in this case, the victim, the poor victim who so farred this for being so brave amend coming forward. due to her bravery, and her making a positive identification, we were able to lock this individual up this afternoon at 3:30 down around mel -- did melina kass and mass avenue. it was great work. th released from prison in december this year. through the work of monitoring gps bracelet and with the i.d., you know we're working look for this individual probably for the last 16 hours and we're happy to we have him in custody because heaves a dangerous individual who obviously committed a really

with that being said, again i want to again stress the great work of my investigators behind me who again since this crime was recorded were working around the clock to get this dangerous guy off the street. with that i'll take questions. >> reporter: can you be more specific. he was awaiting trial? >> no, he served time from what i understand for a similar offense and he was let out of prison in december. you know he wasn bracelet from all our the information we have, he cut that bracelet off. and that is why we weren't able to locate him as quick as we wanted to, but we were on to about 15 houses over the last 16 hours looking for him. and we had everyone possible looking and i'm happy to say we got him this afternoon. >> reporter: you seem to be certain --

that was in the area at the time as well as the victim, the brave victim coming forward identifying him after this crime, that is how we know we have who is responsible. >> reporter: -- [inaudible] >> it's very active investigation, it's very young, but i'm happy that we got him. [inaudible] >> we just got him. you know it's part of the investigation. >> reporte mile from the point where he first approached her how dids that -- >> you know again you know, i don't want to get into specifics, but he said i'm sure he threatened her with harm and i'm sure he led her into an area but i don't want to get into the particulars of it. i'm happy we got who is responsible. >> reporter: any information from the public help you? >> we reached out to the public and that is part of

again at arraignment tomorrow i want to thank the district attorney's office, they were' instrumental in helping us here and i'm sure a lot more details will come out tomorrow at the arraignment. [inaudible] >> reporter: again i can't comment. that is something you'll have to get off his parole. [inaudible] >> again, i'm sure she is traumatized. you know, and i again just want to thank her very much for having the us to get this dangerous felon off the street. as far as charges go, this individual is going to be charged with aggravated rape. he is going to be charged with aggravated kidnapping. indecent a.and b. and intimidation of a witness as well as armed robbery. so he is going to be facing some very serious charges. again our hearts go out to

but i'm happy we're able to get him very quickly. >> reporter: you said that -- [inaudible] >> that is part of the investigation. we're not sure on that. >> reporter: was he at the homeless shelter -- >> from what i understand he was on the street not tied to the shelters. he was spotted down in the area along mel inia kass boulevard. we're looking in the south end, we're looking in dorchester. he had a lot of air them all last night but through the hard work of the officers behind me, we were able to get him today at 3:30. >> reporter: take one more? is there an element to this given the area where he was found. >> again he has been in jail for some time, released in december so i don't want to say there is any addiction. but i have no idea to tell you the truth.

listening in to the police commissioner speaking about this assault that happened in the back bay on monday. you just saw video of a bike being put into a police van and police say that a man on the bike approached a woman in the backbay on claremont street onmont monday early in the hours. and sexually assaulted her. they just announced they made an arrest now and the police commissioner very proud of the victim. he in his wds proud of her for coming forward and helping police catch this man. they say they have arrested 31-year-old edwardo rodrigues, he is facing several charges including aggravated rape. >> anchor: we're staying object top of several breaking stories. a pilot making an emergency landing on the quabbin reservoir literally in the middle of the reservoir on the sand bar. really it's quite the scene. >> jadiann: so let's get out to adam williams.

>> reporter: scary day for this pilot. fortunately he was not injured. sky 7 d.live over the scene. pilot was able to land on the scanned are sand bar on the northern part of this massive reservoir. offices say the pilot reported problems before landing. they stressed the plain didn't crash but an emergency landing. official versus to figure out how to get the plane back to shore. sky 7 over the scene where police say a man was hit by a tree. this is you can see -- brookline. you can see a bucket truck. it appears to show tree work was being done at the time this happened. it happened behind the herb chambers dealership. the man was taken to the hospital. no word on his condition. we're following even more breaking news up in manchester, new hampshire, here a former pastor was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor. police say they have evidence that 37-year-old steven jesmer had sex with a 13-year-old girl who was a

he was immediately fired after coppifieding in a fellow pastor about the encounter. he is free after posting $100,000 bail and ordered to stay aboy from anyone under 18. scott brown has been named in a sexual harassment fox against fox news. the suit claims he made inappropriate comments to a former fox host. andia tantaros says she was aharassed by bro happened. we are g continuing to monitor all of this breaking news stories. we'll bring you more on 7 news at 6:00. i'm adam williams, 7 news. >> anchor: former new hampshire state trooper facing an assault charge expected to plead guilty gentleman. the charge stems from the use of force, this happening back in may. the officer was charged with three counts of simple assault after this arrest following a high-speed chase that crossed state lines from worcester into nashua,

