he is considered armed and wmur' s heather hamel has been tracking this story and is live heather: matthew martin is wanted for armed bank robberies , quite a few here in new hampshire as well as vermont as recently as monday where he is suspected of holding up the heritage credit union, and all of that was caught on camera. here is the video where the man draws a black handgun. he demands money and tells the teller not to push any buttons. 30 seconds. authorities believe matthew martin is responsible for not only this robbery but at least three others this month. the first in charlestown and three days later in loudon when the td bank was hit. there is a warrant out for his arrest in that particular bank robbery. he is from rhode island, and he has the quinces in vermont. the u.s. marshal is looking for him. david cargill: every time he' s done these robberies, he has shown a firearm. that' s what makes him so dangerous. things, he may do others. the u.s. marshall service is like to offer a $5,000 reward for information leading to his arrest. heather: authorities say martin is suspected a

wmur' s heather hamel is live in salem with the story. heather: she was out on bail for a charge related to shoplifting and as he said, salem police say she had just left the circuit court but she wasted no time grabbing items and walking out. monday, adelaida jordan was with her eight-year-old son and a niece. ernie' s was also charge and will be arraigned at a later date. the group was seen by prevention officers at kohl' they were taking of getting out of the packaging and then leaving the store. jordan' s son appeared to be participating in the crime. jordan' s son was released to another family member and as for his mother, she has only been arraigned and is being held on $7,500 cash bail and is been ordered by judge not to go into any salem stores. heather hamel, wmur news 9. erin: also in salem this noon, police have arrested five people accused of passing counterfeit bills at several stores. officers first responded to market basket, but it appears this group also used the fake money at marshall' s and home dept, according to autho

want to get the latest from heather hamel. she is in a nashua. heather: moments ago, captain from the nashua police department did come out and say that they are still investigating this threat. they will not say whether or not they are determine who is responsible. they will -- they said there will be a joint is conference that will include the fbi at 4:00 and that is when we will be getting an update. the threat came in the form of an e-mail, the superintendent getting it on sunday morning. police are not saying specifics about what it said but superintendent said it was very detailed and high schools appeared to be the target. officials on mr. getting and threat, or who may be responsible. in light of recent events that have gone on because a country and with violence as a possibility, the superintendent didn' t want to take any chances. rather than just closing down the two high schools in a nashua, he determined it was safest for all students to stay home and 2 private schools were also closed. >> we made the decision last night to err on the

heather hamel, wmur news 9. tom: a project created by unh marketing majors could be used by the state department to counter the radicalization of young people by extremist groups. wmur' s jennifer crompton is live in our portsmouth bureau, with more on their plan to jen? jennifer: tom, the state department developed grants for schools around the country to develop anti-extremism medium campaigns -- media campaigns. one group at unh rolled out their campaign to prevent impressionable young people from being radicalized online. they call it the pax pledge, the latin word for peace, also an acronym for people against extremism. it is aimed at the venting young people from being targeted by extremist groups. >> if you have a young person who is not very popular, sitting at the back of the room, they want to become part of something. jennifer: pax gives them that something. students reveal a quarter of they are lonely and over 90% have been contacted by people they do not know and they do not tell their parents. >> t

wmur' s heather hamel is live in the studio tonight with more on the hold-ups. heather: unlike the first two robberies, the third one did not involve a knife, but it was unnerving come and police say drugs. most a minute. evening. two men come into forever tan on mast road demand cash and run out the back door. goffstown police believe one of those men was 25-year-old devin milliard and soon after the crime police in neighboring manchester were looking for him. >> they had advised that they had to similar robberies in the last few days with the same mo and may have had some potential suspects in mind a short time later they were able to locate the two suspects and take them into custody. heather manchester police : arrested milliard and ryan monica in connection with armed then a 7-11 on tuesday. in both the clerk was shown a knife and the men were caught on camera. goffstown police interviewed the suspects too. >> the motivation appears to be drugs, specifically heroine. it seems to be fueling the fire for a lot of these robberies lately. 5:26 heather according

