victoria warren with the very latest from weymouth now. >> reporter: 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 six-year-old here. >> it is just not right. >> reporter: already trouble for gardner. police checking to make sure he is still living where he registered after quincy police say he was ticketed for trespassing at a homeless shelter. that trespassing ticket came saying gardner was in the library using a computer. for that, the 49-year-old will be summonsed to court. >> you are supposed to feel in your own home. nobody feels safe. we don't know yet when that court summons is going to be. weymouth police are also investigating a report from a neighbor who says they saw gardner peering over his fence and also a report from gardner's parents who say somebody threw so

also from the night team, community concerns on rise in weymouth. when convicted rapist released put neighbors there on edge alexis live in weymouth where this man could facing more trouble tonight. >> ryan this man was spotted a library in also a homeless shelter. he's supposed to be a living neighbors near hooker in weymouth want laws regarding sex offenders changed. >> amanda hill has turned her anger into action. she's organized an online petition now that level three sex offender richard gardner has moved into her weymouth neighborhood. >> i strongly believe all level three sex offenders should be on gps monitoring device. gardner was convicted in rhode island in massachusetts of kidnapping and raping children in the 1980s. overturned on appeal. and last week he was let out on parole and moved into his parents's chandler street home. >> on tuesday, police visited home checking to see if gardner living where he is registered. it follows a series of incidents over the weekend. officials at father bill's homeless shelter in quincy told gardner to

live in weymouth. victoria warren 7news "today in new england." >>> now on 7. two suspects are behind bars down in virginia in connection with deadly home invasion that happened in orange. britney submit killed a 95-year-old man. thomas haridy and injured his johanna. we learn this morning that suspect were arrested outside of wal-mart in lexington, virginia while they were found inside a u-hu u-haul. >> they get away with murder today. i hope they don't. >> right nowic searching for motive behind the crime. right now a wrong-way driver in flewton forced cars to swerve out of the way. police believe this driver got on the pike at exit 19 going fwhes the eastbound lane. they say he drove for about three miles before crashing his car. happened yesterday afternoon around 3:30. that driver an 80-year-old man who police believe had some sort of medical emergency. you see him he was brought to an ambulance there although a few other cars did have to crash to injured in that incident. >>> also this morning th

now it's cause for concern in a community in weymouth. neighbors say they're worried about their children. victoria warren has the latest reaction. vicki? >> victoria: good morning, christa, this man's crimes date back to the 1908s. he spent years in prison. last week he was released on probation. signs are up in the neighborhooding but some people who live here say they are terrified. richard gardner said more than 30 years for child rape and the level 3 sex offender was originally sentenced to 190 years in rhode island, 15 in massachusetts, but his rhode island sentence was reduced on appeal. people in this weymouth neighborhood saying given what he'd done, he never should have been allowed to move back in with his parents. >> he has 11 counts of kidnap, breaking into someone's home, holding a knife the a child's neck, tying a kid to a tree. i mean, this is beyond for me >> kris: when we knocked on his parents home, there was no answer at the door. weymouth police have already been called out to this neighborhood twice. one time a neigh

he moved back here with his parent in weymouth. earlier this month, the plymouth county district attorney's office admitted making a mistake during the process of gardner in custody after his sentence. last night he was arrested at a boston shelter on a fugitive from justice charge out of rhode island and people we've spoke with are relieved he is back behind bars. >> you've got three little boys over there, a couple of kids over there two girls next to me. >> just as long as richard gardner is on the street, nobody's kids are safe. >> reporter: gardner expected to be in roxbury district court on monday and extradited back to rhode island. gardner did in in quincy that may have led to his arrest. in weymouth, stephanie coueignoux fox 25 news. >> ted: today, counselors will be at boston community leadership academy following the death of a student. as of now the student's name has not been release of the student killed in a crash on hyde park. near the american legion highway yesterday afternoon. witnesses say it looked like the dri

weymouth police investigated. there were in charges related to argue that but in quincy he's excited when police there say he illegally went into a public library. so we should what exactly this from base violation is when he appears before a judge later today. live this morning in south boston, victoria warren, 7news "today in new england." vicki, thank you. meantime, we're trying to figure out what caused this major fire that happened in the back bay. cell phone video shows the scene from sunday. investigators say the fire caused around $900,000 worth of damage there. so the flames damaged a basement, a restaurant, a first-floor art gallery, as well, and some apartments. in the basement of this building on newbury street, but luckily no one was with hurt. >> sarah: a scary situation in a revere neighborhood after reports of gunfire. it happened on francis street early sunday morning. six people have been taken into custody, but no one has been charged. the swat team was called in, putting the neighborhood in loc

