the 16-year-old boy tells police he was walking into the bethesda metro station when dot-cmnick simons approached him to use his cell phone. allegedly, he ordered the teen to get back on metro and wouldn't give him his phone back. the suspect then told the teen to go to a bathroom stall at the chevy chase pavilion across from the friendship heights metro station. documents say simons final let the teen go when he threatened to scream. police say they interviewed simons and he admitted to taking and giving back the boy's phone. he admitted to saying he had a gun, but didn't. the teen did not report the sex assault, but the next day police got an anonymous tip from one of his friends. when asked by police, he gave a

full account of the sexual assault. later, police detained simons at the gallery place metro in d.c. and was arrested on kidnapping, robbery, and sex assault charges. they verified the teen's story through surveillance video. earlier this week, there was a report of rape on a red line train. are you changing anything you're doing as a rider? >> i'm always aware of my surroundings. i never carry a purse. >> reporter: that's very smart on her part. coming up at 6:00, you'll hear more from metro riders who are very concerned about this second sexual assault involving a rider. back to you, wendy. breaking news in montgomery county where police are trying to figure out what caused a deadly crash in poolsville. police say the van you see crashed into a power pole and

the driver was killed on the scene. it's unclear what caused the van to go off the road. the road is close d in that are. investigators are trying to figure out why a fire broke out on a railroad bridge between d.c. and virginia. trains are moving on the bridge again, but officials held occupy vre and amtrak straand csx trai while investigating. they had to use crews on land and a fire boat to get it under control. in prince george's county investigators say that back-to-back fires in an apartment complex appear to be arson. crews responded to a kitchen fire in a vacant apartment last night and then 15 minutes later another fire in a vacant unit in a separate building. both of those along cherry

lane in greenbelt. some public health experts are asking that the olympics be moved out of rio because of the zika virus. doctors want the summer games postponed or moved out of brazil. on thursday, the director for the centers of disease control said there is no public health reason to cancel or delay the olympics. officials in maryland are working overtime to stop the spread of the virus. they're dispatching crews in mosquito control trucks as part of the aggressive program to reduce the risk. chris gordon is in bethesda. >> reporter: chris, i'm standing in front of a house where there are at least half a dozen places on camera in view where mosquitos can breed. you might not even notice them. i'm going to point them at the end of the report, but first let's focus on that maryland

mosquitos that could spread the zika virus. maryland department of agriculture is spraying for mosquitos. the heat and humidity following all the recent rain makes this mosquito breeding season. the spraying is underway on the eastern shore in southern maryland. next week the state will spray for mosquitos in prince george's county, but not in montgomery county. >> we have got an association with several communities within the state. we don't have that association already in place. then we're not spraying in those areas unless there's a case of zika. >> reporter: maryland has 17 cases of the zika virus. up to 13% of the pregnant women who get zika have babies with birth defects. that's a concern for prince george's county's chief of the infectious disease control program. >> we're definitely concerned about anyas

occurring anywhere in maryland. in regards to pregnant women, there's definitely the concern because of microcephaly for the infants that may be born with that. the main concern is protecting everybody from being exposed. >> reporter: that's why the state's mosquito control program is so important, even though none of maryland's zika virus cases originated here. local mosquitos can still spread the disease. >> the concern is somebody comes in from out of the country that is infected with zika. one of our local mosquitos bites that individual and then goes and bites somebody who has never traveled. >> reporter: now we're back live. here's where mosquitos can breed around your house. the gutter, the down spout, any artificial surface where water gathers, a planting pot, dog's watering dish, watering can, and of course plastic birdbaths and the like. ahead at 6:00, we'll tel

around the house. back to you, wendy. in the race for the white house, all eyes are on the west coast where the democrats are making a push for votes and donald trump is drawing big crowds of supports ers and protesters. >> first, an hour ago, donald trump released a statement saying he will not debate bernie sanders. in the statement, he called the democratic nominating process crooked and he said as the presumptive gop nominee it would be in his words inappropriate that he would debate the second place finisher. right now in san diego hundreds of protesters have gathered outside haof the city's conventn center. trump made an appearance earlier in fresno where another large group gathered to demonstrate against him. in the battle for the democratic nomination, both candidates are also in the golden state today. bernie sanders appearedar

outside of los angeles. he told the crowd a win in california could give him the moment he needs going into the convention to take the nomination. sanders also talked about polls that show him doing better than clinton in a head-to-head race against donald trump. clinton met with community leaders at a restaurant in oakland that employs inmates. california's primary is june 7th with 475 pledged delegates up for grabs. wendy, chris? >> thank you, pat. when you see wendy and i sitting here in the studio, you can bet with both drew short straws when it came to being coped up in here. >> doug got to go to the beach. >> it's beautiful on the boardwalk. i love coming down to ocean

