wmur's jean mackin has the clues police say could lead to an arrest. they found what they were looking for. more than 30 full grown marijuana plants carefully cultivated, likely grown from seeds. police say the harvest is worth about $80,000 on the street. >> when we first saw it we thought wow this is a pretty elaborate set up. the plants were all tied off real well to the trees so the plants would grow upright the . the plants were all marked with different lettering to indicate that was growing. >> police say they received a tip from a property owner who discovered someone else using the land deep in the woods of fremont near the raymond town line.

jean mackin joins us. jean: we are told the child in the video has been removed from her mother's care. police are not releasing the mother's name because she has not been charged yet. someone inside the family dollar store in lawrence, massachusetts recorded the scene in the toy aisle sunday morning, while bystanders called 911. police say a mother from salem her 2-year-old daughter, dressed in footie pajamas tugs on her arm and cries out, trying to wake up her mother. >> i mean, it's heartbreaking, obviously, to watch that video, the child's not being taken care of. jean: the lawrence police chief says he's disturbed no one comforted the child, or checked on the mother. first responders got there in time to administer two doses of narcan the mother survived. paraphernalia in the diaper bag. the chief says while he doesn't believe in shaming addicts, he believes this video could save lives. >> i could see that there's value in the fact that people can see firsthand how debilitating and what this addiction

live in plaistow jean mackin wmur news9. shelley new tonight, : manchester police have just identified a suspect in connection with an armed robbery that sent an 81-year-old man to the hospital. they are now looking for 20-year-old thomas ford junior. investigators say he robbed the han's food mart on maptr wmur's cherise leclerc is live at the store tonight. >> he is recovering after being badly hurt, as you mentioned. he is a focal point of the community. they are now just hoping for a speedy recovery. disbelief that a well-known and his own business. >> the first thing that went through my mind was, i hope he is ok. he is in our prayers. >> han's food mart was a crime scene wednesday afternoon. investigators sticking around for more than 5 hours after the initial call came in collecting evidence. the store owner was sent to the hospital with seriouin the entire ordeal has people here wondering who could be behind the violent robbery. >> it's a little nerve-racking, to be honest. i hope they catch him. >> within the last h

jean mackin, wmur news 9. jamie: for the first time in more than 100 years the state's largest newspaper is not endorsing a republican for president. instead, the new hampshire union leader says it libertarian gary johnson, the paper says it refuses to choose between clinton or trump and says there is a reasonable alternative in johnson. >> frankly if the two major political party had offered a fit candidate for office we probably wouldn't have looked at a third party, and libertarians don't have a chance unless americans know there's a life line they can grab. >> he says if johnson and weld clinton, the libertarian ticket could win. straight ahead, this laconia man is behind bars accused of threatening to blow up the city's police departmen the serious charges he now faces. shuts down for the day to give back to the communities they live in and work in. where we caught up with a group of them making a difference. hayley: there's some rain on the radar, it's just a few thousand miles away from us, when we coul

executive counselor colin van ostern, former representative mark connolly and former jean mackin joins us live from derry. jean: they sayhis is an open seat but the democrats want to keep the corner office in their own party. we caught up with a few of them shaking a few more hands today. an early start on the campaign trail for former state representative mark connolly. he met with voters at the bridge cafe in manchester and with the media. he says he's the candidate with the experience to best represent the election. >> i know myself. i know i'm ready for this job and i ask everybody in new hampshire to consider my candidacy tomorrow. it's critical. the people we vote tomorrow could determine the next several years. jean: across the city, former portsmouth mayor steve marchand felt at home. the westside native stopped by chez vachon. his side. >> it's a little bit like the little engine that very much could. and every day that goes by, i get folks switching from one of the others they met very ear but didn't seal the deal. jean: and executive counselor colin van ostern canvassed neig

and as wmur's jean mackin for future cases as well. >jean victim's rights : organizations call the ruling here at the state supreme court groundbreaking, protecting sexual assault victims and protecting the state's rape shield law. the state's highest court ruled to keep the sexual history of murder victim lizzi marriott private, reversing its own earlier decision that would have unsealed documents to be used in her killer's appeal. >> today, we learned that the itself and to maintain all of lizzie's sealed information under seal through the duration through the appeal, which is what we had hoped for and asked for so we are very happy with the result. jean: unh student lizzi marriott was murdered in 2012 seth mazzaglia was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life in prison his attorneys requested information about marriott's past be released for the appeal. her family, the attorney general's office, state leaders designed to protect victims from having to reveal their sexual histories. >> we believe it was the right thing

