This is 1801 north tryon and charlotte fire said they are removing the smoke from the building it is a large warehouse and no injuries reported at that scenement and they called out a second alarm for the fire but good news no injuries reported. You see the personnel on the scene and there are different businesses in that warehouse. We know this is a commercial structure building. But fire seems to be good right now. They are working on getting the smoke out of it. And no reported injuries. Back to you. Thank you. Concorde police need your help finding a man who is a person of interest in two crimes. The first happened in july of last year. Someone broke into several cars and College Circle and candle stick court tires were slashed. A man was reported to be going through vehicles on candle stick court. And this is a picture. If you have information call. Person who left an s. U. V. Sitting on train tracks to be hit by an amtrak train at 1 00 a. M. 160 passengers were onboard the train at the time of the crash. No one was in the s. U. V. And no one was hurt on the train. New at 5 00 a man is behind bars accused in a brutal Domestic Violence assault in rock hill. Denzel king was arrested after a woman called for police at 3 00 a. M. To report what was thought to be a carjacking. Police say the victim was bloody and bruised when they got to her on cherry road and some of her teeth were knocked out. Firefighters rescued two dogs from a house fire in East Charlotte today. Broke out at 10 30 am. And no one was hurt and we do not have a cause of that fire. And a live look at uptown through the hd towercam beautiful evening in the queen city. You will like the forecast. And leigh brock is in the first i will guess and say you will love the forecast if you like the warm temperatures. We have temperatures in the mid60s right now. 66 in gastonia. And also in charlotte. 65 in rockingham. Salisbury 64. And boone is checking in at 58. We have a little bit of cloud cover earlier. Those clouds moved out very thin clouds as we see the sun trying to set about an hour before the sunsets. Looking good outside. Here is through the evening, 60 at 7 00 p. M. And 55 your 9 00 p. M. Temperature and 51 by 11 00 p. M. And heading into the overnight temperatures will be falling around 44. That is going to be your start out Tomonta Simmons but it is a matter of time before we are in the 50s and 60s and 70s for the highs tomorrow. I have the forecast and how long that warm weather lasts in a little bit. Thank you. A live look at buford south being remembered tonight. A live picture outside of the anderson funeral home where that visitation is going on. Conroy will be laid to rest tomorrow best known for the books the prince of tide and beach music. His funeral will be open to the public and the burial will be private. Congressman pittenger hosted a conference for 150 pastors to talk about religious persecution. The example of the persecution they talked about involving torture and abuse on a person based on religious beliefs. Dr. Chadwick an advocate with among those who attended today. I think its clear that the persecution of the church today is more grieveious than anytime since the first scenery and we want to bring that reality to the Church Leaders in charlotte now so they can pray and work our brothers and sisters around the world. You will recall the pastor was released from capture in iran january after held it for several years. 150 suspected al shabbab fighters are dead in somalia. A pentagon call it is a move to stop a threat against u. S. Troops and African Peacekeeping forces. Officials say those killed were in the final stages of getting ready to conduct a large scale attack. No further details on the attack has been given. Lets update the commute with tonya rivens in the first alert traffic center. Your first alert traffic is sponsored by peoples bank. As we check in here the injury accident at brookshire by graham street great news that cleared out and a lot of volume and the buildup here approaching i77. Northbound. We have another problem i will get to that. On north tryon there by keswick avenue. Looks like the plaza is one option to get around this. And now we have an accident 277 westbound by 77. Creating problems. Beatties ford road or statesville is a great alternate route. And another accident by i77 now in the area close to trade street. A lot of activity around center city. Back to you. Thank you. Next, a man arrested after police say he tried to steal a womans truck with her son insited. How she managed to stop him. Restaurant employees show up for work to find a closed sign on the door. Why the restaurants are closing carolinas. Police arrested a man for trying to steal a truck with a child inside. The mom spoke out about what happened. She was emotional when she talked about trying to save her son by causing the man to back the truck into a ditch that he could not drive out of. He is charged in the case. Luckily that child was not hurt. A Restaurant Group with ties to the carolinas filed bankruptcy and some employees were not given any notice. At least 166 restaurants are affected by the filing. In alabama and georgia. Owe vaion ovation includes restaurants like hometown buffet, ryan, country buffet and fire mountain. We