today the new hampshire attorney general announcing officer monaco is expected to plead guilty to the counts on thursday. both monack ooh and a massachusetts trooper were suspended and charged after 9 incident. >> anchor: a crime in fox browboro caught on camera. a man involved in a he will mitt heist at patriot place. investigators need help identifying who he is. this footage shows the suspect in skip it was earlier this monday. you can see him hop over the bar, take down the helmet autographed by members of the 2014 patriots team. the footage shows him take off the jersey, throw it over the mel met then he walks out of the restaurant. to add insult to injury police say he didn't even pay for his food. call foxboro police if you have information. >> jadiann: rhode island reached a settlement with

the settlement with wells fargo and barclays capital, two investors. the lawsuit accused company executives of fraud and negligence. the company was formed by kurtz schilling and rhode island is still in negotiations with shilling. new york's gaping commission granded permits to draft kings and fan duel and three other companies. the state's attorney general compared fantasy starts to gambling but defines them as a game of skill. >> anchor: a big bust by the south bridge police department. a long-term investigation led the task force to central street. four men were home. all of them were arrested. police have issued a warrant for the arrest of a 5th man as well. >> jadiann: a manchester, new hampshire, turns himself

he was pulled over by police then drove off. cutting the officer's arm in the process. he has been charged with reckless conduct. disobeying an officer and resitting arrest. police in roxbury arresting a man carrying this loaded shotgun after they say he broke no a home. he self several items from the house. officers chased him on his bike and they say he fell off and dropped the shot gunn and other items missing from the home. >> anchor: zika concerns rising in flo the florida department of health announced 5 new cases in the state. one of the individual who tested positive is near tampa, not miami. officials are working to see where the person could have contracted the virus. there have been at least 42 local transmissions of the zika virus in florida so far. police in chicago -- jadiann. >> jadiann: we'll get this figured out. police in chicago are

people. police say the fire appears to have been set after a domestic argument. two girls, an infant and a man were killed in the apartment fire. it took around 200 firefighters to put out the fire. it was a difficult job. >> we haven't come to the conclusion where the fire originated from. i can tell you that the stair wells, the interior stairwell and the exsteer year stair well was burned out. once we couldn't make the stairwells we backed wept into a defensive mode. >> jadiann: police are searching for a person of interest who they say started the fire. >> anchor: crash in tennessee. the moment of impact when a driver slams through the front window of a jewelry store. everyone made it out with only minor injuries and they're talking about the crash course. it was a normal friday

sudden it wasn't. an s.u.v. comes slamming through the front door. this man gary was thrown about 15 feet and covered with glass. >> i'm way faster than i was. >> reporter: luckily the worst he got from the impacts was a hairline fracture in his ankle. >> after i saw the video it scared me. i thought 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 then probably i got more here and the in here. >> reporter: even the woman working in the back came face-to-face with the sharp end of a piece of glass. >> another six inches and the the piece of glass would be in her stomach. >> reporter: crews now putting the glass back up. with everyone haul already they can -- with everyone already they can laugh.

no down last friday left an impact on them. after being hit it made them realize what is important to them. >> my youngest son. yeah. yeah. that's all. that's all i can think of. it was just, you know. >> reporter: no hard feelings toward theled early man driving who pressed the gas instead of brake. it's an accident. he wasn't coming in to rob me or kill me. he was coming to do business with it happens. >> anchor: the store's owner says they're back open for business. >> jadiann: grand slam is usually a reason to celebrate but for one baseball it turned out to be pretty costly. we'll tell you why. >> anchor: new at 6:00 we're hearing from tom brady. it's the first time we've seen him on the field since he missed a preson game with the hand injury. >> jadiann: more on

landing on the sand bar. you are looking at everyone out there trying to figure out what to do next.

turning out to be not so grand for a baseball player in illinois. his hit is getting four runs but causing trouble in the lot the. >> anchor: the ball shattered the windshield of his own pickup truck when the ball came down. ryan schulteis has the players' reaction to this. >> reporter: you might call it the grand slam. sunday night brandon thomas hit a home run that broke he also owning the truck. >> when i hit it i knew i got it. i wasn't sure if it was going to be fair or foul. >> reporter: that's right. the glass shattering smash to the truck owned by thomas came at the hand of randon thomas. >> i mean the thing that has to line up for that to happen. he has to park his car in the spot. he has to hit the ball to the spot. it has to be turned around the right way. >> reporter: in a play-off

were down 3-0 in the second when thom as hit the grandslam leading the team to an eventual 17-6 win. >> i didn't realize it at the time but it's the chances of something like this happening in that situation, you know, just can't be too high. >> reporter: soon the blast that shattered the windshield of the man that -- began to break its way becoming a social media sensation. you might call it sand luck. >> it wasn't a little crack like down here. this is pretty good damage. so -- at least i know i hit it good. >> reporter: thomas says it's a mobility he is probably not going to forget especially with the bill to remind him. ryan schulteis, 7 news. >> reporter: for tonight mostly cloudy, clear, comfortable. right back to the sunshine.

