she had to give officer barnhill $20.ourt documents state barnhill took naked photographs of her, paid to get her hair done for the date, and advertised her on a website commonly used to post ads or prostitution. police also interviewed a is a-year-old who says she met barnhill at a bus stop. she says barnhill set her up with a man to do sex acts. he turned himself in to police today. his neighbors are stunned. >> make me feel real bad. seems like you can't trust anybody these days. >> reporter: in a separate case last night officer mark washington's body was recovered in the water at hanes point. he was arrested on child porn charges last week, accuse of taking naked pictures of a teen girl while on duty. now tonight we're told that these cases are not related, but police chief kathy lanier says that both officers tarnished the entire department. again, police are questioning other officers, including linwood barnhill's roommate. >>> tonight three people are facing charges in connection with a shooting that injured a pol

barnhill is part of the police class of 1989 when d.c. police lowered standards to quickly hire 1,500 officers. mpd has struggled for years with some of those officers, but it is still unclear how barnhill with three sustained complaints against him remained on the force until the police officer ended up in jail. now the next hearing for officer barnhill is set for january 28th. investigators continue their work looking for more victims and potentially more suspects, too. reporting live in the newsroom bruce leshan, wusa9. >>> tonight in campaign 2013 it's over. republican state senator mark obenshain has officially conceded race for virginia attorney general to democrat mark herring. >> mark obenshain basically gave up at a news conference in richmond two hours ago. he basically held onto that hope for about six weeks, but today he conceded he just doesn't have the votes. election night was november 5th. today republican state senator mark obenshain conceding the vase for virginia attorney general. this was the -- race for virginia attor

lynnwood barnhill is accused of abusing teenagers. washington's body was pulled from the washington last night. officer washington was facing child pornography charges in a separate investigation. >>> robert griffin iii will be enactive for this sunday's game. head coach, mike shanahan named curt cousins the starter. rex grossman will be his backup. shanahan says benching rg3 will keep him healthy, but there's speculation that owner, dan schneider, could fire shanahan at the end of the season. >>> and it was an emotional day for tens of thousands of south africans who lined up for hours. the former south african president will lie in state for the next two days. he will be buried on sunday. >>> meanwhile, hundreds came to pay tribute to the late nelson mandela at a memorial service right here at the washington national cathedral today. >> vice president joe biden, other lawmakers and entertainers attended the service to remember mandela and surae chinn brings us more. >> . >> nelson mandela taught us trust is possible, reconciliatio

apartment of veteran officer linwood barnhill, jr. wednesday where they found him with two girls, one a 16-year-old run- away who claims she and other girls were being pimped out for prostitution by the officer. the girld barnhill advertised photos of her on the website back painpage.com. barnhill has been on limited duty, but chief lanier wouldn't say why. >> all i can tell you is for an injury. i can't discuss the rest. personnel prevents me from talking about certain details of. >> reporter: the raid on barnhill's apartment turned up evidence of prostitution including large containers of condoms, women's clothing and mirrors that may have been seen in one of those back page.com advertisements. >>> a federal judge ruled this afternoon that a of accused d.c. police officer marc washington can be -- that accused d.c. police officer marc washington can be released for electronic monitoring once he puts up the deed to his home for security. >>> police say two men approached a woman at front door of her house on varnum drive november 25t

they found a 16-year-old runaway in barnhill's southeast d.c. apartment last week as well as another victim who is 15 years old. >>> traffic is slowing again in the northbound lanes of the bw parkway. there was a double fate stahl crash early this morning -- fatal crash early this morning. it closed things down for nearly seven hours. the cause of the crash is still unknown. peggy fox has more. >> reporter: a double fatal crash shut down northbound lanes of the bw parkway for more than seven hours this morning. it happened in cheverly right at the exit to route 202. a white sedan flipped on to its roof after it hit a pickup truck that was apparently slowing to take the accident. >> we had two vehicles traveling northbound on the bat war washington -- baltimore- washington parkway at approximately 2:00 a.m. the sedan made contact with the truck and wound up overturning on the the northbound lanes ever the parkway. >> reporter: do you know if the sedan was speeding? >> at this point it's too early in the investigation to say whether speed or alcoh