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live in weymouth, nicole estaphan, wcvb, newscenter 5. emily: nicole, thank you. two people are in jail charged in the murder of this elderly man in orange. still no clue as to why thomas harty and his wife were targeted by these suspects. joshua hart and brittany smith arrested states away in virgi virginia pair was released from jail for stealing smith's grandmother's car. police have yet to release a motive for the crime, and the victims' family says none of this makes sense. >> it's a shame the thing went down like it did. he would have given him the car or the money if they asked. emily: the two suspects are held without bail in virginia. they could be back in massachusetts as early as thursday to face murder charges. randy: right now, police are roxbury shooting that injured a 9-year-old girl. this morning there are concerns that she may suffer long-term paralysis. police are calling the violence on sunday morning a random act. the police commissioner evans tell "the herald" surveillance video shows two people getting out of a white

a weymouth neighborhood on edge after new concerns surrounding this registered sex offender recently released from prison. police paid a home after learning he was at a quincy library without authorization. byron barnett is live in brimm -- weymouth. >> reporter: neighbors here are angry and upset this man is in their neighborhood. he is registered to live here at his parents' home in women out and now there -- womeneth and there is concern about him showing up in other places where he is a weymouth neighborhood in an uproof after a level 3 sex offender moves in. >> there are more laws protecting him than our kids. >> reporter: richard gardner was convicted of kidnapping and raping children in the 1980s. after nearly 30 years in prison he was released on probation last week and allowed to move in with his parents. >> kids play manhunt. not one kid out in this weekend. >> reporter: police went to the home to check if gardner was living where he was police told gardner to leave when he showed up here saturday evening. earlier that day police say gardner was cited for entering the crane

live in weymouth, wbz news. >> boston police want you to see these pictures. they say this man tried to sexual assault a woman inroxbury that happened saturday afternoon near e mission hill. the attacker is described as a hispanic male in his late 20s. >> temperatures falling. it's still 50 degrees out there. it won't be as cold tomorrow morning. here are pictures with us now -- eric is here with us now. >> it looks like this morning we started off in the 20s to low 30s and some places have dropped off a lot. norwood at 35. that airport is always a cold temperatures should level off now as the clouds start to move in from the west, so chilly start tomorrow morning for sure. i don't think we'll see the 0s out the door. upper 30s at the bus stop. into the 60s tomorrow afternoon. it will be a nice rebound after that cold morning much like what we saw today. there's a look towards thursday. we are watching this front to the west. that brings us a chance for a few rainshowers, so at least a couple raindrops coming our way. we'll take a look at the timing for that i

. >> anchor: parents in weymouth on alert after a rapist is spotted in a public library. parents say that's not enough. byron barnett has the story. >> reporter: the presence of level 3 sex offender richard gardener causing an uproar in this weymouth neighborhood. >> you got 3 little boys over there. a couple kids over there. 2 girls next door to me. kidnaping and raping children in the 1980s. after 30 years in probation he was released on probation last week and allowed to move in with his parents. are kids playing in the neighborhood? >> not as much no. >> reporter: police went to the home after questions arose about whether gardener was living where he was registered. officials say police told him to leave when he showed up here saturday evening. ear cited for entering the crane library in quinsy. back in the weymouth neighborhood amanda hill and others posted fliers warning residents about gardener. she says she started an online petition calling for gardener and others like him to be with gps tracking devices. >> their rights surpass the the children should come firs

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

now he's back home in weymouth. parents in the neighborhood understandably concerned. >> it's uncomfortable. a lot of young kids. it's not just right. >> he's a bad guy who did some very bad things. i remember it very well. i remember exactly what he did and how strongly we felt about prosecuting and convicting him. nicole: that's the prosecutor. he says he can't believe gardner is out. look at these posters, also flooding social media with warnings to parents about gardner's dangero we're live in weymouth this morning, nicole estaphan, wcvb, newscenter 5. emily: state police are trying to figure out how a man drove the wrong way on the mass pike for three miles. police say the 80-year-old driver started heading west in the eastbound lane around the alston-brighton tolls. he was taken to the hospital after the crash. police say there was another crash as drivers tried to avoid the wrong-way car, but no one the same stage, the presidential candidates will be in the same state today, pushing their message to voters. r

