students say the victim was a 15-year-old student at tewksbury high school. police say, the 15-year-old bumped into zagarelli at the slammed him head first into the concrete floor. after court, zagarelli's uncle says his nephew is shook up over what happened. >> he's feeling horrible. it's an unfortunate situation. we don't know the whole case. we haven't talked to joe. >> the reporter: joseph zagarelli pleaded not guilty to assault and battery with dangerous weapon charge. prosecutors say that dangerous weapon was a concrete floor. and tonight, a gofundme account has been set up for that 15-year-old victim. coming up al what police claim the homeowner did after that victim was taken from the barn inside his house. that's all new at 6:00 p.m. we're live tonight in tewksbury, chris flanagan, fox 25 news. >> kevin: i think it looks great out there. well said vanessa. 49 degrees if boston. 47 out here to the west in bedford. 50 on the south shore. so temperatures are cooling off, your trick-or-treat forecast is there are a couple clouds out there right now, but

. >>> also today, a tewksbury man accused of beating a 15-year-old to death at a house party. the victim has serious head injuries and the suspect is facing serious charges. barbara burnett is live with more on the story. >> they're still investigating the case very aggressively. now, this is where the incident happened. police say there was a large party with a lot of underage another facing charges. 18-year-old joseph zagarella of tewksbury charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. police say he viciously attacked a 15-year-old boy who bumped into him during a party at this home in lowell on friday night. police say several teenagers including the victim were drinking and intoxicated behind this barn when it happened. >> the victim stomach bumbled i victim picked him up and turned him up and slammed his head down on a concrete floor, which caused grievous injury to him. >> reporter: authorities say the 15-year-old later died from brain injuries and charges against him are expected to be upgraded. zagarella's defense attorney says the facts are unclear. >> the

tewksbury is taking on chelmsford in the game of the week. butch stearns is there live under the friday night lights. hey, butch. >> the reporter: friday night lights indeed, mark ockerbloom. a great night for high school game day. the home team, the chelmsford lions, 2-3, take on migh all the chelmsford players will be wearing this wrist band that says bubba, in memory of jason bubba fletcher, a longtime coach here who died just a couple of weeks ago. his dad, jack fletcher, was a longtime athletic director here. so the chelmsford players will have this wrist band in memory of coach bubba. show us your wrist band, hold it up there, it says bubba. he was a longtime assistant coach here, a coach all throughout the school. talk about him a little bit. >> absolutely. the privilege of meeting coach fletcher own a number of occasions in march, lit up the room, you know, his personality was second to none. you know, this community is a little worse off for his loss. >> because of the rivalry, we're familiar with each other, and these kids are growi

identified as ethan costello also of tewksbury. it happened friday night on this property. it was an underage drinking party in an adjacent barn. >> the victim -- the defendant responded by picking him up and slamming his head floor which caused grievous injuries to him. the defendant bragged to other people about what he had done. >> reporter: he was not drunk and responsible for his actions. his lawyer has a different take. >> there was no one being thrown to the ground. there was a push. and in unspeakable tragedy, the victim in this case fell to the floor and it seems that he hit teenagers were drunk. when friends tried to bring the victim in the house, the homeowner allegedly said get that kid out of here. i'm not dealing with drunk kids. they eventually drove him to the hospital. meanwhile an uncle of the defendant says his family is in pain as well. >> he's feeling horrible too. it's an unfortunate situation. we don't know the whole case and we haven't even really talked to apology. held on $10,000 cash bail and if we makes bail. he's subject to gps monitoring, confi

. >>> also on 7, a tewksbury man faces alarming charges. police say he beat a 15-year-old that teenager died this morning at the hospital. byron burnett is live in lowell to tell us more about the tragedy. >> reporter: police say this case is investigated very aggressively. now, this is where the incident happened here. police say there was a large party going on with a lot of underage drinking. no one teen is dead and another facing charges. >> he's 18 years old, and he's absolutely terrified. zagarella of tuewksbury bragged about beating a boy who place say bumped into him during a party on friday night. police say several teenagers including the victim were drinking and intoxicated behind this barn whether it happened. >> the victim stomach bemed into the defendant by accident, and the defendant responded by picking him up, turning him up and slamming his head down onto a concrete floor, which caused grievous injury to him. >> reporter: authorities say the died from grain injuries and assault and battery charges are expected to be upgrad

