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since egypt air flight vanished off radar screens. who was on board and what may have brought it down. what the community is doing to try to save joe's record paradise. good evening. >> tonight the second largest community college in the country finds itself a victim of a massive federal loan scam. >> two people are accused of stealing people's identities so they could cash in. we begin with jackie bensen live at northern virginia community college. >> reporter: one of the people whose identity was stolen is a u.s. service member, who was hospitalized after being wounded in afghanistan. the grand jury indictment handed down this afternoon in the eastern district of virginia accuses

aunt of stealing $34,548 from northern virginia community college last year. prosecutors say taylor and nixon stole the identities of four people, registered them as students at the school. according to the indictment, the pair used their own addresses for those students. that's where the college sent loan money in excess of required school expenses. a spokesman for the school said the discrepancy was discovered by a sharp-eye employee who contacted police. most of the students we spoke to called it an outrage. >> that's crazy. i use fafsa to pay for these courses. to hear somebody is ripping the money off and using it when they shouldn't, that doesn't sit well with me. >> that's awful, truly awful. it's unfortunate there are many people who need financial help d

of this kind of university, of any university, but particularly a community college where people who don't have the financial backing to support themselves in a larger university, as george mason or james madison, it is disappointing. >> news 4 learned the same pair were arrested on the same charges in louisiana in 2011. the charges were wire fraud and identity theft. the outcome of the case was not immediately available. live in annandale, jackie bensen, news 4. i'm chris lawrence at the live desk where the disappearance of egyptair flight 804 is starting to affect security here in the u.s. los angeles international raised its security posture and deployed more police officers in the main terminal f. officials made the move based on updated intelligence assessments but there's no specific threat. authorities restricted access to

l.a.x. police are stopping and searching passengers as they drive in and have increased the screening of people who work at the airport. the white house can't say definitively what happened to the plane, but as nbc keir simmons reports the families are starting to get some information. >> relatives of those on board have been gathered here at charles de gaulle airport. we have been watching as french government officials and ministers have arrived to give them information before the information is released. what we now know is american intelligence officials believe or suspect there was an explosion in the area where this plane disappeared. we know from the egyptians they think it is more likely this was terrorism related. if that is the case, it will put the spotlight back on this airport with the question of how an explosion happened. was it caused by a bomb? how could

the airline. the search for the aircraft continues. reports from the wreckage have been found are now discounted by greek officials. it is crucial it is found and particularly, of course, the black boxes from that plane in those will be answers to all of these questions. back to you. >> keir simmons, thank you. investigators are trying to figure out what caused a small plane to crash dangerously close to busy route 50 in mitchellville. police say a student pilot was flying the single engine four-seat cessna this afternoon with a trainee in the pilot seat. nobody was hurt. it's been a montgomery county staple more than 40 years. right now no one is rocking out at an iconic record shop. it's been closed since moving in march and now fans are raising money to get it back

news 4 shomari stone is in silver spring with more on the effort. >> reporter: that's right. the community has come together to help joe's paradise at this shop. the owner is wishing he could open. >> it's lonely. >> reporter: it's quiet at joe's record paradise. this popular store was supposed to open two months ago. take a look, a sign reads, sorry, we are not yet open. johnson lee owns the shop. >> a couple of missteps with the permitting process. it just set us back. >> reporter: ask any deejay, jazz, blues, vinyl collector, they know about the rare hard to find albums at joe's. johnson's father opened up shop 42 years ago and moved several times. the latest this basement at 8700 georgia avenue where lee says he is

>> how did you get in debt? >> paying for the move and taking out loans to pay employees. >> reporter: local deejays, record collectors and people who live in montgomery county are raising money at fire station one restaurant to help johnson. >> it means a lot to me. it's one of the biggest record stores in the area. >> we love vinyl. >> a lot of people support joe's because they have been shopping there for years. >> reporter: the community raised $10,000 over the past two months. he appreciates the generosity. >> it is great. the community has really reached out. we're kept afloat by them right now. >> reporter: johnson has a meeting with montgomery county inspectors on monday. he's optimistic he will reopen. as for joe's record paradise, he hopes it doesn't become a paradise lost. georgia avenue in silver spring, shomari stone, news 4. we warned you about it

they are looking for a person who robbed someone who was responding to a craigslist ad. it happened last friday on 21st street in southeast. officers say a person was meeting somebody about an ad for a phone on craigslist. during the meetup, the seller pulled a knife and robbed the buyer of his money. last month, police designated three police stations as safe exchange zones to avoid situations like this one. >> you have to realize you are dealing with complete stranger and putting yourself at risk. do it during daylight hours in a public place where others around. >> reporter: the exchange zones are at the locations on the screen. anti-semitic flyers are making rounds in takoma park tonight. police tell us the flyers make derogatory statements about jewish people, going as far as claiming jewish people altered the rotation of the earth on its axis. officers say it is not the

