it's a gps tracker being installed inside a car. i'll explain how it works and why it's perfectly legal for a car dealership to track you. >>> and leah's big trip. she's out of children's hospital and now we have new photos of her in cincinnati getting ready to see her dad suit up for the bengals. - ( helicopter whirring ) - ( roars ) ( siren wails ) ( pop music playing ) ♪ when you're ready ♪ ready, ready, ready ♪ come and get it ♪ get it, get it ♪ when you're ready, come and get it ♪ ♪ na na na na ♪ na na na na na na na ♪ ♪ when you're ready, come and get it ♪ ♪ na na na na... female announcer: it's a great big world and it can all be yours. here and only here. ♪ come and get it. >>> nbc 10 following today's developments in the investigation of a philadelphia woman who was kidnapped. a maryland individual ordered the suspect, delven barnes to be extradited to virginia to face other kidnapping charges from last month. not clear when barnes will face federal charges for the kidnapping of carlesha freeland-gaither in germantown. that

the gps will be the key to involving that. >> they're not stopping with the gps. they plan to look at barnes cell phone records, social media afo footprint. what can they learn? >> where he was at as well as who was talking to and communicating with. technology starts with a cellphone. if your phone is on this minute, the phone company knows within a few feet where you're at. you're hitting various cell phone towers. it calculates how far you are from towers and determine where you're at. you've got that technology. the gps in cars, video technology, higher resolution in security cameras. the camera on the sidewalk, the camera at the atm he tried to use. the cameras in the convenient store. as those systems become more prevalent, more economical for even small businesses to install in their store or out on the public sidewalk, you put all of that technology together in the hands of law enforcement, they're able to determine a lot about this individual in particular, his movements, what he did, where he did it, who he did it with. >> thank goodness the gps was in t

investigators say a car dealer planted a gps tracking device on the car because he was worried about the owner's credit. once they turned on the gps device police were able to track down the vehicle. and new at 6:00 p.m. ktvu's john sasaki looks now at the practice of installing gps trackers on cars in the bay area. >> yeah. >> reporter: a sunny day was ideal for car shopping. >> i love this. >> some of the cars on this lot could have a tool that is becoming more common. >> in case they cannot locate the car. >> they are for owners with bad credit. buyers must sign this form agreeing to have the device installed. how much could not using them hurt? >> lost about 7 cars. >> to people who bought them. >> to people who bought them and we did not have gps. >> reporter: they never made payments and disappeared. this gps is not the kind of upgrade anyone wants. >> i wouldn't do that. >> reporter: why? >> why would you need to know where i am at? >> reporter: the purpose of installing units like these is to protect the investment of the dealers and the banks. police can use these to tract d

how instrumental was the gps? having a car being tracked by a gps system then being able to find the suspect? how tremendous was that gps system? >> i think it was an important part of the investigation along with other tips. it was a very important part of it. there were other things that went along with it and other things they were following up with simultaneously. >> like what? >> we don't want to get into too many details to compromise the investigation. the detectives were realtime in a sense following through one of the tips, speaking with our team that was down there, the atf and the fbi. >> was it ultimately the gps that led you to mr. barnes? >> it was a big part. >> detective, how long have you been partners? >> 17 years we worked together. yeah. >> detective, step up closer to the mike if you don't mind. have you had contact with the family earlier today? if you could, tell us a little about the investigation when you -- >> i contacted family members quite a few times during the day. every time we foun

he canceled the gp target for people to get them to see their gp. he has broken his promises to only a labour government can save the national health service. >> what he forgets is when we put 12.7 billion pounds into the nhs, his shadow health secretary said he was a responsible. it's only because we have safeguard the economy that we can safeguard the nhs. the fact is he forgets the deficit. his shadow health secretary forgets the steps, and both of them have forgotten you only get a storm health service with the strong economy. >> dr. john q. >> thank you, mr. speaker. manufacturing company and my constituents provides portable incinerators to the united nations that's crucial and vital in addressing the issue of ebola. they're now offering to contribute to make up for the 2000 pounds worth of equipment if the government will match it. with the government consider this proposal? >> i will certainly ge give the proposal he makes. after all, we backed the ebola fundraising that was very effective in the excellent england scotland international whic

