this is wusa 9 news. elusive, cunning and sly. a serial burglar believed to be responsible for 100 break ins across virginia and maryland. >> the accused tonight is sitting behind bars facing several charges. it is a story we first reported on wusa9.com. our own gary neurenberg is live from the northern virginia area where the crime spree first got started. gary? >> derek and anita you think the phrase one man crime spree is a cliff. cleche. police looking for him and numbers continue to go up, blood pressure continues to go up. we are in some of the neighborhoods this evening. more locks and guns. people were really concerned and you could see the relief

when we told them police think they got the guy. >> i'm glad they did because it gets me a little more sleep at nighttime. >> reporter: can't blame charly for being away. that was the morning the suspect hit half a dozen neighbors and police think tried to get into charlie's home stopped by a good look on a back door. >> it is locked. >> good thing. >> fortunate for him. he would have left here in a body bag. >> reporter: police caught him redhanded after a tip to police led to surveillance. >> gathered enough evidence to place him under arrest for burglarizing a house. >> he reached in and took out my son-in-law's cooking knife. >> reporter: police worried eventually someone would get hurt. >> and if i could dance in the street i would. i am so pleased about this. >> reporter: police may have

ended a crime spree and maybe started a movie. the surveillance was extraordinary this week. montgomery county cops were hiding in the hoods in the middle of the night watching the suspect go running around homes. they are extraordinaryly happy this is over. he is being held on $425,000 bond. no charges yet in virginia but, derek and anita, they are coming. >> gary neurenberg. thank you. an update on a deadly shooting. army police officer accused of shooting bear-bear. this husky will not be spending anytime behind bars. keith sheppard was sentenced to probation. he said he shot the dog after he thought the dog would go after him and his wife. he was charged with animal cruelty and firing his gun near homes. even john leopold called for an

investigation. second in command off the job for now. it is not a vacation. the chief says the move comes as investigators look into allegations that grooms may have helped some members of the command staff cheat on a service training test. the department of internal affairs is looking into the case. a new test will be developed. we made several calls but the department would not speak to us on camera. >> after three days of deliberations the jurors in the chanda levy case. prosecutors say it is relevant because under one of the murder counts jurors must find she was assaulted to obtain a first

degree murder conviction. this case has made headlines after she was romantically linked to gary condit. $5 million. that's how much a woman is suing a cab company for after she says a driver stranded ner a dangerous neighborhood where she was attacked. this happened two years ago. the woman tried to pay with her credit card but the driver said it didn't go through, she didn't have cash. he drove her to an a.t.m. which was not working and he says he forced her out of the cab. on her walk home she says a man stopped her, claimed he had a gun and sexually assaulted her. that man, james samuel williams has just been sentenced to life in prison for numerous sexual offences. >> when you get into a cab you are thinking that you will safely reach wherever you are thinking you will get to and being left on the street is probably not what you signed up for. >> the cab company's manager would not answer questions upon the advice of an attorney.

tonight three accused in a string of car vandalism cases is sitting behind bars. an adult and two 16 year olds targeted as many as 250 vehicles since this august. they say the three would use a bb gun to damage windshields. the adult is from glendale, maryland. >> it has a great impact on people's everyday lives. and there is absolutely no execution for this type of behavior from our young people. and our fear was this was going to graduate into a more serious path of destructive behavior that may eventually involve persons. we had two people who were struck by projectiles during this crime spree. >> luckily the two victims weren't hurt. they are accused of shooting out the glass at bus stops as well. we just checked. no word yet on what caused that massive fire that sent folks running for safety. you saw this story first at

late breaking news last night at 11:00 p.m. tonight, three people are still recovering from smoke inhalation after flames ripped through a north west dc building on kennedy street. six people had to be rescued from that building. the two-story building houses a church and apartments. now, we also checked on the woman hurt in another fire early this morning at a home on loray place in the north west. the house was already engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived. a woman was trapped in there and firefighters were able to get her out but she suffered burns and other critical injuries. the cause of the fire, unknown. >> a treatment that smooths out wrinkles has the government okay as a type of migraine relief. botox helps with nerves. doctors soon discovered that muscle relaxation cuts down on migraines people get and intensity of the pain. >> i was able to function much

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cardinal by pope benedict. one of the new roman catholic cardinals. cardinals from all over the world began to arrive just ahead of this meeting this weekend. holidays are supposed to bring good cheer but what if you're stressed and a little under the weather. > coming up next. how you can laugh away the holiday blues. topper? >> are they are laughing with me or at me. wake-up weather. jacket and sunglasses. mid-30s to 40s at 5:00 a.m. mid-30s and 40s at 7:00 a.m. and mid-40s by 9:00 a.m. we will take you all the way through the weekend and look ahead to next week. i've got snowflakes on the seven-dayforecast.

