natasha pettigrew that in 2010 when she was riding her bike. place the jury deliberated for a little more than an hour tonight. prosecutors say they believe the jurors were swayed by the driver's action that night first going home and back to the scene of the accident, never identifying herself, going to the hospital trying to find out about the victim's condition before going to the police. >> guilty of felony hit and run charges. that is the verdict handed to christy littleford. prosecutors did not buy her story that she thought she hit a derer. >> this is a beautiful young woman who lost her life and was left on the side of the road in a very inhumane act. >> it happen on december 19 2010. natasha pettigrew was riding her bike training for a triathlon. the lawsuit and had taken a break from school to run for the u.s. senate as a green party candidate. christy littleford struck her and drove home. pettigrew mother sat through the two-day trial hearing for the first time the extent of her daughter's injuries. >> as a mom who loved her child, i

littleford claims she thought she hit a deer when she collided with pettigrew. >> there was a bicycle tangled under her car. >> reporter: the state's attorney's office says littleford's explanation didn't make sense. and with their verdict, the jury voiced their agreement. >> this was a beautiful young woman who lost her life and was left on the side of the road without -- in a very inhumane act. >> you couldn't find a more beautiful, compassionate, caring person. >> reporter: after the verdict, pettigrew's mother thanked prosecutors for their help in the case and the good samaritans who came to her aid after she was hit. >> i hoped she remains in contact with those two young ladies forever. >> reporter: but she was quick to say that in a case like this, there are no winners. >> because so many families have been devastated, we have all lost a little -- the littleford's have lost, i lost. there are no winners here. >> reporter: christie littleford faces a maxm of 10 years in prison when she's sentenced on august third. >> thank you, matt. >>> last night we were the first one to tell y

she hit natasha pettigrew while riding her bicycle and died the next day. sentencing is set for august 3. >>> the senate has rejected to different bills which would keep student loan rates low. if congress doesn't pass a bill by july 1, then the interest rates on federal student loans will double. the senate appears to be deadlocked in what else a partisan battle. lawmakers rejected dueling democratic and republican plans with both coming mostly along party lines. >>> fallout continues from the general services administration's $823,000 las

the woman she hit, 30-year-old law student natasha pettigrew, was an idealist, an athlete, and a green party candidate to represent maryland in the u.s. senate. >> even as this verdict is rendered, no one really comes out a winner because so many families have been devastated. we've all lost. the littlefords have lost. i've lost. >> reporter: on september 19th, 2010 pettigrew was on a training ride on route 202 in largo when she was hit by a cadillac escalade that kept going with her bicycle lodged under it. prosecutors say littleford's husband notice td when she got home. >> jury did not buy her explanation that she thought she hit a deer and that she went home and returned to the scene. the fact of the matter is that there was a bicycle tangled under her car with sparks flying from the bicycle. >> reporter: pettigrew's mother says she took great comfort from the actions of two strangers who stopped to help her dying daughter. >> i think it's harder to sleep at night knowing you that just kept going instead of stopping. >> just to know that i was there and she knew somebody was there

natasha pettigrew was riding her bike on route 202 when she was hit. this happened in september 2010. pettigrew was running for a seat in the u.s. senate and training for a triathlon. littleford's defense was that she thought she hit a deer so that is why she left the scene. she is facing more than 10 years in prison and will be sentenced in august. >>> bonuses are just one part of a new budget approved for prince george's county. the county council passed a $$2.7 billion spending plan yesterday. it does include a one-time bonus for most of the count you's 6,000 works. they have endured pay freezes for the past several years. al >>> today be a man who has confessed in one of the country's most famous missing child cases will go before a judge. the new york police department says pedro hernandez gave them a written confession that he killed 6-year-old etan patz on this day back in 1979. in fact this, day, may 25th was named national missing children's day back in 1983 in honor of etan. later this morning, we'll talk with yaky read who is working with th

natasha pettigrew was struck and killed. brad bell has more with what went on in court today. >> the photographic evidence may be the most important for the jury. the bicycle, the clear-and from her head on the driver's side had it. prosecutors say she had to do she hit pettigrew. >> i cannot imagine anybody would have been driving and thought they hit a big old der riding a bicycle. >> there is no dispute. on december 19 at 5:00, she was driving her escalated, hit pettigrew alogn route 202. she drove 2 miles home on a flat tire dragging the bike in the hallway. she maintained she thought she hit a deer until she got home and saw the bike. she is charged with hit and run. she is being sued also on behalf of the mother. a cox there is no way about it. she knew what she hit in she did not want to stop. >> she was taking a break from law school to run for the u.s. senate as the green party candidate. her mother says now she just wants justice done in her daughter par's a name. >> i want her to nome -- i want her to know my life

