The site . No absolutely not. U explain e saw them doing this week . Like i said, that would be the parents would have to explain that. The reporter he says, the Construction Company and this site are all part of the 12 tribes, a religious group which also runs the blue blinds bakery on the same property. Johnson says, everyone works on a volunteer basis. Its no different than maybe a son helping his father doing the reporter an argument, legal experts say is on shaky ground. Theres a long line of legal precedent that says work is not defined by whether youre paid, work is defined by what you do. The reporter and in 2011, the state cited the same company for failing to pay prevailing wage and other violations. The attorney general called the question raised by our deeply concerning. That office is also investigating. For fox 25 investigates, im mark drying up, massachusetts drought is getting worse. Almost twothirds of our state is now in a severe drought. We are seeing water vans and a lot of water bans and a lot of lawns that lookust l fox 25 with Team Coverage beginning with meteorologist Sarah Wroblewski and sarah, theres really no end in sight right now. Sarah this is a significant drought that will have long lasting effects. Well below the average, severe drought has been expanded as of boston, and it goes all the way up into portland, maine. Below seven inches in boston and worcester for the rainfall for the year and the moderate drought, also now for the cape l interests really going to see problems heading into the fall and weve got more dry weather with us. We had it for the day today, great for summer activities, but not good for those conditions. Take a look out west, there is a cold front that i am tracking. Next chance of showers and even some thunderstorms. Some of those storms could be severe. But tonight, it is comfortable out there, temperatures in the 70s, dewpoints in the 40s and 50s for the most part, away from the keys. Its going to be a nice night fo 50s through the interior. But hot weather heading our way with risk of those showers and storms, ill time those out for you. Mark everywhere you look, you see brown lawns, fields drying up and ponds well below their usual water levels. Our coverage live in deadham. Theres not a lot people can do. Cant, mark and as you mentioned, look around me, you can see here, it looks like its brown, dead grass. Here we are at the dedham water westwood district and this is what it looks like everywhere you go. It looks like there is absolutely nothing really coming out of the hoses, barely any water and the rain were getting on saturday, thats not going to cut it. No rain, no green. The reporter the saying its brown and green we have a combination. The reporter but that certainly is not the case here in massachusetts. Driving around town in westwood and deadham, grass is brown and just dry. This map clearly shows you, in the orange, we are in a drought, its the worst we have seen across the state in 14 years. Conditions are pretty bad. The reporter in this household, w their livelihood. Good for you,e that. The reporter for the last ten days or so, folks in the westwood and dedham last time the oneday rule was implemented was 15 years ago. And we have a stream trigger cue bin feet per second, we are mandated by permit to shut that well down. The reporter the severe Drought Conditions are across 62 of massachusetts. Thats up 20 in just a oneweek span. I hate to use the westwood water if i can help it. When it rains, it comes out so well over here. And i just fill up those buckets and water all officials here in dedham say if you dont follow that water restriction, you could get a fine of up to 100, but of course, it depends on each and every city and town here. In the meantime, we could also tell you that people here say you know what, we love it, the sun is shining, but its going to take definitely a lot, a lot of rain to get this grass green again. For now, we are live in deadham, elizabeth well, pardon the interruption. Donald trump on its campaign trail in maine, forced to stop his Campaign Speech several times because of protesters. The republican president ial nominee taking a stage in portland, just after 3 00 p. M. Fox 25s political reporter Sharman Sachetti was there and he mentioned the Boston Marathon bombers in that speech. The reporter he sure did. The first thing i want to say is the venue here around the corner, its web site says it seats about 1900 people, nearly all of those seats were in ta now, trump definitely delivered a speech here to a rowdy crowd, but then he made some questionable claims. Th and chants of oru. Ted out of the auditorium irge crow, trump doubled down on a claim at of around contradicted. You know, its interesting, because a tape was made, ripe, you saw that with the airplane coming in, nice plane, and the airplane coming in and the money coming off, i guess, right . That was given to us, has to be, by the iranians. The reporter trump repeated that Hillary Clinton could not be trusted with national security. Said hed stop immigration from what he calls terrorist nations and then used the Boston Marathon bombers as examples. Arrived asylum process, right. The reporter donald trump is coming off a rough week, one of the worst of his campaign. He has faced blow back after his criticism of the parents of a muslim soldier, who was killed. Hillary clinton has vaulted ahead with a nearly 6point lead nationwide and hes been critical of paul ryan and john mccain. Today, he softened his words about the republican leadership. Paul ryan is a good guy trump said mike pence actually call