He came over the curb and almost hate hit the airport. The fourth passenger in the car was not arrested. They found a handgun and a small amount of marijuana inside the car. The car was a rental. Mike the tech to say no one was hurt during the pursuit. The say no one was hurt during the pursuit. Kevin i m keeping a close eye on them. The severe southwest as we go through the dinnertime hours. From our area. Over the next couple hours, we waves of rain as we go through the evening hours. The greatest threat for Severe Weather this evening and into the overnight should remain to her southwest. We should keep the rain on any more active thunderstorms. Mike a woman from Campbell County will spend the next three months behind bars for abusing children she babysat. Sheree wlwt news 5 s dan griffin talked with the parents of children in the case, they say they don t want this to happen again. Reporter the parents involved in this case say they re glad they have justice, now their focus turns to changing the law to protect others. After more than a year of agony, Jennifer Diaz finally feels at ease. Now other people will see who this person is, so she can t hurt anyone else s child. With tears in her eyes, she says her then4 month old daughter sophie was abused by Desiree Rankin, a friend she d known since she was young. Not only did that monster, Desiree Rankin physically harm my baby, but she has left lives that sophie has touched, scars that will last forever. Reporter another woman, Asha Saunders says her 4 month old son, julian, was also abused by rankin. You think you know someone and this is what they do behind closed doors with your child when no one s looking. Reporter rankin apologized in court. Her supporters called the case all lies. I m sorry that this is happening and that everyone s going through this. Rankin took an alford plea, which means she admits no guilt, but acknowledges there is damaging evidence against her. She ll serve three months in jail and then be on probation. If she violates probation, she ll face significantly more time behind bars. Now that we re over this hump, i m going to continue with our fight and we re going to advocate for child abuse awareness, and we re going to try to push something forward for sophie s law and create a child abuse registry. Reporter diaz says it s important parents know who s caring for their kids. She and her supporters have an online petition and they re also reaching out to state leaders to registry a reality. I m going to be behind her now to help her with her registry. They say abuse like this can t continue, and they won t stop pushing until children are protected. Reporter parents in the case say they now plan to shift their focus to april where they will host an event to bring attention to child abuse awareness month. We re in newport, dan griffin, wlwt news 5. Sheree as part of her sentence, rankin is not allowed to have unsupervised contact with any children other than her own, she s not allowed to take a job in childcare, and must follow probation. One of two men accused of robbing a 90yearold veteran in his home last year will spend the next 10 years in prison. Jeremiah ott pleaded guilty to charges of aggravated burglary, burglary and theft last week. Police say budd rullmann was tied up in his Miami Township home, while ott and another man mike two rifles in the shotgun still missing tonight. We find todd dykes. He is a life with the latest in the case. Reporter he s a thief with good taste when it comes to guns, that s what one firearms expert told me this afternoon. Of course the big question now is how do you walk into a big store like this and then walk out with a stolen gun not once, but 3 times . . This is an ar50 made by hk, one of the more higher end type of models. Reporter gun salesman jon villing says this weapon is similar to one of three guns stolen from cabela s in west chester in late december. It is collapsible, but, you know, it s one of those things, how do you necessarily walk away with this . Reporter that s a question being asked by both detectives and gun enthusiasts at shops like target world. All i know is it was concealed and he walked out with it. I m not sure how he concealed it. It s one of those things that it s one of those things that those 3 weapons unfortunately are potentially in the black nobody wants that. Reporter police say a man believed to be in his 20 s stole a beretta shotgun, a black rain rifle and a springfield m1a rifle from cabela s on december 28, 29th and 30th. These surveillance photos captured what the man looks like and the maroon pickup truck he drove away in, now police want to know who he is. We re reaching out to the public hopefully to identify this person or the vehicle. Reporter jon villing says the guns are worth several thousand dollars. The guy has got good taste. A very high end shotgun and two very high end rifles retailing upwards of about 5,000. Reporter they are not ruling anything out. They look at all areas from different angles, any tips that come in, they re going to follow up on every single tip until we find this person. Reporter workers who keep an eye out for anybody who is trying to sell or trade stolen guns. There is also a network a Facebook Group looking for any signs that the point to the. The thief. Department if you know anything. In the last 15 years since the national headlines, what s changed in community and Police Relations . Sheree wlwt news 5 s Richard Chiles joins us live at Xavier University with a look at a Town Hall Forum aimed at getting the dialogue started. Reporter some called those four days of violence a riot, others