was arrested and charged with child pornography. this happened at poplar tree elementary. that's where we find chris gordon live with details. chris? >> fairfax county police made the arrest here at the school yesterday afternoon after searching and seizing evidence from the teacher's home. >> he was arrested here, 26-year-old robert fenn is charged with ten counts of possession of child pornography. he's single, lives with his parents on emerald chase drive in herndon. armed agents searched the house and left with computers and orel materials. this follows a week-long investigation works with i.c.e. agents who received information about international distribution of child pornography.

>> i would like the parents in the area and at that school specifically to know we have no reason to believe that any of the children are involved in this in any way. and we know at this point that no school computers were involved. the principal noticed parents by e-mail. one parent came to the school after receiving the alert. >> that's why i'm here. i wanted to get my son and talk to the teacher. but i was disappointed. to be honest with you, my wife even met him like twice or saw him twice, and she felt like he's not normal. >> fairfax county public school suspended him as a teacher effective immediately. parents here are shocked. >>. >> obviously it's sickening and

heartbreaking. >> reporter: he faces ten sounds of possession. each count is a felony. if he's convicted he faces a possible maximum sentence of 1 to 5 years on each of the charges. that's the latest live in chanel actually, virginia. chris gordon, news4. tonight police are searching for the attacker. it happened mobbed asp at the canfield swimming blood on canfield drive here. police say the man told the lifeguard he was from the health department. he then assaulted the victim and ran away. police in montgomery county tonight are searching for two men who robbed an armored vehicle. outside the navy credit union in rockville. investigators say two men robbed a loomis truck. they say one hadal gun. no one was injured and no shots were fired.

a 74 why wouldman is north tonight. he was mauled while walking to work yesterday morning. darcy spencer spoke with the victim's family who credit his neighbors with saving his life. >> i just want to thank this whole community. >> reporter: linda brown is the daughter of sonny bell, the man mauled as he walked to work tuesday morning. >> he's in good spirits. >> reporter: she's crediting this man and his bulldog for saves his life. >> there was something i would like to give his man and dog an award. him and hi dog saved my dad's life. >> reporter: authorities say the king corso dogs got through an unsecured gate at the corner of

36th and bening road in northeast d.c. tuesday morning. neighbors watched as the dogs bit him repeatedly, breaking his arm. >> they need to get this lot away from here. >> the owners were given two citations for having unleashed dogs. each citation carries a $50 fine. >> i think the owner needs to own up to what happened, we need to take it from there. >> neighbors complained that guard dogs on the lot have gotten loose before. tiana jones says two pitbulls ran after her four years ago. >> i was headed off to school, and it has a way, a gate open, where the dogs actually squeezed through and came out. they weren't locked up on a leash or anything. >> reporter: belle's relatives say he's still in a lot of pain.

but they are thankful he survived this brutal attack. darcy spencer, news4. we've learned a tourist from russia was the driver killed in that fiery crash in montgomery county. she was killed on june 5th on dickerson road in dickerson. police say the 20-year-old was spending the summer in ocean city and wanted to visit our area. somehow her car ran off the road slamming into that overpass, and it burst into flames. a volunteer firefighter was able to save her passengers, but the fire too intense to reach her. more graphic testimony today in the jerry sandusky sex awould you say trial. today one accuser said the former coach threadened to keep him from his family if he ever told anyone about their sexual conduct. jurors also heard from sandusky himself through an exclusive interview that aired on "30 rock." brian moore joins us live from

bellefonte, pennsylvania with more. >> reporter: it certainly was an action-packed day, it started with the father of mike mccqu y mcqueary. there was also a conversation moments after one of his co-workers said he ran into sandusky in the middle of a sex act, but today there were three wins, all came forward telling different stories, but very similar circumstances, talking about how relationship and -- started out with the touch on the let during the car ride. serb the most interesting and possibly -- came from sandusky himself.

