the police say that warned giddings sexually assaulted a woman with learning disabilities. tom roussey has the latest on the investigation. tom: scott, the police want everyone to take a good look at this mug shot we are about to show. this is warren, 23 years old, facing a host of charges related to this alleged sexual assault. giddings lives in charles county, in waldorf, but he is accused of the sexual assault in rockville. montgomery county police say the alleged victim has a cognitive learning disability, she is 20 years old. she met giddings on an online website. >> they exchanged messages through the online site and again through texts they agreed to meet at the victim's house. then the victim was assaulted. tom: giddings is facing 10 charges tonight, nine of them having to do with the alleged sexual assault but he is also accused of stealing a tablet computer of the alleged victim. he is in jail as we speak on $150,000 bond. montgomery county believe there may be other women out there who were potentially victims of giddings. if anyone has information about any othe

giddings has a pretrial date set for june 19th. his trial begins in august. >> giddings faces six first and sex assault charges and theft for stealing the victim's tablet when he left. >>> a woman was hit by a commercial truck on wisconsin avenue northwest this afternoon not too far from our station. she was in the crosswalk. the truck hit her while it made a left turn off van ness. she is expected to be okay. this incident blocked off traffic on wisconsin for about an hour. the driver lab charged. >>> showers are moving out. much cooler weather is taking its place. top, could we actually be talking frost here? >> yeah, we could, not so much tonight, but i think tomorrow night well north and west of town we'll talk frost. this is why we always say don't plant flowers until mother's day. here's the radar over the past hour. most of the activity pushed north up towards baltimore. the only stragglers are in southern maryland. another half hour you will see sun return. heaviest rain right now headed toward sand gates on our storm track

giddings has a pretrial date for june 19th. his trial begins in august. stephanie ramirez, wusa9 news. >> giddings is currently held on a $150,000 bond. >>> we've got some new information tonight on the search for a man accused of killing his wife at a dunkin' donuts store. this happened in hanover earlier this month. police are now offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to the capture of bhadreskumar patel. he was last seen at hotel in newark and then at central station in newark. >>> there was a memorial service today for the virginia mother and daughter killed in the germanwings plane crash in the french alps. yvonne and emily selke were remembered for the way they lived. family and friends gathered for a mass at sacred heart catholic church in manassas. >> the memorial was beautiful. i think it was exactly what they could have wanted. described them perfectly, both great social conscious and givers to the community. emily was a very accomplished young lady. >> three americans were aboard the germanwings flight that crashed into the alps las

sam: giddings faces multiple counts including three counts of first degree sexual assault. he's currently being held on $150,000 bond. reporting at the montgomery county police headquarters i'm sam sweeney, abc 7 news. jummy: more rain expected today but the big problem right now could be the wind. doug hill is here with the look at the first forecast for today. doug? doug: gusty winds, kind of early in the day for us. normally, our showers and gusty winds come later in the afternoon. it's a rapidly moving cold front. let's tell you the weather story on this wednesday. beautiful weather out there at the moment. but this is all going to change as the heavy line of showers moves into the area here. some lightning and thunder developing as well and that's going to be the story here for the next hour or two. winds are gusting from 25 to 35 miles per hour and that's going to be a story into the afternoon hours. a larger picture shows the rapidly moving area of rain with a few areas of thunder and lightning move in and some snow falling across pennsylvania with the strong cold fr

his name is warren giddings and montgomery county police arrested him tonight. the officers say back in february giddings met the woman on an online dating site. they say he went to the home sexually assaulted her and stole a tablet. police believe the woman may not be only victim and they are asking others to come forward. giddings is facing ten charges including sexual assault and theft. >> a 14-year-old is in jail tonight and accused of attacking a metro bus driver with a taser. investigators say this attack happened in january when the teenager was riding an e-4 bus. police say that's when he tased the driver. the driver had to be taken to the hospital and officers used video surveillance from that bus to find that teenager. >> the justice department is joining the investigation. kurt gregory has the latest on the call for answers. >> reporter: justice department announced tuesday it's conducting its own investigation into how freddie gray suffered a fatal spinal cord injury while in police custody. on monday police released a time line of the arrest. >> get

warren giddings is accused of attacking a woman with learning disabilities. megan mcgrath is live in rockville with why police believe there could be more victims. >> reporter: that's right. 23-year-old warren giddings is accused of sexually assaulting a 20-year-old woman who has cognitive learning disabilities. police say it happened back in february take a look at his picture here. they say giddings and the victim met online and exchanged e-mails and texts and agreed to meet at the victim's house. during that visit, police say he sexually assaulted the woman and stole her tablet. >> the thing is this 20-year-old female is a woman who functions at the level of a middle schooler. she has developmental issues. he took advantage of that assaulted her. >>> warren giddings has been charged with three counts of second degree sexual assault, three counts of vulnerable adult abuse as well as theft. police believe there's a possibility that there may be other victims out there who simply have not come forward yet and investigators are asking potential victims to cont

giddings went by the name charged up 989. police say he went to the woman's home, threatened her and then sexually assaulted her. now he's held on a $150,000 bond. >>> trying to you want race the cops almost never works out for anyone, but it seems somebody is always willing to try regardless of the risk. case in point, richmond highway, monday morning a county cop from fairfax tries to pull over 31-year-old roger garcia for a routine traffic stop, but garcia has other ideas and zooms away. the officer gives chase and has to use a precision immobilization technique to stop the guy. turns out garcia has a 1-year- old child in the back seat of that car. now he is charged not only with reckless driving and failing to stop for an officer, felony child endangerment. >>> tomorrow a stafford county man is due in court for a bond hearing on charges that he murdered his 11-month-old foster child by placing him in scalding hot water for a bath. the charge in this case is 33- year-old david -- charged in this case is 33-year-old david m

