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that's where bureau chief julie carey joins us now live. julie?> reporter: you see it right here behind me. it's dark right now but there's a brand-new
that's where bureau chief julie carey joins us now live. julie?> reporter: you see it right here behind me. it's dark right now but there's a brand-new
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news4's julie carey broke the original story in may after two female students made the allegations. now she's learned prosecutors are dismissing all four charges. >> reporter: that former teacher's name, yusef taleb. he tells me he cried last month when they called to tell him that the charges would all be dismissed. he was arrested at the end of the spring semester. he taught several management classes on the manassas campus of northern virginia community college. search warrant documents said that one of the claimed he sexually assaulted her in a conference room when she came to him for tutoring. prosecutors and taleb's attorney said soon after his arrest, inconsistencies emerged in the women's stories. last month the commonwealth's attorney dropped all charges. >> he maintained his innocence from the getgo. i believed in him. i believed he was telling the truth, that he did not have these inappropriate relationships with any students. any student whatsoever. >> reporter: ahead at 5:00, we'll hear from yusef taleb himself about the ordeal he's just been through. in manassas, julie
news4's julie carey broke the original story in may after two female students made the allegations. now she's learned prosecutors are dismissing all four charges. >> reporter: that former teacher's name, yusef taleb. he tells me he cried last month when they called to tell him that the charges would all be dismissed. he was arrested at the end of the spring semester. he taught several management classes on the manassas campus of northern virginia community college. search warrant...
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julie carey is live from springfield where this new signal is now working. hi, julie. >> reporter: guys, what you see behind me is called the hawk pedestrian beacon. it's really an electronic crosswalk. what's unusual is it is not at a lighted intersection. these are not the very first to be stalled in fairfax county. take a look at this morning as pedestrians punched the button for the first time and put it to the test. the signal then activates the overheadlight to eventually turn to solid red and that stops traffic in both directions so the pedestrians can safely cross. it was put at this location to solve a frightening situation. an elementary school right across the street from a big apartment community where many of the residents live. but the closest intersection with crosswalks were blocks and blocks away. >> unfortunately, drivers are really distracted and at a minimum they are crossing where there is a crosswalk and here we had none so we gave people no option. now that the option is here, we want to make sure everybody uses the crosswalk to cross t
julie carey is live from springfield where this new signal is now working. hi, julie. >> reporter: guys, what you see behind me is called the hawk pedestrian beacon. it's really an electronic crosswalk. what's unusual is it is not at a lighted intersection. these are not the very first to be stalled in fairfax county. take a look at this morning as pedestrians punched the button for the first time and put it to the test. the signal then activates the overheadlight to eventually turn to...
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julie carey is live near the scene. julie? >> reporter: well, that shooting took place right there at a bus stop. the man who had been a patient was escorted out to that bus stop by security guards at around 10:00 last night and the police chief says that's when he had some kind of an apparent mental health episode. the shooting seen at this bus stop, photographed on the ground, a deadly weapon last night in the hands of a mentally disturbed man. this woman lives nearby. >> i heard the shots from upstairs and i looked through >> reporter: police say the 29-year-old man had been a patient at the hospital but was escorted to the bus stop by security staffers. soon after, they were alerted that he had some kind of weapon. >> some way, shape or form the assault male was suffering a mental episode. >> reporter: when security guards responded, the men struck one of them and a deputy sheriff on guard duty at the hospital was first to respond. the deputy tried to negotiate with the man. >> the adult male came at him with the sign post
julie carey is live near the scene. julie? >> reporter: well, that shooting took place right there at a bus stop. the man who had been a patient was escorted out to that bus stop by security guards at around 10:00 last night and the police chief says that's when he had some kind of an apparent mental health episode. the shooting seen at this bus stop, photographed on the ground, a deadly weapon last night in the hands of a mentally disturbed man. this woman lives nearby. >> i heard...