denies that there was any sexual intent. jim? >> brian moore, thank you. that massive wildfire in colorado, it continues to spread. the hyde park fire it's now been named, has burned 73 square miles, destroyed more than 100 structures and smoke from the blaze can now be seen as far away as southeasternwomening. more than 6 hundred fire foorgts are working on this fire, it's only about 10% contained. it was an incredible day in our region with the high pressure system there, and we hope this can last, doug. >> sure opening it's going to last. i think we are in for an amazing stretch of weather. possibly right through next week. 81 is the temperature right now. still nice and sunny. we'll continue to see more

sunshine. 79 right now in leesburg. 80 towards fredericksburg. you can see the clear skies back to the west. here, though, a bit of a storm system. watch this spin right in here. we're going to be watching that spin try to make its way back to the coast tomorrow. i'll have the rest coming up. doug, thank you. they have chosen a new chairman tonight in an emotional effort to restore public trust and credibility. but there was also a lot of tension before that vote. tom scherrwood joins us from the newsroom with details. >> jim, as expected the council picked veteran mendelson. but not before unusual debate. >> reporter: he cared his nametag to become chairman of the council and to a special electi election.

as the council was picking new leadership, the effect of the scandal, and then in january harry thomas junior's provened some humor and sads in. >> you will not see me in handcuffs, so, you know, maybe tomorrow i will be, right? and we've seen it twice. so nothing whether surprise me any longer. >> please forgive me. but we have to stay together and stop fighting. we can agree to disagree. >> new chairman mendelson focused only on calming down the council. >> while some of this debate has been difficult, probably more difficult to watch, it's important we went through this process. >> reporter: but atlarge member orange and marion berry put up a

ferocious fight, casting the ballot in part in racial terms, but lost badly. >> this body would strip me, make me look by an idiot. >> it means you're voting against bringing the city together. >> we don't have to like each other. >> reporter: after an hour of debate, the council finally voted 11-1 and selected michael brown as the council's number two, with both promising to lead the cityeically. >> all of us, council and citizens alike must reflect on how to restore the trust. >> the low-key mendelson will stay in his office and leave the chairman's office vacant. how dna evidence helped investigators identify a teenager who vanished more than three decades ago. a real-life health cared for the little boy who captivated

the audience as darth vader. and four dogs compete for your vote in this year's belt in shelter show.

big changes are coming for a lot of young athletes in our area, and across of country form youth football organization pop warner, the biggest in the world, is out with some new guidelines, and they're designed to protect players from concussions. news4's jim rosinfield is here with more. pop warner is the first organization of its kind to limit cat on the practice field. >> dare roughen grew up playing on the gridiron, now he coaches players on the berry farm beavers? the northeast. like thousands of coaches across the league, he'll be opening his season with news rules about how

much player contact will be allow. >> i think this will help eliminate the concussions for the kids that's playing, because sometimes you may not know if the kid has a concussion or not. most pop warner kids practice nine hours a week, now only one third of that time can be spent in contact with another player. head to head hits will not be allowed and tackling must be initiated within a three-footprint zone. in neurologist treats patients with concussions and brain injuries at the rehabilitation hospital in northwest d.c., he says it's especially important to prevent concussions in younger athletes whose brains are still developing. children, of course, are in school. the last thing they need is to be taken out of school. >> reporter: parents say the new attitude gives them peace of mind. >> it's a sense of comfort,

knowing that he's not going to get hit all the time. >> reporter: pop warner's executive director says this initial tiensures safety comes first. >> i think with concussions, so much of it was just a lack of awareness. oh, you got your bell rung, you got dinged, get back in the game. >> reporter: pop warner is known for developing players who later make it all the way to the nfl. nearly three quarters of the pros got their start in pop warner programs. this certainly creates awareness. jim, thank you. here's a guy we all remember pretty well. wore a helmet, too. little darth vader is getting ready for open heart surgery. 7-year-old max page started in this commercial back in 2011. what viewers didn't know is max was born with a rare heart condition. tomorrow he'll get heart valve replacement surgery.

