To track down and disinfect possible sources of the bacteria. Good evening. I am sandra bookman. Dozens of wilderness were tested and disinfected today. The number of cases now stands at 108. But no n new cases have been diagnosed in four days. Ten have died. Five new tested positive for the legionella bacteria. Reporter well, we begin with the good news. City officials now believe that the legionnaires outbreak is now contained. However, they continue to find the legionella bacteria in new locations, including the bronx county hall of justice behind me. Five more buildings in the bronx were disinfected today disinfected today. The additional sites are at this bronx courthouse. New york city house court, Ava Post Office on the grand concourse. This is unchartered territory. Reporter according to the mayor this has been learn as you go. They didnt even have a comprehensive list of cooling towers in the bronx, which is where it can breed. We have to canvas a part of our city. Today the g
People have been shot outside a block. Ecl and word did come overnight that he has now been arrested, formally accused in a disturbing string of incidents. Take a look at this video. This is 37yearold greg boyden of the bronx. He is now facing a laundry list touching, public lewdness and three counts of sexual abuse. Starting in August Boyden is accused of targeting teenage boys, in some cases offering them money to help him carry his bags. The victims range from age from 12 to 15. Surveillance video of the suspect was released and had many residents in this area on edge especially since there are three schools in this neighborhood near this park. Teachers talked about their fear. It scares me as a teacher in the community and especially because of all the kids, you know, we see them every day for their safety we just want them to be safe. Now before his arrest there were three known incidents that he was linked to, but after his arrest weve now learned about a fourth incident in which
That could bring down some tree limbs. Theres the first downpour heading into Warren County. Blaise town get ready for a downpour and over to hope as well. The lightning with that particular storm has had a history of producing lightning. The strongest storms are headed towards allentown but eventually into southern warren over the next hour. Its pouring over northern westchester and rocklin into putnam and orange county. And showers have reached morris county, and those first showers, although not as heavy could move into new york city within a half hour or so. Theyre moving right along. Thats the complete line. The future scan shows you what the radar will look line over the next hour. See the first showers in new york city but the main line getting to i287 by 5 00 and probably approaching new york city 6 00, again, confirming with our futurecast, i287, long island, connecticut, central and southern new jersey between 6 30 and 8 00, and then offshore and things quiet down. Heres what
If by chance youre headed to that area, you can keep an eye on the traffic with your ipad or tablet and at abc7ny. Com. Lets go to another breaking news story right now. An attempted abduction in bridgeport, connecticut. Weve just received video of the car and teenager tumbling out. Sandra bookman is in the news room with late breaking details. On monday morning at about 7 15, police in bridgeport responded to a call as you said about an attempted abduction. All of this happened near the corner of boston avenue and palisades avenue. A 17yearold girl told police she was walking to school when she was approached by someone in a gray toyota. The female driver lured that girl in to the vehicle and the girl says she was assaulted. Take a look at the video that police released. At one point that 17yearold can be seen jumping out of the car as it was traveling along boston avenue. Heres what we know about the suspect. She is described as a hispanic female in her 40s with black hair and freckl
You know, it was agitated and, you know, going to be violent. Youre looking live out here at the scene. Police still out here according to Avery Jefferson when cops originally arrived, the owner of the dog, the new dog owner told the cops to do whatever they could to stop the dog. Thats when the officer made the decision to go ahead and shoot and this did involve a police shooting, the Hudson County Prosecutors Office is the lead agency in this investigation. That is the latest live from bayonne new jersey, Anthony Johnson channel 7 Eyewitness News. Wow. All right, anthony. Thank you. We have more breaking news out of Lower Manhattan where nba player has been acquitted on charges in connection with his arrest in april. A jury deliberated for less than an hour this morning before delivering the not guilty verdict. The atlanta hawk forward was accused of obstructing Police Officer, disorderly conducts and resisting arrest. He suffered a broken leg during that arrest outside a nightclub i