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northern virginia bureau chief julie carey has more. julie?>> reporter: well, this incident happened at a bus stop right around that corner in that parking garage, right across the street from the front end of the hospital. the security guards escorted that 29-year-old man to the bus stop after he had been seen at the hospital. and that's whe of mental health episode. in the hands of a mentally disturbed man, police say this broken sign post became a dangerous weapon last night. here's when the deadly incident took place at this bus stop area outside of a parking garage. >> on the left side and one person has gunshot wounds to the chest. >> reporter: the 29-year-old man had been a patient in the hospital but was escorted to the bus stop by security staffers. soon after, security was alerted that a man at the bus stop had some sort of weapon. >> kind of clear to us that some way, shape or form the adult male was suffering some type of mental episode. >> reporter: when security guards responded, the man struck one of them. they called 911 and a
northern virginia bureau chief julie carey has more. julie?>> reporter: well, this incident happened at a bus stop right around that corner in that parking garage, right across the street from the front end of the hospital. the security guards escorted that 29-year-old man to the bus stop after he had been seen at the hospital. and that's whe of mental health episode. in the hands of a mentally disturbed man, police say this broken sign post became a dangerous weapon last night. here's...
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northern virginia bureau chief julie carey joins us from one of the congregations now coming to terms with the news. julie? >> reporter: mm-hmm. well, doreen, big red brick building behind me is the life church. i'm told it's one of the fastest growing churches in the country with four locations in northern virginia. tonight churea saying he denies the allegations against him. 25-year-old jordan baird is the youth pastor at the life church in manassas, but recently prince william county police were told he had an inappropriate relationship with a 16-year-old girl from the church. >> on numerous occasions between january and september of 2015 sent inappropriate text messages as well as had inappropriate touch with the juvenile on multiple occasions and one of those incidents was as the church. >> reporter: jordan's father david is the senior pastor and joshua baird is the associate pastor. jordan led the youth groups here. today the church issued a statement saying that a church volunteer first notified leaders of the alleged misconduct in early june. they placed jordan baird on leave
northern virginia bureau chief julie carey joins us from one of the congregations now coming to terms with the news. julie? >> reporter: mm-hmm. well, doreen, big red brick building behind me is the life church. i'm told it's one of the fastest growing churches in the country with four locations in northern virginia. tonight churea saying he denies the allegations against him. 25-year-old jordan baird is the youth pastor at the life church in manassas, but recently prince william county...
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in manassas, i'm julie carey, news4. >>> right now police are looking for a man who groped a studentt georgetown university. the young woman told police she was walking back to her residence hall in what they call village a last night. she says a guy came up from behind, grabbed her buttocks, and then ran away. georgetown police remind students to walk in groups if they can late at night. you can also use the school's shuttle program. >>> tens of thousands of us rely metro every day. a scathing new report is highlighting some major safety issues still plaguing the system. news4's darcy spencer is outside metro headquarters tonight with details. >> reporter: metro officials say they are continuously working on their safety culture. now metro workers are they are being ignored even though they know a lot about the system. >> ultimately we're dealing with with fighting a lack of faith in the system. >> reporter: metro officials challenged on the transit agency's safety culture at a special meeting called to address that very issue. >> and there's negligence taking place, and i just have
in manassas, i'm julie carey, news4. >>> right now police are looking for a man who groped a studentt georgetown university. the young woman told police she was walking back to her residence hall in what they call village a last night. she says a guy came up from behind, grabbed her buttocks, and then ran away. georgetown police remind students to walk in groups if they can late at night. you can also use the school's shuttle program. >>> tens of thousands of us rely metro...