mario invited us to his home here in tewksbury to tell us what happened to him. he even showed us one of the bullets that dr. king removed from his side. mario was serving a warrant on november 2 of 2010, when he was shot three times in the stomach, twice in the chest, and once in the arm. he was rushed to mass general and taken to s he says, dr. king literally squeezed his heart to get it to start pumping again. >> my heart stopped twice. i have died on the table twice and that he had cut my diagram and reached in with his own hand and squeezed my heart and pumped it and got it back going again. >> the reporter: that's incredible, right? now mario sales the only thing he kept saying was just get me home to see my son again and credits dr. king with getting him home and seeing his little at 10:00 p.m. it's an incredible story. we're live in tewksbury, john monahan, fox 25 news. >> mark: we look forward to that john. new at 6:30 p.m., the city of boston will spend millions of dollars to improve of the response time of local ambulances. the city is hiring 20 new em

there's tewksbury at chelmsford. our game of the week. upper 70s at 4:00, half time, good news, the winds will be light. by the way, cape cod and the convenient yard added to the frost advisory. we know how cold it can get at the airport at the vineyard. if you're away from the water, even inland, on that island, watch those plans, as you get closer to the cape cod canal, toward falmouth, a better chance of seeing frost overnight tonight. better chance -- as we go i-95, highlighted blue area. that's a freeze warning. couple hours of that will do damage to vegetation, upper 40s and early 40s, couple spots like norwood, framingham, the metrowest neighborhoods, protect your plants here, right along the coastline, mid and upper 30s. not too concerned about any frost in the greater boston area. as soon as you get outside of the city, the chance for the urban heat island to have a lesser affect on your temperatures. you'll see temperatures down in tonight. future cast, we go to bed cold and wake up nice. anything you do outside, we're in good s

this year's team, though, finds itself 3-3 going into november and our jeff tewksbury takes a look at what the win in san francisco means going forward. >> the bucs' formula for defense moves up to stop the ru, throw over them. in spite of spotting the 49ers 14 early points, the bucs did nt stray from that formula, and ths jameis winston touchdown pass made it 27 uninterrupted points. they made it look easy, but name us -- jameis not. it was one scramble on the third down conversion that we worked t the end of practice one day and even though we were working it t a different part of the field, e worked it. >> rogers once again is the work horse in the bucs' back field. no surprise to lone star state native, mike evans. >> he's from texas, just like m. he's a baller. so it's great to get him. our o line has been playing great. just playing complement refootball. >> the defense came back to limt colin kaepernick and the 49ers offense. 17 points allowed usually meansa bucs victory and the defense isn't reading anything more into it. >> it's another win. it's always better than a loss. no

that 15-year-old allegedly stumbled into a 18-year-old joseph zagarelli, also of tewksbury. police say, that's when zagarelli picked up the 15-year-old boy, and slammed him, head first, into the concrete floor. witnesses say zagarelli then bragged about it. zagarelli was arraigned in lowell district court today. he pleaded not guilty to assault and battery with a dangerous truth will come out. >> i know there's other kids involved. >> he's feeling horrible too, you know, it's an unfortunate situation. we don't know the whole case. we haven't even really talked to joe. >> the reporter: police say the homeowner, identified in court papers, as thomas ogden, was asleep inside his house and claimed, he had no knowledge of the party. after the altercation, the group of boys brought the unconscious victim into the house, police say, he told the boys, get that kid out of with drunk kids. we knock on mr. ogden's toward today for reaction, but nobody answered. and prosecutors are charging joseph zagarelli with battery with a dangerous weapon charge, because they say, they consider the

. >>> tewksbury man is due in court for a fight that land teenager in the hospital. the teenager is hospitalized with a severe head injury. it happened at a fight on boylston street. neighbors we spoke with describe the commotion. >> there was a lot of loud choices. obviously party was going on, but nothing more. >> catherine: 18-year-old.zagerello was arrested. >>> the driver responsible for endangerment of a child. he ran a red light and ran into a tractor-trailer. it happened when his 6-year-old daughter was in the car. the tractor-trailer driver said at first he had no idea what happened. >> i hear this boom, so i thought i blew a tire, but as i looked through my rear-view mirror i see -- i am dragging a car. >> reporter: leonardo and his daughter were rushed to the hospital, but they are okay. police say that leonardo cocaine in the car just a cup of hours before the crash. >>> 4:41 now up. check traffic and weather 93 southbound a 28-minute ride. >>> breezy start of the day. wind chills out there again. feels like upper 30s from plymouth to boston to bedford an

