that was not our role. >> according to charging documents, deonte carraway formed a club that allowed him to access victims during and after-school hours. the complaint by students by carraway, it took a relative of one of the victims going to police before carraway was arrested, but the task force did not interview anyone associated with that case. >> we did not interview anyone associated with, the principals and teachers. >> how can you begin to address what happened to the carraway situation without speaking to the kull you are of the school where it was all happening. >> one is the thing you have to understand is what the charge of the task force was, and it was not to investigate the carraway situation. >> reporter: the ceo announced there would be a separate task force to investigate the carraway case and that would be getting under way very soon. i'mac back to you in the studio. >> thank you. >> school district records obtained by the i-team show a top order of business for the student safety task force was to shield deliberations from the public. a meeting agenda obtained by

deonte carraway is under federal indictment. courthouse here we understand his case is before the grand jury. it's possible that indictments on state charges will be coming down soon. in upper marlboro, brad bell, abc7 news. jonathan: there is a warning after four cases of kids approached by a man. in each of the cases the kids gave almost the exact same story and the same descriptions of the guy in the vehicle he is driving. jeff goldberg has details. high school and elementary school students report a man driving dark pickup truck or sedan creeping up next to them and sometimes talking and sometimes not. last wednesday the recent incident outside washington lee high school. he said one time he honkedhi horn and the other time he was clearly watching her. jeff: the news to make any parent feel like vance does. >> it makes me nervous. jeff: two girls walking home from barrett elementary school when a man in a dark blue pickup truck drove beside them at a slow speed staring. vance's daughter is in the fourth grade at barrett and

single aspect of school policy to see what went wrong here at judge sylvania elementary will where deonte carraway worked as an aide and volunteer. we could see changes away background checks and new rules about reporting abuse and who can volunteer in schools. horrible allegations of sex abuse involving as many as 19 children just rocked this county. some of the abuse reportedly happened on school grounds between children as young as nine up to 13 years of age. the 22-year-old admitted creating videos of these children. he has pleaded no tnot guilty t numerous charges of sexually exploiting children. back to you. >>> also in prince george's county, a murder trial unlike almost any other. jermaine hales is accused of shooting melvin tate back in 2010. that shooting paralyzed tate who died of his injuries a little less than two years later. prosecutors argue he was able to ii death by deliberately blinking at a picture of hale. if the judge allows the identification into evidence, it will be the first time that's happened in a case like this in maryland. >>> today the trial against aen man accused

maxwell following the arrest of a former school aid during volunteer deonte carraway.is facing federal charges for videotaping more than a dozen students on and off school property. >> the task force believes that these recommendations are just a starting point. >> some of the changes to be implemented includes the ceo reporting safety improvements publicly every year. there will be a new office of monitoring, accountability and compliance created that reports to the ceo. there will also be the creation

maxwell following the arrest of a former school aid during volunteer deonte carraway. carraway is facing federal charges for videotaping more than a dozen students on and off school property. >> the task force believes that these recommendations are just a starting point. >> some of the changes to be implemented includes the ceo reporting safety improvements publicly every year. there will be a new office of monitoring, accountability and compliance created that reports to the ceo. there will also be the creation and has not received sexual abuse prevention training. >> children and parents need to know everything is being done to support them. >> classes geared at preventing child abuse for k through 12. training to improve volunteers, vendors and contractors as well. there is a new mandate that all employees report suspected child abuse to the department of social services, something that was not required before. >> our job isn't to protect each other. our job is to protect the children in our charge. >> the board will be meeting throughout the summer to get the chan

we spoke on phone tonight witht the mother of one of deonte carraway's alleged victims. she told us this, quote, i got t reel problem with this. if they don't talk to us, it us just looks like they are hiding something. we are life in upper marlboro tonight, tom fitzgerald, fox5erl local news.lo > we have afulup story tonight on something that has a lot of you talking on social media. a native american girl inirl charles county who was told thal she was not allow to wear moccasins during her high schoog graduation ceremony. c the principal says it's becausee the shoes violate the dress today, the student's mother is s appealing this decision. sarah and lauren, the meeting that happened today at the charles county itself districtef headquarters wrapped up with a whiling a but it finished with i no decision. dec the district's assistant superintendent met with the student and her parents and she right now is still weighing whether or not dylan is going to be able to wear those mock since when she graduates on thursday. we first told us yesterday and she showed us the dress

the report comes in the wake of child porn charges against school volunteer deonte carraway, who is accused of making videos as he allegedly abused 11 children, he's suspected of cornering alone. even so, school ceo dr. kevin maxwell says this does not mean the whole system is rotten. >> so this is one school. and i have said this is a very terrible thing to have happened. i've used a number of verbiage. it was terrible, heinous, off, shouldn't have happened. but i have 200-something other schools where >> promising an annual report to the school board on school safety. and the opening of a headquarters office to implement school safety and training improvements to prevent sexual abuse. at the prince george's county board of education, in upper marlboro, scott broom, wusa 9. >> and task force chairman, dr. charlene duke said her committee did not interview any of caraway's victims or families because of the ongoing criminal investigation. dukes is the president of prince george's county community college. >>> arlington county police, looking for a man, trying to lure kids into his blue pick