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bureau chief julie carey is joining us. ulie, this is so disturbing considering the children are involved. >> reporter: well, the 29-year-old suspect appeared to be making a dash back to the district on i-66 where he lived but he crashed into one of the police cars that was set out to stop him. tonight, he faces a host of charges and an expectant mom with him could be in trouble, too. the police fair oaks mall. the man who was behind the wheel was a 29-year-old, rico taylor, under arrest. >> not only was he eluding the officers, he was endangering the public. >> reporter: store security spotted him using counterfeit bills. >> suspicious person used counterfeit money. >> the police showed up quickly and the suspect took off turning from government center parkway off to monument drive, even traveling in the wrong lane for a time. today, cross-over tire marks are still evident. >> reporter: the driver went over the median and was driving on the wrong side of the road, had actually struck one of our police cruisers when we tried
bureau chief julie carey is joining us. ulie, this is so disturbing considering the children are involved. >> reporter: well, the 29-year-old suspect appeared to be making a dash back to the district on i-66 where he lived but he crashed into one of the police cars that was set out to stop him. tonight, he faces a host of charges and an expectant mom with him could be in trouble, too. the police fair oaks mall. the man who was behind the wheel was a 29-year-old, rico taylor, under arrest....
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that's where bureau chief julie carey joins us now live. julie? >> reporter: you see it right here behind me. it's dark right now but there's a brand-new this is the first one installed in fairfax county. even as some were applauding it today, the latest pedestrian fatalities are being investigated and we're seeing surveillance video that shows how it happened. >> i watched him. >> reporter: leroy washington arrived to troubling news at the shopping center he manages. he learned a man had just been struck and killed right out front. >> still trying to figure out why did he stand in the street instead of going across the street. >> reporter: a search of the security camera shows how it happened. the victim steps into the southbound lanes just before 6:15 a.m. and starts walking down the middle of the road. an suv strikes him. he died on the scene. washington says he worries every day about countless people. >> nobody will go to the light. and everybody keeps asking, what's the answer? >> the answer on a section in the springfield area, the hawk ped
that's where bureau chief julie carey joins us now live. julie? >> reporter: you see it right here behind me. it's dark right now but there's a brand-new this is the first one installed in fairfax county. even as some were applauding it today, the latest pedestrian fatalities are being investigated and we're seeing surveillance video that shows how it happened. >> i watched him. >> reporter: leroy washington arrived to troubling news at the shopping center he manages. he...
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bureau chief julie carey is live where she met with two men impacted by all of this. i, julie. >> reporter: they are two age. a marine veteran lost his right to vote a few years ago. both had their hopes of voting in november dashed last month with the virginia supreme court ruling. today, hopes were restored by the governor's new plan. robert mcneil has never cast a ballot so he was thrilled when governor terry mcauliffe personally handed him an order restoring his voting rights. he registered immediately. >> then what happened, the rug got pulled from under me, so so speak. >> reporter: he received this letter just after the supreme court and the voter registration canceled. the governor says he's once again restoring civil rights to the 13,000 felon who is quickly moved to register. as for the rest, a new process is in place to review each one on now mcneil hopes he'll get one of the new letters rerestoring his rights. >> since i was informed that they were mailed on friday, i will be looking at the mail today, no doubt. >> reporter: his friend lost his right to vot
bureau chief julie carey is live where she met with two men impacted by all of this. i, julie. >> reporter: they are two age. a marine veteran lost his right to vote a few years ago. both had their hopes of voting in november dashed last month with the virginia supreme court ruling. today, hopes were restored by the governor's new plan. robert mcneil has never cast a ballot so he was thrilled when governor terry mcauliffe personally handed him an order restoring his voting rights. he...
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. >> julie carey has reaction to the governor's move. julie? >> reporter: well, as you mentioned, 13,000 felons are waiting for answers. 200,000 will have to have their cases reviewed before they, too, will regain the right to vote. >> reporter: never in the life has he had a chance to vote so he was thrilled when governor terry mcauliffe handed him an order restoring the former felon's voting rights. mcneil went to voter registration to ask about early voting. >> then what happened is the rug got pulled from under me, so speak. >> reporter: this is the letter he received shortly after the virginia supreme court ruled that the governor's blanket restorations were unconstitutional. it informed mcneil his voter registration had been canceled. today, with the latest announcement, he has hope that he will be among the 13,000 whose voting rights will be reinstated. >> i will be looking at the mailbox today. >> reporter: how hopeful are you? >> very hopeful. >> reporter: harld hughes lost his right to vote before the 2008 election. he's hoping that h
. >> julie carey has reaction to the governor's move. julie? >> reporter: well, as you mentioned, 13,000 felons are waiting for answers. 200,000 will have to have their cases reviewed before they, too, will regain the right to vote. >> reporter: never in the life has he had a chance to vote so he was thrilled when governor terry mcauliffe handed him an order restoring the former felon's voting rights. mcneil went to voter registration to ask about early voting. >> then...
