In the south division of the cmpd police department. Homicide detectives developed probable cause and made an arrest the subject arrested is mrs. Feldmans son, irwin j. Feldman. The detectives have continued to work on the case since it occurred and like i said they developed probable cause to make this arrest today. I would love to be able to get into the specifics but what i can tell you is that interviews and physical evidence led us to the point where we made the arrest today. And i know during the time this incident occurred there was great concern in the neighborhood and fear and trepidation which i understand, i share those fears. But i can tell you that there is no reason for that community to be afraid of any sort of random violence or outstanding suspect. We have made an arrest and this is a known suspect in this case. And we are continuing to work it and we will continue to investigate it. Thats what i have for you right now. Handle . Can you tell me if. There. More on this from coleen harry but what police are saying is her son is being charged with her murder in the case that many was said that cold but they have arrested and charged him. We will keep you updated on that. Police need help to find a thief who broke into a charlotte Farmers Market and took 140,000 worth of jewelry at on eastway drive. Once inside the crooks cut a hole in the wall and got into a save. The roof has been patched up and detectives did not say if they had suspects. Right now over to alex giles in the alert center we are still recovering from the storms of folks hoping the lights come back on soon. Yes, they are. We got the latest numbers from duke energy an update. Look here at the outage map that we have been tracking. And you can see a number of people without power here. And look at the work that crews have been doing trying to restore power at 4 45 by duke energy that 20,000 customers in the carolinas were without power. Yesterdays peek number 127,000 customers without power. And duke energy says they expect to restore power to most customers by nid midnight. However some people in mecklenberg county might not get their power back until late friday. Because of the severe tree damage weve had here. Back to you. Lots of work ahead. Thank you. New, a North Carolina mom sacrifices her body to protect her kids during a tornado. Crystal west heard the storm and that is when she started taking her kids inside the bathroom and grabbed a mattress to protect them. Not long after the tornado hit. And when i got them into the bathroom under the mattress i could see it touchdown it was crazy. Smoke came up and you could see the stuff flying and insulation from homes. And it was circling around us. Their home may be gone but they are relieved nobody was hurt. You think about whatever you have and use it. A lot of people picking up from the storms and its windy today. And temperatures dropping now. Here is Lyndsay Tapases. It will be colder tomorrow morning than it was this morning. We got down to 40 for the low and tonight, yes we will fall below the 30s. Will you feel that difference on friday. Temperatures right now, a lot colder than yesterday at this time when it was still mild. So we are at 50 right now in the charlotte area. And 40s north and west of the city on 40 and 30 in boone. Mountains barely made it above the freezing mark today. And yes, it is going to be on the windy side through the evening hours. North winds at 1520milesperhour with slightly higher gusts. Temperatures through midnight fall to 40 and the low in charlotte will be 31ment a colder start to friday morning. Low 20s for the mountains for the day break friday temperatures. And we have more sun and warmer temperatures as we turn warmer through the weekend. Well talk about those forecast details in a couple of minutes. Back to the story at the top of the newscast. Big drug operation underway in union county today. 189 kilos of cocaine now off the street. Wbtvs Brody Oconnell was there when armed police started knocking on doors. The story new at 5 00. 9 00 a. M. At a secure officers from agencies load up. Their targets include 16 different suspected drug dealers. Including kingpin ernest bevin. He is a criminal and a thrug he is somebody that you do not need in your neighborhood. Sheriff brought in federal agents to assist in the roundup. The priority suspects wanted on federal charges went down first. Our cameras were rolling as they were marched into the Union County Courthouse one by one. Then it was back out into the field. After knocking off the suspects wanted on federal charges the next thing they did they got in position to make more arrests these suspects wanted on state charges. These people are predators. You know, they are the people that prey on the young and they want them to grow up to get hooked to demand the drugs and bring them the money. March of 2014 this sting titled operation roosevelt runners took 136 kilos of cocaine off the street and additional 53 kilos of crack cocaine. Detectives say two years of work led up to this. Some of the most