Lowell accused of throwing a rubix cube at a student. He was in court today to face charges. Turns out the judge was a little puzzled by the case. Dan hausle live in lowell with the very latest for us. Dan. It turns out the judge may have started out puzzled by the case of of the alleged rue ickes rue basics cube assault. But after an hour he had the solution and in the end the teacher was pretty happy with his solution. Court accused of assault with a deadly weapon. The weapon, a rubix cube. When i turned around something struck me in the chest. What hit you in the chest . The rubix cube. Thats right, a rubix cube. A popular toy from the 80s. Frasier was a teachers aide at Sullivan Middle School last january when he got into a hallway argument with a 14yearold star player. After they were pulled apart, frasier threw a rubix cube he it was like a ground spike. Reporter the cube bounced up and grazed a teacher, but the prosecutor insisted frasier was aiming at the student. He may have missed, he may have missed by a mile, but for mr. De cogo to have been hit, the defendant had to throw it at the victim. Theres not a shred of evidence that there was any intent on mr. Frasier to throw that rubix cube a i think its absolutely ridiculous over me just getting frustrated over a student yelling at me and turning the other way and throwing a rubix cube at the ground. If frasier is getting his job back now that hes been cleared. No answer yet but frasier tells me he expects clarity on the situation within the next couple of weeks. Dan hausle, 7news. Police investigating a crash in quincy where a person was hit by a car. It happened on washington street late last night. Police say the medicine head trauma and was taken to the hospital. But the injuries are not lifethreatening. And Boston Police say they recovered this smith wesson dorchester. They say he tried hide it in a grill when the officers were approaching. He has now been taken into custody. Several pairs of high end shades stolen from the native. These two men took about 20 pairs of expensive sunglasses earlier this month worth 6 thousand. Investigators say the suspects used a cell phone to coordinate that robbery. Stroj winds in salem New Hampshire blow a tree right under a passing car. The tree landing on the cars the driver of the car okay. The tree also took down some wires. Lawrence road is now closed while crews clean up. A busy night for police in canton. Officers responded to a report this car off the road on mechanics street. They arrested the driver for driving under the influence, and then arrested the passenger for allegedly assaulting someone in the small crowd that had gathered around the car. Were following more news today, devastating floods continuing to rock louisiana, thousands forced out of their homes and into shelters as water levels there rise. Crews desperately work to rescue people there stranded and authorities are warning its not over yet. Reporter today a desperate scramble. The toll of louisianas historic flood growing by the hour. The record rainfall now rushing downstream flooding new communities. How long have you lived here . All my life. 50 years. And have you ever seen it flood like this . Never. Reporter at least 30,000 people rescued, more than 40,000 homes damaged. Of the buildings are destroyed. Powerful before and after images of schools and neighborhoods are emerging. This baton rouge movie studio has now become a massive makeshift emergency shelter. Today as some prepare for the worst, others are already living it. Picture of my daughter. Well never get things like that back. Reporter bob catelli, a retired firefighterho Hurricane Katrina victims just returned home. Its all right. Reporter to a loss that cant be measured. People around the country are helping those in louisiana and one celebrity is making a very generous donation. Taylor swift giving 1 million to the flood relief efforts. The singer said in a statement that she feels heart broken for people who were forced out of their homes there and encouraging others who can help out to also do so. A firey rescue off the coast of puerto rico. Be evacuated when the caribbean fantasy cruise and fairy ship caught fire. Several dozen people were carried away on stretchers treated for dehydration and shock. The ferry departed from the dominican republic. Spread to the russian ship pretty fast, started in the engine room. Athletes were on board heading to competitions in puerto rico. Vicepresident ial biden in kosovo today to name an american street the vicepresident says his son loved kosovo and the people and thanked the country for honoring his son. And i want to thank you, mr. President , and i want to thank the Prime Minister and all the people of kosovo for the fingerprint that has you have shown to me personally and to the biden family generally. And bide, also held kosovos president telling him he was country first. The u. S. And cuba are teaming up to fight the zika virus. A u. S. Delegation and expected to visit cuba in october to finalize details. Two other cases have been reported since march in cuba compared to 2000 cases reported