the driver, rob collins, is wanted in connection with an alleged sexual assault on a child.an arrest him, he takes off. detective steve bowers is one of the officers in pursuit. >> this was the first chase that i've ever had that involved a truck, and the danger is that it's an 80,000 pound vehicle. it's going to run over or destroy anything else on the road. >> alerted by other truck drivers that the suspect is listening to a police scanner, bowers tries to convince the man to give up. >> you need to pull over and stop now before you get shot. >> but the suspect ignores the warning. >> bad things are about to happen if you don't stop. >> with few options, police deploy stop sticks in the path of the semi, but the truck manages to avoid them. another unit waits at the top of a hill, but the suspect spots him and swerves to the right. >> he switched lanes to avoid the stop sticks and sideswiped the other car occupied by two elderly people. >> thrown out two sets of spikes. >> further down the road, deputy troy and trooper patty falk are getting ready to deploy more stop stick

he says a woman ambushed him, threatened his life then robbed him. pat collins is in kensington now with the victim's story. pat? >> reporter: jim, when a stranger would knock on his door, he would open it. when a stranger would ask him a question, he would answer it. not anymore. not after what happened here in kensington. >> i'll kill you, i'll kill you. >> reporter: the victim is a man we call joe. he's a 74-year-old retiree. we're not using his real name or showing his face because he's afraid she may come back. but he wanted to talk today because he's worried she may victimize someone else.ççwl >> she was no novice, no beginner. when she runs out of money, my money, she'll do it again. >> reporter: the suspect is this woman. she calls herself maria. here she is spending some of joe's money at a walmart in virginia. police say she used two young accomplices to make withdrawals from his bank account in maryland. and there were more purchases at a target and at a mcdonald's. this happened on lawrence avenue in kensington. police say maria barged into joe's hou

super bowl hero malcolm butler time, along with other first timers in jamie collins and chandler jones. rob gronkowski and kicker stephen gostkowski both go to the pro bowl as long as the patriots are not in the super bowl. if the patriots are in the super bowl, they won' t get to play in the pro bowl. tom: still to come on news 9 tonight. for more than 5 decades, saint joseph' s hospital has helped local families have a better christmas. shelley: the generous gifts from praised as one of america's best mayors who governed as a pragmatist. bernie sanders passed more amendments in a republican congress cracked the gridlock with john mccain to strengthen veterans' healthcare. bernie sanders. a consistent, principled, and effective leader. building a future to believe in. sanders: i'm bernie sanders and i approve this message. hey! this holiday, u.s. cellular's giving you 15 gigs of data for just $70! but i wanted a pony. [ gasps ] you're getting data. pony-sized data? u.s. cellular sized data. 15 gigs of good, strong data you can actually use because it works in the middle of anywhere. i'd li

malcolm butler made the pro bowl for the first time, along with other first timers in jamie collins and chandler jones. rob gronkowski and kicker stephen gostkowski both go to the pro bowl as long as the patriots are not in the super bowl. if the patriots are in the super bowl, they won' t get to play in the pro bowl. tom: still to come on news 9 tonight. joseph' s hospital has helped local families have a better christmas. shelley: the generous gifts from crews from multiple towns are battling road. tom: the red cross helping to adults displaced by that fire. a holiday tradition continued s hospital shelley: employees are giving presents to more than 72 families this year through their christmas basket project. the hospital works with schools, churches and social service agencies to find those who need assistance. bikes, electronic games, and clothing are just some of the employees to families in need. >> announcer: the following is a paid presentation for the nuwave oven pro, brought to you by the makers of the nuwave precision induction cooktop. [ ...] professional chefs create great-tasting meals from

rob gronkowski, slater. malcolm butler, jamie collins and chandler jones have been named to the pro bowl for the first time. if the pats make it to the super bowl, though, they will not play in the pro bowl. >> christa: president obama enjoying a vacation in hawaii. he played golf yesterday, quite the impressive shot. quite windy as well there. he managed to sink a 40-foot chip shot. >> sarah: he drops his club, too, as well. >> christa: tipping his hat. he had an audience there to play to. how about that for a little r rnd r? >> sarah: coming up, andy hiller sits down with the governor to discuss some issues he has faced since taking office. >> christa: a classic rock band ready to debut on details ahead in the buzz. sanders: over 2 million contributions have been made to the only campaign that rejects a corrupt campaign finance system. you can't level the playing field with wall street banks and billionaires by taking their money. i'm bernie sanders, how do you reimagine "banking"? you start with this... then you make it... nothing like this. you make a capital one caf\. someplace more relaxed. with free

