traffic is now backed up all the way to derby street in hingham. that's what photographer jason bacon is crawling. that is 24 north jammed from there back to brockton. >>> it is 6:18 right now. an investigation is under way to figure out what caused an unmanned military blimp to go on a wild ride. >> so it broke free, floated for hours and knocked out power to tens of thousands of people. here's bree with where the >> reporter: right now it's currently being guarded by national guard troops. it broke fritz moorings in aberdeen, maryland. eventually, the helium-filled ship came down about 80 miles per hour north of harrisburg,pennsylvania. two f-16s were scrambled to chase the blimp that tracks the skies for incoming cruz earlier, the tether was designed to with stand hurricane force winds. >> no, no, there is absolutely no concern. the tether. there is a 1 in a million chance of the tether preaking. >> it dragged behind the power lines. 27,000 customers in two the army grounded the second blimp while they tray to figure out what went wrong. >>> the

. >>> a 5-year-old is showing hingham police officers just how much they mean to him. last week, luke was hit by a car. >> he's now in a wheelchair recovering from a broken ankle. he's making sure the officers that help him know how appreciated they are. >> reporter: when he's not using a wheelchair, 5-year-old luke hansen just crawls around. it's almost easier. a broken ankle won't stop him, but he really doesn't like to talk about the accident or the ambulance ride. did you go in an ambulance? >> yeah. >> reporter: what was that like? was it scary or fun? >> it was fun but scary. >> reporter: the ambulance? >> mm-hmm. >> reporter: yeah. last friday, a driver ignored luke, his brother and father and blew through the crossing hitting luke. police were right there and a cop named bob comforted 5-year- old luke until emts arrived. so these two little boys wanted to thank police and emts and made some cards. 8-year-old ben will never forget that moment at the crosswalk. >> i was trying to picture what i saw when it happened. >> reporter: you may be thinking, okay, so the

route 28 jammed from hingham up to the split. and 95 northbound, you are a mess from norwood up to 128. chris and kathryn? >>> breaking news this morning. police now searching for the driver that fired shots at a car overnight. >> this happened along 495 in wrentham. soucie steimle -- susie steimle, what can you tell us? >> reporter: no arrests have been made, but they did indicate that they do believe that the shooter was in an car and they are looking for another car involved in this investigation. if you take a look at the video, you can see how remarkable it was that nobody was hurt in the crime. shots fired into the driver's side window. he was able to pull over on the side of 495 and call police and waited for them to show up. they then began their investigation on the southbound side of the highway on 495 in wrentham right before exit 15. so again, no arrests have been made at this point in time, and they are still continuing that investigation. most importantly, they are emphasizing that they do not think that this was ra

. >> hanover and hingham as well as wellesley and very similar circumstances where vehicles were broken into and vehicles were stolen as well. >> reporter: investigators from all of those towns are now questioning the four suspects in the stolen car and two others arrested in another stolen car located in brockton last night. >> this caused some disruption for a lot of families in walpole and these other towns. so you know the investigation is going to continue and hopefully we can get to the bottom of it. >> reporter: hingham police were also able to recover a stolen car earlier this week. in braintree, robert goldsston, fox 25 news. >>> also tonight a new england surfer is talking about the shark attack that left him bleeding and in desperate need of help in hawaii. 25-year-old colin cook was attacked off the north shore last week. he lost most of his left leg and suffered injuries to his hand when that shark bit him as he waited to catch a wave. he says it felt kind of like >> he dragged me under water and it took me a second to realize it was like a massive shark office my leg. so i

. >>> some police officers and first responders in hingham are getting thanked by someone they helped. luke was crossing the street when he was hit by a car and suffered a broken ankle. an officer was nearby and comforted the boy until emts arrived. the boys gave everyone thank you notes and hand made drawings. >> that means more to the average officer than official commendations. those are things that we bring home and share with our families and among the department heads. that's special. >> luke uses a wheelchair to get around but is hoping to have his cast off in three weeks. >> that cease sweet. >>> the patriots with a rare fumble off the field. when we come back, the tweet that has people talking. pumpkin excitement is back at dunkin'. pick up your favorite pumpkin-flavored baked treats and beverages, like the new pumpkin macchiato people of the coffee drinking world, dunkin' has a dark roast coffee that's deliciously roasted just right for a bold start and smooth finish that's never bitter. put down the dark roast you've been putting up with and reach for the one you deserve. .

