he's 42-year-old william shelton. he was chairman of the anc in ward 5b. he pleaded guilty to fraud earlier this year. today the judge gave him 30 days in jail plus 150 days of home confinement and ordered him to repay that 28 grand. >>> oh, i god! >> today marks one year since a massive tornado devastated tuscaloosa, alabama. in the six minutes that twister was on the ground it killed 53 people and destroyed more than 7,000 homes. city officials say that left 1.5 million cubic yards of debris, debris that city is still struggling to clean up. >> most tornadoes hit a house, skip a house, hit a house. this thing was taking everything out, you know, 1/2- mile, mile wide. >> the ef4 tornado destroyed about 13% of that city. >>> that line of storms also spawned a deadly tornado in southwestern virginia the same day. four people died when twisters tore through washington county last april 27. today governor bob mcdonnell planned to visit the area to see how the recovery is coming along. >>> and the clean-up still underway in la plata, maryland 10 years after th

former anc commissioner is going to jail for misusing $28,000 in government money. 42-year-old william shelton a community leader in northeast d.c., pleaded guilty in january to fraud for using money for his own personal expenses. the judge sentenced him to 30 days in jail, 150 days on home confinement. he must pay the city back. >>> former d.c. council member hairy thomas is less than a week from learning if he'll go to jail for stealing public dollars meant for youth sports programs, comes as a d.c. council committee has given itself the power to force witnesses to testify under oath about how harry thomas was able to steal that money from a children's trust corporation. fox 5's matt ackland has the story. >> reporter: this could be the last week of freedom for former council member harry thomas who could be sentenced to several years in prison when he goes before a federal judge next week. >> there's no question the crime was committed and money was taken from children. >> reporter: friday mayor gray didn't weigh in on what thomas' punishment should be preferring to heavy that up to the cou

commissioner in the district sentenced to jail for misusing $28,000 in government money. 42-year-old william sheltonas a community leader in northeast d.c. he pleaded guilty to fraud for using the money for his own personal expenses. the judge sentenced him to 30 days in jail and 150 days on home confinement. he must also pay the city back. >> dc mayor says marion barry's comments on other races have no place in the district. most recently, the councilman and former mayor said he hopes more district residents would become nurses so hospitals didn't have to rely on immigrants. barry claimed some asian-owned restaurants were dirty. he responded on, ask the mayor. >> he needs to cease and assist. it doesn't help the city, it doesn't move us forward. we need to focus on the real problems. we are increasingly a diverse city and needs to be a place where everybody is respected and everybody has a chance to be successful. >> he has apologized. the embassy of the philippines called for him to apologize for those remarks. >>> chilly and breezy out there today. and rain is coming. so gary, how soon is that ra