is a little something special here. very nice conditions. plenty of sunshine right now. look at the blue skies we have right now. one thing for sure. we're all going to be watching what happens over the next couple of days. we've been on the warm side. temperatures today upper 80s to around 90. 76 here in ocean city. although on the boardwalk just a little bit cooler. take a look at the satellite and radar. notice the clouds off the coast of miami. that is now a tropical depression. that is tropical depression number two currently with winds of 35 miles per hour. that storm is expected to become a tropical storm, tropical storm bonnie, and it is expected to make its way to the east coast. the impact it will have on memorial day. we will have impacts on memorial day much more in the form of rain. a beautiful day

take a look. that's more than 1,000 m midshipmen throwing their hats in the air. the speaker at the graduation was secretary of defense ash carter. he talked about the benefits of open world trade, reminded them of their responsibility to their nation. >> the united states must and all of you will continue to ensure that ours is the finest fighting force the world has ever known. >> one of the graduates was just drafted by the baltimore ravens. kennon reynolds will defer his military service so he can play in the nfl. president obama is honoring those who died when the atomic bomb

the president met with survivors with today. he said the world has a shared responsibility to prevent that type of suffering from ever happening again. this memorial day weekend a new art exhibit is on display in virginia at the national museum of the marine corps. it's a old huey helicopter from the vietnam war that has the battle scars to prove it. >> reporter: it was shot down in vietnam valentine's day 1969. >> two shoeoldiers jumped out a they were killed. the other crew were rescued. >> reporter: it was turned into a tribute for veterans. take me home huey is on display at the national museum of the

weekend. for howard and his marine brothers here from new england, the chopper brings back memories that really never go away. >> i've been on a couple of them. the first one i was ever on i was laying down after being hit by a land mine. >> reporter: mom's apple pie, a girlfriend. >> these are the squadron names here and then the nicknames. >> reporter: the artists partnered with an organization that supports vets suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. >> it is healthy to talk, so this is a great catalyst for talking. >> reporter: because even when things seem broken, those who bravely served are still bonded. >> it helps to see because then you're seeing what our brothers went through. >> reporter: at the national museum of the marine corps --

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the discovery of a dreaded super bug is making headlines as doctors found the strain in a woman in pennsylvania. >> it is a completely resistant bacteria making it pretty much impossible to treat. doreen genzler is here with more on what we need to know. >> the presence of a rare kind of e. coli infection containing the mcr-1 gene was confirmed through a urine test in a 49-year-old woman. she had not traveled outside the united states. it is the first documented case of this bacteria in humans in the u.s., although it has already been found in people in canada, china, and ro

bacteria's resistance to virtually all antibiotics, including the one of last resort. thomas frieden head of the centers for disease control says it is the only antibiotic left for what he calls nightmare bacteria. he issued a warning about the long-term consequences of drug resistant infections. >> we risk being in a post-antibiotic world and that wouldn't just be for infections that you think of as bad infections, epneumonia and urinary tract infections. that could be for cancer treatments. we may lose that ability. >> that's pretty significant. the cdc is working with the pennsylvania department of health on this woman's case, trying to identify people with whom she may have been in contact. more than 2 million

result of drug resistant bacteria. that woman was treated. she is okay. the issue is the concern for the future. >> it is. >> thank you, doreen. >> reporter: i love that music. i absolutely love that music because that means it is backyard weather time. of course, the first backyard weather of 2016. just like every backyard weather over the last five years, we have started right here on memorial day weekend in ocean city, maryland. i've been coming to ocean city since i was 6 weeks old literally. one of my favorite places playland height here. then we have the trippers rides. i just wanted to make sure. they accept the blue tickets from last year. at least they have in the past years. first off, the big question is about the weather. we're going to get to that in just a second. i want to invite donna abbott

who is with the tourism department. talk about what you can do. guys, we are on the air. can you turn that off? they need to be able to hear donna. >> oh, sorry. >> reporter: you can wear it. tell me about memorial day weekend. >> we're kicking off the summer in ocean city. we've got a lot of activities going on. the beach looks great. we're ready to have a great summer here. >> we have a lot of stuff going on, free stuff for memorial day weekend. >> starting on saturday night, we have a patriotic beach lights show right on the beach just off the boardwalk. three shows starting at 9:30. then sunday night beach light shows starting at 9:30 free to everybody. that kicks off a summer full of free events for us. >> fireworks on the beach every week. >> fireworks will be starting on the beach in july. we have beach concerts. we have fl

