but tonight the effort to find and jacob hoggle is getting a new push. josie is live in our newsroom to explain. >> family and friends of sarah and jacob hoggle hope a new fund will help drum up leads. they believe the children are alive. police, though, are less optimistic but still very focused on this case. >> my job as my children's father is to believe in my kids, believe in myself, and go police, though, find them, period. into hisnths children's disappearance, and troy turner's mission is unwavering. >> my babies are still out there. we still have to find them. are saying tips are drying up. today the victims' rights foundation announced the to payn of a reward fund for information that helps police find jacob and sarah. there are people that can provide us answers. catherine can provide us answers. there may be other people that can provide us answers. >> police have to rely on strangers, because they can no longer speak with catherine. voluntarily told them they were in a montgomery refused, afterge defense attorneys argued she's not competent.

hoggle, has been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. while she claims the children are still alive, she has failed to to reveal their location. police fear that sarah and jacob are dead and are building a murder case against catherine hoggle. but troy turner has not given up. family members search the area every day and on the weekends they are often joined by volunteers. >> i have to belief. 100%. i believe 100% that my kids are out there. i believe they're somewhere right now and that we're, you know, no matter how long it takes, we're going to find them. >> reporter: troy turner says his sister's out searching today. he will be out on the weekend. and they're looking for volunteers. anyone who wants to help. if you want to donate to the reward fund, we can get you to a link on our website, nbcwashington.com. you can take it from there. back to you in the studio. >> thank you, megan. >>> turning to our change in the weather, you can expect more clouds today and chilly temperatures. storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal joins us with her first midday forecast. good morning. >> good morning. big change in temperatures from this time yesterday. 24-hour temp

>> reporter: sarah and jacob hoggle used to play at aurora hills park over the summer. now it's fall, soon to be winter and they have not been back. >> my job as my children's father is to believe in my kids, believe in myself and find them, period. >> reporter: a father, still determined to find his two children. today troy turner announced a reward fund with the nonprofit, victims rights foundation. >> it gives us more organization. it gives us a greater base to pool volunteers from. >> reporter: sarah and jacob hoggle have been missing since september. today new information on the search from montgomery county police captain darren frank. >> with the colder weather, leaves have fallen off the trees, it's changed terrain of areas we have already searched. we're going to be searching those areas again. >> reporter: sarah's 4th birthday is one week from today. a day turner says could be the hardest so far. the children's mother, kathryn hoggle, still hasn't said where they could be. and a judge won't allow her to go with police to show them. her own mother has pleaded f

the father of jacob and sarah hoggle is hoping a new reward fund will lead to some answers. news4's kristin wright is in clarksburg tonight to tell us how police plan to keep this a top priority. kristin? >> reporter: doreen, sarah and jacob hoggle used to play at aurora hills park over the summer. now it's starting to feel like winter and they still haven't been found. police say the case is still high priority. >> this is still in the forefront of our office and will remain in the forefront of our office, because honestly, the investigators don't want to let go. >> reporter: police, determined to find sarah and jacob hoggle. they're going back to places they searched before. now that the leaves have fallen, they hope to find something. police want people to do the same at home. >> the terrain on their properties has changed. we would like them to go out and check and look for things that are suspicious, things that are out of place. >> reporter: sarah's 4th birthday is one week from today. the children's mother, catherine hoggle, still hasn't said where they could be and a

. >>> the family of jacob and sarah hoggle are upping their efforts to find the missing toddlers. a news conference just wrapped up minutes ago. scott broom is live in clarksburg, maryland with details. >> reporter: troy turner, the father of the hoggle children is still here now talking to police officers and reporters about this situation. again this family missing their two children sarah and jacob. their mentally ill mother suspected of abducting the children and wraps killing them. she's currently in a mental hospital and she's not talking about the situation leaving the grief stricken fath and family to work with police to find these children any way they can. today they announced the victims rights foundation based here in montgomery county is now raised in a reward to try to get additional information about these kids. and a message from the police today as the weather has turned, so has the terrain turned. leaves have dropped. the woods are more open and they're asking people to search their properties. be mindful to look for anything unusual, perhaps signs that some bodi

