wesley wright is here in the is acatawba county jail, it had was an air soft revolver, similar to a bb gun. fox 46, wjzy. >> well the sheriff said that wright will likely have his first court appearance monday morning. >> a pot bus in the carolinas, results in arrest of two people, on bradley farm road in statesville, they found a significant amount of pot in a bedroom next to a playpen. matthew franklin ward was arrested during a traffic stop yesterday. nicholas allen turned himself in last night and also faces multiple drug charges. >> tense moments today at a local school, as fire alarms and since home, at the walter g by ars elementary school, they believe that the fire was intentionaly set, due to evidence they found in one of the school bathrooms, this morning fire crews were reportedly talking with a few students with their parents. >> we gave cms advice, the school did have smoke in it, we advised them it would be best to have cms clean the school, and air fillers change -- filters changed. >> classes to resume monday. keep it at fox 46. >> if you are out and about, you see new

police arrested 22-year-old wesley wright. what did chang have to say about her experience? >> maureen, chang was shaken up. she never thought anything like this would ever happen to her and she is lucky to still be alive. >> get out. get out. i have a gun. >> that is what happened to her friday morning when a man with a gun tried to get into her car. >> he kept walking by the car and looking in my side mirror he had a gun. and he ran up. >> the 14-year-old daughter was in the car with her going to her >> both were emotional late into the afternoon. >> there is a guy trying to kill usment. >> the suspect has been identified as 22-year-old wesley wright a man chang has never seen before. walker has lived in the neighborhood for 35 years and this is the first time an incident like this happened there. >> it is not a welcome mat for him. that is unusual in this community because it's quiet and nothing has ever happened like that here. >> while being chased by wright chang flagged down the school bus and the operator called 9-1-1. >> my daughter's bus came and i honked on the sc

with 15 other kids, the bus driver called 911, went an hour, sheriff deputies have the suspect wesley wright jr. in custody, they discovered he had an air soft gun when he tried to carjack chang and her daughter. jenna: all new at 10:00, authorities say they cracked the case, after a couple was arrested for breaking into a local convenient store, lincoln county deputies charged 21-year-old adam mcnichol and 23-year-old leslie nicole boone with breaking and entering among other charges, at food country store in veil, where boone was a former employee. on march 7 one of the suspects climbed through the air-conditioning unit then stole $4500 from the company office. they were released after posting as there are 5,000 bond, their first appearances are scheduled for monday. jenna: we learned that belmont mother accused of keeping her children out of school for more than 3 years is still in jail, 36-year-old jenniffer elam is held in gaston county jail on $50,000 bond. her knock next court appearance is scheduled april 21, she filled out correct paperwork to take her children out of school in 2012

with 15 other kids, the bus driver called 911, went an hour, sheriff deputies have the suspect wesley wright jr. in custody, they discovered he had an air soft gun when he tried to carjack chang and her daughter. jenna: all new at 10:00, authorities say they cracked the case, after a couple was arrested for breaking into a local convenient store, lincoln county deputies charged 21-year-old adam mcnichol and 23-year-old leslie nicole boone with breaking and entering among other charges, at food country store in veil, where boone was a former employee. on march 7 one of the suspects climbed through the window, by removing air-conditioning unit then they were released after posting as there are 5,000 bond, their first appearances are scheduled for monday. jenna: we learned that belmont mother accused of keeping her children out of school for more than 3 years is still in jail, 36-year-old jenniffer elam is held in gaston county jail on $50,000 bond. her knock next court appearance is scheduled april 21, she filled out correct paperwork to take her children out of school in 2012. but she was not

. >> deputies arrested wesley wright. they put him in handcuffs and placed him in this chair sitting near a curb in front of a home. he's charged with felonious attempted robbery with a

