Scandal to hit the justice system. Chemist and future of 24,000 cases up in the air. Fox25 crystal haynes with inside the courtroom where a final list of defendants related to the case was only completed just a short time ago. Crystal . Crystal the aclu says it is, in fact, the issue. We know the chemist, annie dook ago. The state lab tech pled guilty to illegally tampering with drug tests would 003 to 2012, the states highest court deciding whether or not to dismiss all 24,000 cases to the recommendation of the aclu and the Public Defenders Office or cpcs. Now, they claim the cashstrapped agency just cant handle the influx of cases that large and letters sent out by notifying socalled dookhan defendants that defendants in that case were inatquad. Cpsc can petition the legislation for more resources and that every case deserves to be processed individually. One component of the cases may have been impacted by her misconduct, but it is not the whole case. It is one component. Simply arent enough resources in the system, arent enough money, court time to handle 24,000 cases. Crystal coming up at 5 00 why the commonwealth says many of the socalled dookan defendants wouldnt want to go in a new trial again. Crystal haynes, fox25 news. Elizabeth chilling 911 call playing for jury deciding if a confessed killer should be put to death. When did you kill someone . Killed two people in massachusetts and another one in New Hampshire the other day. Elizabeth that is the voice of gary lee sampson. Chilling. Before the arrest in 2001. Sampson begged police in vermont to arrest him. The time he was wanted for several Bank Robberies and just murdered three men as you just heard across new england. Federal jury in boston is deciding if we should receive the death penalty. Bob ward was in court today and working on report now and listen to more or sampsons chilling call on the website at fox25boston. Com. Blair tonight Lowell Police officer at the center of Police Investigation surrounding what happened inside the school where he works. That officer is now on paid leave pending the outcome of the case. I went to lowell this afternoon and learned it is not this officers first time facing accusations. Tonight questions surrounding officer david pender on paid administrative leave. While the d. A. s Office Academy school, a school for at risk students. City manager kevin murphy won give would not give details but some kind of altercation between officer and student. It is very concerning because no matter what you shouldnt touch a child. Even if the child is misbehaving and difficult as that can be you shouldnt touch the child. Blair received a complaint from officers made in september. Th results with the d. A. s office which is now handling it. This isnt officer penders first issue. Arrested in 20 teen for Domestic Assault and battery and wife never filed charges but pender was punished ten days without pay. Murphy says the past will likely play a role in whats next. Those issues occurred before i was city manage and her become aware of them and obviously that is going to be part of the final determination is to what action will be taken. Lowell. Maybe standing the ground, maybe he was defending himself, maybe he wasnt. Thats kind of the way i see it. Blair officer involved comment to us about the investigation. They said they cant comment on specific of any report due to confidentiality laws. Elizabeth woman hit in car at Roxbury Community college and rushed to the hospital with lifethreatening injuries at boulevard. We know the driver did stop after the crash. Blair New Hampshires highest court deciding if a man convicted of killing a massachusetts teen should get a new trial. Seth mazzaglia is serving life sentence and lawyers said the jury should have been allowed to hear graphic details about marriotts sexual history. That testimony was barred by New Hampshires rape shield law elizabeth man stabbed exgirlfriend and mom before running off. According to paperwork jeffrey labath disfigured his exs face approximate happened in hyde park near huntington avenue. Officers said he had broken into a house and if you know who he is, asking to call boston police. Blair President Elect Trump Transition Team at process has been called a rocky one. Reporter trumps transition has been turbulent to say the least. Breaking protocol by ditching reporters for dinner. They wanted to go in different direction and easy to hands coming in and i think theres confusion going on about a chain of command coming out of new york. Hopefully they will get that settled pretty soon. Reporter multiple leaks much of the confusion and in fighting linked to trumps soninlaw jason jared kushn. His team has pushed back on the criticism. Feel good about transition and say false to say it is not going well. Reporter signs of the washington are finally here and Vice President elect mike pence dropped by the d. C. Transition headquarters wednesday as did newt gingrich. Country still is very much divided. Two protesters some of them high school and High School Walking out of class taking to the streets for seven day straight