he did >> reporter: richard gardner was arrested later when he abducted another rhode island boy. michael's description of gardner in his car helped lead to the arrest. michael psychs died in 1991. he was 13 years old. >> reporter: do you believe richard gardner's attack on michael, your son, affected his health and led to his death. >>yes, i do. >> reporter: what is your message to the people who live close to his family's house. >> to the people who live close to his house with this guy is not going to stop. >> reporter: cheryl ellsworth had other children and now grandchildren since richard gardner abducted her son. she tells me she has taken precautions to protect her home, her family, and like us, she has no idea where richard gardner is right now. i'm bob ward fox 25 news. >> mark: convicted sex offender released from prison two months eye ago now facing charges police say he bound and assaulted both women inside of their apartment in the south end early yesterday morning. according to court documents investigator recovered a prescription medicine bottle with his name on it f

. >> just as long as richard gardner is on the street nobody's children are safe. >> reporter: cheryl else work cannot believe richard gardner is a her home be a ducked her 11-year-old son and sexually molested him. i talked to her over the phone. >> what's your reaction to the news that he is out? he's on the streets right now. >> i'm extremely upset by the. >> reporter: in august michael was born with physical disabilities and living with two forms of anemia he faced constant struggles but nothing could prepare him for when richard gardner came for him. of the road and looked in windows until he found one with a child. he took a tire from the back of my garage and rolled it around michael's window. he used that as a ladder. he cut the screen he went in and he pulled him out of his bed at knifepoint. >> reporter: what did he do after that. >> he took him out to some secluded wooded area he molested him. he said he had kidnapped him with the intentions of killing him but because he was a good kid who didn't fight him he decided to let was arrested later when he be a ducked another boy

richard gardner was arrested here at this shelter in boston after police in rhode island reached out to u.s. marshals along with boston police they picked gardner up here as he was forced to relocate here this week where people were outraged that he released from prison. richard back behind bars tonight. gardner arrested at a boston chrt. it may stem from him being seen on a computer. gardner was originally sentenced to 190 years. legal technicality. >> once neighbors found outside gardener was in the air they posted signs with his picture and telling what he did. even collecting a 4,000 signature petition asking the governor's office to help. forward under's crimes were horrific. back in 1988 he broke into 11-year-old michael sooiks and sexually molesting him. his mother spoke to bob ward this week. >> he cut the screen and went in and pull him out of bed at knifepoint. what did he do after that? >> he took him out to some secluded wooded area where he mommested him. >> reporter: though back behind bars tonight she's outraged gardner was released from prison. >> just as long as richa

richard gardner was arrested here at this shelter in boston after police in rhode island reached out to u.s. marshals along with boston police they picked gardner up here as he was forced to relocate here this week where people were outraged that he released from prison. richard back behind bars tonight. gardner arrested at a boston chrt. it may stem from him being seen on a computer. gardner was originally sentenced to 190 years.

right now his whereabouts is a juli: richard gardner was released from the massachusetts treatment center last week, after serving 30 years for kidnapping and raping several boys in the late 80's. according to the state's sex offender registry board, gardner is living in his family's home chandler street. >> i'm picking my neighbor's kids up at the bus stop because no one wants to let them walk around. juli: but saturday he was asked to leave a quincy homeless shelter and police were also using a computer there. he was issued a summons to court. >> we have little to no information as to who to notify when we feel like he might be violating or what his stipulations are. juli: the only condition of gardner's release is that he not have contact with the victims of his crimes. it's not good enough for me. >> those victims have been incarcerated since richard gardner did that to them. juli: amanda and coreen are hoping to get the governor's attention with an online petition for clearer and stricter laws for level 3 sex offenders following their release. it already has close to 4,000 supporters

boston police just nabbed richard gardner at a homeless shelter on the south end. this is the same man sentenced to 190 years in prison but got out on appeal. wbz's julie loncich is live in boston. he was wanted out of rhode >> reporter: richard gardner violated the terms of his probation out of rhode island less than a week after his release. tonight he is being held in boston. just days after his probation was transferred from plymouth to suffolk county, richard gardner was arrested at his new home, the southhampton street shelter in boston. u.s. marshals arrested him on a fugitive from justice warrant out of rhode island after he violated his probation by showin library last weekend. a violation of a city ordinance. the convicted child rapist and level three sex offender was released earlier this month after serving nearly 30 years. initially he was registered at his parents home in weymouth where he was met by outraged neighbors. >> i'm picking my neighbors kids up at bus stops because no one wants to let their kids walk home. we bought in this neighborhood bec