that is according to the grandmother and father of sarah and jacob hoggle. police are trying to find children. the judge said if he allowed hoggle to go with police, it could lead to self-incrimination. >> to think that she is in a position where she would be able to render any meaningful assistance or nonassistance just -- makes no sense given the circumstance of this case. there are judge ruled that police cannot speak with her until she is ruled mentally competent to stand trial. >> new at 11:00, montgomery county schools reveal a contractor accused of sexual assaulting a student had access to hundreds of children at dozens of schools. tonight school officials tell us that john epps jr. worked at more than 50 schools. >> we have learned he was at a ot of other schools. in june niker middle and he was at a lot of schools all over montgomery county. >> 44-year-old john epps jr. spent time in 50 schools since may. >> parents are concerned. >> 58 schools than that is a lot of opportunities. >> he was accused of grabbing multiple women. it was one month ago he

an up expected attempt to find miss -- an unexpected attempt to find missing children sarah and jacob hoggle who have been missing for two months now. family and a close friend over the weekend said their mother made claims she wanted to show police where sarah and jacob are. these people were present today along with police as the state's attorney asked the judge to grant a motion that would allow catherine to go with the sheriff and show this location. however, hoggle's competency report still hasn't been returned, so the judge ruled today until then she is not competent and is not to have contact with police. her attorney agreed. >> to think that she is in a position where she would be able to render any meaningful assistance or nonassistance just logically makes no sense given the circumstances of this case. >> if the children aren't there, she returns to where she is either way and nothing would have been gained or lost. so i just think it was a chance that was missed and it's sad, very sad. >> reporter: hoggle is due back in court again january 5th. the state's attorney says we should

. >>> a renewed effort to find these siblings, 3-year-old sarah and 2-year-old jacob hoggle missing from montgomery county for two months last seen with catherine hoggle, their mother. while police admit they're in the middle of a homicide investigation, the father remains hopeful his children are alive. he's launching a reward fund in conjunction with the victims rights foundation. a large scale search is planned for this weekend in germantown. >>> d.c. voters approved the decriminalization of small amounts of marijuana, but still lawmakers on capitol hill say it's not going to happen. >> 18 states do have similar laws, so how come the effort to overturn those laws is focused here in washington d.c.? hank silverberg tonight with the decades old tug of war between d.c. and the congress. >> none of the states face the possible nullification of their laws altogether by the congress. >> reporter: and that's as d.c. delegate eleanor holmes norton makes the fight to uphold the voters' decision even more important. >> increasingly what more of the voters see is smoking marijuana is ubiquitous,

this is sarah and jacob hoggle. they have not been seen since the beginning of september despite a massive search that has covered big swaths of montgomery county. a 25 thousand dollar reward is offered for information leading to their recovery. >> in gaithersburg, the hunt is on for a gun man who may have robbed a business and shot two people. this happened on premier court right next door to the montgomery county airpark. stephen tschida is there, and this is not the first time thieves have targeted this business? >> this is the second time, that's right. they are mopping up after the apparent robbery. the shattered window. his 60'sere a man in and a woman in her 70's were shot. gunfe echoed through this strip mall at 1:00. the man who called the police from next door does not want to be identified. >> for gunshots. in a few minutes, one of the victims came by and said she was shot. herof our assistance help control the blood. she was shot in the back. suspects shote out the door of sweeney business services, and

hoggle has been in custody since being accused of abducting her children sarah and jacob. yesterday hoggle said both children are alive and that she can lead police to them. but the judge refused to allow that crieghting hoggle's -- citing hoggle's mental capacity. >> we were all hoping she would have been able to be taken to where she says the children are. if the children aren't there, she returns to where she is either way and nothing would be gained or lost. >> hoggle has been diagnosed with paranoia schizophrenia. >>> the people responsible for a driveby shooting which put 13 people in the hospital are said to be sentenced today. they are all from the district and pleaded guilty to the 13 counts of assault with intent to kill. >> under a plea agreement, allen is expected to get 25 years in prison. bob and smith are expected to be sentenced to ten years in prison. sentencing is set for 2:00 p.m. >>> we have a warning about something which may drive you crazy. tonight crews will begin opening the final section of the intercounty connector. >> a long-time coming n. is whe

