gardner. now, robert goulston with more information on why the man was >> reporter: the plymouth d.a. telling us, she could've civilly committed richard gardner before being released from prison. but that did not happen because of human error. fox 25 news started digging after learning that richard gardner was not civilly committed. the plymouth d.a. which handles the massachusetts case says our office did not move to civilly commit mr. gardner. senior officials in my office conducted a comprehensive review of this case and determined t error. this is an isolated instances and further checks and balances to strengthen the notification process. >> why is he not being subjected to a process where a judge could say, you're too dangerous to be a free man. >> reporter: former middlesex prosecutor wendy murphy says d.a.'s have the option to civilly commit someone after they serve their sentence. typically that decision is made after the d.a. gets notified that the inmate is being released and does a

gardner was originally sentenced to 190 years. legal technicality. >> once neighbors found outside gardener was in the air they posted signs with his picture and telling what he did. even collecting a 4,000 signature petition asking the governor's office to help. forward under's crimes were horrific. back in 1988 he broke into 11-year-old michael sooiks and sexually molesting him. his mother spoke to bob ward this week. >> he cut the screen and went in and pull him out of bed at knifepoint. what did he do after that? >> he took him out to some secluded wooded area where he mommested him. >> reporter: though back behind bars tonight she's outraged gardner was released from prison. >> just as long as richard gardner is on the street police station in south boston for booking. he's due to appear in roxbury district court on monday morning and eventually will be extradited back to rhode island to face violation of probation charges there. live in boston tonight, i'm john monahan, fox 25 news. watch live breaking news video download th

where gardner was living. police arrested him for some kind of parole violation, stephanie, we know? >> reporter: we're learning gardner's arrest may have come after he was seen using a computer at a quincy library near children. that's exactly what people were worried may happen. some of them so upset that they started a petition asking the gardner was convicted of abducting and raping an 11-year-old boy in 1988 while he was living in rhode island. he was sentenced to 190 years in prison. but he was released after serving 27 years. and that's when he moved back to weymouth to live with his parents. the plymouth county district attorney's office has now admitted that they made a mistake during the process of possibly keeping gardner in custody after his sentence. and, again, gardner was arrested contacted police here in massachusetts. gardner is set to appear in roxbury district court on monday and then he'll be extradited back to rhode island. in wallnut, stephanie coueignoux, fox 25 news. >> ted: this mornin

and a wary aeye on gardner this beyond for me terrifying. >> gardner remains on probation until 2043. any missteps he likely go goes back to yale. we are live in weymouth i'm alex, 7 news, night team. from fire to retired. gloucester chief of police honored by white house but forced out of his office. tonight he's telling cheryl fiandacas what athinkings about controversy that swirls around him. feel of fall certainly with us. some chilly temperatures already in the upper 30s for some right now we'll get to the forecast next. >> and we continue to follow breaking news in boston. david ortiz saluting fenway faithful one last time as sox ends. we will marry re on 7 did you know your business doesn't have to suffer from slow internet? comcast business now offers blazing fast internet speeds up to 150 mbps. that's 10 times faster than dsl. get internet for as low as $59.95 a month. call today. comcast business. mers could leave your business exposed? only comcast business offers wifi pro. two separate networks - one that's private for you, and one that's public for your customers. upgrade

says gardner was spotted using a library computer. in the weymouth neighborhood amanda and others have posted warning flyers, she also started an on-line petition calling for gardner and others like him to be out fitted with gps tracking devices. >> at least on a gps if we neighborhood which i understand he has rights and as parents we have rights, too. >> reporter: police are investigating a report of a rock thrown through the window of gardner's parents home. >> i'm not surprised. people do a lot of things when they're scared. >> reporter: what do you think halloween is going to be like? >> i don't think there will be a halloween which will stange bus that is a great neighborhood for trick-or-treating. >> reporter: >> reporter: are investigating reports of gardner over someone's fence in the -- peering over someone's fence in the neighborhood. i'm byron barnett, 7 news. >> ryan: a man accused of attempted murder. offices say the man had to be physically removed to a holding area during his arraignment. he is facing several charges i

fox 25's crystal haynes reports richard gardner was charged with violations out of massachusetts and rhode island. >> convicted child rapist richard gardner back behind bars tonight and scheduled to face a judge on monday. was arrested on a fugitive from justice warranted out of rhode island and issued a summons to court for violation of a quincy sex offender ordinance on saturday. weymouth mom andy mill plans to be in the courtroom in massachusetts and in road are road. >> he should have never been released in the first place. i think the community can sleep a little bit better knowing he's not on the streets. >> reporter: hill and her neighbors started a petition to have gardner removed from the neighborhood. when he moved into his from prison. gardner was ordered in 1989 to serve 190 years in prison for kidnapping and you fuel andly abusing children but won a shorter sentence on appeal. >> i feel like this is the only option. >> reporter: we obtained the quincy police report investigators say gardner was seen at the thomas crane library without the written permission required for

