law enforcement across the d.m.v., cathy lanier released 200 photos. the dirt bikers that are wanted in nine violent incidents. some are wanted for intentionally running over the police officers. chief lanier will pay anyone $250 if you tell the department who these men are. >> the community has had enough. the riders we can identify we are going to aggressively prosecutor. >> i tweeted a picture of the men. list on the website. if you tell police who they are $250 could be >> police are trying to figure out if a school bus driver or police officer is at fault after a bus and a cruiser collided in springfield. an officer was injured and two substitutes and chaperon along the bus but are all expected to be fine. the bus was heading back to mark twain elementary school after a field trip. we have word that the federal transit administration is inspecting the metro system tracks. the agency is calling this a safety blitz. this is focusing on ten segment of concern. past problem and recent federal inspections. they shouldn't have any impact on the riders. n

police chief cathy lanier confirmed a d.c. police officer was hit and dragged by an atv over the weekend. and an ambulance transporting a young child was surrounded and stopped by atv riders, one of whom opened the door to the ambulance and threatened the driver. lanier said state, local, and federal police agencies have stop these groups of atv and dirt bikes across the region. >> there's been an ongoing investigation involving multiple jurisdictions, so we'll be with our partners tomorrow announcing results of that ongoing investigation going on for several months. >> reporter: now, while the laws on atvs and dirt bikes differ from state to state, here in the district they are illegal on the streets or on the sidewalks. tomorrow federal and state and local law enforcement will have a press conference. one of the things we expect to hear is they'll be asking for the public's help in reporting the sightings of these atv gangs. one of the problems facing the police is the dilemma of whether or not to give pursuit when police en

police chief cathy lanier released more than 200 photos of dirt like and atv riders wanted in nonviolentidents, several foreign 10 silly -- several for police officers. chief lanier: we have had enough, and the riders that we can identify we will aggressively prosecute. the bikes we have seized will be destroyed. sam: they have treated out a full list of these men, which is also on her website. if you tell the police who they are, $250 could be years. with wordvering metro the federal transit administration is inspecting the entire systems tracks. the agency is calling it a safety blitz. it is focusing on 10 segments of concern, based on past problems and recent federal inspections. the inspection should run through wednesday and should not have any impact on riders. of publicnd board works has unanimously approved a contract to build the purple line. have 21ile line will stations between bethesda and do new carrollton. $3.5 billion of the price tag. -- why some maryland tax preparers are in trouble with the state. how it could affect thousands of returns. devon: possible record cold com

police chief cathy lanier has a video that she wants you to see. she e-mailed this video of officers at the seventh district bike patrol playing with children in the neighborhood. one officer is jumping is taking part in a pickup football game. it showsier said officers building relationships in a neighborhood where violence has been frequent in the past. always great to see the cops getting along with local residents. they had nice weather that day. not necessarily the case right now. sunday,utdoor activity it will be downright cold. we have serious wind right now. power outages come just from customers. 16,000 northern virginia, nearly 5000 pepco in d.c., about 3000 southern maryland. the temperatures have plummeted. we have gone from 61 to 49 like that -- [snaps fingers] -- been just a few hours. 37 hagerstown. impressive wind gusts. severe thunderstorm came through at reagan national earlier, 59 mile-per-hour wind gust. joint base andrews with wind gusts near 55. the strongest winds right now, annapolis, anne arundel county, northern calvert co

this morning, cathy lanier says is she has not lost hope. in a press conference, she announced a new search began this morning on land and water here at the national arboretum. was live running at the shelter of d.c.'s general hospital when she vanished. have turned up nothing. investigators, armed with a new tip, believe the body may be here at the national arboretum. acknowledges finding her her >> we will search in the arboretum. a pretty extensive area. we have a combination of k-9 dogs and personnel, partners from the national center for children,d exploited the fbi, team members will be doing a search with our harbor branch in a body of water. sam: this is not the first time the police chief has given a press conference on a search. why she continues to give these press conferences when they search an area more than two years after it happened. she says each time it happens, they get more tips that people have been sitting on. entrance at avenue the national arboretum will remain closed so searchers can do their work. melanie: thank yo

