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an abrupt start to the arraignment had court officers rushing into the holding area. according to sources, the suspect briefly became uncooperative. >> assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. >> reporter: that is 18-year-old frantz polynice of brockton, pleading not guilty to murdering his mother, inside the family's home in brockton yesterday afternoon. >> the report defendant's mother, had been stabbed multiple times above about the face, neck, and torso area. by this defendant, mr. polynice, her 18-year-old son. >> reporter: the suspect's grandmother was in the house at the time but wasn't hurt. the mother of polynice's betion friend from high school is heart-broken. >> it is so hard for us to believe. we were just saying yesterday,

then we get this call. this is unbelievable. >> reporter: polynice graduated from brockton high earlier this year where he played football. the motive here remains a history, the district attorney says. >> what would lead an individual to go and do that sort of activity? i don't know. >> i have no comment that the time. this is a really tragic situation. we are still learning a lot. we have nothing further to say at this time. >> reporter: all right. record up until now. this murder charge, he is being held without bail. he will be back at the courthouse next month. by then, we are told, prosecutors could have a better idea on what touched all this off in the first place. we are live in brockton this afternoon, steve cooper, 7 news. >> kris: breaking news as well. 11 hostages are now free after being held at gunpoint at a bank in jacksonville, florida. you see this is an active scene.

two hours. swat teams and negotiators were brought in to try to gain control of the situation. no word yet on any injuries. >> nancy: a suspect in the murder of a washington state police officer shot and killed after an 11-hour standoff at a home in tacoma. police were able to get the home owner and her children out of the house safely. the officer was shot multiple times while responding to a do domestic violence call wednesday evening. >> we have suffered a great loss. and suffered a great loss. i don't know how to put that into words. >> nancy: a procession of law enforcement officers then escortsed the officer's body from the hospital to the medical examiner's office. officers say they have found multiple weapons inside that home. and right now, brockton police are searching for two suspects after they led police on a chase overnight. it started when an officer pulled over their car and the driver took off. during the chase, the

out and ran. the officer had minor injuries. >> kris: finally, some sunshine today. the big question is is it going to last? we needed the rain, wren. it is nice to have a break for a change. it is. you know, we will be seeing some sunshine here all day long. we have a mixture of sun and clouds. especially to our west. that is going to kind of be the case. some cloud cover pushing in from the west. you can see that frontal system that brought us heavy rain last night tracked to the northeast very quickly. a really speedy system. a closer look at what we are seeing. you can see those breaks in cloud cover. more cloud cover to the northwest. a mixture of sun and clouds through the afternoon. still some peeks of sunshine. we are seeing a breeze and wind gust ramp up here. we are some breezy conditions. 28-mile-per-hour winds in boston. winds out of the west, sustained winds 10-20 miles

>> nancy: a teen back in court for a pretrial hearing, accused of encouraging her friend to commit suicide. >> kris: nicole oliverio is live in taunton. nicole, what is the latest? >> reporter: well, kris, both sides are getting ready for this case to finally go to trial. they are trying to wrap up some last-minute motions. the defense wanted an expert to talk about an antidepressant says both teams were taking. one where he says the side effect was suicidal thoughts. as the judge tries to move motions along, pushing for a february trial, the defense attorneys asked for an expert who can explain the effects of an antidepressant drug. >> i'm asking to see how to engage an expert to tell me how select sa affects a person's thinking. >> reporter: michelle carter

prosecutors say she encouraged 18-year-old conrad roy of fair haven to kill himself through text messages. defense lawyers say both she and roy were taking the drug selexa. >> it's been proven by the manufacturer itself that it creates teenagers an increase in their suicide. so i they jury needs to hear that information. >> reporter: judge disagreed. >> you have not indicated whether he complained to anyone about any effects of the selexa. we don't have any of that. i am not satisfied that you have met this reasonableness burden. >> reporter: defense lawyers say the drug was in roy's system when he took his own life. >> conrad roy was taking it, but the judge didn't know. he didn't think i was clear enough as to why it was relevant to the case. ly spell that out next time convince the judge why i think