in the last weekend by puerto rico. A scrap h scrambler shock. Kids got quite an jolt on an Amusement Park ride. They were zapped by electricity, its kind of scary to hear those things. Im concerned for my daughter. Reporter this father comes out to the Ocean Beach Park with his 10yearold daughter all the time, no longer allows her to ride the my mops rides. Once in a while we go on them, but, you know, as you see them, they look old. Reporter he believes his concerns were justified after hearing that six children were taken to the hospital after experiencing an electric shock while riding one of the rides earlier today. He started screaming. Rails. Im never going to go there until they fix it or doing something about the rides. I was not surprised at all. Reporter lori plans to have her three granddaughters steer clear of the rides, as well. It just doesnt seem like a safe kind of thing i dont know their Safety Record or anything but to me, i would not. The children suffered minor injuries, one with burns to his hands. The park rides were shut down for the rest of the day as investigators tried to figure out whooped. Theyre looking into all the loose ground or fray wire. Theyre also looking into the possibility of the earlier rainstorm that washed through around lunchtime today might have had something to do with this also. An electrical current from another ride has been pinpointed as the cause here. All the rides have now reopened. The death toll rises after an sploag at a maryland apartment complex last week. Police say a seventh body has been found in the debris, the explosion took buildings more than a mile away and started a fire that took hours to put out including three firefighters. Six people are still unaccounted for. The cause of that explosion is under investigation. A North Carolina man is under arrest accused of murdering his two daughters, their mother and their half sister. Police say they caught the man driving the victims car last night. They found their bodies yesterday and believe they may have been there for several days. Police say the murders happened a few weeks after the suspect was forced to get psychiatric help because he tried to kill himself. Theyre still investigating. An explosive crash in a is dead, another injured in the accident which happened yesterday morning. A car, look at this hoar, hit the suv off camera and sent it crashing right into the gas pump. Flames immediately shooting up there. Two people inside the gas station were able to escape but the 87yearold driver was killed. Also caught on camera, a scary scene in cincinnati. Scaffolding collapses from a city skyscraper. Two people quickly jump in to try to help out as onlookers rescue unfolded. Reporter it was a scary scene a couple hundred feet above downtown cincinnati today as two people made their way from this dangling scaffolding to a roof at a nearby building. It got real windy and then i just heard some scrapie noises, and i notice everybody is looking up at the building, so i poke my head out, and i was like, oh, gosh. I was helping a customer and all of a sudden she turns and screams and i look up there and see it just drop and swing reporter people cheered as the two workers made it across. Pretty much a miracle. Reporter firefighters and Police Officers made sure people watching stood back just in case the scaffolding fell. People inside the building were also told to get back. The people could shelter in place but the people who were in the immediate possible impact area thats what we cleared. Reporter fire Officials Say several scaffolding companies were called in to secure it. The streets were closed as crews moved it on to an adjacent roof. Everything turned out all right. I imagine a lot was going through their head. Im just happy a everyone is safe. Federal inspectors are looking into what caused the first place. O collapse in the a spectacular sight bringing thousands of people to a volcano park in hawaii. Lava from the kilimanjaro volcano is flowing right into the ocean and cooled by the water. It hardens and makes a lot of delta, kind of a platform of new land. Theyre very untable and can collapse unexpectedly. So park rangers are keeping a visitors right there. Harry potters world is expanding. The wizardly hero taking a walk on the dark side. Three new collections of short stories are available now for preorder starting today. The new ebooks will focus on the darker side of hogwarts. There will also be available on potter more, the interactive web site made for all the harry potter fans on september 6th. Mcdonalds happy meals featuring a new toy for the away activity trackers. They come in six colors and count steps and blink according to how fast someone is walking. The pedometers will only be viable for the next month until the usa and canada. This is the latest attempt by the company to push back critics who say mcdonalds mushing junk food towards children. I think my nephew will want to have them for sure. Right. We gotta get those. Still ahead here on 7 fuss, an olympic athlete looking to break records. What ashton eaton says drives him to be the best in