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WTVD ABC 11 Eyewitness News 4PM March 7, 2016

Logan mclean now faces a deal. There were lots of tears in the courtroom as mclean sat with his head down at the defendants table. They found 22yearold Britny Puryear with a gunshot to the head in 2014. Since then, her family has kept her memory alive through vigils. Puryear and mclean were dating and had a baby together. When britnys dad stood up to give his statement to the court, he said that they were ready to fight for a firstdegree murder charge. He also spoke of his peers for chef but i fear what may happen if he finds out that his mother was murdered by his father. Angelica logan mclean faces 32 years under the deal that the judge just accepted. The sun was five years old when this happened. Since then, he has been living with her parents. Angelica alvarez, abc 11 Eyewitness News. Joel we are eight days away from North Carolinas president ial primary. The campaigns are shifting focus to the tar heel state. Donald trump spent the afternoon in Western North carolina, and so did a handful of protesters. Teams of Law Enforcement and security removed more than a halfdozen groups of people who interrupted the businessmans rally. From the building, and the interruptions continued when trump was on stage. Mr. Trump uhoh, we have another one. Looks like a nice little guy actually. Go home to mommy. Nasty people. Are you sure we are in North Carolina . He is a nasty guy. He will go home to mom now. Go home to mommy. Joel trump spent much of his time on stage discussing trade and his ability to create jobs, carolina. Trump will be back in North Carolina wednesday. Crown Center Coliseum in fayetteville. And former president bill clinton stopped in downtown raleigh today, hoping to give here is Anthony Wilson reporting. Anthony we are a few days away from the arrival of hillary her family her husband fired he called her an advocate for families and mentioned the importance of keeping a democrat in the white house at a time of partisan bickering and the republican led congress. Mr. Clinton we have to keep the door open. You have to stand your ground and find common ground, and you both. Hillary is the only one who has consistently done that. Anthony among the crowd, some as you you would think would support bernie sanders. These policies sound nice, but they do not mean as much if policies do not work. Anthony clinton did not mention sanders or any republicans by name during his remarks. This is the kind of leadership this country needs, the kind of leadership it deserves. Namecalling and fighting. Anthony state republicans have responded already, saying that north carolinians average acted her and her husband three times before. Nothing will change the fact that people do not trust hillary clinton. She will be in the state on wednesday. No word on exactly when she will appear. Anthony wilson, abc 11 Eyewitness News. Anna as we march closer to our primary. A teenager tied up and locked in a closet area probably Police Looking for two men responsible for a terrifying Home Invasion reported at a home in Northeast Raleigh. Andrea blanford is live in that neighborhood. We had a abc11. Com post about this. A lot of people are concerned andrea its interesting. Raleigh police are investigating this as a burglary and forcible rape. They say that People Living in that Northeast Raleigh neighborhood are not facing immediate danger because the rep this in the area. Around 3 30 p. M. Yesterday afternoon, a mother said she got a series of Text Messages from her daughter that read im tied up in the closet. Help. Robbers, hands tied, have gone. [have gun. The stepfather says his stepdaughter was upstairs. The robbers found her. They tried to get her to unhook her up, then stuff in your in the closet. He does not know how, but she was able to face time a friend and send a voicemail to her mother asking for help. She says she is fine, but she dont look fine to me. Shes been traumatized by what is going on. I just want to let her calm down and speak to her later on. Andrea he has not been able to sit down and talk with his stepdaughter to figure out exactly what happened from her. Mid20s. Anyone with information is asked to call police with information. Andrea blanford, abc 11 Eyewitness News. Developments this afternoon in the case of that murdered 15yearold girl in cumberland county. Anna the team would face a judge this afternoon. Greg barnes is live in fayetteville forest. What just happened in court . Greg this was a very short hearing for malloy, but the outcome of this hearing could have a big influence on his future. Malloy himself did not speak during the proceedings, other than to answer a couple of yes or no questions from the judge. But his attorney told the judge that malloy is ready to accept a plea deal for capital murder charges that would send him to jail for 25 years to life, but with the possibility of parole. If he does not take the deal, he could face life in prison without parole, or be convicted malloy has confessed to strangling the 15yearold back in march of 2014 and a friend also confessed to helping malloy dispose of her body. Her family came to trial, came to the proceedings, saying they are torn between the