he and his parents are optimistic. >> max has not known how good he can feel, so this will enable him to become more active, which is hard to believe. >> if you use your force, dream big, you can achieve anything. >> that's the spirit. he's used his star power to raise money for kids with the sail condition action and lobbied at capitol hill. >> remember that drumbeat? >> that was completely awesome. >> how memorable that was. >> and he's a cute kid, too. wow, what a day. >> and you guys got to spend it outdoors. >> where were you? >> i was just -- out there. i was just out there. >> i was downtown earlier. it was nice. yesterday a bit on the humid side.

today that northerly winter blew automatic that humidity away. eastbound if you wore pants today, it was nice and comfortable. i hope you wore pants. you know what i'm trying to say. >> i was tryly dressed after this, where i went to the national theater and did a little dance number with the guys from "beauty and the beast." they'll be there for the next two weeks, only here for a limited time. we'll have those on nbc washington's "nonstop." by the way, i did not get that at all. >> what a surprise. temperatures out there right now sitting at 81 across the area, winds out of the north, so a bit of a wind breeze out there. we're going to continue to see that breeze throughout the rest of the evening. 81 in manassas, 81 in

fredericksburg, and 79 down towards pax river. we had a -- that's moved off, you see it right here spinning off in the sdax, and while most of it is going to miss us, what will half is it will brink in at least some of the northeasterly flow tomorrow, so maybe more cloud cover, and a slight, very slight chance of a shower, beck chance of that will be south and east of washington. nice weather on friday. we'll see plenty of sunshine on friday. we'll just call it fantastic friday, but that's exactly what it will be. some great weather coming in.

mostly clear, breezy and comfortable. tomorrow morning, a nice one, a little cool. temperatures in the mid 50s in the suburbs sunrise tomorrow at 5:42. tomorrow afternoon, a few clouds, nice with an isolated showers. temperatures 76 to about 80, and watch what happens when we move on through the next couple days. beautiful weather, friday, saturday, and sunday, just about as perfect as it comes in the middle of june when we're talking about nice weather all way through the middle of the week. highs in the mid to upper 80s, so it is going to get a little warm and humid. tomorrow afternoon we'll be in somebody's back yashd and we want to come to yours and do the weather life. if you'd like us to come to your backyard, send us pictures to weather@www.nbcwashington.com. >> you're not necessarily dancing -- >> i will not be allowed after that performance.

that was gaston's business chant, if you remember "beauty and the beast." yeah, they were empty. >> or they were when he was done flinging them around like that. coming up metallica joining forces with the fbi to help catch the man who killed a have a tech student. flirting with trouble, one mother reveals how a popular social network helped her teenage daughter connect with strangers through her smartphone. the first lady joins pinteres

as zachary quiche explains, the rookie's success will also

depend on the performance of the team's running backs. >> the quarter's best friend is a good running game. if you can have a bunch of backs or one guy that can tote the rock for you, can help you out a lot. >> reporter: there isn't a high-powered offense in the nfl that doesn't have the support of a good running attack. yet despite have been a stable of good backs at this point there's no clear-cut number one guy to lead the redskins ground game. >> time will tell. it's a competitive position, like all our positions. >> reporter: the obvious pick would be tim hightower, but he's still not back to 100%. >> until i get back to where i want to be, i'm not going to be happy, but i'm pleased, i guess, with where everything is progressing. >> i think he's dwog good. i think he's really wanting to practice right now, but he does

have five, six weeks, and we're trying to get him ready for the first game. >> whenshe shoulder the load, and prove they are capable when given the opportunity. >> going through a season professionally with coach turner, learning more of the obvious and learning more about blocking themes. >> he's hole to come. >> i 3450e7b, the better the competition, the better you will be. i don't think that changes me or what i do or mine approach. >> reporter: if you include sixth-round draft pick there's now fewer than four running backs. so if you're one of those that believes anything better is a back field by committee, there

could be good things in store this year. well you can, coming up, a big break i a cold case. how science is helping investigators connect the dots more than 30 years after a teenager in northern virginia disappeared. cashing in on your commute. why some people are actually getting paid to drive to work. it's like best in show, but with a twist. you can help a local animal shelter raise