collins break practice is a limited participant and is listed as question on the are we report. also of note rob grokowski both are out this sunday while danny amendola, patrick chung and dante high tower all join collins as being questionable. the bruins back on the ice tonight out in their western canada swing taking on calgary and old friend dougy hamilton for the first time in 2015. that's going to do it for sports >> anchor: really exciting day for red sox nation as we celebrate the new pitcher we'll be hearing more about him tonight on 7 news and also checking the weather looks like the weekend is just shaping up . >>> if you are looking for snow snow. you are not going to find it. it should be warm and my we'll check that out tonight. we'll be on 7 news at 10:00 on c cw 56 and then back here at 11:00. go red sox. doesn't that look beautiful. see you late pholiday season's just like football season... you got your big games... ...and regular games. get it all at a great price... season is won. everything in one place. my stop & shop. mornings. wonderful, crazy mornings. we figure you proba

robbed him of his credit cards and cash a few weeks ago. two other people have been using those stolen cards. detectives are looking for them as well. pat collins sat down with the man who was robbed. you're going to hear from him tonight at 5:00. >>> an electrical fire hurt a map in north potomac on settlers landing way. one man is being treated for smoke inhalation. the fire started in an electrical panel in the home's bamt basement. damage is estimated to be around half a million dollars. >>> first at 4:00, it took a long time to get somebody in the job, but metro's new leader is telling us how he's adjusting to his new position. >> paul wedefeld sat down with adam tuss for his first one-on-one tv interview today. he talked about restoring safe in the metro system and making sure metro employees treat each other with respect. wedefeld also said he very clearly has understood rider complaints. >> what do you want to tell people? i mean, are you asking for their patience or what do you want to tell people? >> you know, i don't want to ask for their patience. because, you know, i think they have been patient. i want to tell them i understand th

rob gronkowski for the fourth. malcolm butler and chandler time in their careers. stephen gostkowski, jamie collins, and matthew slater will gain in honolulu. >> look at this incredibly close call on the slopes. a drone narrowly missing one of the best skiers in the world. reigning four-time world cup run in italy, when a drone comes out of nowhere crashing with such force is broken into parts, missing the 18-year-old by just inches. situations like this could possibly get a lot more common with some ski resorts adding areas called drone zones, where for $200, professionally operated drones will film skiers at every angle, producing the ultimate skiing selfie. >> turning to some wild weather across the country. threatening to make travel a miss as a record 100 million holidays. in california, wind gusts up to 80 miles per hour picking up and tossing tractor-trailers. in utah, whiteout conditions making visibility so poor that roads. thank goodness, not the case >> that is what he weather. mike: tornadoes. in the plains. this is really an unstable weather mass we are talking about. we' re talking ab

rob gronkowski. giving up 25 points a game. it's also great timing for jaime collins, high tower and danny amendola's questionable return. >> i feel good so we'll see, see how it goes. throughout the whole year, whether it's within a game or a sustain or whatever it is. just got to deal with it. >> you've got accept the challenges in front of you, and, you know, if that's more attention paid to you, you got to do the best you can to get open. >> it does take on a little bit of a different approach when certain device guys are missing. i think it's a concerted everett effort by everybody, the players and the coaches, to try to get to the things that we're good at versus the things that they're not good at. it's obviously a big challenge. >> i look that strategy. i have more on the pats later during our saturday sports wrap which starts some time around 1:00 a.m. >> brian, we'll see you then. the kickoff stet for 4 have frievment here on fox25 and we have of plenty of coverage leading up to and after the contest. pre-game coverage from 6:00 to 10:00. then the fox nfl su

