working with people who were tested positive trying to find out how and where they may have contracted the virus. >> anchor: bandits breaking into a car dealership in texas and making off with wheels and tires off dozens of vehicles. police say that was a pricy heist close to $250,000 worth of merchandise. surveillance video shows it

jumped the rear fence cutting the lights in the back lot then opening the gate to get their truck in. from there the refined rip-off was on. >> they are professionals thieves. like this, we can have any security measure if they want to take it they're going to. >> reporter: 48 cars were left on blocks their while and tires gone. video shows the thieves were there for nearly four hours. the suspect may be professional crime ring busting into other car dealerships. >> it indicates they're a professional arrangement. they -- they hit us. >> we're just big dealership. seems they hit domestic franchises like chevrolet and i think they go with a dealership that has a large inventory. i don't think is there anything special about us. >> reporter: police hoping

identify the thieves. >> in the meantime it is beak to business for us. you know we're open. we're here. we want to keep selling cars. >> reporter: the dealership's owner says they stole around $250,000 worth ever tires. >> jadiann: alarming new stats on teenage drivers. more than 19,000 people died in the first half of this year. that is up 9% since this time last year. it raises concerns as n start of school. it's the start of a new school year but also the start of the deadliest three months of the year for teen drivers with yet another new class getting behind the wheel. kids like eric in new jersey who turned 17 on saturday and got his full license monday. >> only thing i'm concerned about driving on my own is just there is always the chance something could

you are proud. you are happy. they're growing up becoming an adult but then you are scared because it's your baby. you worry constantly. >> reporter: there is a lot to be worried about. car accidents remain the leading cause of death among teenagers up 10% last year alone. 43% of teens admit to texting while driving and 35% admit to using facebook, snap chat, even video chatting. near atlanta chrystal mcgee is charges. she took this self-after a high speed crash that left another driver with serious injuries. >> parents need to her just because they have received their license, doesn't mean that they are a safe driver. >> reporter: chevrolet has an app for that. >> it'll leave the music until treens wearing seat

the key fob setting max volume levels for the radio and excessive speed warnings then get a driving record cord that includes speeds and hard braking. >> it gives them an opportunity to show their mom and dad they've been driving responsibly. >> reporter: if not they have a discussion. >> jadiann: advocates urge parents to sign a contract >> anchor: car on a crash course in tennessee. people and glass sent flying when a driver plows through this building. >> jadiann: a wild thing happening to a local thing when they spot a family affair in their backyard. >> anchor: we're following breaking news. sky 7 h.d.over the quabbin reservoir where a pilot had to make an emergency landings on a sand bar.

down on the small piece of land on the northern part of the reservoir. you can see how small the portion of land is. we'll bring you the latest coming up at 5:00. >> jadiann: we're also following breaking news in manchester where a former pastor was arrested for sexually assaultings a

>> anchor: wild scene caught on camera in tennessee. a pickup truck barrels right into a jewelry store throwing customers to the ground. you can see pretty extensive damage left behind. the driver hit the gas pedal instead of brakes. it was just a normal friday morning at this tennessee jewelry store until it wasn't. an s.u.v. comes slamming

about 15 feet and covered with glass. >> i'm way faster than i was. >> reporter: the worst he got was a hairline fracture in his ankle. >> after i saw the video it scared me. lucky, lucky, lucky. >> reporter: he wasn't the only one who got lucky. david the store owner jumped out of the way just in time and another man who was hit is doing ok. >> 15 stitches there. then probably i got here and in here. >> reporter: even the woman in the back came face-to-face with the sharp end of a piece of glass. >> another 6 inches and the piece of glass would be in her stomach. >> reporter: crews putting the glass back up. with everyone already they can laugh about what happened just a few days ago. >> i'm on pain pills, i'm cool. >> reporter: there is no doubt last friday left an impact on them after being hit some say it made them realize what is important.

-- youngest son. yeah. yeah. that's all. that's all i can think of. it was just -- you know. >> reporter: there is no hard feelings toward the man driving who pressed the gas instead of brake. >> it was an accident. it happens everyday. he wasn't come in to rob me or kill me. he was coming to do business with me. >> anchor: the store's owner for business. >> jadiann: coming up here a new drinking policy at stanford university. the alcoholic drink the school is now banning. >> reporter: clear skies overnight tonight. back to the sunshine for tomorrow. forecast coming up. >> anchor: staying on top of breaking news, a former pastor under arrest. what he is accuse of doing at a new hampshire church. >> jadiann: at 5:00 demanding answers where the

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>> jadiann: a family of bears making themselves comfortable. this is at a home in new hampshire over the weekends. you can see the mother bear and three cubs climbing trees, searching for food. looks like they're taking advantage of swinging on the rope swing. the homeowner says the bear stuck around for about a half hour getting into the trash and the bird feeder before they decided they were' finished. >> there and took a bird feeder and came back and then went and sat on the edge of the property with her back to me eating. >> jadiann: bear sightings are above average. people secure their garbaged a not use bird feeders from april until december, what about the birds? >> anchor: when you get the bears close to their home they're doing what is natural to them but things can turn out not so good for the bears and people as

back yard if you are a bear,. -- much better than yesterday. >> reporter: we warm things up and eventually we'll add a little bit of humidity as well. that might lead to an isolated shower or storm friday afternoon. look at the numbers. oh, what an outstanding summer day. upper 70s and low 80's hyannis at 76. high pressure dropped out of canada and it did.it cool morning. it's comfortable again overnight tonight. i don't think it will be quite as chilly but the numbers will head back to the 50s so another comfortable night for sleeping. city of boston -- tomorrow more sunshine. temperatures between 83-88. a southwest wind shows up. that is what helps to warm things up. it won't be there that much humidity. thursday a mix of clouds and sunshine. a little about the of