natasha pettigrew was riding her bicycle and christy littleford struck her and kept driving. christy littleford said that she thought she hit a deer, but jurors did not believe that story. >> this was a beautiful young woman who lost her life and was left on the side of the road without -- in a very inhumane act. >> prosecutors say she could receive up to 10 years in prison. natasha pettigrew's mother is filing a civil suit and sentencing will be august 3. >> the family of chuck brown and the office of vincent gray will honor the life of the "godfather of go-go. public viewing will be tuesday may 29 at the howard theatre. mourners can pay their respects. on thursday, a public memorial service will be held at the d.c. convention center in northwest from noon until 3:00 p.m., may 31. the public is urged to take public transportation because he parking will be limited and some streets will be closed. he died after suffering from pneumonia. he was 75 years old. 4:36. lehman brothers may no longer be a big player on wall street, but it is still untouchable. >> let's go to linda be

. >> 30-year-old natasha pettigrew had so much to live for. she of running for a seat in the u.s. say that and training for a triathlon. it was her passion for fitness that lured her onto route 202 on the day she died and was hit. the woman behind the wheel of that escalade that struck her is now facing 10 years in prison. when kenneth henry went to the seen to see where her daughter was hit on route 202 in september of 2010, crystal hayes showed up and gave her something she will always remember. at this very moment this mom who lost her only child in the accident learned that hayes stopped to comfort her critically injured daughter early this morning and stayed with her until help arrived. >> when it first happened, my major concern was that my daughter was on the side of the road by herself in the dark frightened, had no idea what was going on and it would be three days before i knew that someone was there with her. >> to me i just say god puts you in the right place at the right time. >> reporter: katara daughtry was with natasha, too, that morning and today both women were wi

pettigrew was running for u.s. senate in maryland as a green party candidate. >>> another campaign staffer for d.c. mayor vincent gray is waiting to learn his sentence now. howard brooks pleaded guilty yesterday to lying to the f.b.i. admitting he tried to conceal some payments that were made to sulaimon brown. both brooks and another aide thomas gore say brown was paid to keep up attacks on the incumbent then mayor adrian fenty. to this point mayor gray has not been implicated in the ongoing federal probe. >>> here we go again with d.c. councilman marion barry. he made nice with the asian community yesterday, but he offended another nationality in the process. he met with leaders of the asian american organization to apologize for some recent offensive comments he made. he did it last month. however, barry then said when he was explaining why many different groups of people met with hostility when they first came to the united states, he offended somebody else. >> the irish came her. the jews came here. pollocks c

pettigrew was running for a seat in the u.s. senate and training for a triathlon. she was riding her bike on route 202 when she was hit. littleford is facing two years and two months in prison when she is sentenced in august. >>> a sec member of mayor gray's 2010 campaign staff is coming clean. howard brooks who was a finance consultant pleaded guilty in court yesterday. brooks admitted he lied to federal investigators about payments made to another mayoral candidate. if convicted, brooks could get a maximum of six months in prison and probation. >>> d.c. council member marion berry continues to make headlines. the latest comments ironically came at a meeting he held to apologize to the asian-american community. as he spoke yesterday regarding a statement he made last month, he made this slipup. >> the jews caught hell, polacks caught hell. >> he was referring to people of polish heritage in that comment. berry and asian community leaders pledged to keep talking. >>> bonuses on the way for county employees for prince george's county. the council yesterday passed a

pettigrew was running for a seat in the u.s. senate and training for a triathlon. littleford is now facing 10 years and two months in prison when she is sentenced in august. >>> a pennsylvania family prepares for bury three of their own, a father and his two teenaged sons. they died after falling into a manure pit on a dairy farm in maryland's eastern shore. they apparently drowned in the pit sometime wednesday. their bodies pulled out overnight into yesterday morning. the father and his sons were mennonites who traveled each day to the kept county farm. >>> a second member of mayor vincent gray's campaign staff is coming clean. howard brooks, who was as you finance consultant during the 2010 race, pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday. brooks admitted he lied to federal investigators about payments made to another mayoral candidate. brooks' attorney says he regrets what he did. >> he realized that it was time to accept responsibility for what he had done. he realized he had made a very serious mistake in the way he had gone about handling this initially. he wa

