this is 52-year-old harold glen rodman. just before 3:30 sunday morning he approached a woman as she was getting out of a friend's car and walking to her townhouse. he was wearing a uniform and flashed a badge. the 37-year-old says she was groped and sexually assaulted. when he ran, the woman called police. >> during that canvass, a man came out of his residence that matched the description was was interviewed and detained. >> reporter: rodman is a tsa supervisor at dulles airport and was wearing his uniform at the time of the alleged assault. his neighbor finds the story suspect. >> there is no motive. it doesn't follow his character at all. >> one of the police detectives asked if we had seen anything? >> reporter: kathy lives across the way and says she slept through the commotion and now he is uneasy. >> there is little vandalism or anything suspicious in this neighborhood. so we are surprised. >> reporter: we received a statement from the tsa this afternoon that reads in part that the tsa is working with the local law

harold rodman has been suspended from his job at dulles. fox 5's bob barnard with the details. >> harold rodman's closest neighbor said he can't believe it. the charges are serious, aggravated sexual battery, forcible sodomy and abduction with intent to defile. this is the scene of the alleged crime, winnfield loop in the bull run section of manassas where a 37-year-old woman says around 3:30 in the morning sunday she was sexually assaulted outside her home. later identifying the attacker as harold rodman, age 52, a baggage screener for the tsa at dulles. >> it's unbelievable to me. >> reporter: cameron morris lives next-door to the accused. >> he's always been very nice to me and very nice to my daughter and my wife and he always seems very helpful. like you'd expect a tsa officer to be, not anything but that. >> reporter: prince william county police say the victim was assaulted after getting out of a friend's car. >> in that time that she was standing by the vehicle still she was approached by the accused. he was wearing the uniform. he

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harold rodman has been charged with aggravating sexual battery. prince william county police say rodman approached two women in the 10500 block of winfield loop. he was wearing his tsa uniform where he flashed his badge and sexually assaulted the victim. police found him a short time later. we know more about the paperwork mixup in prince georges county. scott broom with the latest in upper marlboro. >> i'm scott broom outside the prince georges county courthouse where we know more about a paperwork followup that resulted in an accused murder going free. 24-year-old frederick scott has not been seen since he made a $75,000 bail november 10. and walked out of prince georges county jail. it turns out he got a bail that was meant for someone else. according to state's attorney, angela alsobrooks. >> the status hearing, there was no mention of his bond and what happened is there was an erroneous bond for $75,000. that was placed in mr. scott's file by the clerk's office. that paperwork belonged to another defendant. >> scott and another man face a mur

. >>> arrested a tsa employee for sexually assaulting a woman while in uniform. 52-year-old harold rodman charged with aggravated sexual battery. dressed in his uniform, they believe rodman performed some sort of patdown on one of the women and ran away. and police are looking for a man who assaulted a woman. police say the man grabbed the woman from behind, touched her inappropriately, shoved her to the ground. she screamed. they aren't sure exactly what race he was, but they are saying he was wearing a black puffy coat. and coming up at 7:00, is it a crime to steal a kiss? apparently sometimes. why police are investigating what looked more like a schoolyard crush. we'll tell you about it on 9news now at 7:00. >> still to come, a change at one catholic church has parents fighting the role young girls play in math. we'll tell you what they want changed. top. >> kind of sloppy ride home. we'll take you out with the numbers. 64 and 54. mild today. record high, 79. we don't have any 80s until late february. record low, 18. we'll come back and let you know how many will be wet. >>> the hospit

suspended after being accused of sexually assaulting a neighbor in uniform i'm 37-year- old woman says harold rodman approached her with his badge early sunday morning, talked with her momentarily and taxed her outside her home in the bull run section of manassas. rodman is a baggage screener for the tsa at dulles airport. charges include aggravated sexual battery, forcible sodomy and abduction with intent to defile. >>> a new round of tests is under way at fort detrick after workers noticed an odor come from a monitoring well. the odor has raised concern among residents who have wondered for years for the cancer in their families is related to fort detrick. >> we lost two family member within three years. >> reporter: randy white used to live near fort detrick. he lost his 30-year-old daughter chris tip and her mom to cancer. he as a resulted the chris tip renee foundation to investigate a possible link to the site known as area b. contaminants were buried there when fort detrick's biological weapons program ended in the 1907s. doctors treating the family's cancer said it wasn't genetic. >> it was