with temperatures on thursday heading for the mid 08's normal high is abouts. temperatures above normal. a cool front will lead to an isolated storm or shower friday afternoon. outdoor plans on friday should be ok but there will be more clouds around. there will be more humidity as well. dew point temperatures climbing on friday to the low 70s, again it's going to feel oppressive for a few showers then the dew point i don't think the second cool front will have quite as much punch as the one that came through here yesterday. tropics rather active, tropical depression will fall apart. there is bermuda, no real threat to land. this one formed last night this. is tropical storm gatt gaston this. is going to develop into a perhaps a category 2 storm, winds at 100 miles an hour

over the open atlantic, the third is this clutch of thunderstorm activity approaching the lesserrant aislies, that -- lesser antilles, that is the tropical activity at the peak of the season. we're ramping up to the 10th of september. likely to see that system form into some kind of a system then it may have to be watched. this may be something that as it's moving through the thank you, and caicos rapidly develops because the water isy those tropical systems love the warm water so that might something dealing with a tropical storm approaching florida during the weekend but for us high pressure acting like big brother. we're dry, sunshine saturday and sunday. swells tomorrow. thursday. see you at 5:00. >> jadiann: time for traffic, going out to george brown with an update. >> we're high above stouton, route 24 southbound after

left lane trying to get over to the median but they didn't do such a good job. traffic is backed up back to 128. you can see it's very dangerous there. we don't see any police there just yet but they're on their way to get this cleared up. expect heavy backups through 24 from 128 up to stouton just after 139. going to take a look on the expressway. it has been heavy and slow. southbound you are cowling from the tunnel to the split. northbound the crash at granite avenue is cleared but the damage was done.yo coming into the tunnel on the left hand side of your screen but it has been very slow. heading out of town, mass pike it's crawling after the weston tolls out past route 16. then again after the weston tolls. if we go further out west there has been a problem after 146. in charlton. we had a disabled a tractor trailer with a fuel spill by the charlton service plaza, a seven-mile backup between 146 and charlton. george brown, 7 news. >> anchor: turning to health cast.

stanford university. >> jadiann: officials say hard liquor is no longer allowed at the undergraduate oftencampus -- on campus party. >> anchor: dangerous drills in football practice lead to more serious hits for young players than in a game. researchers found the most severe blows happened during tackling experts say reducing the amount of tackling drills could help protect children from dangerous head injuries. >> jadiann: a study from harvard says what you post on instagram could determine if you are depressed. researchers looked at nearly 44,000 instagram pictures people who are depressed posted pictures that were grayer and darkner color. depressed people in the study were found to post more frequently and apply more filters. >> anchor: mcdonalds

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>> anchor: nine-year-old in louisiana stepping up to the plate. instead of getting gifts for his birthday he is giving back. this idea was to feed workers cleaning up damage by all the flood waters. >> jadiann: dozens of people donated to the cause and over 300 pissas were handed out -- pizzas were handed out.wh 9th birthday he saw himself delivering pizzas whose worlds were turned up side down. >> we're going to give them lunch so they don't have to stop so we're going to deliver pizzas to neighborhoods. that have flooded. >> what i'm more shocked about is how many people donated. we thought it was going to be our internal family and whenever it got out through

spread. >> reporter: the vision of one child led to 363 pizzas being delivered throughout lafayette. carson showed up with pizzas in hand and the reactions say it all. >> he is so sweet. >> well, thank you, thank you very much. we appreciate it. >> for a 9-year-old to even think to help people, it's amazing. everybody is here, everybody brings stuff and for him get 300 something pizzas delivered to people he probably didn't even have pizza but he brought it to everybody else. >> it's so humbling. especially in today's time, you don't see children that young that have such a big giving heart and that say as lot for carson. >> jadiann: it does say a lot. the little boy recognized people need help. much more to come. thanks for joining us so far. i'm jadiann thompson.

emmons, 7 news at 5:00 starts now. >> adam: under arrest. a former pastor turning him self in after police say he sexually assaulted a young girl. >> jadiann: also breaking former senator scott brown speaking out after being named in a lawsuit against fox news. >> adam: breaking his silence -- >> silly accident. >> adam: tom brady talking about the incident that sidelined him before last week's pre-season game recommendation what you see is what you get. more sunshine for tomorrow. >> jadiann: declared. >> president obama: this is not just about property damage. this is about peoples' roots. >> jadiann: president obama in louisiana for the first time as the federal government steps in to help. >> announcer: 7 news at 5:00 starts now. >> adam: first at 5:00 sky 7 h.d.over the scene as a plane makes an emergency landing on a sand bar in the middle of the quabbin reservoir. the pilot appears to be just

scene. kelli o'hara joins us live on the phone with more of the details. >> reporter: the plane landing safe and sound. pilot again okay. the state police say, lucky to be alive after this eergency landing. troopers reported the pilot reported engine problems before landing. this happened before 4:00. you can see on sky 7 h.d.the plane on a sand bar in the quabbin reservoir in the town of north salem. okay after very scary moments. forced landing in the middle of the reservoir. kelli o'hara, 7 news. >> adam: we're following breaking news out of brookline. sky 7 over the scene where a man was hit by a tree. this was along commonwealth avenue. kimberly bookman live in brookline with details on this story. >> reporter: it happened in this alley down the road here behind me in brookline