the live desk with new details. >> we just learned that police there on the scene have just given the all-clear. we know that this bomb threat came in as a phone call and pentagon city managers started immediately evacuating their customers. we want to stress this is not the mall. it's the shopping center across the street, the one with best buy, costco and nordstrom rack. officers got to the scene fairly quickly and the bomb squad spent the last few hours going through the building with bomb-sniffing dogs. police are still trying to figure out who made that call. >> the phone call was short in duration. there was no specific information, no demands, anything like that. >> again, they just gave the all-clear and no other buildings had to be evacuated. back to you. >> thank you, chris. now that the investigate into that deadly plane crash in france. could the co-pilot have been stopped? that's the question being asked about andreas lubitz who barricaded himself inside the germanwings cockpit and is

blamed for deliberately crashing the aircraft. news4's brian ward is tracking this story. >> jim and pat, a torn-up medical excuse has been found among the co-pilot's private papers. investigators in dusseldorf say is note found during a search of his home would have excused him from work on the day of the crash. a prosecutor in germany says preliminaryily that would support that lubitz and his medical condition were hidden from the company. the note declared he was unfit for work this according to a german prosecutor working on the investigation. germanwings officials say they neve saw the note and that the airline and its parent company lufthansa considered lubitz fit to fly. dusseldorf university hospital said he came to the hospital as recently as march 10th. the hospital says he was only there for what they're calling diagnostic tests. the families have been taken as close as possible to the site

and they have ar set up a memorial with an engraved stone where people are leaving flowers and candles. the plane was on its way to dusseldorf germany, from bars lo lonaw -- barcelona, spain. all 150 on board were killed. after 5 1/2 hours, u.s. marshals are still dealing with a barricade situation in a home in northeast d.c. someone called 911 this morning and said a man barricaded himself in the attic of the house near the intersection of 49th and lee streets. we're told the man is wanted for some parole violations. we will monitor this situation and keep you updated here and on the nbc washington app. abuse allegations are rocking a northern virginia church today. the loudoun county sheriff's office confirms it's investigating new claims against cavalry temple. first on 4, we're hearing from the pastor's estranged granddaughter. news4's david culvert is outside the church in sterling. >> reporter: the claims of abuse

against cavalry temple church members and church leaders range from verbal to physical and sexual. some of the alleged victims first came forward to loudoun times and since then several more have stepped forward. on cavalry temple's website, the church proudly displays the pastor's welcoming message, a community made up of a church and school that sits on this sprawling lot just off 777 road in sterling. loudoun county deputies now reinvestigating accusations of abuse here. former church members going so far as to call cavalry temple a cult. we spoke via skype to caitlin skeerts, formerly caitlin scott, the pastor's adopted granddaughter. she said she endured years of abuse within her own family. >> i was tired of being hit and punched and thrown into walls and thrown downstairs. and tired of being dropped off on the side of the road and being forced to walk all the way to work. >> reporter: at 16 she left home and the church.

she lives out of the area but didn't want to say where. there have been no charges filed against pastor scott. i did call the office but they didn't want to comment. at 5:00 you'll hear more from his estranged granddaughter and see how this goes well beyond one person. in sterling, david culvert, news4. a local daycare owner is out of jail on bond after being arrested on child abuse charges. her name is ana valentin. police say an infant in her care stopped breathing and wound up in the hospital. it happened in january at valentin's my angel and me daycare in rockville. according to charging documents, doctors say the child had injuries consistent with shaken baby syndrome. her daycare is closed right now. valentin denies the allegations and says through a lawyer she hopes to reopen her daycare when this is resolved. the search is on for as many as four people involved in a local man's death. we now know the man killed in an apartment along north kings

highway in fairfax county was santos valeja. police don't believe it was a random call. if you have information, call police. it is a death investigation into what happened to 5-year-old noah thomas according to the pulaski county sheriff's department today after a week-long search, his body found yesterday in a septic tank near his house. authorities are focusing on facts and physical evidence to determine just what happened. they tell us his parents are cooperating with the search. high watt they're created a mess in montgomery county this morning is finally gone. clogged drains led to a backup that flooded connecticut avenue at aspen hill road in aspen hill. first 4 traffic tweeted about this all morning. traffic had to creep through the pool of water causing delays in that area. repair crews were eventually able to clear the drains that