chief cathy lanier said they're continuing to follow up on new search areas ini it's 400 acres. they're not searching it's entire property. there are certain areas here they're searching including a water -- a body of water on the property. relisha has been missing since march of 2014. she was last seen with a janitor at the homeless shelter where she was living with her family. the family knew the janitor at that time. he was later found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. the last search for relisha was held back in december. >> pretty extensive area, so we have a combination of k-9 dogs, personnel, about 60 personnel, partners from national center for missing and exploited children, the fbi, along with mpd members that will also be doing a search with our harbor branch in a body of water. >> reporter: coming up on news at 5:00, the chief talks about why this particular area is being searched now. pat, back to you. you can watch chief lanier's full news conference in the nbc washington app right now. open it up and search relisha. >>> a big welcome to a very special flig

chief cathy lanier stressed her department is making a number of arrests including an arrest in the shooting of that 7-year-old girl. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. leon: thank you. abc7 fighting back against crime. one of the ways is with the spot crime map to help you see what is happening in the neighborhood. go to wjla.com. click on the on your side tab. plane goes down in maryland. details of this crash coming up at 6:00. maureen: plus more metro troubles. the scathing new review of the transit system. what it promises to do to fix it. >> how a mel met just like this un -- helmet just like this one saved a seasonal's life after a bullet logged in i'm amy aubert. i have that story coming up. >> it's been another warm and a breezy day around here but the weather pattern is caused an increase in the chance of fires. that is why we are under red flag warning. i will explain still to come announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at a small plane flipped upside down near the bay bridge. the flames could be seen from the crash site half a mile east of the runway. the names are not r

since there are so many surveillance cameras like this one here at the parking barrages chief cathy lanier says she is confident in the near future the police will be making some arrests. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. maureen: a former student teacher in fairfax county is accused of pursuing inappropriate relationship with a 13-year-old boy. kathleen capitano was a student teacher at coats elementary school last year. the boy was a student at that school. capitana allegedly tried to meet the boy saturday at a hearndon hotel w were waiting for her. she is currently in jail. leon: we are following a developing story out of ecuador where 350 people are dead following the weekend's 7.8 magnitude earthquake. among the dead is one american. the quake was the latest in three-day continuation of the deadly tremors. in all the destruction there had been signs of hope. a woman found alive under rubble with a 7-year-old girl seen here. maureen: still ahead, new bus lanes are now up and running in go local jurisdictions. what the drivers need to avoid a ticket. leon: severe flooding in t

we listen to what cathy lanier as it's a possibility that she could be dead. at first i wouldn't accept it. i wasn't hearing that. now i have to come to the realization that they might find her deceased or he might find her alive. > and on the heels of this two-day search, two d.c. council members have proposed a bill dubbed the relisha rudd law. and under that law parents would have to notify police if their child goes missing. now, the law says that parents of missing children under the age of 12 would have 24 hours to notify police and parents of childr and 18 would have 48 hours following the disappearance to call police. and this is of course in an effort to avoid what happened back in 2014. if you'll remember a school counselor was actually the person who called police nearly three weeks after relisha rudd went missing. > life tonight from mpd headquarters, marina maracco, fox5 local newses. > just into the fox5 news room we have learned that georgetown university is the victim a cyber attack. according to university officials, the hack happened last wee

he wants chief cathy lanier to take action.ctio what do you think should be done. >> i think mpd has to to enforce force it. i know it's tough. it can be a public safety issue, but i think the enforcement oftf our current law is what's going to absolutely have to occur. > counsel member ruby may who represents ward 8 says she's worried about her constituents and she's been searching for afr way to fix a problem even searching a spot for riders to operate. >> the fact of the matter is is that they're illegal, so even in we get a location for them toto go, how are they going to getet them there? we thought aboutab that in conversation, tha(o if e are able to provide the site, that the site had storage on site so that they don't have to bring the bikes there. one problem is liability for the city. so she's hoping maybe a private company might step in to help run the site. > so once again we want to point out that this is just nott a problem here in the district. there are also issues inn maryland and in virginia. v in fact, tonight we are told that the police chief from d.c. and prince