him to check and make sure it was ok that he would later endorse paul ryan. That of course, is something that did happen. Trump also made a play, something weve been hearing a little bit more about from him fore they share similar position whens it comes to trade. Trump will be back in this area, hes actually going to be in windham, new hampshire, on saturday. Live in portland, maine, Sharman Sachetti, fox 25 news. Elizabeth well in the clinton and her ruing mate,r wbe who prefer are ar leaning toward clinton outnumber trump supporters, 4732 . Mark three massive fires in boston in the brutal summer heat. Dozens of families were displaced and more than 10 million in damage was done. All three were caused by the same thing. And its easily preventable. Fires in charlestown, east boston and dorchester. Elizabeth Kerry Kavanaugh with a warning to boston fire, wants everyone to hear. Kerry, these fires happened in some of bostons oldest ig been a lot war so tight together and fortunately no one was killed in fires. Boston fire commissioner joseph fin talked of disposing of cigarettes properly. The Boston Fire Department has seen more than 50 materials. Firefighters are asking smokers to have cups of when smoking hae them when putting the cigarettes out fully. He stresses plantares are not ashtrays and being careless can result in real disaster. Material that accumulates under the porches, that doesnt take much for a cigarette, with a little wind, a little anything, to get that debris talking about the trout, the commissioner added the hot weather over the past few weeks has not helped. The dry grass and brush easily catches fire and can spread easily if a lit cigarette is carelessly tossed. Live in the control room, Kerry Kavanaugh, fox 25 news. Elizabeth family and friends said a final goodbye to a boston child who drown at a city run day camp. The funeral for kyzr wilmothly was held at a church in mattapan. He died last week from an accidental drowning. During the service, kyzrs lasting impact. Its a tragedy that the situation happened. But what we have to remember through all of this, that kyzr, at the young age that he is actually saving lives today. S s lives. Elizabeth heres why. Kyzrs death prompted the city to put in new rules for bostons summer camps, including requiring all children to wear the ocean. A man in worcester is accused of violently attacking a Police Officer working the detail. You saw the exclusive interview with a construction worker who saw it all happen. New at 6 00 p. M. , fox 25s Robert Goulston is live in worcester with more on how the suspect has tried to hurt police before. The reporter mark, yeah, this same suspect was charged last summer for kicking out a city bus window, and then going after the Police Officer. Now hes charged with tryingo going after the officer, who would not let him. The worcester Police Officer was working a road job along lincoln street with a driver tried getting into aldis supermarket parking lot. That driver, 30yearold joe apia was in court charged with what happened next. The guy was not complying whatsoevy apia started swearing when the officer told himto the other en. The supermarket from this side, he did a uturn, went up this road in the wrong direction. When he turned around and, hn his tires and went right against traffic. The reporter then he drove around from the other direction and thats whether police say it physic. It was violent. Police say apia first started pushing a supermarket Security Guard down and then came at the officer, who tried pepper spraying him two times. At one point, apia tackled the officer and police say he scratched his face and started sticking his finger in the officers eye, trying to g the officer was finally able to make the arrest. We kind of had his back, we were watching. If he needed assistance, boy, we were right there. The reportey were tohe s because he was on probation, he is being held tonight. Hes expected to be back in Court Next Month and of course, the officer telling us that he is expected to be ok. We are live in worcester, Robert Goulston, fox 25 news. Elizabeth a local businessman facing federal from disabled the 15yearold city documents that show hes had other troubling issues in his past. Sarah im tracking warmer weather heading in to the weekend. Where we could near 90 on friday and when our next chance of thunderstormsives. Elizabeth but first, fake guns that look to real, even Police Officers cant temperature the difference. Why it could have deadly consequences when cops are forced to make a split second decision. Youre watching fo capital one believes your bank should work for you, not the other way around. Wi a and helpful people that talk to you. Not sell to you. With free checking accounts that are actually free. No minimums. 