trumps election. Elizabeth following election Hillary Clinton supporters went through campus waving a trump flag and causing a difference and park halfway between both campuses. We stand together. Elizabeth two campuses symbolic Halfway Point they came together by the hundreds and rally for peace was in response to this video. We are officially banned from wellesley college. Elizabeth wellesley student called harassment and Hillary Clinton is alum and many babson students agreed. Couldnt stand to see the reaction and does not embody in babson college. Campus and especially not in the united states. Elizabeth students of wellly described as hate crime and many here were shaken by the display and say the turnout by babson students has released some of the tension. Crucial to this events. Dont tolerate that on their campus helps give me confidence that come together. Elizabeth days after the division one of the babson incidents apologized in Facebook Post and extremely poor judgment and apologize to lgbt, africanamerican, muslim and africanamerican groups and impacted by the actions and Fraternity Brothers and kicked out of sigma phi epsilon. Blair homeless woman facing charges and back in august when crews worked to put 52 people forced out of homes and new video of the suspect. Grace ordonna in court this morning and living with several other peopleless people on empty home and when the fire started a judge ordered her to be held without bail. Elizabeth now at four a trailer in fans mansfield in the afternoon rush 95 north to 95 south before n was carrying scrap metal and fell into the median. State police a no one was hurt. Sky fox over the scene of car that crashed into a cumberland farms. On Center Street and when we got there the car was gone but you could see the inside of the building and might be able to see it here, it does have a lot of damage and Police Posted this picture of that damage on Facebook Page and car actually hit behind the register. Survive. Police have suspect in custody and they are not saying that if the person was shooter or not. Elizabeth special ram for cadet that made it possible and what had to do to be sworn in. Kevin how much warmer we you said you wanted to feel better about your cereal. Thats why we say yes to whole grains as our first ingredient. And no way to high fructose corn syrup. . In every honey nut o. Every lucky charms spoonful. And every cinnamon toast crunch square. . Blair officer charged with manslaughter and weapons violations and pulled over for broken taillight in joule and live streamed the aftermath on facebook. She says the officer shot ca wallet. And expected to make the first appearance in court on friday. Elizabeth discovered a woman bought the car kay before the crash. Reporter dark stretch of rescue this morning. Brandnew car the day before and the fact was she trapped in the vehicle for eight hours. It all started monday night about 10 00 p. M. When the driver was headed down route 27 in epping went 75 feet into the woods. Reporter car flipped over and such that the driver was trapped. 70 years old, multiple injuries, wasnt able to stand up and climb out of the vehicle. Driver lost the cell phone as car tumbled through the forest and no way to call for help and trapped in more ways than one until morning light. Saw the carrot side and said assistance nearby town exactly 44 minutes to free the trapped driver. Reaching end, offering comfort and talk with him trying to assess where they are. Woman taken by nearby trauma unit and she was in good shape considering the ordeal. Just bunkered down and hoped for the best and hope someone would find her and they did, took a little bits longer than chief expected. Elizabeth we checked today and she is in fair condition. Blair police said that person that killed a worker was former employee of southwest airlines. Police believe 45yearold planned the ambush and 52yearold also worked for southwest. His body was later found in his pickup truck and appears he killed himself. Believe the crime was premeditated and armed himself shooting someone. Murder victim is father of james winchester, a kansas city chief. Elizabeth officials were injured in yesterdays blast and happened in the capitol city of kabul and not sure where the bomber came from. No group has claimed responsibility. Elizabeth president obama on final tour closest International Partner and also meet with leaders as other european allies including the u. K. And france and after germany the president will travel to pursue for a sum and it plans to talk with russian president Vladimir Putin during the meeting. Thought we would see more breaks of sun. Ones i heard wasnt enough and worcester right now for the plans after school, going out to dinner, whatever youre doing around town tonight and these clouds just so tough, seeing them break in western, southern new england and Northern New England too and mountain still getting couple showers and confined to the Higher Elevations there in cape cod and islands seeing some breaks in the clouds as well. At the same time the clouds and these showers that have been diving