AND WHEN A STRONG STORM SYSTEM BRINGS US SOME RAIN. THIS IS WLWT NEWS FIVE TODAY, LEADING THE WAY. GOOD MORNING AND THANKS FOR JOINING US AT 5:00 I’M TIFFANY WILSON HERE WITH METEOROLOGIST KATIE DONOVAN. THAT RARE SATURDAY GAME DAY FOR THE BENGALS. WE ARE EXCITED FOR IT. AND THE WEATHER IS CERTAINLY GOING TO COOPERATE. YEAH I WAS GOING TO SAY THEY PICKED THE BETTER OF THE TWO DAYS THERE FOR THE GAME. SO WE’RE LOOKING AT REALLY NICE WEATHER AS WE HEAD THROUGH TODAY. AND THEN TOMORROW WE’LL HAVE THE RAIN ROLLING THROUGH IN THE MORNING HOURS. SO A GREAT ONE TO BE OUTSIDE. MAYBE YOU’RE HEADED TO THE BENGALS GAME TODAY. WE’VE GOT A LOT OF CHRISTMAS EVENTS HAPPENING IN TOWN AS WELL. SO WHETHER JUST GOING TO BE COOPERATING FOR ALL OF IT RIGHT NOW WE’RE UNDER MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES IN CINCINNATI AND TEMPERATURES ARE SITTING RIGHT AROUND. 4037 OUT IN DELHI. INDEPENDENCE AND FLORENCE IS SITTING AT 3938 IN WARSAW AND UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S IN HAMILTON. AND IN LOVELAND. SO CHILL TO THE AIR FOR A LOT OF PLACES OUTSIDE THE 275 LOOP. BUT TEMPERATURES FOR THE MOST PART FEELING A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN THEY WERE YESTERDAY. AND THAT’S THANKS TO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE CLOUD COVER AS WE’RE STARTING OUT. THE MORNING WINDS ARE OUT OF THE EAST. THEY’RE PRETTY LIGHT, SO THE WIND CHILL NOT GOING TO BE TOO TERRIBLE FOR MOST COMMUNITIES IN OUR HIGHS TODAY. REBOUNDING INTO THE LOW AND MIDDLE 50S. SO WE WILL GET BACK TO MORE WARMTH AS WE HEAD THROUGH. TODAY REALLY IS NOT GOING TO BE FEELING LIKE DECEMBER AT ALL. SO A GOOD ONE IF YOU’RE OUT AT THE BENGALS GAME THIS AFTERNOON OR AGAIN, ANY OF THOSE CHRISTMAS EVENTS THAT YOU MIGHT BE ATTENDING AS WELL. 12 HOUR FORECAST TODAY SHOWS THE 30S THIS MORNING. WE’LL HAVE THE 50S AS YOU HEAD TOWARDS LUNCHTIME. I WOULD SAY BY NOON WE’RE AT 50 DEGREES AND THEN KICKOFF FOR THAT BENGALS GAME. ABOUT 53 SHOWERS WILL START TO MOVE BACK IN TONIGHT. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT INCREASED CHANCES FOR RAIN. WE’LL HAVE A COMPLETE TIMELINE OF THAT WET WEATHER AND HOW MUCH WE’RE SET TO PICK UP HERE IN CINCINNATI. COMING UP TIFFANY KATIE THANK YOU. WELL, WE HAVE BEEN TELLING YOU ABOUT UNSANITARY AND UNSAFE LIVING CONDITIONS AT THE WILLIAMSBURG APARTMENTS. FOR MORE THAN A YEAR. WELL, NOW, ONE OF THE OWNERS COULD DO PRISON TIME. BUT THIS PRISON TIME IS NOT FOR HOW THE PROPERTY WAS MANAGED, BUT FOR HOW IT WAS BOUGHT. WLWT INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER JATYRA MCGEE HAS THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS. DOES NOT TAKE AN IRRESPONSIBLE LANDLORD LIKE WE HAVE IN THIS CASE MUCH TIME TO RUN AN APARTMENT COMPLEX INTO THE GROUND. IT TAKES YEARS TO TO FIX IT. THESE WERE THE CONDITIONS OF THE WILLIAMSBURG APARTMENTS THIS TIME LAST YEAR. SEWAGE FLOWING INTO APARTMENTS, RODENTS, LACK OF RUNNING WATER. WE’VE BEEN OUT FOR FOUR STRAIGHT DAYS, FLOORS AND CEILINGS IN DISREPAIR AND THE LIST WENT ON. IT STARTED TO FALL APART. CITY LEADERS WERE FLOODED WITH COMPLAINTS. IN JANUARY, THE CITY SUED THE OWNERS OF THE 976 UNIT COMPLEX. ALMOST EVERY UNIT, SOMEONE HAD SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE UNIT. SOME WERE, SOME WERE SMALLER, SOME WERE LIFE THREATENING TYPE TYPE ISSUES. NICK DINARDO AND JOHN ALTMAN ARE LEGAL AID ATTORNEYS REPRESENTING THE RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION. SINCE JUNE. A COURT APPOINTED RECEIVER HAS BEEN MANAGING THE