in court today, deonte carraway admitted to nothing. this 19-minute hearing was the first time we had heard from deonte carraway speak in open court. his only response to the judgens when asked questions if he understood the charges was yes,w sir. he said this about 10 times.. this federal case involves 13 charges, including 11 of carraway's alleged victims. however, in all investigatorsgao say 17 alleged victims have been identified and more charges may be pending. the scene inside the courtroom was unstainable tense.st the rows were filled with for the first time since his h arrest one month ago. the mother of one alleged victim who asked us not to use her name talked about her strong emotions before walking in that courtroom today. > he done a lot of damage. again, i don't even know what to say, but he done a lot of damage. this is my first time seeingg him. i don't know how i'ming whying to react.to you know. i don't know what i want to see. i'm just glad he's locked away and he's not hurting these babies anymore.re. > that mother s

the lawsuit allegation that carraway pulled a -- alleges that carraway pulled a 9-year- old out to engage in sexual acts with a student. how did he get some of his victims to cooperate? he allegedly lied and threatened them. >>> reporter: in a third lawsuit filed be behalf of a minor protected by the name john doe number 3, deonte carraway, a teacher's aide told the student the school's principal needed to speck with them. that wasn't the case at all according to court documents. carraway allegedly took the 9 year told to a dressing room behind the stage where a boy was in the room his pants down. the lawsuit says carraway told the victim to do the same but the fourth grader said no over and over again. the suit claims carraway threatened to call police which never happened. the student told his teacher about the alleged scary incident but the teacher did not believe the child. >> reporter: the principal, michelle williams on paid administrative leave is accused of taking no actions when students reported allegations because there was no proof. deonte carraway faces a slew of charges incl

let's go live outside the courthouse where carraway is set to appear on friday. >> reporter: carraway will be here on friday and when he walks before the judge, he'll have to answer to more than 10 criminal charges. 22-year-old deonte carraway is facing six charges in prince georges county for child sex abuse and sexual assault. he can add 13 federal charges to the list. in each count, prosecutors say carraway knowingly persuaded and coerced a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of a visual depiction. the indictment identifies 11 different victims between the ages of 9 and 12. in some videos, prosecutors say children are engaging in sexually explicit activities on their own or with other children at the direction of carraway. in two videos, they say carraway had sex with his victims. in one with a nine-year-old boy and another with an 11-year-old boy. last week, prosecutors filed a federal complaint against carraway and included what they say is part of his written confession. carraway allegedly admitted to it and told police i'm no child of god for doing this

deonte carraway pled not guilty to the 13 charges involving child pornography. it was an emotional day for the mother of one victim. >> reporter: when carraway stepped into the courtroom, a woman sitting behind me immediately had tears streaming down her face. he didn't slouch his shoulders or keep his eyes to the ground, and he did the same thing when he came in the room and left. he stopped and turned around to look at all the people sitting behind him. >> i'm still in shock. >> reporter: this woman wanted to see deonte carraway and look at the man who abused her child. >> this is the first time i'm seeing him, and i don't know how i'm going to react or what >> reporter: he was flanked by u.s. marshals, wearing an orange jump suit with his hands shackled behind his back. if you take all that away, he is immediately recognizable. his distinctive hair has not changed, but now he has a beard. the judge asked if he understand his rights and the charges against him, and carraway said he. did he pled not guilty to all 13 federal charges. he's accused of convincing c

. >> deonte carraway pled not guilty today. carraway has been arraigned on 13 federal charges on child exploitation. care has admitted to making cell phone videos of his alleged victims engaging sex acts with them and directing children to engage with sex acts with each other. but in court today, deonte carraway admitted to nothing. this 19-minute hearing was the first time we heard from deonte carraway speaking in open court. his only response to the judge when asked questions if he understood the charges was yes, sir. he said this about ten times. this federal case involves 13 charges, including 11 of carraway's alleged victims. however, in all investigators say 17 of the alleged victims have been identified and more charges may be pending. the scene inside the courtroom was understandably tense. the rows were filled with parents, many seeing carraway for the first arrest one month ago. the mother of one alleged victim who asked us not to use her name talked about her strong emotions before walking in that courtroom today. >>

a grand gorp rei indicted carraway on 13 -- grand jury indicted carraway on 13 charges. >>> a catholic school teacher in potomac will be sentenced. justin gordon was teacher. he was found guilttive having an inappropriate relationship with two teenage girls. >>> a prince college county father accused of murdering his two-year old daughter and the child's mother will be in court today. darren johnson admitted committing the february 2nd crime. prosecutors say he was angry about child support payments. johnson faces two counts of first and second-degree murder. >>> we learned jesse matthew will plead guilty to abducting and murdering two college students. >> nikki burdine is live with more. >> reporter: good morning, guys. jessie matthew will be here this afternoon where he will accept a guilty plea in the death of morgan harrington and hannah graham. this is a long and painful process for the families, one that they say -- they are thankful to see an end to but one that celebrating because in the end their daughters are still gone. jessie matthew is facing a life sentence in a 2005 sexu