christy littleford is convicted with the death of natasha pettigrew. >> as a mom loves her child, i could not fathom that she suffered some any injuries -- so many injuries and there was nothing i could do to take away the pain. >> natasha pettigrew a green party senate candidates. she was riding her bicycle when she was struck by christy littleford's sub. -- suv. she said she thought she hit a deer. littleford faces up to 10 years. >> marion barry apologize for making contreras to comments about the asian-american community. >> italians came here. italians came here. polacks came here. >> his loose lips offended some polish americans. many say the term is offensive. he should have known better than to use that term. barry has not apologized for these comments, but he did say he meant to just say poles. >> still ahead -- >> enough to watch everywhere. >> cameras are coming to the --. -- the area. >> take it easy on the roads. lisa baden another check on the morning commute. it will >> i am with the united states army drill team. good morning, washington. >> good morning. it might seem a b

pettigrew's mother is filing a civil suit. sentencing is on august 3. >> the family of chuck brown and the office of mayor vincent gray has finalized plans to honor the life of the "godfather of go-go." a public viewing will be held on may 29 at the howard here in northwest. is to pay their respects from 11:00 a.m. through 10:00 p.m. on may 31, a public memorial service will be at the d.c. convention center from noon until 3:00 p.m. the general public is urged to take public transportation to both events because parking will be limited and there will be street closures in the area. he died last week at johns hopkins hospital in baltimore after suffering from pneumonia. he was 75. the maryland public services commission says utility customers can defer the installation of smart meters for the time being. the commission goes the order affects bge potomac electric, and delmarva customers. consumers must notify their utility in writing that they don't want the meters installed. those who have them can tell the utility in writing n

she is charged of hitting pettigrew i n2010. littleford says she thought she hit a deer and kept going. pettigrerw's family disputed that. >> to the formation of the secret service scandal. the man in charge talk for the first time in public about the incident in south america. mark sullivan got a grilling from lawmakers. we also learned about previous issues involving the agency's passed with protecting the president. scott thuman has more. >> what if by allegedly bringing prostitutes into the hotel rooms, they somehow put the president's safety at risk. he insisted today that did not happen. he had to apologize for multiple -- >> g-20 alcohol -- i do not know the environment, these individuals did some really dumb things. >> and one of the more rare apologies these senators have heard, there is no excuse for a dozen agents allegedly party in the with prostitutes day before. >> i cannot explain why they would have done what they did. >> i continue to believe that the problem is broader than you believe it to be. >> especially i

pettigrew was a green party candidate for u.s. senate. >>> maryland republicans are opposed to july special session to discuss gambling expansion in the state. they say special sessions should only be called in times of crisis and that lawmaker need more time to consider the issue. prince george's county lawmakers want the state to expand gambling to include table games. the session is set to begin july 9. >>> 6:37. jessica doyle is with your daily money soap opera. >> the drama would be opo regarding face boog continues. what's new now -- facebook continues. what's new now? >> the people who paid too much could be getting some checks in the mail. and those checks would be signed by morgan stanley which of course was the lead underwriter for the . / po that fizzled. now it looks like the company will reportedly compensate investors who overpaid when they bought facebook stock. morgan stanley not saying what amount constitutes over paying for the stock. a source close to the discussions tells the associate the press the firm is rev

natasha pettigrew died. christy littleford claims that she hit a deer. family members have announced a memorial plans for chuck brown who passed away last week at 75. a public viewing will be held on tuesday, may 29 at howard theater. mourners can pay their respects until 10 at night a week from tonight -- until 10:00 at night. thursday, may 31 a memorial service from 12:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m. developers want to put walmart next to a montessori school. parents are concerned about the extra traffic that the walmart would bring to the neighborhood. despite the opposition, the board approved the plan after seven hours of testimony and discussion. the lawyer for the appearance says he will appeal. more money coming to prince george's county schools. to put $7 billion budget was passed. calls for increased school spending and using $18 million to give raises to teachers. the budget includes money for $3,000 bonus is, -- for $1,000 bonus is an $1,200 bonuses for county employees next year. metro leaders approving a new budget yesterday. to put $5 billion to h

the indians had killed davis and pettigrew's families, hall's two girls with them. they were young women. we saw the scalps they had taken, scalps of old women and children. the indians scalped an old grandmother, held it on a ram rod that it might be seen and aggravate the whites. they cut one woman open, hung a child that they had murdered in the woman's belly, that they had gutted. strong men wept at this, hard-hearted men cried. well, in short, lincoln and the other volunteers saw plenty to provoke them, but another volunteer, william greene, in an oral history interview given in 1865, very shortly after lincoln's death, recalled this from the blackhawk war. an old indian came to camp and delivered himself up showing us an old paper written by lewis cass stating that the indian was a good and true man. many of the men of the army said we have come out to fight the indians and, by god, we intend to. mr. lincoln got between the indian and the outraged men saying, men, this must not be. he must not be shot and killed by us. there's more than one witness to this eve

