it seemed so familiar to me. a form he cop. an you solved burglary. and an, a. 4,000 miles away. >> a haunting voicemail. new details that don't sit well

with the d.c. housekeeper. her co-worker and the family for whom she worked killed before the home was set on fire. >> first, another line of storms that brought heavy downpours. even flooded a few roads tonight. also packing some lightning too. >> we've seen a lot of the thundershowers into the evening and now moving into the overnight hours. really right allege the beltway here. this is latest in the storms that have developed a lot toward the baltimore area. it was southern maryland and now it is this line here. we'll follow this line. frederick county under a flash flood warning. they've already seen a ton of rain. follow this line right down toward gaithersburg toward the rockville area. very heavy rain a lot of

lightning, through portions of fairfax county. in and around the district within about the next 15 to 20 minutes. around bethesda and to the south around quantico. this line again back toward southern maryland. flooded roads, please turn around don't drown. i'll have the latest on these storms. we have new information in two high profile murder cases. >> police have a suspect in one of them. his trip back to maryland could begin tomorrow. the name of scott tomaszewski. he lives right next door to the house where dick and jody vilardo were found murdered on wednesday. >> a detective remembered tomaszewski a second time at the home 17 years ago. only the that detective spoke to shomari stone. >> i'm not retired. i'm still working. >> the retired montgomery police sergeant helped make an arrest

in the high profile double murder case of dick and jody vilardo. >> i can't turn off the desire to help my community. >> reporter: in 1998 he investigated a burglary and house fire at the vilardo's home on ridge drive. scott tom zoo us isky was a neighbor house sitting for them at the time. at one point he was a possible suspect but he provided information that helped police make an arrest. then last april, investigators say there was another burglary across the street from the vilardos. police say tomaszewski pawned some of the stolen items. price said he saw a possible connection to last week's murder ask the 17-year-old burglary case. >> when i read the case, the press release that the vilardos had been murdered, that their home had been burglarized. it seemed so familiar to me in terms of a burglary that was emotional in nature.

>> reporter: detectives investigate asked tomaszewski was arrested on a cruise with his parents and a relative in juneau alaska. police say he confessed to killing the vilardos. >> it is hard to turn off instincts that you develop in a police career just because you're retired. >> that was shomari stone reporting. tomaszewski could face murder charges in montgomery county at the end of the week. we have new information about the murders of four people including a child. in a multimillion-dollar house near the national cathedral last week. it has to do with that home security system. jack dlep bensen has the latest. >> reporter: someone who has been inside that house many, many times says it has an extensive security system and it was always on, even when people were home. every ground floor door and

window of the large and elegant brick home on woord drive was connected to an alarm system that would chime when it was open even when people were home. there were also exterior surveillance cameras. nellie a part time worker for the family said she cannot understand those who killed amy and savvas savopoulos how they got inside. police say there was no obvious sign of forced entry. >> windows, doors, everything. >> they kept it on all the time? >> reporter: nellie said she's been unable to sleep haunted by the loss of people she cared for and the worry that she might have realized sooner that something was wrong. she said she received an odd e-mail wednesday, the day before the fire burk she didn't see it on her phone until thursday morning. he said his wife amy was sick in bed which nellie said was extremely unusual. that vera had volunteered to

stay overnight and help which nellie said she had never done before. he said vera's phone died and she didn't have his charger and his didn't fit and could she tell anyone who might be worried about her. there was a pause as if he was being instructed and then said could you text me when you get this message. nellie said she texted her friend next day about 1:00 in the afternoon saying i heard you stayed over. are you okay? she said she received no reapply and shortly after that she found bout the fire. jackie bensen news4. first 4 traffic alert. one of the westbound lanes of the arlington bridge is temporarily closed. engineers found an area of corrosion. planning an inspection tonight. they're taking a closer look. the national parks service said the curbside closure will last throughout the night and

tomorrow morning. get the latest tomorrow morning on news4 today. for the first time people in fairfax county got to voice their concerns about police practices. to a commission reviewing the issue. the county established that commission to recommend changes that could help build trust between police and the community. one speaker said her 11-year-old son called police earlier this year because she wouldn't let him use the internet. she said when officers got to their vienna home, things took a terrifying turn. >> i was thrown on my bed. the officer was on my back. grabbed my hands, put me in handcuffs. physically dragged me down the stairs. >> fairfax county police have been criticize in the some high profile cases including the john gere shooting death. goer was unarmed when the officer shot and killed him in 2013. the county settled the lawsuit with gere's family. the pentagon programs provide weapons of war to local

