carlos bell was a teacher's aid here.wo weeks ago, he was indicted on 44 counts of filming child pornography. police also say he sexually abused children. they also say he intentionally gave some hiv. in a meeting here, parents blamed administrators for not doing enough. bell was fired in january, but parents did not know of allegations against bell until he was arrested in june. i got a big rise here out of yonelle lee. her daughter is about to be in 7th grade here. she told superintendent, kimberly hill, to resign. >> i'm truly disgusted and disappointed. this is a parent's nightmare. i don't want to bring my child back here. i'm terrified. >> students will be safer when classes start august 28. offices have been moved. staff has been increased and cameras have been installed. by the way, our cameras were not let inside. the fear was that some of bell's victims could be in the audience. police say there are 24 victims in all, but 11 have not yet been identified. in waldorf. >> carlos bell was a volunteer high school tra

carlos bell is accused of victimizing 24 boys and attempting to transmit hiv.cials warn there could be more victims out there. i'm working on a full live report in the next 15 minutes. >>> the day's long search for a missing loudoun county family has ended in heartbreak. the bodies of courtney ash, her son and his cousin were found in a creek in leesburg. sh lost control during stormy weather that hit a guardrail. it was found overturned in the water yesterday afternoon. >>> prince william county police need help finding this man. bruce graham ii left his home in bristow around 2:00 p.m. yesterday. police believe he may need help. if you see him, call police. >>> the olympic games are coming back to the u.s. and you will just have to wait a bit. los angeles will host the summer games in 2028. this will be the third time the city has hosted the olympics. l.a. will receive $1.8 billion for hosting. >>> the last few days have been violent in the district. now, police are investigating yet another shooting. >>> shots rang out around 4:30. this happened on pond stre

carlos bell faces more than 100 charges now. there are at least 24 victims. prosecutors warn there could be more on this a few minutes. >>> new information about russia's retaliation against the u.s. >> angie goff at the live desk for us. angie? >> aaron and eun, we have brand new video into the live desk out of moscow. take a look. it shows we have personnel here and also have some trucks there that are being loaded with furniture that belonged to diplomats leaving the grounds of the u.s. embassy in moscow. this after russia's president, vladimir putin ordered that the u.s. cut 755 of the staff stationed there. this in response to pending u.s. sanctions against the country. back in december, the obama administration ordered two diplomatic compounds, one in the eastern shore in maryland for alleged meddling in the 2016 election. >>> angie, thank you. 5:04. turning to the white house where aides will likely face a long day of new questions in russia post" article. the report says that president trump himself dictated his son's original statement last month on

former teacher's aide and coach carlos bell is accused of sexualy assaulting at least 24 students, and producing child porn. he's admitted he's h-i-v positive. we spoke with one man who says his godson is one of bell's victims. school officials now plan to install more cameras in hallways. they'll add an administrator, and two teachers to reduce class size. more psychologists will be there at the school year. we are learning more about an incident that forced a jetblue flight to make an emergency landing. two crew members were hospitalized wednesday after smelling an odor and falling ill on a flight from boston. the plane was forced to land in south carolina. jetblue said the plane was inspected and the sickening odor turned out to be nail polish remover. in the past two months -- three other jetblue flights have made emergency landings because someone on-board got sick. in the day ahead-- there has been a change of plans as prince george's county prepares to honor nba star kevin durant. here's what we know. it was supposed to be an all-day event in seat pleasant. instead -- the parade

the indictment includes allegations carlos bell abused two dozen boys, who were younger than 14-years old, while he worked at "benjamin stoddert middle school." police say they are still building their case, and more charges are possible. shortly after the new indictments were announced the benjamin stoddert middle school principal kenneth schroeck was reassigned. the 7 on your side i-team - is digging deeper into this case. bell's indictment was delayed for months because of a backlog at a digital crime lab. we checked in about what's being problem. state senator susan lee- told 7 on your side- the labs need funding to hire staff and update equipment - but it's a challenge to get fellow lawmakers on board. there are 2 million dollars set aside for digital crime there are 2 million dollars set aside for digital crime labs. but detectives say more needs to be done. we are learning new details about the police response to the ballpark ambush. a new bloomberg report-- alleges that capitol police initially deployed to the wrong location! citing anonymous sources -- bloomberg reports that