apparently couldn't handle all the rain we got earlier today. now we turn to the issue of the weather with storm team 4. it's been a wet, soppy, 24 hours. so what's in store as we start the weekend? >> veronica looks like we're in for another dip. >> another dip. big dip with our temperatures guys. in fact the umbrellas have still been popped in a few locations around the area. let's take a look. here it is over the last couple hours. the showers, this is 10:00 a.m. this morning, rain across the area. look where it's been hanging on areas of east of 95, still across southern maryland as we deal with the old system parked near the coast. i can't rule out the possibility of not just an isolated shower across southern maryland arias of the northern neck for the evening but even up to d.c. we could see the shower. the temperature dropped from 77 yesterday to 50 today. we'll move from chilly conditions today to down right cold tonight. again, abn isolated shower. if you're going out, we'll show

you how low the temperatures could drop. the shake-up on capitol hill is already under way. hours after senate minority leader harry reid announced he will not run for re-election in 2016. reid says he made the decision over christmas and an exercise injury soon after convinced him he is making the right choice. he's already endorsed a successor, new york senator chuck schumer. schumer is currently the third ranked democratic senator behind dick durbin who is also endorsing schumer. the search for survivors. we brought it to you as it was breaking yesterday at 4:00. now what really caused an explosion on a busy street that has a nation stunned. the moment so many have been fate waiting for, a football star on trial and the woman who knows him best takes the stand.

for the first time the fiancee of former nfl player aaron hernandez took the stand in his former trial. she didn't look at hernandez when she entered the courtroom this morning. prosecutors asked her about guns her fiance's drug use, and the night police came to her home. >> it was -- it was after i saw flashlights. we didn't necessarily know who was at our front door. >> she's the mother of

hernandez's 2-year-old son. hernandez faces charges for the murder of semipro football player odin lloyd. the annual national cherry blossom kite festival kicks off tomorrow. a live look at the national mall where we're expecting huge crowds to pour in for the festivities tomorrow. from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 kids with can make their own kites and windsocks. there will be kite flyers to provide lessons and a kite doctor to fix any damage. the event is free. you may not see any blossoms yet, but you will be able to see all the events and the specials featured this year at our nbc washington app. >> helps to have the wind. ready, set, sit? a first 4 traffic alert for you this afternoon. the project that's officially under way that could cause delays well into the summer. first at 4, one local teen says he didn't have what he needed to succeed on the football field so he decided to do something about it. and kids everywhere could soo

two people are still missing following that massive explosion in new york's east village yesterday. >> more than 200 firefighters came to battle the blaze that eventually brought down three buildings. >> chris pollone talked with residents not just about what they saw but what they felt. >> reporter: the explosion

called the facade of a second avenue apartment building to blow away sending blasts bricks and metal shoot across the street as people ran for their lives. as bystanders climbed fire escapes to evacuate the building fire spread through two buildings, then a third and fourth. >> the whole area was shaking. we just couldn't imagine what was going on. then when i saw the debris jumping out, i thought either way -- and i smelled gas too. >> reporter: moments later the first building collapsed. city officials say construction work on gas lines in a street-level sushi restaurant likely caused the blast. friday new york mayor bill de blasio got an up-close look at the rubble. >> there is a possibility the gas line was inappropriately accessed specially by people in the building. >> reporter: the blast left dozens of people homeless and 150 apartments nearby vkhave been evacuated until inspectors can assess they're safe. two people are still missing, a man who worked at the sushi

restaurant and another man who was on a date eating at the restaurant. his family says nicholas figueroa had just paid the check when the explosion happened. >> i just want my brother to be safe. i want him to smile again, want him to be home. no place like home. i know he's as eager to see us as we are to see him. >> reporter: the co-worker he was dining with is being treated at a new york hospital. chris pollone, nbc news new york. if you live in northern virginia you should know the metro way bus service is so popular there are plans to expand it. the new service started last august in alexandria. buss have their own dedicated lanes along route 1 between the braddock road and crystal city metro stations. the service is doing so well arlington county is planning to open a mile of dedicated bus lanes this summer. that according to "the washington post." so they will be located along south glebe road and crystal drive. dedicated bus lanes are designed to help riders travel through congested corridors more quickly. astronaut scott kelly is on