fairfax animal control officers seized more than 110 cats from a home in anondale. workers took the cats from the 7100 block of village drive and say the living conditions and air quality was poor in the home. plus 45% of the cats were sick. they had an upper respiratory infection. owners have been served with an

unsafe homeowner citation and the house has been condemned. a push to get rid of tsa in airports. the transportation security administration costs $7 billion a year and it is going too far. he is now asking that the nation's biggest airports fire the government and hire private security contractors instead. the same way things worked before 9/11. we have learned that bwi is considering this plan but no word yet if officials will move forward. the san francisco airport is the only one currently using private security contractors. back to fancy scanners and intrusive pat downs. is the tsa going too far. >> are they just trying to keep us safe. >> reporter: go to the scan, get on the plane and avoid anything like -- well, this here. except now we hear folks are getting those invasive pat downs whenever that scanner sees anything unusual. a tissue in your pocket, a hair

pin. anything. the new york times quoted one woman who said she can now look forward to a pat down experience every time she flies because she has an insulin pump for her diabetes. the director is not helping by refusing to get specific about the pat down policy except to say it won't be changing. contrary to popular belief it is not just the attention seekers upset about this. the electronic privacy foundation filed a lawsuit as have two airline pilots. we all want to be safe. but what good is this powerful new scanner if all it does is ensure that more of us have to endure the full monty. four out of five approve but i'm betting most of them have not been on an airplane lately. the holiday season can be extremely stressful for a lot of us with the added demands of family reunions, house guests shopping and parties. but a local man developed a

cure for the holiday blues. . >> reporter: a friday evening happy hour without alcohol. this crowd is intoxicated with laughter. >> hahahaha. >> reporter: humor therapist chris myles serves it up. >> i think in the world that we live in it is critical that we use our sense of humor it deal with life's challenges. >> reporter: laughter also lowers blood pressure, relieves stress and three minutes of laughter has the same cardiac benefits of 15 minutes of rowing. >> i work in a very stressful environment with some very difficult people so i really needed it and really enjoyed it. >> reporter: whether a giggle or gafaw, laughter is contagious and free. >> it allowed me to let go. i just gave myself permission

to be totally and completely outrageous. the laughing took it over the top. >> i'm so lucky because i work with you. it is a constant laugh riot. >> exactly. find a laughter club in your area at our website wusa9.com. we asked our facebook fans what they thought was the most stressful part of this holiday season and kathy reed posted grocery shopping. katherine posted helping grandma cook dinner for 20 people. mary simmons hart agrees and said entertaining the family. terry williams said i don't think there is a stressful time. i enjoy being with the family and feeding them. >> well said, terry. >> you feel the same way, right? >> i do have a little stress when i deep fry the turkey. >> as a single guy it is no problem for me to go through

mcdonald's and a couple burgers. >> i know you go to your family's derek. >> i think number 8 is our lucky number. eighth nice weekend in a row. pretty good. for late november. not going to be 80 but will be comfortable. here are the temperatures right now. 30s and 40s. mentioned this earlier. i think the temps are just about done falling. winds shifted and picked up a little bit. what you see is what you get for the local. 38 in fairfax. still 40 in arlington. and still 40 in rockville and bethesd and downtown it is also 42. we do have mid-30s. i think they are done falling. okay, here is the deal. nice for november. it really is. in fact, eighth nice weekend in a row. i know it rained a little bit the very first weekend in october late sunday but 80% of that weekend was nice. it does appear it will be wet for your travel day or days. whether you do it tuesday or wednesday. and looks like it will be winter here by next friday. we will explain that coming up.

overnight clear skies cold. lows 32 to 42. winds turning southwesterly at about 10. saturday morning mostly sunny with a cold start. grab your sunglasses and light jacket. 30s and 40s. winds will pick up a little bit in the morning. southwesterly at 10 to 15 for a bit. by afternoon, though, not a factor. partly cloudy. milder. highs near 60. winds turn a little bit. northwesterly at 10. but it will not be breezy in the afternoon which means that 60-degree temperature will feel like 60. 61 in springfield. 59 in bowie. 60 in fairfax. maybe not quite 60 in sterling and leesburg. zone forecast. sunshine from the mountains to the coast and all six zones on our website. in the 40s in oakland. improvement over 30s today. mid-50s when you cross the