gardner's crimes were horrific. back in 1988, he broke into a rhode island home, abducting michael sooiks and sexually molesting him. his mother spoke to fox 25's bob ward this week. >> he cut the screen he went in and he pulled him out of his bed at knifepoint. >> reporter: what did he do after that? >> he took him out to some secluded wounded area where he molested him. >> reporter: back behind bars tonight she is outraged gardner was released from prison. >> just as long as richard gardner is on the street nobody's children are safe. >> reporter: he was taken to he's due in roxbury district court on monday to be arraigned and will eventually be extradited back to rhode island to face probation violation charges there. live in boston tonight's, i'm john monahan, fox 25 news. >>> we first broke this story on the fox 25 news app. to stay in the know with when we're not on air you can download the news app on free for any device. >>> a former baby-sitter charged with kidnapping a 2-year-old hamilton girl from her hom

richard gardner is once again behind bars. the convicted child rapist arrested here at the shelter on south hampton street on a fugitive from justice warrant. had a strong reaction after learning from 7 news that gardner who was convicted of kidnapping and molesting her 11-year-old son back in 1988 was finally off the streets. >>> if he would come into a window in the middle of the night and kidnap a sleeping child at knife point, he is a danger to any child out there. >>> the u.s. marshall's office in rhode island issued a warrant for gardner after they say he violated the term of his parole but exactly how he violated it is still under invest he was released earlier this month and went to stay with his parents in weymouth. that caused an uproar in the neighborhood. gardner was originally sentenced to 190 years for his crimes against children in the late 80's and early 90's. but received a shorter sentence on appeal only serving 27 years. >>> i was very glad to hear that he has been apprehended and he is no longer on the stre

richard gardner accused of being a fugitive from justice. he was released from prison a -- 27 years of a 190-year sentence. the da admitted to human error in not exercising their right to have gardner civilly committed and serve more time. coming up in the next hour, the incident inside a local library that sparked the latest arrest. >>> a 2-year-old girl is recovering after being shot in roxbury. the tough words the mayor has for the girl's father. >>> and police in north carolina are investigating a fire bomb that was thrown into a fire bomb that was being condemned by both candidates right now. and they both have strong words for whoever is responsible. meanwhile, the rhetoric not calming down. why senator elizabeth warren compared donald trump to a chicken. >>> and happening today, thousands of state workers are getting the option of a buyout to leave their jobs all in the hopes of closing a multimillion dollar budget deficit. fox25's hen then live at the the big -- michael henrich is live at the statehouse this morning with a big saving

richard gardner is convicted level three sex offender. he was arrested on a fugitive from justice charge and summoned to court. we told you last week gardner was spotted at library in quincy without the proper written permission for convicted sex offender. we also learned librarian thought she spotted garden looking at picture of child without a shirt on while on computer in the library but when the library came back in gardner shelter in roxbury. residents in his hometown of weymouth had been petitioning for weeks ask they want them removed from the neighborhood. >> hopefully never happens again and this is a wake-up call to stretcher on repeat sexually dangerous person. state senator patrick o'connor he wants to see tougher restrictions for high risk sex offenders like gardner and wants laws to make sure they remain in prison and trd released and released statement saturday having level three sex offenders wear tracking devices. >> julie: no arrest have been made after a standoff in revere lasted hours and caused lockdown of entire neig

michael's description of gardner and his car helped lead to the arrest. michael died in 1991 he was 13 years old. >> do you believe richard gardner's attack on michael, your son, affected his health and led to his death? >> yes, i do. >> what is your message to the people who live close to his family's house. >> reporter: to the people that live close to his house are not safe this guy is not going to stop. >> cheryl elsworth have other children and grandchildren since. she tells me she has taken precautions to protect her home, her family and like us she has no idea where richard gardner is right now. i'm bob ward, fox 25 news. >>> we're following breaking news right now in boston. fox 25 sources tell us boston police are responding to an officer-involved shooting in east boston. this is happening right now on glad stone street heading to the scene which is very active. we're also trying to get in touch with police to get you more information. we'll pass that information along as soon as the details come in. >>> now the forecast moving its way towards us