he has not been seen today at his parent's home in weymouth where he has been staying. ed: the red sox are done after being swept by the cleveland indians in the playoffs, but manager john farrell will return to the dugout in 2017. sox president of baseball operation dave dumbrowski making that announcement today. this was just moments after a nice recovery after a chilly start. aj: we managed to get up in the 60's with that sunshine and the sun angle makes every bit of difference this time of year as a gets lower and lower in the skies. right now the clouds are not far off to the west and some of them are heading in our direction. later on we will have a blanket effect with clouds preventing closer to town it is 60 and worcester, plymouth that 58 and hyannis, nantucket i-57. temperatures will slowly have down into the 40's in boston, and skies will start to cloud over a little bit. the sunset just after 6:00 this evening. we will talk about the threat for rain and the latest on hurricane nicole, which is still a category b hampshire working to figure out if a toddler w

a new accident route 3 northbound right before route 18 in weymouth. shift slightly west, 24 and 95 still clear. expressway starting to slow down just a little bit around morrissey boulevard. live drive times. 14 minutes on route 3 from 228 to the split. 17 minutes on 24. 16 minutes on the expressway >>> four people are dead and nine injured in san diego already a truck flies off of an overpass into crowded park. hundreds of people were in the park for an event on saturday when the truck fell 60 feet landing on some of victims. officials arrested the driver a 25-year-old sill i don't remember. they suspect alcohol was involved in the crash. >>> tyson gay is mourning the loss of his daughter. tritny gay was hit in the neck by a stray bullet outside of a fast food restaurant. she was a track star at her high school in lexington, kentucky following in her father's footsteps. no charges have been filed in her death, but police say they have questioned some suspects. >>> fox25 49er colin kepernick made the first start of the season but it wasn't without con

this week families in weymouth said they wanted richard gardner out of their neighborhood after he was released on parole. he moved to boston and now days later he is back behind bars. amaka ubaka spoke to the mother of one of his victims. amaka isve end. >>> well, kim, richard gardner was arrested here at the shelter around 5:00 this evening for a violating his parole. i spoke to the mother of one of his victims and she says this has been an ongoing nightmare that's continued for the past 20 years. 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 paro

, there, but no showers in the area in weymouth. had some great shots being sent in, one of our producers sent in this great shot of the foliage out there today. you know it's looking good on cape cod as swell and an explosion at marshfield. pond and took this great picture hand this picture coming in to us from hopedale pond. dog not included in the foliage. there's the beautiful foliage back there, thanks to the great picture. get them to me fastest when i'm on the air at lemanowicz at fox 25. showers pushing off to our north and they're going to continue to push on by. a couple of heavier showers too. let's take a look on this an live fox 25 storm tracker radar. knife sunshine 5, through -- i-95 through portsmouth. this is pushing this way. off to the south and west, heavier shower through whitingham, vermont, about to come across i-91 and southwest new hampshire. that's all there is to talk about as far as showers. front to our south bringing showers and drizzle. not going to rain all the time but of the risk is there through th

. >> reporter: neighbors here in the neighborhood in weymouth are angry and upset this man is in their neighborhood. he is registered to live here at his parents' house in women out. now there is concern about him showing up in other places where he is not supposed to be. the presence of level three sex offender richard gardner causing an uproar in this weymouth. >> everybody i it. i would be too, you got three little boys over there. a couple of little kids over there. two little girls next to me, too. >> reporter: the 49-year-old was convicted of kidnapping and raping children back in the 1980s before nearly 30 years in prison, he was released on probation last week and allowed to move in with his parents. are kids playing in the neighborhood? >> not as much. no. i haven't seen half as many kids. >> reporter: today police gardner was limping where he was registered. officials say police told him to leave when he showed up here saturday evening. earlier that day, police say gardner was cited for entering the crane library in quincy where an employee says gardner was spotted using a li

victoria warren is live in weymouth with the very latest here. >> reporter: yeah, kris, we don't know if this is going to affect his probation or release. we do know police were inside his home for about 20 minutes today. then they left.

we're live in weymouth, nicole estaphan, newscenter 5. emily: flags will fly at half staff to honor five high schoolers killed in a wrongway crash. they were in the same car on 89, when police say that they were during gowin. they say that he stole a cruiser and crashed into seven more cars. he is now in critical condition in the hospital and will face five counsels of murder. randy: the two people charged in the murder of an elderly man in orange are going to be facing a judge tomorrow in virginia. that's why joshua hart and britney smith were arrested. they are being held without bail. they could be back in massachusetts as early as thursday to face murder charges in the death of thomasty police departments in texas and california did not report officer-involved shooting deaths in the past decade. the report finds registry created by the two states to report all incustody deaths did not show fatalities, from 2005 to 2015. those states are the only two in the country that require shootings. >> a plan to let australians vote on gay marria