the other wahlburgers restaurants are in hingham, lynnfield, coney island and toronto. >> they must have known that we have to go to bed early so we couldn't go, or else my invite could have gotten lost. >> i'm just glad we didn't show the image of the fries again. >> it gets you every time. >>> the news at 5:00 starts right now. >> right now at 5:00, hurricane joaquin tearing through the

. >>> police are investigating a string of car thefts in hingham hingham. two cars taken from driveways on winthrop road. left inside. one was left in the middle of the road in the front of the house. the other recovered in wellesley. suspects broke into at least 20 cars. all of them were unlocked. >>> the middlesex district attorney is denying that her office bullied a medical examiner. da marian ryan tells fox25 she is puzzled by claims made in case notes that we obtained yesterday. they deal with the death of a baby in malden back in 2010. it was originally ruled a homicide, and the child's father jeffrey wilson was charged with murder, but last year, the me changed the cause of death to undetermined based on new evidence. in the notes, the m. e. calls prosecutors unethical and unprofessional. da ryan disagrees. >> the only thing that would be unethical for us not to follow the evidence in a responsible way. >> the charges against jeffrey wilson were dropped. wilson family hired an attorney to look into the claims made by the medical examiner. >>> this m

they look at snow and rain temperatures and robert from reading and robert skilling from hingham from been doing that every day for 55 years. the weather service in taunton and the co-op program manager presented to both of those mens the benjamin franklin award, 55 years of service. watsonheiser turns 85 today. we're talking more patriots football coming up later on to foxboro. back to you. >> congratulations to robert. >> that's right. >>> the patriots aren't just undephyte feeted on the field. they are also number one in jersey sales. dick's sporting goods say they are the best overall. the dolphins playing the pats tonight are number 21 in overall jersey sales. >> speaking of gronk, his latest adventure is an epic snow day in the new nike commercial. he happily wakes up to find out it's a snow day and rounds up a star-studded cast to play a football game. lesean mccoy is among the many featured and of course they are all wearing nike gear. that looks like fun. >> it does. >>> still to come, the popular drug that could make the flu shot let effective. >> and the world's oldest danc

the robbers hit the hingham savings bank and took off. they didn't get far. police caught up with them in charlestown. the robbers apparently changed clothes and julyped into a cab to get away. >>> also tonight, a murder for hire case. an everett man hiring himself out as a hitman. little did he know he was speaking to an undercover fbi agent. burk conspired to kill a would- be person for months. he's already a convicted criminal and will be back in court later in the month. >>> all new tonight at 6:00, a social worker in wakefield is now facing human trafficking and child charges. police began investigating 34- year-old rick hall in august when they say he began inappropriately communicating with three 15-year-old girls out of state. hall owns north shore recovery management in reading. his license has been suspended pending the investigation. >>> we have a lot still to come tonight at 6:00 including of uber. one of the cases stemming from in boston. >> plus, left in the lot. what happens to the dozens of cars abandoned at logan? >> plus, drafted by his favo

. >>> fire departments in three different communities are called to battle flames in hingham. fire broke out at a home on lincoln street around o'clock. the fire closed down a section of route 3 a. but has reopened this morning. so far firefighters have not said what caused the fire. >>> more than a dozen car windows shattered across the city of fitchburg. this morning, police are searching for the person who used a bb gun in a shooting spree around several streets. fox25's michael henrich is live in fitchburg where investigators say this was a random crime. michael? >>reporter: sara, fitchburg police say they did not believe any of these several victims were targeted during this bb shooting spree, but they do want to find this person, the person who fired these shots is still on the loose right now. and they let's a trail of vandalism, a trail of damage throughout different streets here in fitchburg. i want to show you some of these images here of the victims. police say someone shot at least 16 cars, as well as a house. all the windows in the car. some of the windows in the

