the news i-team has been digging into this report and jody fleisher has this report. >> reporter: aas letter sent mandating a letter that the church report incidents of suspecd child abuse. e report criticizes him for a pattern that he and the church are trying to handle the cases internally. they cited the church's failure to report some cases to law enforcement and other instances when the church instead provided stripped down reports and noted that concessions or corroborating pieces of evidence were often withheld. the grand jurors credited wuerl with the phrase circle of secrecy. the church says wuerl did not come up with terminology and that it was taken out of context. the grand jurors wte in their report that the bishops weren't just aware of what was goingin a, they were immersed in it and they went to great lengths to keep it secret. they wrote that the secrecylp spread the disease. the report does know wuerl sent a letter to the vatican i late '80s saying parishioners had a right to know whether a priest accused of such crimes had been reassigned to their crish. in anothere

investigative recorder jodie fleisher is here wh the actio detectives are taking. >> reporter: it's tove crimes thatpp already ed, not to predict whether a suspect could pose a danger in the future, but experts tell u that's what officers are being asked to do more and more often, and they don't always have the tools and training to do it. t >>hey are responding to theti ve shooting with the tag wam. >> these ten shotsere heard. >> it florred me. >> reporter: anne arundel police chief timothy altamari knew it could happen in his community but what he didn't know is h w many people afraid he might do it. jorge ramos now charged with murdering five up in employees inside their office at the "capital gazette." five years ehier police report documented why a tective didn't believe mr. ramos was a threat to employees there. >> i trusted and still trust his judgment, you know. >> reporter: the newspaper had callednv police totigate months of threatening language in ramos' twitter feed, but ultimately they decid not t pursue charges. the detective noted ramos had not attempted toent enter the

. >> investigative reporter jodi fleisher joins us w liveh the changes they say have to happen. jodi i >> reporte maryland for electronic communications to be considered harassing it has to be sente nd received l e-mail. experts say that's one of the reasons why these hundreds of tweets that the suspect posted online for years did not count as threats even though the people he targeted definitely feel threatened. >> he would say that they wanted to kill hathemselves, they would be dripping in blood. >> reporter: in all his years as an attorney brennan mccarthy has never seen a suspect like jarrod >> i knew he would do something violent, just knew it. >> reporter: mccarthy battled him in court on behalf of a client named laurie. ramos pled guilty to a racing her by e-mail in 2007 and after he served his probation the threats moved to twitter. >> he never came out and directlyaid he'd kill me. ctcouldn't do anything about it. >> reporter: enic communication has to be sent to a person and be received by the concern according to maryland law, meaning threatening language posted onlin

jodi fleisher, news 4 i-team. >> thanks.t some say were threats or at least warning signs in this case. you'll find them in our nbc shington app. we've posted some of the suspect's tweets. you may find some of them disturbing. frightening and frustrating. >>> social media and streaming sites are cracking dhen on right wing conspiracy theorist who once claimed the sdy hook elementary school shooting was fake. faceok unpublished four pages belonging to alex jones infoding two featuring his wars show. facebook says tonight the pages glorified violence and promoted hate speech against muslims, immigrants and transgender people. apple and spotify also removed info wars and alex jones' podcasts for violating hate speech rulme. of the political right accused the tech companies of violating and blocking jones' right to free speech. >>> facebook friends may soon turn into facebook flings. they are apparently delving into the online dating businpas. the com confirms it's testing a new dating app. we have a few screen shots of what hav

investigative reporter jodi fleisher is here to tell you b whatind the warning and how you can tell if that review you're reading is legit. jodi? >> wendy, there are about 155 million reviews posted on yelp right now. the company says roughly 25% ofs those arepicious and not recommended for visitors to use. tonight, we've learned 150 new businesses are facing that scrutiny, including one right here in virginia. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: you've probably done it. eso h we. clicked on that online review before making a purchase or an appointment. >> i lack at the absurdity of some of the reviews i find. >> reporter: jason brown runs the website reviewfraud.org, outing thousands of businesses with suspicis reviews and he says you should be wary of what you read. >> i'd say billions of people are being tricked by these reviews. reporter: uncovered an entire industry aimed at fooling you with phony reviews using celebrity photos. businesses offering refunds to remove negative reviews and companies willing to write positive reviews for a price. the federal trade commission says it's illegal to post re

. >> our investigative reporter jody fleisher joins us here with a story you'll see only on news 4. >untless delays and years of questions the tri for the soul defendant darren wendt is set to begin next week. we've been digging through the courords and finding new details raising questions about the way evidence was collected at the crime scene and what may have been missed. you'll recall wendt is charged n theme greusome murder of his boss, wife amyld and tn along with their housekeeper all killed in the mansion in5. 2 now take a look at what we found. in the basement of the mansion, investigatound a screwdriver holding a ww

jodi fleisher joins us with more on the local company that is now under scrutiny and how you canf tellws you're readingit are truly late. >>> also, he was one of the redskins longest tenured playing. deangelo hall hanging up his cleats. sherry burress will have more on his farewell. >> i'm sherry burress in rich d richmond, virginia, one longtime red skin hangs up his cleats. >> to play at virginia tech and grow up a huge dar green fan and washington redskins fan, i mean, it's been a dream. >> so we'll see you soon with those stories and more. he's such a nice guy. >> if i can mention daryl green as a really other great guy from the team. >> time goes on. >> yes, indeed. >> thanks, wendy. >> you see you in a bit. >>> turning now to the weather, which is okay today, depending on where you are. >> right. >> but, there is a but there -- >> more storms in theorecast tomorrow. basically it's like florida around here. hot, humid, we get that bubble up lnde day tstorm. it moves through. then we look to friday and get anothe bubble up afternoon thunderstorm. here is the thing, guys, we've had

jodie fleisher, new 4 i-team. >> monitoring everything on line that could potentially be dangerous and seems like it's an impossible job. >> it's a challenge. >> thank you. >>> the i-team also looked int why some think the laws have to change when it comes to online threats to. check out more click on investigations in theli washington app. >>> doug is back with more on weather.t of stormy >> still seeing it. most of the area, living in d.c., done with me. >> what's the problem? >> not true. more coming through this evening. if y're headed to the nationals game, the second game, the earlier game, 1:00 game in no problem and there was some lightning north of the stadium. of course we won that game, yeah. out there right now, tracking a severe thunderstorm warning in through northern charles county and around southerne pri george's county. now also a line of showers developing again now in through loudunty and frederick county and i want to zoom in on this area. right around waldorf and right along 301. if you live along 301 in through charles county you're still getting hit fairly hard

. >> our investigative reporter jody fleisher joins us here with a story you'll see only on news 4. >> reporter: after countless delays and years of questions the tri for the soul defendant darren wendt is set to begin next week. we've been digging through the courords and finding new details raising questions about the way evidence was collected at the crime scene and what may have been missed. you'll recall wendt is charged n theme greusome murder of his boss, wife amyld and tn along with their housekeeper all killed in the mansion in5. 2 now take a look at what we found. in the basement of the mansion, investigatound a screwdriver holding a window open. is that how the suspect was able to get inside? forensic biologist emily head asking thaf recalls the screwdriver be collected. however, she does not believe it was warecovered. r bottles and gloves were found all over the crime scene, accordinge records filed by prosecutors about dna evidence was the never collected. why? because the investigator was told that they had been used and left behind f by thest responders and firefighter