>> reporter: also today, the defense will get access to roy's facebook page. apparently, there is about 20,000 documents to go through. the defense is hoping to find conversations that he had with other friends about suicidal thoughts. we are live in taunton, 7 news. >> nancy: a man wanted for more than a dozen break-ins over the past two years. reading police have identified him now. the 24-year-old targeted retail stores as well as the reading public library. he is now facing draes chaos in chinatown now being cleaned up after yesterday's water main break there. the water main triggering a man hole fire there as well. you were there on the scene. >> nancy: i was. what crews are doing now to clean up the mess left behind. thick black smoke billowing into the air. man hole fires burning underground. streets flooded in chinatown after a massive water main break. carbon monoxide levels hitting

>> the alarm went off. everyone got booted out by the fireman. >> reporter: more than one hundred people evacuated. it was hard to tell how far the underground fire would spread. >> typically, they travel in sequence. it just starts popping down the street. >> that was precautionary. we want to make sure everythinging is clean and proper before we open up. snarled traffic. eventually, crews pulled out and replaced the damaged pipe. the mayor says this may be a case of aging infrastructure and says even though the problem is fixed, forecast its will take much longer for things to be business as usual in chinatown. >> a lot of the business is going to be closed for quite some time. there is still water in a lot of basements. >> reporter: inspectional services will have to give all-clear before any businesses are allowed to reopen. crews continue working on the

in chinatown, victoria warren, 7 news. >> nancy: trouble on the tracks this morning. a commuter rail train crashes into a parked car near the west street station tracks in needham. that car flipped completely up side-down. no injuries, though, thankfully, have been reported. >> kris: hit with hate: fast mosque received a disturbing letter. it was similar to a threatening letter that a mosque in california received the handwriting is the same. the stamp is even from california. a member of the mosque says the letter is addressed "the children of satan" and describes what they future could look like. >> it says the new president-elect will do what hitler did to the jews. this is really alarming. you are concerned about your community members. you are concerned about your kids. your family. >> kris: the mosque has given that letter to the f.b.i. who

on wednesday. selectmen voted to suspend chief antone roderick without pay indefinitely. he used the department's clothing allowance to buy women's clothing for his girlfriend. roderick was charged in court this week with larceny and making false statements to police. and the west roxbury pipeline set to start transmitting gas, despite two years of protests. on monday, mayor walsh and other city officials sent letters to the company that owns the pipeline. ac plans. the company says the security plan is posted. >> kris: now we are turning our focus to the trump transition today. donald trump will travel to indiana for a big business announcement. now, while on the campaign trail, the president-elect promised to keep jobs from air-conditioning company carrier in the state of indiana. well, now the company has sealed the deal to keep close to a thousand jobs in the united states. the company initially planned to close one of its indiana

>> nancy: elizabeth warren weighing in on president-elect trump's choices for his cabinet. >> you know, what a lot of americans are sick of is a government that works for those at the top. i think that donald trump tapped into that anger, and now donald trump is doing 180 degrees on it. insiders into exactly the jobs where he criticized wall street insiders before. >> nancy: another familiar face is rumored to be in the running for a cabinet position. sar yeah palin being considered for the secretary of veterans affairs. that is same job scott brown is also up for as well. and the campaign managers for president-elect trump and hillary clinton will be speaking later this evening at a forum at harvard's john f. kennedy school of government. the discussion comes on the

recounts in several key states. the forum intended to give people an insider's view of the 2016 election. it will be hosted by cnn's jake tapper. >> kris: coming up here at noon, southern states left picking up the pieces after deadly storms ripped across parts of the country. how dolly parton is now trying to help those in need. means the a dangerous drive: what happened to one driver who was streaming live while going at high speeds in >> reporter: meteorological winter is here. when you can expect wintry weather. that answer after the break. >> kris: a rare rescue. how crews were able to save manatee stuck in a tough

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>> kris: wild weather in the southeast. 7 people are dead after deadly tornadoes touched down in parts of alabama, georgia, and

in this video. at least three tornadoes ripped through northern alabama according to the national weather service. in georgia, three suspected tornadoes touched down right near the metro atlanta area. no one was injured, but residents described the terrifying afternoon. >> it was so much wind. it was... everything was just flying everywhere. it was bad. >> really bad. right here in front of us. really, really bad. >> the wind was like... the whole door just shook. >> kris: officials say the drought this year has caused more trees to fall than typical tornadoes. the dollywood foundation is giving financial assistance to tennessee residents who lost their homes in the deadly wildfires from this week. dolly parton raised in the great smoky mountains says she believes charity begins at home. >> now, i have always believed that charity begins at home. and that's why i have asked my dollywood companies, including the dollywood theme parj park, my dinner theater atrarx,

