breaking news at father:30, police in epping new hampshire are investigating an armed home invasion. right now police say the house was targeted and it was knot random. >> police have arrested three men they believe are connected with this armed robbery. they locked down the area near route 27 in epping today, the alleged victim of the robbery saying two men walk ed that this house looking for him. he says hitting him over the head with the end of a gun. he says he then ran outside where a police officer happened to be going by. so police are about to hold a news conference. they're in epping. we're expecting any moment now to give us more update beside what happened in this home invasion, when that happens of course we'll bring it to you live right here on the air on 7news. also today, a convicted sex offender called to court. he's charged with exposing himself in front of a group of high schoolgirls in walpole.

sheet. >> 7's steve cooper live in walpole with more on his history and what happened in court. steve, what do you know? well, also we should mention that kids here at norfolk aggie high school, especially girls on the volleyball team here, are pretty rattled by these chilling charges, and as you mentioned, this suspect here who appeared in court over rentham earlierier today is no stranger to the law. >> reporter: darin grant, a level 3 sex guilty to several charges after prosecutors say the 41-year-old followed a school bus carrying the norfolk aggie high schoolgirls volleyball team a match yesterday when he pulled up in his car with his pants down and performed a lewd act on himself. >> you fear for the kids. you don't want to see anything happen to the kids. >> reporter: one teen snapped this picture. walpole police were able to track him down because he was wearing a gps tracking bracelet. >> i checked with the gps track

same route the bus had taken once it left the school that day. >> reporter: with his picture posted at police headquarters as a registered sex offender, grant no stranger to police and prosecutors. he's been convicted of open and gross lewdness 10 times since 1991, something police say is incredibly frustrating for them. >> it gets frustrating when you know that it's likely to happen again and then it does. >> reporter: prosecutors were requesting a high bail while grant's attorney says his client denies the aeg the volleyball team members picked him out. they said they saw him. >> they said they saw a man with a hat and sunglasses. was that mr. grant? i don't know. >> grant's bail was set at $10,000 cash by the judge. he's been ordered strict conditions by the judge to stay away from all schools and also stay away from anyone under the age of 18.

we're live in walpole, steve cooper, 7news. a man is recovering after the coast guard rescued him from the water in ipswich. officers saying the man and his son-in-law were swimming tuesday evening when they got swept out by rip currents. the son-in-law made it back to shore. coast guard crews eventually found his father-in-law struggling to stay afloat and made the big save. >> both of them were wearing wetsui swimmers and did the right thing and didn't panic. >> crews say the father-in-law was in the water for about four hours. he was taken to the hospital. both men are expected to be okay. police are searching for suspects after a man is shot in dorchester. it happened on dorchester avenue around 6:00 p.m. last night. police say the victim was cleaning his car when someone fired several shots, hitting him in the arm and the neck. the 41-year-old suffered life threatening injuries. a teenager has been placed on the mass most wanted list in

investigators say 16-year-old jayden smith and another man shot and killed a 29-year-old man on plain street back in july. police have arrested the other suspects considered armed and dangerous. police are offering a $1,000 award for any information leading to his arrest. authorities are offering a $5,000 reward for information about a series of fires in teensboro. investigators say 11 vehicles and one home were damaged by fire earlier this two goats that were stolen in milford. officers believe two men in a red pickup truck took the goats after neighbors rounded them up when they escaped. the man claimed the goats were theirs. the owner asking for help finding their goats and say they raised them since they were probate babies. we are following more news here today, the fallout from hurricane matthew still very visible with north carolina.