count indictment, carraway forced multiple children to engage in sex with him and other students. 60 sexually explicit videos were uncovered on two of his phones. four showed him engaging in the acts with children. four lawsuits have been filed on the half of alleged victims in this case. most of them accusing school employees of failing to report or investigate concerns raised by children. the most recent, a lawsuit on behalf of a victim called john doe number 4 who says carraway would hit or punch him and other choir members in order to get them to perform sexual acts. the suit was filed against the city and its mayor because carraway was not supervised inside the building. >> i don't think the municipality should be responsible for one person's actions. >> of sexual exploitation of a minor. the 22-year-old will talk about the allegations today in court. >> carraway is facing a minimum of 15 years and a maximum of 30 years. >>> it is called noah's law. now the law named after police officer noah liatta is headed to senate. he was working on dui duty when a drunk driver hit and kill

more information in the case regarding deonte carraway. a lawsuit says it tried to tell the teachers about carraway's crimes but was largely ignored. according to the lawsuit, a 9-year-old told the teacher about deonte carraway she responded, "i don't believe you. go sit down." investigators sail deonte carraway sexual assaulted or filmed at least 17 children. he faces state and federal charges in connection with this case. michelle: today at the supreme court, arguments over abortion rights. a case from texas draws huge crowds. this is the first time in almost a decade the high court has weighed in on abortion. as you can imagine the stakes had emotions running high. stephen tschida is outside the supreme court with the story. stephen: michelle, an enormous crowd here outside the supreme court today as the high court took on an abortion case f which could have a big impact on abortion. primarily on the state of texas. but possibly abortion providers across the country. a case viewed as crucial for abortion providers drew cries from oppone

went up to his 4th grade teacher and said carraway acted inappropriately. she said he was lying. >> reporter: this 30-page lawsuit is filed on behalf of john doe number 3, a 9-year- old. it claims he was at school when carraway pulled him out of class saying principal williams wanted to speak to him. he took him to the dressing room behind the stage in the auditorium. the suit says another student was already in the dressing room with his pants down. carraway allegedly told the 9- year-old to do the same thing, but he said no over and over and over again. eventually the suit says he threatened the student and said he would call the police if he didn't do it. once the 9-year-old made it back to class, he tried to get he immediately walked up to his teacher and reported the criminal actions, telling her "deonte wanted another student to hump me." the teacher reportedly told the student "i don't believe you. go sit down." according to the suited she may no attempts to locate the other student and never asked the victims any questions. teachers are required rep

am of them seeing carraway for the first time since his arrest. the mother of one alleged victim who only asked us not to use hee h name talked about her emotions, those strong emotionso before walking into that courtroom today and seeing him face to face. he done a lot of damage. again, i don't even know what to say. but he done a lot of damage. this is my first time seeingim him. i don't know how i'm going to react, you know. k i don't know what i want to see. i'm just glad he's locked away and he's not hurting these babies anymore. > why did she speak out? she s said in the midst of all of this she thought it was time that the victims and their families havem their say in all of this as deonte carraway tonight is back behind bars in prince george'ss county. he's being held on $1 million ml bond. if he is convicted of these charges he was arraigned on o today, well, he will serve what is effectively a life sentence. we are life at the us district courthouse in green belt maryland tonight, tom fitzgerald, fox5 local news. > a high school basketba

carraway is due in court on may 20th. >>> the national park service says cherry blossoms should begin to hit peak bloom tomorrow, and an earlier forecast called for the peak today, but blossom watchers suspect 70% of the trees will be in bloom tomorrow through the weekend. >> they were supposed to bloom today, but they are not ripe yet. it's important to see the cherry blossoms because it's real, and it was kind of like a gift to washington. >> it sure was. the cherry blossoms were a gift from japan, planted in 1912, and the cherry blossom festival is april 17th. what a glorious day we had out there. >> the only problem tomorrow, wind. we will talk about that in a second. first of all, i want to share this video of the full moon. it's the full worm mood. the soil is muddy, and how do you arrive at easter? it's after the equinox, and that's why it varies so much. >> how could i have missed that? >> let's talk about the 3- degree guarantee. i certainly thought 71 was going to do it it was 74 at dulles. national making it to 75. 41 of 46 days now. 75 tomorrow, and essentially the same ai

