i will step out see you can see the flash at half staff. there was the month, squad car parked in front with black bunting on the passenger side. we have -- >> we have lost a great police officer. reporter: officers lined a city block at attention as the escort us are the remains of fallen officer noah leotta. his family seen here to really embracing the police chief outside the district station where the 24-year-old was assigned. >> this is a preventable unnecessary loss. reporter: he was hit by a 47 euro man that allegedly decided to drive after a night of partying. >> this officer was killed serving the public, trying to prevent the exact crime that killed him. >> officer down. reporter: officers are reviewing the crash report, witness interviews and the suspect's

blood draw. >> residents of this county lost a great cop. lost a great cop. reporter: montgomery has recorded 36 traffic deaths, one third at the hands of drunk drivers. most earned licenses. >> when the state of maryland starts taking these crimes, are talking about a drunk driver killing someone, until they take this crime seriously there is no justice for these families. there is no justice for these victims. reporter: again, the sad irony is that officer leotta was patrolling in search of drunk drivers. who is the man accused of hitting and killing him? that is all new at 6:00. kevin lewis, abc 7 news. leon: thank you. we are keeping a close eye on a developing story out of the district where a hazardous materials team responded to the

american council on islamic relations about four hours ago. there was a letter with an unknown powdery substance. the building was evacuated in a few employees were quarantined. but all testing came back negative. the fbi is now investigating the letter. officials say they have received hate messages daily but they will not be deterred from that mrs. -- mission to protect civil rights. alison: today, d.c. police started a new search to try to find what happened to alicia rudd. it's been 21 months since she was last seen alive with a janitor from a homeless shelter. today they went to new york avenue to look for any sign of the little girl. stephen tschida is there with. -- with. -- live. reporter: this is a large area where the search for evidence in her disappearance serve -- focused today. nothing significant was found.

dozens of police officers, cadets and federal agents joined in a search of a sprawling construction site. they resumed the hunt for a little girl who vanished from a homeless shelter more than a year of cap ago -- and a half ago. >> we all have children. reporter: the disappearance of the eight-year-old shocked and stunned many across the region. the site of a large search party today let some to hope for an end to the mystery. >> it needs closure somewhere. reporter: this location is near the hotel where surveillance video captured her with her suspicious -- suspected disruptor -- suspected abductor. >> this is going to be a difficult area to search. .it will take quite a bit of time reporter: earlier searches focused on northeast d.c. where

investigators found the body of tatum, his death ruled a suicide. he is believed to have shot and killed his wife. >> i was hoping for a miracle. that somehow the child would be found alive. reporter: chief cathy lanier says new information about kaleel tatum's movements prompted the search. she said it was another location which we searched in the future but a location has not yet been disclosed. stephen tschida, abc 7 news. alison: thank you very much. breaking news in the death of a 21-year-old spotsylvania county woman. investigators have recovered heather sikony's cell phone. she left to meet someone and that her body was found monday morning in her car. she had been shot to death.

investigators say the cell phone has provided vital information. at this time they do not have a suspect and no arrests seven made. they are confident they will close this case. we will give you updated. leon: turning to the war on terror. a call from the white house. background checks for people trying to buy guns. they are working on a measure to close the gun show loophole without congressional approval. this is after we learned that one of the guns used in an attack -- investigators are searching for the evidence in the mass shootout in san bernardino. some members of congress are calling for tougher regulations on "fiance visas." >> the u.s. government does not normally ask the intelligence community to look at the e-mails of somebody just because they have applied for a visa. that is just too many. leon: investigators say that malik at her husband had some

sort of encryption on the digital devices which is complicating the search of their phones. the shootings in san bernardino sparked donald trump to call for a ban on all muslims trying to enter the u.s. today the senate judiciary committee calls that unconstitutional to bar entry into the country based on religion. protesters gathered outside the trump hotel in d.c. they are calling for a boycott of the hotel. reporter: it is still months away from opening but there is an effort underway to prevent the trump hotel from being a success. >> donald trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims. reporter: inflammatory statements for the republican presidential front-runner prompted d.c. attorney gary thompson to take action. >> i thought there is something we can do. reporter: he started an online petition for a boycott of the hotel on pennsylvania avenue.