adding to concerns people in weymouth say gardner was spotted peering over a fence. fearful neighbors have added dog signs to their homes well alarm systems. what they want is laws changed. >> the justice system is just out of whack. this guy shouldn't even be allowed on the street should be locked up forever. >>> gardner will be on probation he will have to appear in court for the incident over weekend live in weymouth, i'm alex, 7 news. night team. >>> two people facing troubling charges after a murder in the town of orange. 23-year-old joshua hart and his girlfriend 27-year-old britney smith arrested in virginia this weekend in connection to the crime. they are both facing murder charges. police are saying they attacked a couple during a random home invasion last week. 95-year-old thomas hardyas killed. his 77-year-old wife joanna fischer also seriously injured in the attack. a relative of one of the accused spoke with us today wanting to apologize and shocked to hear what happened. >> i can't believe it. she was a nice, calm girl. good to the family. court docume

last week, someone threw a boulder through the front window of the gardner's home. nearby want him outbut what they want even more is to see change. something needs to change. >> it is on the legislatures to help us because this week, next month, another family in worcester, we have to prott summons for failure to report his presence at a library in quincy this weekend. he then made his way to a nearby homeless shelter where he was asked to leave. >> the big question this afternoon is if gardner returned home after that homeless shelter. we can tell you police were on the doorstep an hour ago just to see if he was here. the parents then left a short time later. emily: a man is set to face a judge today after causing a scare in boston. >> that scare involved a suspicious package that was found was at the mccormack building just around the corner from here. but boston not the only city where the suspect is facing charges. yesterday, police responded to one ashburn place on beacon hill where the unattended package was actually a copy of the koran. it was allegedly trac

richard gardner is accused of breaking the law just days after being released from prison. right now, police prepared to bring him back to court. and neighbors are calling for changes to keep kids safe. aned: our juli mcdonald is live in weymouth with new developments tonight. juli. juli: gardner was originally sentenced to 190 years in a rhode island prison, but after crimes the people who live here want eyes on him 24/7. the children need to come first. > we should be the priority not catering to the rights of a level three convicted abductor and rapist. strong words from weymouth >> neighbors, who are furious and afraid, after a level 3 sex offender had a run-in with police just days after his release from prison. right now his whereabouts is a juli: richard gardner was released from the massachusetts treatment center last week, after serving 30 years for kidnapping and raping several boys in the late 80's. according to the state's sex offender registry board, gardner is living in his family's home chandler street. >> i'm picking my neighbor's kids up at the bus stop bec

but with appeals gardner got out 28 years. >> brutal things for children. things that these memories will never get out of our head. it is absolutely awful. >> reporter: gardner is back in custody after rhode island officials took out an arrest a quincy library last week, he entered and remained in a place frequented by children which is in violation of the no contact order issued by judge rogers and he violated an ordinance when he went into the library without the required written permission. his attorney said the alleged violation is too vague. >> i suppose if you walk by a school he is in violation because he walked by a school a place frequented by children. >> reporter: thomas who now has a family of his own is speaking horrible gardner's crimes were. >> my kids kind of get the raw end of the deal. because i am afraid to go and let them do anything. >> reporter: gardner is being held without bail here in massachusetts. he will hikely go back to rhode island by the end of the week where a judge will decide if he violated his probation. in quincy, rober

and gardner has to be back in the state of rhode island within week. if a judge finds that he did violate his probation, he could serve another 30 years in prison and straight ahead at 6:00 p.m., we talked to one of gardner's victims, we'll share what they had to say all these years later. live in quincy, robert goulston, fox 25 news. >> vanessa: updating breaking news in braintree. a busy street near the south shore president has been shut down after a bus caught fire. this is video sent to us very a viewer on granite stree you can see the large flames toward the back of the bus and the eninch. the cleanup and investigation may take a few hours, so people are being asked to avoid the area. we're waiting to see how the fire started and if anyone on board that bus got out safely. >> blair: an update on a breaking situation in somerville, where crews are trying to stabilize that house right there after that blue car crashed right into it. sky fox with this view of the accidents on summer street, which happened about an hour what looks like the garage doo

convicted child sex offender richard gardner back in jail. a judge asked him if he understood why he was back in custody, and he hid his face. he violated his probation by walking in?f???? to a quincy liy filled with children. fox 25 spoke with one of his original victims about what he'? been living with all these years. >> he has done brutal thingso??o it's absolutely awful. >> vanessa: sherman testified in the trial with two other victims that led to richard gardner getting 190 years in prison, but after appeals and other legal factors, gardner got out after just 28 years. >> blair: a mother and two young children expected to be ok after they were hit by a car in hopkinton. sky fox with a view of the intersection crosswalk where this happened this morning. two women and five children were crossing when a car plowed in to the back of another car, stopped pushing two toddlers was hit. so far, no charges have been filed. >> vanessa: the two boston police officers shot in east boston have been upgraded from critical to stable. officer richard m

