on september 27 in the area of leroy and ridgewood street. around 10 p.m. and an hour later police asa woman near harvard u and dorchester avenue was robbed at knifepoint and sexually assaulted. a similar-looking man was caught five times on surveillance cameras running in the direction of sydney street. >> hopefully someone that knows him or recognizes him will call the police. >>reporter: police hoping for that too. they say he is described as a black male in his 20s. around 5'10" to 6'2". and in this video he has two braids in his hair and investigators believe he may have been driving a dark have been driving a dark-colored suv. >> we have families who were here for generations, and now that's pretty much on the way out. >>reporter: those surveillance images on our web site at myfoxboston.com. police want to take a good look at him. notice his gait again. that hairstyle. if you have any information, you are asked to contact boston police. reporting in dorchester, i am crystal haynes, fox25 news. >>> and this morning we are also getting a look at some su

native country, a rich country of a rich heritage [ applause ] with that said i'm now going to call leroy charles they'll be doing a presentation. ] >>> the holder family, nypd officers, the various organizations present, all mourners in attendance, my name is leroy childs, the president of the guyana police our association consists of members of former police officers who served in the guyana police force before migrating to the united states. rudolph senior and grandfather served many years in the guyana police force. today the guyana expolice association of america is here to mourn the loss of a brother, the loss of an nypd officer, and the loss of a member of the guyanese community. the guy maya ex-police association of america, an age old organization is flying its flag at half-mast mourning this untimely passing of yet another nypd officer. we hurt. we grieve and we mourn. today we stand with new york's finest and new york city. at this somber hour as our flag continues to fly at half-mast to every family member in attendance whose loved ones did not come home at the end of their sh

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person may be involved in a series of armed robberies all four robberies happened in the areas in leroy streets the victim told police said a man with braids and a head shirt threatened to stab them. >>> vandals strike, painting swastikas, took these pictures of the hateful symbols. >>> a man is in critical condition today after being shot in the head following the patriots cowboys game in texas. police in arlington say there was a fight in the parking lot last night. one person was arrested and is facing charges, police say the victim and shooter may have altercation. >>> back here in massachusetts, a convenience store clerk stabbed on the job. police say a suspect walked into the store at the shell gas station off great road demanding cash and at some point the clerk was stabbed. the clerk suffered minor injuries that suspect ran off. >>> president obama is speaking out about the search for a new speaker of the house, he says he hopes whom ever gets the job is willing to compromise. the president spoke on 60 minutes and revealed to steve kroft that he and john boehner had a decent wor

the victim is a 62-year-old man named leroy barnes. police say barnes was crossing sergeant road northeast when someone hit him yesterday morning. the first car pushed barnes into the path of another car. the second car stayed on the scene until police arrived but it was too late. police are looking for a dark colored suv. >>> today another change for students who attend samuel chase. the school will be closed today and tomorrow. students from sam chase will still have class today and tomorrow. students need to report to cross land high school. samuel chase was closed yesterday after a fire in a classroom. >>> breaking news on the roads right now, a major closure here, bw parkway northbound at 32. we are shut down on bw parkway this morning because of a nasty crash. police pushing folks off on to 32. all lanes blocked. alternate trying to get to bwi thorough good marshall you have to take 95 north to get up into that direction of things. rockville pike north and south between cedar lane and cooksville road, we have twater main break. 9

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the crimes near leroy street. a man told them he would stab them if they didn't hand over money. this is person of interest in a robbery and a sexual assault. that occurred in a part of dorchester. this person had two-toned hoody and could be driving an suv. they investigate to see if the first incident related to second incident. if you recognize the person of interest or you know anything that can help them in this investigation that you come forward. live this morning in dorchester. victoria warren, 7news "today in new england." >>> there's a breaking story that we continue to follow for dell computers buying hopkinton based company for about 67 billion dollars. emc is the state's largest technology company employing nearly 10,000 people. the deal reported to be the largest ever tech industry take over. look at this car bursting into flames north of boston. happened right on the exit 16 off ramp around midnight. no one was hurt. the ramp had to be closed for a short time. it's back open. >>> travellers on southwest airline are hoping to avoid delays today after technical troub

