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high school with a brand-new security system, but that didn't prevent 24-year-old math teacher colleen ritzer from being raped and murdered in 2013. now ritzer's family is suing the department, the cleaning company for the school, and the nesco design partnership, the firm that designed the security system. ritzer's killer, one of her students 14-year-old phillip chism, followed her into the ladies bathroom after classes had ended and attacked her with a box cutter. he's now serving 40 years in life in prison. the lawsuit says the ritzer family is seeking answers to several questions including with a state of the art security how could chism roam in and out of the school visibly showing blood without being noticed. why was ritzer in the academic wing all by herself? what's being done to improve security at the school. no comment from the nesco design partnership and no word when we reached out to the cleaning company, but the danvers town manager released a statement saying colleen's death was a tragedy for the whole community and our hearts go out to the ritzer family. we respect the legal p
high school with a brand-new security system, but that didn't prevent 24-year-old math teacher colleen ritzer from being raped and murdered in 2013. now ritzer's family is suing the department, the cleaning company for the school, and the nesco design partnership, the firm that designed the security system. ritzer's killer, one of her students 14-year-old phillip chism, followed her into the ladies bathroom after classes had ended and attacked her with a box cutter. he's now serving 40 years in...
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colleen in the academic wing all by herself? and what measures are being taken to improve the security at the school? the ritzer family says it wants compensation to enhance school safety and to continue colleen's legacy through nonprofit organizations. the family says it seeks no personal benefit or financial compensation from the lawsuit. that is the latest live in lawrence, i'm byron barnett, 7 thank you. right how to we are learning more about a teen tragedy in brockton. police say the driver who struck a boy in the street is also a teenager. now the father of the teen killed is talking about the accident. let's head out to jonathan hall in brockton now. he has the latest on what happened here. jon? >> reporter: yeah, christa. a tough one. english is not the first language for the father of this young boy. no mat what language you speak, it is difficult to young. 14-year-old madio djala was struck and killed by a ford escape in brockton last night. >> how are you doing? >> reporter: the father of the freshman speaking out about the death of his son. >> reporter: the 14-year-old was riding his bike on route
colleen in the academic wing all by herself? and what measures are being taken to improve the security at the school? the ritzer family says it wants compensation to enhance school safety and to continue colleen's legacy through nonprofit organizations. the family says it seeks no personal benefit or financial compensation from the lawsuit. that is the latest live in lawrence, i'm byron barnett, 7 thank you. right how to we are learning more about a teen tragedy in brockton. police say the...
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almost exactly three years to the day after 24-year-old danvers high school teacher, colleen ritzer was brutally murdered at her high school by one of her students, colleen's family files this wrongful death lawsuit against the town of dan version the danvers school department, the architectural firm that designed the wing of the school where colleen was killed, and the cleaning company th the lawsuit seeks damages, but colleen's parents don't want the money for themselves. instead, they're asking that any judgment go towards security improvements and nonprofits in colleen's name. boston attorney phil traci. >> i think they have are seeking -- they are seeking i would safe ethical, moral victory for the public at-large. for protection of teachers, students, and employees of the school. >> the reporter: of the danvers high school new video stalking ritzer after class and following letter in to a bathroom murdering her hand throwing her body in a garbage can. richard's family is demanding answers, among them, why no one was monitoring the video surveillance system on the day of the murder
almost exactly three years to the day after 24-year-old danvers high school teacher, colleen ritzer was brutally murdered at her high school by one of her students, colleen's family files this wrongful death lawsuit against the town of dan version the danvers school department, the architectural firm that designed the wing of the school where colleen was killed, and the cleaning company th the lawsuit seeks damages, but colleen's parents don't want the money for themselves. instead, they're...
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now, the family of colleen ritzer is filing a wrongful death lawsuit. fox 25's bob ward is live in danvers and the lawsuit is seeking damages, but not for colleen's family. >> the reporter: colleen's parents, mark, have been left devastated by this and everything that's happened over the last three years. that's why in say, they're not looking for money. what they're trying to do is trying to prevent something like this from ever happening to anyone else. these disturbing images reveal the last moments of the life of danvers high school teacher, colleen ritzer. three years ago, her students, phillip chisholm, followed her into a bathroom where he raped and murdered colleen before disposing of her body in a recycling bin. the new video surveillance system at danvers high recorded these moments, and this is at the heart of a wrongful death filing against the town and the school department as well as two other organizations. in the lawsuit colleen's family is seeking answers, they want to know why no one was monitoring the video surveillance system at the t
now, the family of colleen ritzer is filing a wrongful death lawsuit. fox 25's bob ward is live in danvers and the lawsuit is seeking damages, but not for colleen's family. >> the reporter: colleen's parents, mark, have been left devastated by this and everything that's happened over the last three years. that's why in say, they're not looking for money. what they're trying to do is trying to prevent something like this from ever happening to anyone else. these disturbing images reveal...