plea deal or the life in prison. They do not want to face the agony of her death all over again. He has to decide whether he wants to take the plea deal and roll the dice with a jury. Greg barnes, abc 11 Eyewitness News. Joel we will see what he decides. The weather. Could you dig in your purse and see if you have a couple of as built, because i think i have have a couple of advil, because i think i have spring fever coming on . Anna oh, spring fever. Chris of course, things are going to start to green up. Its nice now. Temperatures in the 60s, upper cool weekend. Lower and mid 40s. Warmer. Well talk about 70s and even close to 80 in a little bit. Joel, anna . Joel close to 80, we will take it. Chris hohmann, thank you. A burglar accused of breaking into the home of several n. C. State students while they were asleep. It happened over the weekend. The student victims are telling Eyewitness News they feel ed crump on this at the Wake County Justice Center. Ed, this sounds alarming for the students and their parents . Ed it is, joel. As the parent of a College Student myself, what most concerned me was when i heard from teed up all the residents of those houses that their doors were not locked. They lived across from the n. C. State campus where the burglar first showed up. The intruder had already taken hundreds of dollars of electronics out into the yard and helped himself to liquor when one of the resident spotted him coming back in the door. He told the man to leave and he ran away. A few hours later, that man, 38yearold Marc Leslie Williams , broke into two more houses on either side of the first house. A woman asleep on the couch vaguely recalled a man standing she woke up and found her purse missing. One of the women heard a car start up. Officers caught the intruder inside the car. The young man says that there is a new mindset at his house. Its very scary. We want to make sure it does not happen again. We are very fortunate. Ed after his fourth stint in prison, he was released before thanksgiving. His bond is 100 40,000 140,000. Joel frightening details. Ed crump outside the Wake County Justice Center for us. Thank you. Remembering nancy reagan. 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No other nasal allergy spray can say that. Complete allergy relief or incomplete. Let your eyes decide. Flonase changes everything. Survivors of the Boston Marathon bombing was killed in a car accident overseas. Mcgrath died in a car accident in dubai. Mcgrath was near the finish line when the bombs went off. Shrapnel went into her leg. A First Responder used a tshirt as a turning kit. Responded to a domestic officer. Invitationonly, and she will be buried alongside her husband. Mrs. Reagan was 94 years old. Anna a busy week for the momentum may be shifting inabc news, washington. Joel thank you. Ted cruz will be in raleigh tomorrow. And the Supreme Court reversing an alabama Supreme Court decision that refuse to recognize the samesex parent adoption from georgia. The justices upheld a suit brought by a woman who refused brought by a woman. Anna all right, you have spring fever coming on. Chris was just mentioning in the 80s . Joel not just mild. Its going to get warm. Not much above it. It still very warm. Average. Today we were right where we a little bit above. We will stay in the 60s and then fall into the 50s. Every time you head out jacket. Many spots it was a frosty start today. Tomorrow, not so much. A pretty shot from our first alert weather station. 66 degrees, very mild. Raleigh durham international, 68. Sunset coming up at 6 16. Roanoke rapids, 63. Fayetteville, lumberton, 60 7, 66 as southern pines, mid 60s around goldsboro, too. Look at chicago and minneapolis. Barely above 40 degrees. 62 chicago. Its warm across all of the eastern u. S. The 70s memphis, jackson, mississippi, coming our way. Beautiful monday. Storms just beginning to fire up oklahoma, texas, just west of dallas. Notice it does not move much, but it gets stronger, enhanced risk west of houston in to southcentral texas. All of this stays to the west of us. Also the heavy rain threat. We have eight, even 10 inches of rain are possible. It will rain day after day out there right through the end of the week. For us, not going to happen. Mid 40s fayetteville. Patchy fog to start. By noon, we are warmer than we were all day today at 70. Beautiful day. Mostly sunny skies. Upper 70s or mid 70s, upper 70s may be around lumberton. But overall a beautiful tuesday with a southwest went at five to 10. The reason we say drive High Pressure over the weekend. Its stalled and blocks the storm system from coming our way. All we see are sunny, warm days and clear night through the middle of the week. By the end of the week, we may see some clouds, but temperatures get warm. Upper 40s tomorrow night. Upper 70s to near 80 thursday. Mid 70s friday with more clouds , and then maybe a couple showers over the weekend. Does not look like a washout. We will be losing sleep this weekend, too. Joel already . Joel the calendar is going forward. It thinks it is spring already. Still aheaduterus transplant. We are meeting the recipient. 