the world. And is a peeping tom lurking in the backbay . Peeping living nearby are on alert. And a tree on a crash course in reading lands right on top of a house. Thats all coming up right here fios is not cable. Were wired differently, which means we can fix things differently. Thanks for calling fios. This is ryan. You cant tell me this cord isnt in. I know its in. Its in, but its not working. Im sending you a link to the my fios app that going to let me see what youre seeing. Yes, mr. Mcenroe. See that cord . Just plug it into the connector on the right. So you can clearly see whats in and whats out . Oh absolutely. I like that. Tech support that lets your technician see the problem over your smartphone. When people ask me what its like to win an olympic medal, i tell them, you already know. The medals youve earned are all around you. Your bronze. Your silver. And Liberty Mutual insures them all. Liberty mutual is proud to insure every team usa medal won in rio, just like we protect the medals youve earned in life. Liberty stands with you. Were headed now into the olympic zone. A champion looking to defend his title actually wowing crowds during the 2012 olympics. Many even consider him to be the greatest athlete in the world. And now after months of training, hes not looking to give up a title anytime soon. Nancy chen shows us how hes going for gold. Reporter he did it and ashton eaton is hoping to repeat what he did in london in rio. Champion, ashton eaton. Reporter that feeling of being on top the podium isnt the only thing that motivates eaton. Im driven like by my own curiosity of how good can i be, i wonder. I know when i run or jump or throw, what ive done so far, i feel like i can still do better than i have. Its always that aim to try to reach that point where i think, you know, what i dont think i can rung any faster thank that. I think that was it. So havent reached it yet. Reporter maybe eat tonk will break the barrier in rio b beyond the world record eaton hopes to inspear those watching. I want them to feel like theyre witnessing the results of what happens when somebody commits their entire life to something. Because essentially thats what ive done. Thats what im putting on display, the outcome of what humans can do when they commit fully to something. The eaton family is here in rio. His wife already took home a tedhalon. Coming up at 6 00, were taking a leap of faith with nancy chen. She tries out the olympic sport of trampoline and well see how she stacks up tonight. What a blast. Coming up, a spectacular show lighting up the nights sky where these incredible images were captured. Nasty picture there and no storms in the forecast for tomorrow, weekend forecast coming up next. And then at 6 00, a massachusetts man going for a dangerous drive whe 100 miles per hour. A crime scene on the streets of east boston. What police are saying about a td banks new intern, bart, is one of those robots from an other bank, were training him to bank human. H, bart . Why are you winding the clock back . The clock stated 11 35 pm, but they are still working. The clock is fine. Our Live Customer Service is available all night, and all day for that matter. Hes learning. At td bank we do things differently, like Live Customer Service 24 7. Bart hello . Hello . . . Some wild weather moving through new york city. Take a look at this. An incredible photo of lightning shooting through the sky last hudson river there, putting on quite a show in new york. Beautiful, but they can be so dangerous. Yes, absolutely. And we had a couple of jolts a few nights ago that sort of 70 me up out of bed in the middle of the night. Saturday into sunday, is that yes. Thats right. Lets get a check with jeremy reiner. Looks kind of mild out there, can i say that . You can say that, yeah, and i will agree with you the dewpoints have been squashed down into the 50s. This is not crisp snatchy autumn as soon as possibly autumn air but a nice breeze. Its not a crisp snappy air. Mostly clear skies. A batch of clouds over here in new york and pennsylvania, which within the pennsylvania clouds bother us. Tonight partly cloudy skies. More comfortable with lows between 60 and 67. This is the weather system that came through new england early this morning. Getting rid of of the humidity, and theres a weak weather system over here generating clouds and a few scoirgs, and that little weather system moves across new england tomorrow. We start with sunshine and i think in the afternoon it becomes partly sunny. Its still a decent day but theres the risk of an shower back in worcester hills, summer New Hampshire. You might have an isolated shower here on this map and if you have outdoor plans tomorrow, t time or a hike, isolated. Not widespread. If it bothers you, two or three minutes and then its donees theres the chance for it to you may have an isolated shower and nantucket at 83. Friday lots of sunshine. Temps on fly middle 80s on the coastline, a little cooler but delightful with temps in the upper 70s to around 80. Tomorrow billy joel doing his thing out at fenway. Mix of clouds and sunshine. No pressure with this