also tolden detectives that she spoke to barnhill about modeling and engaging in sex for money. the lead investigator was on the witness stand. he indicated there is cell phone evidence that barnhill sent nude pictures of teenage girls for the intent to pander. he found several containers of condoms in the apartment. similar to what is found in a brothel or whorehouse. the defense attorney is trying to discredit the young victim. police she never actually engaged in sex acts and marijuana was found in a jacket of hers when she was found in that apartment. the judge did find probable cause, asking why young runaways were in his apartment to begin with. the officer described by the judge as a rogue officer will be held without bond until his next court appearance, january 28. abc 7 news. >> thank you. haslpeper sheriff's deputy been cleared of wrongdoing he after shooting a man to death. danielsapril, he shot after he pointed a gun. a group of deputies was trying to arrest him for driving 100 miles per hour. he is back on the job after being on paid administrative leave. area is a

police tell us when they found barnhill, they found him with the girls in his apartment. was smoking pot. we're live in the satellite center. back to you. >> thank you. >>> another d.c. cop, mark washington was facing child pornography charges. last night he was pulled from the potomac river at hanes point e died, taking his -- point. he died, taking his own life. with a tracking device, how could washington slip out unnoticed. on any given day in d.c., there are some 375 defendants awaiting trial equipped with those tracking devices. most are only monitored during day business hours. the threat to leave the house at any time and no one would know until the next day. >>> a senator's top assistant is behind bars charged with possess something and distributing child porn gray firefighter. he's the chief of staff for tennessee senator lamarr ax exander. investigatorred -- lamar alexander. investigators searched his home. the senator issued a statement saying he was stunned by the developments. he placed him on leave and has removed him from the government payroll. >>> seriou

she told police barnhill forced her into prostitution. and during today's hearing we learned a second young girl has also come guard saying he did the same thing to her. his lawyer ask he be sequestered from the rest of the jail population. mark segraves was in the courtroom. coming up, he will explain how barnhill allegedly operated this prostitution ring. and we're waiting to learn the official cause of death of the d.c. police officer accused of child pornography. 32-year-old mark washington died after being pulled from the washington channel in southwest washington near. he was arrested and charged with taking nude pictures of 15-year-old girl while on duty. >>> the lights are on for the majority of customers that lost power. novec, pepco, bg&e only have a handful of customers without electricity. >>> right now bone chilling temperatures are on the bway. the cold is taking a toll on us. but you know, our temperatures last night dropped down to the 20s. wasn't quite as low as i anticipated, and that gave us a higher start for the day t

barnhill surrendered to police last night. sources say other officers may be investigated, including his roommate who is also a d.c. police officer. now as far mark washington, we are waiting on the medical examiner for cause of manner and death. police have not said how he has died. as for barnhill, he will spend if next few nights in jail. his attorney ask he be kept separated from the general population at the jail until that court date. reporting live, mark segraves, news 4. and it will be february before we hear anything about a case that involving a missing teenager from virginia. 17-year-old alexis murphy. she disappeared in august in the charlottesville area. and today the judge approved a gag order request from the prosecutor in the trial of randy taylor who is charged in connection with her abduction. the prosecutor said he did that to ensure a fair trial. taylor is set to stand trial in february. authorities still haven't found alexis murphy. >>> there is new video now. this comes as the national transportation safe

a judge here says linwood barnhill seems to be a rogue cop, a flight risk and a danger to the community he ordered him held without bond. you don't think he's a ding to the community or -- danger to the community or flight risk? >> no. the judge has made his decision, so we'll continue with the case of. >> reporter: barnhill's lawyer tried unsuccessfully to get him out of jail at a hearing in superior court. the prosecutor pointed out issues with the cop going back years. an anonymous caller more than two years ago on may 17th, 2011, said the officer was smoking weed and running prostitutes out of his apartment on stanton road southeast. then in december 2012 he shot himself with his service weapon in his bedroom. finally this month the investigators arrested the company who has now been on the force for nearly a quarter century after finding a 16-year- old run-away inside. in d.c. bruce leshan, wusa9. >>> new tonight you might want to check your own credit card account if you recently shopped at target. thieves stole credit card and debit card information in what could be a huge securi