police departments are being cut back under orders from president obama. that ban takes effect immediately. it is in response to complaints of police using armored vehicles and assault weapons to could not front protesters in ferguson, missouri. the president says the use of heavy military equipment undermines community trust in the police. new only the, the u.s. coast guard is investigating the death of a 10-year-old girl on a cruise ship off the carolina coast. the girl drowned in a pool on board the norwegian gem. you're looking at the website. the coast guard says the girl drowned sunday when the ship was about 75 miles east of myrtle beach. it sailed to port canaveral, florida, today. we don't know the girl's name or where she was from. norwegian is based in miami. the cruise line said it is extremely saddened by the news and extends sympathy to the family of the girl. there was no gunshot but federal officials have not ruled

out some other kind of object hit the windshield of that amtrak train moments before it derailed last tuesday. today the fbi said an examination of the train's windshield revealed it was not hit by a bullet. could it take months to learn just what caused the crash. the amtrak service from philadelphia to new york resumed for the first time this morning. also today, two separate lawsuits were filed. one was by an amtrak conductor. the other was by four passengers who were on board the train that derailed. they were among the 200 people injured in that crash. eight people were killed. funeral services for two of those victims were held today. police are bracing for retaliation attacks after a deadly biker brawl that killed nine people in texas. investigators in waco texas, said the restaurant crime scene is among the most gruesome they've ever seen. nbc news is reporting the

bandidos biker gang was considering adding a reference to texas on its official jacket patch. the mother in prince george's county knocked down the man who she believes sexually assaulted her 12-year-old daughter. that man got away. but now police have a better description of him. surveillance video captured the guy running away from an apartment building in forestville last week. police say he attacked the girl in the hallway after she got off the elevator. the girl's mother said the attacker is black. several tattoos including one on his neck that reads, blessed. and a star on both shoulders. if you know who he is police would like to hear from you. only on news4, a bicycle thief sharing tricks of the trade from jail. if i put one lock on my bike is that enough to stop you? no. >> tonight news4 i-team shows you how and when bike thieves

strike and how you can protect your bike. and we'll report on the army captain who step in the to rescue three people from a burning car. and i'm still tracking the line of very strong storms. a lot of lightning. some very heavy rain making its way along i-95 including right

an offduty army captain rescued a couple trapped inside their burning car. a silver suv drifted over the center line on sunday in a road in chat haram county north carolina.

it slid into a red sedan. cell phone video shows the captain who ran toward the burning sedan and pulled the driver to safety. both drivers and the passenger in the sedan are expected to survive. >> bike thieves strike by the thousands every year in our area. our undercover cameras have caught them in the act. ton't the news4 i-team takes its investigation to the next level. bold bike thieves working in tandem. >> three of them. they're quite outside the entrance. >> or working on their own. >> it's a crime of opportunity. why were you trying to take that bike? >> it was just sitting there, sir. >> more than 200 bikes swimd each month in our area and we wondered, who are these thieves and why are they doing it? so the news4 imteam traveled to this prison south of

charlottesville, virginia to hear from one man who knows. >> our money was real stretched out. >> the first time he stole a bike he said he needed a bike to get to work. >> i was stressed. i shouldn't have undid it. >> but then he started taking and flipping bikes for cash. police caught him and he is serving 12 severe in prison. and he agreed to sit down with our i-team to share his secrets providing we don't show his face. >> i have to be there between 8:00 is that 9:00. real early. no confrontation. >> prime time to strike was just after sunrise. >> weekdays only. monday through friday. >> he mainly targeted condos because he found it easy to get in. >> you can live in an apartment building for a few years and not know your neighbors. they don't come out. once he had a bike you

don't hold on to them for long. as we found out last sum where we tracked our own stolen bike with a gps in west hyattsville, maryland. >> it was swimd and sold in less than two hours. this thief gained an eye for high end new bikes. >> name brands. cannondale fuji specialized, giants. >> and he flipped them for pennies on the dollar. >> a $1,200 bike might get $300 to $400. >> but not before moving the serial or registration numbers. >> wash it down. >> even he said he was amazed how few people secured their bikes. >> if i put one lock on my bike is that enough to stop you? >> no. what you put on there is like cable locks. they're about as thick as your pinky. small, a cheap set of bolt cutters get through them. tend biggest deterrence is u-locks. three of them. >> buy them and put them on

different places. lock the frame and the wheels together so they can't roll. you have to carry it. that draws attention. >> so what is the best way to lock up your bicycle to prevent a thief from taking it? at our nbc washington app, a demonstration video and we'll show you our previous undercover investigations showing you how fast your bike will be taken if it is not locked properly. news4 i-team. >> here with more on the weather. and it is getting wild out there. >> yeah. you can even hear a little thunder. we have the rain coming through. this line of storm that is just developed over the last hour or two. take a look outside. these are our studios. the rain really coming down. i hope you got your windows open? >> no. we forgot our umbrella. >> i got three just in case. take a look. that's minutes ago and it is still coming down. take a look at the radar. showing it to you very well. and i mentioned the line. there it is right there. from just around the frederick