time they have seen the 234r5fl in the community. it is not a crime and they are protected by the first amendment but police ask if you see them to throw them out. tonight the charles county republican committee is working to find a replacement for a donald trump delegate indicted on gun and child porn changes. he withdrew from his post after arrested two weeks ago. postal inspectors discovered he was shipping ammunition and explosives. >> it was clear to postalment inners when the package ruptured the material inside was dangerous and they contacted the atf right away. >> reporter: a raid of his home turned up evidence of child pornography. equipment related to illegal gambling. additional charges could be coming. get ready for a bumpy ride. that's how metro's gm described the updated maintenance safe track plan today. the first project involves single tracking on the orange and silver lines between ballton and east

days. the next projects involve the shut down of segments of track on the orange, silver, blue and yellow lines. for a detailed look at all of the 15 projects open the washington, d.c. app and search safe track. put air in the tires. tomorrow is friday and bike to work day. >> saddle up. will the weather cooperate? that's the big question. >> bike to work day is a-okay. i just came up with that, okay, not good. let's look at what is happening out there right now. fantastic friday in store. we have seen a lot of clouds. the clouds gave way and now clear skies. a very nice night. it will be a good friday. take the bike to work tomorrow. no problems as far as that is concerned. look at the highs, 70 d.c., 73 warrenton, the sixth time we have seen 70 this month. we average 75 on a day like today. we should be up there a lot

look at what is coming. sunshine tomorrow, no problem. take the bike out. washout on saturday. yeah, it will rain for sure but keep the umbrellas handy through sunday and maybe monday. the updated forecast coming up in a minute. >> thank you, doug. you think your water bill is high? one local man says his was off the charts. >> 180,000 plus dollars. >> he tells us the company wouldn't listen. see the results when the called nbc4 responds for help. no matter how you plan to get out of town this memorial

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high utility bills, we've all been there but a maryland man's water bill trumps anything you have ever seen before. >> yes, we're talking about a bill for nearly $200,000. he knew it was a mistake, but trying to convince the utility company was a challenge. that's when he called consumer reporter susan hogan for help. >> reporter: let me set this up for you. two people living in a 1500 square foot home get their water bill. it says they consumed 1.5 million gallons of water in one month. we know it sounds ridiculous, but the water company said they had to pay it or it would shut off their water. >> 180 thousand plus dollars. >> you have to see it to believe it. his water bill for

plus, more than $9,000 in late fees. the utility claiming he consumed 1.5 million gallons of water in one month. that's the equivalent of not one, not two but three olympic size swimming pools. >> i laugh a little. i thought it was clearly absurd. i knew it had to be a mistake, you know. some sort of glitch or something. >> reporter: ricardo wasn't laughing after seeing what came next, a final notice. threatening to turn off his water if he doesn't pay the amount due. >> gave them a call. they said they were going to give me an extra week before they cut off my water. >> reporter: wait a second. they were going to cut off your water. >> a week after i received the notice, yes. >> reporter: drowning in disbelief and worried his bill would be sent top collections, ricardo contacted us. after our call to the utility, all threat

apologizing. >> it was a large, wrong amount. it was a meter reading error. >> reporter: as far as the customer service response to ricardo, wssc admitting it was unacceptable. >> we will use it as a teachable moment for the agent involved. >> reporter: and that $189,000 bill, oh, yeah, that's gone, too. in fact, ricardo has a $17 credit. >> i was very surprised. just when you called me, two, three hours after and it was all done. i appreciate it, very much. >> wssc told us it reads about 8,000 meters a month and they have a 99.75% accuracy rate. they say the system should have flagged this mistake but unfortunately it didn't. if you have a consumer problem you need help solving, contact our nbc4 response team 844-nbc-d.c.44. i'm susan

could be in for the perfect storm on memorial day when it comes to travel. >> airfares are cheaper. aaa says more people will be flying even though security check points have become choke points. cheaper gas means roads will be jammed with the most drivers in a decade. >> since the gas prices are affordable and i have a larger size car i think i will hit the road this year. >> travel every year but it definitely helps my pocket. i don't have any arguments there. >> reporter: if there is any way you can get an early start on your holiday, aaa says this would be the year to do it. like leave tomorrow, i guess. to avoid the crowd. >> i'm in. i'll leave tomorrow. >> tomorrow sounds like a good day to start the holiday. >> i'll leave right now. i was looking at memorial day and the pattern looks like it wants to be warm. we'll see. right now the pattern is trying hard to stay on the warm side. highs today in the 70s. tomorrow t

