Of helpand she hopes that the answer as to who saved her daughter will come soonjay warren 9 on your side. Carpet cleaners caught on camera damaging valuables and snooping through drawers. And tonight the fatherson duo who stole from tristate homes are sitting in jail. A woman in florence says she had prized possesions stolen by richard and forrest smith. She says they came to her home twice for Carpet Cleaning services but left with some of her belongings. They were arrested for other crimes but both will eventually be extradited to Clermont County and indicted for theft. I was very naive about that so i guess the best advice to one and all is to check and be sure cause when i did go back and looked at the better alert on there. There. Nine is on your side tonight with important tips to keep in mind when using contracted strangers to do work inside your home. Its a good idea to always check lock up valuables before they arrive. And set clear guidelines for workers in and around your home. Tonight investigators say the ohio family of four killed in a house explosion was the work of an arsonist. Arsonist. Two adults and two girls ages eight and 12 died instantly in that scene near cleveland. Now investigators are trying to determine whos behind it. So far tonight no leads. The drama over an indian hill mansion is playing out tonight. Crysta pleatman is in civil court with grant troja. Its a lawsuit over her backing out of negotiations over his Million Dollar home. Today jurors heard testimony from witnesses and pleatman herself. In a separate case she was convicted of harrassing the homeowner over emails and a text message. That trial will pick back up tomorrow. More barriers possibly going up for kentucky women wanting to have an abortion. A bill moving through the statehouse requires women to have a doctor before having the procedure. The aclu says the extra steps burden women with additional expenses. Will it be worth it . The question a new study hopes to answer about a proposed interstate bypass through the eastern part of the tristate. If you havent seen it this is what it looks like. The green line running through Kenton Campbell clermont and butler counties is the bypass. Ucs Economics Center is looking at what Economic Impact it could have. Proponents believe it would relieve congestion on i75. And some have considered it an alternative to replacing the brent spence bridge. But some regional leaders say the billions of dollars and decades of planning is not a feasible solution. That report should be finished by may. Wcpo insiders can read about the next big challenge funding. The countdown is on if you havent bought your powerball ticket. Nows the time to do it. In the tri tonight. For the jackpot worth onepointfive billion dollars. And for some folks youd have to head out now to get your tickets in time. Lines at lottery retailers nationwide have been lengthy this is a store on the georgiaalabama state line. That might be because alabama doesnt participate in powerball. That much money is hard to imagine. What would you do with more than a billion dollars . Take it from an actual billionaire. Mark cuban owner of the Dallas Mavericks and one of the investors on shark tank. Tank. Your first order of business hire a tax attorney. Cuban says dont take the lump sum so you dont blow all that cash. Refuse the friends and relatives who ask you for money he says anyone who imposes isnt your friend. Friend. And probably his best piece of advice. Dont think money can buy happiness. If you be happy tomorrow morning. As a side note ohio is the only state in the tri state where you can remain anonymous when you claim your prize. You can see the drawing live tonight before nine on your side at eleven. A local blood bank says every day its falling behind by a hundred donations. And needs your help. Help. The Hoxworth Blood Center says it needs at least three hundred donors a day to make the needs of hospitals relying on the bank. They note the holidays are typically slow for donations. But Mother Nature isnt helping. Coming off of holiday period where donations were weak. People were not coming in and now we have to cold and snow that we are affecting our blood drives drivesyou can donate at any of hoxworths eight locations. Or stop by donation vehicles that are out in the tristate daily. He founded the charity that today has evolved into freestore foodbank. And tonight the tristate is remembering frank gerson. Disadvantaged families in 1971. Quitting his job at the citys incinerator after seeing useable Household Items being tossed out. He ran the free store out of his one bedroom apartment before connecting with steve gibbs and starting the foodbank. Gerson died this morning his cause of death hasnt been released. An Indiana Police officer arrested accused of dealing drugs drugs but it gets worse. Hear why that mans father known to many has to answer to the entire county. Jumping into action. A fleeing criminal escaping police. Until an Unlikely Hero makes a big save. Hear why an average local in that california town says criminals should stay away. Im John Matarese a tri state man is wiped out, losing 25 hundred dollars to an scammer while trying to sell something online. Im on your side to make sure this doesnt happen to you. This is dan carroll in chopper youre watching nine on your before contemplating the many choices on steak n shakes 4 dollar menu, one must calm the mind in our zen garden. Focus. The garlic double steakburger meal. Reflect. The taco salad meal. Zen. The original double n cheese steakburger meal. The 4 menu. Where all meals are under 4. A quickthinking auto body worker made a big assist for police trying to chase down a man running away that suspect took off after a traffic stop in central california. He ran for a couple blocks tiring out as Police Chased him. Thats when the man ran right toward the auto shop. And an employee outside lunged and tackled the man. The worker had a warning for criminals in the small town. Dont run from police because the citizens are crazy enough to take you on an indianapolis Police Officer and son of a sheriff. Is accused of dealing cocaine Nikolas Layton was arrested yesterday found with two others charged with conspiracy to deal drugs. Drugs. In a statement the Marion County sheriff