richard gardner is his name. he's due in court this morning. >> sarah: his release from prison has put a south shore community on edge. 7's victoria warren is live now probation, and he was arrested over the weekend. he's going to go before a judge later today, and that's when we should learn more about exactly why he was arrested. richard gardner is a convicted child rapist, recently released after dozens of years behind bars. he was convicted of crimes in both massachusetts and rhode island, and this weekend he was arrested on a fugitive from justice warrant from rhode island. he was picked up from as be but we don't me exactly how. he moved to the homeless shelter after originally moving back in with his parents in weymouth. but his presence prompted outrage from the neighborhood. since his release, he's has had a few run-ins with police officers. in weymouth police were called because a neighbor says they spotted him peeping into their yard. police investigated that there were in charges and also in quincy, h

richard gardner is once again behind bars. the convicted child rapist arrested here at the shelter on south hampton street on a fugitive from justice warrant. had a strong reaction after learning from 7 news that gardner who was convicted of kidnapping and molesting her 11-year-old son back in 1988 was finally off the streets. >>> if he would come into a window in the middle of the night and kidnap a sleeping child at knife point, he is a danger to any child out there. >>> the u.s. marshall's office in rhode island issued a warrant for gardner after they say he violated the term of his parole but exactly how he violated it is still under invest he was released earlier this month and went to stay with his parents in weymouth. that caused an uproar in the neighborhood. gardner was originally sentenced to 190 years for his crimes against children in the late 80's and early 90's. but received a shorter sentence on appeal only serving 27 years. >>> i was very glad to hear that he has been apprehended and he is no longer on the stre

after richard gardner moved in with his parents earlier this month. residents actually started a petition asking the governor to do something. gardner was convicted of abducting and raping an 11-year-old boy in 1988 while he was living in rhode island. now he was sentenced to 190 after only serving 27 years. the plymouth county district attorney blames human error for the early release. a boston shelter contacted police here in massachusetts. he is expected to appear in court on monday and then extradited back to rhode island. in weymouth, stephanie coueignoux, fox 25 news. >> ted: this morning, police responsible for several suspicious fires. we told you about the fire last weekend. two cars torched near doherty circle in swampscott. now they released this video of a person of interest. the man's face never seen. but they hope identifying other details and identify him. there's a reward for up to $500,000 leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspect. >>> in tyngsborough police contin of arsons there. two cars and two scooters set on fire along

todd: no sign of richard gardner at his parents house in weymouth on gardner street. probation department said he is compliant with the conditions of his probation. that seems to be little consolation to people in this neighborhood. >> nobody wants him here. todd: outreach is building in this neighborhood which is where level three >> i am picking up my neighbor's kids at bus stops because no one wants to let their kids walk home. todd: gardner was released from prison last week, after serving 30 years for kidnapping and raping several young boys in the late driving them around in this 1980's, car. he was originally sentenced to 190 years in prison, but that was reduced on appeal. now, we're learning he's already had a few scrapes with the law in the days since his release from the massachusetts treatment center. quincy police responded to this library on saturday where police escorted him out and issued him a summons for violating a city ordinance prohibiting sex offenders from entering libraries, schools, and day care centers, without prior permission. later that sa

richard gardner violated parole by hanging out at a south shore library. >> the judge ordered him held without bail. >> reporter: he covered his face in court. 49-year-old richard gardner cannot cover up his past. he served 27 years in prison in massachusetts and rhode island for sexually assaulting children, one, a 6-year-old. >> he served a long sentence. he may well serve the idea is that he lives until he's 95 and dies at the adult correctional institution. >> reporter: when he was released this month he returned to his family home in weymouth. when the locals found out a level three sexual offender was here, they were outraged. >> you got three little boys there. and i got two girls next door to me. >> he was seen in a library and probation. and he was arrested and in court he wavered extradition. and he'll be going back to rhode island. his attorney says he didn't go near the kids in the library and it's impossible for him to go anywhere. >> if he's supposed to go to the end of cape cod and keep walking into the ocean, at some point we have to decide what we're doing to people wh

. >> the reporter: blair and vanessa welch, richard gardner is now back in custody, after his visit here to the thomas crane library if quincy, and tonight, we are talking years later, to one of the people that gardner victimized. >> when i saw her face on the news, it really brought back everything, and i feel like i've been -- >>> 10 years old when it happened back in 1988. he went to the store to get milk for his mother. >> he punched me in the head numerous times, threw me in a car at knife point in the carp. he told me to put a ski mask over my head and i sat on the floorboard on the front seat of the car, crying my eyes out. >> the reporter: sherman testified in the trial with two other victims that led to richard gardner getting 190 years in prison, but after appeals and other legal matters, children. things that these memories will never get out of our herds. it's absolutely awful. >> the reporter: gardner is now back in custody after road island officials took out an arrest warrant. saying he frequented places children are, which is violation of the restraining order. he entered

without bail. >> reporter: he covered his face in court. 49-year-old richard gardner cannot cover up his past. he served 27 years in prison in massachusetts and rhode island for sexually assaulting children, one, a 6-year-old. >> he served a long sentence. he may well serve the idea is that he lives until he's 95 and dies at the adult correctional institution. >> reporter: when he was released this month he returned to his family home in weymouth. when the locals found out a level three sexual offender was here, they were outraged. >> you got three little boys there. and i got two girls next door to me. >> he was seen in a library and