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we are, however, committed to continuing colleen ritzer's legacy of kindness and dedication to >> the ritzer family says it is not seeking personal financial compensation from the lawsuit, just compensation to improve school safety programs. that's the story live from danvers. i'm byron barnett, be 7news. >>> the countdown to the election just continues, now just 20 days away from voters headed to the polls and both candidates are preparing for a vegas showdown tonight. the stage is set for the final -we'll see both candidatesme together before election day. >> that's coming right up. bet will get pretty heated. dan hausle live in vegas with a preview for us tonight. dan. >> well, we're coming to you this time from the filing center where we've been working on the stories next to the debate hall itself and right here is also the spin room, where the candidate surrogates will come after the debate. on m so occasions the candidates themselves, at least donald trump, has come by here to talk about what happens in the debate. from the campaigns themselves, we're getting some ideas today w
we are, however, committed to continuing colleen ritzer's legacy of kindness and dedication to >> the ritzer family says it is not seeking personal financial compensation from the lawsuit, just compensation to improve school safety programs. that's the story live from danvers. i'm byron barnett, be 7news. >>> the countdown to the election just continues, now just 20 days away from voters headed to the polls and both candidates are preparing for a vegas showdown tonight. the stage...
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maria: the family of murdered school teacher, colleen ritzer, is now suing the town of danvers and the school district. ben: but they are not seeking they have a different goal in mind. newscenter 5's reid lamberty is live in danvers. reporter: the lawsuit driven, not for personal financial gain, but to seek answers to many questions that have arisen as a result of the horrific events culminating in the death of colleen. filed this morning in lawrence superior court, it names the town of danvers, the school district, an architectural firm that designed the high schools security system, and the cleaning company whose employeea steve bartha: it was a tragedy that affected everybody in danvers. we can't imagine what the family went through and continues to go through, and we certainly respect the legal process they are pursuing. reporter: ritzer was a 24-year-old math teacher raped and murdered in a bathroom at danvers high school in october 2013. philip chism, her student, was convicted last december for the crime. he was 14 when it happened. chism was caught on camera following ritzer i
maria: the family of murdered school teacher, colleen ritzer, is now suing the town of danvers and the school district. ben: but they are not seeking they have a different goal in mind. newscenter 5's reid lamberty is live in danvers. reporter: the lawsuit driven, not for personal financial gain, but to seek answers to many questions that have arisen as a result of the horrific events culminating in the death of colleen. filed this morning in lawrence superior court, it names the town of...
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this lawsuit comes almost three years to the day philip chism raped and murdered colleen ritzer at the school. the family says they're not looking for money for themselves instead the judgment will go towards safety enhancements to nonprofit organizations. >> i think what they're asking is they be heightened security going forward in all schools. so it's sort of a test case >> reporter: in the statement today the danvers town administrator told fox 25 the town respects the legal process. >>> this teenager hit and killed by an s.u.v. in brockton. investigators are still working to figure out how it happened. this story pull at our heartstrings as it was breaking last night. the boy's family tells fox 25's kathryn burcham that they forgive the driver. >> reporter: investigators are looking into the possibility that another car might have been involved in the accident here and possibly causing that line of traffic. tonight they're poring through the black box of the s.u.v. that hit the teen hoping for clues in this tragedy. >> i love my son. i love my son. >> reporter: with his photo crad
this lawsuit comes almost three years to the day philip chism raped and murdered colleen ritzer at the school. the family says they're not looking for money for themselves instead the judgment will go towards safety enhancements to nonprofit organizations. >> i think what they're asking is they be heightened security going forward in all schools. so it's sort of a test case >> reporter: in the statement today the danvers town administrator told fox 25 the town respects the legal...