one big question still hanging over the case, how could linwood barnhill allegedly advertise children for sex on the country's second largest classified ads site? bruce leshan is here with more on that. >> the site is backpage.com and while activists have forced craigslist to stop openly advertising sex for sale on its site, backpage continues accepting pretty thinly veiled ads for prostitution including sex with children. police say they busted linwood barnhill with one 16-year-old in his apartment and they say he may have been prostituting more than a half dozen girls taking nude pictures of them and posting the images on backpage.com. critics say backpage is the largest source of adult services listings on the internet generating 3 to $4 million a month in revenue and it has been implicated over and over and over again in cases of child sex trafficking. the new york times interviewed a young woman named bryanna who says her pimp sold sex with her on backpage starting when she was just 16. >> backpage makes it easier because the men can buy whatever they need and they can buy rugs f

then there's linwood barnhill jr. so far he's not facing criminal charges, but earlier this week police searched hills southeast d.c. apartment and found a 16-year-old female run- away. she claims barnhill force heard and other girls to work as prostitutes. detectives found a box of condoms and other evidence inside that apartment consistent with the allegations. the cases are not related police say. on top of all that dozens of d.c. police officers have been arrested in the last 3 1/2 years. tonight we are asking questions about that department's hiring standards. hope you have some answers. >> police departments and their officers wield an enormous amount of power and trust in the community. that's why it's important to hire responsible capable officers who have high ethical standards. some suggest d.c. police are not always doing that. when police officers are the ones getting arrested -- >> it's an indication of a serious problem. >> a recent washington examiner report highlights the more than 90 arrests of d.c. o

they say police are investigating barnhill in connection with a prostitution ring. he's not been charged with wrong doing. he would not talk with news 4 when we knocked on his door earlier. i'm mark segraves with channel 4 news. can we talk to you about what happened last night? no? now officer barnhill who has not been charged with wrong doing has been placed on non-contact status while the investigation continues. as for officer washington, he could be released tomorrow pending a future trial date depending on what fbi agents find in a search. sources tell nbc 4 the two cases could be related. row porting live at u.s. district court, mark segraves, news 4. >> thank you. meanwhile, our coverage of the meanwhile, our coverage of the death of i started part-time, now i'm a manager.n. my employer matches my charitable giving. really. i get bonuses even working part-time. where i work, over 400 people are promoted every day. healthcare starting under $40 a month. i got education benefits. i work at walmart. i'm a pharmacist. sales associate. i manage produce. i work in

missingators say the teen told them barnhill took shots of her naked in sparkly heels. he also told her her hooker name would be juicy. backsted the photos on page.com, a prostitution site. >> they are here to protect the citizens. it makes no sense. >> his attorney asked that he be held away from the other inmates in the d.c. jail and he will remain behind bars until friday when he makes another court appearance. stephen tschida, abc 7 news. more trouble tonight for senator lamar alexander's chief of staff. he's been charged with dealing in child pornography. we were in southeast washington andy as u.s. postal service police escorted him out of his home in handcuffs. a raided his home early this morning and removed several boxes of evidence along with we all haved senator alexander's reaction to the arrest. >> thousands lined up today in pretoria, south africa to pay final respects to nelson mandela. is lying in state in the same amphitheater where he was sworn in as the country's first black resident. leon harris lead their team coverage from pretoria tonight. good ev

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apartment of veteran officer linwood barnhill jr. yesterday. he was found with two girls, one a 16-year-old run-away who claimed she and other girls were being pimped out for prostitution by the officer. >> it only takes one cop to do one thing like this to shake everybody in our community. the hard part for this is i've had three cops shot in the line of duty this year to protect strangers because that's wh 99.9% of my police department does every single day. >> reporter: scott broom, wusa9. >>> tonight police think they have a line of the men suspected in a string of burglaries from 15 businesses on thanksgiving day. prince george's county police released these photos late this afternoon, surveillance cameras having caught the suspects stealing cash in places along annapolis road and investigators don't think it's their first time. >> i think the thing that stands out about this investigation is this isn't just strictly a prince george's county investigation. this is a regional effort to bring a pretty organized group of criminals to justice.