this happened four times in dorchester on september 27th, in the area of did itson, leroy and ridgewood streets. but it didn't end there. >> i think it's very scary. >> reporter: she's talking about a sexual assault an hour later and a mile away. near harbor view in dorchester avenue. >> seems like people just commit these crimes and have no second thought about doing it. >> reporter: fox 25 has learned this also involved a knife and robbery, but this included a sexual assault. police looking to question a similar looking man from the earlier robberies, a plaque male in his 20s, about five ten to six two is caught again on surveillance video. he is seen running towards sidney street, but this time he's caught on five different by, running by, running toward, and then running past this time from above. police want people to take a good look at this guy. appearance. he has two braids in his hair. police also believe he may have s.u.v. neighbors hope all the video will help to catch him. >> of course, yeah, i'm hopeful that we'll aid in getting the guy and get him off the street. >> report

four of those happened in areas leroy ridge wood streets in dorchester. police say they are investigating similarities between the person of interest wanted for the sex assault incident and this incident. if you know anything please contact boston police. tonight in lowell community coming together to support a high school stew accident targeted in racist texts. burnl was honored march lowell high school today. as we toll earlier this months several class mates exchanged racist message about him. raf he was elected class president. well student were suspended and now they are back there school. he sails he just trying to move on. >> # make some high class be best class i love. best class lowell high history we will achieve that he also says forgiven the people reponsible for the messages and he hoping school works better handle situations like there in you future. happening right now, crews are moving the amtrak train which derailed in vermont earlier this week. removal process expected to take several hours and it is forcing several intersection in that

danny leroy hammond wrestled the gun from him and fired several shots. >>> police in florida are hunting for a killer who opened fire on the crowd in the zombie-con festival. the shooting happened before the event ended at midnight. the victim was attending with his girlfriend. >>> the obama administration taking aim at rogue drones. a task force requiring all drones to be registered with the transportation department. that follows a number of security incidents involving drones. previously, commercial drones had to be registered with the faa. >>> four days after mud ran through the neighborhoods, the roads are opening again. crews used heavy machinery to excavate cars and trucks. officials in los angeles county are opening roads 40 miles north of the city. >>> temperatures are falling fast across the east. there were flurries in my backyard. >> it should be breaking news. let's go live to christine romans backyard. >> let's go live to pedram javaheri. >> john and christine, good morning. yes, the cold air is felt across the country. a stretch of 1,100 miles from mississippi to new engla

all four of the rockeries happened in the area of ditson and leroy streets. in each case police told a man with braids and a red shirt threatened to stab them. >>> a travel nightmare for some southwest passengers. >> hundreds of flight delays glitch. sue say ste -- susie steimle is good morning. >> reporter: good morning. i do not want to hype this up for people at home because right now is looks like this computer glitch has been taken care of. take a look for yourself. southwest kiosk. people are walking up, printing problems. they're also using their mobile phones as boarding passes with regularity. no problems as far as what we've seen at logan airport. yesterday, though, a completely different story. 450 flights across the country were delayed because of a computer glitch. southwest still doesn't know exactly what went wrong to cause that glitch yesterday but it caused a headache for travelers and a lot of long lines at airports all across the country. so because of that for the past 24 hours, they have been advising their passengers if you can to print

. >> reporter: near ditson and leroy street, four calls for a man threatening to stab the victims if they didn't hand over money. all four happening within 20 minutes much each other. then a short time later a woman says a man robbed and sexually attacked her at knife point. police are investigating to see if there's any connection. people who live here say things have gotten bad. >> interview: yeah, i'm nervous. i'm almost like a prisoner in my own home, so to speak. >> interview: you just got to pay attention and watch every surrounding around you and make sure you're all right. try not to be out so late. >> reporter: to the police investigation, it continues in boston. and boston police want to hear from you when you recognize either of those persons of interest in the video they've released or if you know anything about the crimes. live in dorchester, victoria warren, 7 news. >>> and 7 news now turning our attention to the weather. boy, if you loved the weekend, it's another extension of what we saw with all of the sunshine. nice warm start to the weekend. sunshine looks like it

