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Jenn jenna: singer chris brown is in court today after a fight at a washington, d.c. hotel. he allegedly punched another man in the face after fans tried to take pictures of him. brown is still on probation for the 2009 beating of his then girl friend, singer rihanna. jon: a fair ride operator is in court today on assault charges. police claim he intentionally tampered with the vortex ride at the north carolina state fair. a move that ended up injuring five people, three of them critically. jona...

And outrage in europe. ♪ bill: the operator of a ride at a fair is i fizzing, charges afr writers were injured. they were operating the vortex ride when it suddenly turned back dropping riders 20 feet to the ground. on thion the story live out of atlanta. what are the charges indicating, what do they mean? >> this ride operator faces three criminal accounts of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious bodily injury. the alleged weapon in this case is the right itself. police are accusing...

He served three years of a sentence. he died in june of 2009 from overdose of propofol. in court this morning a fair ride operator charged with three felony counts of assault with a deadly weapon. he was operating the vortex ride on thursday at the state fair. 5 people were hurt as the ride kept moving as they were trying to get off the ride. >> the ride turned upside down and dumped everybody out. they got hurt. there are people hurting are willy bad like their head and stuff. >> five people ...

Timothy dwayne tutterrow of quitman, georgia. he is that ride operator now facing three criminal counts of assault with a deadly weapon. in this case, the alleged weapon is the ride itself. authorities are accusing the operator of tampering with the ride after an inspection in a way that they say compromised safety mechanisms. tutterrow is scheduled to appear in court this afternoon. there you saw him in that video just now. his attorney wouldnt discuss details of the case, but said that his cli...

Had police searching the campus of indiana university early this morning. police say one suspect is now in du custody and a second has been identified but is not believed to be dangerous. officers found a victim with stab wounds in an apartment on the schools main campus in bloomington. police ninitially told students to lock themselves in a safe location, but the campus has now been given the all clear. they said the victim was slashed in a fight. he was taken to the hospital. >> in nort caroli...

A ride operator in north carolina has been charged with an incident that sent five people to the hospital. he is facing three felony with deadly weapon. witnesses say the vortex ride had come to a stop. people were getting off when it started up again. the rides safety devices were tampered with after the ride had been inspected. >> with your weekly five, the doctor blamed with the death of michael jackson gets out of jail on monday. conrad murray says he wants to go back to houston to practice ...

The ride turned upsidedown and dumped everybody out. there are people bleeding really bad. >> reporter: panicked 911 calls from the north carolina state fair thursday night. witnesses say the vortex ride had stopped, people were getting off, when it restarted. five people were hurt. >> i just sounded like a bunch of stuff hitting metal. >> reporter: this morning, the ride operator, 46-year-old timothy tutterrow, is in custody, charged with three felony counts of assault with a deadly weapon. >> ...

Witnesses say the two students met another man in the parking throttle resolve a dispute, but chased him around before allegedly slashing him in the back with a knife. the 20-year-old victim taken to a local hospital. his injuries are not life-threatening. >> new developments in the state fair accident that injured five people. the ride operator, now charged with three counts of assault with a deadly weapon. investigationors say the ride may have been tampered with and critical safety devices co...

Up this morning. glad youre become. glad to have you with us. im christi paul. >> and im miguel marquez. here are the five things you need to know for your new day. >> number one, a grim discovery in new york. police found five people, including four children between the ages of 1 and 9 stabbed to death inside their home. this happened in brooklyn. a man was taken into custody at the scene. he has not been charged. police, we know, responded to a 911 call and found all five victims unconscious w...

An accident at the north carolina state fair was no accident at all, the ride operator is facing three felony counts. police say he tampered with the ride. >> theres people hurt really bad. >> reporter: panicked 911 calls from a north carolina state fair thursday night. the vortex ride had stopped. people were getting off when it restarted. five people were hurt. >> it just sound like a bunch of stuff hitting metal. >> reporter: the ride operator 46-year-old timothy tutterrow is in custody charg...