funding exp s wmur's jean mackin has the story of a newton family taking their story to the national stage. jean: next week will mark two years since the griffins lost their daughter. since then they vowed to tell her story to prevent other families from going through this. parents brought their pain to the table at the white house. they all lost children to the opioid crisis and all want >> our daughter courtney isn't coming home. we can do a lot to save others lives. jean: they lost their daughter to a heroin overdose in 2014. they say they struggled to find treatment and insurance coverage for it. they made their heart ache public holding memorials and launching their own nonprofit to help others and speaking to a national drug czar about funding to put the act into action. >> we're doing this becau daughter, but there is help for the other addicts who need it. >> while we're doing everything that we can, that congress needs to appropriate more money for treatment. it's the single biggest issue that we hear from parents, from law enforcement officers, from physicians that we just d

jean mackin is joining us from the high school in plaistow with the latest developments. jean: school just started here one week ago. the principal says he had to tell the students a member of their junior class died . the principal of timberlane regional high school sent a letter home to parents, telling letter home to parents, telling them he had to share some sad them he had to share some sad in the letter, donald woodworth wrote, the death was the result of a drug overdose. the school counselors and administrators are providing support for those who express a need. should your student exhibit any signs or difficulty or if you have any concerns that you feel we should know about, please call administration or guidance. while the school superintendent also tells news9 the student died of a drug overdose, not mentioning any specific drug or location. they are not releasing the circumstances surrounding the student's death yet and on the high school's website, advice is posted on how to cope with loss, along with information about grieving a drug overdose. the principal he

live in the studio, jean mackin, wmur news 9. re the republican candidates spoke more about using of the national guard to fight the state's drug crisis, including senator forrester mentioning members working already in manchester. >> we can't afford ted gatsas. clearly, he doesn't know what's going on in his city, when he doesn't understand or know that the national guard is working now, right now, to help support the drug crisis. office as statisticians, not martial law. they aren't running around in the streets fighting the problems we have with the opiate epidemic. they are in the office as statisticians. >> we all acknowledge you cannot arrest your way out of this problem. we have got to provide all three legs of the three lead in stool -- the three lead it -- stool to solve the problem, including education, treatment, and law enforcement. >> the concept of militarizing the border between new hampshire and massachusetts is a terrible idea. this opioid crisis need a lot of different solutions. it is not just going to happen o

wmur's jean mackin spoke to one of the people who challenged the law, and joins us live. jean: 40 days from now when you vote, it will be legal to snap a photo of your ballot and post it freedom of speech have been doing just that all along. even when you pull the curtain to vote privately you now have the right to make your vote public. that's the decision from a federal appeals court upholding a lower court ruling that declared new hampshire's ban on ballot selfies unconstitutional. in 2014 in an effort to curb potential voter fraud, the state outlawed displaying photos of marked ballots a violation that carried a fine up to $1,000. that didn't stop people from posting so-called ballot selfies like state representative leon rideout did. >> i took a picture of my ballot and posted it on twitter and my facebook page for state rep. to me, it was just another incremental infringement on our law on behalf of rideout and 2 other voters. legal anaylst kirsten wilson says the court saw the ban as a first amendment violation. >> it's really freedom of speech, and political speech

we're told dcyf plans to follow up on the case live in the studio, jean mackin, wmur news 9. tom: tomorrow, the state supreme court will hear arguments on whether the sexual history of lizzi marriott should remain sealed. twice during his trial, her prior sex life was ruled inadmissible. mazzaglia is now appealing his conviction, and over the summer, the high court ruled that the rape shield law does not apply to appeals. but it kept marriott's details sealed until after tomorrow's arguments. shelley: the u.s. attorney general in kentucky today, bringing attention to the bringing attention to the nation's heroin and opioid abuse loretta lynch focused on the impact of drug problems in schools, saying the department of justice is now tracking prescription pill addictions in youth as young as 12. local educators say with new hampshire on the leading edge of this problem, they are already at work on prevention and intervention, while also trying to destigmatize addiction. >> when your child has a drug addiction, the curtains close, and nobody wants to talk about it. kids aren't a

