this ended at the glenmont station. hicks ran off but used the smart trip card to exit so they snatched the data base with the security cameras at glenmont and quickly identified the suspect. >> a horrific thing. he accosts her and assaults her with the knife. >> people commuting in the morning should not worry about the safety. we argued that in court. the judge agreeed. kevin: prosecutors said hicks had three previous sexual assault convictions two against children. he was living northwest d.c. with his mother. he has four children of his he is now in jail with no bond. live in silver spring, i'm kevin lewis, abc7 news. maureen: thank you. tonight virginia's governor is target of a federal investigation. that investigation led by the department of justice is putting governor terry mcauliffe's campaign under heavy scrutiny. jonathan elias is at the "live desk" with more. jonathan: the f.b.i. and the justice department investigating whether or not some campaign donation to governor mcauliffe violated campaign law accord

to glenmont at 10:00 a.m. back on tuesday april 12, it was effectively reverse commuting so there was no other passengers inside the car. police telling us the sexual assault lasted from forest glen to glenmont. that is three stops in total. we're live in silver spring. i'm kevin lewis, abc7 news. jonathan: thanks. fairfax county teacher's aide murdered outside the huntington apartment in an apparent robbery attempt. at this point police say the 24-year-old tarreece sampson witnessed at least one person breaking in cars 2:30 friday morning and was shot a number of times while on the phone with a friend. the students were shocked to hear the news. >> if one of our teachers was at a meeting, he would take care of us. city side apartment tells us that the property manager took over a few years ago stopped using a security agency. right now police have not announced if they have any leads in the case. all right. now to the race for the white house. enough polls show clinton and de neck neck in the race. "washingto

. >>> reporter: the incident began at the metro station and ended here at the glenmont metro station. the horror for the victim is probably far from over. >> one would think one would be safe at 10:00 in the morning and not in a struggle for a life. transit police say john hicks attempted to rape a woman by knifepoint. according to the charging documents a woman was sleeping on a train around 10:00 and woke up to only find hits aboard her car and asked if she had a boyfriend before he put her in a bear-- put her in a bear hug and attempted to rape her on a moving train. >> i never get on a train if there are cars and t or only one other person. >>> reporter: he ordered her to stay on the train before he jumped on another one. >> there is no exit or help between one-shot or another-- one-stop or another and if there are only two people, then is that type of situation. >> it's almost the perfect place for a crime.>> it is not really surprising. >> concerning? >> i'm always concerned if i have to come home late i don't like to be the only woman on a train. >> ramping up the cameras and i

molette green at the glenmont metro saying where the attack came to an end. >> reporter: good morning. metro police used some high definition surveillance video at this particular station to help i.d. this guy. this is the end of the east end of the red line where the attack came to an end as you said. want you to take a look at the mug shot, 39-year-old john hicks, he is locked up not getting out of jail. he's there without bond this morning. the big concern for people using the system this morning is why are they just finding out about this attack that happened a month ago. and it's the second one take this particular man is accused of on a metro train. >> i can count on one happened the times that i've seen a police officer so either they need to hire more police officers or they just need to rotate them so that they're on the trains more. >> reporter: now, the sex assault reported just one day after metro dealt with a can deadly stabbing that happened at the deanwood station. now, in the hours ahead, we'll be reaching out to the general manager and metro transit safety about their

the incident happened a month ago on the east end of the red line between forest glen and glenmont.it was 10:00 a.m. when john approached her in a mostly empty rail car. he first forced her at knife point into the partitioned area of the car and sexually assaulted her. he attempted to rape her, but she says she fought him off. the vehicle tip left the train at glenmont and asked a metro employee contact police. >> video and high resolution pictures for the victim to identify the assailant and they were able to apprehend mr. hicks in just a matter of hours. >> the suspect is being held without bond. just ten days before the attempted rape, hicks had been charged with exposing himself to a woman on the metro train. >>> it did not swerve. that is what egyptian officials are now saying about the flight 804 that crashed. greece believed it plummeted after rapidly turning in which could indicate something as serious as an explosion. again the only way for them to really know is for them to find the black box which is could be lying 10,000 feet town at the bottom of the mediterranean sea.