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the lawsuit almost three years to the day after colleen ritzer was raped and murdered by philip chism. the lawsuit says a judgment would go to safety enhance s and nonprofit organizations. >> i think they are seeking i would say ethical, moral victory for the public at employees of the school. >> the danvers administrator tells fox 25 they respect the legal process the family is pursuing. >>> a convicted child rapist will stay behind bars for now. richard gardner recently went to a quincy library. the prosecutor says that was a violation of the conditions of his probation. >> if mr. gardner isn't allowed at the public library is he then also not noble up the voted because there's a children's area? >> fox 25 has been following this story closely we will continue to do so. gardner will stray locked up until a probation violation hearing that will happen next month. >>> two men are now facing charges in connection with the explosion. you can see in this video here. it happened inside a newspaper box outside of an lgbt paper in salem. explosives were placed inside the rainbow times box i
the lawsuit almost three years to the day after colleen ritzer was raped and murdered by philip chism. the lawsuit says a judgment would go to safety enhance s and nonprofit organizations. >> i think they are seeking i would say ethical, moral victory for the public at employees of the school. >> the danvers administrator tells fox 25 they respect the legal process the family is pursuing. >>> a convicted child rapist will stay behind bars for now. richard gardner recently...
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it comes three years to the day that phillip chism raped and killed colleen ritzer. they are not looking for money for themselves but for safety enhancement -- nonprofit organizations. >> heightened security going forward in all schools and a test case they are putting out there in her memory. >> in a statement, the danvers town administrator tells fox25 that the town respects the legal process. >>> dartmouth police say fake guns are no joke. posted these picture office bb gun on facebook. spotted it during a traffic stop. the second one they have come across in just the past few weeks. police are reminding folks if weather together every ten minutes. taking a look at your drive time on the expressway. we are at 23 minutes right now, but don't let that intimidate you. i know it is early and because of an overnight work crew that is not quite cleared out yet. shiri? >> drought man ter gets updated on thursday. last week we saw an improvement. we have 30% of the state under an extreme drought. how much rain to plan around starting tonight coming up in ten. >>> a local
it comes three years to the day that phillip chism raped and killed colleen ritzer. they are not looking for money for themselves but for safety enhancement -- nonprofit organizations. >> heightened security going forward in all schools and a test case they are putting out there in her memory. >> in a statement, the danvers town administrator tells fox25 that the town respects the legal process. >>> dartmouth police say fake guns are no joke. posted these picture office bb...
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. >> gene: lawsuit comes almost three years to the day that philip chism raped colleen ritzer. money will go to safety organizations. >> heightened security going forward in all schools, so sort of test case put out there in her memory. >> gene: in statement they told fox25 the town respects the legal process. >> sara: prosecutors said man used love connection to swindle people out of nearly $400,000 over the last two years. michael shields junior pled not guilty to 45 different larceny, credit card fraud and witness intimidation. many of the alleged victims are women that he met on online dating websites. investigators say the 25-year-old used the credit cards to buy meals, vacations, clothing and jewelry. here is one example from prosecutors. $26,000 and all was fraudulent. >> sara: offered financial help to two soldiers but instead stole $15,000 from them and due back in court next month. >> julie: route 1 in peabody hour over the weston tolls. shiri? >> shiri: nice bright blue skies and yesterday 81 in the city today it is going cooler and highs in the 60s and break downtow
. >> gene: lawsuit comes almost three years to the day that philip chism raped colleen ritzer. money will go to safety organizations. >> heightened security going forward in all schools, so sort of test case put out there in her memory. >> gene: in statement they told fox25 the town respects the legal process. >> sara: prosecutors said man used love connection to swindle people out of nearly $400,000 over the last two years. michael shields junior pled not guilty to 45...
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wrongful death lawsuit against the town after three years to the day philip chism raped and killed colleen ritzer at the school. they are not looking for money for themselves instead going to safety enhancements and nonprofit organizations. the danvers town administrator told fox25 the town respects the legal process. we track traffic and weather together every ten minutes every ten minutes. taking look at drive time on 93 south right now. gained quite a few minutes back as you head from 495 to the zakim bridge. shiri? >> shiri: 80s plymouth, lawrence, boston, 81 today and today will be almost 20 degrees cooler in the afternoon and time out today's warm-up and when to plan around the rain when back in ten. >> daniel: local woman gets shock of lifetime when giving birth >> julie: kelly ayotte: thanks, buddy. kelly (voiceover): i'm kelly ayotte. and when i take the plate for new hampshire... i'm up against a political machine that plays dirty -- throwing millions in false, negative ads... i'm out here knocking down every lie... because new hampshire deserves better. that's why i'm batting for good-
wrongful death lawsuit against the town after three years to the day philip chism raped and killed colleen ritzer at the school. they are not looking for money for themselves instead going to safety enhancements and nonprofit organizations. the danvers town administrator told fox25 the town respects the legal process. we track traffic and weather together every ten minutes every ten minutes. taking look at drive time on 93 south right now. gained quite a few minutes back as you head from 495 to...