wanted criminals in union county in shackles. Loaded up into the back of a van. Sheriff hopes this image sends a message to other criminals. We are serving warning that this operation is not ending today. It will start backup again tomorrow. And were going to try to clean our communities up up. Brody oconnell wbtv on your side. We can tell you investigators got most of the men they were after but authorities are still looking for this guy here. Eric truce daily. If you have seen him call the deputies. Lets check traffic with tonya rivens. Your first alert traffic is sponsored by peoples bank. We have a lot of congestion on i77 this is by clanton road there was an accident and its cleared but congestion remains a lane was closed as well and notice the congestion on i77 northbound and southbound and 485. The drive time i77 south from morehead to i85 20 minutes. Thank you. Next, what was found on a North Carolina beach is getting attention that is ahead. And coming up. Any of you have yourselves or children sleepwalk . That is what we are talking about. Day one of the trial where a wellknown businessman does not remember shooting at officers outside his cornelius home. And puppy brody captured the hearts of many when he recovered from being shot 18 times. Thats new information on a man accused of taping a muzzle of a dog. William dobson is facing a federal gun charge he was arrested after caitlyn was found with electrical tape around her mudsle. According to the documents he told police she would not stop barking. And the people who rescued her posted this picture and says quote she is free and visiting our beaches and parks and she is doing well. We like that picture better. Right. Day one of testimony in the case of a local business man who claims he does not remember shooting at police. Friend that needs all we are staying on top of the breaking news. We mentioned that charlottemecklenburg police making an arrest in the murder of ina feldman found in her home in 2014. Cmpd announcing that her son Irwin Feldman is now under arrest. Our coleen harry is at cmpd headquarters right now talking to investigators. She will have the latest for you at the top of the hour on wbtv news at 6 00. Right now, the first day of testimony in what is deemed the ambien trial. Lawyers for a businessman says police because of his medication. Prosecutors say he meant to hurt officers. Wbtvs Pamela Escobar is live from the courthouse and explains what the jury is expected to consider over the course of the trial. Prosecutors told the jury this is not a question of who done it but why. Charlie sane knew what he was doing that he was reacting to what was happening and making poor choices. His defense lawyers say bullets came nowhere near officers and he was not aware of what he was doing. Charlie sane is a cornelius businessman. He listened as both sides gave opening statements. He appears intoxicated and had three or four liquor drinks and [inaudible] charlie remembers nothing after that. Nothing. Charlie does not remember anything. Dan roberts says his client will likely take the stand but first jurors heard the 911 call made january 17th, 2014. Prosecutors say sane got the gun because he knew officers were on the way. Officer and they are scared. The [inaudible] the lieutenant explains how close she thought the shots came. Loud the first round heard, hear what seemed to be a but of the trees. Simply no physical evidence and the state will produce to you that the bullets were shot at the officers. Roberts says three of five bullets were found. They say there was no intent to shoot officers and sane was not conscious. The evidence will show nearly eightyear veteran of the army, got a package of raw bacon and went and laid back down in his bed naked. When officers found him he had a biscuit in his hand. The defense will present a doctor who explains that bizarre eat something a side effect of ambien. And prosecutors continue to build their case presenting each officer and how sane reacts to them. Pamela escobar wbtv on your side. Thank you. You are expecting home will be late. On University City boulevard they will be delayed. Two accidents one at University City boulevard and the other at University City boulevard and w. T. Harris. A lot of congestion around this area also as we look at the stopandgo traffic two miles approaching 485. Your first alert traffic is sponsored by peoples bank. Take a look at what showed up on the beach. Gosh how cute. That is not something that you see. A seal made its way on the beach. It is not unheard of to see a seal on i North Carolina beach. They make pit stops on their way to new england. Most are exhausted so they are taking a nap. Sun. And the seal made it back into the ocean and kept swimming. I have never heard that. You see dolphins and creatures. Is common but i have never heard of a seal on the beach. Chilling out. I love the pictures. Its cute stuff. Today the sun was out for most of us here in the carolinas and we needed it after yesterday. It felt better. Meteorologist Lyndsay Tapases is in the