anything was going on. >> the father and daughter are asking themselves how did they miss what carlos bell was capable of. bell was his daughter's track coach here at ben ja man stoddard middle school. he's now facing 114 -- i think i'm a good judge of character, military and all that, i wasn't with him. >> he's always messed with us and joked with us. i didn't know he was that type of person. >> predators are often magnetic and charismatic. that is how they get their prey next to them. >> hard time getting victims to come forward in the bell case. she says, there are many reasons why. >> so parents may actually just not want to come forward because they just don't want to deal with anything more than what they're forced to now deal with. >> johnson says some parents also may not know their child was a victim. she says the key to finding out is to first empower them. >> you can present a scenario, you know, and say, you know, if someone were to touch you in these places, then -- and you didn't want it. you didn't do anything wrong. >> the principal at benjamin stoddard was reassigned and n

anna-lysa: their fears come as a former instructional assistant carlos bell is behind bars.is hiv-positive is accused of assaulting at least 24 students. >> he should not be allowed to change schools. anna-lysa: the superintendent said that changes are coming to the middle school, including more cameras and always. reduced class sizes and more psychologists at the beginning of the school year. that thek superintendent hill needs to resign. anna-lysa: bell was indicted on sexualnts, ranging from abuse to child pornography. superintendent hill says yes no plans of residing as long as the board chooses to have her. anna-lysa gayle, abc 7 news. brian: the first forecast at 11:00, five days and counting until the solar eclipse. tonight we had a lovely shower moving through. warm temperatures of the 70's, low 80's downtown right now. by about 6fog cast a.m., we can have dense fog settling in. we want to keep a watch on that tomorrow. once that burns off, warm and muggy, upper 80's, with a chance of showers in the afternoon. the forecast coming up. alison: meanwhile, this developin

carlos bell is now facing more than 100 charges. an indictment against him includes 119 counts related to 24 boys younger than 14. that's more than twice as many victims police initially identified. bell worked at benjamin stoddert middle school. he revealed, he's h-i-v positive. trying to find out if there are more victims. so far, there's no indication any of bell's alleged victims contracted h-i-v. after yesterday's announcement, benjamin stoddert middle school's principal was reassigned to the school district's office of supporting services. it's august first and that means were getting closer to the start of school coming up - seven is on your side to help you save before you start shopping. but first - a chance of rain to start the month of august. veronica johnson is timing it out next. but first, before it's got this creamy sortpanion of light, fluffy texture. a little bit of acidity. a little bite to it. it makes a tomato taste more like a tomato. it makes bacon taste more like bacon. it makes everything that it's with bett

recent months, local police have arrested a series of unlicensed educators in our area, including carlos bell, a charles county school's instructional aide pleaded not guilty to charges of sexually abusing at least two dozen students. and deante, a former elementary school aide who has pleaded guilty to federal charges accused of sexually assaulting elementary school kids to create child porn. >> are they able to groom a kid as well as a licensed teacher who sees a kid 50 minute as day? >> they are oftentimes more better able to groom kids. >> because they may have more access to the students outside the classroom. >> those people are often alone more one on one and often have intimate relationships with kids because they're helping kids who have been acting out or talking to kids about why they've been acting out. >> police arrested montgomery county school security guards and found that virginia nor maryland state law requires school security guards get licensed. only prince george's which uses licensed police in their schools does so. >> told you so. >> that's why this mom says she's been

the sex abuse case against carlos bell is building. >>? what's going on at the school tim: so was anger from parents who knew bell. >> they just knew something was funny about them. tim: charles county prosecutors slapped him with 100 new counts. >> the investigation is not concluded. tim: it includes allegations that bill who is hiv-positive abused two dozen boys younger than 14 years old while working at benjamin stoddard middle school. so far there is no indication any of the boys contracted hiv. >> something about this case to contact the sheriff's office. tim: after the announcement, the middle school principal was reassigned to the district's office of supportive services, which is just fine for these upset parents. >> why did this have to happen? what could have been preventing it? tim: the executive director of schools is temporarily taking over here for the school principal. the executive will have a meeting with parents on august 16. live in charles county, tim barber, abc 7 news. alison: the 7 on your side i-team digging deeper

former teacher's aide and coach carlos bell is accused of sexualy assaulting at least 24 students, and producing child porn. he's admitted he's h-i-v positive. we spoke with one man who says his godson is one of bell's victims. school officials now plan to install more cameras in they'll add an administrator, and two teachers to reduce class size. more psychologists will be there at the beginning of the school year. a vigil will be held tonight in memory of a teenage girl who was shot last thursday in northeast d.c. 17-year-old jamahri sydnor died saturday of her injuries. police say the bullet was intended for someone else. a suspect is in custody. tonight's vigil begins at eight.. at brookland manor at 14th street and saratoga avenue in northeast d.c. d.c. public schools reopen monday, including duke ellington school of the arts in georgetown. that school has undergone a three-year renovation project. the school now has state-of the art dance and music studios, a rooftop terrace, and an 850-seat multimedia auditorium. but the school is reopening more than a year behind schedule.. and