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the family of a danvers teachers killed by one of her students calling for change. 24-year-old colleen ritzer was murdered by one of her students back in 2013. now her family is filing a lawsuit against the town. the school and the school's cleaning company. the suit does not seek personal financial compensation, instead asking for questions to be answered. those questions, why no one was monitoring the school's brand-new security system and whyze afternoon. the family is also seeking compensation to enhance those safety programs and to contribute to the ritzer's legacy through non-profit organization. philip chism is serving 40 years in prison for raping and killing ritzer. he can be seen on the school's security video following ritzer into that bathroom. >> christa: now we're learning more about a teen killed after being hit by a car after riding his bike in brockton. police say the 13-year-old was tuesday night when he was killed on main street. authorities say that a teenage driver hit the boy. he is cooperating with police and has not been charged. >> sarah: new details about the explosi
the family of a danvers teachers killed by one of her students calling for change. 24-year-old colleen ritzer was murdered by one of her students back in 2013. now her family is filing a lawsuit against the town. the school and the school's cleaning company. the suit does not seek personal financial compensation, instead asking for questions to be answered. those questions, why no one was monitoring the school's brand-new security system and whyze afternoon. the family is also seeking...
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>> reporter: well, colleen ritzer was a very popular math teacher at danvers high school. she was 4 years old. when she was raped and murdered by one of her own students at danvers high school, and now, colleen's family is filing this fell leadership chisholm was convicted in the case, the brand new surveillance video system recorded her him stalking her and following her into the bathroom and showed him covered in blood, recovering a reseeking barely and bringing her body to the woods where it was defile and buried in leaves. the city names the town of danver, the architectural firm and the cheaping company as defendants. the ritzer family is not seeking money for themselves instead, the lawsuit says the judgment will go for safety enhancements >> i think what they are asking is that they be heightened security, going forward, in all schools. so it's sort of a test case that they are putting out there, in her memory, and trying to, you know, do the best they can to -- to honor her memory. >> now, in a statement danvers town administrator told fox 25 news colleen's death wa
>> reporter: well, colleen ritzer was a very popular math teacher at danvers high school. she was 4 years old. when she was raped and murdered by one of her own students at danvers high school, and now, colleen's family is filing this fell leadership chisholm was convicted in the case, the brand new surveillance video system recorded her him stalking her and following her into the bathroom and showed him covered in blood, recovering a reseeking barely and bringing her body to the woods...
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morning family of danvers teacher killed by one of her students calling for change. 24 year old colleen ritzer was murder one of her students back in 2013. now her family filing lawsuit against the town. the school, and the school cleaning company. suit only want questions to be answered such as why was no one monitoring the school's new security system. why was ritzer all alone that afternoon. family also want to enhance through non profit organizations. >> and philip chrisism serving 40 years in prison. he can be seen on school security video following ritzer into the bathroom. >> and we are learning more about the teenager killed after being hit by a car while riding his bike in brockton. police say 114 year old teen was on his way to friend's house on tuesday night. when he was killed on main street. authorities say a hit the boy. he is cooperating with the police. he has not been charged. >> we have new detail about that explosion of newspaper box in salem two new hampshire men are facing charges in connection with that crime. police say the men put explosive inside of the newspaper box f
morning family of danvers teacher killed by one of her students calling for change. 24 year old colleen ritzer was murder one of her students back in 2013. now her family filing lawsuit against the town. the school, and the school cleaning company. suit only want questions to be answered such as why was no one monitoring the school's new security system. why was ritzer all alone that afternoon. family also want to enhance through non profit organizations. >> and philip chrisism serving 40...
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the danvers town manager sent us a statement saying colleen's death was a tragedy for the whole community and our hearts continue to go out to the ritzer family. we respect the legal process that the family is pursuing. the school superintendent and the school board also sent us statements saying they can't promise the pending lawsuit but they are committed to continuing calling the legacy of kindness and dedication to >> new hampshire police are saying that loving this man proved to be very costly. officers say he met women on social media and then used their i.d.s to open credit card accounts. there are a dozen victims and the guy got away with hundreds of thousands of dollars. beth germano has the story. >> reporter: he was a realman according to one victim. but michael shields faced credit card fraud, larceny, and intimidating witnesses not to cooperate. >> not guilty. >> that from michael shields, accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars using financial schemes and defrauding a series of financial partners. >> the defendant would approach these women after brief relationships and ask to open credit cards together or to
the danvers town manager sent us a statement saying colleen's death was a tragedy for the whole community and our hearts continue to go out to the ritzer family. we respect the legal process that the family is pursuing. the school superintendent and the school board also sent us statements saying they can't promise the pending lawsuit but they are committed to continuing calling the legacy of kindness and dedication to >> new hampshire police are saying that loving this man proved to be...