surprise, tom brady was named to his 11th pro bowl, malcolm butler and jamie collins both made it for the first time, steven and rob gronk were both nominated for the fourth time, jeremy also made the first pro bowl team and special teams captain matthew slater is a pro bowler for a fifth time. however, pats fans are loping players never -- hoping player never make it to hawaii, it's one week before the super bowl. >>> and the jets on sunday, wbz has you covered from start to finish beginning with patriots game day at 11:30, kickoff is at 1:00 immediately followed by the post game show. >>> trying to keep it going against the st. louis blues at the garden last night, scoreless in the third, when blues vladimir scores, his league high 22nd goal of the season, making defensive breakdown in the neutral zone here and robby to straight game, he beats to glove side for the seventh, be here for 2-0 blues, that would be your final, 2-0, blues. >>> okay, 6:53, time for a closer look what's coming up on cbs this morning. >> checking in with nora o'donnell. >> good morning, the donald trump latest comment he made about sxhint

rob gronkowski for the 4th. malcom butler and chandler jones made the cut for the first time in their careers. stephen gostkowski, jamie collins, and matthew slater will join them for the january 31'st game in honolulu. emily: a new york girl who asked for cards this christmas gets a big surprise. randy: the powerful family sending along their wishes. then new on the eyeopener at 5:00: your christmas shopping might be way emily: just about 4:55. it is time for your early news to go. randy: prosecutors say a lakeville mother, accused of kidnapping her two children, planned to kill them and herself. in court yesterday, prosecutors claimed valerie mcgrath concocted the idea, because she was so distraught over losing custody. she failed to return them to their father's home on sunday causing a search that ended safely monday night. mcgrath was ordered held on bail. emily: lawyers for aaron hernandez want to question a juror who convicted the former patriots star of murder. hernandez' defense says a juror in the odin lloyd murder case may have known hernandez was implicated in two other murders. information about the double-murder

tom brady was chosen for the 11th time in his career and rob gronkowski for the 4th. made the cut for the first time in their careers. collins, and matthew slater will game in honolulu. at the garden for the first time all season. they gave up 2 third-period goals last night against the st. louis blues. 2-0 the final. christmas when they take on the buffalo sabres saturday night. for the holidays you can't beat home sweet home emily: though the bruins lost, they were treated to a little holiday cheer from rene rancourt. he's the voice of the national anthem for the b's. and he spread his christmas wishes through the crowd, who came ready to celebrate. emily: local police are getting into the holiday spirit. randy: santa stopped by the chelsea police department to pass out toys. chelsea pd teamed up with the provide gifts to 100 children, who otherwise wouldn't have gotten a christmas present. all the goodies were bought personally by police officers and staff. >> we want to give back to the community and reach out to the community and engage the community. it is not only the children but their parents as well. this means eve

collins ends the game with his first interception of the season. patriots win it 33-16. trey daerr has more from gillette stadium. trey? >> reporter: joe, patriots tight end rob gronkowski about as fun-loving as you are going to find in the n.f.l. and really in all of sports, for that matter. today we saw a much different side of gronk. still dominant on the field. much more subdued off of it. gronkowski missed practice on friday. the patriots tight end was struggling with the loss of his close friend and trainer. gronk dedicating his performance today to his fallen friend. pointing to the sky in remembrance after his first-quarter touchdown. honoring a man who clearly had a great impact on his life. >> he loved the game of football. loved being at my games. always had my back. he was up there watching. and definitely made that score for him. i know he was going crazy. knowing it was ted dated to him. i know he is up there watching. because he was at every game. with my family. close family friend. and it was great that i got a score at the beginning. for him. so it was amazing to do that. >> reporter: the patriots still dealing with more injuries. ian amendo

dante hightower, danny amendola and jamie collins were all limited during wednesday's practice. hightower wore a brace on his injured left knee. rob gronkowski didn't practice, but the hit that injured the tight end on sunday still very much on tom brady's mind. >> i do think they should change some of those rules with the defenseless receivers. i don't think there's anything different than a chop-block. i mean, everyone else has their leg pros tectsed in the nfl. >> christa: gronkowski suffered a bone bruise and a sprained right knee. he will be evaluated on a week-to-week basis. >> jadiann: and still ahead, a cake decoration that's not exactly perfect. why the woman who ordered it had no complaints. >> christa: and we're live in worcester. a woman is stabbed and killed on the streets. ism. >> christa: and a bold message in bold print. how this front page about the mass shooting is part of a political firestorm this morning. won: my moand i hathe sa hands. sa eyes. sa laugh. ansince shs had morate alzheir's disee, i' discoved we havthe sa fightinspirit, o. th's why isked r doct about neonce-a-d namzari . vonew namzic is apoved fo