. >> deputies arrested wesley wright. they put him in handcuffs and placed him in this chair sitting near a curb in front of a home. he's charged with felonious attempted robbery with a 15 swat members were training a mile away when the initial call came out. >> no word to describe it. within two minutes we had cars lined up down the street. >> they're looking out for you. >> that luck didn't run out. we were with deputies as they searched a 3/4 of a mile trail through the neighborhood looking for the weapon. they found the air soft pistol in woods behind a tree. he denied knowing anything about the pistol or what happened. >> keep that for your answer. get that camera out of my face or i'm going to spit on it. >> fortunately he didn't spit on me. he's locked up under a 50,000- dollar bond tonight. reporting live from hickory, dave faherty, channel 9 eyewitness news. >>> now dave was tweeting pictures from the scene all morning long. you can follow him,@fahertywsoc9. a breaking story out of greenville south carolina. kill

. >> an hour long man hunt, deputies arrested wesley wright. charged with attempted robbery with a dangerous weapon. >> a major company coming to charlotte bringing hundreds of jobs. >> and expected to bring a huge economic boost as well. elsa gillis is here to break down this multimillion dollar investment. >> papal has ten other operation centers and reported $9.2 billion in revenue last year. this is a successful company that hopes to expand further. so this decision is big for the >> 400 new jobs right here in charlotte, north carolina. >> i think it's great for the city. >> this is something that was part of what we moved here for. >> after a national search, papal chose charlotte to open its 11th operation center. >> we are here because of the engineering talent and labor pool and the opportunity the economic opportunity that is here in charlotte. >> new positions will include customer service, risk operations, engineering and technology. the company plans to advertise for jobs in late may or early june and start training in september. >>

. >> deputies arrested wesley wright, charges with attempted robbery with a deadly weapon. >>> take a live look outside, starting out almost 60. this is sort of the beginning of a cooldown. >> already we are starting off in the 50s, 60s across the carolinas, cooler in the but the main difference for today compared to the past couple days, we won't see much of a warmup from here on out. we'll keep that chance of rain around. st. patrick's day parade going on this morning as well as all the other festivities in uptown, have that rain gear just in case. we have increased rain chances for saturday, and a look at the hourly forecast after the break. >>> investigators say a dallas man is accused of stealing $18,000 worth of gas. the reason he was able to steal 9,000 gallons and how easily he transported all the gas. and a major company coming to charlotte is bringing hundreds of jobs. >> this is something that was part of what we moved here for. >> the reasons the company picked charlotte and what the move says about the city's future. first, a south carolina town is a high risk of seeing t

after an hour long manhunt involving s.w.a.t., deputies arrested wesley wright, charged with attempted robbery with a dangerous weapon. >> i was so scared, i couldn't remember if he said get out, out, get out. >> that's the man taken into custody after the manhunt and he is facing serious charges of attempted robbery with a dangerous weapon. >>> take a live look outside, looks like the ground could be a little wet. we are tracking some rain. >> already this morning tracking one or two showers to start the day. temperatures are mild, in the upper 50s and low 60s across the metro. a wider view shows 40s up in the mountains as we start. if you're heading out, maybe the rain jacket or umbrella if you're heading to the festival and parade this morning. rain chances are scattered. not everyone will see rain today. more of those details coming up. >>> investigators say a dallas man accused of stealing $18,000 worth of gas was busted. coming up, the reason he was how easily he transported all the gas. >>> a major company coming to charlotte bringing hundreds of jobs. >> this is something that

. >> reporter: when wesley wright looked across the street at the enormous turnout, he saw a community coming together. he saw hope. >> it is an extremely dangerous job. and we just can't take each day for granted. >> reporter: and those two prince william county police officers who were shot and seriously wounded in that ambush, remain at a nova fairfax hospital. both are reporting live from woodbridge, andrea mccarren, wusa 9. >> all right, andrea. thank you. a reminder of the risks of the job and the gratitude of a community. the wounded officers andrea just mentioned are guindon's field training officer, 33-year- old david mccowan and jesse hempin, who is 31. >>> we have new information on the man accused of shooting officer guindon and crystal hamilton. court documents show ronald hamilton was arrested in 2006 for allegedly pulling a loaded gun on a man in a parking lot in tennessee. it started when the victim apparently yelled at hamilton for driving too close to him and his girlfriend. hamilton was charged but not convicted of aggravated assault. >>> and tonight at 11 7:00, ther