hundreds of people pa rticpated in the search for -- people participated in the search for jacob and sarah hoggle. this is video of catherine hoggle been taken into custody. the children have never been found and she has refused to cooperate with authorities to tell them what she did with the kids. well, this past weekend, there callsme hope -- phone that she made to her mother, to a friend, and to her husband -- and this is what her common-law husband said what went on during a phone call. >> she said that she wanted to show the police were the kids were, i asked her how come she will not show me because i in the father and i can pick them up, and she said that it would not do anything for her and that she would need to show the polys herself. common-lawold her husband that she wanted to get that the tech gives involved to know where the children were. so they came into this hearing today and her attorney told the judge that he wanted an emergency order to release her from the psychiatric hospital to go with the sheriff and the police who were in court today to where catherine hoggle said where

searched areas of germantown and clarksburg, maryland, hoping to find two-year-old, jacob, and three-year-old sarah hoggle it's scary. never want this to happen to anybody else. hopefully it never happens again. just want to come back and want sarah and jacob to come home. bring them back a lot quicker and make sure they are safe. >> the children were last seen with their mother back in september. katherine hoggle faces charges of child neglect and hinder ring the investigation into her children's disappearance. maryland judge ruled she is not competent to stand trial. >>> 38 d.c. children have permanent new families tonight. their adoptions were finalized during today's 28th annual d.c. adoption day. ann and natasha riley became a family today at the d.c. superior courthouse. both mother and daughter say it took a lot to happen, but it was well worth the wait. >> glad to have it over. glad to be here to celebrate and bring my daughter home for real. >> what are the plans for the future? >> finish school, get a good job, and help my mother when she gets older. >> family service agency says there are some

jacob and sara hoggle have not been seen in more than two months now. search teams will meet at the german town community center in about 30 minutes. >> the children's father hopes a new reward fund will generate new clues in the search for his missing kids. >> my choice is my children's father is to believe in myself, believe in my kids and go find them, period. >> a father, still determined to find his two children. troy turner announced a reward fund with the nonprofit victims rights organization. >> it gives us more organization, a greater base to pull volunteers from. >> sayre va and jacob hogle have been missing since september. new information on the search from montgomery county police captain frank. >> it's changed the terrain out there to areas that we've already searched. we're going to be searching those areas again. >> the children's mother, catherine hogle, still hasn't said where they could be. and a judge won't allow her to go with police to show t he own mother has pleaded for answers. >> the right thing to do is to tell us where the ba

hoggle may have killed her toddlers. a massive search has turned up no sign of jacob or sarah. neither has been seen for two months. hoggle has been in custody since mid-september. doctors have looked closely at her mental state to help determine if she would be fit to stand trial. >>> another disturbing story. a mother is now charged with the beating death of her 3-year- old son. 25-year-old frances lyles was indicted yesterday on first- degree murder and cruelty to children. her son, 3-year-old xavier lyles was found dead inside the apartment june 23. frances lyles' attorney claims there is no evidence she is responsible for the boy's death. she faces life in prison if convicted. >>> it's ray rice's turn to tell his side. the story today in new new york city. the fired baltimore ravens running back and his wife, janay will testify separately at rice's appeals hearing. yesterday n.f.l. commissioner roger goodell testified about his reasons for suspending rice indefinitely avid crow surfaced showing him punching his then fiance in an atlantic city elevator. rice argues he shouldn't have been punished twice because h