police say zagarella and tewksbury high school got into an altercation and zagarella slammed the boy into the floor. police and prosecutors have not identified the vick t. the victim's family, including his aunt, said today after the court session that the truth will come out. >> i know that there are other kids involved, and i hope that justice on that side, and i'm sorry for the boy's family. >> vanessa: the prosecutor's upgraded after officials complete their investigation. fox 25's chris flanagan spent the day gathering new details on the story. he'll have a live report ahead at 5:00 p.m. in the control room, vanessa welch, fox 25 news. >> i. >> i all across new england, kids are getting ready with their costumes for trick-or-treat. let's check in with fox 25 storm tracker chief meteorologist kevin lemanowicz on what to expect tonight. >> kevin: it's been cool out there, that's for sure. we're seeing a lot of clear skies, which is nice and with a new moon tonight, you know it's going to be dark out there as well. temperatures have been in the 50's all afternoon, most evening come

you get out across route 2 in the low 40s, tewksbury at 44. we'll talk more on this forecast as "today in new england" starts right now. >> christa: breaking news now at 5:00 a.m. officials calling today's morning commute the first true test for drivers since the mass pike tolls went all electronic. >> sarah: and a driver expected to face a judge today, accused of hitting three people in salem. why police say that man never should have been behind the wheel. obtaining a search warrant for newly discovered e-mails in the hillary clinton server scandal as a high-rank democrat accuses the f.b.i. director of breaking the law. >> sarah: and rob gronkowski breaks a patriots' record. see the play that had gronk taking a bow and going down in the history books. >> this is 7news "today in new england." >> sarah: first at 5:00, state officials are warning drivers on the mass pike to brace for big delays this morning. the electronic transition expected to cause huge headaches. good monday morning, everybody. happy halloween. i'm sarah french. >> christa:

temperatures in the mid-50s in tewksbury and lexington down to natick. walpole and milton at 53

temperatures in the mid-50s in tewksbury and lexington down to natick. walpole and milton at 53 56 in hanover. 5 in sand witch and 54 on the vineyard. clouds over southeastern massachusetts. day planner with mostly cloudy skies. i am not going to tell you overcast all day. a couple of cracks in the clouds. we do move into the upper 60s by lunchtime here. yes, more clouds than anything else in the forecast and we will be watching for inland pop-up showers and thunderstorms here during the afternoon and even watching the potential for some hail along with some of those. coming break of the most likely areas to ewet weather. julie, back to you for live drive time traffic. . >> reporter: south of route 3 wide open and 24 and 95. pike clear from 125 to 128 and into the allston-brighton areas. it no complaint about 93 south or route 1. single digits on the expressway. 19 minutes on 93 south. >>> by the time the sun comes up this morning, tom brady will be back at work at gillette stadium. his deflategate suspension is now over. video of q b-12 working out at t

. >>> a tewksbury man facing alarming charges today after he beat a 15-year-old boy at a at stop & , ring low prices by the thousands, plus even more that just dropped. all these low prices! what are you trying to do, get me to feed the whole neighborhood? no. just trying to save you a whole lot of ?bread.? [ laughter ] thousands of blue tags, thousands of low prices. >>> the halloween forecast may give you the chills with the mild temperatures we enjoyed to wrap up the weekend yesterday. it will be mild again by the middle of the week, but we continue the ups and downs. can you keep up? fall is typical this time of year. we're 10 degrees cooler than 24 hours ago. it was a mild day yesterday, even 70 degrees coast before the rain moved in. for tonight it's dry and chilly. upper 40s stretching from bedford into boston, 45 in worcester, 54 degrees norwood to plymouth. any way you cut it and slice it, trick-or-treating forecast is for a jacket and possibly a heavy coat. mostly clear skies and as the winds die down, it allows the temperatures to cool off by 9:00 p.m. in the upper 30s and

randy: a tewksbury teen prepares to face a judge this morning accused of seriously beating another teen at a party in lowell. 18-year-old joseph zangerella is charged with assault and battery with a deadly weapon. police say he left a 15-year-old in grave condition after a fight at the underage drinking party friday night. they say his head was slammed emily: police are searching for the man they say attacked an mbta employee, while wearing a mask. the worker was at the cedar grove station on the mattapan line early sunday morning. he tells police the suspect claimed he didn't have money for the fare, and then punched the worker in the face and pulled him onto the platform. the attacker took off when two passengers called for help. up as an army soldier for a block party yesterday inspired by his dad, who's been stationed in iraq. but what he didn't realized was that his dad was there. army sergeant jermaine hayes surprised his son at the event. now they can go trick-or-treating tonight, together. emily: the patriots are cruising into a bye week after yesterday's win over the buffalo bi