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Dont take botox if you cant empty your bladder on your own or have a urinary tract infection, or uti. Side effects may include allergic reactions, injection site pain, fatigue, uti, painful urination and difficulty emptying your bladder. Tell your doctor your medical history. Muscle or nerve conditions, medications including botulinum toxins, antiplatelets and blood thinners, may increase the risk of serious side effects. Not stop the truck fast enough if the fluid leaks. Joel many studies have shown the benefits of nuts and Peanut Butter in your diet. Those who do so are less likely to develop type two diabetes and recent Study Results out of the university of houston suggest that peanuts and Peanut Butter may hold the key to preventing obesity as well. The study follows middle schoolchildren swapping out peanuts for unhealthy snacks. Children who ate nuts had a lower body mass index than those who did not, and they continued to lower their bmi for 12 we on the stud for 12 weeks on the study. Anna when she was 16 and since then she has prayed for the opportunity to experience pregnancy. [indiscernible] hospital plansors attempt in vitro fertilization. Helping families with a lifelong dream. Joel pretty darn amazing. Anna phenomenal what doctors can do. Wake town residents upset this afternoon. Looking at a project that is supposed to be fixed. Joel plus it is Severe Weather Awareness Week. We are about lightning. You may be surprised how many people do not know what to do to be safe in a storm. That is next at 5 00. Anna right now, the solution for cleaning up jordan lake that is not working, but is costing taxpayers money. Joel the turbines that are designed to reduce algae in the lake have not made a big difference. Jon camp is outside the department of environmental quality. Two years ago officials thought it would be the magic bullet. Jon yeah, they really did. You will remember, joel, a few years back there were new rules, complicated rules that would go into effect to clean up jordan lake. It was 2014 i know you those rules to try these. How these things work they turn up the water and increase the amount of oxygen in the water, decreasing harmful nutrients are algae. That is what they are supposed to do. Almost two years after 36 of these were installed at jordan lake at the north and south end, a new report is blistering. It says the first two years of the program cost 1. 3 million and has shown no improvement in water quality. Environmentalists say they called it from the getgo. The pollution needs to be stopped from entering the lake. Its absurd to think you can remove the pollutant from the lake without doing anything to stem the flow of it into the lake. The measures need to be taken at the beginning rather than at the end. Jon just last year, state beams, budgeting another 1. 5 Million Dollars for the next three years. In the next hour we will run down other potential problems this new report highlights that may have lawmakers questioning that commitment. We will be back with that at 5 30 p. M. Jon camp, abc 11 Eyewitness News. Anna a big commitment with nothing to show for it so far. Thanks for that. And the bridge opens in some people advocated for years not everyone is happy. Elaina athans is there live. What was the problem . Elaina yes, they signed a would be here. Cars are making their way down right now. Look how close the road is to there are two new developments on either side of this section of try on. People say cars, tractortrailers but crews are still out here this night finishing up. We had no idea it would be so close to the fence. Its very, very noisy. That was a major route right here. Plans to put up sound barriers in the backyards here. The work on this construction project will last another year live in southeast raleigh, news. Joel another year and a half of thank you. In the meantime, Police Searching for suspects after several cars were tagged with spraypainted graffiti. Durham with a look at the damage. Stephanie police tell us at least three different cars were vandalized over the weekend, one on cross lane and two on oakbrook drive. The driver of this car did not want to appear on camera after vandals ruined the side of his chrysler suv and says he will likely have the whole thing repainted. He says he usually parks on the side of the street like many neighbors because his driveway is so steep. His neighbor a few doors down said the same thing. Their mercedes sedan also hit on the driver side as well. If i am not the person who confronts them about this, it will be Something Else that comes back to you, next week or five years from now. Its just mean. I dont enter stand why somebody would do Something Like that. Its just vandalism i dont stephanie in durham, stephanie lopez, abc 11 Eyewitness News. Chris a beautiful monday after a pretty nice weekend. It has warmed up quite a bit since saturday. Temperatures in the 60s. If you will be out this evening, maybe a light jacket. Temperatures will fall into the 50s, even the 40s. Argue airport at 68. Rdu airport, at 68. 62 south oh. Rdu 68. Low 60s to the east. If you clouds here and there. Up for the winners. 70 by the noon hour. You see that average at 61. Upper 70s to near 80 thursday. It stays warm and dry into friday. This is Severe Weathe

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