operation officials telling us gardner is in compliance. gardner will have to update where he is living or staying on the sex offender registry that is supposed to be updated daily at 5:00 p.m. in the newsroom, fox 25 investigates. >>> tonight we are learning more about the anger and outrage after richard gardner's early release. >> if richard gardner is on the street >> fox 25 talks to the mom of one of his victims that's haunted by what happened to her son. >>> a young mother gunned down. it happened more than a decade ago and her mother's heartbreak is still fresh because her killer has never been found. >> she was sitting on the stairs like leaning i guess the railings. sitting there like she was -- when she had been shot in the head with a small see this special addition of new england's unsolved. >>> plus, tom brady takes the podium at gillette for first time since returning from his suspension. the question he wouldn't answer about donald trump. >>> but first, she was three years old when someone shot her. why she's a teenager. next

richard gardner is accused of being a fugitive from justice. he was released from prison after serving 27 years of his original 190-year sentence. the incident inside a local library that sparked this latest arrest. >>> a 2-year-old recovering after being shot over the weekend in roxbury. mayor of boston who has tough words for the little girl's father. >>> police are n north carolina are investigating the fire bomb that went through the window of the office of the republican party. both candidates are condemning the move. elizabeth warren called out donald trump. coming up at 6:00, why she is calling him a chicken. >>> happening today, thousands of state workers are getting the option of a buy-out to leave their jobs. all in the hopes of closing a multimillion dollar budget fox25's michael henrich is live at the statehouse with a big savings for taxpayers. michael? >> reporter: well, taxpayers already made some sacrifices by giving up their tax-free shopping weekend that was supposed to help avoid a budget shortfall like the nearly $300 millio

richard gardner was convicted level three sex offender. he was arrested on fugitive from justice charge and summoned to court. in quincy without proper written commission for sex offender. librarian thought she spotted him looking at child without a shirt on computer and police later arrested him at home shelter in and they have been petitioning for him to be brought in for weeks and they want him removed now from the neighborhood. >> hopefully this never happens again and this is a wake-up call to just be sexually dangerous person. >> gene: state senator patrick o'connor said he wants to see tougher restrictions for high risk sex offenders like gardner and strengthen gps monitoring for those that are released and plymouth county d.a. released statement saturday supporting the idea of having level three sex offenders to wear tracking devices. >> sara: no arrest has been entire neighborhood. the story was breaking on fox25 morning news yesterday. officers were called to house for reports of shots fired and ended up spending the morning tryi

gardner at his parent's house. the provision tells us he is compliant with the conditions of his release but that is little consolation for people in this neighborhood. today, outrage is building in this weymouth neighborhood which, according to the sex offender registry board is where level 3 sex offender richard gardner is living, following his release from prison. >> i pick my neighbors kids todd: gardner was released from prison last week, after serving 30 years for kidnapping and raping several young boys in the late 1980's, driving them around in this car. now, we're learning he's already had a few scrapes with the law in the days since his release from the massachusetts treatment center. quincy police responded to this library on saturday where gardner was using a computer. police escorted him out and issued him a summons for violating a city ordinance prohibiting sex offenders from entering libraries, schools, and day care centers, without prior later that same day he showed up at a homeless shelter where h

. >> anchor: well, after serving a very long sentence for child rape richard gardner was only out of prison for a couple of weeks before he was re again. authorities say he violated probation by showing up here at this public library in quincy.. >> anchor: richard gardner hiding his face in court. he says he is being unfairly targeted by a hostile public. >>> he was basically routed out of his house. he was invited back to his home, there was no reason that he couldn't go back to his home. >> reporter: the recent release leased child rapist was rearrested on friday. authorities say he violated his probation by going to the crane using one of the library computers. his probation prohibits him from going places where there are children. >>> it would be weather in fact there is a children's entrance and he didn't go in that entrance. it's alleged he went into a common area, probably within view of the main library facility, main circulation desk and that's what is alleged. >> anchor: in court gardner waived extradition to rhode island where he served part of his nearly 30 years in priso

says gardner was spotted using a library computer. back in the weymouth neighborhood amanda hill and others have posted flyers warning residents about garrner. she says she also started an on-line petition calling for guardner and others like him to be tracking devices. >> i'm angry that level three six offenders have more rights and their rights surpass the rights of child protection and public safety in my opinion. the children should come first. >> reporter: police say they're investigating a report of a rock thrown through the window of gardner's parents home. >> i think it's awful. i feel bad for the parents because they keep to themselves. i mean, i know people but people are scared. >> reporter: police are investigating a report of over someone's fence and police say gardner will be summonsed to court at a later date for showing up at the quincy library. i'm byron barnett, 7 news. >> kim: the sox' season coming to an end. but manager john farrell is here to stay. the team announcing that he will be back to lead the sox in 2017.