also in that class was officer linwood barnhill jr. he's the man now sitting in jail, d.c. police officer, accused of running a prostitution ring out of his apartment. in northeast debra alfarone, wusa9. >>> up in frederick, maryland, another cop accused of being on the wrong side of the law, this one deputy todd joya, a seven year vet arrested today as part of a burglary investigation. sheriff charles jenkins says he's extremely angry for the second time in the past week his agency's reputation has been tarnished by actions of off-duty deputies. last week one of his other deputies was arrested for assault. >>> the winner is mgm resorts international. that company won the rights today to build a multimillion dollar casino and hotel on the banks of the potomac river at national harbor. >> reporter: i'm scott broom in baltimore with a special state commission that ended the debate today on where to put a casino in prince george's county. they picked mgm and national harbor. this is the animation provided by mgm of its proposed nearly $1 billion hotel and casino development. a

as to officer barnhill, he remains behind bars and he is back in court on friday. for now, roz plater, abc 7 news. developing news out of the office of u.s. senator lamar alexander. this evening, he announced his chief of staff is no longer on the payroll. he was arrested at his home in southeast washington today accused of dealing in child pornography. they walked out with computers as well as bags and boxes of evidence. they say they are stunned. >> he was a quiet guy. he was a good guy, a good neighbor. >> i've never seen children by here. >> he is been his chief of staff for two years. the republican senator from tennessee released a statement saying he is stunned, surprised, disappointed. under the thousands in south africa painter view to the man who ended up, nelson mandela. former president now lies in state. leon harris poked people in pretoria who waited hours in line to pay their respects. >> today was the first day that nelson mandela's body was driven through the streets of pretoria for people to say goodbye. they lined the streets this morning and the

police arrested officer lynnwood barnhill, jr., today. they found a 16-year-old run away in his apartment last week. she says the officer was setting her up with tricks for $80 a pop. detectives say they later found a 15-year-old who says the same officer picked her up at a bus stop, took nude pictures and convinced her to have sex for money. >>> another d.c. cop is dead tonight. apparently taking his own life after being charged with child pornography. mark washington was under electronic monitoring which has us wondering why no one knew he left his house in waldorf, maryland, before he ended up in the water in d.c. >> i'm andrea mccarren. mpd officer, mark washington, was equipped with a gps monitoring device and under home confinement as of yesterday morning. but less than 12 hours later, his lifeless body was plucked from thefrigid waters of the potomac water. >> an unattended vehicle left on the scene. >> it is extremely rare to monitor a defendant 24/7. unless that person is a flight risk or a public safety threat. in most cases, ps

a judge here says linwood barnhill seems to be a rogue cop, a flight risk and a danger to the community. he ordered him held without bond. you don't think he's a danger to the community or flight risk? >> no. the judge has made his decision, so we'll continue the case. >> reporter: barn hill's lawyer tried unsuccessfully to get him out jail in a hearing at superior court. the prosecutor pointed out issues with the cop going back years. an anonymous caller more than two years ago on may 17th, 2011, said the officer was smoking weed and running prostitutes out of his apartment on stanton road southeast. then on december 18th, 2012 he accidentally shot himself with his service weapon in his own bedroom. finally this month the investigators arrested the cop who has now been on the force for nearly a quarter century after finding a 16-year-old run- away inside. in d.c. bruce leshan, wusa9. >>> still ahead a long time washington redskin says after the season he is perhaps done. who might that be? top. >> a relatively cold night, but a pretty average day. we'll show you the numbers. 44 was the

part of that whole wave of hiring, officer linwood barnhill jr. we've been reporting on him all week, the d.c. come sitting in jail now accused of -- cop sitting in jail now accused of running an underage prostitution ring. >>> virginia's health secretary is recommending changes to the state's mental health protocol. governor bob mcdonnell directed the secretary to look into the matter after last month's attack on state senator creigh deeds. that lawmaker's son stabbed and wounded him, then committed suicide. hours before the attack the family tried to seek emergency psychiatric care for that young man. the health secretary's proposed changes would make it simpler for state run programs to deal with those sorts of mental health emergencies. >>> today president obama faced roarers for what could be the last time -- reporters for what could be the last time in 2013. the president answered question. s about the affordable care act, nsa spying -- questions about the affordable care act, nsa spying and legislative questions for 2014. >> reporter: presi

police say that barnhill had been investigated on similar charges back in 2011 but that investigation came up empty. >>> another man in our area also accuse of running a prostitution ring from his jail cell. police tell us lenny haskins contacted at least two prostitutes from the fairfax adult center. those prostitutes worked out of the best western hotel in rockville. money earned from their activities was funneled into e commissary account in jail. new tonight, we've learned of a jailhouse phone call turned an armed robbery case into a much more serious crime. 20-year-old dequaun tyler was one of three men convicted in a new year's day armed robbery near the tacoma park metro station. today tyler was convicted on additional charges of witness intimidation. that charge stems from a jailhouse phone call where tyler is heard threatening to hurt any one of his partners in crime if that person testified against him in court. tyler is already serving prison crime connected to that robbery. >>> tonight security cameras can hold the key to explaining why two school buses in fairfax county j

