started with a domestic disturbance between his mother and her boyfriend. police have not charmed anyone in the shooting. that vigil will be-- charged anyone in the shooting. that will be at 7:30. anyone is welcomed to attend. across charot there's a trend -- charlotte there's been young people involved in shootings. ings. jim bradley looks at community groups meant to help mentor young people and the struggles they are running into when they try to do that. >> a lancaster man wan sentenced to 59 years in prison for stabbing his wife to death. a jury found john guilty of killing his wife elaine in october of 2013. investigators say on the day of the murder he came home and saw a man she was having an affair with. new tonight u.s. marshals caught a dangerous fugitive wanted in new york right here in charlotte. raymond frazier will be held in county jail until he can be extradited to buffalo to face weapons charges. he was arrested in uptown yesterday. he was on the run for 3 weeks. sad story tonight in gaston county. this local mother is accused of keeping her three children out of school for more than 3 years. new this hour reporter ken lemon was in court when she went before a judge and found they lived within walking distance of a school. >> reporter: beyond the homes is the newest high school and one of the most highly regarded schools in gaston county and right over here is a front door to jennifer elam's home. her children could see the school from the front porch. they could likely hear school bus and stewed antes risk and leaving campus. -- students arriving and leaving campus but she killed her children 10, 18 and 15 from attending school she said she tried to school her children herself. >> my husband was home schooled before he passed away and when i had to change everything. >> reporter: prosecutors told the judge that's just not true. >> kid were kept out of school for three years while allegedly she was out doing drugs your honor. >> reporter: he said the 15- year-old had to stay home to baby-sitter the other children and neighbors say there's also a preschool age child in the home. a deputy put in -- put an eviction notice on the day and a few days ago social worker rerealized they weren't in school. school officials say they had no idea they weren't tracked because they were not enrolled in public school. a neighbor jaqueline smith didn't know. >> they looked well taken care of and i spoke this them and they seemed smart. >> reporter: children who are not in school often end up in trouble with the law. >> i don't -- out of hand is devil's playmate. >> reporter: they are working to get nem in class but it may -- get them back in class but it may not be easy. they are in custody and elam is due back behalf judge in a month. in belmont ken lemon channel 9 "eyewitness news." sergeant says he left his post in afghanistan to draw attention to what he called bad -- superior officer. his attorneys released documents this week showing he sacrifice. they revealed he suffered from a personality disorder. berg doll was -- bergdahl was captured and faces desertion and other charges. north carolina largesthealth insurer is weeks away from resolving computer issues impacting thousands of customers. blue cross blue shield says they are trying to sort through the issues that stared nearly 3 months ago -- started nearly 3 months ago. company official described problem as a avalanche that started with the computer system and carried to other parts of the company. we have been following the problems since the beginning of the year. issues affected 25,000 customers and included being put on a wrong plan being double build or having money mistakenly withdrawn from the account. hold when they called the today resolve the issue. now earlier this month, north carolina official said they planned to hit the company with the biggest fine possible. the state insurance commissioner says his office has received thousands of calls and complaints about blue cross this year. he says he even had to reopen dozens of cases because customers issues kept going. channel 9 hats been covering issue for months and you can find the past coverage along with links if you have experienced any issues at wsoctv.com. a new push in south care line that would help bring down the cost of feminine hygiene products members of the house caucus are talking about introducing a measure to remove items like tampons from a list of items the state taxes. meanwhile one state representative introduced a measure to provide free feminine products in all state owned building bath rooms. also new tonight, south carolina lieutenant governor must repay 73,000 dollars in excessive campaign the south carolina ethics commission also fined henry mcmaster 5100 dollars for campaign violations. during a hearing back in september, mcmasters' attorney said he violated lawyers during campaign for governor he did it unintentionally a candidate may