gardner. programming he received while in prison is currently underway. massachusetts probation says gardner can come and go as he wishes as long as he stays away from his victims and stayed >> i feel like i can't do that i didn't mean. i'm trapped in my own house and while mr. gardner is out free . >>> and the two women behind that i guess the says they heard from the governor's office, who says they got the petition . >>> an 80-year-old man loses his license after a dangerous wrong-way driver. he made it three-miles going against traffic in the middle of rush hour. with witnesses who had close calls with this driver and kerry, i understand that man is facing some traffic violations tonight. >> he is. police say the driver will be cited for negligent operation after motor vehicle, wrong-way operation and marked lane violations. witnesses we spoke with say they say the driver coming right them. they did a double take. >> all of the sudden it was like, whoa there's a a car coming towards me. he was on the highway when he saw another car coming right a him.

recently released level 3 sex offender gardner is back in police custody. the 49-year old is convicted of raping and kidnaping several boys in massachusetts and rhode island in the 1980s. he was originally sentenced to 190 years in prison with but appealed and was given a lighter sentence. gardner was released earlier this month after just about 30 years behind bars. prior to him coming and that's a huge issue. >> reporter: he initially registered at his parents's home. neighbors were fearful and furious. >> yes, everybody is upset about it. i would be too. you've got 3 little boys over ta couple kids there, 2 little girls next to me. >> i'm picking up kids at bus stops. >> reporter: now, he's in trouble with the law again. police arrested him in boston. he was taken into custody on a fugitive from justice warrantou say he violated his probation there by showing up at this library. gardner is due in court later this morning and is facing possible extradition to rhode island. . >>> fire causing nearly a million dollars in damage at a brownstone in the back b

that trespassing ticket came saying gardner was in the library using a computer. for that, the 49-year-old will be summonsed to court. >> you are supposed to feel in your own home. nobody feels safe. we don't know yet when that court summons is going to be. weymouth police are also investigating a report from a neighbor who says they saw gardner peering over his fence and also a report from gardner's parents who say somebody threw something, breaking r in weymouth, victoria warren, 7 news. >> christa: donald trump was on a bit of a twitter tirade this morning over dwindling support numbers from republicans. >> kris: he was busy on social media today. this was happening as poll numbers show trump falling further behind hillary clinton. jennifer eagan with the details. >> reporter: donald trump, once again, taking to twitter. firing offer message this is "despite winning the second debate in a land-slide, every poll, it is hard to do well when paul ryan and others give zero support." trump widening the growing divide between himself and the republican establishment.

gardner's ex-boyfriend, pierre gardner, is say hammond had recently left gardner after he had been physically abusive. voices against domestic violence will use the proceeds for hammond's funeral arrangements, and to support the son she leaves behind. there's a great need for this in our community because domestic violence is something that a lot of people are afraid to come forward with and hopefully will see this and see our faces and they will be encouraged to come forward gardner's next court a man during a funeral procession is now in custody -- facing homicide charges.. police say dennis brookshire shot and killed lamar ragland -- in august... it happened near the intersection of 22nd and keefe... the shooting took place in front of family members -- according to the criminal complaint -- a white s-u-v puled up during the procession -- the driver yelled something at the vehicle ragland was riding in -- then started shooting... ragland was hit -- he was pronounced dead at the scene -- two of his cousins were also hit by survived authorities in waukesha county are still trying to find out

says his office did not argue to keep gardner locked up. gardner initially moved to his family's home in weymouth. his probation supervision has been transferred to suffolk county. >> the u.s. launchs a missile strike on targets in yemen. those strikes follow two incidents of missiles being rebel-controlled areas were destroyed. >> a home invasion and sexual assault in boston's south end -- ronald brown hid his face during his arraignment in court yesterday. boston police say he broke into a clarendon street apartment tuesday morning. he allegedly tied up and sexually assaulted two women there. one of them raped. brown a level three sex offender whose records show he served more than 20 years in prison for in her bedroom. >> two people charged in the murder of an elderly man in orange are back in massachusetts. brittany smith and joshua hart were arrested in virginia earlier this week. they are accused of killing 95-year-old thomas harty in his home and injuring his 77-year-old wife. she is still in the hospital. the crime is said to be ran