southward trying to pinwheel their way toward new england. They will be drying out as they come this way and we will not see the showers. In fact, here is how our trend wille clear skies. Winds coming from the west mostly through the evening hours and not a big shot of cold air and we can being warming up the next couple days. Waking up to sunshine in the morning. Sun sticking with you much of the day. Yeah, clouds mixing in particularly near the coast but not a lot of them. It will be mostly sunny lunchtime and afternoon for your thursday. This is looking good. Thats what im hoping to see. Gardner in the 40s and that will be coming your way once the clouds break on up and with some sunshine tomorrow, rebound is on. Right here in the boston Area Temperatures will be near 60 in some towns like somerville and mid50s boston to quincy and braintree tomorrow afternoons high temperatures. And 52 in gardner upper 50s bellingham to uxbridge at 57 . And here in the north shore temperature will be mostly in the 50s here as well. On the south shore same idea for you, youre looking for some rm but most towns are going to be in the 50s, but again look at new bedford and mattapoisett both getting at 58 . Tomorrow afternoon. Want the 60s, wait on friday because look at friday, we are going to have sunshine all day long, there are some clouds hanging up offshore and forecasting to stay that way and keep the clouds away and keep us in the sunshine and milder temperature on friday as well. See that the 7day forecast. So here is how it is looking the next couple days. 50s tomorrow, getting to 60 on friday with some sunshine, but on saturday, couple more clouds start to work in especially in the afternoon but still mild 61. When i say mild talking afternoon and temperature will be cool and 30s on friday and saturday and here is weekend always in view and check out this huge change coming our way. That is storm coming through the middle of the country this week that will produce snow and come in partial form here in new england and mountains. But with temperature the way they are and winds blowing that cold air on in i would not be surprised to see snow shower or flurry activity into southern new england as well. Thats the big difference saturday into sunday and doesnt stop on sunday. On monday high temperatures again orlando in the 40s and rain and snow showers here in new england. Clearly in the morning with temperatures like that lean toward snow and lean toward mix afternoon and tuesday into wednesday and break out milder and wednesday comes with clouds and rain in the forecast the way it includes right now in time for the holiday and examining that more losly as information comes. Lawmaker says the demonstration putting people in danger and what he wants to do about them. Coming up at 95 00, a 5 00 a cat attacked by a wild blair fuel spill when two cars slammed into each other. 15,000 gallons spilled out and treated for minor injuries other loaded with coal ask still dont know what caused this crash. Elizabeth soldiers in new zealand rebeccaing rescued after a earthquake. They were in tourist village when the quake hit. Damage destroyed all the roads in and out the. Soldiers have been using helicopters and navy ships to rescue residents and tourists and several waiting for the main road to be cleared before not hang pictures of president elect donald trump on firehouses or trucks. Spokesman says the firefighters to remain out of the political scene but some firefighters say they are a little confused by the order and picture other president s including george w. Bush and barack obama are displayed at most firehouses. Elizabeth lawmaker says he is tired of trump protest across the nation and time for people to, quote, suck it up. Recently stopped traffic at major state representative Bobby Kaufman says they are putting constituents lives in danger. He says most of the protesters are in college and schools should be fined for wasting taxpayer money with things like cry rooms as they call them for students that cant cope with the election results. You got right to be a brat, you got right to protest and you do not have a right to throw blair they are calling the legislation suck it up butter cup. Elizabeth i think you have to be careful to approach this because of freedom of speech. Being on highway we have seen on other issues before the election of people blocking traffic and really does put a lot of lives in danger. Have a point but keep it safe too. Blair robber puts gun in face of local gas station gun and cleans out. Instead what was inside the into suspect. Kevin watching 7day forecast with big changes and fast changes coming up and including the weekend and talking about the details and big change just ahead. I want to give back to my community and breaks stereotype of policing. Blair inch mabreaking news story unsolved murder case haunted the area. Vanessa marcotte was far from her home at the time but now asking people if they saw a darkcolored suv in that area off brooke station road evening that vanessa went missing and then and first time making progress in terms of