said it was an uprising and protest anchored in civil disobediance, the conversation continues tonight 15 years later. Seeking answers to where are we now and where do we go from here to create a more equitable future. Almost 15 years after the city erupted, panalist who represented the many stakeholders in 2001 will share the stage addressing the wake of violence which followed the 19yearold timothy thomas. His death sparked four days of disruption and protest. Charlie luken was the sitting mayor at that time will sit along side the Reverand Damon Lynch the 3rd and police captian maris harold and activist iris roley. They will share their discussion on the aftermath of those days of violence and the state of cincinnati today. A lot of these folks Work Together in 2000 and one. With an event like that, you will have disagreements. The disagreements will evolve. It ll be interesting to see how the disagreements have evolved. We do not know what to expect. Reporter the resulting collaborative agreement has emerged as a nation wide model for police and Community Relations serving as a guidline in recent examples of urban violence like ferguson. But participants say this conversation continues that work and indicates much remains to be said. Richard chiles wlwt news 5. Mike sheree you ll be able to watch the town hall online at wlwt. Com. Again, the forum begins at 7 this evening at the cintas center. Mike the cincinnati streetcar. The Agency Responsible for securing advertising. It could generate as much as 550,000 for the city. So far no ad said than sold because the ad agency is focusing on naming rights. They are suggesting a different approach. In the early projections that we got, zero was the number projected for advertising and sponsorship. As the stakeholders who are responsible for making the math work, zero is not ok. So we gotta make sure, sounds like we have some low hanging fruit, get those commitments so we can say there s not a zero there. Sheree the Group Advertising vehicles, which is in charge of securing the ads, says that generate between four and 6 1 2 million over the next two decades. A taller running alone in the middle of the night. An officer get some clothes for a young child found in the cold air it why he says it is just part of the job. And moving on to mayhem sure. Which candidate is gaining momentum. And how New Hampshire could be a turning point for Ohio Governor john kasich. Kevin we have had some often on downpours. I am tracking Severe Weather outdoor south and west. I will let you know my thoughts as we head into the evening hours. I will let you know what to mike a twoyearold baby was found wandering alone in freezing temperatures before dawn this morning. The toddler had no coat, no shoes, and walked up to a stranger in westwood who called police. This is where the story takes a turn no one expected,. Two officers going above and beyond,. And wait until you see the picture that goes with it. Wlwt news 5 s Brian Hamrick is leading the way with the story, brian this starts out with an reporter the baby was found scared shivering. It s a disturbing picture but the photograph that emerged from this ordeal, is the opposite. This picture is burning up the internet. An officer, will nastold doing his flat out best to entertain a baby. It all began when police got a call that the baby was found wandering near some apartments in westwood. No shoes no coat. Officers showed up and tried to find the baby s family but couldn t. Officer Jamie Landrum took the baby to district 3 but on her own went a bought the baby clothes, diapers footies. All of it out of her own pocket. I just think it s part of being a Cincinnati Police officer, it s just something i think any of us would have done. S Mother Police say she admitted drinking last night and that this isn t the first time the baby got out on his own. Live Brian Hamrick, news 5. Mike after months of debates and campaigning, iowa voters have spoken, and the two winners who came out on top in last night s caucuse are republican ted cruz and democrat hillary clinton. Cruz was more than 3 Percentage Points ahead of trump, who came in second. But among the democratic candidates, clinton just barely edged out bernie sanders, by a fraction of a point. Another candidate is looking at last night as a big victory. That s u. S. Senator marco rubio who polled a strong third in iowa. What his showing means for the campaign of ohio s john kasich is what wlwt news 5 s john london has looked into tonight john. Reporter the rubio ramifications are clear. He has momentum. Kasich has to find a way to achieve a rubiolike result in s put all his marbles there. He has one week to make that pay off. Ohio Governor John Kasich suddenly has a rubio problem. He probably wouldn t say it that way, but that s the result out of the state he ignored. Chip gerhardt flew back from New Hampshire this morning. He believes New Hampshire could decide the establishment battle royal between bush, christie, kasich and rubio. Of that group of four, the Rubio Campaign certainly has to be feeling pretty good. The bush and the christie campaigns did horribly and they spent a lot of time and money in iowa. Reporter kasich, by contrast, has devoted himself almost exclusively to New Hampshire. So, his expectation here is a high finish. Local gop chair Alex Triantafilou was with gerhardt says don t read too much into the establishment thing. What john kasich has done s rejecting all of the labels. You know, he s talked about being in that third lane. John kasich has not always been a downtheline republican, republican. He s pushed back. Reporter trump has