carlos bell was a teacher's aide and coach at benjamin stoddert middle school. he's accused of sexually assaulting several boys.. and producing child porn. he's admitted he's h-i-v positive. an information parents is set for tonight at benjamin stoddert middle school in waldorf. the meeting begins at seven p.m. a "7 on your side" health alert: and traces of west nile virus -- found in a mosquito, trapped in hyattsville. pesticide spraying will happen tonight, in the area. we posted details about that at wjla dot-com. no human cases of west nile... have been reported- but you're urged to take precautions and avoid bites. coming up - the solar eclipse on social media.. how this year's eclipse will be viewed by more people than ever. and a foggy wednesday.. stormwatch seven is tracking the adivosry in effect right nwo. shared event in human history.. thanks to social media. the last total solar eclipse in the u.s. was in 19-79.. way before that technology was available. for monday's eclipse, you may want to download some apps, such as "totality" and "exploratorium.

carlos bell is facing 119 counts linked to the abuse of 24 boys. today parents expressed frustration with cool leadership. >> where was this taking place that none of the teachers or staff said or did anything. >> bell is hiv positive and accused of deliberately trying to transmit the virus to students. >>> a florida man is charged with three counts of assault outside a d.c. restaurant. it began with a comment made about his h aga again." jackie bensen has new details tonight. >> reporter: it was sharked by a h -- sparked by a hat like this and ended with two people in the hospital. one of the victims is concerned for her safety and asked we not use her name. the women listed as victim two in the police report in the incident disputines the police report. she, her husband and a male friend were in the grill fish recent when she commented about a hat on another patron. >> asaid make america great again, he might have overheard that. and the only other thing he said is that he's with three women. >> the man left the before them but he was with his fa

anthony covington, pleading with the public to step forward in the sexual assault case against carlos bell, a former school aide who is hiv positive. bell now faces more than 100 charges stemming from a child pornography investigation. the number of his alleged victims, all students, has more than doubled. >> there are 24 victims in this indictment. 13 of those have been identified. 11 have not been identified. >> investigators believe bell targeted mostly boys underage 14, and that many of the alleged sex crimes were committed at stoddard middle school. again, if you know anyt your child could be a victim, please contact charles county police immediately. >>> jurors are deliberating for a second day at the federal security fraud trial of former pharmaceutical company ceo martin shkreli. the defense says investors got their original investment back and even made heavy profits. the former biotech ceo is best known for hiking up the price of a life saving drug and for trolling his critics on social media. if convicted, he could face up to 20 years in prison, but likely would receive far less

this change comes after investigators filed new charges against former teachers aide carlos bell.he's facing 119 counts linked to the abuse of 24 boys over the course of more than two years. parents want to know how so much abuse could go >> where was this taking place at that none of the teachers or staff or anybody that worked there said anything or did anything? >> now, bell is hiv positive. he's accused of deliberately trying to transmit the virus to students. the charles county school district is using a new website to help both students and teachers recognize sexual harass am. >> there's links to prevention resources and you can find that on nbc washington app by searching protect kids. justin finch will have a live report on why the sheriff says there could be each more victims out there. >>> 4:29 now. let's check in with angie goff at the live desk with a brand new fire overnight. angie, what's going on? >> eun, aaron, good august 1st to you. good morning. this fire started after most of you went to bed. we've been following it closely. this is what we know. d.c. fire crew

carlos bell a former teacher's assistant now faces more than 100 charges. many of the alleged sex crim middle school where -- stoddard middle school with he was working. investigators believe he targeted mostly boys under age 14. a bill clinton board meet -- public board meeting is set for tonight and the case will likely be a topic of discussion. another meeting for parents is next wednesday. >>> the family of one of three marines killed when their helicopter crashed off the coast of australia is breaking their silence. 23 other troops on board the osprey were rescued saturday. crews continue to search for the bodies of the three men killed. a rough couple of days for the family of first lieutenant benjamin cross. his mother says the 26-year-old was a skilled dedicated pilot. >> we have so many awesome memories but to know that we will never make any more with him is unbearable. >> the wore men presumed dead are 19-year-old pfc have wills key of los angeles and kansas. recovery and salvage operations will take several months. boeing says it's unlike any ai