his way to a history-making yearlong mission in space. kelly blasted off from kazakhstan about 30 minutes ago. his identical twin astronaut mark kelly, was there to watch the launch. mark kelly is married to former congresswoman gabby girlfriends. the kelly brothers are taking part in a groundbreaking experiment with scott in orbit and mark on the ground over the course of a year and beyond. scientists will compare samples from the brothers on everything from their saliva to their bone mass to their chromosomes. now, the goal is to see how space flight affects the human body. okay. >> all that excitement is from a student robotics competition out in fairfax today. the teams had six weeks to build a robot that can pick up recycling bins and stack them on platforms. there are 49 teams in total. some from our area and some as far away as brazil.

they've come here to fully embrace their geekiness. >> this opportunity is great. kind of like just having almost our super bowl moment. >> competition lasts for two days. there's a whole lot of talent and creativity in that room. parents, you know getting the best gear for your kids can help them play their best. >> it certainly can. athletes may soon though have a falls church senior to thank for greater traction and agility on the sports field. brian eck has combined his knowledge of football and his interest in entrepreneurship to create and patent new cleats. he's gotten the patent for the shouse and for his class in entrepreneurship. he's created a business proposal which he's presented. two executives from under armour. >> when you're cutting as an athlete only the side of your foot is in the ground. playing barefoot is better because you're more agile and the weight is more evenly

distributed. i wanted to come up with an idea that offers the protection of a cleat but also the feeling of somewhat being barefoot when you're playing and having a lot more agility and power when you cut in. >> eck has been quarterback for the falls church high school football team. right now he's choose chg college he'll attend to major in business. a first 4 traffic alert that is going to affect a lot of people coming in and out of d.c. over the next several months. we're talking about the 16th street bridge over military road. it will be entirely rebuilt. the work will cause delays and detours on a major commuter route. news4's megan mcgrath reports the work got under way this morning. >> reporter: get used to the blaring of horns and the frustration of slow traffic. as the 16th street bridge replacement project enters a new stage. >> it's a good thing that they're doing this the bridge, you know but in terms of the backup it's going to be

horrible. >> reporter: 16th street is now down to just one lane in each direction with orange barrels shifting the lanes of traffic. military road which runs beneath the bridge also loses an east bound lane. and periodically military will be shut down completely in the overnight hours so the bridge demolition work can be done. that happens for the first time this weekend. >> we're tearing down the bridge going to be a lot of rocks, rubble big machines. you know it would be dangerous to have cars driving next to all that. >> reporter: 16th street and military are major commuter routes and traffic jams are expected so you may want to take -- >> georgia avenue. >> reporter: so forget this. >> yes. forget this. this is a long wait. >> reporter: on 16th street megan mcgrath news4. now the work is also going to have a big impact on metro buses especially the s-line. our nbc washington app has specific information on detours and other changes.

if piles of paper work are driving you out of your house, here's a great way to get rid of documents that are piling up and a way to prevent identity theft. the next nbc 4 allstate community shred takes place tomorrow between 8:00 and 11:00 in the morning. it will be on the cam pulse of northern virginia community college in annandale. you have to be in line by 11:00. the service is free. find out how much you can bring and shred and what you shouldn't bring on our nbc washington app. simply search community shred. some say it's an invasion of privacy. many of you have one in your home. new concerns about your tv tracking you and the simple thing you can do to change that. and veronica are we going to dry out soon? >> we, will but pull your coats back out. we have a january-like start to the weekend.

so we've got to go back to winter? >> so cold. so cold. >> is that what you're saying to us? >> that's what i'm saying. it's crazy. it's going to be very brisk tomorrow and cold. even windchills going to be in the 30s as you'll see. today trying to get the rain out of here. the last sliding through southern maryland. even then still the chance of a

little ripple coming through late tonight where we could have a shower coming back through arias of d.c. and i-95. from leonardtown to montrose calvert beach, all headed east through the northern neck. otheren that we're starting to dry out just a little bit in areas far to the north and west. temperature right now at 50 degrees, currently with chilly conditions. for 7:00 for 8:00 9:00, that's when we could have an isolated shower around the area. from 50 to 46 by 9:00 11:00 p.m. chilly, 43. but, look we're talking act cold starts. 35 degrees on saturday. the start 27 on sunday near record cold conditions and then monday too, low temperature of 38 degrees. so our morning temperatures very critical and very low. here's a look at your friday. the isolated showers coming in around 9:00. meanwhile, early tomorrow morning, not much will be taking place across the area but it's around noon to 4:00 tomorrow with that cold air over us where

