smartphone. only from fios. >> now at 7 breaking news a plane makes an emergency landing on a massachusetts reservoir. >> anchor: tree trouble. a man rushed to the hospital when branches come crashing down in boston. >> it's completely false. we're going to come out and refute these claims. ; wrapped up harassment scandal. >> anchor: a dangerous drive comes to a crashing halt in the ted williams tunnel. >> here comes a warning trend. >> anchor: tom brady returning to practice. >> anchor: what he had to say about his mysterious absence. >> anchor: breaking news first at 7:00 a sexual assault suspect busted in boston. police say the man attacked a woman in the city's south end. police say he was on a bicycle when he approached the woman.

past with similar assaults. officers held a news conference. you were there, tim, bring us up to speed. >> reporter: police say a short time ago they knew who this is was for quite some time. they visited at least 15 or 16 homes in the south end of dorchester. found him and arrested him late this afternoon. a convicted rapist is under arrest again for another sexual assault he allege months after being released from prison. >> he was on a gps bracelet. from all the information we have he cut that bracelet off. >> reporter: boston police arrested eduardo rodriguez this afternoon. he's charged with sexually assaulting a woman on the south end. rodriguez was on this bike when he approached the victim on monday. rodriguez allegedly told the victim he had a knife and walked

people in this normally quiet area are troubled by the crime. >> that's terrifying, yeah. that makes me think twice about coming here alone. >> reporter: and officers tell us it's unclear if he had a knife. police say rodriguez's gps bracelet put him at the scene of the crime. >> we were working looking for this individual for the last 16 hours. we're happy we have him in who obviously committed a really atrocious act on a young female in the city. >> reporter: and the details of that 2007 rape case similar to what happened days ago. back then rodriguez found a high school senior walking alone on the street. he said he had a knife. he brought her tom a secluded area and raped her there. he served 8 years in prison for that crime.

>> anchor: following more breaking news at 7. a pilot making an emergency landing. that plane touching down safely. now kind of stuck. mass state police say the pilot was able to land on the northern part of the reservoir. officials say the pilot reported engine problems before landing. they stressed the plane did not crash. nc where a tree limb came crashing down hitting a man walking off common wealth avenue. kimberly bookman live with details for us today. kimberly. >> reporter: adam, just in the last hour police have opened up the scene. you see over my shoulder on the ground right there is the tree limb. 30 inches in length 10 inches in

belmont landscaping and tree service of trimming trees behind a brookline apartment complex. the victim is a 29 year old val a from herb chambers. the victim had come by to grab a sandwich. was walking down in the parking lot where the tree cutter was. this is video of the machine. the victim was hit by a fallen branch and taken in seriou those at the convenience store he was in say the situation is grave. >> i feel sad. someone who you see every day. thing happened to him like that is really sad. >> reporter: did he say what the condition of his friend is? >> he said it was really bad. really bad. he's not in good shape. >> reporter: we understand that that victim did have surgery. we are waiting for updates.

barricades around this tree cutting operation. osha was on the scene and investigating. >> now on 7. >> there's never anything brought up to me about my behavior not being professional. >> a former massachusetts senator facing questions over alarming allegations. >> anchor: former massachusetts senator scott brown has been named in a sexual harassment lawsuit >> anchor: nick emmons live up in our control room with more details at 7:00. >> reporter: scott brown says he was caught by surprise to hear that he is mentioned in this lawsuit. he is not named as a defendant. nonetheless he is denying the claim in the suit. senator scott brown on a fox

oswho says brown sexually harassed her. his wife is boiling mad. >> what is happening here is nothing less than a witch hunt. >> reporter: the accusation against senator brown comes in a sexual harassment lawsuit against fox news, roger ails and several top executives. brown is not named as a defendant but providing alleged examples of whatitant taros was a brown made a number of sexual comments on the set. suggesting in a manner thatitant tearos would be fun to go to a night club with. put his hands on her lower waist. she pulled back telling brown to stop. senator brown says he doesn't know what she's talking about.

in a lunch line. why would i do that? >> she said she said stop. >> i have no knowledge of that. >> sexual harassment allegations from another female fox host. brown's wife gale huff says her husband is the victim here notitantair os. >> to be char forum is outrageous and should be illegal. >> reporter: she and fox have been fighting over her writing a book about the network. brown says he called his bosses at fox and says they have no problem with him. he's appearing on the network twice today and more in the coming days. nick emmons 7 news. ; also on 7 a former new hampshire pastor under arrest and facing charges.

the details landing him in court. brandon gunnoe has more on the arraignment that happened. >> reporter: adam investigators say at least one of those sexual assaults are happened at the church behind me in june. the pastor has resigned. the details in court we can't say on television. he's facing several charges accused of forcing himself on a 13 year old girl. prosecutors say steven jes mera local church a 13 year old girl. >> shocking. i see him every morning when i take my kids to school. >> reporter: one assault took place at the jes mer's office. and there was sexual contact before that in june at the girl's house. the pastor's neighbor didn't want to go on camera and upset to hear about the allegation. >> he was a nice guy. until you see they do something like that.