wmur's heather hamel is live in lengthy investigation. reporter: a helmet, shoes, clothes, even a bee-bee gun that looks like a handgun, was found at ronald szettella's house, they say it's the evidence they needed and how he faces three felony charges and there soon could be more from the neighboring town of salem. more than two years after police say his crime-spree began, 43-year-old ronald szettella faced a judge, police say it was hard work and surveillance video that got them to this day. >> in september of '13 szettella called in a bomb threat from a pay phone in lowell, mass and our detectives got video footage from several businesses. reporter: the man could be seen stopping at the pay phone around the same time pelham elementary school received the call. in september when someone robbed the gage hill farm convenience store wearing a motorcycle helmet, police say they found a link. and during a search of szettella's home they found more evidence connecting him to another armed robbery at the >> i knew him as a customer, i knew hi

heather hamel, wmur news 9. shelley: a man convicted in the stabbing death of a madbury teen has been formally sentenced tonight to life in prison. and two other men lured 18-year-old aaron wilkinson out of his house and then stabbed him 20 times, in what prosecutors say was a botched robbery attempt. wmur's adam sexton joins us now with the emotional statements made by the victim's family in court. reporter: there were some intense moments as wolusky turned to face the father of aaron wilkinson during victim impact statements, with wolusky continuing to deny that he murdered wilkinson, paul carroll reiterated the facts, but even after that wolusky denied it. the defense team contend the two codefendants are the real killers. wilkinson's father says the family welcomes the end of this part of the process. >> i'm happy it's over with, moving forward. we talked about the appeal but so that's on the horizon. reporter: the defense team says there will be an appeal filed within 30 days of wolusky is also being ordere

in the newsroom, heather hamel. charges after she crashed into a porch while driving drunk. it happened just after one on fordway avenue. derry police say lindsey simon hit a fence, went down an embankment and slammed boo the porch of this home knocking it off its supports. soon arrested. sigh month is now charged with driving while intoxicated and other charges, fortunately no one was hurt in the home. if you still have some holiday shopping to get done, your options got limited over the last few minutes. moments ago most malls and big box stores closed for christmas eve. but the mall of new hampshire has been a busy place all day long with people getting those final gifts. kristen carosa is there live as those shoppers start to head home. hi, kristen. reporter: hi, josh, we're live inside the mall in manchester where the doors have just closed for the day. this was one busy place earlier today. people tell us they make this a tradition and employees welcome we spoke to mall manager jack toscano this afternoon, he says there was a steady stream of customers all day. he says

heather hamel, wmur news 9. jean: still to come tonight, a new hampshire flight attendant is accused of assaulting a fellow crew member. what authorities say the american airlines workerred to an air marshal on board. tom: hillary clinton is campaigning in the granite state today, calling for change for women in the work force. mike: a bright friday on the way for many as temperatures run close to average to end the week tomorrow. a look at the weekend changes coming up. >> we'll hear from the u.n.h. when they told me that i was diagnosed with cancer, all i could think of was my kids t want to leave them. i beat cancer, but it is still scary. now i have a pre-existing condition. so, if republicans take away obamacare, breast cancer survivors like me could be denied coverage. if hillary's in the white house, she's going to continue obamacare, so that i don' t have to worry anymore. i trust her, and i know she's going to fight for all of us. i'm hillary clinton, tom: a flight attendant from new hampshire is facing

heather hamel is live in salem with the new details in the case. heather: police call it astonishing the lieutenent , saying he can't even wrap his mind around what she was thinking. surveillance video captures jordan and an 18-year-old relative and her 8-year-old son as they walk through kohls. police say loss prevention officers picked up on their strange behavior quickly watchin gthem closely with the cameras and police say at one point they bring items to the changing rooms remove the packaging and , stick it in their back packs. before heading out the door. through it all is jordan's 8-year-old son. >> he was with her during the court process, and was in the salem court watching his mother get a range and then tows him , along with her while commiting the crime certainly not the best parenting. certainly not sending the proper message. heather police say her son was : released to a relative but the woman with jordan, charbellie cruz, was also arrested and that little boy' s mother is still behind bars awaiting her next court date. reporting liv

but opponents tell wmur' s heather hamel they' re not convinced. heather: yes, opponents were loud and clear they do not want a natural gas pipeline. well only a few hundred showed up, thousands added signatures. beating drums and marching proudly, people protesting the cantor morgan natural gas pipeline made their way to the state house. >> we don' heather: ned, an acronym for northeastern electric project, would create jobs, but protesters save the negatives outweigh the positives. >> we have to live next to these things. our air quality and our water quality and there is no benefits granite stater' s. heather: this sister staffs a house with four other nuns, and she fears they will have to reduce their ministry or close the else altogether. >> after 25 years, we certainly have helped hundreds of people died. heather: protesters armed with not only stories and signs, but petitions with more than 10,000 >> i think it' s really important for citizens in any part of the state to let those concerns be known. that has allowed me to raise all of those q