we could see a passing flurry maybe some sprinkles, even into d.c. so for you folks going out for the cherry blossom kite festival keep that in mind. not talking about any accumulation but, again, a bit of a wintry feel to the day tomorrow. and not much better on sunday. chilly sunshine back across the area so not so cold on sunday high temperatures tomorrow going up to just 40 degrees arnold germantown gaithersburg 42 manassas 43 degrees right down on 95 into quantico stafford and waldorf. we'll also have gus to 25 maybe 30 miles per hour. that will leave us with windchills near 30 degrees tomorrow. from start to finish lit feel a lot like winter across the area. meanwhile your storm team 4-day forecast, 42 on saturday 47 degrees on sunday. close to 60 degrees on monday 63 for tuesday. just some passing light showers on monday with a chance of showers and storms friday of next week.

we've got a lot more on the cold and what to expect through your weekend coming up. >> thanks veronica. if you want to speak to the president, you have to get through her first. >> she's breaking barriers in ways others before her never have. why it's a fist and why it's helping to bring so much attention to a large group of people. and new details come to light today about the man who is believed to have crashed a plane full of people including a mother and daughter from our area. so was he fit to fly? and what was he hiding about his trading-in or selling your car truck or suv? webuyanycar.com takes the hassle out of selling in just 3 easy steps. one, get your free online valuation. two, book an appointment. and three, pick up a check at your nearest buying center. ♪ find out how much your car is worth ♪ ♪ at webuyanycar.com ♪

now at 4:30 giving the all-clear. a bomb threat forces police to shut down the pentagon center shopping plaza near the pentagon city mall. at this hour everything is back open. planning to step aside. democrat and senate minority

leader harry reid announces he won't run for re-election. he has served on capitol hill since 1987. and traffic is running smoothly again after this mess along connecticut 1/2 aspen hill. a clog of drains caused last night's rain to start flooding the road. new information about the search for the co-pilot's motive in the germanwings plane crash. a german aviation official tells the associated press the agency's file on the co-pilot contained a note that called for specific and regular medical examinations. the note does not specify whether the condition that required the exams was physical or psychological. but a german prosecutor says a torn-up doctor's note found among the co-pilot's belongings suggests he was not fit for duty. the revelation that the co-pilot may have been treated for mental illness has so many people talking today. joining me now is dr. rheesa fishman, medical director at

medstar washington hospital center. thanks for coming in. we don't know exactly what this co-pilot may have suffered from but given the fact that he may have seemed to hide it from his friends, family and certainly his place of work what does it say about the stigma of mental health and mental illness? >> so jim, unfortunately there is a great deal of stigma around mental illness still, and i think it starts at the very differentiation that we make between mental illness and other illnesses. because really it is one more medical illness, a disease of the brain, most mental illnesses, and depression is one of the more serious ones. and i think that we are starting to recognize that the stigma is interfering with the treatment. >> some reports say that this colt co-pilot had a note from his doctor clearing him not to work the day of the crash. can doctors go further to treat someone like this?

>> well i can't speak to germany or france but certainly i know in this country that if there is concern about someone's mental state, if we believe that they are suffering from a severe mental illness, we are able to ask that they have further evaluation. we can hospitalize someone. we can make certain that someone is safe and that others are safe. >> a lot of people today given the nature of this have expressed kind of nervousness about flying. should they be nervous to fly? >> well so i am never nervous flying. i have a family member who is. i don't think we can say that someone should or should not be nervous, but i can say that what we -- we see a story like this we don't see the stories of all the people who are successfully being treated for diseases of the brain.