police chief cathy lanier says this so-called game, has come to an end.y 100 people have been arrested this year- and 400 bikes confiscated. police are offering 250 dollars to anyone who can identify suspects in these cases- or help locate the illegal bikes and atvs. virginia governor terry mcauliffe has vetoed several bills pertaining to guns, including one that would have allowed school security officers to carry guns. mcauliffe says that would have exposed students and schools to unnecessary risk. school resource officers are already allowed to carry firearms- because they're active law enforcement officials. it's xx and we're just getting started. saying goodbye. loved ones gather to remember a slain local teen. we have the latest on the funeral arrangements. another day-- another freeze warning in effect... in april! and thats not all-- could we see snow this weekend? we will have a weather update coming right up. good morning washington i'm statue abraham in for larry smith. today: partly cloudy. cooler and breezy. highs: 53-58 winds: wnw 5-15 g 25

chief cathy lanier says she needs some additional information before any decisions are made. >> a sergeantho was trying to do a training exercise and there was some confusion about the training exercise and i haven't even really seen a preliminary on it yet. >> no one was hurt, but sources to tell news 4 that one officer is on medical leave because of the stress. >>> a middle schoolteacher arrested this weeke morning accused of child solicitation. fairfax county police say kathleen capatano traveled to thorn virginia to have sex with a 13-year-old boy. she's a sixth grade math teacher at a middle school in north carolina. police say she had been communicating online with the boy and they were aware of the plan to meet this weekend. capatano was arrested at a hotel in herndon saturday afternoon. >>> the so-called forever loyal bandit strikes again. police say he hit a capital one bank in leesburg -- on leesburg pike saturday. he passed a note to the teller that said he had a weapon and demanded cash. the teller handed him the money and he ran off. the fbi says this is the sixth robbery sinc

police chief cathy lanier says there is a no-chase policy when it comes to dealing with illegal bikes. >> a vigil was held tonight for a woman shot to death in leesburg. fisher was killed by her ex boyfriend derrick louis after the two got into an argument on saturday. >> the future of rfk saturday was the subject of a big meeting tonight. >> after her son ran ahead to a bunch, she and kayleigh walked along the trail to meet her and head back to the car. they heard the bill from a cyclist from behind and each stepped to one side of the trail and then kayleigh was hit. >> she turned around and saw him run her over. >> reporter: kayleigh's right femur is broken and she is scheduled to be in a cast for six weeks. she showed me the signatures on her purple cast and even let me sign it. >> i'll put xoxo, hugs and kisses, and then my name is ronica and i'll draw a little heart too. is that >> reporter: but she still recalls the moment when she was hit by the cyclist. >> the bike ran over me. >> amy described the cyclist on a red and white road bike. he wore a white or silver helmet and sung

he wants chief cathy lanier toai take action.at do you think should be done. >> i think mpd has to enforceeno it. i know it's tough because the chief said she doesn't like to chase them with police cars. it can be a public safety issue. i think enforcement of our of current law is what's going toon have to occur. council member may who represents ward 8 says she's worried about her constituents and she's been searching for a way to fix the problem, even searching d.c. parks for finding a way for the riders to operate. the fact of the matter is they're illegal. even if we get a location foror them to go? how are they going to them there.m if we are able to provide a pr site, that the site had storage on site so that they don't haveo to bring the council member may says one sa problem is liability for the city.ci she's hoping maybe a private company might step in to help h run the site. matt ackland, fox5 local news. > chief lanier seemed to disagree with the idea of giving bikers a place to ride legalegal limit she said those plac