>> reporter: more sunshine for tomorrow. we do start to warm things up adding a little about the of humidity so that by friday there may be an isolated shower or storm but at this time not going to label friday as a washout. here is another sign of fall. sunrise this morning at 6:00 am going down at 7:32. september 7:14. temperatures in the 70s to around 80679 water temperature at 68. worcester 74. providence 80. hyannis at 76. high pressure is with us. a large and slow-moving area of high pressure. that is again, that will be the case for the next few days. that's why tonight we're clear and comfortable. lows not quite as cool as this morning. norwood 44. tomorrow morning around 52 or 53. most of us in the mid and

low 60s, with more sunshine for tomorrow. again a little warmer tomorrow but it's more of a dry heat. there won't be that much humidity tomorrow. 87. thursday partly to mostly sunny skies. there will be a little about the of stickiness in the air. temperature ons thursday middle 08's friday will be the day tears muggy and -- where it's muggy and humid but a mix of clouds and sunshine. a cool front approaches new england. that will led to a few of last night or two nights ago when we had severe weather but there could be one or two thunderstorms, marching through new england. the front gets out of the way for your weekend. the tropics even though our weather is quiet the tropics are getting active p. heating up with the tropical depression fiona at 30 miles an hour, gaston, that moves northwest over the next several days and becomes a

surf and perhapses if it's sitting out here. these big storms, if you take a boulder and drop it into a lake, it, the waves come away from the boulder so we may be talking about a hire surf middle of next week. this clump of thunderstorm activity that is showing signs of developing approaching south florida late this clump of thunderstorms. some fine summer weather for the next several days. i'll see you at 6:00. >> adam: very good evening, i'm adam williams, here is what we're following. a lot of breaking insurance police make an arrest from a sexual assault that happened in boston's south end. details on the suspect. a pilot is forced to make an emergency landing because of engine trouble. you are not going to believe where he had to put the aircraft down. we'll show you wider

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>> anchor: there is another 30 minutes of 7 news ahead. i'm nick emmons. >> jadiann: i'm jadiann thompson, 7 news at 6:00 starts right now. >> adam: we're following several breaking stories, a plane forced to make an emergency landing in the quabbin reservoir. >> jadiann: a fme sexually assaulting a child. >> adam: former senator scott brown responding to allegations of sexual harassment. >> jadiann: tom brady breaking his silence. >> reporter: we're right back to the sunshine tomorrow but we warm things up. >> announcer: 7 news at 6:00 starts now. >> adam: we will start at 6:00 with breaking news. boston police announce an arrest in a sexually assault at a playground that happened in the city's south end. the suspect was on a bike

happened close to northeastern's campus. tim caputo has more on the arrest. >> reporter: just about a half hour ago boston police announced they have made an arrest in the sexual assault from early monday morning. they say the suspect was wearing a gps monitoring bracelet at the time of this rape. he had only been out of prison for about eight months after serving time for being convicted of rape about eight, edwardo rog reegeez approached the woman in the south end around 1:00 am monday morning. only 7 news was there when detentives recovered the bike this afternoon. the man allegedly walking the victim over to a playground just past massachusetts avenue and that is where the sexual assault happened. boston police say the suspect ran away and caught off the gps bracelet after that attack. police say they were able to

of the gps bracelet and have spent the last 24 hours plus trying to track him down. >> he was on a gps bracelet. from all the information we have, he cut that bracelet off. that's why we weren't able to locate him as quick as we wanted to. but we were on to about 15 houses over the last 16 hours looking for him. and you know, we had everyone possible looking and limb this afternoon -- him this afternoon. >> reporter: he was arrested around 3:30 this afternoon. about a day and a half after this sexual assault happened. we are told he will be in court tomorrow morning facing a number of charges including aggravated rape, aggravated kidnapping, very similar to the charges that he was convicted of about 8, 9 years ago. tim caputo, 7 news. >> jadiann: we're following breaking news, a small plane forced to land on a sand bar in the middle