nate good with gps coordinates. >> i gave nate the gps and the best horse i got and said, you ride down camp, and get in the truck and go down to where you can call some help. >> reporter: separated, and then hurrying on that terrain was dangerous. the horses fought to stay together. >> fear was having that horse go down with nate and then nobody would be able to make it to get down and call for help. >> reporter: they slipped and slid. it took nate more than an hour to get to the top of the road. he got in his truck and began a frantic drive down the mountain to reach an area with cell service. >> as i was coming out, come around this corner. and there was a guy standing in the road waving his hands. what in the world? >> reporter: the road was blocked, by a smashed truck hanging halfway over the edge. nate helped the driver move his truck, and went hurdling back down the mountain to get help. meanwhile, back at 12,000 feet, josh was a long half mile from the crash. >> i sat there and glassed that plane probably five minutes waiting to see if i could see movement in it or if anybody wa

the majority of time you don't come back to a gp.ess around, catch our attention, you're going to get validated and in the permanent shu. >>> coming up, you can take the inmate out of the gang, but can you take the gang out of the inmate? >>> and angel gives clement an ultimatum. >>> with robert kofman one point away from validation, the igi continues its crackdown on other suspected 2-5 members on the sny, including luis dunchez. >> he was identified as a 2-5. i put together a validation package for him. it was submitted to the officer of correctional safety and the points were good enough to validate him. he's now validated as a member of the 2-5s. he had tattoos on him. with a 2-5. he had other written material in his property, 2-5. so slam dunk with that guy. he's now validated as a 2-5 member. >> luis is brought before an institutional classification committee in ad seg to determine if the evidence against him will land him in the shu. >> going to see if i'm going to get validated or not. >> as? >> a destructive gang member. >>

the next day gps tracking shows the bear had moved deeper into the wilderness.say the technology is helping. >> gps collars have enabled us to better handle the bear situation, to help us achieve our ultimate goal which is keeping yosemite bears wild. >> for campers it is extra comfort so they can be close to nature, just not too close. joe fryer, nbc news, yosemite national park. >>> that is "nbc nightly news" for this sunday. brian williams will be here tomorrow. up next, football night in america followed by the patriots versus the colts. i'm lester holt reporting from new york, for all of us here at nbc news, good night. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> tonight in indianapolis, "sunday night football" features a matchup of the two of the afc's best as the colts host the patriots. at present, andrew luck is actually on pace to narrowly top his predecessor peyton manning's nfl record for most passing yards in a single season. after beating manning and the broncos two weeks ago, bill belichick's patriots come in tonight looking to maintain thei

they are often much more than a traditional gps system that most people use. estimated 2 million vehicles nationwide are equipped with what are known as starter interrupt devices. made by various manufacturers, the devices can track the location and movements of a vehicle and cannery metally disable ignition using computer or mobile phone. they are used as a way to prevent people with bad credit from buying a car and skipping out on the payments. think of it as a virtual repo man. >> this is a way for used car dealers who have high risk customers for them to keep track of the vehicle and access it remotely if they need to if someone is not paying their bills as a way to track it rather than track down a man every time they have to get a hold of a car. >> reporter: now about one quarter of sub prime car loans involve these types of devices. those are loans where credit score is at or below 640. most cases the driver ace wear that the device is install in the car, before driving off the lot. dealership disclose is it but you some cases they don't. >> very intere

