If you head to work between 5 and 7 am. It looks like we will hit our highs for wednesday around midnight. Expect temperatures to fall into the lowtomid 50s in the afternoon with clearing skies. Thursday will be a dry and cooler day. We will see partly cloudy skies and high temperatures only in the mid 40s. By thursday night, another cold front will bring increasing clouds and a chance for showers. Some of our northern communities, like the Northern Neck and the northern eastern shore, may even see some snow at the onset. But that should change over to rain fairly early on friday and move out quickly. Expect highs on friday in the upper 40s and lower 50s. The weekend is looking dry, but certainly not as warm as last weekend. Expect highs in the lower 50s. We will see more clouds on saturday and more sunshine on sunday. All indications are that the spring like weather will return almost two dozen boats destroyed two people dead and a Community Fighting to stay strong. That s what people in Middlesex County are dealing with tonight after yesterday s massive fire. Newschannel three s Gabriella Deluca is live in mddelsex with you can still see the damage here at the arena but today, theres Something Else here too. A flag half staff for loss of the two people who were killed. Its a sight that can bring an 82 Year Old Navy vet to tears. He is struggling to hold back tears his voice is cracking 24;02 what brings those emotions on . Love. Of your neighbors. And memories are forever. They can t take that away. Theyre memories that buddy whyker and his family have been making at Dozier Marina since the 1940s. Then buddy s in the 70 s along with his friends. 23 31 i could sit window. And our signal was she would wave and i would flash a light off and on that was our signal back and forth for years, hes kept a watchful eye over the marina right from his home. Including yesterday morning, when the marina went up in flames and killing buddy s two friends. State police say someone set the marina on fire. 20 11 i couldn t get in there to save them because the whole place was engulfed in flames. So today he s honoring them the way he knows best lowering his flag. He s wearing a navy hat 24;24 you see what s on my head . That s what i learned when i served in the navy. Respect and this is out of respect for my two friends. And now he puts his faith in his Small Community to rise above the devastation. 24;47 it s devastation for me to look out my window and see what i see and what you see behind me. But it will pass. It will pass. 26;27 we are going to get over it. It s gonna be tough but we will get over M State Police still havent confirmed the victims names to us nor have they told us what specifically lead them to is arson. A navy sailor guilty of torturing a cat named pirate to death. Newschannel 3 s nadeen yanes was there today where emotions ran high both inside and outside of the courtroom. Nats of woman sobbing a cry of relief outside the courtroom where Cody Gerarden was found guilty of torturing a cat to death. 8 53 it makes me feel good because we promised him we would get him justice volunteers from the norfolk spca getting justice for pirate. 9 41 pirate didnt have a voice no animals have a voice we have to speak for them though silent the group did speak up for pirate. Making a presence inside the court room where gerarden s jury trial turned in to a plea deal. The prosecute a conspiracy charge if gerarden pleaded to the felony animal cruelty charge. Which he did pleading no contest today. Not admitting guilt but admitting there was enough evidence against him. Evidence like these pictures some too graphic to show of pirate after he died. Found covered up in leaves near gerarden and his roommate and codefendant justin page s home. Confessing to animal control detectives he used this rope to strangle the cat. In the interview verbated for us today saying he quote pulled it tight and it took about 510 seconds 10 33 in his pretrial he said that the worked on a farm and he put animals down before and he didnt think it was cruel what he did to pirate yeah it was like can we kill you like that . We can return the favor 11 19 do you feel like pirate got justice today though . Yes one step we got another one to go next trial but yeah i think he did im proud that he got it stand up tag gerarden s sentencing is scheduled for may his co defendant justin page has his trial later this month. If you want to read the entire interview where gerarden confesses to killing pirate you wtkrdotcom. In virignia beach nadeen Yanes Newschannel 3. Voters in Virginia Beach are not only picking a primary candidate they re once again being asked about light rail. But not officially. Newschannel 3 s Erica Greenway is live in Virginia Beach with an explanation. Volunteers with a Group Opposed to light rail are set up at about half the polling locations in the city working to get enough signature son their petition to put the issue on the november and as erica mentioned polls close at seven tonight. We ll have the results right here on newschannel three and on w tkr dot com. And if you re on twitter, follow hashtag wtkr politics to keep up to date. Virginia beach police are investigating a deadly crash involving an ems vehicle. Officials tell newschannel three 88year old doris baxter a passenger the other car died from her injuries. Police say 31 yearold brigade chief Jeffrey Brennaman