something, something that people can look to as progress. Now, the suv that they are talking about, it was parked near where marcottes body was found. More than 1,000 tips have come in but no arrest. Looking for information about darkcolored suv that was seen near the scene in princeton. If you know anything aut case, please call and we will be updating this all night long. Blair updated information at sandy pond. Car belonged to man near northborough last seen on friday. Police tell us they have searched the pond for the man and believe he was in there and stop the search when the sun goes down. 4 30 42 young adults turned learning experience into a 2009 a cadet class joining the force and visit academy to find out this class boosting diversity among the ranks. I state your name. I. Do solemnly swear. Do solemnly swear. Reporter William Evans swearing in boston cadet class since 2009 and they will wear white for two years before they get the chance to earn blue. Hoping that through more about yourself, you will learn about the community, learn about humanity. Reporter cadets can take the lesson like so many before them. Had i not been a cadet i would not be a police officer. Dont look at billboard and how many arrest everybody makes, thats not important to us any more. Learning about quality and reporter cadets learn about the culture and biggest qualification you have to be a boston resident. Understand as good as anybody. Reporter like 18yearold woman of dorchester. I lived in boston all my life and give back to the community. Noland one of 15 women in the class. 31 kids of color in and 15 of the 42 officers, women and really about opportunity to make sure we continue the diversity in the ranks of the police department. Reporter next step will be the academy and work back to give to the community they came from. Cadets walk through the doors on monday officially kicking off twoyear program examine tell me it is a and tell me it is a 1 dropout rate. Karry kavanagh, fox25 news. And we will introduce you to that cadet tonight at fox25 at six. Long dreary cold day and look at boston skyline. Blair not bad in distance. Kevin theres hope out there. Elizabeth hope brings a turtle. Blair a little bit of snow. Kevin warmer temperatures coming too. I could have something about turtle. But you said eternal . Elizabeth yes. Kevin beautiful to see in the distance, breaks in the clouds with pictures send to us to and also, yes, sorry, blair, cold air eventually and for now the breaks in the clouds will lead to mild temperatures and this storm finally spins on out of here and see that the next few days, at least until the start and temperatures out there now are coolish and normal for and thats all because of those clouds had out there today and winds in the right direction and get break of sun out there to warm us out nicely and look out to the southwest, places sun today, hartford and groton and connecticut and 58 . Right now and those temperatures warmer and start of the weekend and cold air, potential for flakes, show you when thats coming to. Elizabeth new severe drought in massachusetts. Quabbin reservoir below 80 capacity. First time water levels have been this low in 13 years and reservoir water to much Greater Boston area and nwra says theres still a four year supply of water in the quabbin. Blair new at 4 30 hundreds of animals rescue in filthy farm in westport getting new forms. Thats deplorable conditions in july and Animal Welfare group fall river herald news says westport plans to have a Animal Protection committee to prevent similar reporter clerk inside gulf gas station works here since 1999 and first time said a robber stick a gun in his face. When we interviewed him this morning and trying to figure out with. Pointed a gun and demanded cash. You muflahi been scared. I was scared. Reporter he had a camera in his shop. Robbery lasted only a few seconds. He told Police Gunman about 5 feet 8 and wearing green pants, gray jacket and hat face. Suspect had long gun. Dont know if it was a rifle, bb gun. Reporter review surveillance and if you have any information youre asked to call newton police. News. Elizabeth last night producers held a vpp screen of marathon the patriots day bombing at Shubert Theater and survivors walked. Patrick down and his wife lost leg. It is powerful and recovery all of elizabeth documentary will be available for hbo subscriber starting on monday. Blair avoiding what would have been the second strike in harvard in less than a month and 12 pointed 5 raise and premium free healthcare and commitment by the school to create more fulltime jobs. announcer vo when you have type 2 diabetes theres a moment of truth. And now with victoza . A better moment of proof. Victoza . Lowers my a1c and blood sugar better than the leading branded pill, which didnt get me to my goal. Lowers my a1c better than the leading branded injectable. The one i used to take. jim victoza . Lowers blood sugar in three ways. And while it isnt for weight loss, victoza . May help you lose some weight. Noninsulin victoza . Comes in a pen and is taken once a day. announcer vo victoza . Is not recommended as the first medication to treat diabetes and is not for people with type 1 diabetes or diabetic ketoacidosis. Do not take victoza . 