deonte carraway formally pleaded not guilty to the charges this afternoon.his lawyer and the judge agreed not to read the details allowed in the courtroom, and those charges are graphic. the feds say carraway not only made pornographic videos of nearly a dozen kids between the ages of 9 and 12, they say carraway engaged in graphic sexual acts with some of the children. he was an aide at judge sylvania woods elementary and is suspected of committing the crimes inside the school itself. his lawyers and investigators declined to talk to us after today's hearing but a relative of one of the victims told he's done a lot of damage. he's just done a lot of damage. coming up at 6:00 only on news4, what's happening behind the scenes with the fbi unit that's leading the investigation into this case. how many agents, what are they doing and how are they handling those videos allegedly recorded by deonte carraway? that's the story in greenbelt. pat, back to you. >> scott macfarlane. thank you, scott. >>> more than 20 years later and the o.j. simpson murder trial is back

deonte carraway a judge this friday on federal pornography charges. we will bring you the latest developments from the courtroom. >>> a group of police officers were shot at tonight after they showed up in a neighborhood to investigate a 911 call, happening right before 5:00 on larkburg drive. officers moving in shutting down the roads, and the suspect just 19 years old and we listened in on the police radio as the whole thing played out. >> we did get the subject to surrender, and for his supervisors he's hesitant to come out. he says he wants to come out, and he is not coming out at this time. >> a s.w.a.t. team was called out to the scene, and a negotiator had repeated conversations with the suspect on the phone. >> his conversation is very erratic at this time. he says he's smoking a cigarette and keeps talking about the military and the movies. >> a little more than an hour identified by the police chief as savid sahed dropped two guns, but he ignored the orders to get down. he was shot with nonlethal rounds, and a police k-9 moved in to secure h

carraway is accused of filming and engaging in sexual acts with 17 children. all under the age of 13. carraway was indicted last week on 13 federal counts of exploitation of 11 children. he faces 30 years in prison on each count. updating a story we brought you earlier this week. michael marshall who escaped from the northern virnia mental health institute is now again in custody. he was picked up in loudoun county last next on "abc7 news at 6:00" -- an eagle, possibly hit by a car is now recovering. the men and women who found him and how they are nursing it back to health. scott: a chance of rain this weekend. will it affect your plans? we break down when it could arrive and how quickly things will dry out. robert: i'm robert burton. coming up in sports john paul jones and the women tourney. do they advance? bison gearing up for the meac tournament. we chat with them when "abc7 news at 6 it's about taking a stand. for too long, wall street banks had their way. they crashed our economy. but democrat donna edwards won't take their money because she stands up f

carraway was the choir director. at the municipal center, a government building, where they practiced. she said carraway would play hide and seek with the kids in the halls after practice in order to get them alone. some were as young as 9. playing the games, the kids say a city employee or members of the po tell them to stop running in the halls. the lawsuit says carraway used his status as the city's choir director to prey on the kids. the lawsuit states he pressured, coerced and enticed chair members to perform sex acts and filmed it on his cell phone. the choir performed at national night out in 2015. they sang for members of the city council two years in a row. there are at least 17 child victims but there could be as many as 30. the lawsuit allegation he was able to -- allegations he was -- alleges he was able to entice them because of the absence of supervision involving the children. >> it's sad that parents cannot take their kids somewhere and believe that they are safe knowing that there was police in that

marshals walked deonte carraway into the courtroom and sat him between his public defenders. carraway said little more than yes, sir, when a judge asked him questions today, including whether he understood the chges. nearly a dozen counts of sexually exploiting kids to make child porn. investigators say carraway made videos and engaged in graphic sex acts with kids between 9 and 12 in suge sylvania woods lament tri school where he served as a volunteer aide. the next court date is not yet s declined to talk to us. a relative of one of the vingts was in the courtroom and told us this is very hard. he's done a lot of damage. he's just done a lot of damage. news4 has learned a unit of three fbi special agents in maryland is reviewing the evidence in this case. this woman, a veteran special agent with the agency's mfd child exploitation task force is leaving the unit. we're not showing you her face because she often works undercover. we're told she's in charge of reviewing the actual videos carraway is accused of recording so she can testify about that evidence at trial if needed

yest deonte carraway pleaded notway guilty to federal chargesed inside a greenbelt courtroom.ox5's tom fitzgerald waszgald there as one mother saw carraway and heard his hrd response to the heinous charges. >> reporter: tonight deonter: tt carraway has been arraigned ond 13 federal charges of child of exploitation to produce childdu pornography both state and federal prosecutors sayl pr carraway has admitted to making cell phone videos ofeo o his alleged victims engagingagin in sex act with them and then t engaging children to engage in sex acts with each other but wia in court todaych deonte carraway admitted to nothing.hing. this 19 minute hearing was theng first time we heard w from deonte carraway speak in open court. his only response to the judge j when asked questions if he understood the charges was yes, sir. sir he says this about 10 times. te. now, this federal case fedal cas involves 13 charges includingncu 11 of carraway's alleged victims.vict however, in all, investigatorsno been identified and moree charges may be pending. pendi the scene inside the courtroom t w