vekors say warren gidd -- investigators say warren giddings assaulted a woman in february.any other victims of giddings are urged to call police. >>> four anne arundel county detention officers are accused of smuggling contake band to inmates -- contra band to inmates. all four were arrested yesterday in annapolis. investigators say the contra band included fast food, cigarettes and a cell phone. >>> montgomery county executive ike leggett plans to sign six bills into law today. one would give veterans -- [indiscernible] the signing ceremony takes place at noon in rockville. >>> looking for a way to celebrate earth day? well here are a few things you can do in the d.c. area. if you live in fairfax county, -- in frederick county, maryland, rather, federal transit services will be offering free rides all day on the connector and shuttle routes. they'll also give out free drawstring bags from 7:30 till 9:30 this morning at the transit center. all wegmans locations will hold earth day celebrations on saturday from 11:00 to 3:00. the first 300 customers at each wegmans to recycl

warren giddings was accused of assaulting a 20-year-old woman with learning disabilities in february. police tell us he met the woman online. he is also charged with stealing her tablet. officials fear there may be other victims who haven't come forward yet. >> the thing is this 20-year-old female is a woman who functions at the level of a middle schooler. she has developmental issues. he took advantage of that assaulted her. >> giddings is in jail on $150,000 bond. >>> it is not your imagination. fire incidents have become more common on metro's tracks. documents show there were 108 fires last year. that compares to 86 in 2013. metro will talk about the trend during a safety briefing tomorrow. metro is also working to replace aging equipment. >>> millions of chickens set to be euthanized. up next what officials are doing to keep you safe. >>> and a terror plot foiled. how a woman's murder led police briel. >>> a woman's murder may be tied to a former terror plot in paris. police arrested a 24-year-old man after he accidentally shot himself in the leg and called an ambulance. official

giddings is being held on bond. but police say he sexually assaulted a woman with cognitive mental illness. the two met on a website. >>> today a judge warned rosen to follow his -- he went outside his allowed area for 15 minutes. the judge say s if that happens again he's going to get hauled off to jail. he is charged with secretly recording women in dc and soliciting a minor for sex in fairfax county. >>> the man who tried to assassinate president ronald reagan will be back in court tomorrow. he is fighting to spend more time outside of the mental hospital. right now he gets five days a month at his mother's house. that time has increased since the first ruling in 2003. hinkley was found not guilty on insanity. >>> tomorrow will be the first day for the sentencing trial for dzhokhar tsarnaev. the jury must all agree on whether dzhokhar tsarnaev gets life in prison or the death penalty. >>> a man is one of three people killed in maryland's eastern shore. cowell was behind the wheel when another driver crossed the m

his name is 23-year-old warren giddings of waldorf arrested and charged for threatening and sexually assaulting a young woman with learning disabilities. the two met on an online dating website. it happened near montgomery college's rockville campus. a few students say this is why they're afraid to do online dating. >> my concerns are with the age, not knowing who you're talking to. >> i wouldn't want -- i wouldn't recommend it. >> it's like catfish the show. >> my mom does. she married my stepdad from meeting him on online dating, a christian site, but we never discussed safety about it. >> just really be careful because no one is who they say they are. >> police say they're concerned there have been even more victims across the dmv. contact your local police department immediately if you think you know anything about it. >>> a deal approved today could have the any paying out big bucks the next 65 years. -- the nfl paying out big bucks the next 65 years. the average payout would be about 200 grand for players who develop alzheimer's disease or moderate dementia. however, the awards

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police arrested warren giddings. he is accused of attacking a woman with learning disabilities. officers say back in february, he met the woman on an online dating site. he then went to her home in rockville, sexually assaulted a her and stole a tablet. police are asking others to come forward. >>> a teenage boy facing some serious charges this morning accused of attacking a metrobus driver with a taser. metro transit police say the 14-year-old was on a bus in january headed to ft. tauten when he tased the driver on the arm. video surveillance was used to find that teenager. >>> if you're making plans for the weekend tickets are available right now to go to the next wizards playoff game. it's friday night at home. the team won last night and now has a 2-0 lead over the raptors. john wall and bradley beal combined more than 50 points in the win. tickets are now $60. >>> another day, another chase in southern california. but this one has an unusual ending. the story in two minutes. >>> looking live outside this >>> this morning, a man is waking up in custody following a chase and

warren giddings is accused of attacking a woman with learning disabilities. back in february he met that woman online in a dating side and he went to her home sexual i will assaulting her and stole a tablet. police are asking others to come forward. >>> a developing story in japan this morning. a small drone was found on the roof of the prime minister's office in central tokyo. officials originally call the drone harmless but then said it had trace amounts of radioactive material. they don't believe it was enough to pose any danger. >>> it's 6:17 now. a lawmaker could soon face an investigation over whether he's violated d.c. gun laws. and's all because of a photo he tweeted. here's the photo. that is representative ken buck of colorado on the right. he's holding an ar-15 with another congressman. assault rifles are illegal in the district. the d.c. attorney general's office said it's passed the photo on to d.c. police. buck told the hill newspaper, capitol police gave him permission to have it in his office. buck told the hill the gun does not work same quot

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