. >> investigators say a gps tracking device on the suspect's car was key in finding the suspect and carlesha freeland-gaither. the device was put there by the dealership because he had good credit. >>> crews are searching for an f-16 fighter jet that crashed on a routine training mission. it was flying over the gulf of mexico this morning when officials in florida said they lost contact with the pilot. so far no wreckage has been found. they are 64ing the gulf 57 miles south -- scouring the gulf 57 miles south. >>> a new round of stimulus. the dow rose 69 points. nasdaq gained 17 points and the s&p with a gain of 7 points. ktvu's tom vacar reports it ats up to better retirements for the average investor. >> reporter: 52 millions are counting on their 401(k) retirement aplans. >> i pay -- plans. >> i pay attention to the markets, economic trends. my own and my family's. >> she says it is too good. >> i do worry we might be headed towards another bubble. >> reporter: she did what many advisers told their clients then and now. >> we hung in there and look at now we are hitting highs ag

the next day gps tracking shows the bear had moved deeper into the wilderness.say the technology is helping. >> gps collars have enabled us to better handle the bear situation, to help us achieve our ultimate goal which is keeping yosemite bears wild. >> for campers it is extra comfort so they can be close to nature, just not too close. joe fryer, nbc news, yosemite national park. >>> that is "nbc nightly news" for this sunday. brian williams will be here tomorrow. up next, football night in america followed by the patriots versus the colts. i'm lester holt reporting from new york, for all of us here at nbc news, good night. ♪i want it all! ♪and i want it now! your toys want more. they need more. so get more guaranteed from verizon fios. including your favorite movie channels, blazing fast internet and $400 back. all for this amazing price online, guaranteed for 2 years with a 2-year agreement. so take the hint. and get more guaranteed today. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v captions paid for by nbc-universal televisi

the next day gps tracking shows the bear had moved deeper into the wilderness.say the technology is helping. >> gps collars have enabled us to better handle the bear situation, to help us achieve our ultimate goal which is keeping yosemite bears wild. >> for campers it is extra comfort so they can be close to nature, just not too close. joe fryer, nbc news, yosemite national park. >>> that is "nbc nightly news" for this sunday. brian williams will be here tomorrow. up next, football night in america followed by the patriots versus the colts. i'm lester holt reporting from new york, for all of us here at nbc news, good night. merry christmas! thanks but this gift, it's kind of half-fast. what's wrong? we still have cable internet, so our uploads are half the speed of our downloads. so i'll be half-fast when i share my photos. and i'll do a half-fast job updating my blog. wait, is everything under this tree half-fast? who wants eggnog? don't settle for half-fast cable internet. only verizon fios comes with speedmatch. uploads as fast as downloads. call the verizon

"fareed zakaria: gps" starts right now. >>> this is "gps, the public square." >> welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. i'm fareed zakaria coming to you live from new york. we'll begin today's show in vienna where the clock is ticking to tomorrow's deadline for a nuclear deal with iran. will they make it or will those months of high-flying diplomacy be for naught? i have a great panel to talk about that and immigration and syria and ukraine and whether america is an ever strengthening super power or a fading empire. >>> then, the uptick in terror. you're right to think that terrorism is on the rise around the globe, but it's not something to get panicked about. i'll explain why. >>> also, the war on drugs has raged for 40 years with little success. i'll talk with ernesto zedillo, the former president of mexico, who has a solution. >>> and a new biography of one of history's most fascinating figures, napoleon. did he bring modernity to europe or was he a cruel conqueror who nearly enslaved the continent? the debate continues 200 years after his greatest defeat.