he has done a lot of damage. >> carraway in court in orange prisoner's jump suit. the distinct tiff hairdo still orange. answering the judge's question with "yes, sir, yes, sir." his lawyers entering not guilty pleas. >> the parents in court silently cry. >> this is my first time seeing him. i don't know how i'll react. i am glad he is locked away. carraway returned to the jail and even though he pleaded not guilty today the case will go to trial. leon: for part of the area this is a blink and you miss it snowfall. the roads are clear. what do we expect to start the weekend off? let's check in with steve rudin. we would like the 70-degree temperatures. steve: they are coming. we'll take what we can get. it is friday. the skies are clearing out. patches of blue sneaking in. 41 in leesburg. 37 in winchester. the winds speeds begin to ease. anywhere between five and 14 miles per hour. chill factor. you will want to bundle up. the clouds will diminish and then we are just on the heels of the next big weather maker that will bring us rain come tomorrow. ly have the exac

deonte carraway appeared in court for the first time since being indicted on new charges. the is accused of filming and engaging in sexual acts with 17 children, all of them under the age of 13. deonte carraway was indicted last week on 13 federal counts for exploitation of 11 children. he faces 30 years in prison on each count if convicted. a gun store set to open in arlington is fighting back against its critics. nova armory issued a press release threatening local opponents, including residents, with legal action, all in response to a letter written two weeks ago by local politician. the members asked the store's landlord to reconsider the decision on leasing the space. residents agreed. >> we are upset. no conversation, no heads up. nobody is going to bully our neighborhood. that's outrageous. jonathan: the gun store owner says they will open in about two weeks. if they have to take legal action, they say they will. noah's law is moving to its next step. a montgomeryd for county police officer killed while on dui enforcement last year. convictedequires more drunk drive

carraway is set to arraigned later this afr the 2016 presidential race.. the stage was a lot smaller as the final 4 candidates squared off in last night's republican debate in detroit. but as the number shrinks, the attacks ramp up on front-runner donald trump. as megan hughes explains, even former candidates are taking shots at trump. and later today-- the only presidential candidate not on the stage last night, will be in maryland. coming in last place in most super tuesday primary races. however, he has not formally suspended his campaign. officials say doctor carson will speak about his political future today at the conservative political action conference in national harbor. do you think your family can get through dinner -- without anyone checking their cell phone? well, if you can-- you may want to head to chick fil a. the chain is hoping to encourage some quality family time -- by bribing customers with free ice cream. all you have to do is silence your phone, then put it in a box at your table if you can-- you all get free chick- fil-a cones. five

we do know deonte carraway has pleaded not guilty and wants to go before a jury. coming up on news4 at 5:00, the relatives of one of those victims tell us what the community thinks about seeing deonte carraway finally before a judge here in federal court. live in greenbelt, scott macfarlane, news4. >>> now to the race for the white house. this weekend a handful of states are cusses. on saturday voters will have their say in kansas, kentucky, louisiana, maine, and nebraska and then come sunday democrats will caucus in maine with the republicans in puerto rico. candidates are scattered across the country this afternoon trying to target voters in specific states including right here in our area. we'll get an update later in the hour. >>> under any circumstances would you be a part of this presidential race as a candidate? >> there are no circumstances i can foresee where that would possibly happen, but let me say something else -- >> i can foresee. >> no reasonable scenario i can imagine. >> just slam the door on it. close the door. unambiguous. you will not run for

federal authorities say carraway has given them a written confession. in court today he entered not guilty plea to each of those charges. the former teacher's aid. we have been covering the story over the last couple of weeks. it's alleged that he was abusing children on a regular basis. pulling them from class to film them in porn graphic scenes. in court today for first time, a number of parents of those children say they wanted to see him in person. >> it's emotional for me. i can't talk about it. i want to see him locked away. brad: we are hiding the identity to protect the identity of her child. when he come back at 5:00, you will hear much more. in greenbelt, brad bell, abc7 news. jonathan: thank you. update you on breaking news that you saw first at 4:00 yesterday. police trying to track down a second suspect allegedly involved in a botched drug deal. it looked locked down several schools in manassas as a result. last night manuel gonzalez was arrested near the potomac mills mall. if you have any information about the case the police needs your h

as for deonte carraway, he remains behind bars.d on all the charges against him, he faces life in prison. in glenarden, brad bell, abc7 news. leon: get a check of the evening commute now. beautiful weather out there for folks driving around out there. jamie sullivan is watching the roads right now. this looks heavy here, jamie. jamie: of course. this is traveling on the beltway passing by river road. outer loop not as bad. you can see mainly stop-and-go. but the inner loop of the capital beltway very heavy. move to the waze map. i just want to show you. many of reporting, those are the little dots that you see. very heavy traffic. even a complete standstill. so as you head north on the inner loop and get closer toward the g.w. parkway, you can see we are still in the red. as i pull out a little bit it will give you a better idea of how slow we are. continuing north. as you approach the 270 spur and then wrap around toward bethesda. it will still be a heavy ride. no crashes to report right now. let's move to talk about d.c. verizon