a special-ed teacher in chanel actually charged today with ten counts of child porn possession. police tell us there is no evidence he had any inappropriate contact with his students. and the prosecutor says jerry sandusky threatened to

keep a victim from their family if he told anyone. prosecutors also played an exclusive interview from nbc's "rock center." the scandal-plagued d.c. council picked phil mendelson as the chairman. he will serve under the special election is held in november. it's a cold case more than three decades old. but a big break. >> a special dna test helped authorities identify her body found more than 45 miles around in prince williams counseled. julie kerry has our story. >> reporter: it was april 3rd when cindy gasteau never came back. >> she was a gift to our family, full of laughter and life.

32 years ago he walked out of our home never to return. >> reporter: two years later skeletal remains were found. these were the clothes and jewelry found at the scene. over the years, prince william county police used forensic specialists to make model and sketches to try to identify the remains. news4 even featured the mystery in a 2006 cold case story. now some 30 years later, a special type of dna test that's only been recently used has made the connection. the remains are those of cindy gastell found 45 miles from home. now police want to find her killer. >> that hope is gone and our hearts are broken again. our hope now lies with you, our friends, our neighbors and the community. >> reporter: in particular police want help identifying this man. they say he was one cindy ace boyfriend, went by mike or michael. >> the more people with talk to

that knew her, interacted with her, knew her regular routines may help point to a new suspect or an old one. >> reporter: back in 2006 when police last put a spotlight on this case, detectives told news4 they had a suspect in mind, and he's not the guy identified as the former boyfriend. police say the prior suspect has not been ruled out. for cindy's family, the years of visiting mores to see if a victim was her are over. both her parents passed away, never knowing their daughter's fate. now her siblings hope her killer can be found. >> we would love to help prevent anyone else from going through this. we can't bring my sister back. >> reporter: jewelry kerry, news4. the lead sanger of metallica is lending his voice to help find the killer of a virginia tech student. >> this is james of metallica. if you've seen the person in this sketch, please contact your local please or submit your

information online. >> the new public service announcement is part of an effort to drum much leads in the morgan harrington case. she disappeared after a metallica concert in shallotsville in october 2009. her remains we are found about three months later in a field about ten miles from that sight. dna has linked it on sakesual assault that occurred in fairfax city in 2005. metallica is also offering a reward in this case. fairfax county police senior launching a traffic safety campaign. he h.e. acres t. stands for helps eliminate aggressive traffic. police say they'll be on the lookout for a variety of moving violations. a bomb threat force 9 fairfax county courthouse to

shut the doors for the day. 6 the threat was received about noon. the county bomb squad performed a sweep of the building, didn't find anything. all court provisions scheduled for today will be rescheduled. just ahead, metro riders do a double take as the transit agency renames one of the most popular stations. forget the gym. people are hitting the water to get swimsuit ready. ♪

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we are following some breaking news right now. it's in northeast d.c., police are on the scene of what seems to be a hit-and-run. there are reports that three people, including a child, were hit while walking along the street. police tell us that child is critically injured. we have a crew on the way, and

we had bring you more information as it becomes available. how would you like to get paid to avoid traffic jams? at stanford, it's an idea that's catching on. according to "new york times," users enter a lottery. the program's been a hit so far. it could soon be expanded to include parking, so you either have to leave real early or get to work real late. our wednesday achild is a great student who wants ton a have the narron someday. >> barbara harrison took her to the red door day spa for special attention she definitely deserves. >> welcome, are you excited about your spa day? >> yes, ma'am. >> excellent. let's get started. >> natalie hampshire welcomed us. on the other side -- >> i want you to immediate a few people that will be pampering you today. >> reporter: this was a very

special treatment for a young lady who's had nots of time in her life. as a foster child she's had to move many times. she told us earlier it's been difficult. >> i've been in and out of foster care since i've been 5. i have to keep on packing up my stuff and transfers to schools. >> she's doing very well. she's been on the honor roll, she's steve of the month. >> reporter: earlier she talked about her future. do you know what you want to be when you grow up? >> yes. >> reporter: what? >> a vet. >> reporter: that's fabulous. how did you make that decision? >> because i like animals. so i want to be a vet. i mean, like i love animals. >> reporter: she also talked about the family she'd like to have if she could be adopted. >> i want a family that likes cats and dogs and are not allergic to them. >> reporter: all blows, brushing and braiding, she seemed very

