Reporter the admitted hit andrun driver sentenced last week to 25 years after a drug fueled reign of terror. He carjacked an elderly woman and caught hours later shopping for a television. He offered no apology. The cop promoted to detective credits support from his Police Family and beyond. I will say thank you every day. Reporter now the 36year old marathon runner with a broad smile works to regain strength. Theres some good days and bad days but i got to look at the bright side. Im alive, here and im going to continue. Im going to strive. Reporter to return to police duty as soon as possible. I want people to know that the police are there for him. Reporter ready to put his life on the line again. In huntington, long island, carolyn gusoff, cbs 2 news. Detective guerreros partner was also struck by the car thief. His injuries not life threatening. A second suspect in the case is in court next week. Cbs 2 has learned of the unprecedented plans to keep pope francis safe when he visits new york in september. The intense security calls for sniper teams, frozen zones and for cars and pedestrians and radiation detectors. And we have learned theres even a request to stop subways and commuter trains. And theres more. Cbs 2 political reporter Marcia Kramer with tonights exclusive details. Reporter penn station is the busiest train station in north america. Some 600,000 commuters use the 6 subway lines long island rail road nj transit and amtrak. So plans by pope francis to offer mass right above the station at Madison Square garden at 6 p. M. On friday september 25 rush hour have Law Enforcement officials in hyperdrive worried about terrorism. You could potentially put some sort of bomb explosive device there. Reporter sources tell cbs 2 that officials are working on a plan to close some station entrances and as subways bypass penn station while the pope is there similar to the 2004 Republican Convention when president bush spoke. Several entrances were closed. The two entrances in the middle of a block and four subway entrances on 8th and 33rd for the a, c and e trains. Officials have been working with the swiss guard on plans to protect the pope since january. Sources say the unprecedented measures will include sniper teams with long rifles on rooftops, massive frozen zones for vehicular and pedestrian traffic, no truck traffic and no parking before and during the events, cameras, radiation detectors, helicopters to look for gunmen and a hunt for drones. That is a real concern with us. So, um, and he is a different kind of person. He likes to get out and and and be with the people. Reporter while so far theres been no specific threat officials are worried about isis, al qaeda and lone wolves. If and when the pope gets out of his already exposed vehicle and tries to mingle with the crowd, could there potentially be somebody there that is set on hurting him . Reporter now, as the popes visit approaches sources say the nypd will ticket random bomb sweeps of all the locations where the holy father scheduled to be. While penn station will be [ indiscernible ] [ no microphone ] the lirr will have extra trains for people going to mass. Pope francis will be in new york city september 24 through the 26th. Stay with cbs 2 and cbsnewyork. Com for complete coverage of the papal visit. New at 6 00 tonight, nearly 3 years after former Hackensack Police chief Charles Ken Zisa was here, he was under house arrest while his appeal was pending. He was convicted of removing his girlfriend the scene of an accident. She was allegedly driving drunk. And filing a fake insurance claim. The states case against him was weak and tainted by prejudicial and improve evidence that denied him a fair trial. The appeal was upheld. New information on a new jersey mother accused of leaving her son in a hot van. The woman is charged with endangering the welfare of a child. Police say she shopped for 30 minutes at costco in hackensack while her 2year old child was locked in a van during extreme heat. The windows were slightly cracked but not enough to unlock the doors. Emergency responders realized they had to act quickly and used a baton to break the window. Before i even approached the vehicle i could hear the child screaming and crying so i immediately ran just to try to see where the child was in the vehicle. The mothers two children are now in the custody of their father. Cbs 2s Christine Sloan demonstrated the danger she sat in the car for just 10 minutes today. And the temperature inside with the windows up reached 130 degrees. A woman in the west village violated as she slept. Police say a man scaled her building broke into her apartment and groped her. The nypd warning everyone in the west village to be on alert for this suspect. They say this man walked behind a building at 10th and hudson at 5 00 thursday morning. He went up a fire escape and he went up a fire escape and went through an open window of her second floor bedroom window. The window was open. She was telling me she was asleep and then she opened her eye and it was like a dream to her and she see the man in the front of her. When the woman woke up, the man took off. An update now on a long island woman who was pinned by a tree that smashed into her bedroom as she slept. Using a walker, Stephanie Epstein there were her family was released from north Shore University hospital. Sheens of faces months of rehab she faces months of rehab after a tree crashed into her house monday morning. She credits the First Responders with saving her life. I cannot express in words how thankful i am for everyone who saved might have life. [ crying ] that without them, i wouldnt be here. And i didnt think i was going to make it. Epstein says she is not ready yet to go back into her bedroom. The home is uninhabitable. So the family will stay with relatives. We now know who will operate new york states medical Marijuana Program when it begins next year. The state Health Department today announcing the five companies that were chosen to grow and sell the drug. 43 companies applied. The marijuana will be grown in queens, Orange County and three upstate counties. Patients with certain medical conditions will be allowed to obtain nonsmokable versions of the marijuana. Now, we want to know what you think on facebook we are asking would you have a problem if a medical marijuana grow operation or dispensary opened up in your neighborhood . Let us know at facebook. Com cbsnewyork. More tonight on the deadly outbreak of legionnaires disease in the south bronx as of this evening, the city Health Department reporting a third death linked to the outbreak. The number of confirmed cases is up to 57. Since yesterday. East 149th street has tested positive for the bacteria that causes the disease. It is the third place following Lincoln Hospital and concourse plaza shopping mall. Legionnaires is treatable with antibiotics. Health officials on long island want a Suffolk County park closed because of concerns about the west nile virus. A mosquito sample from beliedenberg county park in smithtown tested positive for the virus prompting Health Officials to ask the Parks Department to suspend activities in the park during 6 p. M. To 8 a. M. Six other mosquito samples and three birds tested positive for the virus in Suffolk County. However, no people have tested positive for it in suffolk this year. Some long island residents not happy with what is parked in the neighbors driveway. Look. Why theyre picking on me i dont understand. This man says if they can park their boats at their house, why cant he park his plane at his . Danger at the door. A warning about a scam artist posing as utility workers, the towns they are targeting. And pills mixed up by the pharmacy. Same color, similar names, but they treat very different illnesses. Lonnie weekend is clear here we go. Its the weekend. Is it a Beach Weekend or a weekend to get out of town to do something outdoors . Well talk about that coming up. And coming up on the cbs evening news, a wildfire growing in the west. Scott pelley here now. Reporter dana, well, lonnie was right, its hot all over. Out west in california, there are more than a dozen wildfires. Hundreds of people have had to flee their homes. Well have a report from the scene and a forecast for what the heat is going to be doing across the country including new york. Well have those stories and the rest of the world news coming up for you on the cbs evening news at 6 30. New york state is reinventing how we do business by leading the way on tax cuts. We cut the rates on personal income taxes. We enacted the lowest Corporate Tax rate since 1968. We eliminated the income tax on manufacturers altogether. With startupny, qualified businesses that start, expand or relocate to new york state pay no taxes for 10 years. All to grow our economy and create jobs. See how new york can give your business the opportunity to grow at ny. Gov business an airplane parked in a driveway on long island not something you see every day but some neighbors are not excited about the aircraft. Cbs 2 Steve Langford reports. Reporter a birdseye view of oceanside long island reveals a lost bird. Why theyre picking on me i dont understand. Reporter Harold Guretzky has a cessna parked in his driveway because he says he cant afford 150 a month to keep it at republic airport. The inspectors show up they wrote me summons. Reporter illegal storage of a plane. The 69yearold student pilot says he had it dismantled at the airport trucked here and they resembled. The summons he says his lawyer will fight. He doesnt care if this goes all the way to the Supreme Court of the united states. I have never seen anything like this in my life. Reporter some but not all neighbors are amused. He is eccentric. I dont know. Can i take it off up and down the street with it . Im not a crazy old man. Reporter but what propelled him to tell one unhappy neighbor this . I looked at her and said, i come from the third planet from the sun. I came in peace. Reporter the plane in the driveway is one thing. But wait until you see what Harold Guretzky has inside his house. He sells and repairs radio and tv equipment which he keeps in the basements. His huge antenna in the backyard has displeased some neighbors too but the airplane in the driveway he says may prove useful if theres another superstorm. I hear theres another sandy, the cars off the street because i want to get out of here. This thing can take off in 600 feet. Reporter he is kidding we think. In oceanside, long island, Steve Langford, cbs 2 news. He says he is also thinking of contacting captain sully sullenberger, you know, miracle on the hudson pilot, to fly the plane out of the neighborhood for the entertainment value. The search is on for robbers preying on elderly homeowners in stamford, greenwich and darien. Police say in several incidents the men posing as utility workers have official looking identification cards. Investigators say they gained the Victims Trust and enter the homes to steal valuables. Most cases we see theres one person with contact with the resident while a second person or a third person makes entry into the residence while they are distracted. Place advise always best to check with the companys home office by phone before allowing anybody into your home for an unscheduled visit. Theres great news for Airline Passengers if you are planning to take off this fall. Prices are falling. According to Forbes Magazine there are great bargains when the Summer Travel season winds down this month. Fall fares predicted to drop 3. 