so far, police say 17 victims have been identified in the case against carraway. maureen? maureen: the prince william county police officer killed the first night on her home is back home. police honor guard in westfield, massachusetts, today received the body of officer ashley guindon. family service is planned for this weekend. she will be buried next to her father on monday in west springfield. thousands from across the region turned out for a police funeral yesterday to honor the 28-year-old officer shot, responding to a domestic dispute in woodbridge. leon: after a dismal performance in yesterday's super tuesday, sources close to the campaign say that dr. ben carson is dropping out of the presidential race. carson finished last or next to last in all of yesterday's contests. but in carson's first tv interview since we broke the news he told chief political correspondent s is still considering his next move. scott is in baltimore with the interview you will see only here on 7. scott? scott: yeah, leon. dr. carson when asked directly if he was suspending his campaign di

you remember dioneonte carraways been charged with sexually abusing as many as 17 children. the task force will review the school district's safety and security policies and decide what needs to be changed. the group sxegexpects to have r by may. the indictment engages that carraway engaged with graphic sex acts with at least 11 victims. he faces 13 counts of abusing children. and also a class action lawsuit. >>> time to weather and traffic on the 1s. let's start with chuck bel $10 to get weather like this. >> i think you're right. >> check is in the haimail. >> it's like the variable toll, the rate keeps changing depending on how much you like it. outside today, this is it, everybody, the last mild day for a while. we're likely to get in to the 60s today and not be 60 or warmer for another 7 or 8 days. moderate rain coming our way for tonight. it's a very breezy to windy pattern the next couple of days and still watching for a chance for snow, perhaps some accumulating snow on friday. not to worry about that between now and then, there are rain chances out here in illinois,

carraway also faces a class action lawsuit. >>> your safety is the number one reason d.c. is about to start using a fleet of private ambulances. mark segraves has details on how they will be used, something you will see only on news 4. >> reporter: within matter of weeks, fire stations will get a new private ambulance service. news 4 got an exclusive look inside this new private company amr. and learned that they will be using data from past 191 calls to predict where the highest need will be and then they will know where to position those ambulances, 24 of them throughout the city, 18 hours a day. they are also hiring almost 200 emts. and d.c. residents will get priority for those jobs. we'll start seeing those ambulances on the streets by the end of the month. >>> an ohio school district is closed today as police investigate a shooting. >> four students were hurt after fire inside a high school cafeteria yesterday. two students were shot, two others were hurt as they tried to get away from the shoot thor. >> be hard for everybody to get over this. >> the young shooter wa

. >>> today we are learning about a lawsuit in the deonte carraway sexual abuse scandal. a 5th grader is seeking damages from city leaders in glenarden manor. the lawsuit elogist r allegation that carraway told an 11-year-old girl that he would kill her if she told a sexual act. it says he used his job as a choir director to prey on children. he enticed and sexually abused the children on city property because of the lack of supervision. >> there needs to be something said from the mayor and so forth because when people are hurting, they need that type of response from the people that are supposed to be in charge. somebody has to say we messed up, sorry. >> the mayor is going door to door delivering a letter and answering questions. city officials refusing to comment on camera at the advice of the city attorney. >>> a charles county judge sentenced and fined after he ordered a deputy to shock a suspect in open court. wusa 9 anchor adam longo has the details. >> reporter: king ally was in the courtroom in july of 2014 represti charges and refusing to be quiet. he was disru

carraway took part in graphic sex acts with 11 victims. he faces 13 counts to sexually exploiting children. an indictment claims all the vehicle t victims are between 9 and 12. carraway also face as class action lawsuit. >>> a huge day ahead in decision 2016. voters in 11 states will weigh in on both the democratic and republican races for the presidential nomination. polls open here in virginia at 6:00 in the morning. and make sure you bring a photo i.d. virginia has a diverse collection of voters. political experts say it is america in miniature meaning a win in virginia could suggest a win later on. now, the latest polls have hillary leading the democratic race in virginia and she could win up to 95 and 14 superdelegates today. democratic candidates need nearly 2400 delegates to qualify for nomination. to the gop now where donald trump has a hold on the lead right now, 49 delegates are up for grabs available to the republicans right now. gop candidate needs more than 1200 more delegates for qualify for the party's nomination. you can ex