another pastor he felt bad and it crossed the line. jesmerhas a christian blog online. his post was in february it was called what p diddy and jesus have in common. jesmeris charged with sexual assault and witness tampering for asking his alleged victim to keep quiet. jesmeris married and has 2 young daughters. >> seem very >> reporter: a judge ordered the former pastor to stay away from the alleged victim. he's been ordered to stay away from any children under the age of 13. brandon gunnoe 7 news. >> anchor: clean up after yesterday's wild weather. concord is picking up the pieces one day after a tornado ripped through town. 100 miles per hour winds that ef 1 tornado made a mess of the

still resetting poles and they're trying to string up new lines as well. >> now we're down to no hot water and no electricity. that's minor compared to what our friends and neighbors are dealing with. >> while they're willing to bring the wire to the house. i'm responsible for a conduit for electrical up to the roof. >> anchor: no one was hurt. there was one worker hurt during the 39 homes were damaged though. only one significantly. >> anchor: more news today a former new hampshire state trooper facing assault charges expected to plead guilty. that officer was charged with 3 counts of simple assault after this arrest and beating following a high speed chase that brought officers from worcester to nashua new hampshire. officer nacko is expected to

thursday. >> anchor: tunnel trouble caught on camera. a car slams into a sign in the williams tunnel. look at the video here. you can see cones and a flashing sign closing off the middle lane telling drivers to merge. a car comes barreling down that middle lane sending the sign flying. no word if anyone was injure. >> reporter: a man involved in a helmet heist at patriots play. the suspect wearing that nu restaurant. you see him hop over the bar take the helmet. the footage shows the guy taking off his brady jersey throw it over the helmet and walk away. >> anchor: rhode island reached a settlement with curt shillings 38 studios video game company. 2 of 38 studios investors. the lawsuit accused the company

negligence. rhode island is still in negotiation wise shilling. >> anchor: new york's gaming commission granted permits to online fantasy sports companies. earlier this year the states attorney general compared fantasy sports top gambling. >> anchor: coming up here the making of a cut. why tb 12 and scissors don't seem to mix. >> reporter: and we are talking tonight. more sunshine tomorrow. warming trend. forecast up next. >> anchor: new additions at the new hampshire spca.

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>> tom brady returning to patriots practice. >> i just had to take care of something. it's good to be back with the team. >> anchor: tb 12 fielding questions after missing last week's missing practice sessions. not shedding much light on that. >> anchor: the pats qb had a run in with a pair of scissors. >> reporter: the earliest we'll see tom brady in october ninth. his status becoming a mystery after his head coach stated last week brady would play against the bears. >> i was ready to go.

slipped and just a silly accident. >> reporter: tom brady could smile about run in with sheers forcing him to sit out the preseason game. >> i led out a loud word i wouldn't repeat in front of my kids. and then yeah, couldn't believe it. i went and got it checked out. so it was just a -- a silly accident. >> reporter: the patriots qu teammates for practice and hoping to get a chance to suit up friday night in carolina. >> only get so many opportunities a year. i'm getting so many opportunities left in my life. like to take advantage of any and all of them if possible. when you see your teammates in uniforms and ready to go you want to be with them. >> reporter: whether he plays against the panthers or not wrady will not repeat himself

crafts. >> it's a silly mistake. i'm glad it wasn't the regular season. and you know i learned from it. hopefully won't be operating anymore scissors for a while. >> reporter: tuesday was brady's first day back on the field since last wednesday. not for an injury for what brady called something he had to take care of after his coach said he would not comment on a personal for the pats season opener. and that will be at 8:30. >> anchor: just around the corner. it felt like september however the last couple of days. that's changing. we're back to summer mode. >> anchor: stay in summer mode a little bit longer. what do you got for us jr. >> reporter: there was a touch of fall. norwood 44. bedford 48. boston 61.

the dew point temperatures these are the magical numbers. that was dry air crisp invigorating air. and through the day tomorrow. tonight is another comfortable night for sleeping. mostly clear. lows not quite as cool as this morning. i don't think norwood will find your way to the middle 40s this morning. probably lower 50s. everyone else mid and upper 50s. through the day tomorrow mostly sunny ie the normal high is around 78, 79. boston above normal. situate 85. numbers jump to mid and upper 80s. jaffrey 83. the numbers here that you're seeing they're in the 80s which is warm. there's no humidity out there tomorrow. great beach weather tomorrow. water temps in the 70s.

low tide early tomorrow morning and the early afternoon. so there there's tomorrow for you. thursday a mix of clouds and sunshine. more humidity on thursday. not overwhelming. not off the charts. temps on thursday in the mid and upper 80s. friday i think that is a humid day. a muggy day with temperatures in the mid and upper 80s. back in summer mode for sure. england friday afternoon. that will lead to isolated showers and storms. move that mugginess out of new england almost as quickly as it's here. for the weekend dry comfortable air. tropics they're getting active. tropical depressionifiona at 30 miles an hour. between bermuda and the eastern seaboard.

gaston which is going to become a hurricane. that will stay east of bermuda. one more clump of thunderstorm activity right here. this may become another tropical depression or perhaps a tropical storm to the end of the weekend. we call these spaghetti charts if you would. they looked like cooked spaghetti. late in the weekend. none of that activity bothering storm threat friday afternoon. otherwise dry for several days. have a great evening. >> anchor: special delivery for the new hampshire spca 2 baby alpacas were born both from mothers neglected. the 2 babies joined the 4 alpacas in the new hampshire spca's care and a partridge in a pear tree.

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