wmur's jean mackin says police have the clues that could lead to arrest. jean: a wild trek into the woodment they found what they were looking for, more than 30 fully grown marijuana plants, carefully cultivated, likely harvest is $80,000 on the street. >> when we saw it, it was elaborate, the plants were tied off to the trees so they would grow upright and all the plants were marked with dinner lettering to indicate what type of marijuana plant was growing. >> police say they received a tip. >> they were down in this area here. >> from a property attorney who discovered someone else using the land deep in the woods of freemont near the raymond tow grower or growers who they is a might have been surprised when they showed up to care for their crop. and police say it must have taken a lot of effort to grow these plant out in these woods during a drought and that might provide some clues. >> it's been real dry so they would have to be lugging some serious water out there. that's a key, too, to see if anybody's been driving out a four wheeler or side by side o

i'm jean mackin. jean: i'm josh mcelveen. a wmur.com -- a website trying to attract young men to date exchange for cash has police on alert. jean: fliers advertising a dating site have been popping up around the university and the town. naoko funayama is live. reporter: the website has been posting fliers on bulletin boards and other public places around town, and police tell us they've taken down as many as they, can but the ads keep popping up, keeping both the town and u.n.h. on alert. >> it's terrible. around durham a couple of weeks ago. the ad begins with how was that last tinder hookup and solicits 18 to 20-year-old females to be dinner companions for older men. in exchange for the date the women could receive cash. >> it a little disturbing honestly, it's kind of scary that somebody would put that flier out. >> i would hope that it was a joke maybe. reporter: when one of the fliers showed up on a took it down and flew it out. but it didn't take long for another one to get posted. >> the frequency of it concerns me, so

welcome back, i'm jean mackin. josh: i'm josh mcelveen. according to police this case tarted with a traffic jean: andy hershberger joins us now live with the story. reporter: police say the suspect in this case took some extreme measures to hide his true identity. authorities say it all started here in an alley behind the 100 brock of cedar street. a nearby manchester police officer says he heard a loud crash and saw a maroon s.u.v. speeding north on union street with serious front end damage. it over, with this man behind the wheel. >> as you're aware, your honor, this defendant was arrested for conduct after an accident during the course of the investigation. his arrest and the booking process he provided a false i.d. reporter: police say this man, who is really 38-year-old wilson dislosot from the dominican republic claimed to be gino from puerto rico. but the officer in charge last night at the department had recently taken a course called identifying the imposter, and noticed that several things about the man in the holding cell didn't

jean: welcome back, i'm jean mackin. josh: i'm josh mcelveen. while the summer of 2016 may go down, the lauder levels -- water levels on lake winnipesaukee are report want this has caused many of the lakes to have water levels so low that it is causing problems for boaters. water levels are leaving it to be nearly two feet below what is considered to be a full lake. >> we do not normally see at this low until november or this is just unheard of. reporter: for more than 30 years, jim morash has been the captain of the m.s. mount washington. >> i'm going to say the last time i've seen it this low was probably around 2000-2001, in there, that range. it is unusually low for this time of year. can't argue with that. reporter those low water levels : are causing issues for boaters who are hitting their props on rocks that in normal conditions wouldn't be a problem. morash says because of the low er water, a buoy was placed on a rock thru the eagle island >> by marking it we can see it, we know where it is, and we can avoid it. reporter as the boating

i'm jean mackin. tom: and i'm tom griffith. the victim's family and some state leaders are calling a victory for all rape victims. jean: kristen carosa is joining us live in the studio with the implications of this rule. reporter: jean and tom, victims rights organizations are call this a ground breaking ruling that privacy will be protected when an offender appeal theirs case. the supreme court has ruled to keep lizzi marriott's sexual history private, a university of new hampshire student who was killed in 2012. attorneys for seth mazzaglia, the man convicted of her kill, asked that it be released as part of his appeal. mazzaglia was convicted of first degree murder in marriott's death and was sentenced to life in prison. the attorney general's office along with state leaders and the saying the state's rape shield law protects -- >> the rape shield means for every victim of a violent sexual crime that if the defendant chooses to file an appeal, then all that information is there for everyone to see. >> we believe that it was t

