dr. nikhil patel is charged with indecent assault after the incident yesterday. something we have not seen. flooding in western mass. some roads had to be shut down. this is video from worcester. heavy rain falling in some places. umbrella is out. we have not needed those in the recent past. the kind of nice to have it while it's here. cindy: beneficial rain. we could use a lot more than what we got. some places got more than others . has and have-nots this morning for sure. a little rn heaviest rain since early morning when it started. from worcester on westward where we did have flooding around the springfield area. the doppler radar estimates, close to three inches of rain in a just a few hours time. that led to the flooding concerns. worcester had almost an inch of rain come over an inch and orange. boston, 11 hundredths of an inch. a lot of this moisture dries up certainly a welcome sight. a couple raindrops around the city as far north as wilborn. the trend on this is that it will be exiting. steadiest rain between the vineyard and nantucket and this is goi

dr. nikhil patel's attorney said his client denies the charges. a longtime patient accused patel of fondling her monday morning while she was in his dentist chair. randy: police in plaistow, new hampshire, are investigating what appears to be an attempted abduction. a mother claims a strange man tried to lure her 11-year-old daughter off the school bus as she returned home from summer camp. the girl claims e then signaled for her to come over. that's when the child ran away. police say they are looking into the incident. an illegal campfire is blamed for sparking this massive huge wildfire in california. the fire destroyed at least 57 homes and killed one person as it scorched more than 43,000 acres. police are now looking for on july 22. they could face criminal and civil penalties. emily: some dramatic video of a fight with police in oklahoma. you can see a man attacks an on july 22. officer and even tries to grab his gun. that's when another officer runs in to help before a third man, who was just passing buy, runs in and body slam the suspect.

dr. nikhil patel is free on bail tonight. his office is closed today, following his arrest here yesterday, after allegedly groping a patient. during his arraignment on one count of indecent assault and battery, after allegedly fondling a patient monday morning. the police report states, he four times touched the breast of a female patient of his with hand and fingers. >> he categorically denies any of these charges. reporter: defense attorney hector pineiro says patient privacy laws preclude him from saying much publicly in defense of the dentist who has been practicing in central >> you can watch this guy and know this is a gentleman. this man is a patient, and works as a handyman both at dr. patel's office, and at his home in shrewsbury. >> i don't think he did it. i was there last week. there was a camera in front of me focused on me. once he is not able to comment on evidence in the case due to patient iv reaction. >> he is saddened by the allegations and the charges are serious. he is going to defend himself they grossly

dr. nikhil patel grabbed her breast four times during an exam. >> she was very much in fear of him. chef wanted him to stay away from her. >> reporter: the 54-year-old dentist entering a not guilty plea in court after he was arrested at his practice. where a sig cater to cowards." he has been a dentist for 26 years. his lawyer says he has never been in trouble before. his lawyer says they are looking to see if surveillance cameras inside the practice could help in the investigation. but says health privacy laws limit what he can currently say in dr. pattem's defense. >> he is saddened by the serious allegation this is this patient has made. and of course, the charges are serious. we take them very seriously. and he is going to vigorously and in any other forum that charges him with any offenses having to do with the care of this individual. >> reporter: the dentist is you out on bail. the judge ordered him to stay away from the victim. in worcester, victoria warren, 7 news. >> sarah: on 7 news now: a live look outside. another day. not a lot of sunshine. mostly gray, gloomy-looking

dr. nikhil patel. this was during her appointment. dr. patel was released on bail >>> turning to the weather there noon, we'll take a look look at boston. the rain is starting to move out. sunshine will return this week. meteorologist danielle niles is here. we are looking at a tropical storm earl. >> earl just formed. so the latest update just came out a few minutes ago from the national hurricane center. earl has developed south and west of jamaica. 45-mile per hour winds right going to take a curve toward the coastline of mexico and belize by the time we get tomorrow. and then reemerge after weakening a bit over the bay eventually impacting other parts of mexico was we head into the start of the weekend. but it will be weakened form at that point. we'll keep you posted. areas of rain here in southern nooerng and it's slight for the most part but it's right over the city of boston right now. down to the southshore, into a little bit of it as well. you head farther to the south and it's scattered showers. plymouth back near in -- near th

dr. nikhil patel is charged wit? assaulting a woman. the woman says she was touched four times on her breast and fingers. dr. patel denies the charges. >> mark: 50-year-old douglas steves lag steves faced a judge this morning, accused strangling his ex-wife. fox 25 learned she filed a restraining order in may, after the murder, steves allegedly went to the salem police department, telling an officer, i just killed my wife. >> rightno and complete strangers are gathering to remember this little boy who drown at a day camp in south boston. the vigil is being held hours after the camp reopened for the first time since the boy's sudden death. >> mark: fox 25's john monahan is live in south boston where that vigil could begin any time now. now. >> the reporter: mark and vanessa, we've learned in the last few minutes, the vigil is about to begin soon but we're being told it's a private vigil for the family, being held in in south boston. it was one week ago that 7-year-old kyzr willis drown while attending the city run drop in camp at the curl