>> i can choose not to patronize it and took in every other person in the district. as a community we can basically shun the hotel. reporter: residents have signed on and people as far away as the u.k.. some posting comments like, "his -- i will not support any establishment or business of his." jane sargus was one of the first to sign. she felt an obligation to speak out against the candidate. >> i will not go to his hotel. i will not attend any event there. i will not recommend it. i will not endorse it in any way. reporter: this is just the latest business threat to the trump brand. overseas politicians want to ban him from britain. a retailer has announced it will stop selling all his roddick's. -- products.

suzanne kennedy, abc 7 news. leon: we are tempted to reach trump international hotel cigna response. despite our repeated attempts, they did not provide us with anything. -- alison: racist ideas during the supreme court hearing on a turn -- affirmative action. justice scalia says that students could possibly be better in less advanced schools. student -- a student at the university of texas is -- a navy ship under fire for civil rights activists. they are of similar uss jackson's name. it was named after jackson mississippi. activists say andrew jackson should not be honored because of the way he treated native americans and the ownership

of slaves. leon: a live look at the capitol weather is no deal in the $1.1 trillion budget to give the government open. congress's executive has a temporary measure after tomorrow. never get the senate and house negotiators more time to work on a final deal. well congress approves the budget outline this fall, lawmakers are setting spending levels for each agency and department. alison: you think congress or want to get the deal done so they can go outside and enjoy the weather. leon: it's awfully good out there. we could be seeing 70 by sunday. can you believe that? steve is standing by with a check of the forecast. steve: is looking awesome out there is a moves towards the end of the weekend. nothing to complain about outside right now. look at these temperatures. 58 at reagan national. 57 in leesburg. also 52 and culpeper.

we will stay on the mild side of the overnight hours. 38-48 degrees. look for areas of dense fog tomorrow morning. there may be a few delays so you might want to leave a few extra minutes early. we will clear up nicely by midday. lots of sunshine tomorrow. the highs will approach 65 degrees. how long will the warm weather last? details on that in the outlook into next week, a little bit of a cooldown on the way. i will tell you about that in a couple of minutes. alison: jurors are hearing the first trial of the freddie gray case are on their way home tonight. today they heard testimony from former witnesses of the defense -- four more witnesses. reporter: corrugated -- court ended about 20-30 months ago. we got word it would be a protest but if you look at the traffic back here you will only a one or two guys holding signs.

that timing is always terrible. not much of a protest. the defense trying to do their best to attack the state claims. officer william porter is accused in freddie gray's death because when called to check on him in the back of a police van he did not seatbelt him or call for a nebulous. porter told the jury he saw no sign of injury and that officers never buckled arrestees. they call the neurosurgeon who used cat scan images to say they gray was injured after porter checked on him and that the injury was truly lethal. set on the stand was charlottesville police chief timothy longo. he told the jury that not they'll think arrestees is perfectly reasonable and a matter of officer safety. warren brown observing the case says those are important points. >> porter acted in a manner that

represented a callous disregard for the health of well-being of freddie gray. history shows people are not belted don't suffer serious injury. reporter: many are watching this case closely. in the audience today was city council president r. jack young. -- she is troubled by the testimony that it was a matter of officer safety, not to buckled great -- buckle gray. >> freddy was not a dangerous person for the police is a his life was not in danger in the back of that van. reporter: the afternoon session of the court on the second floor was spent taking testimony from two police officers that were there when freddie gray was arrested and not charged in the case. they were granted immunity for the testimony of called by the defense. they said essentially the same thing.

nobody ever see belted prisoners in the vans. they say officer porter did nothing wrong. in baltimore, brad bell, abc 7 news. alison: coming up on abc 7 news combing through the rubble. a look at the investigation after an early morning house fire. reporter: 100 kids went on a shopping spree with police officers. doug: i am live at the u.s. botanic gardens, adding a little bit of color to the holiday season. weather coming up on abc 7 news at 5:00.