i'm jean mackin. tom: and i'm tom griffith. investigators say new evidence shows the initial suspect had nothing to do with the crime. jean: andy hershberger is live with more on that and the new suspect. reporter: jean, jason crawford is being held on $75,000 bail after allegedly assaulting and robbingn 81-year-old store owner here at this maple street police say crawford pistol whipped the man and beat him with a fire extinguisher before taking the money from the register and two packs of cigarettes from the store. police say when they examined the surveillance video they identified thomas ford jr. as the suspect and issued a want for his arrest. ford was taken into custody but as they look at the images more closely they noticed the suspect the video had a tattoo on his hand that ford did not have. the charges related to the >> there was one computer angle that one of the detectives investigating it said there's something on that hand, they slowed it down, stopped it, moved it a fraction each time and could see that it had th

live in ra cone yeah, jean mackin, wmur news 9. jennifer: two days after the primary votes were cast, granite state democrats gathered to settle their differences and look ahead to november. some have their fingers crossed for an electoral sweep. but as adam sexton explains now, battle. reporter: the last democratic sweep was in 2008. but political analysts say those were different candidates in a very different political environment. democrats didn't have too much to patch up after a relatively quiet primary season. but nay gathered for their unity breakfast today. >> time and again in washington senator ayotte has demonstrated that she puts her political party and corporate special interest backers ahead of granite staters. being welcomed back into the republican establishment at the g.o.p. unity event on wednesday, carol shea porter says she is ready for round four. >> he should resign, but he hasn. so we will push him out of office. reporter: and colin van ostern gave a nod to the gulf in name recognition between himself and hi

jean: and i'm jean mackin. christopher garon is behind bars, his family has concerns about his mental health. josh: mike cronin has more. reporter: garon pleaded not guilty, his family said he's gotten help before, but it's been a few years. accused of firing a semi-automatic rifle several times in a hooksett 23-year-old krif garon defended himself today. >> i've never done anything like that before. reporter: the manchester man told the judge he'd like to get help. >> i'm not a danger to myself or anybody else, i just had a very bad morning. reporter: last night hooksett officers were called to an undeveloped cul-de-sac off campus drive after they say garon's parents contacted them saying he was unstable. manchester swat team responded. >> they were looking for the rounds being discharged in close proximity to them. reporter: police don't know what garon was allegedly firing at. nearby the family found these two bullets on their porch and they they weren't there before the incident. they also heard police nego

jean: and i'm jean mackin. the woman's death is now considered a homicide and we are officially learning her name. wmur's cherise leclerc is live at the scene where this investigation is active and ongoing. reporter: that's right. 51-year-old joe an boucher has been identified as the victim, neighbor d still in disbelief that this is happening right across the street. investigators are still on the scene, continuing to process it. nearly four days after boucher was found dead. the attorney general's office confirming to us today that this was in fact a homicide. news 9 spoke to the victim's ex-husband on the phone, the day boucher's body was found. he says he and boucher built this home roughly 20 years ago but they've been separated for self years. neighbors we spoke with today say it still hasn't quite sunk in that boucher is gone. >> she's been a good influence in any life, very sunshiny and bright. reporter: those neighbors also telling us that a man was living here with boucher at the time of her death, bu

jean: i'm jean mackin. the c.e.o. of the epi pen manufacturer was called to a congressional hearing today. especially parents, around the country. reporter: that's right, josh and jean. the cost of the each i pen has shot up hundreds of dollars over the past few years. a lot of insurance plans don't cover it. today the company is standing by its price hike. the message to epi pen users, don't expect a price drop. >> this is an epi pen. reporter: manufacturer mile land under fire for raising the price of its emergency it now costs $600 for a two pack. >> we put an improved epi pen device on the market in 2009. we now reach 80% more patients. >> you have five executives in five years that earned nearly $300 million in compensation. reporter: members of the house mylan's c.e.o. >> after mylan takes our punles, they'll fly back to their mansions in their private jets and laugh all the way to the bank, while our constituent suffer, file for bankruptcy and watch their children get sicker or die. reporter: the c.e.o. says the