it was formed after the arrest of school aide deonte carraway on charges of videotaping a dozen students performing sex acts as sylvania woods elementary school. >> it is the responsibility of adults to protect children from harm. that is the underlying theme in this report. maureen: the reports makes including more reporting, accountability and prevention as well as the creation of a new compliance office. the school c.e.o. kevin maxwell pledged to do whatever is needed. jonathan: it was a contentious meeting even for donald trump. that is the snapshot from the news conference where he faced barrage of questions over $6 million he said he raised for veterans. scott thuman was at the january fundraiser in question and joins us to follow the money. where is it going? cot: well, keep in mind all of this came to a head because trump critics and members of the media were asking where did the money go? did he donate the $1 million he personally promised? today, answers. >> i'm totally accountable. i didn't want to have credit for it. now actually, though, what i got was worse than credit. sco

of abuse reportedly happened right here at this school, judge still vyl woods elementary where deonte carraway worked as an aid. they will look at the case and looking at school policy and the task force will release its findings. police found videos they say carraway made of children having sex with him and children having sex with each other. and some of

a task force plans to release its findings regarding the deonte carraway case, the former volunteer accusedg pictures of young children performing sex acts on him and each other at the school. carraway faces more than a dozen federal and state charges for abusing up to 19 students. today's report will include changes to policies regarding how much access school volunteers have to students. >>> also today a murder trial up like any other. jury selection will begin in the case against engineer main hales, accused of shooting melvin tate in 2010. the shooting paralyzed tate who died of his injuries less than two years later. prosecutors argued tate was able to identifyhoeho his death by deliberately blipgiblipg i blinking at a picture. if the judge allowed the testimony in, it will be the first time it's ever happened in maryland. >>> south korea responds to north korea's latest missile launch saying it failed again. is this video of a previous launch this year. a government source saying that the missile this time away exploded on the launch pad. if this is true, this would be the fourth time

the task force was set up after school volunteer deonte carraway was accused of victim sizing 19 elementary school students. >>> it's the quiet after the storm. chuck bell still seeing that radar all lit up this morning. >> you betcha, but instead of the white yellows and oranges and reds which usually indicates severe weather and heavy rain, we're just back to the quieter blues and green. those are light to moderate rain showers across the area. thunderstorms are now well done towards tidewater in virginia. so long gone. still have a pretty high chance for rain today, but it will not be a repeat performance of yesterday. so kids on your way out to the bus stops, have the umbrellas ready to go. temperatures in the 60s now and we'll stay in the 60s pretty much all day today. so kiddos, back to umbrellas, jeans and long sleeves at least for another couple of days. and i do mean a couple. there is a lot of rain about in our forecast, a look at the extended forecast coming up in about ten minutes. >>> so we have a couple of new spots we're just hearing about as far as high standing water this m

appointed after the arrest, volunteer aide deonte carraway for child abuse and creation of child porne sylvania woods elementary school, the school safety task force making 28 suggestions. school c.e.o. kevin maxwell says he is appointing a work group to implement them. >> my promise to students and to students, parents, staff, members of the community i will take whatever actions are necessary. >> the task force chaired by the president of prince george's community college recommends yearly safety reporting by this c.e.o. to better hold principals accountable for student safety. to create a new compliance office to institute better screening of everybody who has contact. and to adjust curriculum to empower child

of abuse reportedly happened right here at this school, judge still vyl woods elementary where deonte carraway worked as an aid. they will look at the case and looking at school policy and the task force will release its findings. police found videos they say carraway made of children having sex with him and children having sex with each other. and some of the incidents happened at this school, church and other locations. police arrested carraway back in february and the case sent shockwaves throughout the county. they set up an independent study. and now what blew the lid open on this was a 9-year-old boy's uncle who happened to see a nude image on the boy's cellphone and went to police. carraway has pleaded not guilty to numerous counts of sexually exploiting children. that is the latest live outside judge sylvania woods elementary in glenarden. back to you. >>> also today, in upper marlboro, a murder trial unlike almost any other. jury selection will begin in the case against jermaine hales. hales is accused of shooting melvin tate in 2010. the shooting paralyzed tate who died of his injuri

the task for the was set up after school volunteer deonte carraway was accused of vict victimizes 19 students inside a school in glenarden. >>> and beach drive at a couple different procedures. in maryland shut down near knowledge avenue and between 410 and the d.c. line. and in d.c., beach drive shut down between the d.c. line and military road. that is an area that we typically see the low lying area the standing water and buckling of the road really adding up today. today right now as far as travel times go, 11 minutes. to ha beltway to 270, nine minutes. 66 inbound you're okay. and 95 north quantico to the beltway also on time. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car. >>> after a round of heavy thunderstorms late last night, we're back to just clouds and rain showers here this morning. nothing all that heavy. but there are pockets of rain now from frederick, maryland to leesburg to warrington to luray and everybody is wet following the overnight rain showers. not expecting a lot of rain, but off and on chances for showers will keep temperatures in the 60s all

the result of the case earlierer this year the arrest of teachers aid deonte carraway here at judge sylvaniaoods elementaryt school in glenn arden.en. the two-year-old voluntary as cued of video taping youngapo students engaging in sex actss here at school and in other locations around glenn arden.nnn at least 17 victims have beenmse identified these are childrenedi between the age of nine and 133 years old.ld the task force chaired by thehe president of prince george's g community college doctor she'llc of charlene duke at thee dat t direction of prince george's g school ceo kevin maxwell has investigated the procedures andd policies throughout the schoolch system. and what can be done to bettertr protect the children whileldrene they're at school. sch these alleged crimes occurring at school during the school day. we'll learn the results of thisi investigation and the results of the task force later thishis afternoon at school boardchoo headquarters in upper marlboro. for now, carraway is being held in jail here in prince george'sg county on $1 million bond. he faces the possibility of lif