alison: we are back with a reminder you have time to make a donation to toys for tots. abc 7 is proud to partner with the marines. you can help without leaving your couch. go to wjla.com/toys and there is a link to a whole list of toys you can buy online and they will be shipped directly to the program. you can do that until monday. we hope you will decide to help out. jonathan: how often can you just

sit on your butt and help somebody out. alison: christmas came early for about 100 kids in the district. leon: they were invited to a shopping spree today hosted by d.c. police. >> i don't give you something you don't like. reporter: it's an annual affair featuring the police chief, the mayor, santa claus and 100 men and women in uniform. >> we show kids we're just like they are and we care about them and want them to have a nice christmas. some of the kids were not have anything for christmas. reporter: after recent protests and outcry over police actions chief lanier calls this critical. she says outreach by officers will build trust among children. >> they can be fun but sometimes it be really serious because of their job. >> they make sure you don't get

in trouble. reporter: officers escorted preselected children up and down the aisles. >> i was saying i can retire soon and i will miss this right here. reporter: each child can spend $100 thanks to a $10,000 walmart grant distributor by the d.c. police foundation. >> we believe the relationship between the community and the police department is paramount for the success of our city. reporter: many officers helped make up the district forget seven over budget. >> i saw officers spinning 200-300 and two dollars. -- extra dollars. reporter: mike carter-conneen abc 7 news. leon: how cool is that? alison: you know it's memorable for both of them equally. leon: so is this weather. they will remove her they had used christmas -- sunblock on christmas eve. steve: there was a protest

earlier and it took about 20 minutes to get down the road. it was a great. the windows were open and the sunroof was open. leon: december 10. alison: people will probably be in shorts this weekend. steve: we will see. it is nice up there right now with temperatures above average. the high made up to 63 degrees. weather the average for this date. 48 and it will only get warmer as it moves to the next few days. we were four degrees shy of the record. here is the calendar for you. so far this month only one day with below average temperatures. that was the first day of the month. all last weekend this week it will go down all yellow. and early next week with above average temperatures. no real sharp cool downs on the way anytime soon. 58 at reagan national. not going to amount to a whole lot.

57 in leesburg. angers and 54 degrees. -- andrews at 54 degrees. temperatures in the 60's in raleigh and charlotte and knoxville. a good indication of what is on the way for the next couple of days. high pressure building overhead that will bring some big warm-ups. nighttime lows, 38-48 degrees. watch out for patchy fog tomorrow morning. by about 9:00 or 10:00 everything should be clearing out nicely. wake up temperatures in the 40's. around 42 degrees over in fairfax. futurecast looks like this. a beautiful day tomorrow with lots of sunshine. we will see sunshine friday, saturday, sunday, into parts of the day on monday and then a cold front will move overhead. the day planner shows a high of 65 degrees. a look at the next seven days. . upper 60's for saturday and sunday a cold front on monday.

cooler on tuesday and wednesday but 10 degrees cooler will keep us 10 above average for this time of year. a comfortable 72 degrees as we head out to chief meteorologist doug hill. he is enjoying himself. doug: it looks very much like holiday seasons in the poinsettia room. everyone you see originally came from the south coast of mexico. i know that because devon dotson told me. in the short amount of time we have, we noticed that the ms. "pollination station." >> come to the botanic garden and you will see a live tree. a big train show. everything will be pollinators and plants. that they favorite is the d.c. landmarks. everything from the washington monument, lincoln memorial.

all layout of plants and acorns, bar, cinnamon sticks. and a big poinsettia display. doug: the garden is open 365 days a year. even only one day get some cold winter weather, it will be perfect because it's always 72 degrees in here. >> we are open 10:00 to 5:00 every day. doug: there is a palm tree. it is 160 years old and maybe 9-10 feet tall? how can that be? >> our founding plant come from 1842. we've been keeping them in their offspring alive for a long time. that particular palm is easy toreroot -- to re-root overtime. doug: coffee beans are in bloom in one room. all kinds of things. it's really incredible. there was a concert starting at

6:00 and tonight it is lcocks and vodka. we will say goodbye for the moment. meanwhile, back to leon and allison and steve. leon: is at a hanukkah tradition? lockes and vodka? alison: we will see you in a little bit. leon: you maybe texting all wrong. find out about the way you format your messages could say about you to your friends. alison: meet a member of an exclusive group helping make the white house suitable for the season. leon: giving birth to the next big thing right in our own

alison: the next day thing and entertainment to get his birth right here in our area. it's a little box that can make going to the movies at thing of the past thanks to a project sponsored by the montgomery county government. it might just be coming to your tv set soon. reporter: in a tiny office in a high-rise building in rockville town center -- >> that is what goes on here. innovation. >> this is what we are using

