in midtown, cefaan kim, channel 7 eyewitness news. they've arrested a teenager armed with dangerous weapon. officers seized a fully loaded handgun and 79 bullets from a 13-year-old who arrived by bus from virginia. police got a tip and met his bus at the port authority bus terminal. now the boy told police that he wanted the gun for protection and he's now in juvenile detention. >>> a man suspected in 16 armed robberies across two boroughs is now in police custody. the detectives say 30-year-old august-watkins robbed 14 stores in queens and two if brooklyn. they spanned only 11 days. police say? each one he told workers he had a gun and grabbed run and ran off. >>> trouble tonight for three off-duty new york city firefighters after a bar brawl near citi field. police arrested the firefighters last night after a fight broke out at mcfadden's restaurant and saloon in michael brafet a and john martin and anthony cardazone face charges. they also charged one with resisting arrest. >>> new details tonight about bruce springsteen's decision

reporting live in woodside, cefaan kim channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> thank you. and people in japan are filing into evacuation centers fearing more aftershocks from two powerful earthquakes. 41 people have been killed, 11 people remain missing. disaster officials say some 180,000 people have been evacuated into more than 80 shelters. >> a traffic stop erupts into undercover officers shoot and kill a man in queens. tonight we speak exclusively to the victim's family about what happened. >> also a deadly hit and run in the hamptons, now a man hunt underway for the driver. >> and a slithering surprise, police are called to the scene when a huge snake is discovered in queens. >> and after getting over the mid-70s this afternoon, a little bit of a sea breeze is shaping up cooling off our temperature to 69. it's always nice when you see it cooling off into the upper 60s. (laughing) there's nothing like making their day. except making sure their tomorrow is taken care of too. financial guidance while you're mastering life. i >>> new details this evening about a traffic

live in bay poor, cefaan kim. >>> new video of gas station attendants who got the upper hand on a would-be robber. one of the attendants catches a man stealing from the store. they fight and the suspect reportedly held him at knife point. a second suspect attacks from behind. they struggle while another attend apartment runs to help. the pair of workers grabs one of the suspects. they drag him back inside and hold the guy for police the first guy who had the my stomach with a knife. so i get back, he got a chance to run away. >> police say the suspect and two others were part of a plan to rip off that gas station. the other two took off but they were found later and arrested. charges for all three include robbery and grand larceny. >>> politics now and the race for the white house. both democratic presidential candidates have strong ties to the empire state which holds its primary on april 19th. bernie sanders grew up in brooklyn where he campaigned today. hillary clinton has a home in westchester. today her husband and former president campaigned on her behalf. lucy yang with details on t

eyewitness news reporter cefaan kim has the details on the weekend cleanup. he's on manhattan's upper east side. >> reporter: joe, the high winds caused problems all across the city today from collapsed buildings in the bronx, brooklyn and queens to the this crane on the upper east side on top of that building, swaying back and forth in the wind making some residents nervous. >> 16 stories in the sky this construction crane creating anxiety among neighbors. after seeing it rock back and forth in the wind this morning, residents reported it to police. officials say it was only swaying slightly but enough to rattle some nerves. the fdny finding everything was normal on top of the building under construction on 89th street and 1st avenue. department of buildings inspectors say they fond the tower crane placed in weather vane operations allowing it to rotate safely. in the bronx strong winds believed to be behind a partial building collapse. the facade falling off the 3 story abandoned residential causing evacuations of the buildings next door. >> with the high w

take back the state senate in 2014 may have violated election fundraising eyewitness news reporter cefaan kim is outside city hall tonight with details. cefaan? >> reporter: well, sandra, it's no surprise that the mayor wants democrats the mower but did power of the state senate but did he break any laws? a bob shep suggests he did and it could be a felony. >> everything we did was legal. and appropriate. and careful. and look. we've said from the beginning, if there's any kind of investigation going on, we'll happily participate. >> reporter: mayor bill de blasio on defense, over more questions into his fundraising tactics. speaking on the brian leonard show yesterday. the mayor flatly denying any wrongdoing and vowing to be transparent. >> i'm happy to be a part of solving any outstanding questions but from my vantage point, everything was done legally and appropriately. >> reporter: the mayor what may have been an illegal fundraising scheme. the damning eight page memo is posted in full of the neighbor's website. the lead -- newspaper's website. the lead said it revealed a pattern consiste

