news 4's jackie benson joins us from a street southeast. >> reporter: a terrible crime that happened on this street last year was part of the motivation for this. he should have been in jail. news 4 first reported last november that 21 year old antwon pitt was charged with a shocking crime. a woman was raped and the person cut off his ankle monitor two weeks before. >> i'm not going to have any of my residents become victims because of your incompetence. and i'm going to us the word incompetence, because if you don't know how many people you're prosecuting you don't kho >> reporter: denise krep says they suspect many responsible for the increase in crime go through a rye involving door of justice and are quickly back on the streets. months of unsatisfied requesting for that information have left her no choice but to sue for it, she says. >> we're second-class citizens, because the federal government controls this information. in most places the governor, the mayor controls the district attorney. we do not. >> reporter: now the man in custody facing trial for what happened here had a

in northwest, jackie benson, news 4. >> a wonderful community there. >>> to the presidential campaign. all eyes on indiana tomorrow. donald trump and hillary clinton could be cemented as their parties' nominees. trump is ahead by 15 points in the latest indiana poll, but ted cruz says a loss tomorrow doesn't mean he'll exit the race. the polls have clinton in a statistical dead hit with bernie sanders. >>> csx are working to clean up this surveillance video shows the 16 cars that derailed as they came off the tracks on sunday morning. two of those cars spilled hazardous materials. the spills have been contained. but some of the soil was contaminated here. >> we're going to remove all of that soil, take it off-sighte a dispose of it and replace it with clean fill. >> the operation center is expected to remain near the derailment site through at least wednesday. >>> tomorrow we should learn exactly what caused last year's deadly smoke event at the metro station. they're expected to address faulty insulation around power cables at the tracks. investigators will also talk about poor commu

jackie benson found out tonight he was wanted for another crime on metro, less than two weeks before. jackie? >> reporter: that's right, hicks has now been charged with exposing himself to a woman on a metro train, and that happened ten days before the attempted rape. 39-year-ol was ordered held without bond for a shocking, vile crime that took place april 12th inside a metro train car at 10:00 in the morning. a metro train officer who reviewed security camera afterwards recognized hicks as the man suspected of exposing himself on april 2rd. >> 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 a matter of hours. the public was really never at risk beyond that initial, unfortunate incident. >> reporter: court documents say the victim told police she fell asleep on the red line train and woke up to a nightmare as the train passed through the district and into maryland. the man approached her in the otherwise empty car, tried to engage her in conversat

jackie benson reports from clinton. >> reporter: kayla roman believes her dog sasha, also called an italian grieving the loss of hear brother, big, droopy eyed hugo, her litter mate from whom she has never been separated. roman says a family emergency forced her to board the three dogs, something she's never done before, on thursday may 19th at axiom pet resort. she checked on them every day, and she got the feeling something was wrong. she went the next morning and said that an employee presented her with only two of her dogs. >> when i came, they gave me two leashes and said we lost the third one. we're going to find it. they found the third one after i was sitting in the play yard, the leash, not even the dog, the leash, and they told me they lost the dog. >> come here, sasha. come here, sasha. >> reporter: this video taken a short time later shows a lethargic sasha on the scene by now roman extremely concerned contacted prince georges police. another video shows the limp that prompted her to talk the dog to the vet where she learned to her horror, two days earlier, somebody had spotted

news 4's jackie benson starts us off tonight. >> reporter: one county official at tonight's malcolm "mike" winfill, the best of montgomery county. his family says they already knew that. >> we always knew he was a hero. and we always knew that if somebody was in need or in danger, he would not runaway. he would run towards to help and present. >> reporter: norma winfeld, flanked by her two children spoke with a sense of peace and calm, as if carried by the strength of her late husband's arms. >> he was the most selfless person you've ever met, and for those who didn't, you've missed out on a wonderful, wonderful man. he was awesome in every way. he was my better half. he was the greatest father, an amazing husband, a great son, brother, an unbelievable friend. >> reporter: andy super hero shirt. >> everyone would remember him as a happy-go-lucky guy. >> reporter: his daughter had a message for her father's co-worker who was also shot and remains hospitalized. the two treated themselves to lunch every friday, that's why they were there. >> i want him to know that we are praying for his

jackie benson is there now with why this year's tribute is different from others. jackie?> we want to show you what is going on here as people prepare the thousands of people who attend the national law enforcement event prepared to experiment yens it here on the national mall for the first time but a the memorial itself is undergoing construction from a miami. three names added have a solemn significance for the d.c. area. montgomery county police officer noah liotta was killed last december. he stopped one suspected drunk driver when he was struck by another and killed. in march of last year, prince on-duty car crash. he was 26 years old. and the name of carolyn cross, deputy director of d.c. department of corrections will be added. she was murdered in her alexandria home in 2014. family members of all three officers are expected to be here as this vigil tonight and candle light part of it will start at 8:00. back to you. >> jackie bensen, thank you. >>> still ahead, washington post columnist is swallowing his pride and eating his words when it comes to donald trump. >>