investigators say they were tipped off when a store owner in wood bridge told them that john hale walked in and allegedly bought scratch-off lottery tickets with $500 bags of coins. and prosecutors say hale won at least $32,000 from the tickets he bought last year alone. >> it's a betrayal of the trust of our customers. >> reporter: in court today hale said he needed a court-appointed attorney. both suspects are scheduled to appear next monday afternoon. in woodbridge, virginia, i'm shamari stone, news 4. >>> a 32-year-old mother of three is in jail tonight charged with sexually assaulting a 13-year-old boy. the victim was invited to the suspect's home in southeast d.c. for a sleepover with her 9-year-old son last saturday. according to court documents, zakaia gaskins made the boy perform sexual acts. the woman is being held without bond pending further court action. >>> should virginia liquor stores get into the marijuana business? at least one local lawmaker thinks the idea is worth exploring. delegate david englin is calling for a study to look at the potential cost benefits. if the m

in court, prosecutors said horace macdade and john hale would systemically pilfer from care card machines that didn't work. they would use bags of coins to purchase scratch-off lotto tickets eventually winning more than $60,000 with that. they were able to track the movement using gps devices attached to their cars. >>> megaupload is shut down in virginia. federal prosecutors have charged its founder with violating piracy laws. indictment accuses megaupload of costing copyright holders at least $500 million in lost revenue. megawith respect load is based in hong kong but some of the pirated content was hosted on servers in ashburn, virginia. >>> coming up next, the cia says they took out a target. >>> we are abecome in a moment. time is 6:08. ♪ i'm feelin' subway ♪ let's go [ male announcer ] hey, capital area! are you feelin' subway®? then heat up your day with the big hot pastrami melt! it's fresh toasted and piled-high with pastrami, then topped with pickles, mustard, and cheese. head into a subway® restaurant today for this melty, mouthwatering sub! ♪ let's go never in my lifetime did

13th according to court documents and metro revenue techniques horace mcdade and police officer john hale made a call on the fare card machines here at the do yupont station and collected money. they were being watched by detectives. court documents say the machines at do you ponchartrain weren't scheduled for service and the money only got as far as this underpass not far from the revenue facility. >> i am thoroughly disgusted and dismayed by the events alleged to have taken place by these two employees. >> reporter: mcdade and hale were arrested this week accused of stealing thousands of dollars in change from metro fare card machines and spending most of it on virginia state lottery tickets. >> sometimes there's bad apples. it hams. but, i mean, this has never, ever happened before. i'm sure it probably won't happen again. >> reporter: prosecutors say the two have devised a scheme. money, mostly coins, would be collected from machines by mcdade with hale keeping guard. they drop off bags of money on the way back to the revenue facility and then pick it up after their shifts end. >>> as

court affidavit, horace dexter mcdade, a metro employee since 1979, had a scheme going with john vincent hale, a metro transit police officer since 1997. according to the affidavit, the duo worked together, servicing fare cart machines that either needed to be replenished with cash or emptied. the investigation began in september after the fbi received a tip a metro police officer was using bags of coins to purchase virginia scratch- off lottery tickets worth thousands of dollars, and he was doing it a lot. it the affidavit says the two would stop at an overpass near a hotel in alexandria and hide bags of coins in the underbrush. police were able to track their movements using gps devices attached to their cars. according to the affidavit, the virginia lottery says that mr. hale, the police officer, actually won more than $62,000 over the last several years playing those scratch-off particulars. >> makes you wonder how much he allegedly stole to win that much money. >>> fox 5 is monitoring metro. if you have a story idea, something doesn't look quite right, snap a picture, shoot a video, and

this is a metro employee since 1979 who prosecutors say had a scheme going with this man, john vincent hale, a metro transit police officer since 1997. metro's general manager commenting earlier today said he was disgusted and dismayed by the charges. it. >> it's a betrayal of the trust of our customers, of washington metro itself, and of the thousands of honest employees here. as a result of this i have ordered that a forensic accountant from deloitte touch join the investigation to look at the existing systems, control systems for the revenue system and to determine what more improvements have to be made to improve securities so this doesn't happen again. >> reporter: according to a court affidavit the scheme worked like this. mcdade and hale were assigned to what's called emergencies unwhich a revenue employee and a police officer worked together. the two would service fare cart machines that either needed to be replenished with cash or emptied. according to the affidavit the fbi received a tip last september that a metro police officer was using bags of coins to purchase virginia scratc

john? >> so there's the legal quandary, martin. what about the political controversy? i've known former governor halee barber for some type from his role as the former republican chairman in washington, d.c. and other political activity here. i tried to reach him today and i couldn't. i did speak to somebody close to him who says he has an explanation and he understands he's going to have to give it pretty soon. is he saying anything back there? we heard from the family. what's the controversy back home that awaits him? >> reporter: it's a huge controversy here. many people loved halee barber. they believe he had been a great leaded in this state. now they're having second thoughts because of what he did in his final hours. he issued a lengthy statement last night. he didn't deliver it in person. he delivered it on paper. he said that the clemency process has been miscon sfrued by a lot of people. he also said "approximately 90% of these individuals were no longer in custody. and he said that these pardons were intended to allow them to find gainful employment and/or acquire professional licenses as w

john lapook reports there hasn't been much improvement for teens or young adults. >> i'm a math major. >> reporter: when carolyn haleounsels young people with cancer at vanderbilt children's hospital, she speaks from experience. ten years ago at age 13, hale complained of back pain, doctors said it was from her back pack, but she turned out to have nonhodgkin's lymphoma wrapping around her spine. >> they hit you with so many poisonous drugs so, much chemotherapy that you just can't help but feel lifeless. >> reporter: carolyn is part of a largely unknown group in the war on cancer. adolescents and young adults ages 15 to 39 account for more than 72,000 new cancers every year. seven times more than pediatric cancers and unlike other groups their mortality rate have not improved. >> our peers are suffering because there's not been medical advances that have trickled down to our age group. >> reporter: after surviving brain cancer at age 21, matthew zachary founded an organization called up it cancer. >> young adults who don't get cancers that are easily screened, they get hodgkin's, they get sarcomas, usually not dete