flooding victims say fema systems isn't enough to help them as they rebuild their lives, christa delcamp reports. >> reporter: clean-up crews down south going from apartment to apartment removing personal belongings destroyed by hurricane matthew. mattresses, appliances, furniture, just about everything. there are 99 apartments in this complex alone and that means all of these families have just been turned upside down. toya is one of them. >> i don't really have any clothes. a lot of it >> reporter: she spent hours cleaning out her first-floor apartment, and like many in the hardest-hit areas, she has no flood insurance and says money from government agencies will not be enough to start over. >> even with fema helping, it's still not gonna be enough to, you know, me put down a deposit and get started. >> reporter: it's a scene being played out across several states where are homes were underwater. the city is using large trucks to pick pickup debris and take it to the dump, but once the clean-up stops, a big question

>> that's the difficult part of people getting enough resources when we already don't have enough resources to be able to start over again. so thank god that some people have friends and relatives that they can lean on during this time, but it's gonna be a difficult process, no doubt, for people, and they are gonna be hurting for a while. >> reporter: hurricane matthew is being blamed for more than 1,000 deaths, 43 of them in the u.s. in the newsroom, i'm christa delcamp, 7news. and caught on ca, little boy comes face to face with a burglar at his new jersey home. security footage capturing the suspect trying to rob the home this week when he was caught in the act by a sixth-grader. the boy ran and immediately called police, and he credits his quick thinking to a school dare office. >> reporter: monday afternoon alan snyderman came home from school and says he immediately knew someone was inside. at first he thought it was his grandparents but realized quickly it wasn't.

something, where he's trying to look through drawers. so i look around the corner, no one's there, and then at that very moment it stops. but then when i look around, it gets louder. >> reporter: alan says he followed the noise and that's when he saw the suspect that police identify as thomas coughlin. >> he is avoiding me the last two times. but then once i turned my head around he was just sitting there. >> i immediately went out of the house very frightened and my car that my neighbor gail was driving by. >> reporter: together they called 911. police say coughlin slipped out by the time officers arrived, but this morning he was arrested at his home. >> i wish that he would just be a normal person and not no decide to steal things, but -- be civilized and, yeah. all right, his quick reaction a

a smash and entrance for a burglar. he threw something at the glass door and kicking it and then runs full speed at the door. police say he stole more than $10,000 worth of diamonds from that jewelry store, still looking for him and a possible accomplice. a wisconsin police officer was out on a call when he was nearly hit by his own cruiser, according to hudson police, another car rearended the police cruiser pushing it toward him. as you can see on t officer sees the crash and jumps out of the way before the car hits him. the unidentified officer was not injured. also on 7, a slithering surprise for a man in florida when a snake crawls out of the hood of his car. he took the video, then posted it to facebook, and it turns out it was nearly 6 feet long. what would you do if this curious creature popped up on youred into say hello, slithering and sliding through the engine of your car. we're talking about a face to

during rush hour. >> we used to catch snakes on purpose. it used to be a contest. >> reporter: for this native floridian sneaky snakes aren't so shocking. as a kid tim grew up catching these creepy-crawly creatures. >> snakes come natural in florida just like rain in the summertime. >> reporter: but seeing a snake right in front of his eyes, it might be a little too close for comfort. for most of us this encounter would cause chaos but for tim he kept calm. >> i did close >> turns out it will came all the way from where tim was kayaking in the weekend. in the end tim got a good laugh but still squirming. so he decided to give the snake some space so it could slither away on its own. i don't know about giving it space but -- >> i probably would have screamed and ran. all right. ahead on 7news, a race to the

a car burst into flames. >> and ahead at 5:00, a brockton teen killed on his bike. his father talking about the moments that led up to the crash. and suspects arrested following an armed home invasion there. belle continue to follow this story and bring you the very latest as we get it. imagine if your child were trapped in a failing school. imagine if your child couldn't read or write at grade level. imagine if your child were stuck on a waiting list. but they can't. if you like your public school, question 2 won't affect you. but for kids stuck in failing school districts, question 2 will let parents choose something better and give all our kids hope. please vote yes on question 2. and give all our kids hope. c'mon in, pop pop! happy birthday! i survived a heart attack. i'm doing all i can to keep from having another one.