accept 3500 dollars per donor but a complaint accused mcmaster of receiving more than that from 51 donors. tonight action 9 is investigating after a charlotte woman applied for loan but instead of receiving the money she ended up paying thousands. >> action 9 jason stoogenke says it's yell lyle in north care line -- illegal in north carolina and confronted the company. >> reporter: you know how it goes you apply for a loan and you expect the lender to send you money not the other way around. but according to police report, the money was going the wrong way in this case. miles against with a single step. >> reporter: that's the slogan. >> yes. >> reporter: anissa freeman wants to start a health and wellness company. >> bible study time. >> reporter: and applied for a low with a financial company that approved her for 83,000 dollars but told her she had to pay $3,000 in attorney and other fees first. >> they want out to pay all the fees in order to borrow the money. >> yes. >> reporter: she did but as of yesterday she still hadn't seen a dime of the loan. she says it's been more than 5 months. >> it's hurting and heart breaking but. >> reporter: he so i -- so i like into the company and the bbb gives it a f raid and two other red flags you need a license to lend money. >> court carolina and they don't have -- north carolina and -- in-- in north carolina and they don't have one and you can't secure up front fees so she says they were breaking the la i am the consumer reporter. >> reporter: when i called the company several people admitted charging freeman up front but a claimed it was not illegal. you're saying that you did charge her about 3,000 dollars in attorney fees and some other fees before she got the loan but you are claiming that that doesn't violate the law. >> my life is. >> reporter: they never gave me a clear reason why. so once again in north carolina very easy rule naff lender doesn't have a lines or wants to charge you a upfront fee no matter how convincing it sound like a 25 dollar processing fee, just walk away and i will show you how to look up licenses on the website wsoctv pop com and look there with -- wsovtv.com and look there with my story. >> and we have -- story. >> and we have more advice as law and bbb, f raid rating on the action 9 page. another union county school administrator is retiring after a controversy involving lap tops. dr. mike web is the deputy superintendent for instructional technology and operations his last day on the job will be june 1st. superintendent dr. mary ellis says her last day will also be june 1st. earlier this month she announced she is retiring and has been the union county superintendent since 2012. the school board plans to meet on monday to discuss their search for the next superintendent. all of this comes just weeks after the sbi and district attorney announced no charges will be filed against ellis and webb in case involving their company and a school laptop contract. we discovered in november ellis webb and another district administrator have a company employed a computer seller from lenovo who sold thousands of laptops to the district. this is a destructive infestation termites in homes. vicki graf explains how the warm weather is driving them out and why rain is not going to help. >> we didn't seat record and it was not even in the 80s but sunshine and temperatures in the upper 70s nothing to complain about on the st. patrick's day. how soon we will grab for heavy coats. >> we have counted a dozen crashes all along this stretch of i-77 and the -- in the construction zone in two weeks. >> it's ridiculous. i avoid it at all cost. there's anything done to there's anything it's become a traffic nightmare for drivers accidents clogging i-77 in north mecklenburg county. constantly. we have seen hundreds of accidents so far this year on i- 7 7 and recently it started to get worst. this month alone there's a half dozen crashes along the same stretch. >> and it's near the toll lane construction from gilliad and investigated and found state troopers are overwhelmed. >> reporter: i started to look into this after checking my phone. i get the push alerts from the wsoc news app and all of them seem to say there's a crash on 77 in the construction zone and the time stamps the same relatively. and i decided to investigate. >> looks like we are seeing it now looks like the left lane is blocked so you want to use 115 and avoid 77 this morning. >> reporter: morning. >> we keep getting lots and lots of problems at 77 this morning. >> reporter: after morning. >> high bay patrol medic and -- highway patrol and medic heading to i-77. >> reporter: seems to be a crash. >> the lanes are too narrow. >> reporter: and seems to be getting worse as construction picks up since the beginning of march we have sent out 6 push alerts about crashes on i-77 all on the morning drive. >> i am not surprised. it's ridiculous. i avoid it at all cost. >> reporter: we went to the people who can't avoid i-77 state troopers. >> definitely it's a mess of a numbers to prove it. 228 crashes on this stretch throroh mecklenburg county in january. 