heather hamel has the latest on this. reporter: the nashua police chief is remaining tight-lipped about what that e-mail said, exactly what that threaten tailed. however he says after a day's both of of investigating and looking through the school with a fine tooth comb he no longer believes that is there a credible threat in any of nashua public schools. this comes after 24 hours after the superintendent of schools would come to students specifically targeting the two high schools. the superintendent says the safety comes first and due to the concern for parents and the high probability that there would be a high amount of absentees, he decided to shut down all the public schools in the city. since that decision was made the f.b.i. was called in, efforts have been made to find the person responsible and they have done checks of doors and windows at all of the schools and checked for anything that could be dangerous and say no devices were found. >> i'm not saying a hoax. what i'm saying is right now it does not appear to

heather hamel, wmur news 9. josh: a woman from windham is accused of driving the wrong way on the everett turnpike. police say chelsea cormier was intoxicated when she drove north for nearly 16 miles in the southbound lane. wmur's kristen carosa live from the bedford tolls, one of the locations that the woman alley reporter: authorities say these types of driving offenses are extremely dangerous, especially someone driving under the influence. it happened around 1:00 a.m. this morning, the 24-year-old chelsea cormier was driving the wrong way on the everett turnpike near exit 13. once cormier drove through the bedford tolls she headed northbound towards the hooksett toll plaza. state police responded and got into position ahead of her as she continued to drive northbound. officers laid down spike strips which slowed her car down. cormier pulled over but then attempted to pull back onto the highway, with two flat tires. she was finally stopped by police and arrested. >> many persons who are under the influence of

heather hamel, wmur news 9. josh: several republican candidates will be in new hampshire before the week is out. jeb bush and chris christie will both return to the state on saturday. lindsey graham also expected later this week, and the democratic candidates will also be in the granite state on saturday for their next debate. we will have complete live jean: extra police officers were on hand when los angeles schools reopened today. the district can eled classes yesterday after an e-mail threat warn of a widespread terrorist act. officials say officers walked through more than 1500 locations yesterday, looking for any signs of problems. investigators say the same message was e-mailed to new york city schools as well. officials there decided to stay open. president obama plans to meet with families of the san bernardino terror attack this friday. that announcement came the same day the department of homeland security unveiled a new terror alert system. wmur's sally kidd explains how it works. reporter: homeland

heather hamel, wmur news 9. josh: now to commit in 2016, new numbers are out in the wmur granite state poll. while she might be leading nationally, hillary clinton is still chasing bernie sanders here in new hampshire. right now sanders holds a 10-point lead over clinton with martin o'malley still struggling campaign. but from integrity to like edge. but by far most democrats see clinton as the inevitable democratic nominee. >> clinton does have the perception that she's going to win the primary and she's the most electable candidate in the general election. so she's the candidate that a lot of voters feel they should vote for, but not the candidate they want to vote for. josh: sanders leads on issues that might surprise you, we'll have a deeper look at the and presidential candidate jeb bush was the life of the party today at the new hampshire institute of politics, that's the name of the new series that invites candidates to sit down in an informal setting with millennials and young professionals and answer mo

reporting live, heather hamel, wmur news 9. adam: thanks, heather. a rainy start for most areas of the granite state, but the forecast is changing. this is a live look from portsmouth, where temperatures are a little warmer today. meteorologist kevin skarupa has the latest. kevin, will conditions stay this way for the weekend? kevin: this time through, it is more of the same of what we have start of december. temperatures much closer to the average, but we are starting another warming trend across the area. a few breaks as some drier air now continuing to exit the area. while we run the risk of a passing shower tomorrow morning, a lot of the forecast should be dry heading into the weekend. from there, we are looking out warmer conditions all the way through monday. we will have a look at your weekend forecast coming up in just a few minutes. adam: thanks, kevin. a warehouse in concord resembled the north pole today as thousands of gifts were sent on their way. it is delivery day for operation santa claus. what started 55 years ago as an effort to bri