neighborhood which, according to the sex offender registry board is where level 3 sex offender richard gardner is living, following his release from prison. >> i pick my neighbors kids todd: gardner was released from prison last week, after serving 30 years for kidnapping and raping several young boys in the late 1980's, driving them around in this car. now, we're learning he's already had a few scrapes with the law in the days since his release from the massachusetts treatment center. quincy police responded to this library on saturday where gardner was using a computer. police escorted him out and issued him a summons for violating a city ordinance prohibiting sex offenders from entering libraries, schools, and day care centers, without prior later that same day he showed up at a homeless shelter where he was told he was not wanted and issued a trespass warning. this home here is his official residence according to the sex offender registry board. todd kazakeiwich, wcvb newscenter 5. jc: new at 5:00, the stoughton man accused in a shooting inside a cvs last month was combative during his arr

boston police arrested -- arrested richard gardner at a homeless shelter in the south end. he was sentenced to 190 years in prison but got out of jail. he was wanted out of rhode >>reporter:just days after his probation was transferred from plymouth to suffolk county, richard gardner was arrested here in his new home, the southhampton street shelter in boston. us marshals in boston police arrested gardner on a fugitive from justice warrant out of rhode island after he violated his probation there by showing up at a library last weekend. a violation of a city ordinance. the convicted child rapist and level three sex offender was released earlier this month after serving nearly 30 his parents home where he was met by outraged neighbors. >> we should have been notified prior. >> we have to pick our kids about the bus stop because nobody wants to let their kids walk home. >>reporter:gardner now 49, within his early 20s when he was convicted of raping and kidnapping several boys in both massachusetts and rhode but years later he appealed, and his sentence drastically shortened.

earlier today fox with a mother whose son was victimized by richard gardner. >> he just parked at the end of the street and walked down the end of the road and looked in window until he found one with a child. >> what she believes children living near richard gardner has to do. >>> the man charged with tying up two women and sexually assaulting them is facing court today but he cannot hide his past from fox 25. the attack broke at 11:30 sex offender got out of jail earlier this year. >> reporter: the dangerous weapon in 2009, assault on a corrections officer in 2010, jury intimidation for rushing at seated jurors 2011 those are just the cases we found today in worcester superior court. today 52-year-old ronald brown hid his face as he appeared in municipal court on new violent charges. into an apartment near the intersection of columbus in the southend around 4:00 yesterday morning. two women lived there. they say brown climbed through the rear window tied them up and sexually assaulted them. according to the court paperwork one of the women says brown bound her hands and feet togethe

fox 25's crystal haynes reports richard gardner was charged with violations out of massachusetts and rhode island. >> convicted child rapist richard gardner back behind bars tonight and scheduled to face a judge on monday. was arrested on a fugitive from justice warranted out of rhode island and issued a summons to court for violation of a quincy sex offender ordinance on saturday. weymouth mom andy mill plans to be in the courtroom in massachusetts and in road are road. >> he should have never been released in the first place. i think the community can sleep a little bit better knowing he's not on the streets. >> reporter: hill and her neighbors started a petition to have gardner removed from the neighborhood. when he moved into his from prison. gardner was ordered in 1989 to serve 190 years in prison for kidnapping and you fuel andly abusing children but won a shorter sentence on appeal. >> i feel like this is the only option. >> reporter: we obtained the quincy police report investigators say gardner was seen at the thomas crane library without the written permission required for

richard gardner the convicted child rapist released from prison a week ago is back behind bars tonight. gardner arrested at a boston shelter on a fugitive from justice charge out of rhode island. >> it's my understanding the warn issued on a probation violation out of rhode island. >> reporter: fox 25 has learned the arrest may stem quincy public library on computer and being in close proximity to children. he was originally sentenced to 190 years but only served 27 due to a legal technicality. gardner's release from prison last week caused outrage in this weymouth neighborhood where he had moved into his parents home. >> we got two little boys over there and two little girls next door to me. >> reporter: once neighbors found out gardner was in the area they posted signs with his picture, and telling what he did. even collecting signature petition asking the governor's office to help. gardner's crimes were horrific. back in 1988, he broke into a rhode island home, abducting 11-year-old michael sooiks and sexually molesting him. his mother spoke to fox 25's bob ward this week. >> he cut

richard gardner was supposed to serve the rest of his life behind bars but he's out after serving 27 years. the neighborhood is trying to figure out what to do next. >> they're starting with trying to educate if public. they plastered every that has richard gardner's picture and the crimes he did back in the late 80s 80sd they're also asking the governor for help. >> this mother and her friend say they want better protection now that convicted child rapist richard gardner is back in the neighborhood. >> no one knew who this guy was. he was waving to neighbors. waved to her. >> gardner committed some of the most heinous sexual assaults to on one occasion he tied a boy to a tree and molested him. the becausev: of multiple legal factors and appeals his sentences in rhode island and massachusetts went from well over 200 years down to 27 years. he's now back in his weymouth home with family. >> i'm picking my neighbors' kids up . >>> gardner got into trouble using the computers at thomas crane library. level iii sex offenders need written approval first which he did not have. check into t