lumberjack adventure, plus my foundation, to help me establish a my people's fund. now, we want to provide a hand-up to all those families that have lost everything in the fires. and to recover, we want to make sure that the dollywood foundation provides a thousand dollars a month to all those families that have lost their homes in the fires until they get back up on their feet. >> nancy: nice sentiment there from dolly parton. >> kris: also tha to help out can go to her foundation's web site and make donations as well to contribute. >> nancy: absolutely. locally, in new england, the weather has improved quite a bit since this morning. >> kris: it has. rain has moved out. wren, i know we needed it. >> every little bit helps. we did see some appreciable raferl totals. we are still dealing with the drought situation. worcester grabbed more than two inches of rain. plymouth, seeing close to two inches of rain.

about what we saw as well. that definitely helps. here is where we are for the month of november. in terms of rainfall, we still fall short. we saw two and a half inches of rain. on average, we see closer to four inches for the month of november. that does still put us at a defer sit for this month. in terms of rainfall throughout the year of 2016, you can see just two months where we were above our average highs for our precip values. you see february, october, we were above average precip rates. every other month, we are been below. inches. we need more moisture. potentially, a couple of sprinkles over the berkshires. aparts from that, we are seeing plenty of sunshine. a few additional clouds through our northwest. throughout the day, a mixture of sun and clouds. it is going to be breezy, though. wind gus up to 25-30 miles per hour possible today. while we are mild. it is still a little nippy out there. not feeling, though, like the first day of meteorological winter.

tree-lighting. temperatures in the upper 40's at 6:00. that is still warmer than our average high for this time of year. we are talking about dry conditions. we stay dry through the next couplele of days. the slight chance for some sprinkles tomorrow. lows tomorrow in the mid to up 0er's. orange, temperatures in the low 30's. you can see we keep those winds up out of west. winds out of the west as well today and tonight. temperatures stay above average today and tomorrow. take a look. each day we knock off a ce until sunday. we are in the low 40's. by monday. in the upper 30's. below average temperatures are on the way. it's going to feel like winter pretty soon here. >> nancy: time to bundle up. thank you very much, wren. ahead, search on in boston. a suspect who stole thousands of dollars of iphones. >> kris: the play-offs are approaching. how is your fantasy team holding up? we have some tips you might need during this week's

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>> nancy: all right. the big question is your fantasy team ready for this week? >> kris: maybe some people are struggling. you want to remain on top. here are some tips for this week's fantasy fixer.

i'm jadiann thompson. we are on week 13. that means some fanty leagues are already on the verge of play-offs. we are also talking about the patriots comeback. against the jets. that was amazing. but man, they lost gronk in that. >> reporter: yeah. a big price to play. we are wining down. maybe a big match-up for gronk, not to happen this week. somebody will have to pick up the slack. got to look to the run game. especially with the rams defense. one of the bette not consistent enough in stopping the run. legarrette blount has been steady all year. not a good match-up last weekend for the jets. opposite this week. >> jadiann: the super bowl rematch from 2001. the rams would probably want some of that oh fence back if you could rewind time. >> their offense is abysmal.

31st in the league in offense. scored ten or fewer points in four of the last five games. brit, probably their best receiver. austin, a dynamic guy. bad match-up. sit him down. >> jadiann: afc west may be the best division right now. one team getting a break this weekend. >> it would have to be the chargers. good mamp-up. williams, a young receiver. got a really good quarterback. something you want t >> jadiann: all right, everyone. go set your lineups. >> nancy: up next on 7 news, what happens to one driver going dangerously fast in

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>> nancy: a dangerous drive in rhode island. a driver allegedly speeding and streaming this whole thing on-line. police say he ended up crashing his car and now officers are asking questions. that driver was seriously injured after police say he was driving faster than a hundred miles an hour. this man, as i mentioned, streaming his wild ride wednesday morning through the streets of providence, rhode island. all on facebook live. he was weaving in and out of traffic at one point. nearly hitting several cars. police say he then spun out before crashing into a jersey barrier. rescue crews had to pull the man out of the car after the crash. traffic backed up at least for two hours right there. and you are taking a look at here... well, the driver is listed in critical condition. no word if he will face any charges yet. caught on camera: two men vandalize a grocery store in philadelphia with anti-trump graffiti. a philadelphia lawyer has been identified as one of the two suspects responsible for that