get a judge to sign and order to have katherine hoggle go out with police to help them find her missing children. 2-year-old jacob and 3-year-old sarah. katherine hoggle's children have been missing now nearly two months. police believe she's responsible for their disappearance. today prosecutor john mccarthy asked a judge to sign an order to allow katherine hoggle to go out with sheriffs to show them where she put her children. katherine hoggle's family members says she told them last week she wanted to help police find her kids. >> she said she wanted to show the police where the kids were. i asked her how come she doesn't show me, i'm their father, i can pick them up. she said it wouldn't do anything for her to show me. that she immediated eneeded to police hert. >> reporter: in court kath rain hoggle didn't want to do that. she suffered from paranoid schizophrenia and is undergoing a psychiatric evaluation. now, the judge said he didn't think katherine hoggle was competent to participate in such a search. order denied. now, coming up at 5:00, an interesting exchange between the judge and katherine hoggle. and

. >> reporter: this comes after an attempt to get catherine hoggle to go out and show police what she did with her children. 2-year-old jacob and 3-year-old sarah. catherine hoggle's children have been missing now for nearly two months. police believe she's responsible for their disappearance. today prosecutor john mccarthy asked a judge to sign an order to allow catherine hoggle to go out with sheriffs to show them where she put her children. catherine hoggle's family members said she told them last week she wanted to help police find her kids. >> she said she wanted to show the police where the kid were. i asked her how come she doesn't show moo? i'm their father, i can pick them up. she said it wouldn't do anything for her to show me that she needed to show the police herself. >> reporter: in court, catherine hoggle hoggle lawyer says she didn't want to do that. she suffers from schizophrenia and is undergoing a psychiatric evaluation. in court, the judge said she not confident she is competent to proceed in the case. the next court date is january 5th. by then they should have a competency ruling for catherine hoggle. p

hoggle out right there and then. i talked to the family of the judge's decision. >> just anything about it like they're putting the court date before finding my kid. >> reporter: 2-year-old jacob and 3-year-old sarah hoggle's father troy turner was shaking his head after a judge would not allow catherine hoggle to go into police custody even after family members said hoggle recently told them she wanted to show authorities where her children are. her mother after the hearing. >> she's my daughter. this is heartbreaking to me, but she did call my mother and told my mother to have her call me. catherine did call me and request to speak to the police. >> i thought my primary obligation as state's attorney was to provide the court with the information we had and ask them for permission to allow her to help us find these children who have been missing about two months. >> reporter: the problem? the results of catherine hoggle's psych evaluation hadn't returned yet, so the judge found hoggle to be not competent, something her attorney supports. >> this woman has a diagnosed and published history of psychosis, of paronoia, of delewises. to -- of delusions. to think that she would be

hoggle may have killed her two toddlers. a massive search has turned up absolutely no sign of jacob or sarah. has been seen for two months now. hoggle has been in custody since mid-september. doctors are looking closely at her mental state to see if she would be fit to stand trial. >>> we are learning more about an alleged school shooting plot in maryland. court documents show 16-year- old baltimore county boy planned to kill his parents and shoot people at his school all to make up for years of bullying. police arrested the teenager saturday after discovering thefts from a car and from a business including the theft after handgun. >>> a former prince george's county middle school student accused of punching a student is due in court for a bond hearing. >> he was indicted last week and removed from the job. delia goncalves joins us live in upper marlboro with more. >> reporter: the former principal is behind bars this morning. he's expected to come to court a little later today to answer to the charges of child abuse and second-degree assault. he is 45 years old, a former principal, dwight jef

have a judge sign an order to have catherine hoggle go out with the sheriffs and help them find her missing children. 2-year-old jacob and 3-year-old sarah missing now nearly two months. police believe catherine hoggle is responsible for their disappearance. catherine hoggle's mother says just last week her daughter told her she wanted to show police what she did with the children. >> catherine did call me and request to speak to the police. she wants to give an answer on these children. >> reporter: david felson represents catherine hoggle. he says she didn't want to do that. >> represented on behalf of high client she does not have the desire to go and meet with the police. >> reporter: catherine hoggle suffers from paranoid schizophrenia. she's undergoing a mental evaluati evaluation. in court the judge says he doesn't think she's competent to participate in a search. order denied. as catherine hoggle was taken out of the courtroom, troy turner, the father of the missing children, had these parting words. >> and what she left, you said, catherine, don't -- if you have nothing to say about the kids, i mean, i'm not

