. >> reporter: not long ago deputy fulford arrests win gait for failing to identify himself, obstruction of justice and resisting arrest. all of those charges l wereater dropped. >> if i'm not being detained then i'm free to go. >> he's 100% epright. >>ter: this virginia-based to fence attorney says he sees why the judge threw out the case. >> he walks up to the gentleman and keeps insisting on him having to identif himself a the gentleman doesn't need to. it's a consensual contact, two people whether you're uniformed or not that ce together. that gentleman attempts to walk he police ks to and officer says he can't. >> reporter: wingate filed a civil lawsuit against the deputy and he believes pace wast of the reason he had this encounter in the first place. >> with offers and civilians of our color and, you'sknow, time that we stand up for our rights and, you know, do this theight y. >> reporter: meagan fitzgerald, news 4. >> now we reached out to thest ford county sheriff's department, and we're told they can't comment because of the pending litigation. we attempted to interview deputy

we attempted to inteiew deputy fulford, but he's not responded to our request. >>>or the secon time this month a car is taken from the same southeast d.c.onas sta as the driver is just filling it up. surveillance video from pennsylvania avenue and eastern market shows the man d.c. police are looking for. it was around 8:30 on tuesday morning that the man gets out of a black suv. as the suv leaves detectives say the man auction walks over to a car at a nearby gas pump, jumps inside and takes off. >> reporter: on july 4th a thief was caught on camerin ta station.e same gas the man gets out of the same car and sneaks over to the black mercedes and drives off. that they have still has not becaught. >>> and tonight anll aigator taken from a southeast d.c. home last week. he reptile was in fact an alligator and not aayman as first thought. d.c. police served a search warrant last wednesday. workers with humane rescue liance took the five-foot gator to a refuge. police later -- a day later returned and discovered six dogs in the same home. investigators say they found

county sheriff's departme w, andre told they can't comment because of the pendingio litig and deputy fulford was advised not to speak. >> i'm here with a live health report. swimming is now banned atpo san t park on the chesapeake bay near the b bridge due to a large amount of debris floating in the bay. news 4 was the first to tell you about that problem yesterday, and now maryland's natural resources police have issued an advisory to boaters warning of the potential danger of thela e debris floating in the water. they did that yesterday, and now th say it's not safe for swimmers either. debris cleanup is underway as more debris is expected all of this week. thanks, wendy. >>> now we turn to what some are callingy the muss test for special counsel's robert mueller's investt ation. presidump's former campaign chair paul manafort is the fst to face july. he's accused of millions of dollars in tax and bank fraud and this afternoon the jury has been set. let's get right to blayne alexander in the federal coitthouse more. blayne? >>eporter: well, leon, 12 jurors, four alternates have all been op

speaker, i rise today to recognize tommy fulford for winning the national eagle scout service project of the year award for central region. this project was a year in the making. tommy took a dirt-filled storage room gate dating back to 1904 in the basement of the history museum and created an exhibit illustrating the long history of coal mining in southern illinois. the room was designed to give visitors the feel of being in an actual mine. i visited the exhibit last month. coming from the mining roots myself, i can tell you tommy's project hit very close to home. to put things in perspective, eagle scouts around the country, their volunteers, complete almost 8.5 million hours of service towards their eagle projects last year. this works out to 150 hours per project. tommy and his 18 volunteers dicated 934 hours of service to complete his coal mining exhibit. tommy, i applaud you and i appreciate your dedication and hard work. i know you have a bright future head of you. mr. speaker, in january, i came to this well to urge the support for bipartisan legislation i introduced with my i