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Police in braintree are very concerned about whats ending up in their evidence room. Elizabeth you can see why. Theyre fake guns that look very real and police worry that if one is pointed at them, the consequences could be tragic. Mark fox 25s blair miller is at the Braintree Police department, where officers tell him, this is happening more and more. The reporter im here inside the Braintree Police department. I want to show you something theyve been recently finding on the streets. Gun or real gun . This is the same Concern Police have. It has the look and feel of a real firearm. The reporter its here in this bucket, full of guns that look and feel very real. Too real, says Braintree Police chief russ jenkins, who laid them out for us. He says these guns are showing up in the area more and more. R, very realistically and designed to be realistic and it can be ng up in traffic stops and other routine calls, but the guns are usually beebee and pellet guns. Some of them at closer examination are clearly not a real gun with bullets. This one specially marked or the tip of this one, but others, not so clear. How real does this look right now, is it being pointed at someone when they cant see the part right there . The reporter last month, these guns turned up in boston, serious enough that the officers who responded pulled out their own guns yelled, theyre fake guns. Yesterday, Braintree Police posted this picture on facebook. And the response overwhelming from some people who could not tell the difference between whats real and whats not. Exactly the point. The Police Officer doesnt have the time to make that careful examination, when a weapon is drawn, and pointed in their direction, they dont have, you know, seconds or minutes to evaluate that weapon. The Reporter Police here hope by showing this it will problems on the street. In braintree, blair miller, fox 25 n Elizabeth Quincy police want parents to talk to their children about what to do if they come across a person who makes them feel uncomfortable. The requt two 13yearold girls reported to police, a suspicious man sitting on a bench behind Sterling Middle School this week. The teens say he stared at themr a sip of her water. Police say theyve talked to the man, but didnt identify him, because he didnt commit a crime. Sarah this morning, our Drought Monitor was updated, which i showed you about 15 minutes ago, showing that over 60 of the state is under a severe drought and i look at some of the numbers and while worcester has pick up some rain earlier this month, remember, were only in day four, boston has seen a little bit. Were still below average and for the year, thats what you really need to look at, that number for the entire year. More, below, an that is really causing some problems outof some chance, i guess you could sale, as we head in to the weekend, doesnt look all that impressive, but saturday, would be the day that well have to keep an eye to the sky for those showers and storms to come on through. Otherwise, its been fairly dry, and weve got more dry weather heading our way into early next week. Take the dry weather along with the hot conditions, and thats what is really causing problems out there. Speaking of hot, 90 in lawrence was the high. Boston, 82. Cooler warmer weather out to the West Building and its all building ahead of this cold front that will actually be pushing into our region by the weekend spark being the risk of those showers away, the winds out of the southwest around it, will bring in that heat and humidity, but we really wont start to really notice that as we head in to the weekend. S, 70s and 80s. No weather worries as we head through the overnight hours. Dewpoints in boston in the lower 60s, but through the interior, were in the 40s and 50s, so comfortable night for sleeping. Boston falls back in to the 60s for the overnight hours. Really quiet conditions. Open up the windows, let that fresh air in. Its going to be a nice night as we see temperatures not scattered showers, that is not my forecast for tomorrow either. Were going to see temperatures starting off in the 50s and 60s, and then, were really begin to rise by your lunch hour, were into the 80s. Take a look at this. By the afternoon, warmest time of the day typically, well see temperatures near 90 degrees away from the coast, through the merrimack valley, parts of new hampshire. Top out in the 80s through worcester county, down across the southeast, with winds developing out of the southsouthwest, youll notice that cooler conditions across parts of the cape and islands. Highs tain t to your weekend all across new england, looking fantastic with highs in the 80s, but saturday is the the risk of some of those storms. We could see an isolated strong to severe storm. The Storm Prediction Center has actually put the hinvyll, so hie begins to slip away, we get the heat in tomorrow, then the humidity starts to increase, and by saturday, warm and humid air in place and a cold front will trigger some showers and storms as we head into the afternoon and in to the evening hours, so you want to make sure you keep an eye on the sky those plans that you have. Dont cancel them, but of course, you want to check our fox 25 weather app. That front comes on through and by sunday, we dry out, it becomes less humid and starts a dry stretch as we head through middle part of next week. Could see another risk of showers and storms Late Wednesday into thursday. Theres the latest look at your forecast. The reporter nick young is the former d. C. Transit cop, now under arrest for being an isis sympathizer. The chilling way a localt me acs him. Boston, the City Council Considering a big change that could change the way you shop. Elizabeth but first, a historic election day coming up fast. Early voting happening for the first time in massachusetts. Up next, why a lot of cities and mark new at 6 00 p. M. , three bags full of cocaine and a shoe box full of cash seized during a drug bust in quincy. Thats 81 pounds of cocaine worth more than 1. 5 million. Police found it in an abandoned police are still investigating. Also new at 6 00 p. M. , cities and towns in massachusetts have a lot of work ahead of them fully prepared for early voting. Elizabeth year, letting new system. 13 dont have any plans yet. A panhandler warning in two local communities resident calling for change. According to the sentinel, the cities of fitchb