we have been following this story since friday when we learned richard gardner was free after originally being sentenced to 200 years mind legal reasons got him released after 27 years. he got into trouble using the computers at a quincy library. level iii sex offenders need written approval first and which he didn't have. two women have filed a petition to require level 3 to have gps monitoring. >> we are living with restrictions while richard gardner is free-living with none. father bill's but was turned away because it is across the street from a high school. >>> a man wanted in washington d.c. for threatening to pom an airport is in boston. they want azani to spend the next 20 days for mental evaluation. the 22-year-old took a bus from virginia to boston and police aren't sure why. a jewelry store owner in downtown crossing called police because she said he was acting s we can negotiate the price. i knew he wasn't interested in the watch because he kept looking outside. >> soon after azmani was scene on surveillance video leaving a suspicious package on the steps of the statehouse. t

crying my eyes out. >> reporter: sherman testified in the trial with two other victims that led to richard gardner getting 190 years in prison. but after appeals and other legal factors gardner got out after 28 years. >> he's done brutal things to children, things that these memories will never get out of our heads. it's absolutely awful. >> reporter: gardner is now back in custody after rhode island probation officials took out an arrest warrant saying by him being in a entered and remains in a place frequented by children which is in violation of the no contact order issued by judge rogers and that he violated an ordinance of the city of quincy when he entered the library without the required written permission for a sex offender. his attorney says the alleged violation is too vague. >> i suppose if you walk by a school he's in violation because he walked about aschool a place frequented by children. >> reporter: thomas who now has a family of his own is speaking out to make sure everyone knows just how >> my kids kind of get the raw end of the deal because i'm afraid to let them go and do anyth

richard gardner was taken into custody on a fugitive from justice charge outrh gardner moved back to weymouth last week after he served 30 years for kidnapping and raping several young boys in the late 1980's. doug: a 22-year-old woman is behind bars after pleading guilty to a bizarre kidnapping case. abigail hanna admitted she kidnapped a 2-year-old little girl. then she left that child by the side of the road, naked, burned, with a shaved head. she was sentenced to five to seven years in prison. antoinette: a walk for peace in east boston after the shooting of two police officers. more than 100 people joined that walk through the neighborhood where the shots were fired wednesday night. officers richard cintolo and matthew morris had been responding to a domestic call when the gunman opened fire on them. the suspect, 33-year-old kirk figaro -- figueroa was killed. doug: it's getty chilly. the slow-moving marine mammal nicknamed washburn is being nursed back to health. she'll be released back in the waters of florida. antoinette: washburn heard how cold it was going to be. cindy: was

richard gardner was taken into custody on a fugitive from justice charge out of rhode island. gardner moved back to weymouth last week after he served 30 years for kidnapping and raping several young boys in the late 1980's. doug: a walk for peace in east boston after the shooting of two police officers. more than 100 people joined the walk through the neighborhood where those shots were fired wednesday night. the two officers had been when the gunman opened fire. the suspect, 33-year-old kirk figueroa, was killed, the officers critically wounded but recovering this morning. antoinette: the manatee rescued off the coast of cape cod is on the move. doug: she's going to head south to sea world orlando. washburn has gotten nourished and back to health. it's at connecticut's mystic aquarium. she'll get more rehab at sea world and then be released back there going to those warmer waters down in florida, right? doug: maybe she can work her way to fort myers. cindy: water's always warmer there than here. smart move. always, always. doug: how about the weekend? cindy: looks great. perf

fox 25 broke the news of richmondard gardner -- richard gardner's controversial release from jail. robert goldton is speaking to a man who says gardner preyed upon him as well. >> i saw his face on the news it really brought back everything and i feel like i've -- >> reporter: thomas sherman says he was 10 years old when it happened back in milk for his mother. >> he punch immediate in the car and in knifepoint he told me to put a ski mask and i sat in the floorboard of the front seat of the car crying my eyes out. sherman testified that led to richard gardner getting $190 years in prison -- 190 years in prison but he got out after 28 years. >> he does brutal things to children. things that these memory also never get out of our heads. it's ablu back in custody after rhode island probation officials took out an arrest warrant saying by him being in a quincy library last week he entered and remains in a place frequented by children which is in violation of the no contact order issued by judge rogers and he violated an ordinance of the city of quincy when he entered the library. his a

early release. >> if richard gardner is on the street >> fox 25 talks to the mom of one of his victims that's haunted by what happened to her son. >>> a young mother gunned down. it happened more than a decade ago and her mother's heartbreak is still fresh because her killer has never been found. >> she was sitting on the stairs like leaning i guess the railings. sitting there like she was -- when she had been shot in the head with a small see this special addition of new england's unsolved. >>> plus, tom brady takes the podium at gillette for first time since returning from his suspension. the question he wouldn't answer about donald trump. >>> but first, she was three years old when someone shot her. why she's a teenager. next at 10:00, how she's helping another little girl with simply right checking from santander bank, just make one deposit, withdrawal, transfer, or payment each month to waive the monthly fee. and there's no minimum balance. you're alright with simply right checking from santander bank. ? are you feeling alright, baby? ? with simply right checking from santander ba