this afternoon, the police chief, cathy lanier, said she has been briefed and is waiting for more details. take a listen. >> there is seven different of those you've heard. i prefer to wait until i see the facts and actually see things that happen before i make judgment. >>reporter: i can tell you this has been quite a topic of conversation among rank-and- file police officers who have heard about it. many say they are furious that if this was a training exercise, it was conducted in such a way that it put the health and safety of officers at risk. they say it's entirely possible, even likely, that someone could have pulled their own weapon and exchanged fire with the weapon who had the unloaded weapon. there's too many ways it could have gone wrong. these officers, like the mpd brass come are waiting on the report to determine what exactly happened here on saturday. live, >> i don't even want to think about the worst that could have happened. >>> the death of a transgender female at a rockville hotel is ruled a homicide. investigators believe the victim who identified herself as kiana bl

police chief cathy lanier along with federal and state law enforcement from around the region told reporterswant the public's help in capturing 245 have identified as being part of these gangs that have terrorized an ambulance, injured police officers and in their words harassed the citizens and pedestrians of our region. we have the picture of all 245 suspects the police are trying to find, there a $250 reward for anyone who can help find them. in the sdrik, madistrict, mark s 4. >>> results of a new decision 2016 poll shows donald trump with, quote, unprecedented unpopularity. 7 out of 10 americans hold an unfavorable view of the gop frontrunner and trump's unfavorability climbed from 58% in mid-february to 69% in yesterday's polls. the numbers are not much better among likely republican voters. nearly half say they don't like trump. now to the democrats and the clinton campaign's latest back and forth with protesters, this time the it was bill clinton who >> wait a minute, wait a minute. okay, i heard it. can i answer? you see, here's the the thing. i like protesters, but the ones that wo

police chief cathy lanier announced the safe zones after 57 robberies in the last year involving onlinepping. fighting back against crime reporter jennifer donelan explains the chief's plan to help keep you >> in all the social media and the internet apps people using you have to realize you are dealing with strangers. jennifer: buying and sell withing strangers on sites like craigslist increasingly ended in face-to-face crimes. >> we have had armed robberies and armed robberies that turn to carjackings. jennifer: d.c. police count 60 such time robberies since last may. distinct uptick. >> have you ever been nervous about a transaction? >> yes. i have. jennifer: in response the chief is making the lobbies of three police facilities safe exchange zones. harbor patrol in southwest, the third district in northwest. and the six district in northeast. >> i think for some people it will work. especially like young, single women. >> lobby access from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. for the transactions means secure access. weapon detection at two location and armed police officers. >> police are not be

he wants chief cathy lanier to taking. >> what do you think should be done? >> i think has to forfeit. i know it is tough. she said she doesn't like to chase them with police cars, they can be a public safety issue, but i think enforcement of our current law is what's going to absolutely have to occur. >> council member may, who represents ward eight, said she's worried about her constituents, has been searching for a way to fix the problem. even approaching dc park, to find a location for riders, to legally operate. >> the fact of the matter is even if we get location, how to get them, there we thought about that in conversation, right, that if we are able to provide, storage on site, that they don't have to bring the bikes there. >> but council member may says one problem is liability for the she is hoping a private company. >> once again, it is important to point out that this is just not a problem here in d.c. other agencies, prince georges county, other places of maryland, virginia, also seeing the same problems with these illegal bikes. in fact, tonight

police chief cathy lanier is crossing reports that two officers were suspended in an incident that happenedole call at the first district station on saturday. the metro police department looking into allegation of what they call a dry fire incident. that is when someone pulls the trigger of an empty gun. this morning on the newschannel8 news talk the grief joined bruce to clear the air. chief lanier: there was a simulated training exercise that went on at roll call. there are different stories of what happened. i don't know yet. i try to make sure we don't say anything publicly until we have the facts. there are reporting, news outlets reporting that the officers are placed on the administrative leave. that is also fa. wrong, wrong, wrong. i caution until we have facts we don't know that anything out of place happened. alison: chief lanier sid the investigation is on going. leon: checking the top stories investigators are working to find out what caused a plane to crash killing two people. the plane was attempting to land when it crashed. witnesses say they didn't notice anything wrong with