cefaan kim is in long beach with more. >> the allegations are shocking and disturbing. these are victims that would have had no way to speak up against alleged abuse. their parents say they were tortured by the very people they were supposed to trust. >> i'm sick to the bottom of my stomach over it. >> reporter: the pain on her face is visible and the anguish in her voice palpable. devastated over allegations their autistic 14-year-old son was abused by his special needs teacher. >> you can see he's scarred by it. and he'll never get that back. >> reporter: they're one of five families alleging their middle school kids were subjected to years of horrific treatment. their teacher, lisa weitzman, and two teaching assistants are accused of striking their zip ties, spraying aerosol in their faces, locking them in bathrooms, and verbally and sexually abusing them. >> i want them all in jail. >> reporter: all the victims are nonverbal. the gringases have filed a lawsuit. their attorney says school officials knew the allegations in 2009. >> the superintendent and the administr

so far no arrests, reporting live, cefaan kim, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> thank you cefaan. a hidden surprise waiting for customs officers as they searched a bag at jfk. it looks like a package of coffee but look closely. that is cocaine hidden inside. $50,000 worth of it. officers found it yesterday. a jamaican citizen was carrying the suitcase and she is now facing smuggling charges. >>> well, decades after the imfa mouse charles manton murders a member of his cult could be set free. california prison review board is recommending parole for leslie van houten. at 19 years old, she was the youngest member of manson's followers. and van houten and the group went on a gruesome rampage back in 1969. she admitted to stabbing an innocent woman 16 times. and her attorneys say she was -- she was an out of control brainwashed teenager when she committed the crime and now she totally different woman. >> they called her an exemplary prisoner where she's helped the other inmates. she's tutored them. she herself earned the master's degree in the last two years. >> what kind of punishmen

reporting live in astoria, cefaan kim, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> a frightening accident in manhattan. a taxi cab jumps the curb and hits the pedestrian. the cabby suffered some kind of medical condition. eyewitness news obtaining this video. the victim walking along university place when the cab veered left, jumped the curb, and started driving in the wrong direction. witnesses did their best to help the woman before paramedics arrived. >> there was a doctor on scene too. he was saying they might have to lift the cab but people were unsure if they wanted to lift the cab or not. >> it was nauseating to see. she's now in critical condition. >>> charges have been filed against a man involved in a deadly crash on the long island expressway. investigators say 34-year-old driver hit a median in the hov lane in jericho around 2:00 this morning. when he pulled over to secure his bumper, a car driven by 34-year-old bonaficio enriquez pushed the man in to traffic. the third car hit and killed him. the suspect is charged with manslaughter and drunk driving. >>> it's still unclear tonight what s

eyewitness news reporter cefaan kim in north babylon with more on this story. cefaan? >> reporter: well, david, an out of control car launched into the air and then slammed right through this innocence. not only did that -- fence. not only did the driver walk away from this, he took off running on foot and it was all caught on tape. take a look at this home surveillance video. at the top of the screen, watch as a volkswagen slams right through a fence at a home in north babylon. then moments later, the man behind the wheel takes off on foot. this video was taken from security cameras of the homeowner. >> that -- in that yard, that's what made him go airborne and he flipped over like three times and then ended up right in that patch of grass right there. driver took off because that car was stolen. seeing is rid owe running -- video running towards deer park avenue. >> i sounded like thunder. it actually felt like the grounds shook and i mean all the neighbors came out. >> reporter: it hammed on kimmy avenue around 1:20 a.m. skid marks on the lawn of the home show the t

from noho, cefaan kim, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> a 73-year-old man is arrested in a bank robbery. thomas genovese was picking -- was accused of robbing the peoples bank thursday. police say he realized robbing it is a stupid idea and cooperating with investigators. >>> nypd released surveillance images of three people suspected of robbing three children in central park. near west drive and transverse road number 4. police say the men approached three boys, ages 10, 14 and 15, and asked them what they had in their pockets. then the suspects forcefully went into the boys' pockets and bags and stole their belongings including cell phones. no one was hurt. >>> officials in financially troubled atlantic city are awaiting word on whether they can make payroll. today a judge is expected to decide if the city can make a scheduled payroll payment. if not the city will be forced to shut down non-essential government services. state filed suit to stop the city from making the payroll payment because it owes its school district more than $30 million. >>> a photo posted on a social media app