now. reporter: they are unlocking the way all of us will consume entertainment. >> gets the next revolution. reporter: a revolution. he had his partner have innovated the system they call x-nc-next. >> it can stream content to your home. reporter: it will allow subscribers to watch first-run movies and their homes instead of a movie theater. >> or a broadway musical because you live in california but can't be new york city. for the fashion show in the lawn. -- milan. reporter: you're in your living room with three friends and you purchase one ticket to the latest hit movie and press play. >> as soon as it detects there is more than one person, is telling us that we bought one

ticket for there are more viewers and we need to purchase more tickets. reporter: it's one of scores of fledgling companies that are part of an effort to build businesses to help everyday life in the future. >> that is our job. create businesses and create jobs that benefit the taxpayers of montgomery county. reporter: they feel their innovation will in effect everyone when it is on the market next year. horace holmes, abc 7 news. leon: the way you tax could say mortier friends than the words you actually send them. a new study in the journal of computers and human behavior. they found that evil that put a period at the end of their sentence are seen as less sincere the people they don't use any punctuation. alison: what? leon: i think it's is more but the students at binghamton university. alison: new york magazine says only jerks and attacks with a perdioiod.

leon: unbelievable. come on. alison: still to come on abc 7 news protecting all the holiday packages. one service that help to fight back against package thieves. reporter: a memorial formed in one virginia road. it is for a tree. we will explain what is going on here coming up. leon: tune into "good morning washington" tomorrow for the last chance to win jingleballs tickets. the watching the 5:45 a.m. to find out if you can win.

>> you're watching abc 7 news at 5:00 on your side. alison: people have decorated a little tree in the middle of a median strip in alexandria. now that tree is gone. neighbors build a memorial where the tree once stood. as jeff goldberg reports, a grinch is not the one saying ba humbug. >> it's gone. reporter: this action is generating some pretty strong words in response. >> the grinch. tiny heart. reporter: this one from tony. here is the deal. a while ago a four foot tall tree nicknamed "the charlie brown tree" three up -- grew on

duke street. for years the decorated the tree on holidays. >> it was really making me happy every time i went by their. -- by there. reporter: all of a sudden it was cut down without warning last week leading to some heartfelt condolences. >> horse hockey. reporter: it has some people thinking they should take some action. realizing it is not too late for a new tree to take its place. >> i was thinking about going by home depot and getting a potted one. reporter: we got a call back from the city spokesperson this as it was the city that cut down the tree because it was leaning into the roadway, creating a safety hazard. >> we have encouraged a lot of different holiday celebrations in places that are safe. this was not a safe location.

reporter: tony knows it was just a tree but it was a source of strength. >> if it could stand all the stuff in life, than all the rest of us could. reporter: a lesson that could never be cut down. jeff goldberg, abc 7 news. alison: a new park planned for boston's waterfront will on of the youngest victim of the boston marathon bombing. eight-year-old martin richard was watching at the finish line when the bombs went off in 2013. the park is expected to be completed in 2017. example five the city's spirit. leon: here is a spirit within firing. is the season of giving any delivery woman with a deck recipient of holiday generosity. a pastor sent her -- asked for her to sit -- church happen to be in session. he stopped the sermon and asked

the delivery woman to come to the pulpit and he handed her a $100 bill for the $14 pizza and told to keep the change. that is not all she got. the congregation gave her the entire collection plate with more than $1800. >> i said i would love a single mom or a student who was working full time and trying to pay for school. leon: chief of both of those descriptions and all this yesterday for school and her kids she says she plans to pay it forward. alison: a life-changing moment. leon: way to go. alison: still to come at 5:00 -- >> these ornaments are going in this room, and this wall come on this fixture. reporter: hear from one of the lucky few helping to decorate the white house. leon: from mild to wild, warm weather this december. seeing the impact of the letter to the west -- weather to the

west. alison: baltimore is preparing for a verdict in a spirit of unrest in the first freddie gray trial.

doug: back live in the training room at the conservatory at the u.s. botanic gardens, enjoying the season. let's check out the weekend weather outlook. the average temperatures in jacksonville, florida this time of year, that is what we will have saturday and sunday. lots of sunshine with temperatures in the upper 60's for saturday and sunday. now we can take a look ahead to the next seven days. it will stay mild. lots of sunshine in the forecast. tomorrow in the 60's. quicklime for the upper 60's. -- we climb to the upper 60's.