. >> reporter: and red stone opened in burlington and of course wahlburgers is growing in hingham, lynnfield and fenway. for more food and fun, watch the phantom gourmet saturday and sunday at 10:30 and 11:00 on my tv 38. >>> after the break tonight, clothing, stuffed animals, backpacks all collected in honor of bella bond. how this memorial to this little girl inspired a mother's mission. >> this weekend out on the charles river, shells and skulls. the wind and cold and the full >>> night after night, a local mother saw this baby memorial on deer island growing and thought, there has to be a better way to honor the little girl's legacy. that thought grew into the remember bella bond project. >> it is designed to bring much-needed comfort to children going into foster care. beth germano spoke with the quincy woman spearheading this effort. >> reporter: they are essentials for a child and these items of clothing could be a lifeline. >> hopefully we can turn some of their tears in a few smiles. >> reporter: it's a back back drive in the name of bella bond. the little girl who never had a chanc

expecting 70's or upperics tease just yet in boston and revere, beverly or down through cohasset and hingham. but 70 certainly close by and bedford and lexington up through lawrence and lowell. haverhill to about norwood and back into places like hudson mass. our temperatures peak on wednesday, then dive on thursday then start recovering by the end of the week. normal high is 65 degrees so, yeah, it can still get warm around here. by the way, record high temperatures still in the 80's even near 90 degrees this time of year so that can happen too. not saying its, but we haven't lost that potential to have some hot days. late september we typically get near peak color across northern most new england. northwestern vermont, northeastern vermont, upstate new york. early object, that's almost right about now across central new england. however, things are about a week late so our color is very low all the way to the coastline of new hampshire and maine and low color across southern new england too. and moderate color now where we should be peaking so it's coming on but slowly because we had warm

>> reporter: couple of downpours going through hingham and cohasset and weymouth then we have another batch going through nashua and up through dunstable and back into dracut. it finishes up with a good round of downpours, maybe even a rumble of thunder out through western mass right now. if you have to check out lightning detection our first stop is on the south shore wet down route 24 and then out at this downpour coming in to wellesley. just a couple of minutes of dry weather before this started to move in and out through framingham and natick to sherborn all the downpours for you headed eastbound. this should at least clip dorchester and all the which to dedham. as far as it getting downtown, i think we'll be on the northern most edge of it. wet again, another round coming through. 68 in boston, heaviest again staying just to the south of the city. 63 right now in worcester. 63 in nashua and 64 in bedford. the wind ease up just to allow these downpours to push through and then they switch direction to the northwest. get a little brisk. coming up. a warming trend too. one day is co

hingham native dan boyle forces a turnover and beats tuukka rask to give tampa a 3-2. lightning win 6-3. black and gold lost their first three games all at home. >>> take >>> taking a look at your roads right now at 4:17. as you can see the expressway moving along fine. 128 northbound through dedham and needham, one of those rare times where you won't go bumper-to-bumper for no particular reason. that is how traffic seems to work here. pike moving along fine from framingham through brighton. nothing slowing you down. eight minutes on 24 from if to 128. eight minutes on route 9 from 495 to speen street. 21 minutes on 9 21 minutes on 93 south from 495 to the leverett connector. meteorologist shiri spear joining us, and i know you are keeping a close eye on the rain coming our way. >> yeah, the rain moving shortly actually. it will probably arrive along the south coast in the next hour, within two hours, even getting close to boston. so fog and rain for the morning commute is going to be most pronounce aid cross southeastern massachusetts. both of those. his or her signif

and fire departments from three different communities are called to battle the flames of the fire hingham. the flames broke out at a home on lincoln street around 8:00 last night. the fire closed down a section of route 3 a.m., but that is reopened this morning. so far fire fighters have not said what caused the fire. >>> it is 4:34. this morning police are searching for the person behind a series of bb gun shoot information fitchburg. 16 cars and a house were hit over the last few days. police believe they are all random. one man was out to dinner with his family when he noticed had is car window was shot. another woman said his house sitter called to say he was a victim too. >> came over to look at the pets and windows were shut off. in and you are unsafe. >>julie: neighbors tell fox25 they saw a black sports car with a spoiler drive off moments after the shooting. police are asking people to look around their property and come forward if they see anything suspicious. >>> police continue to search for a person who shot at a delivery truck wearing a gorilla mask. it happened in newton, n