stephen: 45 minutes ago chief cathy lanier announced the arrest of two individuals in the shooting death of off-duty secret service officer which went down in southwest d.c. last december. now from the beginning the investigators said they believe the motive was robbery. today the chief echoes that sentiment. she said that 29-year-old charles sims and 17-year-old maurice bellamy are charged with first-degree murder. bellamy is the same that appeared in court charged with shooting washington, the 15-year-old killed at the deanwood metro station over easter weekend. the chief says witnesses coming forward were crucial to making these arrests. >> you are sick of the violence. the rumor that people won't corporate with the police is not the case. we get a lot from our community. we owe it to them to come back out and let everyone know.

surrounded by law enforcement from around the area, cathy lanier says the dirt bike game will end. >> we have had enough. the community has had enough. the riders that we can identify, we are going to aggressively prosecute. the bikes we have seized will be destroyed. sam: the past weekend, m.p.d. police officer was surrounded and dragged by a gang of riders. back in march, on carrying a sick child was stopped, surrounded and then had its driver side door opened by an a.t.v. driver. police had to come free the ambulance before it could continue to the hospital. >> i know we have had police officers injured. now increasing incident involving the first responders >> nearly 100 have been arrested this year and 400 bikes have been confiscated. 85 of them will be destroyed next month but police are searching for hundreds more. >> we are offering $250 for people who identify the riders in cases or the location where the illegal vehicles are stored. sam: if you think you know someone you could be entitled to $250. i'm sam sweeney, abc7 news. leon: a look at the few of the pictures that sam m

police chief cathy lanier confirmed a regional effort between state, local, and federal law enforcement agencies in our area. >> we're all working together and have been since last year. >> reporter: the d.c. police officer was struck by an atv and dragged down the street in southeast over the weekend. and monday an alert was sent out to fire departments in our region warning of an attack on an ambulance. as many as 30 atvs surrounded and stopped an ambulance that was transporting a child to the children's hospital here in northwest. one of the atv riders opened the door to the ambulance and threatened the driver. >> again, that is troubling, that type of situatio and, aga sharings information is very powerful, and, you know, we partner with law enforcement and others to beto, you know, allow us to do our jobs basically. >> reporter: sunday night this man took this cell phone video just blocks from the u.s. capitol and >> we have a gang of atv and motorcycle riders boiling through, completely disregarding the safety of anybody walking on the streets. a segway or two was coming through a

chief cathy lanier says she neds >> a sergeant who was trying do a training exercise and, you know, thereme confusion about the training exercise and i haven't even really seen a preliminary on it yet. >> no one was hurt, but sources tell us that one officer is on medical leave because of stress. >>> a middle schoolteacher is off the job this morning after being arrested in fairfax county accused of child solicitation. fairfax county police say cath leap capatano traveled to northern virginia to have sex with a 13-year-old boy. she's a sixth grade math teacher at a middle school in north carolina. police say she had been communicating online of the boy and they were aware of the plan to meet this weekend. capatano was arrested at a hotel in herndon saturday afternoon. >>> the so-called forever loyal bandit strikes again. police say he hit a capital one bank on leesburg pike in falls church on saturday. he passed a note to the teller demanded cash. the teller handed him the money and he ran off. the fbi says this is the sixth robbery sinceup 2014. fbi offering a $5,000 reward for anyone wi