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And pulled it out without even thinking and thumb into the hold and made the pressure and screamed. Blair nearby shed aus hit with arrow and so far no arrests have been made. Elizabeth another new report of Samsung Phone exploding. Canadian man says galaxy seven heating up in the pocket shortly before the explosion and samsung recently recalled and stopped production of different phone. The galaxy note seven because similar issues. Blair also new at 4 30, declawing cats could be the first to band the controversial practice. Violate keys face up to six months in prison and 1,000 in fines. Animal welfare groups supporting the ban but some say it is not cruel to cats and may stop people fro adopting. Fox25. Where you here for this today . Elizabeth nkotb. Blair they were here in the studio. Kevin breaks happening in the area and tell you when Wildlife Rescue workers open up a lot of dawn. Tough on grease. Yet gentle. Dawn helps open. Manolo youre so cold, come in whats wrong . Its dry. Your scalp . Mine gets dry in the winter too. Try head and shoulders dry scalp care it nourishes the scalp and. Keeps you up to 100 flake free head and shoulders dry scalp care blair staying on top of unsolved murder case haunted the area. So many people have been focused on. Jogger Vanessa Marcotte murdered in princeton back in august and not far from her mothers home at the time and moments ago the Worcester County d. A. s told us they are now asking people if they saw a darkcolored suv in the area which is off brooks station road the evening that vanessa went missing. That, of course, was august 7th. Elizabeth suv was parked near where marcottes body was found and more t came in and so far no arrest and looking for information about a darkcolored suv seen near the scene in princeton. If you know anything, please call, we will be updating the breaking story all night. Blair family trying to raise money to send veteran to ceremony in pearl harbor. Reporter hamilton when fought in the ocean and one more important journey he wants to make and just needs a little help to do it. Day i turned 17 i was sworn in. With a father in navy the sea was in ed hamiltons blood and when pearl harbor was bombed it ed was aboard u. S. Bennett and sinking uss calhoun and bush. We were lucky when plane came in it had two bombs and lost bomb on his left wing. That would have hit the steaming boiler and we would have joined the other two on the bottom. Reporter one of the many close calls during world war ii waiting bribe melba who he met on revere beach. Going. Wrote almost everyday. Reporter seven decades later the photos faded. It passed and almost all of ed 400 or so fellow sailors from the uss bennett. All the guys around here, i dont know if anybody that has left. Reporter one of the few of the greatest destination to pearl harbor. Brings back memories. Reporter trip down memory lane is expens family started the gofundme page to help ed travel to hawaii for the seventyfifth anniversary in pearl harbor and simply a question of duty. Because so many of the guys cant go. If im able i want to do it. Reporter ed has one other person he wants to honor and meeting he just cant miss in hawaii. Elizabeth postal workers looking for new postal workers and clerks. One third are eligible to retire and many of them work within 128 and city of boston. Starting pay around 16 an hour and most new workers can become permanent employees in a year. Base salary is 37,000 per year and eventually reach 60 grand. However, 40 of new hires quit within kevin photographic truth the clouds are breaking and plymouth before sunset this evening and sun before it set and across the bay and pretty shot and see the foliage hanging on there too. So it is coming. Getting better. Clearing out tonight, clouds will be going away and, in fact, focus into the southeast, plymouth right up in here and the clouds have been and cleared out much of cape cod out here on the vineyard and great picture from the Edgartown Police department wasnt my twitter feed and cant seem to get into the system yet but working on it. Beautiful shot. Check it out klemanowicz fox25 and clouds breaking and up manchester northward especially seeing sun as it gets to the shot and back around the storm system and with showers with them to the west dry out on way here and in the 40s here in worcester, so a little cooler, 50s right at coast, only 50 in plymouth where the sun was coming out and high temperatures into the 50s and not seeing much in way of 60s but wouldnt be shocked and norwood 58 and see 56, lawrence with sunshine and keep the sunshine all day long. Friday looks like milder day to me by couple degrees and enough to get us to 60 and same for saturday as well. You will see that on 7day forecast so i was telling you earlier about the big changes coming in the forecast. Sun is one of them. Next three days anyway but saturday there will be a few more clouds we will have