. >>> the fire breaking out at a home in hingham. that fire happening at a home on lincoln treated around 8:00. there was heavy traffic on route 3a as firefighters worked to put out those flames. there's no word on what caused that fire. >>> the flu vaccine comes in different forms, and for some getting the mist is the way to go. right now there's a shortage at clinics across the u.s. including right here in new england. fox 25's john monahan is here now with when that mist could finally be restocked. >> reporter: flumist is in short supply because the company that make it is behind schedule, way behind. they plan to produce 15 million doses, but so far have only made 5 million. and it mail be another 16 weeks before it delivers. not good news for people who don't like needles. >> the sight of a needle for many kids, younger and older, is not a welcome one. >> i'm scared shots. >> because i don't like shots. anything to do with needles, not a fan. >> reporter: flumist usually is an option for needle-shy kids, but this year the head o

up through the night and lot of wind late tomorrow more than more on that new a 11 house fire in hingham sends two people to hospital include firefighter you can see flames coming out roof that's home garage area. officials say they do not know what caused this fire yet. the firefighter and one person in house are expected to be okay. >> also new tonight, rescue teams in save a horse after it gets stuck in the mud. they used that backhoe to get it out. took them nearly two ours they managed to do and horse is okay. just a little cold and tired. >> now, from the night team. >> classroom clash. >> a student slammed at school by a police officer. he wasn't right. he was like flinging her like a rag doll. tonight the f.b.i. investigating. the tale of the tape. well that officer is suspended without pay tonight, the f.b.i. and the justice department are investigating. and, we have learned there's another video we haven't yet seen. ryan schulteis is here with the latest information on the classroom clash. >> kim tonight the f.b.i. has opened a civil rights investigation. but the sheriff says h

it happened at the hingham institution for savings in charles street. 55-year-old anthony pan tone, and walked into a bank showed a handgun and jump over the counter before taking off with the crash. -- cash. they then hopped in a taxi before police caught up with them. >>> the investigation continues into a frightening attack near boston common. right now police are still on the hunt for the suspect accused of stabbing a man several times right outside the park street t station. we first brought you this story as breaking news on the fox 25 news at 5:00 and 6:00 yesterday. witnesses told fox 25 it was actually the victim who was acting strangely right before that attack. the suspect is described as a woman wearing an animal print shirt carrying a large bag. she was seen with a man walking towards winter and washington streets. if you know anything that can help solve this crime you are asked to please call boston police. >>> tonight a wakefield man is behind bars charged with multiple crimes including child pornography and human trafficking. at 5:00 and 6:00 we laid out the charges aga

little batch going through right now in braintree or exiting braintree going through cohasset and hingham too and then another area of rain straight down route 24 just to brockton and over to sharon too. then you get that big break between boston and wellesley and natick but that is short-lived as that round of rain in aing down the pike going the a quick rate. our temperatures now holding in upper 60's and mid 60's so we cool it off so dew point is mak making it feel okay out there. the wind gusts now still in the 20 to 30 mile-per-hour range and these have eased a little bit. we're expecting them to be brisk again once the front crosses later tonight. late tonight that wind will shift to the northwest and be a little bit more gusty as well and then settling down as we go through tomorrow as high pressure moves in and calms the wind, takes back the sky from the clouds and showers. a great day all around hardly a cloud in the sky. i'm going for blue, blue, blue and goo breeze in the morning, easing up in the afternoon and that breeze may turn on shore afternoon. here is your holiday weeke

new this morning, police are investigating the string of car thefts in hingham. two cars were taken from driveways on winthrop road. the cars were unlocked and the keys were left inside. one of them was left in the middle of the road in front of the how long and the other was later recovered in wellesley. police say suspects broke into at least 20 vehicles. all of them were unlocked. >>> new this morning, the city of boston may soon make real estate developers pay more to cover the cost of affordable housing. the "globe" says marty walsh to set aside more units for low income tenants or fund affordable units in city neighborhoods. they will pay higher fees per square foot. that money pays for affordable housing and job training programs. >>> liking more video in the news feed. coming up on the fox25 morning news, the new feature facebook hopes will make them bigger than youtube. >>> left hunting for you in insurance as winter knocks on the door. >> because of two claims in such a short period, that we would not be renewed. >> the fights more and more people are f