the police arrested this man, harold rodman saying he assaulted a woman yesterday. and investigators say a victim and friend were walking in the area when a man wearing a tsa uniform approached them and showed them the badge. moments later, the victim said she was sexually assaulted. >>> the former director of the fbi is in charge of the investigation into the penn state sex abuse scandal. >> if we find or run across any evident of criminality, we'll report that immediately. and we will can stem -- ask them for their help in the assistance. >> his investigation will be fair, comprehensive, and relatively quick. he's already brought in former fbi agents and federal prosecutors andings to look into records dating as far back as 1975. the former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky is accused of sexually abusing at least eight children. some of the alleged attacks took place at school facilities. two penn state staffers said they witnessed attacks and never called police. >>> there is anger over how police handled the peaceful occupy protest on friday. th

harold rodman lives in the. -- in tehe area. >>> a murder suspect in prince george's county was mistakenlyeleased on bail. frederick scott was arrested in july for his role in a murder. >>> no deal. that is the word from the congressional super committee. they have announced that they did not reach an agreement on $1.20 trillion in cuts and taxes. president obama is expected to make a statement in just a few minutes and we will go there live as it happens. >>> some thieves stole some expensive i wear. they caught the suspect in the act. four people, two women and two men, are behind these robberies in fairfax county. the latest staff happened on november 10th on little river turnpike. >>> some charles county parents are soon going to be getting a call. they have hired a collection agency to go after parent who write bad checks for their parents lunches. -- student's lunches. >> in cafeterias across the country, students line up for a hot lunch. many parents pay in advance by sending in a check. when they bounce, there are left trying to collect. charles county schools announced a new way t

harold rodman has been charged with aggravated sexual battery.rince william county police say rodman approached two women on winfield loop in manassas early sunday. the women claim rodman was wearing his tsa uniform when he flashed his badge and then sexually assaulted the victim before running away. police tracked down rodman a short time later. >>> alexandria police are looking for a man accused of assaulting a woman while she was jogging about 24 hours ago. this happened in the 200 block of east del rey avenue. police say the man grabbed the woman from behind, touched her inappropriately and then shoved her to the ground when she screamed. the victim believes he was wearing a black puffy coat, dark pants and a skullcap. >> dominion, virginia, is restarting the second nuclear reactor at the north anna power plant. unit two is running at 7% power, gradual process. both reactors of the plant shut down after august earthquake near the plant in louisa county. federal regulators kept them off-line until november 11th so inspections could be complete

harold rodman has been suspended from his job as a baggage screener at dulles airport. investigators say a woman was getting out of of a friend's car when rodman approached them wearing his tsa uniform and displaying his badge. moments later, police say the woman was assaulted. >>> a well-known name joins the investigation into the penn state child abuse scandal. >>> officials are promising a new crackdown on drivers who park in spots assigned to the disabled.  >>> making headlines, the alleged east coast rapist may soon be rushing to northern virginia. the state's attorney's office in connecticut has decided to extradite aaron thomas to prince william county. thomas was arrested by new halfen police earlier this year. police a dna evidence links him to 17 attacks since 1997. six were in virginia. >>> former fbi director louis freeh is now leading an internal investigation into the penn state child sex abuse scandal. freeh's inqry carried out by former fbi agents, federal prosecutors and others will go as far back as 1975. former assistant football

the woman says harold rodman approached her with his badge saturday morning, talked with her, then attacked her outside her home in manassas. rodman is a baggage screener at dulles. >>> the man accused of firing shots at the white house appeared in u.s. district court in washington. the judge ordered oscar ortega- hernandez to undergo a psychological evaluation. he was arrested in pennsylvania last week. he's accused of firing an assault rifle at the white house. president obama was not at home at the time. >>> a big loss on wall street was one of the apparent immediate effects of the debt super committee's failure to come up with a debt reduction plan. what does the failure mean in the long term for average citizens and federal workers? joining us now is ed o'keefe, federal eye reporter at the "washington post" who wrote about this yesterday. thanks for joining us. good to see you. first of all, let me ask you this, because i've heard some talk about this. was this committee doomed to fail because they had six democrats and six republicans and we've seen through congress how poorly these t