conce -- olympics. saturday is great. sunday is great. memorial day do you have anything going on during the day? you guys might actually see a little bit less rain than we see in d.c. >> okay. we can accept that. >> reporter: i want to throw it into lauryn ricketts. it has just become a tropical depression right now. could become tropical storm bonnie. some of that moisture is going to make its way here right during the memorial day holiday. >> most of sunday looks dry, but by sunday night and even into monday that's when we could have some showers and storms. if you're doing a little barbecuing or you have plans outside on memorial day monday like everybody else does, you might want to move those back to either saturday or sunday or even this afternoon or tonight. it is a little hot out there, but otherwise it is not too bad. we

in d.c. we've had a few storms blossom up as well. what we're going to be watching for is that red right in which is a flash flood watch. these things are barely moving along i-81. if your travels take you out west of i-81, that's what you're seeing. south of winchester it does look a little on the wet side. thunderstorms along i-81. otherwise just hazy and warm. we take on the cards tonight. this is a system that doug was talking about. it could become bonnie. we did have a named storm back in january. this will be our second one of the year. you can see it's about 450 miles south of charleston, south carolina. it is going to continue to move up towards the north carolina coast. we'll really be watching that to bring clouds into our region for sunday and then clouds as we get into monday as well. your memorial dor

with showers likely. most of the weekend looks good. we'll have your seven-day forecast coming up. well, it looks like the verizon strike may be over. if they have reached a deal, that means you can get your cable guy back on the job. we'll tell you when things could get back to normal. it's a mystery more than 70 years in the making. i'm mark segraves. coming up on news4, i'll show you what was found inside that

thousands of striking verizon employees going back on the job next week. some 40,000 employees across nine states, including the dmv, have been on strike since april. they have been working without a contract since last august. a woman from arlington is accused of taking part in a bold scheme to rip off department stores and a federal judge just ordered her to stay in jail through the holiday weekend. >> scott macfarlane explains the unusual criminal charges that were just filed. >> reporter: there's a chinese national living in l

buying expensive designer handbags at department stores, then buying phony handbags from overseas. prosecutors say she'd then try to return the phonies and sell the real ones on the secondary market. she earned a million dollars selling bags that cost an average of $2,000 apiece. she faced a federal judge and was ordered jail until she returns to court wednesday to face a federal charge of wire fraud. it is the u.s. department of homeland security leading this investigation. in the court filing, investigators say they tracked suspicious packages to her apartment in arlington and among other things they say they spotted that ruby red bag on ebay two months after a woman bought it at a department store and then returned a fake. no comment from her lawyers this afternoon. the holiy

open and d.c.'s mayor, she's kicking things off with a big splash. what you need to know before you grab a big towel. ithere was critical testimoy today in the murder trial of an ashburn ceo accused of killing his wife and then staging it to

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his father is accused of killing his mother then staging her death to look like a suicide. today a little boy became a key witness in the murder trial of his father, ashburn ceo, castil castillo. >> we learn why this boy's testimony was so important. >> reporter: well, michelle castillo was a mother of five. today two of her boys told jurors about what they remember in the hours beforeey

missing. her body was later found in the basement of their home. today some of the testimony from both boys helped the prosecutors who want to convict their father. a little boy on a big screen tv. some jurors left their seats to draw closer to the monitor where 8-year-old zach castillo testified from another courtroom. his testimony critical to the prosecution because it places his father inside the home the night his mom michelle castillo died. the couple was in the midst of a bitter divorce and custody battle. he was barred from the house. zach recalled he and his siblings had visitation time at his dad's house on march 19th, 2014, the night before his mom was found dead. once he returned home, zach says he was initially sleeping in his mom's bed until she told him to move. he then went to sleep with his older brother, but left

asked the prosecutor, kid you see your gigi again that night. zach, yes, my dad brought it in. have you ever before seen your dad in your mom's house? no, replied the boy. zach contradicted his initial testimony. asked the defense attorney, you never saw him after dinner until jonathan called, referring to the next morning when the kids reported their mom missing. yes, said zach. castillo broke into tears wiping his eyes, but the prosecutor got the final questions and zach reaffirmed his initial statement. asked whitman, zach, that night when you were sleeping in jonathan's bed, did you see your daddy in jonathan's room that night? yes, said zach. is that the truth? yes, said the boy. now zach's testimony was followed by that of his 11-year-old brother jonathan. when i join you at 6:00, jonathan's testimony about the cosa