. >>> investigating string of car thefts in hingham. two cars taken from driveways on winthrop road and cars unlocked and keys left inside. one was left in the middle of the road in front of the house and other was later recovered in wellesley. police say suspects broke into at least 20 cars all of them were unlocked. >> we have learned state's only nuclear power plant set to be shut down by june 2019. company that participates pilgrim station in plymouth says they are losing too much money. energy notified 633 employees yesterday morning and president of the company says declining revenue less than favorable energy laws have forced them into this decision. >> when already have region that has over 50% reliance on national gas that will continue to increase which could result customer's cost, higher bills. >> pilgrim plant produces 10% of the energy used in massachusetts. >>> veteran medford police officer who was caught on video threatening to shoot a wrong-way driver is resigned. officer steven labert made announcement two days before

route 3 north sluggish hingham up to the split. route 1 southbound has two heavy pockets right now. the stretch you are looking at between main street and route 99 and up in peabody. 93 southbound is bumper to bumper in the methuen stretch. then you are heavy and slow from woburn to boston. we are just now hearing about a crash into boston just before storrow drive. next hit. ladies? >>> it is 6:17. new this morning, m.i.t. is taking criticism for its decision not to take its money out of fossil fuels. the university plans to create eight new centers to focus on sustainable sources like solar it wants to work with the companies to develop alternatives. >>> tomorrow, umass dartmouth will build a 76,000 square foot facility at the former naval reserve center in new bedford. it will expand the marine science program. new england fisherman say that the newest threat to their livelihood is the cost of monitoring the industry at sea. right now, the federal government pays for trained workers to go out and stick to federally mandated catch limits. now that funding is about to run out, noaa

a nurse is facing charges, accused of stealing painkillers from her patients at a hingham nursing home. police say she'd been replacing them with tylenol, water or mouthwash. cindy martin was fired from the queen anne's nursing home back in june. police say some of the elderly able to communicate that they were in pain because of the missing drugs. martin was allegedly working at another facility when she was arrested. emily: new plans to shutdown the pilgrim nuclear power plant are causing concerns in plymouth. today town selectmen will meet with state lawmakers to discuss the economic impact on the region. it comes after pilgrim's parent company, energy, announced it would close the plant by june 2019, if not sooner. the company says the plant will lose $40 million a year if it keeps operating. the closure means the town of plymouth will lose millions in tax revenue. but safety at the site is the main concern. >> officials and senior mkt continue to be concerned about the employees of pilgrim. emily: the union representing pilgrim's 600-plus workers says the plan is unacceptable. gov

. >>> police are investigating a string of car thefts in hingham two. cars were taken from driveways on winthrop road the keys were inside. police say the suspects broke into at least 20 cars. >>> the opioid crisis continues to grow for so many there is a tragic ending. 15 minutes away families are using loved one's obituaries to send an unfortunate message. >>> anothertive blow to those who have tried to keep their church from closing for more than a decade. a judge's latest order for those holding individual nil scituate. >>> we continue to follow that breaking news a homeland security glitch causing massive backups in we will >>> a local teacher under arrest accused of sending naked pictures to a student. that teacher works in south bridge as fox 25's crystal haynes reports police say this isn't the first time this teacher has done this. >> reporter: a shocking revelation. >> i think it's horrible. >> reporter: a 17-year-old student in south bridge middle high school telling police ninth grade english language teacher joseph sent naked pictures of hi

the other two are in lynnfield and hingham. >>> up next, a check of the traffic and weather together. >> and a check of today's top stories, including more questions surrounding the death of a toddler in lynn. the latest on that investigation. >> plus, hurricane joaquin barreling down on the bahamas. waiting to see where this one danielle? >> chris, the overwhelming trend has been to push it out to sea and curve it to the the east coast. meantime, checking in with our weather watchers this morning, 50s. peter says .09 inches of rainfall and breezy with gusts 15 to 20 miles per hour. coastline. wheel outline the coastal flood threat the next cupful days and take you through your weekend in detail coming up. stay with us. at longhorn, steak is all you need. its not all you get. longhorn' s great american steak dinner for $12.99. perfectly seasoned sirloin with your choice of side. plus, an appetizer, or a dessert. all with fresh salad and unlimited bread. the great american steak dinner, for $12.99. tonight, only at longhorn steakhouse. you can' t fake steak. for lunch try our steakhous