found six ryans. And we called and an employee of the salisbury location tells us they are open but the restaurant employee did not say why. Next at 5 00 some call it paper terrorism. Court cases with huge amounts of paperwork including fake documents that is happening here in charlotte. A look at the moorish nation defense and how it failed one woman. And nice afternoon temperatures have within in the mid60s. We are getting warmer for the spring break lasts after the alex giles has the verdict in the erin andrews case. Reporting the jury returned a verdict erin andrews is to be awarded 55 million in this suit of the nude video recorded of her. She filed a 75 million lawsuit against the stalker and two companies that owned and operated a hotel in nashville. The nashville marriott at vanderbilt. The videos were taken back in 2008. The original suspect Michael Barrett was sentenced to twoandahalf years in prison for admitting to stalking andrews in three cities. There you go. Jury awards her 55 million in that suit. Back to you. All right thank you. This home in piper glen taken over by the swatter is back on the market and under contract. A bargain for the neighborhood a reflection of the legal battle over ownership. Charges relating to her illegal claim on the property. Le basis she is part of the moorish nation. Sharon smith covered the trial and has more now on the bigger picture. El bay came to court with papers and a plan to prove the house was hers under the authority granted by the moorish nation. The documents were fake but the Court Process was real. I am following the law. Just because they dont know the laws in which i stand they will soon find out. Instead she found out over a sick month battle and trial her defense failed. Its a burden on a system that is already overburdened. Court administrator says Court Officials received state training how to handle what some call paper terrorism where the defendant claims to be a of the moorish nation and cases come up once a week about petty charges and they have a huge paper trail and this person wrote a letter demanding a fee of 10,000 a day for jury duty. They all share the same ideology that they do not recognize state, federal, local government as having any type of authority over them. They have documents with official looking seals, fingerprints and stamps, often they get filed by our register of deeds as part of the process. In 2015, 125 documents got that official stamp but that does not mean the documents stand up in court. Something the judge pointed out to el bay during her trial. I believe i can prove that. All along el bay claimed the courts had no authority over her actions. She tried to work within the same system she does not believe in. To try and beat it. On your side. Sovereign citizens are known to file false liens on properties and cause issues for courts and police. A law makes it a felony for them to take out a lien on a public officers or employees property. Tonya rivens is live in the first alert traffic center. Things have been quiet but they are starting to get busy. This is i77 at woodlawn road southbound we have had a lot of activity on i77 and now it appears an accident at i77 south this is nations ford a lot of congestion as well. And most of the afternoon 77 slowmoving traffic at least 3 to 4 miles of stopandgo traffic leaving center city. Another accident as we head to south tryon by Whitehall Park drive. Sandy porter is a great alternate route to get around that. On 485 a look at the this is 485 slowmoving traffic out there as well. Back to you. Thank you. Ready for spring. Yes. It will feel like it this week. It was great today. If we are going to reflect today bring it on. Even more higher temperatures to come. Over to leigh brock in the First Alert Weather Center tracking it for us. This is just the beginning. We are in the 60s and we will be in the 70s for the rest of the week. If you like the warm temperatures we will keep them coming. Right now, here is your hd towercam. A little bit of thin cloud cover. In and out of that for much of the afternoon that is clearing out for the overnight period. And check out the numbers. Hickory 64. Albemarle 64. Rockingham 64. And monroe 65. And 66 in charlotte and gastonia. You have to soak it up and enjoy this. Its warmer than yesterday. Yesterday we had 60 as the high temperature. That is average. That was nice yesterday. We have added on from 79 from are getting warmer heading into the day tomorrow. We have had a little bit of cloud cover you can see that trying to push off to the south and the east. The mountain counties and the foothills you are seeing clearing conditions and the charlotte area the clouds are thinning out. They are thinner now. And heading into the next several days High Pressure is in place. Just offshore and typically something to the east of us does not give us too much of an issue but this time it will give us sinking air and pull our wind out of the south when you pull that together not a lot can move through. Look over texas. Notice how it scoots up and around the High Pressure system through 4 00 on tuesday. And then wednesday and it still is up and around the High Pressure system like a barrier to any of the systems that could move through and it will take the temperatures up. We have clockwise flow around a High Pressure system. And we have our wind out of the south not just today but heading heading into the middle of the week as well. And the end of the week we are still going to be looking at this same High Pressure system giving us warm temperatures. Get used to it. And for the next couple of days. Your temperatures get warmer everyday. 