reporting live in salem, heather hamel, wmur news 9 will nine. five people faced a judge today accused of using counterfeit money. officers first responded to market basket but police say this group also used fake money to shop at four of them are from philadelphia and the fifth is from nashua. jennifer: the rain finally begins to push out and behind it, warming up temperatures to shatter records starting on thursday. chief meteorologist mike haddad is here with the outlook. mike: you would think it would be cool but temperatures in parts of southern new hampshire hitting 50 again. that nothing compared to what is rolling in our direction just in time for christmas eve day. worked rolling out -- what is rolling out right now is the rain. ready to exit the coastal plains in the next two-minute. temperatures a very warm, back to the monadnock region and over toward the coast, much cooler to the north and west. there is an chilly air on the map but all the warm weather is sitting down in the ohio valley record warmth builds in here and were talking about shattering a record. could we actu

heather hamel is live now with his comments. reporter: today bush talked about destroying isis, beefing up immigration laws and reforming social security among other things. he said the country needs a leader and says plans and policies need to be serious. this afternoon and that was followed by a forum in manchester where he spoke to a standing room only crowd at a law firm. afterward he took questions from the immediate yeah, all of it trump. fine violin. this is what he does, he's an expert at this, he's phenomenal at garnering attention. this should be, this campaign should be about the big ideas that we need to implement to fix the things that are broken in our country and to restore america's leadership in the world. reporter: jeb bush says a lot will change in the coming months and he does not believe trump will be the nominee. jennifer: on the democratic side, hillary clinton is campaigning in new hampshire tonight as well. right now preparations are under way in salem at the woodbury school. clinton will talk to voters

let's go to heather hamel now to explain the changes. reporter: superintendent mike morgan says the labrie case really bothered him, he feet bad for the young girl and with the inappropriate student behavior at exeter dances he felt it wouldn't be responsible to let them continue. >> it just dancing, i think, nothing really ever came out of it. reporter: but that dancing which school officials say is in large groups and often sexually suggestive just isn't acceptable. after years of trying to change the behavior at a september dance with no improvement, they finally decided enough is enough. >> it reached such a critical mass that you can't just all of a sudden say okay the whole dance is going home at this point in time. we want to make sure that all students feel welcome and all students feel safe, and it's been expressed to us by many >> i think the grinding is something that happens, but it's not something that everybody does. and i feel like if you're engaging in that activity it's kind a conscious decision. reporter: he says he bel

heather hamel, wmur news 9. tom: right now crews are working to repair a sinkhole that opened up in a shopping plaza on south willow street in manchester this morning, closing businesses. amy coveno joins us live with how much progress they've made. reporter: tom, they have moved with impressive speed on this sinkhole. 12 hours ago there was a 6 president foot deep opening filled with muddy water. since thain they drained it, fixed the pipe and filled it. tomorrow -- this is the sweet sound of progress. >> that sucks 21,000 gallons an hour. reporter: an unlucky police cruiser in the drive through for a drink wound up in the drink, just after 5:00 monday morning. to the main before 7:00. >> the thing we got very concerned about us is how deep and how far does that hole really go. reporter: no water is a deal breaker for restaurants. the handwritten closed signs turning away holiday foot traffic. >> every minute that we're not open we lose money. reporter: the general manager of papa gino's is missing out on criti

heather hamel was told that all signs point to drugs. heather: court paperwork says that when devon was interviewed by police he said he participated in the robbery just to get high and walked away with just $30 in cash. he is charged with two felonies in connection with the robbery at forever tan. police believe he and another man went into the business around 6:30 p.m., demanded cash, and ran out the back door. police were able to get shoe impressions and dust for fingerprints. >> of a advised that they had to similar robberies in the last two days with -- and were advised that they had two similar robberies in the past heather: one man was arrested this morning and charges on the second are forthcoming. both are arrested with -- on connection with the robberies in queen city. josh: 2016 coverage now. in just a few hours, it will be 2016. for the ben carson campaign, it comes with a shakeup at the top. today, cars and announced -- carson announced the resignation of his campaign manager. he says he hopes to reinvigorate the campaign wit

as heather hamel tells us, his attorney says he was only an accomplice. reporter: his attorney is asking for a shorter sentence of five to 10 years saying it was unclear if dow or his girlfriend fueled the abuse. >> james is petrified on a daily basis that mr. dow will escape. talking about her nephew. at three years old, he was the victim of physical abuse at the hands of roland dow, serving 67 years in prison for the assault. dow is asking for the sentence to be reduced. >> i would never harm a child. i did not assault james. i think i should be sentenced lighter. reporter: his attorney asked for is no way to tell if dow was convicted as a perpetrator or an accomplice, working with the boy' s mother, jessica linscott. >> what is the defendant entitled to? we say he is entitled to the benefit of the doubt. reporter: on that stand, linscott admitted to hitting her son, but says it was minor compared to dow. >> it was reckless and deliver it. reporter: to county attorney says a strong message needs to be sent that roland dow' s behavior is unacceptable, so