route 3 looks good coming out of hingham. 24 north and 95 north so for, trouble free. >>> we'll head to campaign 2016 now. joe biden announces he will not run for president. he says he and his family need to mourn the death of his son bo. biden says he has no regrets and still hopes to shape the future of america. not running was the state of american politics. jon keller takes a closer look at how divided our two parties are. >> reporter: good morning. did you notice canada elected a new prime minister this week. his name is justin trudeau and positive politics. down here in the states, inquiring minds want to know, what on earth is that? let's be honest, politics here and in canada has always been a sharp elbow affair and always will be. they talk about voter anger these days, but there was plenty of anger around when i was growing up in the 1960s and '70s that makes what's happening now seem tame. if it seems to you that our politics has noticeably deteriorated in the last 15 years or so, join the club. vice president biden made note of that in his announcement yesterday that he w

. >>> police are investigating a string of car thefts in hingham two. cars were taken from driveways on winthrop road the cars were unlocked and the keys were inside. police say the suspects broke into at least 20 cars. >>> the opioid crisis continues to grow for so many there is a tragic ending. using loved one's obituaries to send an unfortunate message. >>> anothertive blow to those who have tried to keep their church from closing for more than a decade. a judge's latest order for those holding individual nil scituate. >>> we continue to follow that breaking news a homeland security glitch causing massive backups in custom lines including logan. who's toughest on spending? fox news did the analysis and jeb bush had the best record. billions in pork, vetoed. eight budgets, balanced. and tax cuts every single year. right to rise usa is responsible for the content who has the plan for jobs? middle class. eliminates special loopholes. an explosion in growth and new jobs. jeb: cut taxes. grow america. right to rise usa >>> a local teacher under arrest acc

itself, essex climbs up to pine today and finally for the south shore we have even 60 in hull and hingham down to plymouth and this is a big picture and tomorrow lower 70s. [ ton, framingham, lowell, warmer but also much wetter and pockets of heavy rain that we will be dealing with and at times winds gusting up around 30 miles per hour and flooding keep the risk very low, that is not a problem that i'm seeing right now because showers spread out throughout the day and morning hours start out with just the clouds after 7:00, 8:00 in the morning and risk for a spot shower and best chance north and west of boston and noon time here we will start pulling in the scattered showers which were likely going to be heaviest and most abundant during the evening commute so and north and west of boston expecting downpours sagging into southern massachusetts once we hit friday night and friday going to be a wet one and into the weekend i have 61 on saturday, sunday 65 and sunday going to be warmer day and back to the cape and islands if you have outdoor plans i would plan on having a jacket on hand satu

people taking stuff out of vehicles, they do believe that they may be connected to some cases in hingham, they are working on that, but they do not believe they're connected to the home break-ins. live in walpole, robert goulston, fox 25 news. >> still no arrests in the drive-by shooting of a car on 495 in wrentham, a story fox 25 brought you as braking news all morning long. this afternoon, state police revealed that they have processed the car and are are currently looking at ballistic evidence. two men were shot at just before 11:00 p.m. last night. both are ok. they told state police that they did not get a good look at the other car. a violent head-on crash in route 114 in middleton. sky fox was over the scene this morning after a box car collided with a car. the truck rolled over after the impact. one of the victims was flown to a boston hospital. >> elizabeth: another loss for parishioners trying to keep their sciate church from closing for good. a state appeals court upheld a judge's order to evict the parish necessary from parishioners have been holding an 11 year around the clo

