officer leotta's mother, sister and father were there. and they say the maryland drunk driving laws immediate to be stronger. >> they are out there every day playing russian roulette with all of our lives. we need to think about that. it can happen to anybody's family. leon: the leottas say any measure that stops someone from driving drunk honors their son's memory. the red cross collected 67 penalties of blood at the event -- points of blood at the event. maureen: there is a new clear clue -- new clue in the search for burglar. surveillance camera captures a picture of two suspects using a credit card stolen from one of the homes. the cases date back to mid-december. each burglary someone smashed out a door or a window of a townhome at night. while no one was home. leon: up next at 6:00 -- a burst water main floods a busy roadway. what went wrong there? what it took to fix it ahead. maureen: doug hill is back with when we see temperatures in the 50's and even the 60's in the seven-day storm watch forecast. robert: i'm robert burton. comi

jonathan: richard leotta says a week before he was killed officer leotta told him a story about a driver that he had arrested who asked to be given a break. this was this guy's third time. he was being arrested on suspicion of d.u.i. the third time. officer leotta said there was no way he could do that and keep people safe at the same time. officer leotta's family is tarting a foundation to -- is starting a foundation to toughen laws in maryland. leon? leon: the worthiest of causes. thank you, jonathan. coming up on "abc7 news at 5:00" -- through the ice. see what happens when the dog gets reunited with the rescuers. michelle: later -- >> my junior year. i took a blow to head and it pretty much intended my entire junior season. so that is when i really started to really like understand how serious it is. michelle: student of the game on and off the court. find out how george washington basketball player loren chase made concussion awareness her mission moving forward. >> does the mayor get criticized for giving people a break for traffic fines? yes. i'm sam ford. that is next on abc7 ann

leon: noah leotta's family is starting a foundation in his name. they want to educate people on the dangers of driving under the influence. coming up -- one recaptured, two loose, shocking new details about the prison break and who may have helped them get out. and heartfelt thank yous in fairfax county. leon: must-see video from oad peeling apart, disintegrating as a monster feet awayormed just from another giant sinkhole from last month. one of them is 70 feet the, the other is about 50 feet deep, both 50 feet wide and growing, all because of rain fueled by el niÑo. one escaped inmate is back in custody in california, two others still dangerous and all the run. a woman who was an english teacher at the jails under arrest because the police believe she gave maps and essential information to the men before they broke up. contacted of the men a bystander on the streets of saint anna and said he wanted to turn himself in. officers are keeping quiet about the details as they search for the other suspects. a compromise of her gun laws in virginia draws

leotta says he is hoping the story of his son's death lead to a crackdown on drunk drivers. especially repeat offenders. >>> a west virginia man is facing a wreckless driving charge after he crashed into a vdot worker and another driver on the side of the road. we were there this afternoon. state police tell us the worker with vdot safety services patrol was helping a disabled driver fix a flat tire when a pickup slammed into both of them. they have serious injuries but they are expected to pull through. police say the driver was tired. >>> well, a week ago at this time, blizzard 2016 was just getting going. the snow is over, but it is still causing some problems. chief meteorologist topper shutt is tracking some refreezing risks tonight. topper? >> we had a cold front move through this morning and colder air has moved in. winds still a little gusty. temperatures are already below freezing in many spots. already 30 in gathersburg, 31 silver spring. 32 buoy. 32 in leesburg, now the winds are still blowing so there is a windchill out here. they will die down after midnight. un

this was proposed in honor of officer noah leotta. leotta died last month after being struck by a suspected drunk driver while manning a dui checkpoint. >> we will get this bill passed this year with officer leotta's death, we hope this will be what gets it through. >> this is the one drunk driving measure that has been demonstrated time and time again to actuallyork. >> current maryland law requires ignition locks when drivers are con vinvicted with a blood alco level of .15 and that is twice the legal limit. >>> new at 5:00 tonight, youth homelessness, a growing problem around the country and here in the region. half of the homeless teenagers in the district are lgbt and as news 4's mark segraves shows us their sexual identity is putting them at risk. >> reporter: at age 14, tanisha had runaway from her foster home where she said she just doesn't fit in because she's transgender. she ended up homeless and selling her body in order to survive. >> people aren't very receptive or understanding of what a transgender person is. >> report