officer forty seven year old linwood barnhill was arrested today and linked to a child prostitution ring after authorities found a missing sixteen year old girl in his apartment d.c. police are now looking into the possibility of more victims. and new york governor andrew cuomo recently released the commission to investigate public corruption this report calls out hypocrites exposes corruption within politics tonight's resident investigates more take a look. earlier this year new york's governor cuomo made up this thing called the commission to investigate public corruption the commission headed by a new york politician named kathleen rice what turns out is a big old hypocrite the commission just released their first self-righteous report where they expressed outrage at all the corruption going on its spewers other politicians naming them outright and accusing them of them basil and misusing funds you name it the reports ben declares that while all of this conduct by public officials is wrong it's also be legal so the document goes on to detail how to fix these deplorable yet middle acti

officer forty seven year old linwood barnhill was arrested today and linked to a child prostitution ring after authorities found a missing sixteen year old girl in his apartment d.c. police are now looking into the possibility of more victims now these stories of abuse and misconduct among d.c. police officers come just as the pardon is dealing with criticism over how it handles sexual assault cases that was a topic of a report released this year by human rights watch now to discuss more about this issue i'm joined by sara dirt sure it senior counsel of the u.s. program of human rights watch and the author of this report capitol offense police mishandling of sexual assault cases in the district of columbia a sarah welcome the show so to be clear your report focused on d.c. police mishandling sexual assault cases not on d.c. police actively being a part of sexual assault cases but given what you've learned about the police force on this issue do these or arrests that i talked about in the intro of sexual misconduct in the like surprise you they don't entirely surprise me because what we f

officer forty seven year old lynn wood barnhill was arrested today and linked to a child prostitution ring after authorities found a missing sixteen year old girl in his apartment d.c. police are now looking into the possibility of more victims. and that does it for now for more on these stories we covered go to youtube dot com forward slash r.t. america check out our website r t dot com for its last year said you can follow me on twitter at sam sachs stay tuned boom bust is next. i play as street cleaner who's in love with a waitress i go on stage managing that there's an audience i used to take drugs and drink like a fish. the middle east told me about the circus but i was such a punk i was like what circus. school or circus of clinton's gonna and would break down stereotypes about kids from disadvantaged backgrounds. put it under full strong arming a lot of these college face i describe you know. a pleasure to have you with us here on t.v. today i roll researcher. i've got a quote for you. it's pretty tough. stay with sob story. if this guy like you would smear that guy stead of wo

detectives say barnhill advertised the girl for sex online.e's charged with running a prostitution ring. >>> before the end of the year, the federal government will pick six states to test drones. the flying devices are growing in popularity for personal and commercial use. one big concern is how to safely integrate them into our busy air space. danielle leigh joins us with more on the case. >> hi. we're talking about allowing thousands of these unmanned devices into the sky. some concerns are who should be able to fly them, how to avoid them. >> chris and his friends fly drones for sports, filming landscapes like this snow capped nature preserve in virginia. but chris is dreaming of much more. >> one day these drones will be ubiquitous. we'll have little robot helpers doing all sorts of tasks for us. >> congress asked the faa to identify six test sites to study the safety of commercial drones. 24 states have applied for a spot. the goal is to allow drones for commercial use by 2015. at oklahoma state university, students are studying how dron

enforcement sources tell us there could be a link between the washington case and the search of barnhill's home. reporting live from u.s. district court, mark segraves, news 4. >>> cathy lanier put out this statement saying the department is concerned about the recent allegations of agregregious conduct. they conduct audits and investigation of conduct on duty and off duty. the misguided actions of a few, in no way reflect the professionalism and integrity of the department. >>> we continue to follow breang news this hour on the death of former south african president, nelson mandela. president obama is set to make a statement in a few minutes about the death of mandela that happened this afternoon, not unexpected. he had been sick for a lengthy period of time. we know family and friends gathered at his bedside earlier today anticipating he might pass and he has the word confirmed by current south african president jacob zuma. >> the president and his family were in africa in june. nelson mandela was too ill to receive them. they were able to visit the jail cell where he spent so many year