>> kris: a rare rescue after a manatee gets caught in a storm drain down in florida. construction workers spotted this 950-pound animal trapped wednesday morning. there he is getting lifted up. it took crews six hours to finally pull that manatee out to safety. that animal was eventually taken to sea world. workers ran tests to make sure it was doing okay. sea world says it will continue monitoring the manatee's health over the next several days. >> nancy: good to see it worked out for the manatee. >> kris: sea cows. that is what they are affectionately known as: i grew up in south florida. i used to see them in the canals and stuff. they are pretty cute. >> nancy: oh, very nice to see. all right. let's talk about the weather. the rain now gone. it won't stay that way. >> reporter: you know, we will see some sunshine here today. the question is, the weekend. we are starting meteorological

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death. a relative says she knew something was wrong and begged a neighbor to call 911. >> reporter: an abrupt start had court officers rushing into the wholing area. according to sources, the suspect briefly became uncooperative. hiding behind the partition but seen here in his grainy mug shot, that is 18-year-old frantz pleading not guilty to murdering his mother, 4 a 44-year-old, inside the family's home on merritt avenue in brockton yesterday afternoon. >> the report was that the defendant's mother, a 44-year-old, had been stabbed multiple times about the face, neck, and torso area. by this defendant, mr. polynice, her 18-year-old son. >> reporter: the suspect's grandmother was in the house at the time but wasn't hurt.

friend from high school is heart-broken. >> it is just so hard for us to believe. we were just saying yesterday, where is he? and then this, we get this call. it is just unbelievable. >> reporter: polynice graduated from brockton high earlier this year, where he played football. the district attorney says the motive here remains a mystery. >> what would lead an individual to go up to that level to get a knife and do that sort of activity, i don't know. attorney had little to say. >> i have no comment at this time. that is really tragic situation. we are still learning a lot. we have nothing further to say at this time. >> reporter: polynice is now held without bail. he returns to court next month. by then, we could learn about a football motive here. in brockton, steve cooper, 7 news. >> kris: the suspect in the murder of a washington state police officer shot and killed afteran 11-hour standoff at a tacoma home. police were able to get the

the officer was shot multiple times while responding to a domestic violence call there on wednesday evening. he was pronounced dead overnight at a local hospital. >> we have suffered a great loss. and i think community has suffered a great loss. i don't know how to put that into words. >> kris: a procession of officers then escorted the body to the medical examiner's office. officers found weapons inside that home. >> nancy: suspects robbed a store in uxbridge. investigators say a woman and a man stole more than a thousand dollars in cash from two separate cashiers. police believe they would dris tract the cashiers and then take money from the register. the suspects drove off in this bmw. right now, they are reviewing the footage to try and

four suspects walked into a store and took ten iphones from a table-top display and took off. it is similar to an apple store robbery that happened in natick back in october. that is video you are looking at here. 7 people were caught taking cameras... caught on camera taking thousands of dollars of iphones from the display cases in that store. >> nancy: all right. 12.33. a live look outside. actually, pretty mild out there. 57 in the city of boston. the sun is out. the first day of december. >> kris: an old friend visiting us after a briefer vacation. it is a treat to see some sunshine. it kind of feels like we are being duped here. it is winter now. meteorological winter. the first day of it, actually. we saw some rain showers this morning. some pockets of heavy rain. that has pushed farther to our northeast. right now we are seeing partly to mostly sunny skies. more sunshine in eastern massachusetts.

possible across the berkshires. we are looking at a mixture of sun and clouds as we head into the rest of the day. still plenty of sunshine, though. i would count on a couple of additional clouds to roll on through into the afternoon. we also have a breezier day. winds out of the west at 10-20 miles per hour. some wind gusts now at 32 miles per hour in bedford. definitely feels a little cool despite the warm temperatures. ri michelle carter was back in a courtroom today for a pretrial hearing. nicole oliverio has more. as the judge tries to move motions along, pushing for a february trial, the defense attorneys ask for an expert who can explain the effects of an antidepressant drug. >> i'm asking to see how to engage an expert to tell me how selexa affects a person fess thinking. >> reporter: michelle carter

manslaughter. prosecutors say in 2014, carter encouraged 18-year-old conrad roy of fair thooin kill himself through text messages. both she and roy were taking the drug selexa. >> it has been proven, this isn't speculation. it is proven by the manufacturer itself that it creates teenagers... an increase in their suicide. i think a jury needs to hear that information. >> reporter: but a judge disagreed. >> you have not indicated trial period, whether he complained to anyone about any effects of the selexa. we don't have any of that. i am not satisfied that you have met this reasonableness burden. >> reporter: defense lawyers say the drug was in roy's system when he took his own life. >> conrad roy was taking it, but the judge didn't know. he didn't think i was clear enough as to why it was relevant to the case. i'll spell that out next time