. >> anchor: well, after serving a very long sentence for child rape richard gardner was only out of prison for a couple of weeks before he was re again. authorities say he violated probation by showing up here at this public library in quincy.. >> anchor: richard gardner hiding his face in court. he says he is being unfairly targeted by a hostile public. >>> he was basically routed out of his house. he was invited back to his home, there was no reason that he couldn't go back to his home. >> reporter: the recent release leased child rapist was rearrested on friday. authorities say he violated his probation by going to the crane

. >> anchor: well, after serving a very long sentence for child rape richard gardner was only out of prison for a couple of weeks before he was re again. authorities say he violated probation by showing up here at this public library in quincy.. >> anchor: richard gardner hiding his face in court. he says he is being unfairly targeted by a hostile public. >>> he was basically routed out of his house. he was invited back to his home, there was no reason that he couldn't go back to his home. >> reporter: the recent release leased child rapist was rearrested on friday. authorities say he violated his probation by going to the crane using one of the library computers. his probation prohibits him from going places where there are children. >>> it would be weather in fact there is a children's entrance and he didn't go in that entrance. it's alleged he went into a common area, probably within view of the main library facility, main circulation desk and that's what is alleged. >> anchor: in court gardner waived extradition to rhode island where he served part of his nearly 30 years in priso

richard gardner is accused of being a fugitive from justice. he was released from prison after serving 27 years of his original 190-year sentence. the incident inside a local library that sparked this latest arrest. >>> a 2-year-old recovering after being shot over the weekend in roxbury. mayor of boston who has tough words for the little girl's father. >>> police are n north carolina are investigating the fire bomb that went through the window of the office of the republican party. both candidates are condemning the move. elizabeth warren called out donald trump. coming up at 6:00, why she is calling him a chicken. >>> happening today, thousands of state workers are getting the option of a buy-out to leave their jobs. all in the hopes of closing a multimillion dollar budget fox25's michael henrich is live at the statehouse with a big savings for taxpayers. michael? >> reporter: well, taxpayers already made some sacrifices by giving up their tax-free shopping weekend that was supposed to help avoid a budget shortfall like the nearly $300 millio

richard gardner accused of being a fugitive from justice. he was released from prison a -- 27 years of a 190-year sentence. the da admitted to human error in not exercising their right to have gardner civilly committed and serve more time. coming up in the next hour, the incident inside a local library that sparked the latest arrest. >>> a 2-year-old girl is recovering after being shot in roxbury. the tough words the mayor has for the girl's father. >>> and police in north carolina are investigating a fire bomb that was thrown into a fire bomb that was being condemned by both candidates right now. and they both have strong words for whoever is responsible. meanwhile, the rhetoric not calming down. why senator elizabeth warren compared donald trump to a chicken. >>> and happening today, thousands of state workers are getting the option of a buyout to leave their jobs all in the hopes of closing a multimillion dollar budget deficit. fox25's hen then live at the the big -- michael henrich is live at the statehouse this morning with a big savings

sex offenders to have gps monitoring. >> i'm trapped in my own house an with restrictions while richard gardner out free. >> we learned gardner tried to check into father bills but turned away because it is across the street from the high school. >> sara: one of the first people released from jail because of his -- mishandling arrested david arafat after he was passed out in running car. according to the patriot ledger arafat was serving one year in year after possession charge and charges were dropped because of braintree's evidence scandal and audit of the evidence room found more than $400,000 was missing along with dozens of guns and thousands of drug samples from various cases. >>> sara: new transgender bathroom law, the group says churches in massachusetts should violates the religious beliefs. many people seem to have mixed reactions but the church's lawyer is saying there's a separation of church and state for a reason. >> this is their own government that said because of who you are and the belief that you hold and within the four walls of your own church, you could be penalized out of

happens again and wake-up call to just be dangerous person. >> catherine: amanda hill talking about richard gardner. he was arrested arrested on fugitive after quincy sex offender ordinance that happened earlier this month and gardner seen at the library without written permission which is required for sex offenders and taking picture of child and only saw him looking at e-mail when looked again. he was moving into his mother's home in weymouth. >> should never been released in the first time and communities can sleep better. >> catherine: serving 190 years in prison for kidnapping and sexually abusing children and won shorter sentence on appeal. hill was among those that removed from the neighborhood and working with lawmakers on parole conditions, something she hopes will put the minds of those in the community at ease. >> i have like this is the only option. >> one lawmaker does believe there should be tougher restrictions for sex offender. i will explain that coming up approximate, catherine parrotta, fox 25 news. information about shooting investigation in lawrence. you could see police combin

