was hitting her face on the glass to get my attention. leon: a nightmare in manassas, children boundwo and gagged. alison: the entire terrifying ordeal unfolding with a one-year-old girl in the house. now the search is on for who did this. leon: tom roussey is with the neighbors who witnessed this terrifying aftermath. usuallysays he does not go on his back dead in the afternoon. he did tuesday and heard banging from his neighbors door. >> she was trying to get my attention. she had duct tape on her mouth, her arms bound a high her back. what do you do? i said, in my releasing this? tom: they rushed to help. >> she was hysterical. i said, the police are coming. tom:

home in manassas. >> she said there are children in there, i have to get the children. tom: officers did not let her go because they were not sure of the robbers were still inside. >> they were pointing their guns at the house the whole time. tom: there rescued a second woman plus four-year-old and five-year-old boys and a one-year-old girl. all but the-year-old had been bound and gagged. >> it was heart wrenching, especially when i saw the kids. tom: the kids appeared sedated. >> they said they had made them drink a white solution. tom: a 33-year-old victim said she was sexually assaulted. the two men got in through the back. leon: that was tom rousing reporting -- tom roussey reporting. the police are now seahi

a gamestop in silver spring. richard reeve spoke with the child's father. richard: inside of this silver spring gamestop store - >> they were on top of me. richard: armed robbery caught on surveillance. >> they know exactly what they wanted to do and took over the store. richard: a father, mother, and seven-year-old son. >> they pointed the gun at us and told us to get on the floor. richard: 10 feet away, the boy walked back with a flurry of punches. a he recognized he was in dangerous situation with a stranger, and he was trying to defend himself. richard: both parents on the ground at gunpoint. >> he broke free from them and came over to us. richard: the robbers push the clerks on the floor at gunpoint. >> i heard death threats. >>

they do deal with cash, so there is quite a lot of opportunity. richard: the two armed robbers, masked, fled. afterward, the seven-year-old spoke to his that. >> it was a fretting situation, but he told us, the good news, if there is any, we are all safe. nobody was really harmed. richard: terrifying moments for that family. the police say if you recognize anybody in the video, they would like to hear from you. richard reeve, abc 7 news. alison: thank you for that. 7 on your side with a consumer alert. an elaborate and dramatic live to take your money. woman was blind nearly scammed of $1000, but a quick thinking walmart worker stepped in to save her while it. jay korff has the story. -- the walmart worker helped her save her wallet. jay:

noticed something fishy and in the process save the woman $1500. hague faced a frightening situation after she received a disturbing phone call. >> i was scared it was him. be herman pretending to 21-year-old grandson called her, begging her to bail her to baylor out of jail in california after getting a dui. to this a cab alexandria walmart to wire the money to her son's attorney, but when she asked for help, she had a media concerns. >> how do you know? i said it sounds like a scam. she handed her cell phone to call a relative in california who confirmed her grandson was not in trouble. >> she said you saved my life. i said i saved you

grateful for her safe grandson and this walmart employee looking out for her. >> i could not thank her enough. hutchens told us one of the reasons she wanted to do this story was as a precautionary tale to others to be on the lookout to look out for phone scammers. jay korff, abc 7 news. alison: a great ending. the white house, and inspector general's report found hillary clinton violated state department e-mail rules. i.g. reviewed communication policies and practices going back to the mid-1990's. they found that clinton in her predecessors had problems with e-mail use and its retention. questions about the use of a private server have dogged her presidential campaign. she said using the server was a

in the battle over bathrooms, 10 states say they will sue the white house over its transgender directive. the obama administration is urging schools to allow transgender students to use the bathroom score finding that corresponding to the bathroom they identify with. the video that you are about to see is nothing short of amazing. 165 milesween 136 and per hour no match for homes in western kansas. crews fanned out to assess the damage. amazingly, nobody died because of these storms. around -- one person drowned and is in a coma. leon: coming up, a warning about one line bre