the correct answer to the gps challenge question is, c.rt, the united states outspends russia, china, and india combined in raw dollars are but russia spent slightly more than the u.s. as a percentage of gdp. it's township a quarter of a percentage point of the country's gdp. it underscores just how much the kremlin values its space program. thanks to all of you for being part of my program this week, and i will see you next week. . >>> developing news. isis claiming to behead another american. this time it appears aide worker peter kasic is a victim in a group slaying by the terrorists. >>> then president barack obama now revealing there are circumstances that would force him to put boots on the ground in the fight against isis. what he says would have to happen. >>> plus, more revelations from the michael brown shooting investigation. we asked attorney for brown's parents what the new police audio and video mean for the grand jury considering a case against officer darren wilson. >>> hello. i'm frederica whitfield. we begin with isis cla

that officer was already tracking barnes car with gps. and that is how investigators located his vehicle in jessup, maryland, with carlesha inside. our coverage continues on nbc10. you can read more about delvin barnes, the suspect. the time that he held his estranged wife captive in 2005 and his possible ties to a rape of a teenager in virginia. that is why he was being tracked by gps on his car. >>> it's safe to return. that's the message that business owners in the poconos want to convey now that eric frein has been captured. prosecutors will join later this morning to promote the poconos as a go-to place for shoppers and families. and we have new information on what was found inside that abandoned airport hangar where eric frein was caught. that includes two rifles, a handgun, a solo charger and a bible. we asked if frein had any help from anyone while on the run for 48 day, but the lawyer told us he hasn't talked to his client about that aspect of the case. frein was arrested after alluding police for several weeks. he's accused of m

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better gps. but great question. thank you. >> i do wonder if you open street map the movement of sort of digital volunteers mapping, you know, third world places that don't, that aren't well mapped unlike the united states, but i wonder if there will be an emergence of open ocean mapping. >> wouldn't it be cool? i mean, ultimately if you roll forward hundreds of years or something, you can imagine kind of a google street view. >> right. >> of everywhere. you could be on the bottom of the ocean, the top of the ocean. >> right. >> and that's probably -- if this plane is in the bottom of the indian ocean, probably it's going to be like 2348, some google robot is looking around. but then, you know, maybe that would be really sad. i take a kind of comfort in knowing that there is some mountain lurking in the eternal darkness of the southern indian ocean that nobody's ever seen and it's completely -- i like to have some mysteries in the world. it's a little bit scary to me if everything was in a data base somewhere. >> th

that dealer was able to tell them that barnes' car had a gps track erin stalled which is a tool thatome dealers use to keep track of buyers who have bad credit. so, they used that gps device to track his car down at a strip mall in the 7200 block of waterloo street in jessup maryland which is here just outside of baltimore. police swarmed that area, they found the car. this was the scene from a helicopter last night inside this very car was delvin barnes who was taken into custody and carlesha freeland-gaither who was rescued. >>> stay with "eyewitness news." we'll keep you up to date on the rescue of carlesha and the investigation that's followed. you'll find the very latest on cbsphilly.com and while you're there, make sure you sign up for "eyewitness news" breaking news text alerts. >> and it is a lot of rain moving through the area right now, kathy. is it going to dry out any time soon? >> it is. i think we have one more batch of rain moving through delaware and south jersey, a broad circulation continues over the northeast and the midwest with a upper level low pressure system a

the correct answer to the "gps" challenge question is "c."report, the united states outspends russia, china, and india combined in war dollars but russia spends slightly more than the u.s. as a percentage of gdp. in fact, russia's space spending has increased almost 150% between 2008 and 2013. it's up to a quarter of a percentage point of the country's gdp. it underscores just how much the kremlin values its space program. spending the highest share of gdp while its economy stagnates and growth slows. thanks to all of you for being part of my program this week and i will see you next week. >>> good morning. i'm erin mcpike and we are closely tracking all of the developments in a big story breaking overnight. isis claims to have beheaded american hostage peter cassic in a video posted online today. the 26-year-old, a former u.s. army ranger and iraq war veteran, traveled to the middle east in 2012 to serve as an aid worker in syria and that's where he was captured more than a year ago. he converted to islam during his captivit captivity. cnn h

he was picked after it was realized that there was a gps in his car. the u.s. attorney's office filed a federal charges here in philadelphia, that meant barnes needed to come back here. that brings us to today. he arrived here at noon.