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julie carey has been following this story for month and has the developments. >> reporter: thousands anxiously watching the mailbox to see if they get the voting rights that were pulled away and will be governor's action saying he believes in second chances, he announced a new way of restoring civil and voting rights to those who have done their time. his original plan to offer blanket rights restoration was ruled unconstitutional by the virginia supreme court last month. now the governor says some 13,000 former felons who registered to vote have had their status reviewed and will, once again, be eligible. the governor created a new process by reviewing on a case-by-case basis. coming up at 5:00, you'll hear from two men who are waiting for that all-important letter to come today. >>> sponsorships have been pulled from ryan lochte. speedo will donate $50,000 of lochte's fee to a charity in brazil. it's the latest fallout from the robbed at gunpoint in rio. this morning, he expressed some regret to the today's show matt lauer. >> they put on great games and my immature, intoxicated be
julie carey has been following this story for month and has the developments. >> reporter: thousands anxiously watching the mailbox to see if they get the voting rights that were pulled away and will be governor's action saying he believes in second chances, he announced a new way of restoring civil and voting rights to those who have done their time. his original plan to offer blanket rights restoration was ruled unconstitutional by the virginia supreme court last month. now the governor...
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. >> i'm julie carey. there was a rousing welcome back for the was nearly killed in a cycling accident last spring. >>> rescuers are looking for rescue survivors but hope is fading of finding anyone alive. the death toll is at 267. officials are planning a funeral tomorrow for dozens of victims. down even more buildings. thousands of people have been left homeless with a lot of them living in tanks and depending on handouts for food. >>> now here is doug with a check on the forecast and it looks like we're going to have to get ready for a long stretch, an uncomfortable stretch. >> again. exactly right, guys. we talked about this in the forecast that i gave back in the month of april. talking about the potential for upwards of 50 90-degree days or higher. we're getting very close to those numbers. there are two more days to get to 50 90-degree days. we're not going to stop. the average is 36 90-degree days and we are way above that. winds out of the north at 12 miles per hour. again, the last time we hit 90
. >> i'm julie carey. there was a rousing welcome back for the was nearly killed in a cycling accident last spring. >>> rescuers are looking for rescue survivors but hope is fading of finding anyone alive. the death toll is at 267. officials are planning a funeral tomorrow for dozens of victims. down even more buildings. thousands of people have been left homeless with a lot of them living in tanks and depending on handouts for food. >>> now here is doug with a check on...
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northern virginia bureau chief julie carey is live. >> reporter: it came to a crashing end on the ramp to i-66 east. at a nearby grocery store they were called about a man and a woman trying to use phony money. it all started at this wegmans where he used counterfeit money to take a purchase. here's how it ended. a crunched-up 2004 jaguar on the back of a tow truck. the call came in just before 4:00 p.m. on monday. a couple was suspected for using counterfeit bills there before. >> the management said he used a counterfeit bill. >> suspicious person used counterfeit money. >> reporter: the police showed up quickly and the suspect took off, turning from government center parkway on to monument e, >> the driver had gone over the median, was driving on the wrong side of the road, had actually struck one of our police cruisers when we tried to box it in. yeah, it was pretty dangerous. >> going over towards 66. >> reporter: he cut through the fair oaks mall to try to make his getaway but on the ramp they were able to bring the jaguar to a stop. along the drive, a woman who was pregnant and
northern virginia bureau chief julie carey is live. >> reporter: it came to a crashing end on the ramp to i-66 east. at a nearby grocery store they were called about a man and a woman trying to use phony money. it all started at this wegmans where he used counterfeit money to take a purchase. here's how it ended. a crunched-up 2004 jaguar on the back of a tow truck. the call came in just before 4:00 p.m. on monday. a couple was suspected for using counterfeit bills there before. >>...