. >> anchor: a weymouth convicted sex offender is behind bars violated probation. the 49-year-old man moved back into his parent's home after spending 27 years behind bars. >> reporter: he says he's being unfairly targeted by a hostile public. >> he was routed out of his house. there was no reason he couldn't go back to his home. >> reporter: the rereleased child rapist was arrested on friday.go library in quinsy where an employee says he was spotted using one of the library computers. his probation prohibits him from going places where there are children. >> it would be whether there was a fact there was a children's entrance. he didn't go in that entrance. he was in a common air in view of the main circulation desk. that's alleged. >> reporter: where he served prison for kidnaping and raping boys in the 1980s. gardener's recent release and return to parents home in weymouth caused a neighborhood uproar. >> so i definitely slept better and was able to walk around the neighborhood again. >> reporter: gardener's attornies says he was forced from parents home to home

he recently got out of prison and was living with his parents in weymouth. gardener is moving out of the house. gardener's probation will be supervised in suffolk county. gardener is moving after a rock was thrown through the window of his parents house. gardener is on probation for the next 50 years after completing his prison sentence. >> anchor: also on 7 a sex offender facing chilling charges. he appeared in court in connection to an attack on the south end. 7's john cocoa has details. >> reporter: 52-year-old ronald brown walked into court wednesday accused of into a south end apartment and attacking 2 woman at 4 a.m. on tuesday. the women told police they were bound assaulted. >> charged with breaking into an apartment where 2 people were tying both of them up. >> reporter: according to the court documents brown told one of the victims quote, if you you scream i'll kill you. brown allegedly took their cell phones and laptops and took their pass words. >> i have no comment. found a prescription medication bottle in the bedroom've one of the victims. bro

' home in weymouth. >> this is over 100 kids in the neighborhood. and they let him out to be here? >> that night, someone threw a rock through the family's window, and another neighbor reported to police gardener was acting suspiciously. his father told us he was worried for his family's safety. over the weekend, gardener tried checking into father bill's shelter in quincy but say level 3 offenders cannot stay there because the high school is right across the street. gardener also got into trouble for going into the thomas crane library in quincy, which does not allow level 3 sex offenders unless they have written permission. he did get a written summons violation for that. two women start add petition calling for better monitoring of level 3 second offenders. >> we want level 3 sex offenders in the state of massachusetts on gps tracking. those two women telling us that they did send it to the governor's office, who says they did get it and they are looking at it. straight ahead at 6:00, a little bit more about gardener's probation condition, we hav

. >> anthony: here in the coastal town of weymouth, at the marlboro, is where i'll be smashing deep-frieds with something called a chip. >> marco pierre white: sliced white bread and butter so we can make a chip butty. would you like a chip butty? >> anthony: i don't know that i've ever had one. i've heard of them. >> marco pierre white: delicious. >> anthony: all right. you're an easy man to please. >> anthony: the chef suggests le mushy peas infused with butter and cream. >> marco pierre white: i have such fond memories of weymouth. my sons went to school just down the road. >> anthony: yeah? >> marco pierre white: i used to bring them to the marlboro for lunch and that, and they weren't big fans of fish and chips because they were, sort of, 13, 14 and they preferred meat to fish and chips. but this is the best restaurant, in my opinion, in weymouth. >> anthony: thank you. >> marco pierre white: thank you. thank you, that's very kind. put the mushy peas in the middle. >> anthony: all right. >> marco pierre white: see, this is how we do it in yorkshire. you will not taste the mushy peas

todd: officially this is where he is living, his parents home in weymouth. tonight there is concern here and in quincy after an incident over the weekend. police say the level three sex offender was at the thomas crane a library and called police. officers ushered him out and gave him a summons for violating a city ordinance prohibiting sex offenders from entering libraries, schools, and day care centers without prior permission. later that day, he showed up at a homeless shelter. he was ordered to leave and issued a trespass warning. >> i have to pick my neighbors kids up because no one wants to let their kids while come. >> despite the visit to official residents. it's a tightknit neighborhood of young families, posters hanging on telephone poles warning residents about the level three sex offender in their mid-. -- in their midst. he was just released after 30 years of incarceration or kidnapping and raping several young boys in the 80's, driving them around in this car.