240 in february. and so far this month, 162 already. i asked troopers if they are planning on anything to combat the issue and the construction is making that tough. >> as long as that is going on there we will have issues. >> it's slower than usual southtowards hunters villesville. >> reporter: the barriers makes it worse no war where to move the wrecks resulting in longer backups. >> prior to the construction if a vehicle was broken down or collision we could move it to the shoulder. now there's spots that we can't move it to the shoulder. >> reporter: the slowings the troopers see is to focus on driving. >> i think -- the only solution the troopers see is focus on driving. >> they can police themselves if they pay attention. >> reporter: john paul channel 9 "eyewitness news" in in january cornelius current and former fire chief said this stretch does pose a safety risk. construction site make it hard for first responders to get to the scene of a wreck. the current chief ace sight cree -- it creates a danger for those on the job to. stay on top of the traffic situation watch traffic team 9 mark taylor on "eyewitness news" this morning and he tweets out delays for traffic team 9. new details a woman told police that she hit a police cruiser because she didn't see it coming through an intersection in east charlotte. this crash happened on mathison at the plaza last night. she told officers she slowed down for a police car with lights and sirens but didn't realize another cruiser was coming behind it. no one was hurt. sea world making changes to the orca program after years of public pressure. breeding killer whales today. next year they will stop making the whales perform any tricks like this for the crowd. the killer whales been on display but in a more natural environment. sea world says it's clear society attitude are changing million dollars last quarter. another gorgeous day from the charlotte cam. not too many cloud and steve says what a weird march night been crazy. second warmest march since we have been keeping records. christine went through the record books and also on track for the second driest march and i don't see much of a change certainly not this evening. 77 in charlotte rock hill and gastonia and concord. 78 local warm spot wadesboro and rockham. mid-70s i-40 corridor. montins are upper 50s to near 60. we were watching some of the ski resort tower cams. a couple can folks were still skiing up in the mountains in spite of the warmth and not much in the way of snow left. if you are going to light up the grill, be careful. it's been very dry. keep the fires contained. or if you are lighting up fire shortly after -- mid-70s at 6. mid-60s by 8. shortly after that. this is closer to average for this time of year. upper 30s to near 40 up across the high country. bus stop forecast first thing tomorrow mid-40s early on as the kids get into school, lower 50s many tomorrow, pretty sim -- 50s. tomorrow, pretty similar to today but clouds. the next storm is take shape to the south and west. that moist toture will start to push our way. not necessarily tomorrow where rain chances remain low. temperatures remain warm and pollen count through the roof. tomorrow's futurecast plenty of sunshine. few afternoon high clouds will spill across the skies. check out the average i should say hour by hour temperatures. this is from charlotte area. mid-60s by lunchtime well above the average high for this time year which is in the the low 60s. likely we will reach 70 tomorrow afternoon. and neighborhood forecast in lower 70s tomorrow and plenty of sunshine and few afternoon high clouds. rain chances start to ramp up heading into saturday and especially late day and saturday night. i don't anticipate an all weekend rain so if you need something done outside early saturday, and later on sunday, look to be dry but boy it will be cooler than we have grown used to. >> spoiled is the word. >> i think so. >> all right thanks steve. a million dollar yacht stuck on lake norman for days. >> nothing on the lake isequipped to deal with that. >> the overhaul to save the boat and area around it. termites creating thousands in damage in local homesp next what's driving them out of the see them this year for the see them this year and having sex with two young boys is now banned from a rock hill church where he volunteered. our news parter parter in the herald was in court when the shock allegations revealed julio castillo tied up one of the victims in a secret sex room according to police. officers arrested him last month. investigators say he met the two accuser at eepiscopal church of our savior years ago the church said they cut ties with castillo and he is banned from churchp property. lawmakers asked for the michigan goneor and the