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. >> a gps led the cops to the suspect. >> lesli foster shows us why the tracking tool is now creatingittle controversy. >> this device will actually remind the consumer to make their payment. >> reporter: some dealers and lenders are turning to gps devices as a tool to get risky customers into vehicles and to protect their investment. >> they're very controversial, but they don't have to be. >> reporter: a youtube search turned up plenty of businesses hawking this new technology, companies like lender systems that say they hope to change the behavior of people who can't get a loan the conventional way. >> you want to help individuals rebuild their credit, we're finding lenders are more apt to give a loan because of this technology. >> reporter: lenders or dealers are supposed to disclose these virtual repo devices and even have customers sign for them. we were told that in most cases the devices are not turned on unless a person defaults on their loan, but consumer advocates like jack gilles are concerned some companies are more predatory than others. >> often these companies will tra

how the gps saved her life. >>> some of america's power grids hacked? tonight, why authorities believe the russians may be behind it. could they shut the power off? >>> and the news crew car jacked. the chase that follows. and that moment at the gas station -- >> get on the ground! >> as they race to catch him. >>> good evening. and we begin this thursday night with that giant storm brewing, first churning up monstrous waves and quickly sending temperatures plummeting across the country right down to the south. that storm, nuri, as seen from space tonight, triggering 50-foot waives near alaska. just look at the wall this evening. millions are about to feet it across the country. temperatures 20, 30 degrees below normal. how soon will it hit? we lead off here tonight with abc's senior meteorologist rob marciano. >> reporter: this storm is a beast. at its peak, typhoon nuri backed 1 180-mile-per-hour winds. now, nuri has turned into a nasty north pacific storm that will alter the jet stream and release arctic air into the u.s. alaska in the cross hairs, a

now authorities used that gps to pinpoint the location of the vehicle. it was at a strip mall in the 7200 block of waterloo road which is in jessup, maryland just outside of baltimore. police swarmed that area. they approached the car which you can see here from a helicopter shot last night. inside that car, they found carlesha freeland gaither who was rescued and delvon barnes who was arrested. >> stay with "eyewitness news". we'll keep up to date on the rescue of carlesha and the investigation that follows. you can fine the very latest any time on cbsphilly.com and while you're there, make sure you sign up for our breaking news text alerts. >>> the unthinkable happened in chester county. a three year old boy beaten to death. authorities now say deadly abuse came from the hands of his mother and her boyfriend. allegations are harrowing. >> they whipped scotty. they whipped him with a curtain rod. that of course are the holes in the wall where heads are going through the wall. >>> with emotion in his voice, the chester county district attorney outlined w

she left it there for us to find. >> how instrumental was the gps, the car being tracked by a gps system and then being able to find the suspect? >> i think it was an important part of the investigation, along with other tips, but there were other things that went along with it and other things they were following up with. >> like what? >> we don't want to get into too many details, but the detectives were almost real time in a sense following through on these tips, speaking with our team that was down there, with the atf and fbi. >> was it ultimately the gps that led you to mr. barnes? >> it was a big part of it. >> how long have you been partners? >> 17 years we worked together. >> not too long. >> detective can you step closer to the mike there if you don't mind, had you had contact with the family earlier in the day, and what was the conversation when you brought them the news they wanted? >> i had contacted the family members quite a few times during the day, every time we found out there was video or anything we broadcast to you guys and you were putting out, i let them know it was

the investigators tracking barnes as you heard jean say through the gps device. the car salesman decided i think i got to track this vehicle. i do not trust this guy. he was weary of barnes' horrible credit report. philadelphia police commissioner charles ramsey on "new day" this morning to explain how the public played a part in identifying him. >> well, the first video was not a very good video unless you really knew the person well. you wouldn't be able to tell exactly who it was. but we were able to, after he used the atm card, we certainly had a photograph from that. we were able to locate some video from a convenience store. we actually found a scene where some items were discarded that belonged to her. a receipt was found there. we were able to backtrack that. it was a grocery store in philadelphia. we pulled video from there. very good video. we got that out. the media was a great help to us because by putting that video out we got a phone call from a person who sold this individual a car and from that, we were able to trace the car. we were able to then