inside of a red line train car traveling between forest glen and the glenmont station.pite quick arrest, wmata never put out an alert. the only hint of john hicks' alleged crimes, this vague one-line mention in the metro police blotter published nearly a month later. >> i'll take a look at it. again, from my perspective it was no threat to the community because we captured the person. kevin: after takin

live at the glenmont metro station bruce lashan, wusa 9. >> thank you.. jack eva the attack. >>> we're monitoring the red line this afternoon after a service melt down this morning. we've adam riding the rails all day long. the issue today was failing high voltage electrical equipment. the result was a lot of riders work. scott groom is live. what do you have? >> reporter: well, huge delays this morning. thankfully at the hour right now metro on the red line back to normal. double tracking after a morning of mayhem. >> it started at 7:00 a.m.. >> it sucks. >> crowds so deep delays so long. >> it was unbearable. >> one man took to jumps rope to pass the time. >> i was sitting on the metro for 20 minutes. i jumped rope. what did you do? >> many riders sharing their frustration on susan mcginnis, -- on social media. >> travel time delay on the trains was 35 to 40 minutes not counting the wait to get on. the problems, electrical and underground. two failures in one morning. a cable failed near medical center. >> they were pulled out of the tunnels in time for

reporting from glenmont metro station, wusa 9. >>> could this be the smoking gun that derails hillary clinton's road to the white house? a state department report today finds secretary clinton and previous secretaries of state failed to comply with the rule on e-mails. the long stemming weaknesses related failures before, but clinton's were singled out as more serious. no further reaction from the sanders or trump campaign. >>> on the campaign trail, donald trump's first joint fundraiser with the republican national committee ended in what police called a riot. hundreds of anti-trump protesters clashed with officers tuesday night outside of the event in albuquerque. several officers were injured. inside, trump, the presumptive nominee, took shots at hillary clinton, his likely opponent in the fall. clinton has her sights on trump as well. six hold state primaries including delegate-rich california and new mexico. >>> president obama has arrived in japan after wrapping up his three-day visit to vietnam. the president is meeting with japan's will attend an economic summit tomorrow. frid

a woman says she fell asleep around 10:00 in the morning on a glenmont bound train, she woke up to aman with a knife, prosecutors say he brought her to the back of the train car and sexually assaulted her four minutes. threatened herhe life if she is the suspect, one of my police for exposing himself days before the incident and has an expensive -- extensive criminal history, all of this news comes after metro's crime numbers continues to climb, a 10% increase year over year in crime. metro riders we spoke with say police are doing the best they can. >> crime is heavy in the area in general. whether it they are here or not, they cannot be everywhere, they are responsive but you cannot prevent anything. >> i had an incident on the train and they took care of it and found the guy. my trunk was broken into and they took care of it and found my stuff. sam: police acted quickly in the list rate case, taking the suspect in custody quickly after, he is now in jail on no bond. jummy: new information on the investigation into the crash of egypt air 804, egyptian officials denying a naming the

for several stops into montgomery county before the suspect finally got off an exit here at the glenmont station in montgomery county. metro says their officers arrested john prentice hicks. he is charged with attempted rape, sexual offense and assault. metro says they arrested hicks back in the district within hours of the april 12th incident. he was later extradited into montgomery county where just today he had a bond hearing. april 12th was a tuesday. you have to imagine plenty of folks using metro throughout the day, busy work day, so we are trying to get some answers as far as to whether there were any witnesses, whether this was an empty train car, how many people were on the car, how many people may have witnessed anything that -- anything that may have happened. we should note he is -- when i say he, i say john hicks is currently being in montgomery county. live at the glenmont station, i'm mola lenghi for wusa9. >> get back to us with new details on this one. >>> also breaking this afternoon, two women shot in d.c. late this afternoon. police confirming to us that two adult fem

when the train stopped at glenmont, the man left, swiping his smartrip card. that is how the police tracked them down. we are asked why we were not told of the threat. because it had been contained because of the quick arrest. riders did not follow that logic. they have him in let us know so we can be more aware. jay: we are told the suspect lived at home with his mother, has four children 10 and under, worked full time, but has been denied bond, so he remains in jail. jay korff, abc 7 news. breaking news on metro, in incident on a green line train. a person was robbed at the soup and station. victim had minor injuries. no arrests have been made. -- the person was robbed at the suitland station. say they forced entry into an apartment on jorgensen drive and found two victims dead. there is no threat to the public, the police say, and this does not appear to be random. stay with us for breaking news updates. leon: a victim rush to the this was near shady grove road. hit with so much force that it separated the engine from the car. no word of the calls or the vi