area down through montgomery county right through the district. right toward fairfax county and charles county and fredericksburg. very heavy rain. nothing severe. we have not seen any kind of severe thunderstorm warnings. we have a flash flood warning in effect until 1:45 them saw heavy heavy rain. please watch out. a lot of flooded roadways. right around damascus right along 70. it is just steady rain. then follow the lien toward gaithersburg. look at all the lightning. we have had two reports houses being set on fire. look at bethesda toward d.c. the strongest storm, let's zoom in on this guy right around the bethesda area. right along 355. making its way toward wheaton. and then in and around northwest d.c. right here where our station is. and then you just follow it down

toward i-95 down route 1. cross over the river and you're into portions of prince george's county. charles county you saw a big time storm earlier. now you're seeing another one around the 301 region. to the north and west. a lot of lightning with that and more lightning toward king george county. we're not done with this just yet. we'll continue to see it for the next hour to two hours and then we're done. the dew point still at 71. very muggy. that will stay that way right through day. the temperatures still in the 70s for the most part. 69 toward huntington. the wider picture shows the showers and storms we saw and then look at the push from the west. that's what we're dealing with. that's that line that has developed. farther to the west i want to point your attention to this line. notice behind it we have clearing skies. that's the front. it will move through during the day and boy, will we see some

changes. 86 in frederick. still hot and very humid. then some relief. 76 on wednesday. 72 on thursday. open up the windows. maybe turn the a/c down a little bit. and memorial day weekend really looking good. 74 on saturday. 80 on sunday. 88 on memorial day. so looking great for memorial day weekend. and pretty good down at the beaches too. >> a lot to look forward to after we get through only the. sports coming up the wizards. about to greet the offseason. and perhaps a new start too. night, guys. >> playing password.

a rough week around here last week. you know what? things are looking up. that's all over. >> this is a glass half full sportscast for you. earlier today the general manager met with the media after completing his first full season as the caps' gm. he choke up talking about how far this team has come. and credits the new head coach barry trotz for helping to change the tide in d.c. >> it's amazing, the change in environment that has happened.

from last year to this year. same guys incredibly close this year. had some issues at the end of last year. i think as he big part of creating that. >> the reason the caps are saying hello to the offseason, rangers facing the lightning. first period we're scoreless. the five-on-three power play. they turn it over and here comes tampa. tyler johnson, one-on-one with henrik lundqvist. stopped, scored. this one reviewed to make sure johnson scored before the net moved. and it is upheld. lightning take a 1-0 lead. so second period. lightning up 2-1. pushing it up the ice. the shot stopped. loose out in front. lundqvist can't get to it. tampa scores. lots of traffic out in front. it is tyler johnson who cashes in. johnson with the hat trick in the game. the lightning beat the rangers. 6-2. yeah. not good.

they even the series 1-1. so after two playoff runs, the past two seasons the wizard fans are hoping and expecting more next season. lots of moves. will paul pierce be back? the 37-year-old said he'll take his time to make that decision. talk to his mom and his wife. either way, the impact will be if he told for a while. the third overall pick improved in every category and averaged 10 points and eight rebounds in the playoffs. the arrival of pierce may be to thank for the play this season. the 17-year veteran, clear lay very strong influenced on otto. and the media as well. listen. >> what does he mean to you? >> beautiful! >> it means a lot. i learned a lot from this year.

whether he told me something or i just picked it up. and it will stick with me throughout my nba career. >> yeah. i don't think anyone on the team wants paul pierce to retire and hang it up. he's had such an influence. and he likes that role. that's what i think is so cool. >> i hope whatever you and doug have is not contagious. that's all i have to say. you all sound like -- you don't sound

high flying acrobatics will lead to road closures. the blue angels are practicing. during the runs parts of 450 and the naval academy bridge will be closed. >> why are we seeing them on the ground? the wizards and the caps home will change. verizon said it will not renew its naming rights deal. they said the verizon center will be renamed when the current deal expires in 2018. the arena opened in 1997 as the mci center. monumental sports and entertainment group which owns the building said it is in the process of finaling a new sponsor. >> one more check on that stormy weather outside. >> you can see it is really coming down around the d.c. metro area. there's washington there. notice the red. that's some very heavy rain.

a lot of lightning there too. you just move to the south. we continue to see it. there are the studios. you asked if it would stop. >> evidently not. >> we have five seconds left to show. it is still coming down. >> and the only the show is next

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