i'm fareed zakaria and this is innovators driving the future, a "gps" special. i have always been fascinated by these kinds of questions so i invited the smartest, most innovative people i know to help answer them. in in hour you will hear from travis kalanick, the ceo of uber, on what failure feels like. peter thiel, who started pay pal and was an early investor on facebook on why we do not live in innovative times. linda rottenberg who has worked with hundreds of entrepreneurers and the founding ceo of sun microsystems, now a billionaire venture capitalist on why tomorrow technology will do most of what humans do but better. you will also see some innovation in action. we'll take you inside a brand new company that is striing to disrupt a sleepy old business. the question is will it work? but first let's get right to the heart of some of those questions i just posed about innovation. walter isaacson dug into them using some of the best case studies around, the founders of intel, apple, and google to name a few. he's writ an book called "the innovators: how a g

the next day, gps tracking shows the bear has moved deeper into the wilderness.s helping. >> gps collars have enabled us to better manage the bear situation to help us achieve our ultimate goal, which is keeping yosemite bears wild. >> reporter: for camper, it's a little extra comfort so they be close to nature, just not too close. joel fryer, nbc news, yosemite national park. >> when there is a bear in your car, just skosh too close. >> it looks funny. >> dangerous. >> we'll be right back. hey john, check it out. whoa! yeah, i was testing to see if we really can turn any device in your house into a tv. and the tablet worked just fine. but i wanted to see if the phone would work as well. so i shrunk sharon. every channel is live just like on tv. but it's my phone. it's genius. shh! i'm watching tv. tiny sharon is mean. i'm right here. watch any channel live on any device around your home. download the xfinity tv app today. >>> what if you were making a fashion statement and no one noticed? that's what happened to a tv anchorman in australia, apparently, take a lo

better gps. but great question. thank you. >> i do wonder if you open street map the movement of sort of digital volunteers mapping, you know, third world places that don't, that aren't well mapped unlike the united states, but i wonder if there will be an emergence of open ocean mapping. >> wouldn't it be cool? i mean, ultimately if you roll forward hundreds of years or something, you can imagine kind of a google street view. >> right. >> of everywhere. you could be on the bottom of the ocean, the top of the ocean. >> right. >> and that's probably -- if this plane is in the bottom of the indian ocean, probably it's going to be like 2348, some google robot is looking around. but then, you know, maybe that would be really sad. i take a kind of comfort in knowing that there is some mountain lurking in the eternal darkness of the southern indian ocean that nobody's ever seen and it's completely -- i like to have some mysteries in the world. it's a little bit scary to me if everything was in a data base somewhere. >> th

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> reporter: atf agent marissa marolla confirmed with a richmond car dealership that it had placed a gps device in a car bought by delvin barnes. one hour after she shared that information with agents in baltimore he was under arrest. the surveillance video was terrifying. the abduction of carlesha freeland gaither caught on tape. >> it put a pit in the bottom of my stomach because i have seen cases like that before where the recovery is not a pleasant one. >> reporter: atf was among several police agencies scrambling to find carlesha alive. the richmond office already had a strong lead. delvin barnes was the prime suspect in the october 1st abduction, rape and attempted murder of a 16-year-old girl. >> in law enforcement you often see the worst. >> reporter: barnes' questionable credit history prompted the dealership to install the gps device. it may have saved carlesha's life, that and her relentless fight to live. she even kicked out two of his car windows. >> she kept her wits about her the whole time and she wasn't panicked. she wasn't giving in and she was not accepting defeat. >>

how the gps saved her life. >>> some of america's power grids hacked?ssians may be behind it. could they shut the power off? >>> and the news crew car jacked. the chase that follows. and that moment at the gas station -- >> get on the ground! >> as they race to catch him.