gardner plead guilty before shorter sentence. that ended up being about 20 years of time he would have to serve. >> didn't he kidnap a kid outside of his house at knifepoint? how do you let that out. >> reporter: through appeals gardner ended up serving out all of his sentences including what was left on his massachusetts sentence and walked out of prison on monday. 27 years after his first conviction. weymouth police alerted residents to 49-year-old registered sex offender was living back at his family's >> that's disgusting that they would let him come back. >> reporter: one neighbor reported to police gardner was be acting suspiciously last night. >> i saw his face peek over the fence when he cleared the fence i could see him clearly i asked him what his name was he said richard. >> reporter: police also got a report from the gardners ever they say someone broke their front window. >> just -- >> reporter: gardner will 2043 so, if he violates that or gets arrested he will most likely go back to jail. in way moug, robert goldsst

but after appeals and other legal factors gardner got out after 28 years. >> he's done brutal things to children, things that these memories will never get out of our heads. it's absolutely awful. >> reporter: gardner is now back in custody after rhode island probation officials took out an arrest warrant saying by him being in a entered and remains in a place frequented by children which is in violation of the no contact order issued by judge rogers and that he violated an ordinance of the city of quincy when he entered the library without the required written permission for a sex offender. his attorney says the alleged violation is too vague. >> i suppose if you walk by a school he's in violation because he walked about aschool a place frequented by children. >> reporter: thomas who now has a family of his own is speaking out to make sure everyone knows just how >> my kids kind of get the raw end of the deal because i'm afraid to let them go and do anything. >> reporter: gardner is being held without bail here in massachusetts. he will likely go back to rhode island by the end of t

todd: no sign of richard gardner at his parents house in weymouth on gardner street. probation department said he is compliant with the conditions of his probation. that seems to be little consolation to people in this neighborhood. >> nobody wants him here. todd: outreach is building in this neighborhood which is where level three >> i am picking up my neighbor's kids at bus stops because no one wants to let their kids walk home. todd: gardner was released from prison last week, after serving 30 years for kidnapping and raping several young boys in the late driving them around in this 1980's, car. he was originally sentenced to 190 years in prison, but that was reduced on appeal. now, we're learning he's already had a few scrapes with the law in the days since his release from the massachusetts treatment center. quincy police responded to this library on saturday where police escorted him out and issued him a summons for violating a city ordinance prohibiting sex offenders from entering libraries, schools, and day care centers, without prior permission. later that sa

. >> this man richard gardner will be in court tomorrow. he was a arrested just days after being released from prison early. fox 25's crystal haynes dug through new documents to show he has been charged with crimes in two different states. >> reporter: convicted child rapist richard gardner back behind bars tonight and scheduled to face a judge on monday. the level three sex offender wa from justice warrant out of rhode island, and issued a summons to court for violation of a quincy sex offender ordinance on saturday. weymouth mom amanda hill plans to be in the courtroom in massachusetts and in rhode island. >> he should have never been released in the first place. so i think the community can sleep a little bit better knowing that he's not on the streets. >> reporter: hill and her neighbors started a petition to have gardner removed from the neighborhood. when he moved into his mother's house down the street after his release gardner was ordered in 1989, to serve 190 years in prison for kidnapping and sexually abusing children but won a sh

gardner is being held without bail here in massachusetts. ly likely go back to rhode island by the end of the week where a judge will decide if he violated his probation. >>> there's now virtual key that almost anyone can use to steal your identity and ruin your life. here in the next 30 minutes what an expert says you can do to protect yourself. >>> but first a man just how close prosecutors say a baby was to the deal >> happening right now emergency repairs are being made on the mass pike on auburn the off ramp is closed a detour is set up there. crews are expected to be there making repairs throughout the night. mass dot is asking drivers delays. boston police say a man was conducting a drug deal on top of a baby carriage with an 18 month-old child inside that stroller. spoox fox 25 was in court including the name of the baby who was in the stroller. >> reporter: a drug deal in dorchester placed an 18 month at the center of it. they were investigating ac an exchange between a man and a car and another pushing a extraordinarily. this man 4