. >> victoria: kathleen crowley learning richard gardner, a child rapist, proved into the neighborhood. he has 11 counts of kidnapping, breaking into someone's home, tying a kid the a tree, holding a knife to a child's neck. this is beyond terrifying for me. >> victoria: signs posted throughout the neighborhood. gardner is living with his parents. in the '80s he was convicted of several attacks on two boys in two states. in rhode island his sentence was 190 years but reduced after an appeal. in massaet after serving more than 30 years, he got out. >> i've been unable to sleep for the last two days because of this guy. it's just not right. >> victoria: neighbors taking steps to protect themselves and forcing themselves to have conversations with your kid. >> you're supposed to feel safe in your own home, and nobody feels safe. >> we knocked on this man's door and this was no answer. reported seeing him peering over a fence. another time the folks in his home called police because somebody had thrown something through their front window. live this morning in weymouth, victoria warren, 7n

was even allowed to be back on the streets. >> the reporter: blair and vanessa welch, richard gardner is now back in custody, after his visit here to the thomas crane library if quincy, and tonight, we are talking years later, to one of the people that gardner victimized. >> when i saw her face on the news, it really brought back everything, and i feel like i've been -- >>> 10 years old when it happened back in 1988. he went to the store to get milk for his mother. >> he punched me in the head numerous times, threw me in a car at knife point in the carp. he told me to put a ski mask over my head and i sat on the floorboard on the front seat of the car, crying my eyes out. >> the reporter: sherman testified in the trial with two other victims that led to richard gardner getting 190 years in prison, but after appeals and other legal matters,

richard gardner turned up in a quincy library, which violated his probation conditions. he will stay locked up until a probation violation hearing next month. >> mark: a family of a danvers teacher murdered by one of her own students filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the town and its school department. the lawsuit comes almost three years to the day after colleen ritzer was raped and murdered by a student, phillip chisholm at danvers high school. the ritzer family is not seeking money for themselves. instead the lawsuit says a judgment would go to safety organizations. >> vanessa: the family of a 14-year-old hit and killed while riding his bike is speaking out, saying they have no hatred for the 18-year-old driver who struck him. that deadly crash happened on main street last night. >> mark: as kathryn burcham reports, while the friends and family mourn the teen's death, investigators are trying to figure out what happened and they believe a second driver may also be to blame. >> mayor tells us investigators are looking into the possibility that another car might ha

president. >> the release of a level 3 sex offender originally sentenced to nearly 300 years -- richard gardner was released after serving 30 years in prison for raping children. the d.a. says his office did not argue to keep gardner locked up. gardner initially moved to his family's home in weymouth. his probation supervision has been transferred to suffolk county. >> the u.s. launchs a missile strike on targets in yemen. those strikes follow two incidents of missiles being rebel-controlled areas were destroyed. >> a home invasion and sexual assault in boston's south end -- ronald brown hid his face during his arraignment in court yesterday. boston police say he broke into a clarendon street apartment tuesday morning. he allegedly tied up and sexually assaulted two women there. one of them raped. brown a level three sex offender whose records show he served more than 20 years in prison for in her bedroom. >> two people charged in the murder of an elderly man in orange are back in massachusetts. brittany smith and joshua hart were arrested in virginia earlier this week. they are accused of kill

richard gardner is convicted level three sex offender. he was arrested on a fugitive from justice charge and summoned to court. we told you last week gardner was spotted at library in quincy without the proper written permission for convicted sex offender. we also learned librarian thought she spotted garden looking at picture of child without a shirt on while on computer in the library but when the library came back in gardner shelter in roxbury. residents in his hometown of weymouth had been petitioning for weeks ask they want them removed from the neighborhood. >> hopefully never happens again and this is a wake-up call to stretcher on repeat sexually dangerous person. state senator patrick o'connor he wants to see tougher restrictions for high risk sex offenders like gardner and wants laws to make sure they remain in prison and trd released and released statement saturday having level three sex offenders wear tracking devices. >> julie: no arrest have been made after a standoff in revere lasted hours and caused lockdown of entire neig

sherman testified that led to richard gardner getting $190 years in prison -- 190 years in prison but he got out after 28 years. >> he does brutal things to children. things that these memory also never get out of our heads. it's absolutely awful. >> reporter: gardner is now back in custody after rhode island probation officials took out an arrest warrant saying by him being in a quincy library last ek entered and remains in a place frequented by children which is in violation of the no contact order issued by judge rogers and he violated an ordinance of the city of quincy when he entered the library. his attorney says the alleged violation is too vague. >> i suppose if you walk by a school he's in violation because he walked by a school a place frequented by children. >> reporter: thomas who now has a family of his own is speaking out to make sure were. my kids kind of get the raw end of the deal i'm afraid to let them go and do anything. gardner is being held without bail here in massachusetts. ly likely go back to rhode island by the end of the week where a judge will decide if he