>> reporter: also today, the defense will get access to roy's facebook page. defense lawyers say he toll other friends about his suicidal thoughts. in taunton, nicole oliverio, 7 news. >> nancy: also on 7 news, a sheriff's deputy recovering after a cruiser crash in rockland. another driver in the deputy's another driver and the depp tip's k-9 also hurt in this case. >> we do know the lights and sirens were on. there were witnesses. the two vehicles that did pull over to the right, they did stop. >> nancy: police say the driver of the other car is in serious condition. >> kris: a medicine mix-up. 7-year-old madison young webts to see the school nurse. instead of motrin, the nurse gave that student ritalin. school officials say the nurse

was given ritalin at the school. and... >> because they looked alike? >> because they looked alike. >> kris: the nurse will not face disciplinary action. >> nancy: if you are drivinging tluts city of boston, you better slow down. the final green light to lower the speed limit from 30 to 25 miles an hour. that measure takes effect january 9. it was walsh who says it will cut down on traffic injuries and fatalities. >> kris: a potential plastic bag ban in the city of boston making its way to a vote. the ordinance would ban single-use plastic bags in the city and also add a 5 cent fee for paper bags and thicker plastic bags. >> i think we have an opportunity here to do something that's absolutely meaningful. absolutely impactful. helps the environment.

encouraging consumers. >> kris: the proposal will be handed to committee now. there will be a full hearing before it is put to a final vote. >> nancy: the police chief in dighton is off the joob after an emergency meeting on wednesday. antone roderick is suspended indefinitely. he used the department's clothing allowance to buy women's clothing for his girlfriend. the west roxbury pipeline set to start transmitting gas despite two years of protest. on monday, mayor walsh and other city officials sent letters to the company that owns the pipeline, accusing them of breaking their promise to share safety plans. the company says the security plan is posted. >> kris: more news today: a stadium memorial being held to remember the brazilian soccer team devastated in a plane crash. more than 70 people, including several members of the team

team's players survived. many are urging officials to award the championship trophy for the season to the team as a special tribute. >> nancy: donald trump will travel to indiana for a big business announcement. >> kris: the president-elect promised to keep jobs from the air-conditioning company carrier in the state of indiana. now the company has sealed the deal to keep close to a thousand jobs here in the united states. the company initially planned to close plants and take 1 4rx00 jobs to mexico. massachusetts senator elizabeth warren weighing in on the president-elect's choice for his cabinet. talking to anderson cooper recently, warren said that the president-elect is going back on his campaign trail promises on who he would employ to fix washington. >> americans are sick of a government that works for those at the top. i they donald trump tapped into that anger, and now

degrees on it. he is putting wall street insiders into exactly the jobs where he criticized wall street insiders before. >> kris: another familiar face rumored to be in the running for a cabinet position: sarah palin. she is being krld for secretary of veteran's affairs. that is the same job the former massachusetts senator scott brown is up for. campaign managers for president-elect trump and hillary clinton will be speaking later this evening at a forum at harvard's john f. kennedy school of government. the discussion comes on the heels of the push for ballot recounts in several key states. that forum is intended to give people an insider's view of the 2016 election. and will be hosted by cnn's jake tapper. >> kris: this young lady here

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someone over for being drunk behind the wheel. the town says they will issue a heavy fine as well. >> nancy: that is punishment on its own. a muslim woman making miss u.s.a. pageant history. she became the first fully covered woman to compete. she made it to the semifinals before getting eliminated. >> kris: nestle chocolate wil the company found a way to reduce the amount of sugar in its candy by as much as 40%. nestle says the treat will still taste sweeter but in smaller amounts. they will start selling those new less sugar-filled candies in 2018. california cops were called after a bunch of cows mysteriously showed up, stopping traffic and looking for shelter. the cows were in a trailer traveling from oregon to california. the driver pulled over for a quick nap.