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our high temperature today, 86 degrees. today was the hottest day so far this year. mainly clear skies right now, staying that way overnight. tomorrow morning, in the 60's, but we quickly rebound with the money of sunshine in the morning, and a time lows 59 to 66. increase humidity and a chance of a stray thunderstorm late in the day, not amounting to a whole lot. the delmarva beaches, lower 70's saturday, sunday 71, monday not so great, a coastal storm likely bringing clouds and showers. check out the water

60's, lower 60's. rolling thunder sunday, daytime highs in the lower 80's, a good deal of sunshine, clouds later in the afternoon. a chance of showers. it will not be a washout. we have showers and thunderstorms both tomorrow and friday, highs in the upper 80's, middle 80 saturday. the best of the three-day extended holiday weekend, saturday will be by far the nicest with middle 80's. 83 sunday afternoon, showers, afternoon thunderstorms. monday, if you have outdoor plans come you may want to have an alternative indoor plan. upper 70's. little 70's tuesday, upper 70's wednesday. the roller coaster ride continues. alison: it feels like summer already come overnight. steve: the humidity is back. leon:

right now. steve: not too bad. alison: ok. thanks for joining us. coming up next, a 7 on your side special report. alison: have a great night.

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lisa: good evening. consumer team is working hard to tackle the issues you send our way through our phone bank, tip line, and e-mail. as we head into the warmer weather, we noticed a pattern of problems you asked 7 on your side to check out, so we did. animals tofrom wildlife and insects were on your list. we begin with an important consumer alert for anyone considering getting a puppy. troubleshooter horace holmes discovered online companies area,ing consumers in our offering cute little dogs only to deliver broken promises. horace: there is something about a puppy that makes you feel warm inside. >> i was looking for a teacup pomeranian for my mom. horace: that warm feeling turned red-hot. she said she was duped by

online ad from a dog breeder in north carolina. >> examining their website, it seemed legit. horace: they filled out an application for a baby siberian and was approved. >> i never spoke with anybody in the process. signed upe paid $250, for layaway, and waited. and waited. she called and textedit and offered to pick the dog up, no response. >> i was nervous to get my 250 back. >> don't be fooled by a flashy, legitimate website. horace: consumers should be on alert when dealing with one line dog sellers. >> online breeders are taking the photos and duplicating the texts and images on their site to look like they have the puppy. horace: the better business

over the country and there is a spike in the number of canine cases in recent weeks on the scam tracker. >> we are seeing so many reports of people reporting they have lost money from a puppy scam. horace: some but he would break a dog lover's heart, promise a puppy, take the money, and not deliver? listen to the story. she lives in florida, but found on themoon pomeranian internet. she talked with a gentleman who told her -- >> if i sent half the payment, he would send me the dog, and once we got the dog he was in the other half. horace: that sounded fair, so she sent a request via money gram for $250. >> he said they had a problem. horace: they needed $250 more. she refused and never got the dog.

and address in baltimore, one in laurel. we stopped by the address in baltimore, nobody answered. then we hopped on the phone and called blue moon and my siberian huskies. a turn down to be a hunt down a foxhole. what did our duped dog lovers do? she now has a puppy that she purchased from another breeder. what about lori and her mom? >> she has a pomeranian that she loves. but she wanted a real one. has try7 on your side to contact blue moon pomeranian and my siberian husky. we have not received any response. the better business bureau advises that you thoroughly check out any online reader, and if you cannot go someplace to view the puppy before you buy them, don't send any money. in arlington, horace holmes, abc

after another viewer from prince william county contacted us with a big problem. she bought her first home, moved in, only to realize another family was already there. 7 on your side's chris papst has that story. had a family of red foxes living under your deck and playing in your yard, what would you do? you don't have many options. good.ice, none are on march 1, alice achieved her lifelong dream of buying a home -- five bedrooms with a nice yard in woodbridge. >> i loved at the first time i walked in. i was really excited about moving here. chris: her excitement quickly waned when she realized she was not here alone. >> every day they come out. chris: it's a family of red foxes, with upwards of five pups. for hours every day, they run around exploring and pla