. >>> i have got steady rain from hingham to bridgewater. providence rhode island to east. pretty steady rain from mashpee and edgartown right now. >>> happening today, a major emergency drill at logan airport that will look like the real thing. fox25's jessica reyes is live at logan where massport is warning people not to be alarmed. jess, good morning. >>reporter: good morning, gene. this is scheduled at 8:30 this morning and at the tarmac at logan airport. it is going on at mass port. put this drill on several times in the past and the video that you are seeing right now is actually from september 2014. just a little over a year ago. massport tells us there will be several emergency vehicles and small controlled fires on the tarmac later this morning and they do want to get the word out about this so no one is alarmed if they happen to see this later on today. the faa requires tests like this to be done every three years. as you said smoke could be coming from the airport as well as a number of emergency crews crash. again starts at 8:30 this morning and the airport is g

a man accused of taking not he is up women's skirts in hingham due in court. andrew gavin was arrested last months by amherst umass police. the 23-year-old was the man caught on camera taking the pictures of women at the barnes & noble on august 15th. police say his bail was revoked because of several alleged upskirting instances in walpole, westwood, norwood and dedham. >> a barry man was killed this week while trimming a tree in westminster. we're told 58-year-old daniel leger was working at his mom's house on narrows road when something went terribly wrong. emergency crews found him trapped under a large tree limb there. he was pronounced dead right there at the scene. >> tonight a local man is in big trouble, accused in a murder-for-hire plot. >> ahead at 6:00 p.m., the elaborate scheme and how the feds tracked him down. >> plus a scare at school. when deadly levels of carbon monoxide leaked into that building. the technology that officials say saved lives today. and why it's not in every school. >> and i'm tracking showers and thunderstorms, even some str

new this morning, police are investigating a string of car thefts in hingham. two cars were taken by drive two cars were taken by driveways in winthrop road. the cars were unlocked. the keys were inside. one was left in the military of the road in front of a house and the other recovered in wellesley. the suspects broke into 20 cars the suspects broke into 20 cars. all of them were unlocked. >>> a quincy couple pleads not guilty in the murder of a marshfield man. a man and his girlfriend are accused of planning to steal african artifacts and gemstones from robert mckenna who was found dead in his home. musc atillo killed him and his girlfriend head cover it up. their alleged friend was arrested there he weeks ago. >> he contacted one of mr. ferguson's friends inquiring whether he would be able to use his work contacts to attempt to sell items of a recan artifacts sell items of a recan artifacts. >> it is still unclear how the three people knew mckenna. prosecutors are looking for at least one more suspect. and investigators are still trying to recover some of t

in the second, hingham native forced a turnover and beat tuukka rask and gives tampa a 3 tuukka rask and gives tampa a 3-2 lead. the lightning double up the bruins 6-3 the final. black and gold have now lost their first three games of the new season. all of them at home. >> good morning, everyone. it is 6:16. spent the last several minutes since i last checked in with you, checking out that drive time in the triple digits for 24, and because of two different accidents, we are seeing extreme drive times. right now, 7 miles per hour on 24 starting around the brockton area and continuing up through randolph. this is one of the accidents. one lane is blocked right before the expressway on 24 northbound. expressway -- not right before 128 128. expressway starting to slow down a little bit. pretty typical of the weekday morning commute. here are those drive times and look that the, it has gone down to 86 minutes on 24. so almost an hour and a half. that is from 123 to 128 because two lanes are blocked because of different accidents. 39 minutes on 93 south from 495 to the leverett connector

. >> >> the reporter: and hingham police were also able to recover a car earlier this week, they are dealing with quite a few as well. we are live in braintree, robert goulston, fox 25 news. >> elizabeth: a rough week for daily on-line fantasy sports continues tonight. we have told you last night that nevada's gaming board is cracking down on boston-based draft kings as well as other sports gaming sites. well, new tonight at 6:00 p.m., fox 25's kerry kavanaugh is live in boston, outside draft king headquarters. with the reason that one legal expert believes this scrutiny could last a very, very long time. kerry? >> this isn't just about bad p.r. anymore, but the threat of potential criminal charges, the law professor we spoke with said what is set in motion both on the civil and criminal side could take years to play out. daily on-line fantasy sports, siegely at the height of their heightened scrutiny. >> how do you assess this week for daily fantasy sports? >> another disastrous week for daily fantasy sports. >> the reporter: michael mccann, law professor at unh, who specializes in