the worst. >> reporter: barnes' questionable credit history prompted the dealership to install the gps device. it may have saved carlesha's life. that and her relentless fight to live. she even kicked out two of his car windows. >> she kept her wits about her the whole time and she wasn't panicked. she wasn't giving in. she was not accepting defeat. >> reporter: special agent morolla credits her atf colleagues, although she was the person who tied all the investigative end together. >> it makes me proud to be an atf agent. >> reporter: barnes is facing federal kidnapping charges in that philadelphia case and attempted murder and rape charges for the virginia attack. andrea mccarren, wusa9. >> as we mentioned, devlen barnes is locked up in richmond, virginia, under suicide watch and is facing a list of charges. authorities say he whacked that 16-year-old girl in the head with a shovel, threw her in the trunk of his car and drove off. she got away and is in the hospital. the defendant's hospital, however, doesn't seem all this surprised by these allegations. >> i'm not going to say like

safety. >>> a driver attempted to cross a bridge meant only for cyclists and pedestrians because his gpse mishap damaged several trees and concrete railings. the guy is 50, old enough to know better, he has been cited for reckless driving. >>> a 4.8 magnitude earthquake in consist damaged several homes. the state has experienced an upsurge in quakes. it can be caused when fluid is injected into oil and gas wells. investigators have not link the the more than 90 quakes in the past year to oil and gas exploration. >>> the sixers will once again try to win their first game of the season. they begin a 3 game swing through texas. sixers point guard michael carter-williams, will be back after shoulder surgery and nerlens noel will be back after an ankle injury. >>> the eagles have a new 17-foot piece of art. he showed off his tar tisk skills alongside fans. eagles/packers on sunday. >> 5:15, the health benefits of having a pet extend well beyond companionship. >>> a 4-year-old bother said his brother told him to climb this tree and he got struck and he did. >> reporter: some kids in areas migh

she left her cell phone behind and a sales man installed a gps device in the suspect's car because he was worried he might have to repossess it. police used the gps to track the suspect to a strip mall in baltimore making good on a promise to the victim's mother. >> they said i will bring your daughter home. i'm bringing your daughter home. and he brought my baby home. >> police say the suspect drove carlesha freeland-gaither to maryland where she gave him the pin to use the atm card. that signaled police who tracked down and arrested the suspect yesterday. >>> uc berkeley police are working another case of alleged sexual assault at a fraternity. an anonymous tipster told police a frat brother drugged and assaulted a woman during a halloween party. >>> cal is under particular pressure right now to stop sexual assaults on campus. and the school is taking action. and from what betty yu is hearing, things are starting to change. a little bit. betty? >> reporter: that's right ken. the hookup culture is a big part of undergraduate life. we are talking casual relationships. sometimes very c

>> reporter: well, he was arrested here in this maryland parking lot after authorities tracked his gps. carlesha was rescued and we are now learning that she may not have been the first person that he kidnapped. we just smoke with law enfor enforcement near charles and they too were tracking barnes, they say he was involved in the brutal rape of a 16-year-old back in october. the details are horrid. police say barnes hit her her with a shovel. stuffed her in the trunk of the car, poured bleach and gasoline on the teenager. she managed to escape alive. barnes accused in philadelphia. we did knock on his family's door in southern virginia where his father issued an apology. >> reporter: what you like to say to the family? [ inaudible ] you're asking that they forgive your son? >> yes. >> reporter: i can tell you that barnes is right now in the custody of the fbi here in maryland. we've been on the phone all morning with investigators here in maryland and down in virginia. it sounds like he was going to make some sort of initial court appearance in maryland. investigators tell us they exp