happy. and there were things to take home, but what daya really wants are parents ready to be there to love her before and after a day at a spa. barbara harrison, news4 for wednesday's child. >> if you have room in your home and heart, call our adoption hotline or go to our home page. coming right up. hidden dangers on your child's cell phone. find out how a free app helped adult men prey on underage victims. >> michelle obama joins pintere pinterest. now let's get a check of the forecast. doug? >> it's looking good. a little storm right off the coast.

now a look at what's trending today. first lady michelle obama getting more involved in social media, joining pinterest. >> that account is run by the campaign. pins are signed by m.o.

she shares several of her favorite memories. pinterest allows users to oar aids and share their interests. at last check, the first lady had more than 6,000 followers. that didn't take long. a hollywood power couple is officially calling it quits. >> they wed back in '99 action and have been separated since 2010. arquette is asking for joint legal and physical custody of their daughter coco. who cares about obesity? burger king wants you to have it your way. >> the fast food chain is unveiling a bacon sundae, folks, on a limited time basis starting tomorrow. it's vanilla soft serve with fudge, caromen, bacon crumbles, and yeah, a slice of bacon. >> it weighs in with 510 calories, 18 grams of fat and 61 grams of sugar. but who's counting?

we are. don't be confused if you think you notice a new metro station. it's not a new station, just a new station name. tracy wilkins has more from the new no-ma/gallaudet station. >> reporter: if you don't know, then you don't know, that for years the neighborhood surrounding the now former new york avenue/florida avenue/gallaudet metro station is known as no-ma. metro officials decided last year the station's name should reflect the community it's in. >> i'm sure some have been using it for years, it will be a bit of a change. then you hear is and go, north of massachusetts, and you get it. >> reporter: today there was an official ribbon-sitting. cutting. the no-ma station was -- but a lot has changed since the

opening. >> i think it's something that the district saw, if a station was put in here, development would come around. they put a plan together, thought this thing through, helped fund it, and here it is. >> reporter: writers say the name makes sense. >> it's catchy, trendy, it works. >> as long as you know where you're going, they could name it anything. it's fitting for the area. so, i mean, it's cool. >> though now this is noma-gallaudet u, they'll keep the original name for a while so people don't gelt confused. doug, how are we looking? >> a lot better. my nose not so good, though. it does work a little worse today. a lot of people saying hey, what happened? just a little basketball accident, five stitches, but it's healing, that's what normally happens.

i think i'm going to do weather from this side. see, you don't even see it anymore. completely gone. 81, winds out of the north at 21 miles an hour, that's what we're going to continue to see, rather breezy conditions, 77 in rockville, 82 in warren ton. right now along the bay, down towards huntingtown. morning low temperatures, 61 washington, low 50s, though, to the north and west. martinsburg, winchester, culpepper, so a bit on the cool side when you wake up and step outside the door. tomorrow afternoon, just beautiful. 76 in annapolis, 277 in patuxent river, and now, there is going to be a chance for some shower activity. notice around washington, this is tomorrow morning, no worries here, but some clouds and slight chance of showers across southern maryland, areas that

touch the chesapeake, you have a better chance of seeing showers, but that's going to be about it. most of us should stay on the dry side all day long. especially if you're going down toward the beaches, look at this forecast for you, friday, saturday and sunday, temperatures in the low to middle 70s, a beautiful weekend, both at the beaches, up? the mountains, along the bay, anywhere you're going to be in our region, looking very, very nice. doug, from his good side. thank you, doug. some dogs are going paw to paw for an upcoming context. it's all for a very good cause. erica gonzalez is at the news4 super screen with details. >> okay, so you have heard of the best in show, right? now the washington animal rescue link is putting their own twist on it, there's four dogs in the finals, voting starts tomorrow. here's a preview of the contestants. first up, we've got buster, and