consistently polled the highest in New Hampshire. But, will his support wilt after cruz took iowa . Sean comer and where do those voters go . Do they go to cruz, rubio, kasich . And a number of people said kasich cause he sort of has that offthecuff feel. Reporter kasich has built a good ground game in New Hampshire. He has polled second and third there lately. In the wake of cruz in iowa, trump suddenly has pressure. And rubio has momentum. Who has the inside lane . Alex triantafilou eight days can be a lot of time in this kind of a race. So, the answer is anybody can win New Hampshire. Reporter kasich told cnn today he ll know in a week if he s a story or not. He also had some fun today saying he d try to reunite pink floyd if he makes it to the white house. Calls the wall in pittsburgh the best concert he ever saw. Mike thanks so much. One more takeaway from iowa sean comer points out the moderates rubio attracted last night will ll coalesce around one candidate or spread themselves thinner among four or s certified most accurate forecast. Have already had a little bit of springlike weather around here. Have seen the flashes of lightning out there . You can see more as you head into the overnight hours. South and west. Mainly west of the louisville area. There have been a number of tornado warnings. They have been confined so far to extreme western and southern kentucky. That is exactly where we expect for the rather to remain overnight tonight. However take a look at outside over my shoulder. We have some ugly looking skies. We have had some on and off downpours over the past couple of hours. There may even be a few reports of some small hail and heavier downpours. You cannot ruled that out. Deerfield township, we have some heavy downpours. Towards martinsville towards lynchburg, we have some sporadic showers moving in and out. You can expect this in the evening hours. Often on waves. Nothing severe. You can get some thunder in flickers of lightning. Here s a look at regional severe lightning. We can expect the weather to be confined to our south and to our west. We remain on the northern fringes of this. As we have been saying for the past couple of days. This is not a slamdunk weather event. This is certainly not severe we should keep an eye on some storms later on tonight. We are dealing with such a dynamic weather system. The greatest risk posed is the potential for a few rain gusts. The potential for some flooding. The ground is still pretty saturated. You can get some heavy rains tonight. The tornado risk is nonexistent. It is not completely zero out there. That is something we are keeping a close eye on. The greatest risk or timeframe i am concerned about is after about 10 00 or it over the next couple of hours, no Severe Weather concerns. Often on downpours are possible. It is going to remain mild. Temperatures will climb into the 60 s. We are at 60 at the airport. It is the warmest is been all day. With a southeast pre southeast breeze at 70 miles per are. It ll will be a windy and blustery night. The swarm from is near the ohio river. As we get up towards i 70, hit 70. Near the louisville and lexington, it would hit record levels. The greatest risk of Severe Weather will remain there. S a look at futurecast. Often on waves of rain. Downpours. Eventually we will begin to see things dry out tomorrow morning just in time for the morning commute. The cold air will lag behind a little bit. 52. We will stay near 60 most of the night tonight. Tomorrow, partly cloudy and breezy and cooler. Here is a look at your day planner. 52 at 8 a. M. It will slip into the 50 s tomorrow evening. Storms this evening. Of Severe Weather should say off cincinnati s certified most accurate forecast mike thanks. Booted to the curb. Sheree is depression more than sadness . Its a tangle of multiple symptoms. Is a prescription medicine for depression. Brintellix may start to untangle or help improve the multiple symptoms of depression. For me, brintellix made a difference. Tell your doctor right away if your depression worsens, or you have unusual changes in mood, behavior or thoughts of suicide. Antidepressants can increase these in children, teens, and young adults. Brintellix has not been studied in children. Do not take with maois. Tell your doctor about your medications, including migraine, psychiatric and depression medications, to avoid a potentially lifethreatening condition. Increased risk of bleeding or bruising may occur, especially if taken with nsaid pain relievers, aspirin, or blood thinners. Manic episodes or vision problems may occur in some people. 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George john manziel his status with the team will be addressed when the league rules permit. Reports say that the browns will release manziel then. Bengals got a little a scared when tyler came up limping after this play in the poll bowl. A different story for now scored driver tony stewart. He is hospitalized after an accident on a altering vehicle. He has a back accident. There should be a update coming on thursday. Stewart has ra said this will be his last year in nascar. Mike i just get them drive that fast. Sheree wind in storms tonight. Wlwt news 5 at 5 00 kevin sheree meet the moores were the moore family, and were always looking for ways to enjoy more. So we called Time Warner Cable and got even more than we expected. More speed. More tv shows and movies on demand. More places to make more unlimited calls. They even made it easy to switch with a one hour arrival window. For 89. 99 a month, youll get 30 meg internet, tv, and phone. 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