dr. nikhil patel and in court. he is accused 35-year-old woman while working on his teeth. the dentist touched her breasts four times. a judge ordered him to stay away from her until the trial was over. >>> todd mitchell jr. of lowell is charged with using his cell phone.take pictures up the dress of a woman in tewksbury. standing below a woman in the pit area at the time. the victim looked down and saw the phone pointing up at her. scratching their heads of a questionable comments on the campaign trail. he has refused to endorse top gop officials and insulted purple heart recipients. >> reporter: in the midst of a public pat of a muslim-american soldier killed in combat. donald trump tried to prove he had military support. >> a man came up to me and handed me his purple heart. i always wanted to get the purple this was much easier, but i tell you, it was such an honor. >> reporter: in response, the military order of the purple heart put out a at the same time saying the purple heart is america's oldest decoration created by george washington in 1872 and no one tries to get

dr. nikhil patel's attorney said his client denies the charges. a longtime patient accused patel of fondling her monday morning, while she was in his dentist chair. randy: a former whitman police officer is facing charges. accused of stealing tens of thousands of dollars from veterans. prosecutors say glenn pearson managed federal military benefits for 8 vets. and diverted nearly $86,000 to himself in the form of cash withdrawals. the herald reports pearson was fired from the police force after allegations of sexual harassment and making false reports. emily: new york city police commissioner bill bratton is retiring from his post. he announced his retirement yesterday after serving as the city's police commissioner for two years. that follows an earlier career in boston in the 1990's. he also served as commissioner in los angeles. will leave next month and take a consulting position. randy: an illegal campfire is blamed for sparking this massive wildfire in california. the soberanes fire destroyed at least 57 homes, and killed one person, as it s

dr. nikhil patel during his appointment yesterday morning. police arrested dr. patel at his office. he's facing charges of indecent assault. >>> dramatic moments during a police chase just as police ended one chase, another suspect goes flying by in his car, riding police tell us the first chase started when a man hit his own car with a hatchet and then took off. they say randall harrison was seen waiving the hatchet and a knife out the window during the chase. he also doused himself in lighter fluid. witnesses say at one point, 60 officers were chasing him down. >> coming right at me, swerving all over the road. and i didn't know what to do. i pulled over and i saw another ten cop cars behind them. >> officers cornered him with the help of another driver. they say were found inside that car. they include knives, a lighter, a can of butane and hatchet. harrison was taken to the hospital for an evaluation. >>> over to campaign 2016 now with the growing backlash against donald trump over his comments about the family of a muslim-american soldier killed in iraq. a massachusetts man who

dr. nikhil patel in the morning yesterday. yesterday awe bankruptly left her appointment and went to the police department saying during the appointment she was indecently assaulted. the doctor is facing a charge of indecent assault and battery, and again, he was arrested yesterday. he is scheduled to go before a judge later today. live this morning in worcester, victoria warren, 7news "today in new england." >> sarah: all right. thanks, vicki. health officials are telling pregnant women to avoid parts of miami as the number virus continues the grow. the c.d.c. announcing on monday that there are ten new cases in florida bringing the total to 14. all of them are believed to have happened in one part of miami. health officials say women who have been the miami recently should put off trying to conceive children for at least two months. the c.d.c. is sending emergency teams, seeing if zika is popping up in other parts of the city. >> what we're looking at one-mill radius that needs to be looked at? >> most of my patients are anx

dr. nikhil patel and in court. inappropriately touching a 36-year-old woman while working on her teeth. the patient said he touched her on her breasts four times. a judge ordered him to stay away from the patient until the case is over. >>> it may take days to remove animals from a ten net farm. a long process started yesterday. westport police found hundreds of animals dead, dying and in deplorable conditions on the 71-acre property owned by richard medero s that rents it piece of evidence that we collect by purpose of our investigation that will take weeks are to the months. >> the spca is calling it one of the largest animal cruelty cases in the history of the region. police tell fox25 that each of the 1,000 animals is its own case file and more than 20 renters involved in addition to the overall owner. >>> commuter rail riders can expect weekend closure as the crews will begin working on the 459 mandate that requires all lines to use a control system to keep trains from colliding into one another at high speed. they plan to conduct installation work at a time beginning on the southe

dr. patel's closed dentist office. >> he makes everyone feel very comfortable and that's part of the reason why i actually >> assault and battery on a person 14 or over. >> the reporter: dr. nikhil patel appeared in worcester county court, charged with inappropriately assaulting his 35-year-old patient. police say the dentist touched the woman four times on her breast, using his hand and fingers. all i can tell is that my client denies the charges. >> the reporter: his attorney telling us, because of privacy laws in the medical field, he could not elaborate on his denial of the charges. >> he's married, he has a solid family, he's been shrewsbury for many many years, he has many ties to this community. >> the reporter: we pulled dr. patel's record with the state. he's had a license since 1990 and hasn't had any disciplinary charges on his record. >> he's an easy, soft spoke grown guy around the community and i don't believe he he did it. >> if she feels like something happened, it should certainly be looked into, but i don't think a woman is going to be confused >> the reporter: and the dentist was released today, he was ordered by the judge to stay away from that patient, while