PROPERTY FOR A TENANT WHO’S ACTUALLY LIVING IN THAT UNIT, WHO IS DEALING WITH THAT MOLD ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS. IT’S DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT’S SOMETHING LIKE THIS CAN TAKE TIME OUT OF PUBLIC VIEW. FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS WERE HONING IN ON BARUCH BARRETT, ROMAN, WHO RUNS THE LLC THAT OWNS WILLIAMSBURG. HE PLEADED GUILTY THURSDAY TO CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT WIRE FRAUD, ACCORDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, DORMAN CONSPIRED WITH SEVERAL OTHERS TO FRAUDULENTLY OBTAIN MORE THAN $165 MILLION IN LOANS TO BUY MULTIFAMILY AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES. INVESTIGATORS SAY HE PROVIDED THE LENDERS WITH FAKE DOCUMENTS LIKE PURCHASE AND SALES CONTRACTS WITH INFLATED PRICES. IN MARCH 2019, WILLIAMSBURG OF CINCINNATI WAS ACQUIRED FOR $70 MILLION, BUT ROMAN AND HIS COCONSPIRATORS USED A STOLEN IDENTITY TO PRESENT LENDERS WITH A PURCHASE AND SALES CONTRACT FOR 95 MILLION. THAT’S JUST INSANE. ALL THAT MONEY, HE I MEAN, IT EXPLAINS WHY THE PLACE FELL APART. I MEAN, HE WAS DEFINITELY NOT PUTTING I MEAN, IF HE’S DOING IT HERE, WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER PLACES? WHAT DID HE DO TO THEM? AND AGAIN, THAT WAS JATARA MCGEE. REPORTING. DRILLMAN WILL BE SENTENCED IN APRIL. THE 36 YEAR OLD FACES UP TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON. NOW HIS LLC STILL OWNS WILLIAMS BURG RIGHT NOW, BUT THE LITIGATION THAT IS PLAYING OUT HERE IS WORKING TO CHANGE THAT AND TO SELL THE COMPLEX TO A NEW OWNER ONCE IT IS BROUGHT UP TO CODE NEW THIS MORNING, WE ARE LEARNING THE NAME OF A 19 YEAR-OLD KILLED IN A SHOOTING IN THE VILLAGES AT ROLL HILL. CINCINNATI POLICE SAY MICHAEL SMITH WAS SHOT ON WILLIAMSBURG DRIVE AROUND 430 FRIDAY AFTERNOON WHEN OFFICERS ARRIVED, HE WAS UNCONSCIOUS AND IN CRITICAL CONDITION. HE WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE DIED. WE ARE LEARNING MORE ABOUT HOW TWO CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WERE KILLED AT A SEWAGE PUMPING FACILITY IN BROMLEY. WE NOW KNOW THAT A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE ALLOWED A RUSH OF WATER INTO THE SPACE WHERE THREE MEN WERE WORKING. SOURCES TELL US THAT SOMETHING WENT WRONG IN THE EMPTY CONCRETE STRUCTURE, AND THE PLUGS THAT KEEP WATER OUT DID NOT HOLD UP. SEWAGE WATER CAME FLOODING IN AND TWO OF THE THREE MEN BECAME TRAPPED IN THE WATER. WOULD HAVE COME IN LIKE FIRE HOSE KIND OF PRESSURE. THEN I PROBABLY, PROBABLY MUCH, MUCH GREATER THAN THAT. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT PRESSURE AND IT WOULD HAVE FILLED UP VERY, VERY QUICKLY. AND THE AND A VERY MINIMAL AMOUNT OF TIME FOR ANYONE TO RESPOND TO EXIT SAFELY. THE TWO MEN WHO DIED ARE IDENTIFIED AS JOSH MASON, 26 YEARS OLD, OF MOSCOW, OHIO, AND MASON NIECES, WHO WAS 23, FROM ALEXANDER, KENTUCKY. WE ARE TOLD THAT THE WORKER WHO ESCAPED WAS NEAR THE TOP OF THE STRUCTURE WHEN ALL OF THAT WATER CAME POURING IN. WELL, A BIG WIN FOR ABORTION RIGHTS ADVOCATES IN OHIO. THE STATE SUPREME COURT HAS DISMISSED THE APPEAL INVOLVING THE SIX WEEK ABORTION BAN, ALSO KNOWN AS THE HEARTBEAT LAW. THE SUPREME COURT DISMISSED THE APPEAL FRIDAY BECAUSE THE OHIO LAW CHANGED WHEN VOTERS PASSED ISSUE ONE LAST MONTH. ISSUE ONE PROTECTED ACCESS TO ABORTION IN THE STATE CONSTITUTION. THIS RULING NOW CLEARS THE WAY FOR THE ABORTION BAN TO BE BLOCKED. THE CASE NOW COMES BACK TO HAMILTON COUNTY, WHERE A JUDGE PREVIOUSLY CALLE