we don't see the people who may have heart disease who are flying planes. so i think that we really what we can do from here on in to make sure that people aren't nervous and to make sure that everyone is safe is to have the conversation about mental illness, to start to discuss it and to bring it out into the open. >> bottom line as you started it it is an illness like every other. >> exactly. >> we appreciate it. >> thank you so much. >> we appreciate you coming in and sharing your insights with us. remember our website has a long list of resources for people dealing with mental illness. it's part of our yearlong changing minds campaign. go to nbcwashington.com and search "changing minds." weekend track work will affect you if you use metro's blue and yellow lines. trains on both lines will run every 18 minutes through the weekend. the yellow line will only go as far north as mt. vernon square. you'll have to switch to a green line train to finish your trip. red, orange silver and green line trains will operate as

usual. now to the story of president obama's newly appointed white house receptionist. she's been described as one of the most impressive figures in washington. nbc's peter alexander has her story. >> reporter: every morning in the nation's capital, leah katz hernandez arrives for work at the white house. her job is one of a kind. kind of like leah herself. leah is the new receptionist of the united states. if he is the potus, she's the rotus. that's her desk just steps from the oval office. she's 27, a connecticut native and she's deaf. >> it's a fantastic opportunity, and also to show that deaf people with can do anything. >> reporter: from world leaders to white house staffers -- >> off meeting this morninging? >> i do. >> reporter: anyone who has an

appointment with the president or one of his top advisers comes to leah's desk first. she's provided an interpreter who alerts her when the phone rings. >> good morning. this is the west bing lobby. >> reporter: she was born deaf part of a deaf family. her mom, a social worker, his dad put himself through college and a ph.d. leah worked for the re-election campaign. she members the first time she met the first lady. >> she used sign language and signed to me and said hi my name is michelle and she spelled out michelle obama. it was so incredible. >> reporter: y have you taught the president sign yet? >> i saw him in chicago and he already knew some sign language at that time. and he passed my bime and i waved at him and he signed immediately "thank you" to me. >> reporter: leah oversees the roosevelt room and the white house guest book. she's in charge of collecting cell phones before meetings with the president. on this morning weg ran into press secretary josh earnest. >> she remits us very well.

she really does. >> reporter: when you look around here, what do you think? >> it is a great responsibility to be here as a deaf person and i feel very proud of the opportunities that have been give on the me. >> reporter: a pioneer at the white house. how do you say hello, mr. president? >> hello, mr. president. >> reporter: one more time. hello, mr. president. >> president. >> reporter: defined by her accomplishments, not her disability. >> great story. >> great story. >> wonderful. good for her and good for the president. picture this -- a spy in your house. >> now, what if we said that you might be looking at it right now? why some say your tv could be invading your privacy and the simple step you can take to fix that. and storm team 4 is tracking the weather for the weekend. doug? >> couple of minutes veronica will have the latest on what to

expect this evening as far as the showers. but the cold air is here.

when you sit down to watch tf you probably don't imagine your tv is watching you. >> erika gonzalez shows us how new brands of smart tvs can record and share information about what you're watching.

>> reporter: it's not that you don't think you've invited a spy into your home but this samsung can record and share everything that's viewed whether it's a broad cost ar streaming from the internet. and some smart tvs can even track what dvd you're watching. >> your viewing hakts are valuable information to marketers who mite want to use that to recommend new shows, offer extra content on shows you're already watchinger or serve up customized advertising. >> reporter: the ads are primarily pop-ups like on your computer. you may not realized you allowed this during the agreement to setup. there are thousands of words of fine print. when people find out what they're asked to agree to many are upset. >> i think it's a modern-day peeping tom. >> makes me very uncomfortable. >> i don't like it. it invades privacy. >> reporter: when "consumer reports" e-mailed the manufacturers to ask how they are using the technology spokespeople for samsung and vizio didn't comment.

and an lg spokesperson said it isn't using any deata to serve personalized ads and has no intent to do so. but that could change at any time. >> you may think why don't i turn the marketing features off? you have to fight your way through settings. >> settings options, live plus click off, then close. with vizio, it's a voyage through three menus to turn off the box. smart interactivity. with samsung, a similar trip to find the box. sync plus and marketing. and disable it. >> now, one important thing to note though, is that disabling the marketing feature could cause you to lose out on offers like extra scenes or commentary if you want that. >> still you'll have some peace of mind knowing that what you watch remains private. getting a piece of the apple. the tech giant ceo reveals what he'll do with his fortune. a big revelation. we now know where a fraternity