says the arrest is heartbreaking. Knowing that his son a sworn Police Officer supposedly dealt drugs. Layton will likely be fired a review board will make that decision. Your nine first warning tied and threatened. By fake cops sot sot this is a very scary incident you know because this neighborhood is getting to where its happened three or four timesstill on the run. A local neighborhoods concern as police rush to find the culprits. Twothousand dollars taken sot no morals. No morals. An online used car scam. John matarese rolls up his sleeves and goes to work for one victim and explains how to protect yourself. Youre youre watching 9 on your side at 5 30. A tri state man loses more than two thousand dollars to a scammer. While trying to sell something online. Consumer reporter John Matarese is on your side to make sure this doesnt happen to you. But first. Why dont we just share the powerball . Heres one persons great idea about tonights powerball. Instead of making just one person a billionaire, what if they split it among everyone in the country . Country . A meme posted by instagram creator named esteyban, claims that with a Powerball Jackpot of 1. 3 billion, and a Us Population of 300 million, everyone in the country would receive 4. 3 million if divided up evenly. The he problem though is that the math is wrong. 300 million, you get 4 dollars and 33 cents, not 4. 33 million. Take out taxes, and you would receive 2. 75. An electric griddle can burn you, but it is not suposed to shock you as well. Well. Tonight walmart is recalling 300 thousand electric griddles because they can be a shock hazard, if water gets inside the heating element. These are rival griddles sold only at walmart last year return them to the store. Many tri staters put used items up for sale on craigslist, hoping to find a buyer. One hamilton man did just that with his car. But instead of making some money, he just got scammed for more than 2 thousand dollars. Harry harphant is trying to sell his 2001 honda prelude. So he did what many of us did taking out an ad on craigslist. In their section. A Bruce Michaels contacted me, and asked if the car was still available, i told him it was. The potential buyer said in this string of Text Messages that he was in south carolina, and was very interested. So he said he would send a check for 5 grand, to cover the price of the car, plus shipping. Shipping. He said he would send a check for 5450, 2450 of that would go back for shipping. When the check showed up, harphant says he depositited it into his bank account. Then wired 24 hundred dollars to who he thought was the shipper. Shipper. Harry says everything looked great until he logged onto his account the next day. And discovered the check had bounced bounced my bank said the funds were no good, everything bounced at that point. Hes now out 24 hundred dollars, plus another 130 in all Overdraft Fees. This can happen when you are selling or buying on craigslistso our advice when using craiglist, deal with local people only, who accept a check for more than an item is worth. And never wire anyone money for shipping. Harrys family hass lost a years worth of savings. Savings. I have got two kids at the house we take care of, it doesnt take it out of my hands it takes it out of their mouths. And he still trying to sell his old prelude, just to become whole again. One small bit of consolation after we got involved today, Ge Credit Union has agreed to refund the 130 dollars in Overdraft Fees he incurred. But there is no way of ever recovering money wired to a scammer. Scammer. Finally its you win wednesday. Kroger is rolling out something call free friday downloads. Download new digitla coupons onto your klroger card. Get a free item fridya. Fridya. Full detials on wcpo. Com. So you dont waste bitter cold. A teen hospitalized with injuries similar to seconddegree burns. After spending too much time out in the cold what that boy was doing that may force doctors to amputate. Powerball dreams. Who doesnt want all that money . But a fortune like that comes with a price. New at six. What youll be loosing if you are heed the warnings about dangerously cold temperatures a Lesson Learned by a teen in chicago. Who is hospitalized with frostbite frostbite that boy rode his bike for more than 90 minutes sunday night. Without gloves it was eight degrees up monday with swolen hands and large blisters. Doctors say his skin has seconddegree burns. And fear they may have to amputate his hands. Its an image thats hard to believe. And tonight its going in a book full of strange sights. Youll remember this new york car cased in ice after waves from lake erie created a strange Ice Sculpture around the car. Ripleys believe it or not wants to feature that car in its newest book. Set to hit stores later this year. They claimed to be police. But they were really crooks. Carol willams joins us with that story were working on for you at six. Carol. It was truly terrifying Home Invasion. The victims ended up tied up. One of them pistolwhipped. Tonight. The men who did it are on the loose. Nine is on things that could make you a target for a Home Invasion. Caught on camera. A mom with twins in a stroller. And a one year old is kicked off a metro bus. Turns out she was breaking a metro policy. Nine on your side went to metro to dig deeper into a policy that mom says is unfair to single track a Home Invasion leaves like i said this is a very scary situationtrack the attackers posing as police. Leaving a couple tiedup. Track thrown off the bus. Sot youre putting me and my three babies off the bus track nine on your side goes to metro to find out why this mom and her kids werent allowed to ride. Track powerball dreams. We all want to win. But. It can have a dark side. The lessons from those who know first hand. Youre watching nine on your side at six. Good evening. They posed as the good guys. But they were anything but that. Men claiming to be Cincinnati Police storm into a couples house. Attacking a couple and leaving a neighborhood on edge. Edge. Nine on your sides tj. Parker spoke with the victim today as well as neighbors he joins us live from westwood t. J. . The victim was too scared to talk to us on camera but she was in tears when i talked with her on phone after she threatened in her own home