spoke exclusively with the mother who can't believe he is now a free man. >> just as long as richard gardner is on the street nobody's children are safe. supervision was recently transferred in suffolk county. >> julie: we track traffic and weather together every ten minutes. drive time on 93 south still hovering around an hour on 495 in andover to the zakim bridge. shiri? >> shiri: right now temperature in the 50s. got partly to mostly cloudy skies and on and off clouds, 60s as you head home from work, better chance for evening showers and time them out with future cast in ten minutes police said she did to get out of the classroom. >> blair: breaking news we have been updating all morning long. after the break what he says ? ? on social security and medicare, these are the facts. kelly ayotte voted for deep cuts in medicare and social security. here are the votes. she voted against protecting social security from the threat of privatization. and said she's open to raising the retirement age for social security. look it up yourself. the fact is kelly ayotte's supporting big, corporate speci

we have been following the story since friday when we learned richard gardner was free after originally being sentenced to more than 200 years behind bars. legal factors and appeals got him released after 27 years of serving time. in his first weekend out of prison gardner got into trouble using the computers at a quincy library. two women required sex offenders for gps monitoring. >> family living with restrictions while richard gardner out free living with none. >> daniel: we tried to check into it but shelter across the after they say he was passed out in running car. search of the car turned up a large amount of heroin. according to the patriot ledger, arafat was serving a year in jail on another heroin possession charge. he got out of jail last month when charges were dropped because of braintree's evidence scandal. audit from the evidence room found more than $400,000 was missing along with dozens of guns and thousands of drug samples from various >> julie: law violates religious beliefs and many people seem to have mixed reactions but church's lawyer saying there's a rep situatio

neighbor reported to police gardner was be acting suspiciously last night. >> i saw his face peek over the fence when he cleared the fence i could see him clearly i name was he said richard. >> reporter: police also got a report from the gardners ever they say someone broke their front window. >> just -- >> reporter: gardner will remain on probation until 2043 so, if he violates that or gets arrested he will most likely go back to jail. in way moug, robert >>> we are following matthew all week long. we'll talk about how it's going to impact our weekend forecast. let's hope we have that lit up for many more games to come this fall. just another great shot send them in to me waking up to sunshine saturday morning. and there's a front heading our way. that's not a price that's the same cold front that's fast to come on through to the south of us still on track to do that but the clouds roll in noon time. this is actually streaming northward a of matthew. tropical moisture well out ahead of the front and i believe it's too fast. i'm not expecting showers in the boston area until at least 8:00. then tomorrow night some comes across and smack into any of that tropical feed com

. >> reporter: police say richard gardner violated his probation by going to a library, a police that is off limits for registered sex offenders. he was convicted of raping and kidnaping several boys in massachusetts and rhode island sentenced to 190 years in prison, but he appealed and was given a lighter sentence. gardner was released earlier this month after just about 30 years behind bars. he initially registered at his parents home, neighbors were fearful and furious. >> the community wasn't notified properly. we weren't notified prior to him coming and that's a huge issue. >> i'm picking my neighbor's kids up at bus stop because no one wants to l home. >> reporter: gardner will appear in court later this morning and is facing possible extradition to rhode island. . >>> a 2-year old girl is shot while sitting in her car seat. she is recovering this morning. her grandmother telling the globe somebody needs to speak up. police think her father was the intended target but say he's not cooperating with their investigation. we're live in roxbury this morning with the latest. that 2-ye

. >> this man richard gardner will be in court tomorrow. he was a arrested just days after being released from prison early. fox 25's crystal haynes dug through new documents to show he has been charged with crimes in two different states. >> reporter: convicted child rapist richard gardner back behind bars tonight and scheduled to face a judge on monday. the level three sex offender wa from justice warrant out of rhode island, and issued a summons to court for violation of a quincy sex offender ordinance on saturday. weymouth mom amanda hill plans to be in the courtroom in massachusetts and in rhode island. >> he should have never been released in the first place. so i think the community can sleep a little bit better knowing that he's not on the streets. >> reporter: hill and her neighbors started a petition to have gardner removed from the neighborhood. when he moved into his mother's house down the street after his release gardner was ordered in 1989, to serve 190 years in prison for kidnapping and sexually abusing children but won a sh