fox 25 broke the news of richmondard gardner -- richard gardner's controversial release from jail. robert goldton is speaking to a man who says gardner preyed upon him as well. >> i saw his face on the news it really brought back everything and i feel like i've -- >> reporter: thomas sherman says he was 10 years old when it happened back in milk for his mother. >> he punch immediate in the car and in knifepoint he told me to put a ski mask and i sat in the floorboard of the front seat of the car crying my eyes out. sherman testified that led to richard gardner getting $190 years in prison -- 190 years in prison but he got out after 28 years. >> he does brutal things to children. things that these memory also never get out of our heads. it's ablu back in custody after rhode island probation officials took out an arrest warrant saying by him being in a quincy library last week he entered and remains in a place frequented by children which is in violation of the no contact order issued by judge rogers and he violated an ordinance of the city of quincy when he entered the library. his

robert goulston joins us from rhode island where gardner appeared robert? >> the reporter: mark, richard gardner will stay locked up until a hearing next month, when they will sort out whether or not he actually violated his probation, but today was the first time we saw his face since he was let out of prison. richard gardner appeared in a rhode island courtroom after being extradited from massachusetts earlier this week. the rhode island attorney general telling the judge, the convicted rapist turned up in a quincy library, which violated his probation conditions. defendant from loitering in anyplaces frequented by children. >> if mr. gardner isn't allowed at the public library, is he then also not allowed at the barnes & noble up the road, because there's a children's area? >> the reporter: gardener served time for wrapping and raping several young children. there was outrage after his release, because he served a fraction of what everyone thought he would. we talked to one victim this week. >> this man will do it again, i'm telling you, he's an awful, a

he was also cited for entering gardner was spotted using a computer. in quincy there is a city ordinance that prohibits high-risk sex offenders from entering city libraries without prior permission. >> your home is supposed to be somewhere where you can relax, and we're not relaxed at all. >> nancy: adding to concern, people in weymouth say gardner was spotted peering over a fence. worried neighbors have added dog signs to their homes as well as alarm systems. what they want is laws changed. >> the justice system is just out of whack. this guy shouldn't be allowed on the street. he should be locked up forever. >>cy appear in court in connection with the incidents over the weekend. >> christa: new this morning a very close call for a driver in sterling when a tree branch falls through the windshield of that car. the driver was able to balk away with minor injuries. the police department says if that branch fell just a few more inches to the left, things could have been much different here. >>> also happening today, two suspects are due in court, accused

fox25 has been bring you updates on richard gardner since he was released from prison just weeks ago. as our crystal haynes reports, people who found themselves living in his neighborhood after his release are now relieved. . >> reporter: convicted child rapist back behind bars. the ledge 3 sex offender was arrested on a fugitive against summons to court in violation of a quincy sex offender ordinance. mom will appear in court. >> he shouldn't have been released in the first place and the community can sleep a little bit better knowing that he is no the on the streets. >> reporter: hill and her neighbors started a petition to have him removed from the neighborhood after he moved in with his mother. he was ordered to serve 190 years in prison but won a shorter sentence on appeal. >> i feel like this is the only option. >> reporter: we obtained the quincy police report. gardner was seen at the library without the written response for sex offenders. >> when she walked by gardner on the computer, she thought she saw him looking at an image of a child with no shirt on, but when she circled

prosecutors could have argued that because of gardner's level three status, at high risk of reoffending, that he needed to at a mental health institution. the da's office says "our office did not move to civilly commit mr. gardner" and after reviewing the case determined that happened as a result of human error. >> the office did not have a chance to have him civilly committed, they may have decided to move may have decided not to move. john: newscenter 5 legal analyst martha coakley says it's not clear that a review would have guaranteed gardner was committed for treatment after his prison term, but it could have been an option. so, instead, a man who was 200 years for kidnapping and raping children in the '80's is back out on the streets after a successful appeal that reduced his sentence to just 30 years. >> the real issue now is how is the public kept safe and while he is out that he will not be able to reoffend. >> tonight, we have learned he is no longer living in the neighborhood. the probation has been transferred to sussex county. live tonight, john atwater, wcvb newscenter 5.

boston police arrested -- arrested richard gardner at a homeless shelter in the south end. he was sentenced to 190 years in prison but got out of jail. he was wanted out of rhode >>reporter:just days after his probation was transferred from plymouth to suffolk county, richard gardner was arrested here in his new home, the southhampton street shelter in boston. us marshals in boston police arrested gardner on a fugitive from justice warrant out of rhode island after he violated his probation there by showing up at a library last weekend. a violation of a city ordinance. the convicted child rapist and level three sex offender was released earlier this month after serving nearly 30 his parents home where he was met by outraged neighbors. >> we should have been notified prior. >> we have to pick our kids about the bus stop because nobody wants to let their kids walk home. >>reporter:gardner now 49, within his early 20s when he was convicted of raping and kidnapping several boys in both massachusetts and rhode but years later he appealed, and his sentence drastically shortened.