it will stay mild on monday but i guess the cold front will bring showers to the area on monday afternoon and evening. on tuesday and wednesd it's the holidays. which means a house full of people -- who all want to get online. so it's the perfect time for verizon fios. it has the fastest internet and wifi available. with speeds om 50 to 500 megs. and right now, you'll get 50 meg fios internet, tv and phone for 79.99 a month online for your first year. and with a 2 year agreement, wewe'll

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consumer alert about some popular holiday light displays. small projectors. here is the thing. some of those lasers pointed at your house are getting pointed to high and interfere with airline pilots. one flight was flying to 13,000 feet when the pilot saw the laser aimed at them. the least trace it to a house 22 miles away from dallas-fort worth airport. we will have more on the dangers coming up tonight 11:00. decorating any house can be a big job at the white house is a team of designers. alison: the team included more than 80 volunteers from all over the country this year. column is a dance instructor in wisconsin. his passion for decorating and an essay how and get a spot on leashes white house team. -- this year's white house team. >> why i love christmas. the whole sense of family. and this year -- i said it

would be a great monumental year. celebrate that as well. alison: he said he had to submit a portfolio of his work and the process took eight months. he was cast with helping decorate the palm room, the interest of the west wing in the oval office. he said that michelle obama told him that rim is one of the president's favorites this year. leon: of course she would say that. [laughter] leon: that is awesome. speaking of scenes of the season, check out this photo from sandra. she called it her "diva tree." if you have stuff like this happening at home, e-mail us at pics@wjla.com. we will share some on the air and online over the next few weeks. alison: that tree was created. once the decorations are all up,

eventually the presence come. -- presents come. reporter: if you don't want the presents stolen off your front porches, you might say thank heaven for 711. many are now home to

leon: one person is missing after the house fire. that started around 3:30 this morning. reporter: anne arundel county police and fire investigators have remained on scene defense of the afternoon. it happened between bwi airport and fort meade. is just about 3:30 this morning. this shows how big the fire was for more than 100 yards away from a neighbor's house. it took 40 minutes to bring this fire under control. one person died. fire investigators presume a second person did as well and are still inside. they say there are structural issues preventing them from locating that second person. the idea the individual but did

die, we will have to wait until tomorrow at the earliest. family members fear the worst. >> she is very caring, and animal lover. she would give you the shirt off her back. if she wasn't a dangerous person or anything like that. if it is her, she did not deserve what happened. reporter: firefighters say this was a fire -- there was a fire back in february at this house and they say there is no connection between this fire and that one. alison: 7 on your side to help you fight back against package these. a look at one way to make sure you get what you ordered. reporter: you are used to ordering slurpee's from this particular establishment. 7-eleven is teaming up with amazon. package these.

they hit hard. they know people are buying presents. they have things mailed to the front porch. they scope it out and a steal the packages. we are seeing it more and more. when we come back here live in northern virginia, amazon has set up these storage lockers. if you order something off of amazon you can choose the option to have it delivered to one of these amazon lockers. they will give you a code. mine will be wrong and the locker pops open. you pull out your package. we just met a woman who used this locker for the first time. you are a first time user of the locker? >> i think it is great. it is efficient. it was easy for me to get over here to pick it up even though i live in d.c. and i saved a lot of money. reporter: she says she saved a

lot of money. she is an amazon prime number. is the same to ship here to your home. if you live in d.c. or maryland, these are only in northern virginia for right now. jennifer donelan, back to you. leon: 7 on your side with new recommendations for car seats. parents should move their children out of the infant carriers and into rear facing convertible seat at a younger age. despite the child size, all babies should be on rear facing seat by their first birthday. in crash testing the rear facing seats provided better protection that are at or near the one-year mark. alison: let's get a check on traffic. lots of brake lights. jamie: this is outbound on 66 as he passed the capital beltway continuing closer to fairfax. we don't have any crashes up ahead. this is the normal slowing.

with it being so dark so early that's when you get a better picture of what to expect. let's move to the map. 23 miles per hour as he started to head north on 270. the slowest stretch closer to gaithersburg. let's talk about what we are seeing right now in rockville pike. accident involving a pedestrian. be very careful and you will see a lot of emergency crews on scene. we have an issue with crews repairing the water main break in alexandria. eisenhower avenue westbound. because the lanes are blocked everyone is sharing those eastbound lanes. is expected to last through tomorrow morning. that is a look at traffic. alison: thank you so much. leon: let's see how long this knife -- nice weather will go one. alison: it sounds like it will be better next week. steve: it will be better for the

upcoming weekend. temperatures into the 60's and a lot of sunshine to enjoy. temperatures at 57 degrees in northwest d.c. anacostia, springfield at 65. temperatures above average and will stay that way tonight and tomorrow into the upcoming weekend. the coolest of the air, not even that cold, it's well to the north of us. milder temperatures to the south. what's going on in terms of satellite and radar. high pressure will dominate our weather. we may see areas of patchy fog developed come early tomorrow morning. could see some dense fog advisory for parts of the area. you might want to leave a few extra minutes before heading out the door. it will be a cool start to the day in temperatures will warm up nicely. upper 30's in suburban locations.