i don't want to go in my backyard. i have grandkids. chris: she called prince william county animal control. for about $1000, she could hire a trapping company, which she cannot afford, or -- >> they also told me, just kill them. put out poison and killed him. chris: you don't want to kill them. >> i don't want to kill them, but i don't want them here. >> that is not the best way. your may have been a miscommunication. offer this --tead make the foxes uncomfortable by making plenty of noise, using ammonia, or blocking the entry to the den. advice that hawkins is now trying. >> they are there because nothing is disturbing them, so you want to disturb them. chris: and hopefully they will leave. until 2011, the county handle these calls in person, but the number of wild animal nuisance calls were of her woman, reaching 75% of their work

leaving homeowners like hawkins on their own. >> it's unbelievable animal control does not help when you have something of this nature. chris: chris papst, abc 7 news. lisa: help was on the way in the form of horace holmes when a viewer discovered an unusual problem in her house. hives oncally build decks and overhangs, even under windowsills, but this person had a complicated problem of beesd in her chimney. horace: she has a buzzing problem. >> we could see all the activity. they were swarming. there, and it was right cemented to the inside of her 50-foot tall chimney, a nest of honeybees, likely thousands of them, just waking from a long winter's rest. >> we started having bees come in

hearth. horace: getting rid of them would seem to be an easy matter, just smoke them out of the chimney. >> if i try to have a fire in the fireplace, i could very easily have a chimney fire from the hive catching fire. horace: why not call in an exterminator and terminate them? >> i found out they are protected and cannot be exterminated. horace: there is worry that honeybees will become extinct. beekeeper who came to the house and look to the situation, took a lateral the roof and look down the chimney. horace: the hive was halfway down the smoke chamber. >> it was difficult to get to come if not impossible, without taking the chimney down. $15,000. horace: she is a widow who is downsizing, moving to a lakeside cottage. she cannot

dollars, and she does not want to move in with an active swarm of bees and no workable solution to the problem insight. >> i'm turning to 7 on your side . horace: horace holmes, abc 7 news. lisa: we are no experts on bees, so we are turning to you for help. if you have a solution, call us, or hit us up on facebook or wjla.com. we will pass your ideas onto hicks and update you on the course of action she takes. is there a way to avoid parking tickets? 7 on your side crunched the numbers and uncover the worst places to park, right down to the stre

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lisa: there is nothing worse than coming to your car and finding a ticket on the windshield, something that happens thousands of times a day just in northern virginia. can beg the meter maid found. joce sterman did the math, cross referencing thousands of tickets and their locations to help you avoid a citation. they are the arbiters of enforcement, doling out parking justice one ticket at a time. or on foot, they are beloved by none, feared by al

time left on the meters. >> they get you buy a minute. joce: the ticking clock is a new motivation -- >> to hurry up and get out of here. joce: or misfortune. but what if there was a way to win the parking battle? >> i would want to know because it's helpful to the consumer. joce: we are empowering you. we crunch the numbers on nearly 200,000 parking tickets in alexandria and arlington counties, figuring out when you are most likely to get a ticket and where. >> amazing. but whatthink so, too, a stunning is the number issued. more than 109,000 parking citations in a arlington county. parking enforcement burns the midnight oil, issuing tickets as late as 1 a.m. and as early as 5 a.m. if y n

hate hump day, you are most likely to get a windshield greeting on wednesdays and arlington. as for where they are most common? this block of taylor street had nearly 1600 citations. the strip by northside social in clarendon was number two. the number one spot was the lot right across from the police station. this lot in 2015 had 4000 parking tickets. >> what? joce: what about alexandria? out 75,000 parking tickets in 2015, some for as much as $200. >> that's crazy. joce: thursdays were the most common day, where you will not get the royal treatment on king street. the 500 block of king in old town had 20,000 tickets, just two blocks up on king, 2400 citations. columbus street had more than 2500. >> i

the reality of living in a popular area with a lot of people wanting to visit. joce: before you fall victim, keep in mind that beating the system does not take much. >> pay the meter and get out on time. joce: joce sterman, abc 7 news. lisa: still ahead, how to get in touch with 7 on your side.

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