i wanted to know how this would impact senator cory gardner's vote. i reached out to his spokespeople, the phone went to voicemail. marshall zelinger, denver7.>>> an update to the wildfire in seven colorado that ii torch more than 5200 acres. the biela fire, it is now 95 percent contained. affected by this fire. a donation center is open at the state fairgrounds in pueblo. the center tells us they need food, clothing, cleaning supplies, and hygiene products. you can drop off donations from 10 am until 7 pm all this week through sunday.>>> there is a grass fire that is starting in commerce city. we found out it is out. the fire threatened structures, it didn't -- burned up to a fence line. crews worked quickly and knocked on the flames with in 30 minutes. >>> to warm and dry, even though it's pleasant weather, we need some cool wet 80s on the plains. humidity has been low. mostly in the teens, when the little bit gusty. the sun begins to get close to setting. we are still very dry in our area with the drought conditions continuing to slowly increase. w

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he says he can't believe gardner is out. look at these posters, also flooding social media with warnings to parents about gardner's dangero we're live in weymouth this morning, nicole estaphan, wcvb, newscenter 5. emily: state police are trying to figure out how a man drove the wrong way on the mass pike for three miles. police say the 80-year-old driver started heading west in the eastbound lane around the alston-brighton tolls. he was taken to the hospital after the crash. police say there was another crash as drivers tried to avoid the wrong-way car, but no one the same stage, the presidential candidates will be in the same state today, pushing their message to voters. randy: erika is here looking forward to the day and the fallout. erika: both will focus on florida. donald trump is holding a rally in panama city. hillary clinton will be in miami with al gore. >> on the day situation room watching the raid that brought osama bin laden to justice, he was hosting "celebrity apprentice." so if he wants to talk about what we'

john in the 80's, gardner faced : charges in both massachusetts and rhode island, the prosecutor who tried the case there can't believe he's out. >> he's a bad guy who did some very bad things. i remember it very well and i remember how strongly we felt about convicting him and : classification means that the state feels gardner is at high risk to reoffend, the only option for parents is to remain vigilant. >> i think everyone is just nervous, they want everyone to know and keep an eye out for him. john: he is living with his parents. no one can to the door when we knocked tonight. ed: trying to figure out how a man drove the wrong way on the mass pike for 3 miles. it ended when he hit a median barrier near exit 17 in newton corner. police say the 80-year-old driver started heading west in the eastbound lane around the allston-brighton tolls. he was taken to the hospital after the crash. police say there was another crash as drivers tried to avoid the wrong-way car, but no one was hurt. commitment 2016: hillary clinton and donald trump, back on the campaign a new poll shows trump's s

we're told gardner is due in a boston courtroom on monday. doug: school counselors will be available this morning at boston leadership academy after a student was killed in a crash. this happened in hyde park on american legion highway yesterday afternoon. the student's name has not been released. counselors will be available on monday. the crash remains under investigation. antoinette: a walk for peace in east boston, the community turning out to support two wounded police officers and each other. those officers are recovering responding to a domestic call wednesday night. newscenter 5's nichole berlie reports from the peace walk. nichole: a gathering of the community. >> you have brought the city of boston together. nichole: just feet from where two boston police officers were shot wednesday night. >> what happened here is devastating, especially for the people that we trust to protect us. who was there to protect them? nichole: this woman here with her 2-year-old son, her husband, >> they put their lives at risk. we're here for them and al

earlier today fox with a mother whose son was victimized by richard gardner. >> he just parked at the end of the street and walked down the end of the road and looked in window until he found one with a child. >> what she believes children living near richard gardner has to do. >>> the man charged with tying up two women and sexually assaulting them is facing court today but he cannot hide his past from fox 25. the attack broke at 11:30 sex offender got out of jail earlier this year. >> reporter: the dangerous weapon in 2009, assault on a corrections officer in 2010, jury intimidation for rushing at seated jurors 2011 those are just the cases we found today in worcester superior court. today 52-year-old ronald brown hid his face as he appeared in municipal court on new violent charges. into an apartment near the intersection of columbus in the southend around 4:00 yesterday morning. two women lived there. they say brown climbed through the rear window tied them up and sexually assaulted them. according to the court paperwork one of the women says brown bound her hands and feet togethe