out of a friend's car early on sunday morning on winfield loop in manassas when 52-year-old had harold rodmanpproached her. he was in uniform and flashed his badge. the woman says he groped and sexually assaulted her. neighbors say they have a hard time believing those charges. >> i mean he's more like a model of the community, as opposed to anything but that. there's no motive whatsoever. i mean, it simply doesn't follow his character at all. >> the tsa released a statement to news 4 that reads in part, tsa is working closely with local law enforcement on this matter. right now rodman is being held without bond. >>> the former head of the fbi will help penn state as the university investigates its handling of sex abuse allegations brought against former coach jerry sandusky. louie freeh was picked by the school board's trustees to investigate the conduct of university personnel. freeh who stepped down from the fbi in 2001 said his inquiry will go as far back as 1975, nearly two decades earlier than the grand jury report. >> if our investigation identifies any additional victims of sexual cri

this is 52-year-old harold glen rodman. police say just before 3:30 sunday morning he approached a woman on winfield loop in manassas as she was getting out of a friend's car and walking toward her townhouse. they say he was wearing a uniform and flashed a badge, likely gaining the alleged victim'ses trust. the 37-year-old says she was groped and then sexually assaulted. when he ran, the woman immediately called police. >> during that canvas, a man came out of his residence that matched the description and was immediately interviewed and detained by our officers. >> reporter: rodman is a tsa supervisor at dulles airport and police says he was wearing his uniform at the time of the alleged assault. now he's charged with committing aggravated sexual battery and forcible sodomy steps from his own front door. his neighbor finds the story a bit suspect. >> there's no motive whatsoever. it simply doesn't follow his character it ter at all. >> one of the police detectives came around and asked us if we had heard or seen anything.

the 37-year-old woman says harold rodman approached her in uniform early sunday morning, flashed hiss been suspended from his job pending an investigation. he does not have a criminal record. >>> alexandria police looking for a man who globbed a jog -- grabbed a jogger and pushed her to the ground. happened about 6:00 sunday morning. the woman said the man came from behind her and groped her. she screamed and he shoved her and took off running. >>> police are hoping the public can help them track down as many as 50 young people involved in a flash mob robbery in silver spring, maryland. happened saturday night at a 7- eleven on tech road. the teenagers grabbed a bunch of items and walked out. they organized the robbery at a birthday party police say. >>> it's 50 degrees out there on this tuesday morning. up next, we'll check out the other stories making headlines. >>> which sports programs have been cut at the university of maryland. >> reporter: there's positive news in the fight and prevention of hiv and aids. i'm ainsley earhardt in new york, and that story is coming ♪ [ female an

this is 52-year-old harold glen rodman. prince william county police say just before 3:30 sunday morning he approached a woman on winfield loop in manassas as she was getting out of a friend's car and walking toward her townhouse. they say he was wearing a uniform and flashed a badge, likely gaining the alleged victim's trust. the 37-year-old says she was groped and then sexually assaulted. when he ran, the woman immediately called police. >> during that canvas, a man came out of his residence that matched the description and was immediately interviewed and detained by our officers. >> reporter: rodman is a tsa supervisor at dulles airport and police says he was wearing his uniform at the time of the alleged assault. now he's charged with committing aggravated sexual battery and forcible sodomy steps from his own front door. on winfield loop. his neighbor finds the story a bit suspect. >> there's no motive whatsoever. it simply doesn't follow his character at all. >> when the police detectives came around and asked us if we

police say 52-year-old harold rodman, wearing his uniform during the attack.im. local reports say the tsa immediate hi lee moved him from his security post and is helping in the investigation. >>> penn state announcings the former fbi director louis freeh will lead an independent investigation into child sex allegations. the university, you recall, slammed by critics who feared the investigation would be handled by its own people. freeh saying that his investigation will go back as far as 1975. that's a much longer time period than the jerry sandusky grand jury covered, and by going back that far, freeh's investigation would cover the entire time the second mile charity founded by sandusky has been in existence. >>> thousands gathered for a massive rally at the you've of california davis campus. students in the davis faculty calling for a resignation. the rally sparked by this. video of police officers pepper spraying non-violent student demonstrators in their faces at point-blank range. two officers and a police chief are now on administrative leave. and an a