they're not engaged on july 2 but they are part of what really should be called the pettigrew charge on july 3. and it appears that at least two of their men made it farther than anybody else in the pettigrew charge. two young guys, one carrying the flag of the regiment and the union soldiers, some of these young guys charging along and they would not shoot them. they just surrounded them and pull them over the wall and capture them. the valor and courage, they just wouldn't shoot them down. this was in the midst of a bloody malay. at gettysburg, the 26th north carolina suffered 85% casualties imagine that, for every 10 soldiers engage, eight and a half art killed, wounded or captured. today, if an america we suffered 10% casualties we would them off line immediately if we could. we have lost the sense of the horrible -- i mean think about it. as a former soldier and conservative american i value every american life. i value every loss of limb and our current wars by three days at gettysburg, three days there are 160 some thousand men engage. i could be out by 10,000. we will really

littleford's defense was she thought she hit a deer and that is why she left the scene and left natasha pettigrew to die. littleford is now facing 10 years and two months in prison when she was sentenced in august. >>> a pennsylvania family prepares to bury three of their own, a father and his two teenaged sons. they died after falling into a manure pit on a dairy farm on maryland's eastern shore. they apparently drowned in the pit sometime on wednesday. their bodies were pulled out overnight into yesterday morning. the dad and his sons were mennonites who traveled each day to the kent county farm. >>> a big break in the case of a missing child in new york. etap patz disappeared 33 years ago today. now, police have arrested a map they say confessed to killing the child. fox's david lee miller has the latest on this. >> reporter: a man confessed he killed etan patz in 1979. pedro hernandez said he suffocated the boy. >> the nynex police department is announcing the arrest of pedro her nan daze for the murder of etan patz. hernandez confessed to choking etan 33 years ago tomorrow. >> hernandez work

natasha pettigrew was fatally struck by an suv while riding her bicycle in september 2010 bicycle in202 in largo. the driver christy littleford called police hours later apparently when she spotted a bicycle under her suv. she initially thought that she hit a deer. >> a maryland state trooper was shot and killed will be honored with a high with signed. in june of 2010 trooper first class wesley brown was working as a security guard part-time at and applebee's restaurant? when a man that he had removed from the restaurant china. cyril williams was sentenced to life in prison without parole. >> it's a rainy wednesday morning. >> still ahead a new twist in the trayvon martin shooting investigation if. key witnesses in the case are changing their story. >> and the results of a new poll asking which drivers are the worst? those in d.c., maryland, or virginia? >> we will get a traffic updates from lisa. adam caske >> wednesday, 4 traffic and weather every ten minutes. >> let's check with adam caskey. >> we will make it 4 for 4 as we go into tomorrow with more rainfall on the way. look at the

college student in a deadly hit-and-run. 43-year-old christie littleford hit and killed a natasha pettigrewhile she was riding her bike in largo in september of 2010. littleford said she thought she hit a deer and drove tall way home before discovering the mangled bike beneath her suv. prosecutors contend she had to know she hit a person when she left the scene. but the defense argued littleford went back to the scene and called the police after realizing what had happened. >>> a break for d.c. police in the case of a man beaten over a beer can dispute. police say that they identified a person of interest in the assault. security cameras caught part of the incident back on march 10 outside of a condo on w street northwest. the victim told police another man attacked him when he asked him to pick up an empty beer can outside of his building. the victim spent several days in the hospital and had to have his jaw wired shut. >> marion bare write says he's sorry and it is time to move on. the ward 8 councilman is trying to move past comments he made last month about asian businesses and filipino

pettigrew was running for a seat in the u.s. senate and training for a triathlon. she was riding her bike on route 202 when she was hit. >>> a pennsylvania family prepares to bury three of their own. a father and his two teenaged sons. they died after falling into a manure pit on a dairy farm in maryland's eastern shore. they apparently drowned in the pit some time wednesday. their bodies pulled out overnight and yesterday morning. the father and his sons traveled each day to the kent county farm. >>> to the big story grabs headlines today, a major break in one of the nation's most famous missing child cases. >> a man has confessed to killing 6-year-old etan patz, who disappeared 32 years ago today. today that man goes to court. sarah? >> 51-year-old pedro hernandez will be arraigned today. police say he has given them a written confession. it happened on the morning patz was walking to the school bus by himself. he said he lured him with the promise of a soda. he took the boy back to the store where he worked and hernandez said he there killed the child, and put t