. >>> that accident on route 3 in weymouth has just cleared there's still though a lot of other issues south of the city. slow and go on route 3 in >>> we'll start with a developing story this morning, police are investigating a reported shooting. a man was shot just after 9 last night. he was taken by med flight to a boston hospital. >>> a level 3 sex offender who caused a stir by moving into a weymouth neighborhood is due in court today. >> and police in rhode island now saying he violated his terms of probation there. we're live in south boston with more. >> reporter: and police say gardner violated his by going to a library, a place that is off limits for registered sex offenders. recently released level 3 sex offender gardner is back in police custody. the 49-year old is convicted of raping and kidnaping several boys in massachusetts and rhode island in the 1980s. he was originally sentenced to 190 years in prison with but appealed and was given a lighter sentence. gardner was released earlier this month after just about 30 years behind bars. prior to him coming and that's a huge

support. >> they would be transporting him from augusta to weymouth. we figured we would get out and support him and his family. >> devastating. i'm torn to the core. i'm completely heart broken. >> sergeant o'connell's father said he died in his sleep apparently of natural causes. his wake and funeral will be held next week. >> hundreds of people donating blood today in honor of two boston police officers shot in h the boston police patrolman's association organized a blood drive honoring richard and matthew morris shot in east boston and have been steadily recovering since. another blood drive is in the works for the coming weeks. >> a garden party home opener for the b's. it turned out to be a good night. >> it turned out to be a good night. they had to come from behind. ? ? ? 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. y right checking from santander bank. imagine if your child were trapped in a failing school. imagine if

back in weymouth hill is now working with local lawmakers on tougher legislation around sex offender prison sentences and parole after the d.a. admitted to human error in not exercising their trite have gardner civilly committed and stay in custody. >> hopefully this never happens again and this is a wake-up call to just be >> reporter: i'm crystal haynes, fox 25 news. >>> revere police continue to investigate after a standoff between two men and officers this morning. officers were called to the home on francis street for reports of shots fired. when they arrived they say two people in the apartment refused to comply. state police say one man possibly armed had barricaded himself inside. eventually those two men surrendered. revere police have not said whether anyone will face charges. >> reporter: 577-year-old man was killed in this crash lakeville. it happened this afternoon on route 18. you see two motorcycles crash into a car. police investigating what caused this crash. we have asked investigators about the condition of those who survived it. we do know another people were all

fox 25's robert goulston is live in weymouth where people waited >> the reporter: mark, yeah. he served in some of the most dangerous corners of the world, but he died while on a weekend trip up in mainly. today, his fellow soldiers wanted to give him an honorable goodbye. >> it gives you the goose bumps, you know, watching that. >> the reporter: the procession that started three hours earlier in maine turned into a weymouth funeral home where family will say their goodbye. >> too emotional. it was very, very many people here for a local boy. >> the reporter: people, some of them complete strangers, waved flags for u.s. army staff sergeant sean christopher o'connell. the 36-year-old national guardsman, who served in iraq and afghanistan, with the 379th engineer company out of buzzard's bay died last weekend while on a hunting trip in maine with his brother and friend. his fellow soldiers say he died in his sleep from some sort of medical issue. the 379th company wanted to family, and you know, just -- i'm pretty sure he would want us to celebrate for him. he was that type of g

more volume on 95 from sharon. 24 out of brockton and route 3 from weymouth up to braintree. your trip on the expressway by the o'neal tunnel. buses and trains are on schedule. cindy. cindy: you saw the orange, how about a pink shot here? this is from sandy up in hampton falls. the el paca is nice, as well. gorgeous sky. this is courtesy of mid and high level clouds working on through. you can see they are sitting out across connecticut and rhode island so these are out of here, and the skies are going to brighten up. it's a deep blue sky but the north and west of town where it was in the 20s and 30s yesterday morning. it's mostly in the lower 40s now. 47 in worcester. 49 in boston, and colder 40s south of town on the cape. it took longer for the clouds to come in. the high pressure though going to give us a nice day. off to the west you can see the showers. these are going to work in our direction for tomorrow. so we'll see the temperatures come up by 10:00 into the mid 60s and low 60s at lunchtime and we hold there in boston under the sunshine. easterly wind developing, eas

he was released everily and was living with his parents in weymouth causing a big uproar. he'll now register a new address though officials didn't say exactly where. >> just ahead we'll have the latest on the shooting of 2 boston police officers. >> both in extremely critical condition. for prayers this morning. >> also an exclusive interview with the sheriffs deputy hailed a hero for ending a deadly stabbing rampage in taunton, who he says was the real hero. >> plus some answers with but more questions about why dead birds fell from the sky in dorchester. kelly ayotte: let's be honest - both donald trump and hillary clinton are far from perfect... and i'm not perfect either. i've worked to find solutions to new hampshire's heroin epidemic. and i've crossed the aisle to protect new hampshire's clean air and clean water. i've been called a problem solver by independent groups, and ranked as one of the most bipartisan senators. i'm kelly ayotte - and i approve this message, because whether i'm working with republicans, democrats, or independents, ? ? on social security and m