hoggle. today, they will donate to the find sara find jacob fund. for more information on the fund-raiser, you can check out the find sara and jacob page on facebook. >>> a 17-year-old volunteer firefighter didn't thing twice about running toward a burning car to save a philadelphia police officer. take a look. the whole car was engulfed in flames. the squad fire caught fire after an accident. the teen and his neighbor heard the crash and ran to help. >> where it slammed, it was dented and it wouldn't open. the car caught fire. me and another guy ran and he said he couldn't feel his legs so we said, we're going to have to drag you throughout the window and he was ready for it. >> all three were taken to the hospital. the hospital suffered a head injury and burns on his legs. but he's expected to be okay. police say the two good samaritans quick thinking likely saved the officer's life. >>> a florida mother is back home after surviving without a pulse for 45 minutes following complications from a routine c-section. the incident happened at a boca rat

today a judge denied a motion to allow catherine hoggle to be released to take police to 3- year-old say and 2-year-old jacob -- sarah and 2-year-old jacob. the problem? her psych evaluation has not come back, so the judge found her to be in the same state, not competent. family members see it as a setback. >> anything about it. they're putting the court case before finding my kids. >> we were hoping and praying she would have been taking to where she's saying the children are and if they aren't there, she returns either way. nothing would have been gained or lost. >> those children have been missing since september 7th. she is charged with two counts of child neglect and obstruction in their disappearance. >>> tonight molly shattuck is free on 87,000-dollar bond, but the story of the 47 nfl ex- cheerleader and her assault of a 15-year-old boy is still generating discussion. experts tell wusa9 this is not a victimless crime and gender does not matter says john wilkinson, an attorney for a washington-based organization dedicated to defending the rights of sex abuse victims. >> the future harm to these individ

jacob has scheduled an 11:30 news conference tomorrow morning. the children disappeared in early september. they were lasting with their mother. she is now undergoing a psychiatric investigation. name.ine hoggles her she claims the children are alive, but has not led police to their location yet. a prominent d.c. rabbi appeared in court today. prosecutors asked for more time they move forward. ofbi freundel is accused spying on women undressing for a ritual bath. own woman from the rabbis congregation stepped forward to say why she believes there are many, many more. >> our cameras caught up with the rabbi after he slipped out a side door at d.c. superior court. he is the rabbi charged with six counts of voyeurism, all misdemeanors. is accused of recording women as they took a sacred ritual bath in the nude. a cameraes found hidden in a clock radio at the site. synagoguer at the showed up at the hearing with some explosive new allegations. she said she fears she may have unwittingly helped the rabbi. it like a car wash, every sunday, six students at a time. >> the 62-year-old rabbi has pleaded not guilty to the charges. in court, the judge continued the case until january. the u.s. attorney's

hoggle so she could do that, but the judge said no. police and volunteers have spent weeks searching for 3- year-old sarah and 2-year-old jacob with no luck. >>> an update now on the breaking news we first brought you on wusa9 news at 5:00. prince william county police tell us one person was wounded in a shooting outside the wal- mart in woodbridge. a man was smashing jewelry cases with a hammer. then he ran off. an off-duty cop followed him into the parking lot. when the suspect ignored the officer's command, that officer opened fire, not sure of that man's condition. >>> the victim of that caught on tape abduction in philly is safe at home tonight, but the guy accused of abducting her has a rap sheet that's pretty horrific. police in charles city county near richmond say delven barnes was accused of assaulting another girl. >> he brought my baby home. >> thank you. >> brought her right home. >> good job. [ applause ] >> now barnes told a judge in towson, maryland, today he would not fight extradition on that attack on the teen-ager. the judge gave authorities five days to show up and take him back, but the feds are looking at charging h