learned that racist chant

. get ready for another wild weather swing. changes are coming our way and some could see some snow. >> storm team 4 is tracking that. but first, fraternity fallout and the findings from an investigation into that racist chant caught on video. and we now know where the students learned ta the chant. >> it ignited a firestorm of controversy. nbc's jay gray joins us now live. jay, what happens next? >> reporter: hey, there. next healing, we are told by the university president here and a new way of doing business with this campus. the investigation included more than 160 interviews more than two dozen students have been disciplined. and now o.u.'s president says that racist chant at the root of the incident may be part of the

national culture of the sigma alpha epsilon fraternity. two weeks after video surfaced of university of oklahoma sigma alpha epsilon fraternity members singing a racist chant, today o.u. president david bourne announced the findings of a university investigation into the incident. >> our purpose is to learn lessons and be held accountable and move forward with our lives. >> he says it was taught to pledges as part of the informal and formal pledgeship process and it was learned during a sigma alpha epsilon leadership conference four years ago. >> that chant was learned and brought back to the local chamter. >> reporter: the national organization has denied that the chant is part of their culture. the university shut down the chapter on campus in the wake of the controversy and disciplined more than two dozen members. >> it's approximately 25 additional students and as you know two students have been withdrawn from the university.

>> reporter: their punishments ranging from expulsion to community service and mandatory diversity training. levi pettit one of the expelled members, publicly apologized earlier this week. >> the words said in that chant were mean hateful, and racist. >> reporter: and now boren says it's time for the students involved, the university and the nation to respond. >> we can stop it if all of us in the institutions and organizations we belong to and all of us as individuals say we have zero tolerance for racism in america. >> reporter: a change he insists will be led by the university of oklahoma. boren also announced today they're hiring a new vice president who will respond directly to him to deal with sensitivity and diversity and that every student starting on campus this fall will have

mandatory diversity training. jay gray, news4. winter is about to make a comeback. i don't want to know about winter. when will spring come back? >> just a couple days. right now tracking a handful of showers and the cold for the weekend. here are those showers around george island down in st. mary's calvert county montrose and leonardtown. it's moving out but we cannot rule out an isolated shower during the overnight period. let me show you flurries to the north and west coming off the lake cleveland, pittsburgh, that's where the cold air is and it will move in later tonight. for tomorrow morning, 35 in d.c. 30 northern montgomery county fairfax county in the center, 29 degrees for burke for early tomorrow morning. more cold toward areas of orange and culpeper. 29 to 30 degrees. many neighborhoods getting close to the freezing mark if not below by early tomorrow morning. lit feel like january throughout the day tomorrow.

the temperature 42 degrees, our average high 60. we're not going to get very close to it on sunday. eventually by next week, most of next week highs should be above the 60-degree mark. we'll hang in for that spring weather that comes next week. a flurry possible between noon and 4:00 p.m. tomorrow 38 to 43. that's it for the range in temperatures. cold morning, brisk and chilly for your midday hour. then the flurry or sprinkle comes for the afternoon so we're putting our outdoor impacts for tomorrow at moderate levels. even little kids who may be outside far while may need light gloves on their hands. tomorrow 23 leesburg numbers close to record low temperatures for early sunday morning. from a flurry possible to sunshine on sunday the high temperature 47 degrees. let's to ahead then and talk about what we can expect for the next couple days. your extended forecast monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday and friday close to 60 degrees

on monday next best chance of rain with thunderstorms next week this time. more on the big-time cold that comes in for the weekend coming up on news4 at 5:00. apple's ceo tim cook is close to joining the billionaires club but he's just announced that he plans to give it all away. cook revealed his plans in "fortune" magazine. he's going to provide a college education for his nephew and then donate the rest of his fortune to charity. in fact cook has already been quietly donating to some philanthropies but he currently has a net worth over $100 million and reportedly has an apple stock profile worth more than half a billion. i'm chris lawrence at the live desk. we are looking into new claims of abuse against a church in northern virginia. the loudoun county sheriff's office is looking into cavalry temple in sterling. an investigation claims church