was driving the ems truck when he morning. This is video from the scene on lynnhaven parkway and north mall drive. Hurt but is expected to be okay. Police tell us brennaman has since been placed on administrative duties pending investigation. Investigators are asking for anyone who witnessed the crash to Contact Police at 757385 4606. Hours earlier in newport news a Fire Department ambulance collided with a truck sending several people to the hospital. This accident happened around boulevard. Officials say a truck tried to make a turn directly in front of the ambulance. This caused the medic unit to crash into the median. Both medics and a patient were taken to the hospital but were later released. The driver of the truck was not hurt but police did charge him with reckless driving. New details on a body found this morning in a suffolk cemetery. Police have now identified the remains, and are investigating this case as a homicide. Police tell us, 42yearold wayne watfords body was found around one30 this morning at the Pleasant Hill cemetery. We have not been told the cause of death at this time. But if you know anything that can help the investigation, call the crimeline. Coming up next on newschannel 3 at 4 what she posted on instagram that has her in serious trouble. Plus feeling safe is top priority for most people, and now you can have personal security at your fingertips , how a tiny little button could save your life. And you may have seen the netflix hit making a murderer. Now two of the shows biggest m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m a Virginia Police officer shot and killed on her first day on the job was laid to rest this afternoon. The Funeral Service for Prince William county officer, Ashley Guindon started today at noon in woodbridge, virginia. Thousands of country, and from right here in Hampton Roads were there to pay their respects. Investigators say Army SergeantRonald Hamilton , shot and killed the 28yearold officer saturday as she and two other officers were responding to a domestic dispute call. Hamilton s wife was found dead inside the home. Police say he has admitted to the shootings and is being held on murder charges. The other two officers are expected to recover. For a second straight day, Sports Reporter erin andrews took the stand in her civil trial in tennessee. She gave an emotional testimony today about what she says has happened since a convicted stalker posted a video of her naked online. The wellknown sportscaster is suing Michael Barrett and the owner and operator of the marriott at vanderbilt. Barrett was convicted of secretly recorded andrews in her hotel room in 2008. Andrews says after the video went viral her life andrews says the hotel should have notified her about barrett specifically asking for the room next to hers. Andrews is suing for 75 Million Dollars. Our little taste of spring is just about over. A powerful cold front will push through overnight and early on wednesday. That will bring us a few hours of rain and then falling temperatures. Expect scattered showers for your morning commute, especially if you head to work between 5 and 7 am. It looks like we will hit our highs for wednesday around midnight. Expect temperatures to fall into the lowtomid 50s in the afternoon with clearing skies. Thursday will be a dry and cooler day. We will see partly cloudy skies and high temperatures only in the mid 40s. By thursday night, another cold front will bring increasing clouds and a chance for showers. Some of our northern communities, like the Northern Neck and the northern eastern shore, may even see some but that should change over to rain fairly early on friday and move out quickly. Expect highs on friday in the upper 40s and lower 50s. The weekend is looking dry, but certainly not as warm as last weekend. Expect highs in the lower 50s. We will see more clouds on saturday and more sunshine on sunday. All indications are that the spring like weather will newschannel 3 is honoring our american heroes. Today we re honoring ship s serviceman second class starri bass. She s assigned to the carrier uss abraham lincoln. This picture shows her the ship s store as part of the first phase of the crew move aboard process. The carrier is in the middle of its refueling and complex overhaul at newport news shipbuilding. We want to recognize your american hero, but we need your help. Send us a their picture and make sure you let us know their name, rank, and a little about what makes them your american hero. Email it all to picsatwtkr dotcom and we ll honor them right here on newschannel 3. Making a murderer Defense Attorneys are heading out on tour. Dean strang and jerry buting are hitting the road for a series called a conversation on making a murderer. The series is about strang and buting s client steven avery who has taken america s crime obsession to a new level. The two lawyers say avery is serving commit. Their speaking tour begins april 16th in boston and will travel to cities across the United States and canada through midaugust. No word on if they plan to come to virginia. Isle of wight police found a man burned to death just a few feet from his car. Since then investigators have made no arrests and say they need your help to help crack the unsolved case. Newschannel 3 s Brendan Ponton has the story. Outcue . Std. Duration 117 music 00 52 its kind of a mystery for us. What happened to torrey . That question has consumed investigators at the isle of wight Sheriff S Office for more than three years. Torrey anderson was found shot and burned about 15 feet from this charred car in february 2013. But his killer is still on the loose. 