heather hamel is live now with how bush is saying trump's idea isn't serious and he didn't reporter: bush says that we are living in dangerous time and says all trump is doing is dividing the country. >> this is what he does, he's an expert at this, he's phenomenal at garnering attention. this campaign should be about the big ideas that we need to implement to fix the things that are broken in our country, and in the world. reporter: at two events tuesday, jeb bush tried to show how he would do that, first talking about social security reform and an aarp conference. >> it starts with recognizing that we need to raise the retirement age, and my plan start to raise the retirement age a month for every year starting in 2022. reporter: then at a candidate forum bush laid out his machine to industry isis. >> our strongest allies in iraq need to have direct support. it requires, i think,le bedding our military inside the iraqi forces to help them, to train them. reporter: bush was also asked about violence in the united states, like the recent mass shooting in san bernardino, california. h

reporter: this coalition is unique to new hampshire, but kelly and giffords say they hope heather hamel, wmur news 9. josh: before announcing that coalition, mark kelly stopped by the news 9 studios to talk about their efforts on background checks and we also got a chance to talk about his thoughts on the future of space travel. do we get to mars in our lifetime? >> i think the first person to walk on mars is a live today. so for us, i think we will see somebody walk on mars. josh: kelly also talked about the most dangerous moments of his space station missions, you can see all of of it on december december 27. jennifer: a man commercial driver is accused of running a way from a crash, leaving his injured passenger and a dog behind. police say paul cram drove off sandown road in chester right into a tree, they say the crash left another man in the car with a broken arm, broken leg and serious injuries. it also seriously injured a dog that had been in that car. officers arrested cram after his passenger and the dog are both recovering tonight. josh: the trial of a man accused of trying t

heather hamel, wmur news 9. shelley: some intense moments in strafford county superior court this morning as a murder victim's father and the man convicted in the killing turned to face each other. the staredown took place during tristan wolusky's sentencing to life in prison. he looked directly at the father of aaron wilkinson as he gave his victim impact statement. wmur's adam sexton joins us live now from the newsroom with more. adam? reporter: typically during these victim impact statements it's common for the guilty party to stare straight ahead or kind of zone out, but that did not happen here. in this case the father of the victim asked to speak directly to tristan wolusky and then got his full attention. >> you murdered my son. that's our story, and that's your story. the three of you showed up there that night, the three of you you drove away with his dying body. it's a tough story, but that's your story. reporter: could you have heard a pin drop in strafford superior court wednesday, as the father of m

jean: heather hamel is live now with more on why exeter superintendent of schools says a highly publicized sexual assault case was the tipping point for him. reporter: superintendent morgan says the owen labrie case in felt with sexually suggestive dancing going on in exeter with no foreseeable change on the horizon, a ban on dances was the prudent thing to do. he says for eight years he and past principles have tried to curb this behavior. the principle says students often dance in groups with moves of a sexual nature. he says some students are uncomfortable with what goes on, so after a lot discussion they decided to cancel future dances indefinitely. some support it, others say they don't think anyone would have crossed the line. >> you'd like to think that some people would have some respect for personal boundaries and things like that. >> it's just dancing, i think, nothing really ever came out of it at exeter high school. >> canceling dances is not something that anybody wants to do. but unfortunately we can never host something here at the expense of what is safe and what is prudent

heather hamel, wmur news 9. >> thank you. the fire that broke out in a northwood home today may be suspicious. state officials are investigating the cause of the fire which burned an empty log cabin on mill pond road. the home is owned by a bank, no one lives there. if you're hitting the road tonight you'll have a lot of company. shopsers are running to stores for the final gifts. kristen carosa is live at the mall of new hampshire which has been crowded all day. reporter: stephanie, we are live manchester where many people are spending their christmas eve at the mall looking for last minute gifts. people tell us they make this a tradition and employees welcome the crowd on christmas eve. we spoke to the mall manager this afternoon, he says there have been a steady stream of customers all day. he says people who shop last minute are on a mission, and they come here knowing what they want to get. for many it's picking up several simon gift cards and for those looking for items there are plenty of sales going on from electronic