more than a month for police to reveal a violent alleged rape at knife point on a red line train in glenmont. it might have only happened because the suspect appeared in court for the first time yesterday. that's when we found out about it and reported it on the news. >> i think of all the times that i've ridden and when i've been the only one with one other person on the train. i feel like i was stupid to not be more alert. >> i think that metro has the responsibility to its patrons and riders. >> to tell them. >> yeah, alert people . >> the new ceo ordered police to let everyone know about violent crime the same day unless it will jeopardize the investigation. >>> metro's red line is back on track after a frustrating morning commute. tracking and two large sections of the red line were down. the bethesda station was bypassed for a short time. riders saw delays of up to 45 minutes. >> the metro general manager appeared before a house sub committee on capitol hill. john micah of florida gave him a certificate after appreciation for firing some 20 managers jokingly. he said he had no pleasure

the suspect exiting at the glenmont station. police say they arrested 39- year-old john prentice hicks within hours of the but at a hearing today a judge denied bond for hicks. >>> university of maryland police under fire for using pepper spray to break up a graduation party this past weekend. >> many of the grads there that night claimed the police used the pepper spray was racially motivated. the university of maryland police chief and president promised school transparency but not released any of the six body cam videos or surveillance video from that night and say faces have to be blurred for security reasons. >> graduated, i was excited but a couple days ago when i walked across stage and now i get to hear about this just a couple days after i graduate. >> i feel that they use a lot of force but i don't think it was racially motivated or anything like that. at the just wanted to break up the party. >> the kids on campus like it will change their views on how they view crowds. >> university leaders today plan to review all t

the metro transit police say this happened last month at a red line train near the glenmont station.john hicks. a woman says hicks held her at knife point and tried to rape her. the woman says he forced her to perform some sort of sexual act on him. police quickly identified and arrested hicks and charged him with that attempted rape and other sex offenses. they say he may also be responsible for an unrelated sexual assault in montgomery county. >>> short staffing and lines, that's a problem that's caused passengers to miss their flights at airports all across the country. with the busy travel summer season across the country, there are fears it could get worse. but as we speak, the agency is testing some new technology that it hopes to not only get you to your plane faster, but also safer. >> our transportation reporter adam tuss gets rare access to the tsa testing facility. >> reporter: welcome to the transportation system's integrated facility. there's nothing ordinary about what's inside. the primary mission here, safety and security, but the focus is also on efficiency. >> our t

inside of a red line train car traveling between forest glen and the glenmont station. despite quick arrest, wmata never put out an alert. the only hint of john hicks' alleged crimes, this vague one-line mention in the metro police blotter published nearly a month later. >> i'll take a look at it. again, from my perspective it was no threat to the community because we captured the person. kevin: after takin questions reporters, metro g.m. paul wiedefeld mandated the agency publicize all violent crimes the same day they happen. members of congress applaud that decree. >> i think people are more concerned with incidents like that, than they are with smoke in the car. >> i feel that he will take to heart what we said today and put more information out. kevin: metro transit police say they did not arrest hicks after his alleged master base incident -- master base incident because they were waiting for the arrest warrant to come down. he used his smart trip card after the alleged crimes and undetected until after the fact. i'm kevin lewis, abc7 news. alison: now to the viole

let's check in with know let group live outside of the glenmont station where the attack happened. >> reporter: yeah, as you head out to metro this morning, no need to worry about this particular suspect. but it does bring up the issue of personal safety. your personal safety as you ride the rails. want you to take a look at his mug shot. this is john hicks eergs locked up this morning without bond. the b why people are just finding out about this attack that happened about a month ago. and it's the second one that this suspect is accused of on a metro train. happening one day after metro had a deadly stabbing at the deanwood station. now, in this attempted rape, the victim says he used a knife to assault her in a partitioned area of a mostly empty train car at 10:00 in the morning on april 12th. she fought him and cut her hand in the process. he then left the train and reportedly according to documents just ten days before hicks was accused of exposing himself to it a woman on a metro train. now, in the hours ahead, we will reach out to metro's general manager about the agency's resp

the victim got off at glenmont and asked the metro employee to contact police. >> they put together some videos and high resolution pictures for the victim to identify the assailant, and that helped them narrow their search and they were able to apprehend mr. hicks in just a matter of hours. >> well, the suspect is being held without bond in montgomery county just ten day attempted rape hicks had been charged with exposing himself to a woman on a metro train. >>> right now we're expecting virginia governor to hold an event at any moment in alexandria to come to the fbi investigation whether his campaign accepted illegal contributions. he addressed an event about an hour ago and said he's confident investors will find his campaign didn't do anything wrong. mccauliffe is a board member of the clinton global initiative. federal officials say investigators are looking at those overlaps. >>> finally, a day with no rain. lots of sunshine. there's the capital basking in this glorious sunshine on this may 24th. we had that sun coming in a mostly clear sky, and it continues that way around the re

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