boston police arrested richard gardner at a homeless shelter in the south end. this is the man who was sentenced to 190 years in wbz reports he was wanted out of rhode island. >> reporter: just days after his probation was transferred from suffolk county richard gardner was arrested here at his new home. u.s. marshals and boston police arrested him on a fugitive from justice warrant out of rhode island after he violated his probation there by showing up at this library last weekend, a violation of a city rapist and level 3 sex offender was released earlier this month after serving nearly 30 years. initially he was registered at his parents home where he was met by outraged neighbors. >> we should have been notified prior. >> no one wants to let their kids walk home. we bought in this neighborhood because it's a safe one awesome community and it's sad. >> reporter: gardner now 49 was kidnaping several boys in both massachusetts and rhode island in the late 1980s. he was sentenced to 190 years but he appealed and his sentence drastically shortened. he'll be arraig

neighbors on edge in weymouth after a level three child rapist richard gardner was allowed to move in. he was convicted of kidnapping children, tying them to trees and assaulting them back in the 80's. last week he was released early on probation. and allowed to move in with his parents. >> it is shocking. it is hard with his youngest victim was six. this is my days because of this guy. it is just not right. >> reporter: quincy police say he was ticketed for trespassing at a homeless shelter. that trespassing ticket came on the heels of a quincy librarian calling police, say thing gardner was in the library using a computer. >> you are supposed to be fail in your own home. nobody feels safe. >> reporter: we don't know yet when that court summons is going to be. weymouth police also investigating a report from a neighbor who says they saw gardner peering over his fence and another report from guardser in's parents who say somebody threw something, breaking their front window. live in weymouth, victoria warren, 7 news. >> christa: election countdown: head to the polls. donald trump on a

richard gardner was arrested in south boston on friday on a fugitive warrant. the convicted child rapist was released from prison early after serving almost 30 years of a 190-year sentence. >>> a major offensive underway in iraq. troops are working to push isis largest city. about 30,000 troops are involved in the fight. it will be the most complex since u.s. forces left 5 years ago. isis is telling wounded fighters to leave and building tunnels. >>> on the campaign trail monday morning former president bill clinton is headed to new hampshire pushing his wife's economic plans with the just 3 weeks until election day donald trump is now trying to connect hillary clinton to a in north carolina. . >> reporter: offering no evidence donald trump pinned saturday night's fire bomb attack of the republican party headquarters to hillary clinton and her supporters tweeting quote animals representing clinton and dems in north carolina just fire bombed the office because we are winning. >> burned the couch and chair. >> reporter: clinton also took to twitter calling the in

and fox25 spoke exclusively with the mother who can't believe he is a free man. >> as long as richard gardner is on the street nobody is safe. >> gene: he to appear in quincy court after illegally visiting library 1 week after the release and found that gardner going to be living in suffolk and probation supervision was recently >> shiri: we get steadier rain coming in this weekend. >> sara: high school teacher out on bail this morning and facing drug charges. still ahead at 8:30. what police say she did to get the evidence out of the classroom. >> blair: good morning, everyone, i'm blair miller. still a lot of information learn about shooting in east boston that left one man dead and two officers seriously hurt. coming up next i spoke with the former boston police superintendent. what he says about the major imagine if your child were trapped in a failing school. imagine if your child couldn't read or write at grade level. imagine if your child were stuck on a waiting list. like your public school, question 2 won't affect you. but for kids stuck in failing school districts, question 2 will l

it is absolutely awful. >> gene: he testified in the trial that led for richard gardner to be sentenced to 190 years in prison. after appeals and legal factors gardner was released after only serving 28 years. >>> the lawyer for the man accused of assaulting a evidence tossed out in the case. alberto sierra is accused of abusing 5-year-old jeremiah oliver and two of his siblings. police later found oliver in a dead in a southcase off of interstate 290. his lawyer asked for the judge to toss out statements he made to a fellow inmate days before police found jeremiah's body. oliver's mom is facing charges in the case. >>> no arrests in a shooting that the victim was shot sunday night in an alley behind haverhill street. police are still investigating. >>> u.s. dartmouth say no indication that anyone was hurt in a shooting con campus on sunday. at tles three cars were damaged near a housing complex near campus. police say they will increase patrols while that investigation continues. >>> no one was hurt in a crash in south boston. a fox25 viewer september thus picture last night. you can s

these memories that we will >> gene: he testified in the trial that led for richard gardner to be sentenced to 190 years in prison. after appeals and legal factors gardner was released after serving 28 of those 190 years. >>> lawyer of a man representing a man accused of killing a fitchburg boy. alberto sierra accused of abusing jeremiah oliver and two of his siblings. police in suitcase off of state road 190. sierra's lawyer asked a judge to toss out statements that sierra made after his arrest to a fellow inmate days before police found jeremiah's body. oliver's mom is facing charges in the case. >>> 6:35. no arrests in the deadly shooting in lawrence. the victim is identified. he was shot sunday in an alley behind haverhill street. police are still investigating. >>> and campus police at umass dartmouth are stepping up this weekend. it doesn't appear that anyone was hurt sunday morning when someone shot several cars near a housing complex on campus. police say three cars were damaged. >>> and incredibly no one was hurt after a bus crashed into a building in south boston. a fox25 viewer s