jean mackin live in manchester. she had earlier. jean: the party is over but 1.5 hours ago, when this room was packed, he told his supporters he is honored to win the primary but that the race is not about him. it is about the people new hampshire. he jumped into think is supported with hugs. the pledged to fight to keep nh a no sales tax state, to attract jobs with higher pay, and to try to extend commuter rail service the 37-year-old executive councilor and former stonyfield business manager said his experience proves he's ready for the job of governor >> the decisions we make in the next two years will determine our state's economic future for a decade to come. we will leave politics at the door and we will bring people together to work together with a focus partisanship. jean: is very confident campaign called this general -- a general election kickoff. tom: mark connolly gave an early concession speech. jennifer: he said he was proud of his campaign and thanked all about 21st century issues. he said he is looking forward to head

jean mackin brings us some of the many stories of bravery being told tonight. >> the honorees are in good company. men and women who considered coverage part of the job. like the firefighters who pulled a woman from the fast and frigid waters of the merrimack river in february include -- in front of our camera. the metals of valor for the person from a balcony with flames around them and a melting ladder beneath their feet, and an officer that gave life-saving service to another individual. >> having him here is the best reward anyone could ask for. >> just one of the department and american medical response for their response and efforts against the opioid crisis. they received the honor for responding to overdoses at an alarming rate. establishing safe stations for immediate help and sweeping parks for used needles. >> they are on the front line of dealing with the crisis. community. >> their ways it -- there was a moment to honor the firefighters lost in the line of duty and the families that stand behind them and all first responders. tom: we salute them all. mike: we do. tom: th

wmur's jean mackin has the clues police say could lead to an arrest. they found what they were looking for. more than 30 full grown marijuana plants carefully cultivated, likely grown from seeds. police say the harvest is worth about $80,000 on the street. >> when we first saw it we thought wow this is a pretty elaborate set up. the plants were all tied off real well to the trees so the plants would grow upright the . the plants were all marked with different lettering to indicate that was growing. >> police say they received a tip from a property owner who discovered someone else using the land deep in the woods of fremont near the raymond town line. police are still looking for the grower or growers who they say might have been surprised when they showed up to care for their crops. police say it must've taken a lot of effort to grow those plants out in these woods during a drought and that might provide some clues. >> it's been real dry so they'd to be a key to see if anyone been driving a 4 wheeler or side by side with large water jugs. >> police sa

we have live team coverage of those candidate showers tonight, we begin with jean mackin. calling this gathering inside the manchester mill yard museum a general election kickoff party. we caught up with the candidate today visiting the polls, one woman askedded him to walk her to the door so she could vote for him. he cast his own vote in his home town of concord. the executive councilor and business manager campaigned on his economic plan which includes extension of commuter rail tonight he told us he vows to be out meeting with voters until all of the polls close. one of his challengers is mark connolly. andy hershberger is covering that campaign right across town in manchester. reporter: mark connolly says there are some key issues in this campaign like the heroin crisis and education, but he says experience is what sets him apart from his challengers. connolly is the former deputy secretary of state and was the director of the securities student at dartmouth. connolly spent the morning voting in new castle, then campaigning in portsmouth, manchester and nashua. he say

jean mackin is joining us from the high school in plaistow with the latest developments.

shelley police just clearing the : scene within the last hour, and that's where we find out jean mackin who joins us live

shelley police just clearing the : scene within the last hour, and that's where we find out jean mackin who joins us live jean: police responded here to the scene at merrimack and beech street's just about four blocks from downtown manchester. they have cleared the scene in the last hour, but here is video review recorded -- video we recorded in the last hour. witnesses tell us the victim was taken from the scene to the hospital. we do not know the person's condition at this hour. you may hear sirens in the that is the fire department responding to something else in this area. police have been questioning people living around here. a lot of neighbors out. they told us they were too afraid to talk on camera, but one woman did tell us it has >> this is really bad. it's happening everywhere. in the summertime, somebody was shot right on my street. it's heartbreaking somebody would do that to anybody. i grew up here. i was born in manchester. it happens everywhere, but this never used to go on. i'll think it has ever been this bad. -- i don't think it has ever been this bad. >> once fire de