leaders were involved in verbal physical, and sexual abuse. no charges vk filed but david culvert speaks with the pastor's estranged granddaughter about the abuse that she allegedly suffered. he was accused of sexually abusing one of his students now two years late err former teacher could be getting close to getting a clean slate. our prince george's county bureau chief has the story from upper marlboro. >> reporter: a former prince george's county teacher who pled guilty to having an inappropriate relationship with one of his students could be on his way to having his record expunged after what happened in court today. garnold king was an instructor at isaac middle school in ft. washington accused of having an inappropriate relationship with one of his students. 13-year-old girl told her mother about the case and king pled guilty in court. he was sentenced to probation and was supposed to register on the sex offender's list. he never did that and nine months later came backback into

court and asked for probation before judgment. today the judge granted that. it means that in another five years when his probation is back he could ask to have his record expunged. this is what the mother of the victim had to say about that. >> they definitely let me down let us all down. they let every parent who sends their kid to school trusting and believing that the teachers are going to do what's in the best interest of our kids he let us all down. >> reporter: coming up on news4 at 5:00, reaction from the state's attorney's office about how the case went today in court. tracee wilkins, news4. she stole an iphone but didn't stop there. why selfies could lead police right to her door. >> reporter: thousands of car owners in our area could be getting one of these. it's a notice telling them that their car's inspection sticker is no longer valid. i'm mark segraves.

coming up, i'll tell you who's impacted and

yesterday we told you about an alleged kidnapping hoax. today police are saying the victim denise huskins, is sticking to her story, that she was taken from her boyfriend's home. earlier her boyfriend called police this week saying strangers took her for ransom.

they later found her safe and determined the whole thing was a hoax. but attorneys for she and her boyfriend say police jumped the gun on the investigation. imagine seeing selfies on your facebook of someone else. that's what's happening to one girl who was the victim of an unusual cell phone robbery. our sister station in denver talked with the victim about why she's able to laugh at the whole situation now. >> reporter: if someone just stole your cell phone, your attitude probably wouldn't be like hers. >> i can't help but make light of the situation because it's kind of funny. >> reporter: she's laughing about how this whole situation is playing out. it all started on friday when a strange girl got strangely close to her at a bar. >> she leaned in to say something in my ear, things were loud and i felt a tug on my purse. >> reporter: before she knew it her phone was gone and so was the girl. she had come to terms with the fact she'd probably never see it again until she got on facebook

on monday. >> it actually became a lot more plausible to get it back when she started posting selfies. >> reporter: not just one or two. >> there's a lot of selfies of her around downtown denver. >> reporter: bingham's phone is set to automatically send new photos to facebook. so far the thief has posted about 30. >> i know that she works at mcdonald's because i saw her hat on one of the selfies. doing detective work here. >> reporter: the girl who identified herself as little mama appears to be posing as bingham too. >> she told my best friend she would get her from the airport. she didn't. >> reporter: bingham did go to denver police and officers have offered a $2,000 reward for information leading to this girl. >> reporter:$2,000. i was like i could get so many iphones with that. >> reporter: bingham says she doesn't want to press charges. at the end of the day, all she can do is laugh. >> is it worth it? it's a phone. it's not, you know, the lottery.

it's not -- all it's getting you is a couple selfies and, you know a lot of attention. an unholy firestorm swirls around a northern virginia church. verbal physical and sexual abuse allegations. bomb-sniffing dogs and police converge on a shopping plaza. the threat that triggered the evacuation. hard as i could. >> a sexual attack stopped. new at 5:00 tonight. we talk to the man who helped save local woman. and temperatures more than 25 degrees colder right now than this time yesterday and we're still going down. i'll have the complete forecast coming up. first at 5:00 explosive allegations against a loudoun county church. former members claim they were physically and sexually abused. and tonight the sheriff's office confirms it is investigating.

news4's david culvert spoke to a former church member and is live for us in sterling. what are you learning? >> reporter: she's not only a former church member she's also the pastor's granddaughter. she tells me she, too, is a victim victim. via spike we spoke with kaitlin skeeters formerly scott. >> it just becomes all that you know. >> reporter: sharing her story publicly for the first time. 2 the 24-year-old says most of her childhood was spent here at cavalry temple. her adopted grandfather listed as pastor scott. she endured years of abecause within her own family ignored she says by other church members. snifs tired of being hit and punched and thrown into walls and thrown downstairs and i was tired of being dropped off on the side of the road and forced to walk all the way to work. >> you have to tell somebody. we have to get this known. >> reporter: samantha haas