head of the epa to resign. a house -- governor and the head of the epa to resign. house committee explored who was responsible for the lead tainted water. republican leaders including the local congressman meadows pointed blame at the epa. saying the agency failed to respond. >> are you partially at fault yes or no? >> i am not playing a blame shifting game sir it would be >> so you do agree you are partially at fault. >> we the sit system failed we were part of that system. >> both hip began governor and ep -- michigan governor and epa chief says the rules should be updated. crisis in flint had local cities and towns concerned about their own utilities. charlotte water says our drinking water is safe and it says the water from mountain island lake and lake norman is frequently monitored but in your count -- york county testing found lead in the water in two subdivisions. officials believe it came off pipes that served 3500 customers but all of the levels are back to normal. a popular brand of canned tuna is recalled because it could be contaminated. bubble bee says they made changes to -- bumble bee says they made changes how they stearallize it and it could cause it to spoil it. infects 31,000 cases of the canned tuna produced in february and we posted the codes at wsoc to tv.com and it's also on facebook. shocking new numbers out children are sent to the emergency room for accidental medicine overdoses. our report found 60,000 young children were rushed to the er in 2013 after taking prescription pills that adults left on counter tops purses and pill organizers. the study breaks down that's about 160 kids every day. at 5, we broke down a spike in teen crime after a 13 and 14- year-old were charged with shooting at cmpd officers. at 6, we investigate what's keeping the city and local trend. ng thefolks have some questionsabout my spicy, freshly-preparedworld-famous zinger sandwich. like,"is it freshly-prepared?" yes. 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"is the freshly-preparedzinger sandwich available in a $5 fill up?" if you have five dollars, yes. what a great limited time de! it's finger lickin' good! now from the news team that is channel 9 "eyewitness news" at 6. >> 13 and 14-year-olds accused of carrying a gun and shooting at cmpd officers. it's the latest in a cree rent -- recent spike of violent crime involving teens new at 6, the police chief. >> it's frustrating. >> city leaders. >> it's our problem. >> and local advocates speaking about getting our teens back on track to help heal our city. >> it's a -- we all need to come together. >> tonight those young teens charged with shooting at officers face a long legal fight. but city and community leaders say the arrest highlights a disturbing trend i am erica bryant. >> i am scott wickersham. jim bradley broke down the spike in teen crime and now at 6 he will explain why solving the problem could take time and money jim. >> reporter: the easterny was not lost on anybody i talked with today. 13 and 14-year-old accused of milton road were running by the boys and girls club here. these are the programs a lot of people say charlotte needs more of the kind trying to keep kids out of trouble. when police responded to a report of gunfire on milton road last night they didn't know the suspects they would arrest would be 13 and 14 years old. in the light of day today, city council says that should be getting everyone's attention. >> a 13 and 14-year-old should that's careying a gun and just shoots randomly in this case at police officers, should concern the entire community. >> reporter: for years community groups pressed for more funding for programs to help steer teens away from violence. >> we are trying to go after stuff. >> stuff. >> reporter: will adams works with teens at a grass roots level but like groups finding funding is tough. >> my organization has not had one dollar funded. but we are in the community. >> reporter: frustrating. >> very but we have to do it. >> reporter: other groups are roberts drew 400 people to a summit expanding after koon school option and last night's shootings bolster her resolve. >> it underscores the fact that there are so many reasons to increase capacity this after school program. >> reporter: today city council members listened as police requested funding for more police officers to hit the street but julie believes it will take more than that to make a difference in when-- >> when we accept it's community problem and not just a neighborhood or somebody's kid, that they are all our kids, then we can start addressing the problems as a community. >> reporter: and there's no question the gunfire out here on milton road has gotten the attention of community leaders and groupsch the question now is whether they can get enough moatium and cooperation together to -- moatium and cooperation -- moatium and cooperation to do -mow member

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