45-40 degrees inside the beltway. winds will be light and that will allow fog to develop. 60 degrees by the noontime our. committee 60's for the daytime highs. a look at the next seven days. 67 both saturday and sunday. monday we have showers in the forecast and about a 60% chance. that is part of a cold front that will drop temperatures down to the upper 50's on tuesday and wednesday of next week. that's about 10 degrees above average for this time of year. we will take it. leon: we will also take a -- robert: a win on the road. it is doable. it just hasn't happened yet. the quest for post season is still going. you think playoffs would be the main focus for every single player in that locker room except for a receiver.

is my is elsewhere -- his mind is elsewhere. >> don't talk about playoffs. playoffs? i hope we can win a game. robert: he said that was his mood. they just need to win a road game. if they lose all of those they are 6-10 which might not be enough for the postseason no matter how bad the nfc east is. >> what are we doing wrong? yet a look at yourself in the mirror and ask what i can do better. robert: they have yet to win away from home. >> the new vision is to get a win on the road. robert: they have lost nine straight road games. >> we understand our struggles on the road. we have to address them head on and go compete against chicago. robert: with three of their last

four games away from home, it's no time like now for improvement. >> we have to win on the road. if we don't do that, we will be in the same position as last year. robert: one team that is heading to the super bowl, d.c.'s ward five more years. -- warriors. they will take on timiyami colts. for highlights, go to wjla.com. a team to root for in the finals. robert: they are in florida. alison: i think tamiami. it's in florida down south.

find out have the same season

alison: the pacific northwest is experiencing some of its heaviest rain and flooding in decades. to give you a preview of what is to come as the strongest el niño possibly ever picks up's and. -- up steam. reporter: it's flooding homes and roads, creating massive sinkholes and leading to dangerous landslides. >> never seen anything like this. reporter: debris shut down interstate 5, 20 the busiest freeways in the country. in oregon a woman drowned when her car got stuck. in northern california, this deadly crash involving a semi truck. >> the wet weather will continue through this weekend. any additional rain will make

the existing flooding albums worse. reporter: rescue teams have been working nonstop. >> water over the roadway. .people trapped in cars reporter: >> got to have stuff up in the air. reporter: they are taking any chances protecting their belongings. >> it's not over yet. reporter: massive waves of to seven feet high crashing into coastal communities along the west coast. in oregon the coast guard said it is not sending out both of us there is an emergency. alison: that will do it for abc 7 news at 5:00, but right now at 6:00. reporter: this young -- >> this young police officer was killed by a man who decided to smoke dope, drink for four hours in the get behind the wheel of a car. alison: a call for justice after

a police officer is killed in the line of duty. what prosecutors are saying as a community mourns. abc 7 news at 6:00 starts now. >> you're watching abc 7 news at 6:00 on your side. maureen: outrage in montgomery county. leon: officer noah leotta died this morning. for a moment today the entire montgomery county community paused to honor his life. maureen: montgomery county reporter kevin lewis is live in wheaton tonight. the driver involved in this crash is not been charged. water county prosecutor saying -- what are county prosecutors saying? reporter: they have assigned their two most senior prosecutors to the case. they will review crash reports in addition to witness interviews and a blood draw taken by the suspected impaired driver.

the man is identified as 47-year-old luis rolusco. he has two previous arrests for drunk driving in addition to a drug-related charge. police chief tom major reveals that last thursday night he "smoke dope entering for four hours before choosing to give fine though wheel of his honda crv." a short time later he hit officer leotta who was conducting a traffic stop. he refused to take a breathalyzer test but it did take a blood draw. that will be crucial evidence. chief major issued scathing words at both him and state politicians. >> this hard-working, caring, dedicated police officer was killed by a drunk driver. he was killed by a man that is interested twice before for