morning, the two women are facing charges. 43-year-old holly fowler and her daughter 23-year-old kristine fowler are facing criminal charges. their report triggered a massive response last night, with crews searching from the air and on the water including the state , police dive team. after reviewing surveillance video and interviewing the women, police determined it was all a hoax. haverhill' s fire chief says they had no choice but to respond the way they did. >> these are the times you hope it is a hoax. as a tough situation, a tough time of year. we have a lot of suicides this time of year, so it is very difficult for some people. again, we have to take every call like this is a credible call. todd: so again, there was no baby thrown in the river. the suspects are charged with misleading police and filing a false police report. on monday. randy: also breaking overnight, more than 100 people are dead after a gas tanker ignited an inferno in nigeria. that explosion happened as people lined up to refill the gas canisters they use for cooking. many of them rushing to get the fuel to prepare for

police say holly and kristine fowler, who live near the river, reported seeing a man on the phone along the bridge throw a baby into the water and then run away. interviews with the two women revealed that it had been a hoax. now it is still unknown why the two women made up the story. we could learn more about that at the arraignment today. the fowlers face charges including misleading a police investigation as well as filing a false report. live in haverill, sera congi, wcvb, newscenter 5. erika: thank you. the trial of a suspected kidnapper is being pushed back to the summer. nathaniel kibby's trial is now scheduled to start on june 20. it had originally been planned for march. the new hampshire man is accused of kidnapping a teenage girl in north conway and holding her captive for eight months. he faces more than 200 charges and could go away for life, if convicted. new this morning. a tip in an infamous art heist led the f.b.i. to the suffolk downs race track in east boston. "the globe" reports agents conducted a day-long search back in september. investigators checked out the barn

holly fowler and her 23-year-old daughter, kristine, are charged officers say they lied about seeing a baby being tossed into the merrimack river on christmas eve. that set off a massive search late into the night. investigators have not offered a possible motive. erika: right now police are searching for the driver who ran a woman down and just took off. doug: the eyeopener's antoinette antonio is live in malden with what we know at this hour. good morning. antoinette: doug, good morning. police are not releasing a lot of details about this investigation just yet. here's what we know right now. a woman in her 70's was hit in a crosswalk on pleasant street just before 8:00 last night. the victim was taken to melrose-wakefield hospital with life-threatening injuries. as for the driver who took off, police will only say that a dark s.u.v. was seen leaving this area. there's been no word on any arrests or any possible suspects in this case. the malden police say if anyone was in this area and happened to see something, please give them that is the latest live in malden this morning. ant

holly fowler is held on $5,000 cash bail and her daughter kristine released on personal recognizance after their arraignment yesterday. police say the pair sparked a costly search after claiming a baby had been thrown into the merrimack river. why the two made up the story. antoinette: times square visitors kick off new year's festivities with the annual "good riddance day." more than 100 people lined up yesterday to place bad memories into a portable shredder. some got rid of documents or pictures. others smashed computers or pill bottles, symbolically ridding themselves of their worst memories from the year to start fresh in 2016. erika: it must feel good to smash something. antoinette: shred it all up. cindy: not happening, it's gone. well, this is happening right now. pick a color, any color. we have a slew of precipitation types out there this morning. in some cases more than one happening at the same time. a lot of this purple color you're seeing is indicating sleet but there is still snow mixing in with the sleet in a lot of these areas. plain rain happening down on the island

holly fowler and her 23-year-old daughter kristine are charged with misleading police. officers say they lied about seeing a baby tossed into the merrimack river thursday night. that prompted a massive search late into the night. investigators are now trying to figure out the motive. doug: after nearly three weeks, the boston chipotle a the center of a norovirus outbreak is finally back open. the cleveland circle restaurant quietly opened yesterday after its scheduled opening was delayed a few days because of a water leak. the location was shut down after some 150 people, mostly boston college students, became sick with the norovirus after eating there. the mexican chain was scrubbed down and given a clean bill of health by the city. held in revere. more than 10,000 votes were cast in a november general election for mayor. current mayor dan rizzo, who lost by 118 votes, asked for a recount. city hall workers will recount the votes on tuesday. the state's first highly anticipated slots parlor is now lagging behind. attendance has been down this holiday season for the pla