while he doesn't have full use of his bag legs, don't call him handicapped, because he ruffles to run and play fetch, next up bela, let's look at her, this is our number two contestant, a sweet 7-year-old chihuahua, just as happy chasing after her toys as she is lounging and taking naps. bela may look tiny, but don't let her fool you. she has a big personal. moving on. number tloo, our third pooch is hooch. he's the biggest of the bunch, but he doesn't know that. he loves making new friends and cuddling with them, and of course, last but not least, number four contestant is max. take a look at those teeth. a 1-year-old terrier mix with a resemblance to toto, a smart dahl that loves to cuddle and play with his toys, especially those of the squeaky variety. the competition is sponsored by

best-selling author martha grimes. you can vote for your best pooch, just by going to bestinshelter.org, 50,000 for the shelter. best of all, each of those are up for adoption. jim, wendy, back to you. >> how sweet. that's great. hey, when you're bombarded by stress, traffic, the busy city, sometimes the last thing you want to do is go to the gym. why not exercise on the water. we ask people what's your workout. >> it is basically an extra-large surfboard that you stand on the water -- and you propel yourself forward with a paddle. you can do it on the ocean, the river, the bay, pretty much anywhere.

you glet a full body workout. when you're on the board and the river, it gets unstable, so your legs aren gauged the entire time. your absence are constantly engaged, so it's a core workout. obviously when you're paddling, it's a huge upper body workout. the majority of my lessons i did not fall in, and i take them on extra-wide, extra stable, if anyone is extremely afraid to falling in the require, they can always paddle on their knees. >> it can be difficult for someone who doesn't have good balance to begin with. >> you definitely have to stable the board and ease your way onto it. >> it's a great core workout. you have to use your stabilizing muscles. it's an intense as you want it to be. >> it's completely peace maniful

you can be surrounded by the city, surrounded by memorials, and you are one of the only people on the river. the mind is quiet, the world is quiet. it's nothing like it. it's hard to not be happy when you're pad many boarding. >> we need to try that one night. >> i may need a bigger board. >> you may need a boat. >> yeah, then there's that. coming up on "news4 at 4," a social network is making changes amid rape allegations. coming up tonight at 6:00, a member of loyola's championship lacrosse team has died. the mastermind in the robo-calls is going to jail. we're learns that lance armstrong may be facing new charges. dan is out today and they're forcing me to do sports. every time

rain allegations have forced an online networking community to shut down its service for teenagers. the site is called scout, allowing users to find and meet up with other people based on location. there are reports three men allegedly posed as teenagers to meet and assault underage girls. scout says it will be closed to minors now until it can design better protections. and as nbc's sabrina kuriakos reports, in many cases all it takes to make contact is a phone app. >> reporter: it's a hidden world that exists inside your child's smartphone. free apps that allow them to text or chat with friends and strangers, all for free. so many even law enforcement can't name them all. >> i found text messages on the

phone, and they were not appropriate text messages. i found apps on her phone. >> reporter: she thought she was a tech-savvy phone, not allowing texting or a data plan on the phone, but then she says she caught her daughter, who we'll call faith, sexting. she met the boy on skout, and faith also used this apt, text-free. app selflet kids send messages to friends' phones, even ipods, using wireless internet. >> they can do it anywhere. it's a free app, so it's not going to show up on my credit card. >> reporter: she says the daughter would delete the a p. p every time she would try to

check the phone. apps like skout, and this app called meet me, which formerly was known as yearbook, grindr and others specifically built on the promise of connecting you with new friends. all ask for age verification to confirm you're over the designated age, which varies from 17 to sometimes 13 years old. they ask to use your current location to connect with other users nearby. in the itunes stores, some apps are rated 12 and over. >> not at 6:00 tonight more gripping testimony in day 3 of the jerry sandusky sex abuse trial. a special ed teacher is busted during an international child born crackdown. a lot of attention as the d.c. council chose a new chairman. and new doping allegations could cost lance armstrong his