victim is 62-year-old leroy barnes. barnes was crossing the road when somebody hit him yesterday morning. the first car pushed barnes into the path of another car. the second driver stayed on the scene until help arrived but it was too late. police say they're looking for a dark colored suv in connection with this crash. >>> the brother of a jailed washington post reporter says his imprisonment is cruel and inhumane. jason rosian has been in jail in iran for over a year on charges including espionage. he's a "washington post" reporter. he was convicted and could face 20 years in prison. it's not clear what he was convicted of and the family says they haven't received any information. the state department is calling for iran to release rosian right away. >>> today samuel chase elementary school in temple hills is closed again, however, students from that school will still have class. if your child goes to samuel chase they should go to cross land high school today. school buses will take them there. samuel chase was clos

in 1946 the department of state hired leroy davidson, the former curator of the walker art center in minneapolis, and i was just andhe walker this summer, that is still there looking the same way. davidson to amass a collection of american arts they would circulate around european capitals. bypurchased 79 oil paintings jack levine, then shone, -- ben shawn, all modernist artists. they were an abstract expressionist but they were painting in abstract form. of these artists agreed to sell their paintings to the state department at a discount. forgia o'keeffe sold two $1000 even though the going rate was $10,000 per piece. the paintings cost them $49,000 in total, which is a pretty good deal for 72 oil paintings. the idea was to prove to european intellectuals that contrary to their predecessors, the united states did have advanced culture and the sophisticated art scene, that american freedom and individualism were the very soil in which such innovative our group. wew. we were just chewing gum and cowboy movies. ismany countries overseas it a common misconception that our artists are s

. >> hey, leroy. >> so he can get a tattoo. >> we're going to dog park? >> yeah. getting a tattoo. >> what for? >> just two blocks, over by the federal building. >> yeah, i'll go over there. >> michelle and ducky decided to get matching tattoos. >> i'm getting a swazi. >> they are getting swastikas permanently placed on them. michelle had her tattoo doesn't last night and now it's ducky's turn. >> show them. >> i'll get it in the middle of my chest. >> i love it when he shows his tattoos. >> just for today when i have my swazi. got 100% wood because i'm a pecker wood from east county. >> i'm an east county pecker wood. >> the term pecker wood is a prison lexicon. once a derogatory word used to describe poor white people, it's now used as a point of pride to significant white power. >> my belief is that the white race is slowly becoming less and less, like you get half black, half white, half mexican, half white. i want to preserve the white race. i want to preserve what i am and what i know and believe and that is white man, marry white man and have white babies.

he helped create that approach along with leroy. what did he do? created an urban strategy. concentrate the ufw's efforts in the most consequential markets. brown found that the majority of grapes were being sold and 50% of the markets and 10 north american cities. 50% being sold in 10 north american cities. if they would concentrate the efforts into these 10, he calculated if you cannot down the shipment by 10% -- knock down the shipment by 10%, it would bring the growers to their knees. -- boston down 42%. a better than him percent. -- better than 10%. wasy city besides montreal about 10%. -- above 10%. they still believed they could move the grapes around. they went to the international jessicahere people like , a native of bakersfield moved to montreal. 3% is a victory in montreal. if you are going to shifted to another city, that number should happen 60% or 80%. the challenge is she encountered as a spanish and english speaker but not french speaker, were considerable. the place i found was consequential for them is a place that is not captured in the movie that miriam

lafayette baker, who worked with charles leroi stone -- there are all these networks that are filtering information out of the washington area down to the south and being very effective in doing that. one of these is going to be used very well by who is often referred to as the star espionage agent of the confederacy. we will get more to the controversy in just a bit. edc socialite, she is 44 years old. she is a widow. she is openly pro-south. she has quite a reach. she is a personal friend of president buchanan. she is related by marriage to james and dolly madison. and she is described by one historian as an agent with masterly skill who bestowed the knowledge and all the forces trained at the capital. she socialized with many federal government employees and soldiers. she developed ciphers to smuggle secret reports down through richmond and eventually employed a ring of 17 agents that were in place by april of 1861. after the battle of bull run, put under surveillance by allan pinkerton. she was exposed by the spy and arrested in august 1861 with much incriminating evidence being smu