A request to release former massachusetts House Speaker sal dimasi from prison immediately as he battles cancer three his wife and children in that courtroom this morning. Doug meehan is live in boston where that hearing just wrapped up. Doug sal dimasi not in court but his wife debbie and two Adult Children were. They were there to show he has support. Information to assess the actual medical condition of the former speaker of the house before he comes up to any decision. Sal dimasi is approaching five years of his eight Year Prison Sentence for a corruption conviction. Federal prosecutors on behalf of the bureau of prisons asked that dimasi be released due to his reported failing health. The 71yearold is suffering eating or drinking even with pureed food. The decision before the court is domain easy to maisie judge wolf said no decision will be made today. Tdimasi remains in a federal prison. Emily six people are dead after a Chain Reaction crash in maryland. Schoolbus ultimately col
Public to be on the lookout for the victims stolen car, a black 2004 cadillac with a lunar roof. The men also got away with about 1000 in cash. We did stick with some other neighbors, understandably stunned by what happened. We will hear from some of them ahead at 6 00. Juli mcdonald, Wcvb Newscenter 5. Anchor right now a warning to parents a reminder why you have to check your halloween candy. A small bottle of alcohol was found in a childs trickortreat bag. Newscenter 5s Rhondella Richardson is live in walpole tonight. Rhondella, police want to know who handed it out. Reporter absolutely. The grandmother who found the nip in the 6yearolds goodie bag told me the little girl visiting an area home and told when you look at this its got an apple on the front, looks like juice, the child could have consume it. Reporter Walpole Police want to know who mixed this in with halloween candy handed out last night. Police worry if other bottles are out there in trick or treat bags. Particularly i
The word out to Health Care Providers and drug treatment centers. The infections have hit four male heroin users in the South Central part of the state. The bacteria responsible causes strep throat, but when injected directly into the blood stream, it attacks muscles and organs. Doctors say while the general public is not in any real danger, its important to track down the source. It is possible these people may have had some social contact we are investigating maybe they had close contact with one another. The we are also concerned about whether the drugs were contaminated. Reporter now that New Hampshire Health Care Providers are being made aware of the infection, the quick reporting of cases should help prevent a wider outbreak. Anchor firefighters investigating this house fire in middleton. The family who owns the home on forest street was in a trailer next door when the flames broke out. They tell investigators there was an electrical problem then they saw the house was on fire. A
Live at the scene. Reid protests wrapped up around 30 minutes ago, and state police sued about 60 summonses. They were asked by the protesters for them to get tickets for trespassing. This was for the disruption caused by the protest here at the mccormick building. We are next to the statehouse roughly 100 people, most of them disabled and combined to wheelchairs, most of whom are also from out of in the lobby of the building and on the 11th floor. In doing so, they blocked entrances and exits and elevator. They did this as a protest against the office of health and Human Services and its rick perry, marilou sutter. They are demanding shed negotiate the implementation of a Community First option, which allows people with disabilities to live independently in their own homes and not institutions. Independently, but they have been actively blocked from doing so. There is a lot of abuse happening in these institutions, and a lot of people are dying. Theyo teenagers, rly 20s, and they die
In nashua, 38 in plymouth now and it does come with mostly sunny skies. Temperatures though compared to yesterday ten . Or so cooler. So it is still feeling very chilly as you wake up this morning, hourbyhour forecast for lowell today has temperatures by 11 00 a. M. At about 49 . , 51 here at 1 00 this afternoon. Still in the lower 50s at 3 00 and we have some increasing evening clouds as temperatures fall back into the 40s. I got latest on those at and whos even close to 70 tomorrow coming at new just a couple minutes. Back over to you, catherine. Catherine lets see how the map is doing. 9 01 on Tuesday Morning and activity and jammed up on 128 as you go through burlington and lexington, also jammed up there on 93 as make way through woburn, medford, into somerville as well. Wanted to zoom in here and see on pike going eastbound one lane blocked cambridge street and pike slow this morning, not too severe but expressway still leverett connector, still a lot of volume out there in lever