in fact, 36 in tewksbury and 34 in medway. pretty chilly stuff. mid-30s in boston that's where we have been all morning and gone up one 4:00 a.m. again, warm-up starting slowly and bigger jumps in the coming hours and we have 40s here along the south shore and down and mostly in the 30s and noon time 58? and sunshine by 3:00 p.m. we got 60s on tap and it is going to feel good and and ten minutes and see you over at julie at live drive time traffic. >> steady slow spots shiri and 128 southbound as you approach the braintree split and north of the pike 128 southbound and lexington and route 1 in saugus heavy steady volume. here are live drive times, 47 minutes on the pike eastbound from 495 to mass ave and hour 128 southbound peabody to the weston tolls. back to you. >> sara: david ortiz says his good-byes to fenway park. >> blair: fans cheer and major league baseball career. this morning at fenway. jess, last night was end of post season, of course, but also the end of an era. >> big papi as came back out on to mound moments before the game wrapped

well, into the stiff lowell, seeing some heavy rain around you, as well, off to the east on 495, tewksbury, for instance, up around andover and dracut as well getting some of that heavier rain. to the northshore, revere beach, lindh, marblehead, everything in orange. check out cape cod, you're getting hit hard with this rain. not seeing any lightni coming down hard. the deeper the red, the herd it is raining and that's about as hard as you'll see it rain here with a non-tropical event. route 6 is taking a pounding right now. off to the south western, you'll see our live stormtracker radar system pick up the radar site from long island. so this conversation new york city. you feel the heavy rain that came on threw, may have played a part in the airplane mishap this evening we've been talking about, but there's also a couple lightning strikes. starting to fade away because they're getting a little older and fade away with time. i've seen lightning strikes offshore here, as well. so bottomline there's thunderstorm activity with the heavy rain moving toward us. if you're a skierle and wonderin

let's zoom into tewksbury where we had trees and wires down on kendall road. this is the concern right through tomorrow. overnight lows in the 40s. but we'll see windchills that will be colder. check this out as you wake up 7:30 in the morning on a sunday. it's gonna be feeling like the upper 20s in nashua and worcester. feeling like the freezing mark around beverly, boston and norwood. feeling like the middle 30s on cape cod in on or keep it inside a little while longer. it's gonna be windy all day but we also see a return to sunshine with highs in the middle to upper 50s. we're gonna wipe out the rain chance for tomorrow. monday we have to bring a chance of a shower back, and then on wednesday, there's a chance of one of those ocean-effect showers trying to develop. let's track this with futurecast. we start out the day still with a few clouds. watch how they clear out during the midday and afternoon. and then we are dry for your sunday evening plans. it's gonna be a little less windy, but still breezy. and here's another reason why those winds aren't ready

a batch of steady rain from lynn to beverly to tewksbury to nashua, new hampshire. stick around, your five minutes away from the full forecast and improvements for the weekend. >>> happening today, a man accused of robbing a boston he may have had it figured it out with a mask from a getaway car but didn't know there was an off duty officer working inside that bank. jessica reyes is live at the west woks burry bank this morning but jess, the bank closed yesterday so police could investigate. >> reporter: yeah, it was closed for several hours after this all happened and as you said, we know this officer was working in detail inside the bank when this guy walked in with a mask on. she ended up chasing after him >> red sweatshirt on and has a mask on his face. took off in a red sedan on to spring street. >> that is the officer you hear talking to dispatch as she called for backup yesterday. this all started inside the city of boston credit union when the suspect richard casano walked in with a mask over his face and a bag in his hand. asked him to take off the mask and

the clouds just reaching tewksbury and salisbury right now and they will be sinking southward. the last to get in on clouds will be southeastern mass starting off nice and clear with temps in the mid- to upper 60s now. 76 at noon. i do have those passing clouds. but you know what, partly cloudy around lunchtime. brighten s up around 3 p.m. 78 degrees. humidity will be dropping, so i have a little good news there. the day coming up in less than 10. >>> julie is here with live drive time traffic. hey, julie. >> julie: expressway back to normal for 5:30 on a weekday. normal volume there. nothing slowing you down. pike is clear from 495 to 128 into the allston-brighton area. north of the pike, route 1 and 93 south are clear. live drive times. 23 minutes on the pike eastbound from 495 to mass avenue. 14 minutes on the expressway. 21 minutes on 128 southbound from peabody to the weston tolls. ba >>> police spent hours overnight investigating the death of a local teenager killed while riding his bike. they even drove that vehicle at the scene and slammed on the brakes. >> gene: the bi