returned a 119 count indictment against an hiv positive public school aid, the charges against carlos belllude filming child pornography, distribution of marijuana, child sexual abuse and knowing transmitting hiv. there were 24 victims. all of them boys. police believe there may be more victims out there. bell's former neighbors say they're shocked by the charges. >> i'm glad that something was done. and i do not like that it was right on a road that he was here. i did not know m. >> i seen him walking up and down the street because his sister used to live here with her daughters and son. he was back and forth >> if convicted bell faces life in prison. >>> a call for answers in the district. nearly a year after a deadly police shooting. friends and family gathered at 3rd and m in northwest to remember terrance sterling, a police officer shot and killed sterling at that intersection last september after he crashed his motorcycle into the side of the officer's cruiser. today, would have been sterling's 32nd birthday. a grand jury convened to investigate last career and there's no word when i

the school system scheduled meetings at stoddard middle school after the arrest of carlos bell. bell is the former teacher's assistant who worked there and now faces more than 100 charges accused of having students engage in pornography. tonight's meeting starts at 7:00 at the school on st. thomas drive. parents of students who may have known bell received letters about a previous meeting and the one tonight. >>> we've been telling you for weeks, do not watch the solar eclipse without proper eye protection. coming up, hear from one man who did and how it life forever. >>> and he survived the holocaust. now a d.c. man gives his perspective on the country's climate for the removal of confederate monuments and sometimes frightening rhetoric that it's causing. don't let dust and allergens get between you and life's beautiful moments. flonase outperforms the #1 non-drowsy allergy pill. it helps block 6 key inflammatory substances that cause symptoms. pills block one and 6 is greater than 1. flonase changes everything. >>> many of those people were there to protest the taking down of

carlos bell is charged with abusing at least 24 boys while he worked for charles county public schools. he's also accused of trying to transmit hiv to his victims. bell worked at benjamin stoddert middle school. he also coached track at laplata high school. >>> tonight families and businesses are cleaning up after a tornado touched down in maryland yesterday. we sent you breaking news alerts this afternoon as officials condition firm it was an ef 1 tornado that hit salisbury yesterday. cars overturned and trees all of this happening off of a busy road near salisbury university. take a look. the path of destruction was about a mile long in this area right here. amelia has the science behind the twister, but first, let's go to megan fitzgerald with the impact. megan. >> reporter: where we are right now is along princeton avenue in the neighborhood that's hardest here in a town of salisbury. the national weather service says they came out here, they looked at a lot of the damage. but, specifically, they look at things like the circumference of a snapped tree, they were able to conclude ju

this comes after carlos bell, a former teacher's aid was charged with child sex abuse. bell is accused of creating child porn and abusing kids inside the school. he told police he is hiv positive. tonight's meeting gets underway in about 45 minutes at the school. >>> we have been telling you about brown water at houses in our area. if you have had a close encounter with it you know how i felt when i found brown stains all over a load of white laundry at my house. i shared my frustration in a tweet to the sanitary commission asking why they can text me about every little repair in my neighborhood but didn't warn me about the discolored water. the company responded saying it would add such warnings to text alert system which they did today. the brown water issue was caused organic material like dead leaves into the potomac river. the brown color is a reaction to chemicals that disinfect the water. the water is safe to drink despite its off putting color. look what i got today after tweeting. they sent me a gift basket with a bunch of boxes of rust remover. this is the ant

this comes after carlos bell, a former teacher's aide was charged with child sexual abuse. he is accused of creating child porn and abusing kids inside the school. >>> your next phone call on metro should go a little smoother. the transit agency says wireless voice and data services now available in tunnels, on a chunk of the blue, orange, and silver lines. that includes the nearly four-mile stretch between metro center and stadium armory. metro hopes to have wireless coverage in all of the tunnels throughout the rail system by the end of 2020. >>> today, there's an effort to protect you and your family from a serious disease. the city of hyattsville discovered traces of the west you'll see crews spraying around town tonight. if you live in those areas, you should shut your windows starting at 7:30 and protect your plants and pets as well. >>> owning a luxury home might be something you've always dreamed of. picture a big house, huge yard, probably a huge price tag, right? that's where you're wrong. at least that's what we're hearing now. diana shows us how you can live lik