divide in upper cumberland. culpeper 61. leesburg, the plains, upper 50s will do it. but still very nice. you're close to 60. 60 downtown. 60 in gaithersburg. 59 in frederick. 60 as you head down into charles county and st. mary's county as well. 59 for annapolis. all the advisories expire at 10:00 a.m. in the morning. terps game is a night game so it will be chilly. temps will fall very quickly tomorrow night. cooler. 73 on sunday. still nice. monday cooler. day is mild on tuesday. do see showers and rain late tuesday. then a break on wednesday then another shot of rain late wednesday and wednesday night. showers linger on thanksgiving. back in the 50s. and then artic air powers in here thanksgiving night. we could see some white stuff flying friday morning with highs only near 42. >> not the white stuff? >> you know what, usually had

flurries around thanksgiving. it is actually about average. >> okay. >> we will take average. >> thank you, topper. sometimes you rock the red and sometimes the red gets rocked. and that's what happened. details from a beat down in the atl on a goalie who didn't even make it through the first 10 minutes of the game. and high school playoffs. huntingtown not so friendly to friendsly. wait until you see this. sports is next.

now 9sports. best sports in town. >> caps visited atlanta tonight for the first time since the goalie collapsed. doctors called it a fainting spell. he has been okay since. back between the pipes tonight. showing no ill effects. check him out. gut save. hat save. glove save. 22 saves. cap goalie not so good. gave up three goals in ten minutes then got yanked. thrashers thrashed them 5-0. memphis grizzlies. wizards. vasquez back in the hood.

and doing some window works. sweet move. five points, one assists for the former terp and smile. andray blatche had the yo yo dribble and crossover going. 17-9. wizards win 89-86. college hoops. maryland. third place game. terps down 10. make it 8. jordan williams flush with two hands. big hand. he had 15 and 13. they tried to force it to him at times and that back fired. off the turnover. brandon paul. illinois wins. high school football. the investigation is complete and the district has determined who is in the upcoming turkey bowl. and it is only one score between woods and liberty. who got it? and who is moving on. next. i love my curves.

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now the toyota dc high school report. >> what's up, everybody? briere woods seniors could not wait for the second season. dipping below 500 and missing the playoffs last year they were ripe this year. 53-7 in their playoff opener last week. now this week 19,000 of you voted for our game of the week and you got it. it is all yours. liberty briar woods. wonder if that kid ever got that paper off his face. 550 today we did a feature and what does a guy do when you do a feature on him? takes the screen. doesn't like one side. comes back the other way and takes it all the way to the

house. nicely done. and of course the crowd is all pumped up. liberty trying to get back in it. we also interviewed scott rowan out there and he is coming up big. doing an interview with channel 9. you have yourself a big game. great defensive struggle tonight. still 7-0. eagles rallying late. check this out. between two defenders. fly robin fly. up, up through the sky. nicely done. but, down the stretch the pass incomplete. and briar woods holding on. see it there. they win it 7-0. >> it was going to be a tough game. plug fest the first time we played and for these guys to fight and scratch and come out with a victory, it is a testament to their pride and their beliefs in the system. >> good job, coach. now we head up to the sky. loudoun valley at osborne. picked off by dominic mayo.

he is like the osmond brothers. brings it back 30 yards for the score. moving to the northwest region final. 41-21. alexandria we got washington lee at hayfield. pan going and so are the symbols. steven lynch pounding into the love shack. now up by two scores. not done. quarterback jason stewart. airing it out deep to sean towns end. they play stonebridge next week. back up to the air. second quarter. in the end zone. and it is caught by patrick baker. wrestles it away from the d.b. braddock coming back for the win. they play chantilly next week. talk about a much anticipated rematch. sherwood and gaithersburg met back on october 1st and what a game it was. g unit seemed to have it in

hand until a fourth quarter rally by sherwood led to a 17- 14 win. that was then, this is now. game 2. can the quarterback dance? yes, he can. big gain outside. out-of-bounds. takes a little breather her. next play. i'm going to do it general. why not run over a d.b. while you're at it. into the end zone. sherwood scores. but this time it is a gaithersburg rally. trojans win 21-20. >> you're watching toyota dc high school sports. >> hurricane warning in fort washington. at the eye of the storm. huntington wins 52-16. easy win tonight.

to the maryland 3a west final. third quarter. up 12-7. mark o'hara. rumbling, rumbling, rumbling. the red army not phased. they should have been. brandon phelts. it is that time where we determine who had the most injuries. back to the game of the week. liberty at brierewoods. alex carter. doesn't like the left side. so puts it down. flips it. and reverses it. to the right side. and he is going all the way. and they win it by a score of 7-0 tonight. some news here. dunbar will replace blue in the turkey blue on thanksgiving day. an investigation by dc public schools determined the knights used an ineligible player. got to thank all the men

and women that make this show happen behind the scenes and the cameramen out there in the elements all year long. take it away. the hayfield marching band. good night. so long, everybody. captions by: caption colorado, llc 800-775-7838 email: comments@captioncolorado.com

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