to contend with. Weekend which is always in view andh cloudy on sunday and get any sun, the way it looks to me right now, lucky to get sun and wind and he quite a bit colder and wind blowing in cold air coming in another storm system and snow to the midwest. Rain and snow activity will make its way into new england on sunday. Better chance you will have to southward and just not sunday but also into monday and morning lows in the 30s during the Morning Hours better chance of seeing flakes mix in and snow, sleet and rain with these, not talking about accumulation in southern new england and mountains get that just in time for the thanksgiving holiday and start rebounding and toward thanksgiving and adjusted this the rain would move in during the afternoon the way it looks to me right now thanksgiving and something need to Pay Attention to need to travel and we get new information on that this evening. Elizabeth what do you think last years toy of thee of the year . Blair emoji. Of the year. It refers to circumstances in which objective facts are less influential and shaping Public Opinion and appeals to emotion and personal belief. Here we go. When viral recent president ial election we have been talking about. Blair new kids on the blockheading back to fenway this summer. Elizabeth they stopped by the fox25 studios to celebrate and announce the tour and they will be and paula abdul called total package tour. This morning they told us what it is like to play at fenway. Fenway park wasnt even in our dreams. It is beyond the dreams and fenway park and see all the family and friends out there and enjoying the moment with us. A lot of them and see them pop up all over fenway. Blair the fact they can do this at fenway. Elizabeth tickets go on sale this week. Elizabeth amazing video baby rolls off the changing table. Looking for dark suv connected to murder of Vanessa Marcotte. What the cold case presents. Brazen robber at gas station. Suspect still on the run tonight. Surveillance video just obtained the police want you to see. On at changing table. She turns her back for a moment dealing with all the kids, first susie one baby leg go over then it happens the baby falls more than 4 feet. I would have never caught him. I cant run that fast. So i felt like something came and just pushed me forward and then when it happened i just ran and caught him. As you can see that who races in and catches the nearly 30 pound baby boy. I would never be able to do that again. Because i cant carry my brother. Because it can happen to anybody. And now i know who it has happened to because everyone has confessing when they drop their baby. So obviously i am more careful but at the end of the day it happened in a second. I think that all of our lives can change in a second. This happened about a month in bel almost like someone pushed him over there go do what you go to do im believing god i believe in god i do believe in miracle oos i just never seen one first hand like in front of my face just happen. Mom now wants this video out. One of my friends that saw it said to me, you are such a brave person and you always try to help other people. Im not telling you right now, but eventually one day maybe you should think about sharing it because you never know who whos life youre going to change and who you can help. Since this time it was me im really thankful. I said to him you just saved your baby brother. You saved his life. Youre a hero. Gene lavanchy, fox 25 news. Yeah fox 25 news at 5 starts right now. Now with breaking news, this is fox 25 news at 5 complete new england news coverage. We are following a breaking news if youre just joining us 5 00 p. M. Police have new possible leads in murder of princeton jogger Vanessa Marcotte. Marcotte was murdered in august very few developments until now. Fox 25 Stephanie Quinn is standing by for us. Stephanie police now looking for an suv spotted near the crime scene . Mark and vanessa the Worcester County das office just told us looking for a dark colored suv that was seen in the aefr off brook station road. The evening Vanessa Marcotte disappeared. Police say that night august 7th witnesses saw that suv parked along the road near where a source is also telling fox 25 investigators believe the driver of that suv lives in or frequents the area. A former f. B. I. Profiler just told our bob ward killer is likely a complete stranger who engages predatory behavior and out looking for victims. She also told us the killer is also likely familiar with the crime scene in princeton. Which was not far from marcottes mothers house. Again the das office now looking for information about a dark colored suv seen ne as remember shortly after the murder investigators asked people to look for man with fresh scratches on his body after august secht. The tip line right there on your screen, since marcottes murder investigators have received more than 1,000 tips so far they havent arrested anyone. If you know anything about this case or this suv, please call that number on your screen. Our team will be following this new break in this investigation throughout the night