it is literally freezing. 34 in tewksbury where you will find frosty conditions to get you out the door. lexington and natick at 33 degrees. down to 34. and boston about 10 degrees warmer. lower 40s right now in the city. harwich at 40 degrees. and inland towns and cities like norton down to 35. it is going to be chilly. lots of 30s on tap as we inch toward 7 a.m. still going to be a lot of 30s out there. i would say 9 a.m. is really the mark where they will be working their way to the 40s in most towns and is it is. noontime, 58 degrees. nice and sunny. seasonable this afternoon meaning this is where we should be in the lower 60s at this time of the year. i will show you how long it week in ten minutes. julie is here with live drive time traffic. julie, i know you are following some issues on the t. >> julie: i am. orange line experiencing delays because of a disabled train near oak grove. the braintree branch. delays between jtk umass an north quincy because of continuing work. new accident on 93 south as you approach 128 in that area of the cloverleaf. shifting over to the pike. from

. >>> tewksbury man is due in court accused of assault with a dangerous weapon for a fight that landed a teenager in the hospital. the 15-year-old is hospitalized it happened during a fight at an under aged drinking party on boylston street. neighbors we spoke with describe the commotion. >> there was a lot of loud noises. it was obvious there was a party going on but nothing more. >> 18-year-old joseph zakerello was arrested. charge could be upgraded if the teenager does not arrive. >>> now at 6:56 this morning, a woman and two kids are hurt in a hit-and-run. coming up the busy intersection >>> and forget the monsters and the ghosts, the mass pike that is expected to be the big scare on halloween. we have team coverage from the ground and in the air. we have team coverage from the ground and in the air. we will update the congestion massachusetts has many great public schools, and we took it for granted that our kids would go to great public schools. but some kids aren't so lucky. where they live, they don't go to a great school, and they have no choice. imagine if your kids were trap

andover, tewksbury, billerica, acton, wilmington, middleton, beverly and north reading where butch is for the football game. heavy rain in and around the ball field. i'll keep tracking this and >> mark: other top stories at 6:30 p.m. the suspect accused of kidnapping and raping a 13-year-old girl on the way to lawrence is being held without bail. angel mateo faced a judge today and a second person has come forward claiming that mateo attacked her in may. he is due in court next month. the pan charged with shooting a chelsea teen is being held on $100,000 bail. christian garcia hid behind a courtroom door during his arraignment this morning. prosecutors say he is a gang member who goes by the name, pomba. was shot in the shoulder by a stray bullet wednesday night. he was lying in his bed on the third floor of an apartment building on bellingham street when he was hit. a witness says garcia fired several shots at people near a park. three bullets went into the wall of his bedroom. three men who confessed to blowing up a newspaper box in salem were ordered to stay away from the area. joh

. >> his motorcycle collided with a garbage truck in tewksbury. this morning, that man and hits family completed a very long journey in order to say thank you. jay ton mcdonald watched his wife meredith roll into boston this morning. the brigham. the trip was an emotional experience for the entire family. >> this is where our journey with brine injury began, which changed our entire life. >> friends cheered as meredith arrived, and there were hugs from some of the doctors and nurses who treated nathan back in 2009. >> he was broken from the head down and inside-out, had every bone and every ailment wrong with him, but nothing has impacted our life like brain injury. >> the reporter: when nathan left the hospital, meredith started a awareness about traumatic brain injury. >> everybody i knows who has brain injury, was simply an accident. it was in some crazy way, an accident. it can happen to anybody. >> the reporter: the big life foundation helped survivors find places to learn new therapies and it lists activities they can do with other people wh

stick it to the lions 27-13 tewksbury 2 and 0. are go to facebook page butch stearns much more highlights and stories from chelmsford last night. >>> cleveland indians win 1-0 over toronto. game 2:00, 4:00 game. with 8:00, cubs and dodgers. have a great saturday. >> heather: i love this story. these ones always great. a powerful show of sportsman ship at a cross-country meet. >> ted: a runner from holyoke rolled his ankle around the first mile mark and had to stop. schools, they teamed up and carried this guy the rest of the way through. a hailing mile and a half. even made sure he crossed the finish line first. saying that's what they would've want if it was one of their own teammates. >> heather: great job, guys. >> ted: absolutely. if you think you're a good driver or like the idea of getting some free money you'll want to see this story. coming up. how safe driving could put cash in your pocket. >> heather: yes, please. i'll take that. and what i'm really not happy about is take a look at the wind sheer values. adding a chill