collins brings it into the score. 17-13. the pats in need of a touchdown. the play was huge before the two-minute warning to rob. on the next play, brady to james white caps off the drive. tie game, 20-20. here is the controversy. the pats won the overtime coinflip but elected to kick for some reason. matthew slater was confused pretty thought he could decide which way they wanted to go. the jets can win with a touchdown and eric decker catches it. slager later said belichick said we want to kick. that was the plan all along. they went 26-20. the jets up a game on pittsburgh for the final playoff spot. the patriots will have to do work if they want to clinch the afc home field advantage in the playoffs. we' ll hear from tom brady and the coach tonight at 6:00. stephanie: thanks so much. coming up on news 9 at 5:30. adam: the boston chipotle shutdown after patron fell ill with norovirus is finally back open. stephanie: now at 5:30, weeks after closing its doors following in norovirus out rate, the boston chipotle is back open for business. adam: plus, backlash once again for the chicago police department followin

collins has our report. >> reporter: his name is melvin dehart latney. he's 25 years old and he's wanted for sexually assaulting and robbing a woman in the 200 block of eighth street southeast. on capitol hill, 8th street is a well-traveled pedestrian path, and to have something like this happen it's worrisome. >> reporter: any concerns for your safety? >> definitely. always. always. >> reporter: what do you do to protect yourself? >> my husband and i and my three kids n't go out after 7:00 at night. >> reporter: charles allen is a council member from ward 6. he's well aware of this crime. >> it was a horrible crime. this is a great neighborhood and a great block that everyone should feel safe walking down any time of the day. >> reporter: police have all sorts of video of latney, walking in and out of stores, using the subway. they have tons of pictures. they know his name. they just can't find him. >> somebody knows where this guy is or where he's gone and what we want to do is ask the public to help identify him. >> again, if you know this man, if you know where he is police want to hear from you. there's a $1,000 rewar

robbed by a woman inside his own home. tonight, he's telling his story as police search for his attacker. let's go right to news 4's pat collins, he's in kensington. pat? >> reporter: the victim, a 74-year-old man, the suspect a woman who appears to be in her 40s. they believe she targeted him. that she knew he lived alone. that she knew he had money. that she knew he was vulnerable. and after she robbed him, she left with a bone-chilling threat. >> if you tell the banks, the police, or anybody, we'll come back and we'll kill you. >> reporter: we call him joe. he's 74 years old. he's a retired computer specialist. we're not using his real name. we're not showing his face. when you hear the story, you'll understand why. you see, joe was a victim of a violent home invasion. the suspect, this woman. she calls herself maria. here she is at a walmart in virginia spending some of joe's money. but i'm getting ahead of this story. >> you think, well this may be my last day on earth. >> reporter: it happened on lawrence avenue in kensington. that's the street where joe lives. that's where maria came to his front door. said she needed t

is a big challenge, tom brady will not have rob gronk skowkey, not have danny amendola is questionable, expected to play, as well as high tower and jamie collins. live all morning long, here at gillette, patriots at 4:25. today against the philadelphia eagles back to you. >> eric rasmussen: a day of action and counting down to kick off on fox 25. plenty of coverage leading up to and after the game. >> heather hegedus: pregame coverage all morning long as we continue the fox 25 morning news until 10:00 a.m. at 11 fox 25 nfl sunday takes over until 1. then the defending nfc champions doctor sea hawks taking on the first place vikings. finally the big event, the pat and the eaglesic canning off at 4:25. >> eric rasmussen: if you're like me, want to dissect every moment, tonight complete post game coverage at 10 and 11. and then join us for extended interviews and analysis on the fox 25 sports wrap happening at 11:30. >> heather hegedus: keep your tv on fox 25 all morning long. first brought you the story as fox 25 news at 10, of the shooting. >> eric rasmussen: fox 25 stephanie coueignoux live from the scene. stephanie, you're starting to learn m