on the minds of many parents, carlos bell, the former county school aide at the center of an expanding child sex abuse scandal. >> it's sad. you know, you would think that an adult, anybody, would, you know, wouldn't do something like that to a kid. it's just sad. >> these and now you have to have almost going in the school some really tough conversations. is that what you now have to do as a parent and will do? >> of course. support that 125%. >> reporter: bell was arrested about a month ago, then yesterday the charles county state's attorney released bell's indictment with blistering details about the investigation. at least 24 victims have been identified, though 11 have not yet come forward. 119 charges against bell have been filed, n this sex assault and child born probe. in custody, bell reportedly revealed he's hiv positive. the former school aide and track coach first began working in charles county back in 2014. the county states attorney spoke monday about this now-intricate investigation. >> every time you interview a witness, there's more witnesses to talk to. >> reporter:

carlos bell faces 100 counts and deliberately trying to infect them with hiv. tracy you have been covering the story and one of the questions everybody is asking, of course, is how parents and others could have missed this? how it could have gone on for two years without being exposed? how did teachers and administrators and everybody miss it? >> we are starting to see the charles county school system wants to figure that out and the first thing they did in terms of the staff is remove the principal from the middle school in charles county to give them an opportunity to give the kids of the school year. we saw this ripple affect where principals and teachers were removed, and schools -- the school system is still suffering, the backlash of having so many qualified teachers taken out, and the question is how many people did know about it? it appears after he was first placed on administrative leave, the students were talking about it long before the charges were made public, and long before he was arrested, the kids knew something about it. so now the question i

carlos bell is facing put up 19 charges related to accusations that he sexually abused 24 boys, including filming child pornography and knowing transmittaling hiv. police believe there could be more victims >>> police are investigating a murder suicide that happened in upper marlboro maryland. 8:30 for a welfare check inside the home they found a man and woman dead from gunshot wounds. it's in a condo area where a majority of the residents are senior citizens, police are working to establish the relatioship between those two victims >>> in the district, dc police investigating an incident involving a metrobus and shots fired. this happened around 9:30 last night near minnesota avenue and 16th street southeast. investigators say the driver told them he heard gunshots swerved, he thought were coming at the bus and ran off the road and hit a pole. no passengers on the bus were hurt. the driver did suffer minor injuries and was taken to a hospital for treatment. >>> still ahead, the removal of confederate statue such as robert e lee have become a flash point no doubt across the country, there

the charges against carlos de angelo bell include filming child pornography, distribution of marijuana, child sexual abuse and knowingly transmitting hiv. there were 24 victims all of them were boys. police say they believe there may still be more victims out there that have yet to come forward. his former neighbors say they're surprised by the charges. >> i'm glad that something was done, you know, and i do not li that he was here. i did not know him. >> reporter: what was he like? >> i just seen him walk up and down the street his sister used to live here with her daughters and son. he was back and forth. >> if convicted, bell faces life in prison. ♪ ♪. >>> in the district tonight, immigration activists friends and family of who montgomery county high school soccer players are calling for the really after immigration and customs enforcement detained them several days ago. fox 5 evan lambert is following the story live from the department of homeland security in northwest. evan? >> reporter: tony, the brothers bethesda soccer team held a protest in front of dhs headquarters earlier. t

a 1 19 count indictment for multiple charges including child sex ballistic charges against carlos deang le bellt yesterday. counts included filming child pornography and distribution of marijuana and child sex abuse and knowingly transmitting hiv. if convicted bell faces life in prison. his former neighbors say they're shocked. >> i'm glad something was done you know? and i do not like that it was rights on the road he was here and but i did not know him. >> what was he like? >> sent him walk up and down on the system. used to live here with her daughters and son. he used to go back and forth. >> there were 24 victims all of them boys. police say there were might be victim here separately. we learn the school district reassigned the principal of that middle school. >> and tough news for "game of thrones" fans because this morning hbo is scrambling after a massive sign area tack. >> hackers got into the company's tons of information on popular shows including hbo and "game of thrones" and those fans notorious of staying away from spoilers. holly morris is here with the details. >> happy people.

returned a 119 count indictment against the hiv positive public school aid charges against carlos deangelo bellde filming child pornography, distribution of marijuana, child sex abuse and knowingly transmitting hiv. there were 24 victims all of them boys. police believe there might be more victims out there. bell's former neighbors say they are shocked by the charges. >> i am glad that something was done, you know, and i do not like that it was right on our road that he was here. but i did not know him. >> what was he like? >> i just seen him walk up and down the street because his sister used to live right here with her daughters and son he used to go back and forth. >> if convicted bell faces live in prison. >>> 9:12 is the time. up next a local community rallying together or two brothers who are now facing possible deportation. they've been here since they were kids but do they have the right to stay? we're going to take a look at their case coming up next. >> the olympics are coming back to the us. cross continent deal that will bring the summer games to the west coast. >>> and ladies, who