. >>> fire departments from three different communities are of a fire in hingham. the flames broke out at a home on lincoln street at around 8:00 last night. the fire closed down a section of route 3 a, but that is reopened this morning. so far fire fighters have not said what caused the fire. >>> this morning police in fitchburg are searching for a gunman who has been shooting up cars and homes with a bb gun. happening on several streets in the same neighborhood. fox25's michael henrich live at the police department this morning. and michael, investigators have a lead on a car involved in all this? >>reporter: well, fitchburg police are still actively looking for whoever is behind this rash of potentially dangerous vandalism. i want to show you the pictures of this damage. as i tell you about how many victims police say there are. police say 16 different car windows -- 16 different cars had their windows shut out -- shot out. and one house had multiple windows shot up as well, and you can see it in these picture pictures as multiple victims spoke to fox25. one vic

. >> hanover and hingham as well as wellesley and very similar circumstances where vehicles were broken into and vehicles were stolen as well. >> >> the reporter: investigators from all of those towns are now questioning the four suspects in the stolen car and two others arrested in another stolen car, located in brockton has night. >> this caused some disruption for a lot of families in walpole and these other towns, hands so, you know, the investigation is going to continue and hopefully, we can get to the bottom of it. >> did you know anything about all the stolen cars and car break-ins? >> i work, i go to school full time. >> and tonight at 6 p.m., we the stolen car that crashed here in braintree. we'll tell you how she found out it was her car before the police even called her. for now, live in braintree, robert goal robert goulston, fox 25. >> elizabeth: an armed bank robbery put some arlington schools on alert. within the last 30 minutes, we obtained these surveillance photos into the fox 25 newsroom. they're from the winchester savings beige. police are looking for this guy, but

. >> red stone opened in burlington and of course wahlbergers is growing now in hingham, lynnfield and fenway. for more food and fun, watch the phantom gourmet saturday and sunday at 10:30 and 11:00 on my tv 38. >>> still to come, a mother in custody and sparking an amber alert. >> plus, a trooper hurt in a late night crash. the details we're learning this light & fit, 15 delicious flavors, each 80 calories. >>> good morning, everybody. it is 7:30. we're glad you are joining us on this chilly october 17th. well, it's going to be chilly. i'm kerry along with barry. >> yes, yes, yes. can hardly wait for the cold weather. >> i do. i like october to be nice and i like 70s. favorite month. >> i like it around 70 or so. >> just a little crispness in the air. >> crispness in the mornings but nice afternoons around 70 degrees would be perfect. >> right. we're not talking about that. >> take a look, 48 in boston right now. some 30s in the colder valley locations. we've had a changeable sky overnight. we've got a changeable sky for much of today. at times we are going to see spells of sunshine.

finally to the north jammed from hingham to the split. 24 north, no surprise there, a struggle from avon to route 8. >>> checking our top stories. as many as 30 people forced from their homes because of a fire in chinatown last night. the fire started on a building on harrison avenue. the building houses department stores and restaurants. no one was seriously hurt. >>> in new bedford, a suspicious fire is under investigation. firefighters were called to the same triple deck are twice last night. investigators say the first time was for attempted arson. residents were evacuated and then less than four hours, crews were called back. >>> investigators are looking into several tips as they continue to investigate a sexual assault on campus. a female student says she was sexually assaulted in her dorm room around 2:00 a.m. sunday. she says she did not know her attacker.

this is coming from becky in hingham providing us with this beautiful shot of the water, the crisp colors of the sun peeking through the trees. thank you for that beautiful shot, becky. your day. send your pictures to rise and shine at whdh.com or tweet them over to us. j.r. and christa, we like to share those pictures. day. >> christa: we have really good photographers out there. as far as the weekend, lots of photo opportunities. busy weekend, head of the charles. >> jeremy: it's dry both days but cold, especially on sunday. right now clouds, sprinkles in the gardner area. this is our weather system this morning. if you're heading out for a run, you're dry for the next 45 minutes to an hour but western new england, eastern new york state, that's the weather system that's weakening as it moves east but i don't think it's going to weaken to the point rain is a nonissue. there mate be isolated showers from this weather system from about 7:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. after 10:00 a.m. the weather system scoots offshore. rain gear probably on standby during that three-hour window, 7 to 10:00 a.m