chief cathy lanier says that she needs to find out more. >> i prefer to wait until i see some facts andctually from some direct statements of what happened before i make any judgments. >> no officers were hurt, but sources say one person took medical leave becausef >>> today marks one year since freddie gray died and was thrust into the spotlight and headlines for baltimore. rallies an vigiling are planned to honor his death. gray died a week after suffering spine and neck injuries. investigators say he was in the back of a police van. baltimore police say they arrested gray for carrying an illegal switch blade. his death set off violent riots in baltimore. six baltimore police officers now face criminal charges in gray's death. tomorrow a judge will hear arguments will compelling one officer to test by in another's trial. prosecutors want to force officer garrett miller to testify at officer nero's trial. miller and nero were the bike officers involved will gray's initial arrest. the december really of officer william porter ended in a mistrial. >>> a man fighting for his life after be

police cathy lanier momentarilyn and it look like they are slowly approaching the microphone right nowrelishate rudd cas te.ru the little girl in d.c. was found missing -- found to beo missing a little over w ago. she's never been heard fromrom again.n last seen with a man here inerei d.c. an new months ago the chief said they apparently had newad information.form this morning, they have told tov us come gather.e they will speak to what we to w believe is that new information. >> we are continuing with our investigation and disappearancer of relisha rudd.ud as you know, she went missing in march of 2014. 2 we have conducted numerous searches in various areas arouno the city. our last search was conductedon just across the street from herr back in december.em we continue to follow up on anyn information that we receive that may lead to us different searche area or lead to us different dif people that we need to talk to,, and this morning we'll be conducting a search actually itl will begin this morning and probably go through the end of the day tomorrow. tom we'll be searching over in t

as i think we would agree, i think cathy lanier was right when she said this is now a matter of internet. all of this is starting on the internet. social media. this is an entirely different 21st secentury approach toward policing. >> and just a little bit of background, the two teenagers, both the victim and the accused, the mother of the victim had taken him to richmond to get him out of harm's way, but he had to come back because he had to do some and this boy that he had been sort of talking smack with or having this feud with on social media sees him, chase him and ends up allegedly stabbing him to death. so what do we do about that, the fact that there is this anger? you were saying in the greenroom you can't look weak. this generation, you're not allowed to look weak. >> and we had a young man on the radio station part of a panel and he was saying, listen, now a days out there, and we all know that that was part of the thing growing up, too, especially with boys, but now it's so deadly. you cannot look weak. and so you have to strike back. we talk about what can be done. there is

the time of the incident.nt but residents there are still s concerned because dc policee chief cathy lanierays her officers were follow the no no chase policy in the district.. one restaurant owner near wheree this video was shot says he's concerned for his customertomer safety and he does want policeol to do more. >> most time to time when i can hear dirt bike, four wheeler i r most the time go outside andsida sort of watch over the patio t p little bit if somebody -- i canc stop it. stop >> in the video you can see the bikers recording themselves,heme jumping curbs and riding on botn sides of the road.d. the restaurant owner says he'ss even scene bikers go through ree lights. the video lasts just 55 secondsc in that time we can counseledoud arthritic bikes.ar now, many of us wonder, whyhy don't police do more to crack down on renegade dirt bikers and atv riders? should they go g af chase policy was actually a instituted in the '90's after at police cruiser crashed into a bystander's car as officers werr going after a drug suspect.. several people in that car weree killed.ed. so we're aski

police chief cathy ct lanier said sometimes it takeses while for people to come forward with informationthe case, and it is some kind of new information that is leading thei to this new search that is that really getting under way right r now at the national arboretum ab and the grounds there and will probably continue she said until late tomorrow. it looks like they're going toeg be searching an extensive areara there.er she said they'll be using k9 assets about 60 definitelyde personnel from d.c. police and the national center for cenf missing and he can polited c children.children. also, there is a small body of water there that chief lanier le said that will be searched asrcs well they'll be using theirheir harbor patrol assets, too,oo expected at least for that bodyy of water to be what theyhahe described as somewhat difficultt searches specially given the git time that has gone by. by it has been more than two yearsy since relisha rudd disappeared.. she disappeared last seen realll in early march of 2014. 2 you may recall she was living ln with her mother and her brothers at the d.