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a firey rescue in florida when a hero jumps intoct he says he heard the car explode then risked his own life to save the two strangers. and this isn't the first time the good samaritan has made some headlines. >> oh my god! >> reporter: an suv flipped over and smashed into a gas station pump and a man and a woman are inside. >> get out of there! >> oh, my god. >> reporter: witnesses worried at any moment the entire station

gonna blow up. >> reporter: and that's when a very brave group, including herbert tarvin ran into the danger on sunday. >> i'm like, hey, let's get her out. to me she was unconscious. there was a lot of people trying to get out and the window was so small, it was flipped over. >> reporter: the driver got out on his own but the passenger was stuck. >> hurry. >> the woman, oh my god. [ screaming ] >> reporter: herbert and the group managed to get her out of the burning car. >> when i see that, that's gonna be on my conscience. like i have to go over there and do something. i hope other people -- they get rewarded for that too, but not only me. it was just the right thing to do. >> reporter: what's so amazing is this isn't the first time herbert's been in the spotlight for doing the right thing. back in 1997 he made national headlines as an 11-year-old boy when he returned 85 cents he took from a brinks truck that

trip to disney. >> i just did it because it was the right thing to do and my teacher telling me -- she gave me a choice to do what i was supposed to do, so i did the right thing and turned the money in. >> reporter: 19 years later and herbert is back in the spotlight. >> because you never leave a person stranded, really. you gotta always do the right thing. and that should be the lesson. that was the lesson to me. >> reporter: a lesson he now shares with his daughter. >> do you think thing to do the right thing, right. >> reporter: more than anything, herbert says he's just relieved the man and the woman in the car will be okay. >> i hope that this show people they should step up and help each other. >> brian ennis, 7news. coming up, a medical breakthrough. why this little girl has a whole lot to smile about. >> more clouds around tomorrow, much cooler forecast for the weekend, up next. and on 7news at 5:00, it is the final face-off in las vegas. the race for the white house heads there as donald trump and

time. >> and the patriots tackle their next game against the steelers. what coach belichick and tom brady had to say about that. this is epping new hampshire, the press conference about the home invasion. let's listen in. >> we dispatched a seacoast contact team to go out and search the property. they did search and find the suspect hiding? a shed behind the property. -- hiding in a shed behind the property. he was taken into custody without incident, brought bac different offenses, burglary, robbery, conspiracy to purchase drugs, and resisting arrest or apprehension. we have two other suspects facing other charges. we also have a search warrant we're working on. but those are open investigations. we really can't talk about those at this moment due to still being active cases. but as the cases are closed, with he will have more information for you later. >> you said conspiracy to

is there a connection between the victims and the suspect? we really can't say. that's part the investigation. it's ongoing right now. >> who was the conspiracy to buy drugs from? >> still an open investigation. we really can't disclose any of that. i would love to answer your questions. >> what about burglary, conspiracy to buy drugs and resisting arrest. are all the gentlemen being charged with this or just this guy. >> this is the suspect we just brought that custody. the others are charges but that investigation is still ongoing. >> can you give an idea of maybe their charges? related to the robbery, burglary. >> so this was a home invasion? >> we're calling it a burglary. they did force their way into the house. >> don't have time for more questions. again, we will have more information for you as the investigation continues. >> when will you find out more about charges? it could be the morning at this point. not knowing how long it will take or detectives to wrap up. there's a lot of work left to do

>> i rainments should happen in the morning. >> will you put everything on social media? >> we have a large address of contacts. we'll put a press release out and send it to the contact information that we have. >> okay. >> thank you. >> you've been listening to a live update from police in epping, new hampshire after an armed home invasion, burglary, whatever you want to call it. earlier this afternoon it was a scary situation. three suspects now under arrest for what happened at that home. >> that's right. we'll continue to fol story. i'm sure a lot more information i'm sure a lot more information still i'm fios is not cable.ormation stil we're wired differently. we guarantee to make switching easier. we'll show up on time. you're right on time. as promised, to install fios and set up the wi-fi that janet, jamie, jenny, jemma and jasmine need on their birthday. thank you. for all their new devices. you can't break me. you want a piece of cake?