00 57 we dont know if he was killed here in isle of wight county if unfortunately he was killed somewhere else and his body was just dumped here. All we know is we have a car that was burned and the remains of a young man 05 54 that was the worst day of my life. 06 15 i kept thinking did he see it coming . How did he feel . Was he scared . His family has a candle burning 38 04 we burn this candle for justice for torrey that candle now burning more than three years. But who would kill Torrey Anderson . Newschannel 3 digs through the evidence. Why investigators say they can t solve it and how youp can help. 22 59 when you take a persons life you dont just take that persons life you take a part of his whole familys life how the key to this murder may lie with what happened in the final days of anderson s life. I m Brendan Ponton. Newschannel 3 is on the unsolved case tuesday at 11 pm. Ahead at 4 a win for apple as one thank you so much. Did you say honey . Hey, try some . Mmm that is tasty. Is it real . Of course. Are you . Nope animated well youve come to the right place. Great, mind if i have another taste . Not at all mmm youre all right bud . Never better i dont know if he likes that. Yeah new details the Washington Redskins didn t reach a Long Term Agreement with quarterback kurt cousins. But they did move one step closer to keeping him the burgundy and gold. The redskins placed what s called a non exclusive franchise tag on cousins. That means he can still negotiate with other teams but if he stays in washington he ll earn at least 19 pointnine Million Dollars in 2016. The team had to make a decision by four pm today or risk losing cousins to the free agent market, which opens next week. A federal judge in new york says the government cannot force apple to unlock an iphone owned by a convicted drug dealer. The government wanted apple to break the phone s Security Code in order to access the contact info of other suspected drug dealers. The judge ruled the government cannot force apple to assist in their investigation against its will. Apple is currently under pressure to break into 13 i phones across the country including the i phone of one of the shooters in the San Bernardino attack back in december. Ahead at 4 a middle School Student in trouble with the law. The reason . The emoji s she posted on instagram. Plus one local city is saying our little taste of spring is just about over. A powerful cold front will push through overnight and early on wednesday. That will bring us a few hours of rain and then falling temperatures. Expect scattered showers for your morning commute, especially if you head to work between 5 and 7 am. It looks like we will hit our highs for wednesday around midnight. Expect temperatures to fall into the lowtomid 50s in the afternoon with clearing skies. Thursday will be a dry and cooler day. We will see partly cloudy skies and high temperatures only in the mid 40s. By thursday night, another cold front will bring increasing clouds and a chance for showers. Some of our northern communities, like the Northern Neck and the northern eastern shore, may even see some snow at the onset. Rain fairly early on friday and move out quickly. Expect highs on friday in the upper 40s and lower 50s. The weekend is looking dry, but certainly not as warm as last weekend. Expect highs in the lower 50s. We will see more clouds on saturday and more sunshine on sunday. All indications are that the spring like weather the Elizabeth CityPolice Department says their overall crime rate was down for 2015. Newschannel 3 s todd corillo talked to one crime victim today who says its encouraging news. Overall crime in Elizabeth City was down fourteen percent in 2015 that s the bottom line from stats released by the Police Department. For ondray wilson its especially 11 34 5211 35 06 14 that included more overtime for Police Officers in 2015 which lead to a higher presence in targeted neighborhoods. Last week the Police Department rolled out a new program aimed at reducing Violent Crime if successful it could help reduce the crime rate again for 2016. In Elizabeth City todd corillo newschannel 3. While Elizabeth City has made positive changes when it comes to crime two of our local cities are considered murder capitals of the United States. That ranking stemming from the number of Violent Crime during last year. Newport news and norfolk both made the list according to a survey information provided by the fbi and other Government Agencies showed which counties had the most Violent Crimes per 100 thousand people in each state. Norfolk was ranked 28 and newport news 25. A virginia student is in legal hot water. She s accused of sending using emojis to make threats on a social media account. Cheryl conner explains. They re called emojis. You can find them next to letters when you re typing a text. And just like words they have meaning. Cheryl conner reporting you can use emojis to tell a story instead of typing out words. How about it s a sunny day, so i m going to fly off and check out a spring training game. But the message that showed up on Olivia Womble s phone wasn t as nice. Olivia womble 8th Grade Student kids on inst