leon traille, a software engineer, remains very much a mystery. leon traille said not a word today in u.s. district court in alexandria. he stood silent as the judge asked, do you hear me? he faces a federal arson charge after the lunch time and drama at boston common. >> it smelled bad. there was nothing on fire. >> he threw eight lit molotov cocktail equipped with wooden matches take to a bottle into the food court. he went to the second floor skyway and dropped three more devices. police and the fbi arrested him sitting at a table outside of the mall. no one was hurt but the mall was evacuated and business was disrupted. traille has no fixed address and appears to have lived in various states. he says he is a software engineer with a master's degree in computer science. he did contacting work at various firms, none for more than a few months. bloomer confirmed he worked at their new york office last year. authorities are not speculating on a possible motive. >> whatever the point was coming he missed it. >> police dismissed their charges agains

this is where leon traille jr. window, but maybe they were trying to make sure something wasn't going on at the front door. >> reporter: traille recently moved into the apartment blocks away from boston common mall. arlington county police arrested the 29-year-old thursday three hours after he allegedly tried to firebomb the food court of the mall. this witness saw it all go down and says a 40-ounce beer bottle with gasoline and a lighted wick came crashing onto the floor in front of his restaurant. >> i heard the shallow bottle. it was about 50 feet away from my store and when i looked up, i saw smoke. there was flame for about 10 seconds. >> reporter: he says a group of coastguardsmen eating lunch at his restaurant ran over and stomped on the shattered device. >> it's not like a throwing. it's more like a toss. so shatter is not really spill too much over there. >> reporter: traille now faces a federal charge of arson. police say during their search for the suspect they found a bag with three other molotov cockta

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that suspect has been identified as 29-year-old leon traille. he has been charged with reckless endangerment and malicious body injury by jus of fire and also the -- use of fire and also the use of a fire bomb. 9news now has exclusive video of his arrest yesterday. police closed the mall yesterday after a flammable liquid was thrown from above onto the mall food court. it failed to ignite and no one was injured. a 9news now crew is on its way to the arlington courthouse. we will have further details today on our website, wusa9.com, and of course on our evening's newscast. >>> well, there were problems on the beltway this morning. there were two separate accidents involving tractor- trailers on the inner loop at bethesda. traffic was blocked for several miles and both directions for several hours while crews worked to clear the cident scenes from fuel. the vehicles finally started moving again around 7:45 this morning. >>> there are only 18 days before election day. president barack obama is headlining a campaign appearance at george mason univer

. >>> leon traille, jr., the manual accused of trying to firebomb an arlington shopping mall will be going to court once again this morning. that's because yesterday his lawyers asked a judge to order a mental evaluation to see if he is fit to stand trial. >>> former president bill clinton and secretary of state hillary clinton visited haiti for the opening of an industrial park monday that will boost the local economy bringing shows of jobs to the country. they gathered to inaugurate an industrial park that is the centerpiece of the u.s. aid effort since the 2010 earthquake. >>> it is going to seem a lot like september instead of the end of october today. you'll want to come back for a final look at our weather and traffic. >> howard says be prepared for about anything between now and the weekend. we'll be back. >>> one more thing before we go. it was sort of a little melancholy when it take came to looking ahead to the n.f.l. season and chris cooley not being picked up from his contract. well, he's back. it shows you should stay prepared. you never know when the phone is going to r

leon alphans traille jr. is accused of throwing a bottle shattered but did not ignite. the trial is under way of two county polices beating accused of of maryland student basketball win two years ago. the prosecution will use an of the shooting. the defense will be able to show before the beating began. updates tonight at 5:00. a man who admitted to playing a d.c.'s worst guilty today.ded nathaniel simms was part of a shooting that killed at least five people. the other suspects were yearsced to between 30 and life in prison. rain is making things tough everywhere. connecticut avenue, that flooding before sunrise. appear there is a dry weekend ahead. is here with our forecast. >> it still looks fairly gray outside for most of us, but not us.of conditions will be improving and weather for gold cup this weekend as well as lief peeping. out the great fall foliage. grayhe most part, we are except in the region the day where we have a little of clearing going on. checkout chesapeake. 70's aoday, the a mid- around downtown with a bit of humidity in the air. there is cool air