route 3 back to weymouth. 24 stop and go. 95 also slow from sharon up to 128. no problems heading in or out of town on the pike. take a look at those drive times if if you're getting ready to head out the door. 25 minutes braintree to boston on the expressway. 12 minutes enter town on the pike from 128. 93 southbound, 128 to the zakim running on schedule. back to you, guys. >> sarah: a mbta hits an apartment building in south boston on east 1st street last night. you can see the bus got stuck underneath an awning. no one was hurt. there is no word yet on the cause of the crash. a bus goes up in flames in braintree. video shows smoke pouring from that bus on monday afternoon. it happened right outside the south shore plaza. fire crews raced to the scene to put out the according to the patriot ledger, no passengers were on board at the time. >> a local go fund me page opened to reopen a g.o.p. office that was firebombed in north carolina. the g.o.p. office was destroyed when someone threw a bottle filled with flammable liquid in the office and spray painted a mes

this police dash cam video shows the chaotic scene on weymouth road in hamilton township around 1:30unday afternoon that the gallaghers drove up to. they were the first on scene. police say the woman lost control, her car hit a tree, she was ejected and the car landed on her. >> i could see her face, her legs were like kind of in a strange position, her arms were out and she kept trying to lift her head up and move but she was like moaning and i'm like it's okay. it's okay. >> another lady pulled up. little bit and then we three lifted the car. >> reporter: in all, eight good samaritans helped lift the car and free the woman as emergency crews arrived. >> just happened by chance that we were down that road or by g god. >> reporter: so let me explain the gallaghers say that because they were on their way to pennsylvania for a family reunion. they were on their way when they found out it had been canceled. lucy, they were on weymouth road just from a simple change of plans. >> isn't that amazing how things work out? shawnette, thank you so much. >>> you decide 2016. we've had one octob

aned: our juli mcdonald is live in weymouth with new developments tonight. juli. juli: gardner was originally sentenced to 190 years in a rhode island prison, but after crimes the people who live here want eyes on him 24/7. the children need to come first. > we should be the priority not catering to the rights of a level three convicted abductor and rapist. strong words from weymouth >> neighbors, who are furious and afraid, after a level 3 sex offender had a run-in with police just days after his release from prison. 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. >> w

he is at rest now here at this funeral home in weymouth. red, white and blue send off. over 180 miles of pavement in honor of army sergeant sean o'connell. this kid had a heart of gold. one of a kind. you can't find people like this. he would bring everybody up. >> the trip from central maine o the south shore in honor of o'connell who served three tours of duty in iraq and afghanist they honored the highways to pay tribute. >> the majority of the fire department and other companies across the state are military personnel. to honor that we have to show that respect. >> his family appreciating the effort. >> just that he spent so many years in the army dedicated to his country and everybody wants to pay their respects for that. >> this soldier did not die in o'connell's father told me he died on a trip to maine bear hunting. it appears he died of natural causes. >> he went to sleep and never woke up in the morning. >> after putting his life on the line time and time again. >> devastating. i'm absolutely torn. >> o'connell's friend john tells me they became boyhood friend

a 180-mile trek from augusta man to weymouth. along the way police and fire tributes to a soldier. his watch at an end. this scene in lynnfield. >> firefighters, police officer, first responders are showing their support across the highwa. >> army sergeant sean o'connell served three tours of duty in iraq and afghanistan dating back 13 years. people turned out to pay their respects as the funeral procession came down 95 to 93 to 18. >> just that he spent so many years in the army dedicated to his country and everybody wants to pay their respects for. >>. he did not die in battle. his last tour was o'connell's father tells me he died on a trip to maine bear hunting. >> he went to sleep and never woke up in the morning. >> after putting his life on the line time and time again. >> devastating. i'm absolutely torn. completely heartbroken. this is a very hard loss for me. >> o'connell's friend tells me they became boyhood friends in there was a nice tribute there from the electrical workers. >> this kid had a heart of gold. one of a kind. you can't find people like this. >> he was a re