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wmur, jean mackin joins us. >> keith's wife he was waiting for his son after school. she started recording when officers surrounded his s.u.v. >> he h keith scott's wife says don't shoot him. he didn't do anything. >> drop the gun! >> her cell phone video doesn't show if her husband was armed. police say he was. others say he was holding a book. on the recording his wife tells police he has a traumatic brain injury. >> he doesn't have a gun. he has a t.b.i. >> drop the gun! >> she pleads with her husband before shots are fired. >> keith, get out the car! keith, don't you do it! don't you do it! keith! keith, don't you do it! [beep] >> did you shoot him? did you shoot him? >> police say these images show the gun they recovered while keith scott's family say it's not clear protestors have called for police to release the video. the police says the video doesn't answer all the questions and should not be released during the investigation. >> if i were to put it out indiscriminately and it doesn't give you good context it can inflame the situation and make it even worse.

good evening, i'm jean mackin. wmur's cherise leclerc is live in the studio with how state leaders are using the national exposure to curb the effects of general, us attorney and dea agent about the far-reaching effects of this crisis. they say not only is heroin one of the most dangerous drugs, it's being made far deadlier by fentanyl a powerful opioid painkiller. >> it has been like a weapon of mass distraction. reporter: powerful words from dea agent jon delena describing a drug whose own power seems to be taking over the nation. >> hampshire, the whole country. reporter: attorney general joseph foster, us attorney emily rice and agent delena were in the news 9 studios to shoot a public service announcement as president obama has declared next week prescription opioid and heroin awareness week. >> what the legislature has done , we will see increased treatment. recovery travis is -- services. reporter: data from american medical response shows that overdoses and deaths in the september has seen a dramatic decrea

wmur's jean mackin spoke to one of the people who challenged the law, and joins us live. jean: 40 days from now when you vote, it will be legal to snap a photo of your ballot and post it

jean: a team everyone is cheering for in, in manchester, jean mackin, wmur news 9. shelley: we are certainly cheering for them here. the manchester challengers have special travel needs, the team is collecting donations to get to the national competition. if you would like to help them out and donate, find a link on tom: hayley is in now with a look at a changing forecast. hayley: a couple of scattered showers coming through. every little bit helps. we need a lot more than what we're about to get. a pretty quiet and mild night at 69 degrees. portsmith, 64 dress with clear skies. that's going to change, clouds are on the way and eventually some showers, too, overnight and tomorrow. a look at the high 10:00 a.m. and of course this afternoon it felt like nothing like fall. 85 dress was the high temperature in concord, 84 in manchester, 82 in jaffrey and even up north, temperatures were in the upper 70's. it was a warm day. well above average which is 70 degrees for this time, not a record breaking day, though, which was 92 degrees set back in 1970. certainly this was a

political director jean mackin has this story. reporter: both candidates agree they want a republican to take over. >> she's ineffective. reporter: they both support tv but think that president a threat. >> i think he's a threat to national interest. >> my being a relationship going into a presidency, i think it is nothing but a good thing. reporter: jim lawrence served three terms. jack is serving his third term now. they argued over defending the second amendment. >> my opponent has shown a den si to say something when it comes to supporting the second issues, he hasn't always been there. >> the reality is she's filling out surveys. i'm introducing legislation. >> and appealing the affordable care act. >> do you want people suffering from cancer to get treated. >> you can't have it both way. you said you want to take away obamacare. you expanded medicaid. it is a component of the affordable care act. reporter: they also touched on t funding and syrian refugees. he suggested safe zones. >> as a hill tear veteran -- military veter

jennifer: we begin with jean mackin who is covering the colin van ostern campaign. campaign headquarters here inside the manchester mill yard and museum. this campaign feeling pretty confident today, even labeling this a general election kickoff party, before all the votes are cast. van ostern voted in his home town, concord, with his family. the 37-year-old executive councilor and former stoney field business manager was also thanking volunteers and supporters. than 30,000 voters. >> this election is about one thing, it's about how we take the next step to keep our state moving forward, how we build a stronger economy, have good schools, low taxes, good access to health care. that's what i'm running on, and if you agree i ask for your vote as governor. reporter: one of his challengers that. report he says he tried to get to as many polling places as possible today, but admits that by this time most voters have already made up their minds. he voted in his home town of new castle, then it was off to other locations on the seaest coast, manchester and a few other pots