are they allowed into the school and the have any changes been made because allegedly deonte dnt carraway was walking students individually into bathroomsuall and having sexual encounters ent with them apart from staff sta members and aside from anyny view of any adult in then t period.. so, what happens with these volunteers? we asked a dr. eubanks two weeks ago if there would be any sort of freezing of hiring of volunteers.lunteers. he seemed to believe that thetob majority of the volunteers were parents, school parents and he believed that theve majority of them were acting in good faith.d ith. well, no more we'll know moreor in two months when that task thk force comes back. b that that task force comprisedce of school board members andl bo community members.mm whether there will be anyere wie changes to volunteer services se made here for the county.ou in the meantime tomorrowomorro carraway will have appearance at federal court.rt marina marraco, fox5 local l news. >> we have a follow-up on a fox5 exclusive. a.m. loudoun county homeowner will now get his day in court ic and try to c

the girl says carraway threatened to kill her if she told anyone. he's facing 13 counts of exploiting children. >>> a d.c. man was arrested and accused of driving toward the gate of the cia with methamphetamine in his car. in a court filing, a cia police agent said he spotted the car driving from the george washington parkway toward the entrance to the agency. the agent said he found crystal meth, syringes and a liquid called poppers that the driver acknowledged he was using to get the driver was said to be shaking and struggling to speak. he's been charged with possession of meth. he was scheduled to appear in court today. >>> we're hearing first happened accounts from the pilot on that hijacked egyptair. the pilot said the man let him decide where to land. he chose cyprus because it was closer than his other options, greece or turkey. the new questions being raised about security. >> reporter: this morning authorities say the man has a criminal record that includes forgery, burglary, and drug dealing. surveillance video shows him breezing through

considered as lawmakers and advocates are trying to protect children like in the case of deonte carrawaycharged with videoing and sexually abusing kids inside a prince george's county elementary school. >> we'll have to work through the language to make sure it applies in a case like carraway's. >> reporter: sonya spoon allegedly suffocated her own children, her 1-year-old son and 3-year-old daughter. she allegedly killed her kids two days after being released from the hospital following a and herself. now lawmakers have introduced legislation to close a loophole in maryland law to require health care providers and others to report these types of serious threats to social services and for them to investigate within 24 hours. >> we took care of the mother in that instance, got her the mental health treatment she needed and forgot to go home and make sure her children were also safe. >> reporter: the bill treats threats the same as actual harm of a child. in the case of sonya spoon that intervention may have resulted in the mother or even the children being removed from that home. this is

dante carraway faces charges involving 11 victims ages 9 to 12. >> he should get the maximum whatevere maximum. that is a grown man with kids, not with our kids. >> investigators say carraway made videos of kids having sex with him and each other. >>> andrea i have not heard this yet. doctors at the university of chicago say a lack of sleep intensifies cravings for sweets and salty foods. sleep loss extent the effects. sleep starved patients eat nearly twice as much as those who got eight hours of rest. >> spring ahead or of stroke. that is according to researchers in finland. we have a rough couple of morning. stroke risk jumped 8% during the first two days of the time changes. >> you want more good news, lack of sleep, women suffer more strokes than men. >> no kidding. >> yeah. >> let's call it a day, guys. >> this week when you are tired, sometimes it gives you that burst of energy. >> salt, i go to the chips. >> i may or may not have just had a brownie. >> why is this not a perfect 9. >> almost perfect. it will change before midnight, showers and clouds move in and it will get ugl

. >>> now the city of glenarden is involved in a lawsuit involving deonte carraway. of the victim was sexually assaulted in the city's municipal center. not everyone believes the city is at fault. >> i don't think the municipality should be responsible for one person's actions. everyone is their own individual, and i don't think the whole community should be responsible. >> carraway is under indictment for allegedly recording studentser s -- students for performing sexual acts. >>> this guy broke in d helped himself to as much clothing as he could take. it was on the 4500 block of college avenue. police want to hear from you if you identify this guy. >>> still to come, on home style, astronaut scott kelly finally landing in the usa. >>> we will also hear from a hometown hero. what a former marine did to try to help save his neighbors. >>> and it's a cold morning. most temperatures in the 20s. pretty looking skies with the few clouds. the weather wakeup call for today. i'm giving today is a 6. below average temperatures, and the sunshine giving away to clouds as the d

the suit alleges carraway recorded it on his cellphone and threatened to kill her if she told anyone.e is facing 13 federal charges of exploiting up to 11 children. he also faces state child sex abuse charges. >>> 6:21. reston town center customers will soon have to pay for parking. the owners of the center will phase in at app based parking system beginning august 1. there is a meeting set for tonight at the high at regency reston at 6:30. >>> several places using the new text to 911 technology. alexandria says it's launched its service. it lets you text 911 instead of calling to get help if you can't make that call. alexandria says if you use the service, make sure to give a street address because they can't track your exact location. you may also have to answer some followup questi i >>> a 7-year-old girl from silver spring received a big honor from the montgomery county fire department for her bravery. about a month ago, jenna called 911 when her father collapsed in a diabetic coma. yesterday jenna toured the fire department communication center, met the fire 2k450e6 and the 911 d