dad about the home security in the months before his mother's death. exactly one year ago today local reporter charnice milton killed by a person on an atv. someone used milton as a human shield. her murder still unsolved. detectives will be at tonight's vigil passing out fliers. cathy lanier says they have a lot of information about this, but says they need more. the vigil at good hope and naylor road at southeast. it begins at 7:40 this evening. right now, we are still in the heaviest part of the travel day, at least

experts. a higher number of washingtonians plan to go someplace this year than last. a lot of people say it is because of those lower gas prices. our reports from the busier airports is that passengers seem to have packed patience and a lot of extra time for the long lines there. every time the summer pool season kicks off in the district people wonder if there will be a mayoral cannonball. >> that tradition lives, sort of. may mayor muriel bowser did take the plunge with some kids. >> reporter: i don't know. was that considered a half cannonball? who knows. she was a trooper. she jumped into the water with the kids. you saw the footage. she had a good time. she swam awhile with the kids who were also in the pool. the kids are still out there enjoying

we had the blizzards and the rain and the humidity. this really is the perfect time for the kick off of the pools to open up throughout the city. you can see mayor bowser standing there with the kids. there was a countdown before she took the plunge into the water. as we said, she looked to have a good time. she was there swimming with the kids far little while. the mayor tells us she is really pushing the importance of kids learning how to swim this year. she says the 18 outdoor pools throughout the city won't open until noon to 6:00 tomorrow. starting june 18th, they'll open on a six day a week basis. they'll be closed one day a week for maintenance. we want to tell you some of the new information we learned about the pools throughout the city this year. here's a listen to what mayor bowser had to say earlier today. >> we will hire 250 pool staff this year, including life guards and aqua day counsellors al

will know, today you can get swim classes at dpr. how many people say i don't know how to swim? i don't want to learn how to swim. i'm scared to swim. you can fix that today. >> reporter: and the u.s. consumer product safety commission also wanted to remind parents of the importance of really being vigilant and watching your kids when they're swimming. there is an 11% in the amount of drowning deaths, but there's 350 kids that die every year. again pushing the importance of watching kids while they're at the pool. news4. pretty nice day down here in ocean city. back towards the mountains a little different story. back toward the shenandoah valley. take a look at the radar right now. one prompted a flash flood

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a mystery that has perplexed a lot of people around here has finally been solved. a plaque that was hanging in d.c. city hall for decades went missing back in the mid 90s. >> tonight after extensive research, the reason for the plaque was finally revealed just in time for memorial day and by the way, that reporter was our own mark segraves. >> reporter: this is the ground floor of the wilson building outside of what is now the mayor's press briefing room. this is the wall where the plaque originally hung from 1942 until the mid 1990s. the plaque was thought to have been missing forever, thrown away during the renovation of the wilson building until 2010. and that's when parts of the plaque were found inside this janitor's closet. all that remained were fragmented panels with the list of names. two years ago, josh gibson t

the names represented. he searched old newspaper archives, but nothing came up for d.c. employee plaque. turns out in the 1940s, employee was spelled differently. >> all of a sudden things start to pop. with the days of the newspaper articles, we knew which minutes to look in. >> reporter: he poured through blueprints and 1,000 photographs. >> among the 1,000 picture there was one oblique picture of the plaque. >> reporter: the plaque was a roll of honor common in the 40s listing the names of 1,869 d.c. government employees, men and women of all races, who served in world war ii. but a corner of the plaque was still missing until a few weeks ago when gibson went back to the closet and found four small pieces. >> when you place them back into the puzzle of the larger plaque

that would have been forgotten. >> reporter: it will be returned to its original place honoring those d.c. employees that fought for our country. news4. i just think that's so sweet about that plaque. i just need to take a moment to think about that. >> great story. >> very sweet. >> i know the banner said backyard weather, but guess who is not in the backyard. >> i know. >> yeah, doug. what's going on, man? you're all out there. i'm all in here. >> reporter: i think this is all of our backyards right here. it only takes a little while to get here. you guys are familiar with thrashers, right? >> yeah. >> reporter: this is the place -- the best place. can i get a medium, guys?

i want to show you guys how they make it. she has a brand-new hermit crab. is that what that is? yes. with a spongebob shell. you get your medium fry. then you sit here with all of this vinegar. my kids won't eat anything without vinegar now. all the vinegar goes on the french fries. top it off with a little bit of salt right there. >> that's a lot of salt. >> reporter: i'll tell you what. it is also great -- it's also great because my family is not here. normally when they're here these are gone in two seconds. a beautiful night down here in ocean city. it's a little cool. the wind is blowing, so temperatures in the mid 60s right along the beach and the boardwalk here, but a lot of people are already down enjoying it. show you what's going on as we move through the area. i can't bite that these french fries just yet. here are those temperatures. right now 85 degrees. that current heat index coming in earlier was at 90 degrees. now we're at 89. very warm, very humid conditions. take a look at the areas around