josh: jean mackin shows us how the cheerleaders and their teenage buddies make this teamwork. jean: when the cheerleading squads hid the practice field -- >> g. little, go, go. jean: this team stands out. put your hands together for the manchester challengers. started two years ago with two cheerleaders. now the roster is up to nine. each cheerleader keeps up with -- a buddy. for some hard work. >> we're out of sight. jean: and heartwarming french is. >> she's the best. >> we're at eam. >> i her face expresses a lot. >> every time i see them i smiled pitch looks at me and goes, swhoopsie do. thank you. jean: the team is perfecting routines to take on the road. in december, they will compete in a national competition at disney world in the special needs division. >the head coach says they are >> amazing. there is no other word to describe it. they're a great group of kids. and that is what they are, they are kids. jean: a team everyone is cheering for. amy: the manchester challengers are collecting donations to get to that national competition. if you would like to help, you can

jean: and i'm jean mackin. it's been almost seven years since cory furgal stabbed victim's mother says the pain feels fresh. josh: she spoke to our ray brewer. reporter: it was nearly seven years ago when her 20-year-old son was murdered. laurie geoffroy says she wants to put this case behind her but every time she has to go to one of these hearings it's like she's being punished all over again. with the mother and father of his victim watching, convicted murderer cory furgal walked into court looking to have his sentence reduced. >> it's sod son. report furgal's defense attorney says there are several reasons the sentence is excessive, including furgal's long history of mental illness. >> it was while he was not being treated for this mental illness that mr. furgal committed these acts. reporter: furgal crashed a merrimack halloween party back in 2009. while there he stole an i pod, as furgal was being confronted by angry party goers, some vydfol tried to escort furgal off the operate. >> when mr. vydfol bear

jean: and i'm jean mackin. timothy morrissey was caught in the act of assaulting his victim. today, he apologized for what he did while the judge called him a predator. wmur's andy hershberger was in court and joins us with what happened. reporter: prosecutors say the victim was one of the most vulnerable in our society, and this sentence needs to send a message that the law is here to protect them. >> i can't apologize enough. sorry. reporter: it was on halloween of last year that 46-year-old timothy morrissey was with a 79-year-old patient at the bel-air nursing home when a co-worker walked in and saw morrissey sexually assaulting the woman. >> the defendant immediately stood up, and when asked what he was doing, the defendant replied, you know what you saw. that staff member reported the incident to the head nurse. the head nurse spoke to the defendant, who stated, you know i have a problem. reporter: morrissey was fired on the spot. prosecutors say the victim suffered from alzheimer's and parkinson's disease, unable to essentially speak or move. today morrissey pleaded gu

i'm jean mackin. josh: i'm josh mcelveen. according to police, tiffany bellerose told her daughter that she'd be visiting but never jean: now her phone is going right to voice mail. police are involved. reporter: earlier this week police put on a be on the lookout for the 42-year-old and now they have reached out to the media. tiffany was last seen on september 16, the 42-year-old had recently moved to bethlehem and that's where police are now concerned about her safety. >> she hasn't shown up to receive her paycheck. also her friends are that it's not like her that she wouldn't at least call. reporter: bellerose had planned a trip to jaffrey to see her grandchildren. >> was supposed to come on wed and she never showed up and haven't talked to her since sunday. reporter: her family says she had a rocky past and recently met a man who is abusive and are worry she may be with him. >> we tried phone numbers that were given to us of the haven't, it just goes straight to voice mail. reporter: police say bellerose was living at a su

i'm jean mackin. >> i'm tom griffith. authorities say that was the end of a long high-speed chase that went through belmont, laconia, and gilford. wmur's suzanne roantree is live in belmont where police say it started. suzanne? >> it was about 11:00 on sunday night when belmont police were route 106 in belmont for the report of a theft. >> court documents show that 48-year-old sherry's credit card was declined after the bartender says she attempted to pay for drinks at the casino. when the manager called police, the documents say that gidis said police would never catch her and she took off driving her white ford pickup truck. that's when belmont police saw a white truck heading north on route 106 towards laconia. >> it was reporth hour in belmont. our officers picked up the vehicle on 106 and followed it to union avenue. >> laconia police say the truck continued to drive very fast on union avenue. >> at that point, picked up the vehicle and attempted to stop the vehicle. >> police say she got into a verbal altercation wi