carraway was a volunteer at judge silvania woods elementary school. charged with slix abusing as many as 17 children. the task force is expected to be finished with their work by may. >>> new research on the zika virus and why it could be a link to another infection that has an impact on your ability to walk. >>> new questions after a deadly tractor-trailer accident shut down a maryland road for hours, what the i-team discovered about the safety of our roads. >>> will a federal lawsuit filed by friends of the capital crescent trail derail the purple line? thi one day a rider made a decision. the decision to ride on and save money. he decided to save money by switching his motorcycle insurance to geico. there's no shame in saving money. ride on, ride proud. great rates for great rides. >>> we are loving that march lamb. but it's not going to be with us very much longer, is it? >> not at all. i mean it will be with us for -- 15 minutes? >> six hours? >> you can pretty much time that out. that's about the time when the cold front is going to be coming th

they say that carraway was able to use the municipal center where he abused a 10-year-old boy. he also worked at an elementary school. the police say that total of 17 children. leon: four life sentences for the man who murdered two college students in high-profile murders across the region. jesse matthew showed no emotion as he pled guilty today. richard reeve has with the families of the victims had to say. richard: relief and closure. the deal means no long trial and life behind bars for jessie but there was also anger in the courtroom. jesse matthew's decision to plead guilty came as a surprise and relief to the young victim'' families. matthew admitted to abducting and killing hannah graham. she disappeared after a night out in charlottesville in 2014. >> this wicked man has been apprehended. richard: also pled guilty to abducting and killing morgan harrington, who vanished after a concert in charlottesville in 2009. >> they say that it takes a village to raise a child. i know that it takes one to bury child. richard: before matthew was sentenced, the families read powerful

that task force was set up after former school aid deonte carraway was charged with sexually abusing students and making child pornography. the task force will begin proposing policy change this is may. >>> also today the prince george's county state's attorney will take her support of mandatory reporting to the state capitol. she will testify in support of house bill 825, it requires anybody who works with children in a professional capacity for the state to report abuse or neglect to authorities. the bill also includes reporting verbal threats of harm or death to a child by a parent or guardian. the deaths of two prince george's county children at the hands of their mother inspired the law. >>> and today the maryland legislature will also debate whether to give terminally ill patients the right tody wh dd d when to die. the death with dignity act would allow doctors to prescribe a deadly dose of medication to patients expected to die within six months. maryland was on track to become the sixth state to pass that kind of law. >>> 6:06 now. didn't look for dr. ben carson on the gop d

. >>> the deonte carraway now exploiting children to produce child porn.he indictment claims he took part in graphic sex acts with at least 11 victims. federal prosecutors say all of the victims are between the ages of nine and 12. carraway was an aide at judge sylvania woods elementary in glenarden. >>> homeless man is under arrest after an unusual situation in mclean. michael stride is charged with shooting his gun into someone's home. police say stride was squatting in a house on cherry drive, and fired some shots into the house next door. one whe they came to arrest him, police found several handguns, as well as a six-foot python inside the house with him. it would take a better man than me to make a transition from that to weather. so i'll just let you handle that, pat. >> let's start with the fact that it's the first of may, coming in like a lamb, are we being set up? >> yes. >> i like, i the next day tomorrow coming in like a lion. i mean what a big change we are going to see in the next 24 hours. really it will probably be in the next 12 hours, wak

. >> reporter: deonte carraway faces multiple federal charges for sexually assaulting and photographing students at woods elementary school where he was a volunteer. there had been allegations that school administrators may have failed to take acon when first learning of possible abuse at the school, but this is the first time accused of ignoring a child's account of being abused. the latest lawsuit filed against the prince george's county public schools alleges a 9-year-old boy who says he was assaulted and photographed by carraway told a teacher about it and that teacher told the student she didn't believe him. lisa jordan advocates on behalf of victims of sexual abuse. >> this is a case where a child is saying, someone tried to use me to create child pornography. that teacher should have reported. >> reporter: prince george's county public schools cdeclined to comment but say they have a zero tolerance policy when it comes to abuse reporting. >> i am just horrified and outraged that a teacher would fail to report. our first step is to make sure the school board knows about those case