. >>> a weymouth man is kidnapping and raping children as young as six years old. a rhode island judge sentenced him to 190 years but in 1992, richard gardner pleaded guilty before a new trial and got a much shorter sentence only having to serve 20 years. through appeals and court petition gardner served that sentence as well as his massachusetts sentence. weymouth police alerted residents that he was living back at his family's home. >> that's disgusting that they would let him come will happen, i really am. >> police got a report from the gardners after they say someone broke their front window. guardner will remain on probation until 2043. >>> tonight the search for a killer continues in the town of orange. investigators are now searching for a car stolen from the home of an elderly couple during a deadly home invasion. 95-year-old thomas hardy was killed and his 77-year-old wife was seriously hurt wednesday night. investigators say their attacker stole their car and may be driving around in it right now. say they normally don't lock their doors but they are ton

weymouth police say they are warning this man the keep away from children, but parents say that's not enough. >> christa: and the bay state's transgender law is in jeopardy this morning. how two groups opposing the law are now taking action. >> nancy: and what's in the water? the important message about the fort point channel. >> this is 7news "today in new england." >> christa: good welcome to the middle of the week. it's 5:30. i'm delmarva. >> nancy: and i'm nancy chen. let's get a check of the forecast with danielle gersh. >> danielle: good morning, everyone. we made it to wednesday. outside now, we have some high clouds over us. that's helping keep the temperatures on the more mild side. it's stale chilly morning, but not quite as chilly as it was yesterday. current temperatures upper 30s and low 40s mostly. boston a warm spot at 49 right now, but it's 39 down along the cape. so school bell forecast for this gloves, the jacket heading out the door this morning. outdoor recess, more sunshine heading into the lunchtime, and then coolest at the coastline. those temperatures in the lo

todd: he returned to his family's home in weymouth. his probation supervision. randy: in your health this morning, cold season just around the corner. emily: we have three things to and an elderly man falls into the street. why that scare made a passing driver angry. randy: two boston police officers in critical condition right now after responding to a domestic violence call in east boston. the suspect was dead. we have new information, and we will bring that to you this morning on new england's >> l. reporter: we follow breaking news. you are looking live at mass general where two police officers are in extremely critical condition after being shot in east boston. we'll have live updates ahead in news to go for you. olessa, how is it going? olessa: a couple of problem spots on the expressway. northbound side, extra slow. heavy delays back to t two accidents ahead of the shot. so give yourself lots of extra travel time. a couple more spots, and i will have the details coming up. >> a lot of clouds out there, and 55 degrees, though, as you are heading out this m

now he was first released to his parents' home in weymouth, but then moved to boston after someu in weymouth. live in boston, sera congi, wcvb newscenter 5. doug: bicycle safety activists will hold a rally at city hall after the death of two cyclists in that city this year. bernard joe lavins was killed earlier by a truck in porter square. amanda phillips in inman square. no charges are filed and advocates are calling for changes, like protected bike lanes at intersections. a rally begins at 4:30. lakeville. two motorcycles and a car colliding at the corner of bedford street and highland road. sunday morning this was happening. a 77-year-old man was riding on one of those was killed. three others were hospitalized with serious injuries. emily: police are investigating after a person is hit and killed by an amtrak train. it happened in east greenwich sunday afternoon. the victim has not yet been identified. an amtrak spokesperson says the victim was on the tracks at the time. neighbors say it'som people to be walking in the area. that train was traveling from boston to washington. james "whit

he was released earlier this month and went to stay with his parents in weymouth. that caused an upar 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 an relended, and he is no longer on the street and a danger to children. >> reporter: this week, when gardner moved out of weymouth, officials said he was in suffolk county. it wasn't clear where until now. >> if he is off the streets tonight, the way the justice sure how long he is going to be off the streets. i would keep a very, very close eye on your children. >> nancy: knew the latest on two officers shot in east boston recovering this morning after more surgery on friday. and the community coming together honoring the hero who is put their lives on the line earlier this week. and while investigators were back at the scene, where they say a gunman omd fire. tim caputo latest. >> that we can come together and be the light in that darkness. >> r

. >> a weymouth sex offender recently released from prison now under investigation by the police. >> anchor: breaking flus out of oklahoma where informations have just released the autopsy report on the man who was shot and killed by a police officer. officers s t we'll continue tole to the story and bring you the very latest. >> announcer: tonight, what do you really know about your child's daycare? >> when parents are left in the dark, where does that leave the children? >> announcer: could your child's daycare have a hidden history? >> i was completely in the dark. >> announcer: why can't parents get answers? hank investigates tonight at hank investigates tonight at 11:00. in new hampshire, hank investigates tonight at 11:00. maggie hassan cut taxes for small businesses, protected education... created jobs. but kelly ayotte voted to protect tax breaks for millionaires and big oil. that's what the koch brothers and big corporate interests wanted. they're spending millions supporting ayotte. kelly ayotte's not working for us. dscc is responsible for the content of this advertising.