5 this year but, of course, prices will increase for flights during the thanksgiving holiday. Theres a warning tonight about two prescription drugs with dangerously similar names and looks. [ nonenglish language ] is an antidepress end. [ nonenglish language ] is a blood thinner used to prevent death after heart attack. The fda says some doctors and pharmacists are confused. The agency that approved the names is the same for both medications. At this point it is recommended that doctors write out the generic names for the drugs. Lets check with lonnie quinn. It looks nice out there. There could be a glitch with a little rain but not too, too much. You take a peek at what my weather watchers are sending in for temperatures. Most of us in the upper 80s. New york city around 87 degrees or so. But look at this. Some of you found a 90degree mark. 91 right now in freehold. Yeah, some of you found 90 and, you know, look, you could be continuing your heat wave because some of you even had 90 yesterday. Let she you what i see now in new york city. Its a Crystal Clear sky. You can see forever. Thats because theres such low humidity in the air. I mean, theres not a drop of haze in that picture that you see right there. 87 your temperature on the thermometer. Humidity comes in at a nice low 29 . Your not going to get humidity level lower than 29 in the summer not in the tristate area. Headlines look like this. Its a nice weekend a slight rain chance. Only a few of you are at risk of seeing the wet weather. Is it going to be the type of thing that could ruin a beach day . Not the way i see it. I think saturday at the beach sun cloud mix nice looking sky 85 to 89. Sunday looking good. 84 to 88. Small chance of rain saturday afternoon and a chance greater in the mountains because the disturbed weather is coming in from the north and west. 20 chance of a p. M. Popup store maxing out at 89, 88 on sunday. Taking a look at the vortex satellite and radar, nothing in our area right now. We have a front off to the west. This front is going to give us a 20 chance for a bit of rain tomorrow afternoon. Primarily north and west. Anybody has a shot at it but it could give us a slight chance for a shower. So let me show you how i see the numbers all across the board. Were warm enough. It is nice that the humidity is low. You know what was great today, dana . We had a High Temperature of 89 and a feelslike temperature of 87. That right . The almost like a wind chill were talking about but yeah, humidity level didnt have an effect on the temperature at all in terms of what it felt like on your skin. Right across the board through tuesday, youre around 89 to 91. Youre hovering around 90. A chance for a shower on saturday. I think the best bet to see wet weather if you are looking for more wet weather, i know after yesterday we dont want it but thursday could give us a significant rainfall. Weekend ahead. Looks night. Very good. You, too. And Otis Livingston next otis. Dana, yesterday Sheldon Richardson told us he was done with his name making news in a bad way. Well, why are we having another media session today . And the mets continue to reshape their team and this time theres no crying that we know of. Trade deadline deal that helps them both at the plate and in the field. 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Like the fact that we believe were in a position, um, to compete through the rest of the season for a play off spot. And we are going to do everything we can to ensure that. All right. The yankees the say they werent close to making a trade. Brian cashman says he likes the team he has and the wasnt interested in moving and wasnt interesting in moving assets. The giants beginning life without jason pierrepaul. Training camp an hour and 10 minutes. Tom coughlin his 12th year as giants coach. His twostar receivers on the field at the same time. Neither lumping. Cruz and beckham looking fantastic out of the gate. Manning and beckham a touchdown. Hamstring seems healthy. The quarterback is excited about the possibilities. Like where were going. I like the offense works and hits my head and how i see things in my feet and it all makes sense to me. Im extremely excited for what we have coming up and the guys that we have and how everything looks, um, it looks like its going to be a great year. That was one of the strangest things i have been part of as the media. Yesterday we were asking Sheldon Richardson about his fourgame suspension from the nfl for drug use. Little did we know there was something more serious. Our Steve Overmyer has the story. Apologize to my teammates and this organization. I told them you dont have to worry about my name being in the news again. Reporter that was yesterday. Just hours later prosecutors in missouri charged him with resisting arrest after they caught him doing 143 in his bentley. [ indiscernible ] reporter richardson was arrested on july 14th. The jets didnt hear about it until yesterday. You lose a lot of trust. Actions speak louder than words. As a man you have to own up to what you done. Didnt want to get in trouble for my own team and my organization whose out here trying to lend a hand for me and, um, i just denied it. Reporter richardson had a fully loaded semiautomatic handgun