carraway faces federal charges for taking videos of students at woods elementary performing sex acts. so far prosecutors have identified 17 teacher and the school board, in maryland the teacher can't be charged with a crime for not reporting abuse. >> there are not criminal penalties in maryland. that's something the general assembly has struggled over for many years but resisted. >> reporter: jordan says there's another gap in maryland's law that puts children at risk. >> right now that teacher could fail to report, the police could know the teacher failed to report, and they wouldn't even have to tell the school board. >> reporter: now, the maryland general assembly is considering a new law that would close that gap and require police to tell the school board if they know of a teacher who did not report abuse. as for the teacher who is mentioned in this lawsuit, we asked prince george's county schools what her status is, they declined to tell us. chris, back to you. >> hopefully this will spur some changes. thanks so much, mark. >>> a fight for women's rights is taking center stage

deonte carraway remains jailed and faces multiple state and criminal charges. jay korff, abc 7 news. alison: hay, thank you. --jay, thank you. thousands gathered in prince william county for the funeral of officer ashley guindon, who shot and killed over the weekend responding to a domestic call in woodbridge. funeral services were held after a two-hour public viewing. officers from all over were in attendance. killedyear-old was saturday. it was her first day on the job. leon: unbelievable. victim of that tragedy, crystal hamilton, who was shot to death before he opened fire on the responding officers. tonight she is being remembered as kind and loving. richard reeve has the tributes. richard: this was a night of prayer, embraces, and tears. >> just praying for everybody involved. richard: dozens gathered around crystal hamilton's home to remember and honor her. her sister says she has lost her other half. >> i did not get the opportunity to say goodbye to her. richard: saturday evening, hamilton called 911 from inside of her home. arriving officers were confr

courtroom were occupied by family members of the alleged sims and they were extremely emotional when carraway went before the judge. he didn't say much besides pleading not guilty. tonight he's locked up. no trial date has yet been set. >>> an unsettling day at several northern virginia high schools where bomb threats were phoned in. investigators combed through the schools looking for anything dangerous in the end none of the threats were found to be legitimate. seven schools received the threatening phone calls. the full list of impacted schools is on our website at fox5dc.com. >> tonight a popular dc bar is add odds with the city. the bar was fined for not having gender-neutral res rooms. the city's office of human rights says the law is about protecting the transgender community. tonight the bar is questioning how the city is enforcing law. jennifer davis is joining us with the story. >> it's also how well known it is. we're talking about a regulation that dates back ten years. here's what it says, these kinds of signs that label a bathroom for men or like this one right here for women, i

the task force was set up after former school aide scare deonte carraway was charged with sexually abusingornography. the task force will begin proposing policy changes in may. also today prince george's county's state's attorney will take her support of mandatory reporting to the statehouse. she testify in support of house bill 825. the bill requires anyone who works with children in a professional capacity for the state to report abuse or neglect verbal threats of bodily harm or death to a child by the parent or guardian. the death of two prince george's county children at the hands of their mother inspired the law. >>> 4:30 now. to decision 2016 where we will see only four candidates on the stage at tonight's gop debate in detroit. dr. ben carsonment onn opted ou debate. he told reporters that he doesn't see a political path forward. ted cruz may try to go one-on-one with donald trump tonight. cruz is behind trump in the delegate count. the fox news debate starts at 9:00. >>> and a republican not running for the nomination could drop a bomb in the race this morning. mitt romney will spe

. -- dontae carraway. a teacher told a student that they did not believe them, go sit down. they allegation to the student's mother. he now faces multiple state and federal criminal charges. baltimoref police in public schools is on administrative leave. two officers have been reassigned after this video surfaced. it shows an officer slapping a teenager and kicking him. this happened yesterday morning at reach partnership high school. it is unclear if the teenager is a student. the school said it was unaware of the incident until -- showed administrators the video. we are just over three weeks away from the start of the cherry blossom festival. we will tell you about the event, including when peak bloom is. i am totally blind. i lost my sight in afghanistan. if you're totally blind, you may also be struggling with non-24. calling 844-844-2424. or visit my24info.com. ammy: we are following developing story. a piece of wreckage that washed ashore on mozambique is suspected to be part of the plane that disappeared a couple of years ago. the debris is likely from the boeing trip

accused of failing to report a sexual abuse complaint made by a 4th that school volunteer deonte carraway academy appropriately. the suit claims the teacher accused the student of lying. >>> a local catholic teacher expected to be [no audio] 2014. sentencing 8:30 this morning. >>> a host of new emergency regulations for pub crawls may become permanent in the district. the alcohol beverage control board holds a hearing on adopting the regulations full time. effective since january 2016 the new rules broaden the definition of pup crawls. they must be approved by the abc board and must include a they expire in may if not ratified permanently. >>> forbes list of the richest people. you know the names. details coming up. >> a well-known fast food chain is swearing off antibiotics. that is coming up in today's money. >> for your weather wake-up call, today will be a 6 out of 9 kind of day. it will be windy and feel like winter by the time the day is over. we are drying out, though. we will explain on futurecast. what about snow? yeah, it's in the forecast. stay tuned. your husband wants to s