police activated the gps. not too long after that, barnes and the abducted woman were found in the back seat of that car in jessup, maryland on wednesday. she was chosen randomly, he says. family members say she is doing okay but needs time the heal. >>> 6:03. deputies are looking for a man who robbed a bank in loud on county. there he is. he walked into suntrust bank last friday morning, halloween. he flashed a gun and demanded cash. if you have any information, you're asked to call the sheriff. >>> a winner was declared in a big congressional race. the associated press said john delaney had enough votes to beat out dan bongino. after election night, delaney and bongino were separated by 200 votes. >> tkpoubl double-checking the results in the race for the senate. his lead has grown to 16,500 votes. ed gillespie has not yet conceded. >>> expect to go learn new details about a high school student hit by a car in montgomery county. the hit and run happened at a shopping steer on the corner of viers mill and ran

another tip told detectives there was a gps device in his car. virginia authorities called philadelphia police and told them they were looking for him in a different crime. >> the detective on this case recovered a video very quickly, got the fbi involved right away. we started really running on this hard from the very, very beginning. getting that video out quickly i think brought everybody's attention to this particular case, both locally and nationally. >> reporter: fbi agents along with u.s. marshals moved in and made the arrest and rescue late last night. all a result of surveillance video and a very engaged public. live in germantown this morning. >> this story is developing by the minute. the suspect is expected in court at 1:00 this afternoon. that's just two hours away. carlesha's family is expected to speak to the media at 6:00 tonight. we will follow all the developments in the story on nbc 10 and nbc10.com. >>> we continue to follow breaking news this morning. a fire that smack sparked when construction crews hit a gas line is now und

. >> police got big break in the case, when they used gps to track the suspect's car. but isn't the type of gps most drivers are familiar with. "3 on your side" consumer reporter jim donovan planes how the technology led police to their man. >> an estimated 2 million vehicles nationwide are equipped with what are known as starter interrupt devices. that was the type of device installed in delvin barnes vehicle, and law enforcement able to track him down because of it made by various manufacturers, devices contract the vehicle location and movement, and can also remotely disable the ignition, using computer or mobile phone. the device's are used by car dealerships and lenders, as a way to prevent people with bad credit from buying a car and skipping out on the payments. think of it as a virtual repo man. >> this is a way for a lot of the used car dealers have high risk customers, for them to keep track of the vehicle, and access it remotely if they need to, if someone is not paying their bills, this is a way for them to track it rather than have to track down repo man e

delvin barnes' questionable credit history prompted a car dealership to install the gps device. one after hour agent morolla shared that information with agents in baltimore, he was arrested. >> about tut a -- it put a pit in the bottom of my stomach because i have seen cases like that before where the recovery is not a pleasant one. >> delvin barnes now faces federal kidnapping charges and attempted murder and rape charges in virginia for the alleged attack on the 16-year- old girl. >>> the beltsville abandoned baby hoax ignites a debate across our area. the wusa9 facebook page got close to 500 questions and comments on the topic. our jim osman went back for more reaction from that community. >> it's really disturbing. it is sad. >> reporter: that's a neighbor of khiani jackson's in beltsville. jackson told police in a 911 call on wednesday she found this newborn baby abandoned in the backyard of her house. it turned out all a hoax. the baby is really hers. >> she owned up that that's her child. >> reporter: a battle of words between moms on social media and in conversations ha

the dealer was ready to track and repo the car using the gps. >> it was a big part of it. >> reporter: a big part of a big discovery perhaps helping to save this young woman's life. >> that was an incredible moment for all of us. we knew we had the right guy. >> barnes who appeared in court via video conference today waived his right to extradition hearing. he will likely be transferred to virginia to face charges of attempted murder and rape against that 16-year-old from richmond. >>> prince william county police tell us a person was wounded during a shooting outside a woodbridge wal-mart this afternoon. that man reportedly walked into the store and began smashing jewelry cases with a hammer and ran away. an off-duty cop followed the man into the parking lot. when the suspect ignored the officer's commands, the officer shot him. the suspect was taken to a nearby hospital, not sure about his condition. >>> the montgomery county mom accused of abducting her two children said her kids are alive and she can lead them, but a judge won't allow it. today a judge denied a motion to allow cat

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