44 that will be the low temperature. 74 your high. And on wednesday and thursday both days around 76 that is 15 above average. And warmer on friday. Small shower chance on thursday and friday and then the weekend temperatures will stay mild we have a weak front moving through that will give us rain on saturday or sunday. Right now we are covering the basis on both but one is likely to be better. And cannot pinpoint which day that is. Well get to that closer. And nice and warm. Eric thomas has your full forecast coming up at 6 00 p. M. Thank you. Coming up next, one of the biggest sporting events in the world. Man who is getting ready to make his 60th trip to the masters. And for you all new at 6 00. Tonights the night the town of huntersville plans to pass this resolution telling cms to make home schools a priority. On wbtv news is sponsored by. Someones hacked all our technology. Technology. Say, have you seen all the Amazing Technology in geicos mobile app . Mobile app . Look. Electronic id cards, emergency roadside service, i can even submit a claim. Wow. Yep, geicos mobile app works like a charm. Geico. Vo know you have a dedicated advisor and team who understand where you come from. We didnt really have anything, you know. But, we made do. Vo know you can craft an Investment Plan as strong as your values. Al, how you doing. Hey, mr. Hamilton. Vo know that together you can establish a meaningful legacy. With the guidance and support of your dedicated one of the most popular Sports Events is the mast hers tournament in augusta, georgia. It will be considerable charles hard ins 60th year. Kristen hampton has tonights good news. I saw a hole in one there on the par 3 course. And i thought that par 3 course was fabulous. The year was 1957. Doug fortd took home the green jacket and charles harden set foot on the grounds in golf. Ordered particular can thes through the mail. Merchants were begging people to come see the game, Arnold Palmer and jack nicholas, charles enjoyed it so much he went back every year. Like the masters. And the golfers most of the golfers say its the same. Augusta is a special place it was a beautiful coincidence charles has a granddaughter named augusta. A few ago at the tournament he loves he walked in the front gate and suffered a mild stroke after two days in the hospital he should have gone home but he didnt. Tournament that you went back . I just love golf. I love the tournament. Charles is pushing 80 years old. He says he will continue making the trek to augusta every april as long as his body will let him. Its special feeling. In forest city with the good news, Kristen Hampton wbtv on your side. That is dedication. Awesome. And one of the most beautiful places that most of us experience through the Television Screen into you know who loves the masters . Kristen hampton. She is from that area. She goes to it all the time. Kristen is always looking for good news send ideas to. Coming up all new at 6 00. Transportation secretary is in texas meeting about sentra and i77 and we are back in the details are coming up. We are in texas with north carolinas transportation secretary and why a toll road there is going bankrupt. What it could mean for the tolls on i77. And the spotlight in campaign 2016 shines on north carolina. I swear im going to vote for donald trump next week. I swear. Donald trump and president clinton spend time in charlotte and we are bringing you Team Coverage as you head to the polls. Wbtv news starts right now. Tonight wbtv news is there as north carolinas transportation secretary travels to texas to get information on a bankrupt toll road. The possible implications for the i77 toll lane contract. Nice to have you here at 6 00 p. M. Im maureen oboyle. Im paul cameron. Nick tennison was meeting with the dot about the business dealings with sen trarks the company contracted to build the i77 toll lane here. Nick ochsner is the only reporter in always tip for the visit and nick joins us with new calgaries. New details. The cars trickle behind me in 130 now that its rushhour the same bankrupt highway that secretary tennison told me he was going to drive. But we do not know what he did questions he would not answer them. Statement that i have is that total statement. Nick tennisons comments following a day of meeting lasted less than a minute and included no details. He was in austin to see how sentras toll projects fared. In the past decade an antitoll movement and sentra is the boogie man. The reporter with texas tribune. He covered the toll projects and says its easy to tell how texas leaders feel about their future. Toll roads have been hobbled in texas. The governor campaigned on not approving anymore toll roads and toll fatigue is brought up in austin and tolled out. There is a sense that we have over a dozen toll roads in the state and that is enough
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