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around lunchtime so a nice fall afternoon. way above normal. normal high is 61. the record in the city is 84. so that'll stay in the books but still record or no record, upper 70s to around 80, this may be it, folks, moving forward is rather difficult to get your temperature up to 80 degrees. once you cross into october. i know anything's possible but the odds are not in your favor. cool front moving through this evening. that will allow skies to remain and also a little bit cooler than last night because that air is dry, and again dry air warms up fast but cools off fast, as well. as we move out of new england, there is another batch of clouds containing some showers back through illinois, indiana. a piece of this will break away, race up into new england. more so the clouds than the rain. overnight tonight, mostly clear with a few of the clouds from the midwest, showing up after midnight. upper 40s to the mid-50s. they're high thin cirrus clouds

overall a much cooler day tomorrow forecast temperature ts between 60 and 65. east wind keeps coastal locations the coolest spots in the low 60s. and in terms of precipitation, again, there may be a sprinkle very late in the day but i think most, if not the entire day, is dry, especially boston, southshore. low 60s in the city. up north of town, dracut 65, amesbury 63. heading up to salem? it's that time of year. temps will be generally in the lower 60s tomorrow afternoon. jaffery at 60. and out on the cape and islands, some sun. chatham at 58, mashby at 62. for friday, clouds once again, and a better chance of scattered showers on friday. with that said some of you may go most of friday and not have any rain. and then it looks like our greatest chance of rain is gonna be friday night through early saturday morning with the possibility of an inch of rain from this storm system here which will really wind up and crank across northern new england and grab some chilly air

southern new england. and in doing so generating a lot of wind. get ready for a windy weekend with temperatures saturday and sunday. we got ahead of the charleston tonight by the way. mid- to upper 50s on the riverbanks with the wind gusting from the northwest, about 25 to 30 miles per hour, both saturday and sunday. see you at 5:00. >> all right, time now for fast track traffic. let's get out to the roads with matt fitzgerald and get a check of how the roads are looking. >> good afternoon. we'll begin flying high on the n side you're stop and go passing winter street and really heavy from route 3 up past salem street. really heavy on the pike west heading out of town this afternoon. you'll be heading from the allston tolls out past newton corner and out past the weston tolls. not moving at all on the zakim bridge heading south. the expressway south was shut down as the motorcade made its way through. back near assembly square and the northbound side of the bridge isn't much better.

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tomorrow. >> the final face to face in the race for the white house. it's a las vegas showdown between donald trump and hillary clinton. the topics they will tackle and the special guests sitting in the audience. we're live ahead of the last presidential debate. then the family of a danvers teacher who was murdered by a student demanding answers . the lawsuit filed today. also, a teenager hit and killed while riding his bike. an att aisles of a texas supermarket. a mother speaking out. start with breaking news. police arrest three men in connection with an armed break-in. this happened up in epping new hampshire and a tense scene it was. people who live in that area were ordered to stay in their homes while police searched for the suspects. >> we're hearing from the man who says he was targeted. kelli o'hara live on the scene with the breaking details.

manhunt in new hampshire. police tell us they're suspected of breaking into a 21-year-old's home, robbing him and assaulting him. it happened just after 1:00 this afternoon. police tell us that an epping police officer was on patrol and just happened to be driving by when he saw two men running out of the house and that's when they were arrested. the alleged victim tells us he then saw a third man run away and that suspect got away with his .9 millimeter gun. that's when the manhunt began, local and state police locking hours, including several schools that were also put on lock-down. but late this afternoon, police found their third suspect, that alleged victim tells us what he says happened. >> we receive at tip from a citizen on pleasant street of a suspicious male matching the description of raul, a suspect on his property in the backyard. he was headed for the neighboring vacant property, and last seen headed in the direction of an empty shed behind the house.