forecast. Temps will reach the middle 80s. Trom tropics are beginning to tropics are beginning to percolate. This is Tropical Storm fionna with winds at 40 miles per hour. Well continue to head to the north and the west into early next week. You see bermuda right here, theres boston way through and miami down there. I think as the same time as this tropical system is moving northwest, a cool front will sweep off the eastern seaboard and sweep that weather system, that Weather Threat out to sea. So fionna will have to go looking for shrek. Saturday and sunday, lots of 80s. And you talked about pumpkins and that season, huh, all right . There we go. Up next, a North Reading woman is celebrating a major milestone, ringing in her birthday a diploma. That story when we come back. Good evening, everybody. Im adam william. Im kim khazei with some of what were working on for 7news at 6 00. Reports of an unnerving crime in bostons backbay and what neighbors are doing to try to protect each other. A tree comes crashing down in reading, hitting a house and taking out power lines. Were taking you back into the olympic called trampoline. All right. We got those stories and a whole lot more headed your way. Fios is not cable. Were wired differently. So we wired the wagners house with 100 meg internet. Which means in the time it takes mr. Wagner to pour a 20 oz. Cup of coffee, tommy can download 30 songs, and jan can upload 120 photos. 12 seconds. Thats the power of fiber optics. Tv and phone for just 69. 99 per month online with no annual contract. Now switching to fios is easier than ever with hasslefree installation. Well connect your devices to the new wifi and there is no cost to cancel early if you change your mind within 30 days. Super fast 100 meg internet with equal upload and download speeds. Plus tv and phone for just 69. 99 per month online. Go to getfios. Com or call 1. 888. Get. Fios to learn more. A very happy birthday and happy Graduation Day for North Readings oldest resident, claire prosciutto turns 100 today and receiving an honorary home froma hospital. She had to drop out at 16 to get a job and help out her family but her daughter says she still had a nak toed indicate her children and grandchildren and encouraging them to go to college, an opportunity she never had. My mother used to open up the encyclopedia and dictionary when i was a kid and look at words and topics with my friends to help us educate ourselves. She was always interested in make the best for herself and the peel around her. Could with the knowledge we have from my aunts and uncles. We learn from them, they learn from us. We taught each other. Claire says the secret to living a long life is lots of olive oil. Ooh, you can eat, it put it on your skin. She looks wonderful, too. She really does. Were so happy for her. Theres another 30 minutes of 7news ahead. Stick gets started right now. Pretty creepy. I thought i should close my bliebdz a little tighter. A creepy crime has neighbors in a Boston Neighborhood horrified. The steps theyre taking to protect each other. Then, a tree makes a isnt that correct entrance. From a house to power lines. See the trail of destruction. Mainly clear overnight tonight, a few more clouds on the way for tomorrow. Rio. The ryan lochte around robbery case takes another twist. What the u. S. State department is saying about it. And in the olympic zone, were taking you inside the gym to learn to master the olympic sports, the trampoline. On just one takes, people in bostons backbay are on alert. There are reports of a peeping tom in that other posting signs and warning whats going on. Police are now sending more officers to patrol that particular area. John coco live in the yact bay with a story you will see on just one station. John. Adam, these are the flyers right here. Theyre stapled to trees up and down marlborough street and put here by someone concerned about that peeping tom and now police are tampa baying a closer look. Reporter a backbay neighborhood on alert. It was pretty creepy. Reporter warnings posted all making sure people keep their eyes peeled for a possible peeping tom. Thats a little unsettling, i would say. Yeah. Reporter the flyer says a person was first seen in neighborhood yards a few weeks ago. I thought i should close my blinds a little tighter, what i thought. Reporter this person was also spotted driving by in a white ford pickup truck. Most recently they were seen outside a building in the area. Boston police in district 4 saying theyve taken a number of reports about this. Theyre on the lookout and sending more patrols. I think everyone diligent and so if they see something, theyll definitely call the police. Hopefully, yeah, they catch whoever it is. Im down at the garden level. It would be nice to know. Reporter until then people leer do exactly what the flyer says and be aware. It gets scarier when you hear of all of the crazy stuff that happens with runners and everything else, that you just are really mindful to be diligent vigilant. And of course if youve seen anything or you know anything,
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