back to the same pattern we have been in the last couple of weeks, cold and dreary. first off, this is something we have not seen. the bright yellow orb we saw that earlier today. tonight we had a bright white orb in the sky. amazing. this is a 97% full waxing moon. i know you love that stuff. look at that shot. that is a beautiful shot. it was shot out at the zoo at zoofari. winds from the southwest at five miles an hour. it is a very nice night. we will start off on a nice note tomorrow. 52 martinsburg and gaithersburg. many of you will drop to the 40s overnight. it will be cool but nice. school bus forecast. looking good early tomorrow, 55 in the city. cooler to the suburbs but great in the afternoon. high of 75. i love to call fridays fantastic friday. that's what we will see tomorrow

[000:18:59;00] nothing on the radar right now. again, tomorrow remains dry. clear skies, we are clear around the northeast, but back to the south, well, notice this system coming through kansas, little rock, even a tornado warning toward new orleans. that system is moving our way. it will move across our region and park itself here on saturday and sunday and that's why we are thinking of rain. first off tomorrow, highs in the 70s. 76 manassas, 73 gaithersburg, 73 fredericksburg under partly cloudy skies. future weather, timing the reai out. sun early and clouds on friday. 7:30, notice the rain just about everywhere and by noon everyone is seeing rain. maybe a break in the afternoon. more of a shower variety type pattern but some of us will see an inch of rain during the day. the impact forecast on the low side.

75 tomorrow. 58 on saturday. coming up on saturday if you are thinking of getting out there toward the races, not looking good there at all. 50% chance of rain on sunday. i think we will see showers on sunday and some with a rumble of thunder or two. monday high of 70. and next week, 70s and 80s, tuesday, wednesday and thursday and hope the pattern lasts. next thursday high of 86. >> that's more like it. >> some of us need tans. i'm just saying. >> thank you, doug. coming, up, the nats offense pours it on against the mets tonight. >> but first here's jimmy fallon. >> seth rogen is my guest toght.

and mnius as we facebook live with carol on her page tonight. we are talking nats and they were on fire tonight. >> firing all on all cylinders. if you missed the first innings you missed nine runs. they beat the mets taking two of three at citi field. best start in franchise history got a little better. gonzalez and scherzer watching as the nats throw down the hammer on their division rival. facing harvey in the first, dan don't care. tees off on harvey. a familiar sight. sixth homer of the season. nats take the 2-0 lead.

in getting after it. bases loaded and smacks it to left off the glove of michael. two runs score. he heads to second with a two-run double. nats up 5-1. later in the inning, nats up 7-1. pouring it on now. ben revere is hammering it to center. matt harvey with the career worst nine runs allowed through two and two thirds. nats are cruisin'. on the other side, strasburg dominating. he scares him with a nasty pitch down the middle. to the dougout for him. walker down swinging. one run allowed and ten strikeouts. he improves 7-0. nats with the monster win 9-1 the final. day baseball is for the

birds and the mariners. he smokes the ball to right. looks gone but stays in the park. jonathon sdoecope,er where are ? that makes for happy campers. birds tied at one. mariners back on top by a run. with men on the corners, adam takes this one opposite field a little wind. over the fence, three-run homer for lin. 7-2 victory. on the court, kareem abdul-jabbar on hand for game two between the raptors and cavaliers. cleveland 9-0 to start the playoffs. lebron james with the steal here. on the break, lebron -- i'm sorry, that is kyrie irving. game high 26 points for him them star as we talk about lebron. james coming up with the steal and he's on the break. just showing off. doug i know you know this feeling. >> oh, yeah. >> tell me about that.

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prince georges county staff in an award ceremony in greenbelt tonight. the winners included a fort washington teacher killed in february. she won rookie teacher of the year. there's 13-year-old amari. he survived a shooting that killed his mother in august. he won comeback kid of the year. davis' family and amari talked about the special recognition. >> i know it would make my mother proud and my friends and make me keep pushing. >> it shows she has been touching lives the same way as before. >> well done. aaron gilchrist was the emcee and he should be asleep getting ready for news 4 today. how about that amari. what a nice young gentleman he is. >> glad to see them get recognition. >> tell us how fabulous it will be tomorrow.

>> we called it a wet frida friday. >> this is what happens when they don't listen to my forecast. it will be a fantastic friday. 75 for tomorrow. looking nice. tomorrow night no problems. saturday is the day of rain. look at next week, tuesday, wednesday and thursday. you heard that, right?

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