91 in fredericksburg. next couple of days the big story is memorial day. obviously because it is a holiday, but it is also big for the weather because we're watching a system that will most likely bring us rain and onshore flow and much cooler conditions. sunny and nice tomorrow. late rain possible on sunday, but most of the day dry. monday right now looks like we will see some rain. in some areas, monday could be a washout. lauryn ricketts and i have been talking about this. it is not just tropical moisture. now it is a depression and is expected to become tropical storm bonnie a little bit later on. i'm going to eat these while you tell them about bonnie. >> we need to talk about how much salt you put on those, doug. just taking those like a champ. you might need to get some water. have a nice cold beer since th

more like summer out there. my goodness. we've got our second tropical depression of the year. this is tropical depression number two. it is going to come up towards the carolinas just by the time we get into the end of the weekend. what we're seeing out there right now nothing to do with what's going out in the atlantic. this is what is popping up in the shenandoah valley. just got some lightning. as you're heading down 66, it is right where 66 meets i-81 just around woodstock and all that. we have a flash flood warning for shenandoah county. turn around. don't drown. we have temperatures in the mid to upper 80s for tomorrow. low 80s on sunday. most of the day on sunday going to be dry. a chance for showers and thunderstorms late. this what will be bonnie perhaps, but right now tropical depression number two. that's why we're seeing some rain and clouds

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as we race to the ocean to begin our summer this weekend, consider this. more than 300 billion pounds of plastic trash is floating in those waters, causing tremendous damage and suffering to our sea life. a colorful example of our vast waste is on display now at the national zoo. it's an exhibit called washed ashore. art to save the sea featuring trash as a wake-up call. the parrot fish greet you at the entrance in an explosion of color, the brightest nature can produce. this puffin reminds us perches on high cliffs in faraway lands. a jellyfish floats gracefully nearby, but look closely. these impressive sculptures have a sad story to

human garbage that ended up in our glorious oceans and then was found washed up on a beach by an artist. >> plastic chewed up by the waves like a mosaic line up the coast. >> reporter: with the help of 1,000 volunteers, she spent six years collecting this trash and fashioning it into sculptures that depict the sea creatures that are injured and killed by the 300 billion pounds of plastic that ends up in our waters. this jellyfish is made of discarded plastic bottles. the parrot fish a treasure-trove of plastic toys. bits of lost summer days that went from a child's hands into the sea. this is a piece of barbie's car with an old comb from the grill. the teeth lost boys. this marlin has

lining its mouth. >> this is the one i saved for five years. >> reporter: some visitors to the zoo try to identify it all. >> this is the coolest thing ever. >> reporter: in this form, yeah, it's cool, but this art is supposed to alarm. this plastic is perilous when it reaches our waters. just ask the animal keepers at the seal house. >> sea lions will go and investigate it. they might get entangled in it. >> reporter: they have collected an estimated 18 tons of garbage for more than 300 miles of coastline to create a total of 68 sculptures. information boards nearby encourage visitors to be better consumers. but sure on a hot day it's easy to reach

plastic ends up in the recycling bin and not on octavia the octopus or lida the seal. these washed ashore sculptures are on display at the zoo and they're there all summer long. you must see them. they are very cool. a disturbing crime on metro. a teenage boy kidnapped and taken to a second location and then attacked. tonight, one man is facing some charges amid some serious questions about safety on our rails. it's the second sex assault of a metro rider in recent weeks. >> yeah, the latest case happened on monday afternoon when a boy was forced onto a red line train and then later sexually assaulted inside a popular shopping center in friendship heights. darcy spencer has tonight's top story. >> reporter: on monday afternoon, a 16-year-old boy was robbed and kidnapped on metro, then forced to a

northwest washington where he was sexually assaulted he believed at gunpoint. riders are concerned about the latest crime on the rails. >> it's crazy. it's sad that we're on public transportation pane there's also this crime happening. >> reporter: the 16-year-old boy tells police he was walking into the bethesda metro station when the suspect 25-year-old dot-cmn simons began talking to him. the boy allowed him to use his phone and then the suspect walked away with it. simons ended up giving the boy his phone back, but then allegedly ordered the teen to get back on metro. they got off at friendship heights. the suspect then told the teen to go to a bathroom stall at the chevy chase pavilion across from the friendship heights metro station where he is accused of sexually assaulting the teen. simons let the teen go when he threatened to scream. earlier this week, we