air-conditioning units outside an apartment complex. you think they were trying to hide? maybe. hard to hide a cow. no animals were hurt. animal control brought them back to where they belong. >> nancy: glad they stayed safe. and didn't have a cow about the situation. isn't that good? >> reporter: we are drying out. a quick recap of the moisture. worcester seeing close to 2.5 inches of rain. plymouth, around two inches of rain. that is what we saw here in boston. there was a helpful for the definitely. and a deficit for the month of november, 2016. so precipitation for last month was just about 2.5 inches. that is more than an inch under what we typically see. we typically see about four inches of rainfall. despite the wet end to the month, again, still a drought in place. it will take a lot more than a couple of inches of rain to get past this drought. you can see those green bars that are up above the different months of the year.

values. and really, that was only february and this october. every other month, we were below average. that leaves us at a deficit of about ten-plus inches of rainfall this year. and we could, again, chip away at that through the month of december. we are very likely ending 2016 with a significant rain deficit. right now, we are looking at dry conditions. more sunshine, as you head eastward. more cloud cover as you head farther to our west. even the chance for a couple of sprinkles across the berkshires. we will see a mixture of ds more sunshine across the east. but it is still a nice break from all that wet weather. even though we are pretty mild in the temperature department, we are breezier today. already some wind guferss revved up here around listens throughout really southern new england. frbs wind gufss of 32 miles per hour in bedford. we will continue to see this gusty scenario really all day today. even through tonight as well. winds also out of the west. up to around 20 miles per hour.

in the low 50's in orange. to our southeast, still temperatures very mild, actually: in the mid to upper 50's. our highs today are going to be in the mid-50's. and upper 50's. that is where most of us already are here. especially southeastern new england. i think we are talking about some of us seeing temperatures in the low 60's here when it is all said and done. again, it will feel a little cooler than that. certainly, still well above average. a great night to get out to the boston common tree lighting. we s d really mild conditions. doesn't feel like we are starting the first day of meteorological winter. we certainly are. lows tonight will be in the mid-30's. upper 30's. and it is also going to be still breezy. we are breezy today. breezy tomorrow. even a little breezy as we head into tomorrow as well. take a look at our temperatures. we are mild today and tomorrow. we do steadily drop off in the temperature department to actually below average highs. as we head into your sunday forecast: enjoy the mild temperatures today and tomorrow. we are going to be cooler into

chance for seeing a wintry mix. some flurries in there. potentially sunday night into monday. >> kris: coming up, hank investigates how you can protect yourself at the gas

>> nancy: leaves the treeing themselves with yourdi you don't realize it until you get the bill. >> kris: how many of us even look at the bill sometimes? right? it is a growing problem. hank investigating these credit card crimes. >> reporter: he thought he was only buying gas at this quincy pump. but on this man's credit card, there were charges for a tuxedo, jewelry, and furniture. joe wants to hide his identity. but listen to this. how much did they charge to your account? >> f a thousand dollars. >> reporter: thousand dollars. >> we just called the police

to do. >> reporter: look here. inside the very pump that joe used, police found this computer cable. criminals had attached it to the credit card reader. that transmitted joe's credit card data to bad guys. they down lowd it to their computers. >> it made me angry. >> reporter: criminals pry open the pumps sometimes late at night. aurve using the pump partest from surveillance cameras. then they install the cables. >> from one side or the other. plug your unit in. >> reporter: they close up the pump and wait for the next victim. >> it will read whatever this reads. and take the information. report t gas station gets paid. but your credit card info is swiped. when would the gas station learn about it? >> the gas station might not. >> reporter: they might never know. >> no. >> reporter: the detectives

>> these can be put on within minutes. >> reporter: and their schemes pay off. we have learned the so-called gas pump skipping is on the rise in massachusetts. >> they are really everywhere. you have to watch out. >> reporter: we found cases not only in quincy but in westwood, hingham, westborough, bridgewater, and more: now the state is pushing gas stations to protect their pumps with tacher-resistant seals like these. and asking customers to watch out. >> it was surprising to me >> reporter: here is how you can protect yourself. if there is a seal on the pump, make sure it's not broken. if you use a credit card, pay inside. or even use cash. i'm hank phillippi ryan. >> nancy: up next, christmas in full swing in new york. we will take you to the annual tree-lighting ceremony. >> reporter: we are starring the first day of meteorological winter here. it is hard to believe.

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