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. >> julie carey is at loudoun county's rock ledge high school with this very warm welcome.they are so happy to have him back. >> reporter: as you can see, it has wrapped up. ten minutes ago, this place was full of cheering, screaming students. it was an incredible welcome back for teacher and coach ryan schmidt. he was introduced as the miracle man. his cross-country kids call him schmidt. he's an ultra marathoner that does 100-mile runs. right now in this recovery phase, he's still on crutches. here's a look at what hammed in the gym a few moments ago. >> miracle man mr.br now, he was training in early june on his bicycle when there was a collision with a pickup truck. his bike absolutely crushed. schmidt ended up in the icu with four fractures in his pelvis and spent two weeks in the hospital but when cross-country practice started up this month, he was there in a wheelchair or on a walker or on crutches and today students made sure he knows how grateful they are to have him back as coach and teacher. >> i'm really glad he's back. >> i'm really grateful that nothing worse
. >> julie carey is at loudoun county's rock ledge high school with this very warm welcome.they are so happy to have him back. >> reporter: as you can see, it has wrapped up. ten minutes ago, this place was full of cheering, screaming students. it was an incredible welcome back for teacher and coach ryan schmidt. he was introduced as the miracle man. his cross-country kids call him schmidt. he's an ultra marathoner that does 100-mile runs. right now in this recovery phase, he's...
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northern virginia bureau chief julie carey broke the original story and of surprised at what she -- and was surprised at what she found when she followed up. we joins us live from the prince william county courthouse. >> reporter: well, that's right. i have been covering courts for 35 years, and i can tell you what happened in this case extremely rare that such serious felony charges are dismissed even before the preliminary hearing. math teacher youssef taleb says the damage to his reputation is great nonetheless. now he's hoping to put in this is the image of youssef taleb he hopes will reemerge after his 3-month ordeal. the image of a dedicated math teacher who once hoped for a full-time position at northern virginia community college. this mugshot, though, captures the moment that dream was shattered when taleb was jailed, accused of sexually assaulting two of his female students. he spoke to me while visiting morocco. >> it was the worcester time of my life. i never faced nick like that. i always -- faced anything like that. i always knew the truth would come out as soon as the inv
northern virginia bureau chief julie carey broke the original story and of surprised at what she -- and was surprised at what she found when she followed up. we joins us live from the prince william county courthouse. >> reporter: well, that's right. i have been covering courts for 35 years, and i can tell you what happened in this case extremely rare that such serious felony charges are dismissed even before the preliminary hearing. math teacher youssef taleb says the damage to his...
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northern julie carey joins us now from manass manassas. >> reporter: the building you see behind me isurch, one of four locations where thousands of members meet and tonight church leaders have issued a statement on behalf of the youth pastor jordan baird who says he denies the allegations against him. 25-year-old jordan baird is the youth pastor at the life church in manassas, but recently prince william county police were told he had an inappropriate relationship with a 16-year-old girl that involved text messages and improper touching. >> through the course of our investigation we determined that the youth pastor on numerous occasions between january and september of 2015 sent inappropriate text messages as well as had inappropriate touch with the juvenile on multiple occasions. one of those instances was at the church. >> reporter: the life church is a family affair. jordan's father david is the is the associate pastor. jordan led the youth groups here. today the church issued a statement saying that a church volunteer first notified leaders of the alleged misconduct in early june.
northern julie carey joins us now from manass manassas. >> reporter: the building you see behind me isurch, one of four locations where thousands of members meet and tonight church leaders have issued a statement on behalf of the youth pastor jordan baird who says he denies the allegations against him. 25-year-old jordan baird is the youth pastor at the life church in manassas, but recently prince william county police were told he had an inappropriate relationship with a 16-year-old girl...