first alert weather center. Making for a pretty evening with the sun getting lower. And a little bit of cloud cover. Its fading the cloud cover compared to how much we had this afternoon. Live look for you from our hd towercam. Temperatures dropped compared to yesterday. We were so warm a aad of the storms. Compared to this hour at this time yesterday 1520 drop on average temperaturewise which did result in us getting back into the 50s this afternoon. But that was just closer to average for us for the time of year. Outside of the mountains we have a little bit of cloud cover but nothing else and for the northern mountains aas far as our mountains are concerned, you elevation but nothing actively falling on the radar as far as that is concerned at this point. However there could be more mountain snow showers tonight and into tomorrow. The wind still a big issue for us. And that will be the case through tomorrow. Not as gusty as it was this afternoon but we still have low pressure to our east and High Pressure to the west so the pressure difference between the two making things gusty. You can see the wind field is still strong. Once that high moves from the west and edges closer to us, it will start to calm things down a little bit more. And that does not happen until later in the day tomorrow. We still have a lot of spots gusting 30milesperhour in the piedmont. 40milesperhour in the mountains. And as we head through the day tomorrow, here is your time stamp in the upper right hand corner we are pulling the 1520mileperhour gusts through the early part of the afternoon and tomorrow evening it starts to backup a little bit more. If not windy at times through the night and tomorrow. Your mountain snow showers will continue maybe another inch or two through about midnight but outside of there we keep things clear tonight through tomorrow and through the weekend, too, for that matter. Highs in the 50s through saturday. 60s sunday. Warming things up for part two of the weekend. And 60s through early next week. And next front gets in here on wednesday more storms in the forecast then and that will knock our temperatures back a bit. Back over to you. Thank you. Coming up for you new at 6 00. The town of matthews mayor is taking action tonight over what he calls the inaction of cms school board. On wbtv news is sponsored by. Tt0w tx hi 4 tt0w tx hi el l tt0w tx hi ed tt0w tx hi 8hfzt tt0w tx hi kzh[5 tt0w tx hi nh. \ tt0w tx hi 0ph0;< tt0w tx hi sh i\ tt0w tx hi ueh , tt0w tx hi 7hh . x he is the dog that captured hearts and tonight brody found a new home. The six week old puppy was shot 18 times with a bb gun and hundreds of people wanted to adopt him. Person with a very special story. Kristen hampton has the good news. A bond between a child and her dog is something no person could come between. But eventually, life breaks all bonds. And even the hearts of 10yearold girls. And the hardest thing to see as a parent is to see your child hurt. Kaylee was devastated her 14yearold best friend died two months ago. I did not treat him like a dog i treated him like family. That smile died, too. Until kaylee met brody. She looked in his eyes and said he reminded her of woodrow. Police brought the guy after he was attacked. Kaylee was one of the first people to meet him. He was hurt. She was hurt. And it was a match hand crafted in heaven. Kaylee suffered from anxiety disorder and diagnosed with in getting treatment at the on your side investigates and finds problems with the va program that is failing our veterans. That is what im thinking. Like is it getting so bad that i will lose my eyesight before i get to the doctor . We are demanding answers why local veterans are experiencing delays in healthcare they desperately need. And we look at what it would take for local towns to split from charlottemecklenburg schools. Plus the noro virus is making dozens of students sick. What is happening tonight to stop it from spreading . Announcer wbtv on your side. Wbtv news starts right now. An on your side investigation uncovered delays in the va Program Designed to give veterans access to Specialty Care sooner. Good evening im maureen oboyle. Im paul cameron. We started asking questions said they waited for months or years for treatment. Nick ochsner is on your side digging into what is being done to get our veterans the care they need. Two months that is how long it took Todd Hildebrand to see a specialist for the mounting fluid and pressure on the back of his eye. Im thinking like is it getting so bad that i will lose doctor . He was supposed to have seen a doctor sooner. In october his eye doctor in hickory said he needed to see a specialist. But sips a va specialist could not get him into until january he qualified for the Choice Program. The Choice Program is not working better than the va does. The Choice Program uses va money to pay private providers to see veterans who need the Specialty Care. The next day they got aheld of me that quick. This is going to be an easy way this time. And what seemed like a ses that would be fast quickly came