as you head sth delays out of brockton and route 3 from weymouth, and your ride on the expressway almost 20 from braintree into boston. along the pike, eastbound, not bad. 495 to 128, and 93 south slow out of wilmington. more delays approaching the spot pond. no problems. the trains and buses are running on schedule. emily: the mbta is investigating this dramatic incident on the orange line. passengers kicking out windows to escape smoke, and that is randy: sera congi is at the station with big safety questions being asked. sera: randy and emily, the orange line is expected to run normally today but there is a lot of questions about why this happened and how the t responded. take a look at the cell phone video from passengers. it shows you the chaos and confusion. smoke filled the platform and the orange line train as it pulled away from the station just before 5:00 yesterday. passengers kicked and pushed out windows to overheated motor caught fire triggering a trash fire on the rails and that caused all the smoke. one woman shows us how she used her chef's knife to get out. >> and i att

richard gardner moved back to weymouth last week after serving 30 years for kidnapping and raping several young boys in the late 1980's. neighbors feared he would offend again. he moved to a shelter in boston where he was arrested last night on a fugitive from justice island. we're told gardner is due in a boston courtroom on monday. doug: school counselors will be available this morning at boston leadership academy after a student was killed in a crash. this happened in hyde park on american legion highway yesterday afternoon. the student's name has not been released. counselors will be available on monday. the crash remains under investigation. antoinette: a walk for peace in east boston, the community turning out to support two wounded police officers and each other. those officers are recovering responding to a domestic call wednesday night. newscenter 5's nichole berlie reports from the peace walk. nichole: a gathering of the community. >> you have brought the city of boston together. nichole: just feet from where two boston police officers were shot wednesday night. >> what happened

and this is in weymouth. the right lane is blocked here on route 3 northbound at route stop-and-go traffic. problem-free heading in and out of town on the pike. route 2 and 3 looking good. 93 stop and go. pretty much back to 495. inside 128 not looking too bad. and heading into town on route 1, looking pretty good. let's check those drive times if you're getting ready to head out the door. 20 minutes on the expressway. braintree to boston. just 12 minutes into town on the pike from 128. so no delays there. 93 southbound, 128 to the zakim bridge, 14 minutes. the commuter rail running on schedule on the "t." watching some delays on the red line. back now to the highly anticipated return of tom brady. the pats' q.b. seen here practicing in brookline on sunday afternoon. his suspension is now officially over. he can rejoin the team at gillette. and start preparing for the browns next week. >> sarah: brady's rush comes after an ugly shutout losed to bills. victoria warren is live at gillette with more this morning

a convicted child rapist is back home in weymouth. what happened at his family's house just days after his release and the new clues investigators are focusing on in an unsolved mystery at sea. what we've learned about the condition of the boat nathan carmen and his morissette sail in before it sank -- mother set sail in beforeit ocean. >> the reporter: police say a 86-year-old man was killed inside his home and the killer stole his car. what investigators want you to look out for. >> vanessa: the local efforts to help the small country of haiti way around. so capital one reimagined banking... ?? with a place that feels nothing like a bank. and helpful people that talk to you...not sell to you. with free checking accounts that are actually free... no minimums. no fees. and a top-rated app, let's you bank right here. that's banking reimagined. e aysomeone in new hampshire is killed with a gun. mothers, sons, friends. and yet kelly ayotte continues to play political games instead of making new hampshire safer. when she has the chance to

his release causing major concerns in weymouth where he was living for a time. rord richard gardner hiding his face in court. the recently released child rapist already accused of violating his parole. his attorney says gardner feels unfairly targeted. >> he was basically routhed out of his house. he was invited back to his home. there was no reason that he waived his extra digs back to rhode island where he served dozens of years after being convicted of kidnapping boys and sexually assaulting them. his parole prohibits him from going places frequented by children. but last week, quincy police say he was in a public library. >> whether, in fact, there is a children's entrance and he didn't go in that entrance, it is alleged he went into a common area, probably within view of the main library facili, desk and that's what's alleged. that, i think, may well not constitute a violation of probation. >> reporter: gardner's release and return to his parents' weymouth home prompted outrage. his attorney says the anger forced him from their home to various homeless shel