. >> in montgomery county dozens turned out for a blood drive in honor of officer noah leotta. officer leotta's father talked about his son's legacy and preventing this from happening again to someone else. >> you shouldn't have to be in hell where i am right now. this is where my life is now and it needs to stop. and that's basically what i need to do to make sure noah's memory and his legacy continues in a way that prevents it from happening to other people, such as you and any others on the road. nobody should have to be burying their child. >> that's just heartbreaking. the red cross says all 111 appointments were filled within hours of the police department announcing that blood drive. >> in tonight's health watch, are you addicted to praise or do you know someone who is? psychologists have a name for this. they call it narcissistic supply. sign number one infinite praise tol ravenlts these are the people who have no limit to the amount of praises they get. sign number two, a flatting sidekick. if you keep a friend around who is constantly telling you how great you are, ho

noah leotta died last month after being hit by a suspected drunk driver. he was just 24 years old. the response was so good a few weeks ago, another drive has to happen. >> we hosted another memorial mood drive in officer noah leotta's memory last month. that filled up completely. there were people who still wanted to donate. so we were able to work with the red cross to host another blood drive today. jonathan: a bill named after the officer now making its way through the maryland general assembly. it will require interlock devices for anyone convicted of a d.u.i. coming up for us at 5:00, we will hear from the officer's family. michelle: to the commonwealth now. v.c.u. researchers say the state recorded almost 1,000 deadly drug overdoses in 2014. most of that involves prescription painkillers or heroin. the situation involving heroin has been described as an epidemic up and down the east coast. in the release, v.c.u. school of medicine determined eight in ten of those who died used opioids and pointed out overdoses kill nearly three times as many virginians as murders. jonathan:

officer noah leotta was killed on duty. his son's death was senseless and preventible. >> not for any course for what i did or what noah did because we had somebody who is alleged to have been drinking and driving get behind the wheel of a car and he struck my son. as my son was pulling somebody over for that same type of situation. this shouldn't have to happen to anybody. >> the red cross says all 111 appointments today were filled within hours of the police department announcing the special blood drive. >> straight ahead at 6:00, a massive manhunt is under way for two escaped prisoners who broke outs of a california jail. we've got new details about how the dangerous men eluded prison guards. >> and fleshing out the details to find out who is responsible for the serious water contamination in flint, michigan. michigan. >> the e-mail showed the state was trucking in water as early as last january. >> it shows what we've assumed all along, that there was no way that the governor's administration didn't know earlier that th

state lawmakers in annapolis are lining up behind a bill spurred by the death of officer leotta. he was killed last month by a suspected drunk driver. the law is called noah's law, and it would require all drunken drivers to install ignition interlock devices for at least 6 months. >>> police in montgomery county are hoping you will be able to find this woman. 44-year-old anna gardado-pineda was last seen 6 days ago. she told her family she was going to a doctor's appointment, but she never made it. her family is concerned about her physical and emotional welfare. >>> a man from edgewood, maryland has been charged with supporting isis. the 33-year-old recruited people to join isis and described himself as a soldier willing to die for the terror group and received thousands of dollars from the operatives overseas to carry out a terror attack. he was arrested before an attack could happen. >>> a federal judge granted the release of a 2013 video that shows a white chicago police officer fatally shooting a black carjacking suspect. the judge lifted an order barring the release of the

officer noah leotta was killed on duty. a suspected drunk driver hit him back in december. his father says his son's death was senseless and preventible. >> you shouldn't have to be in hell like i am right now. i will never get out of it. this is where my life is now and it needs to stop. and that's basically what i need to do to make sure noah's memory and his legacy continues in a way that prevents it from happening to other people, such as you and any others on the road. nobody should have to be burying their child. >> the red cross says all 111 appointments were filled within hours of the police department announcing the blood drive. >> two wheelchair bound men in our area received a special gift today. they will now be driving around in a wheelchair accessible van that ss customized to their specific needs. the two men say they're extremely grateful for the gift. >> i can't thank everybody enough and starting with god for saving me. all the glory and honor go to god. and the people that he inspires to bless us veterans. it's amazing. it's nonstop. >> being able to just

that bill is named after 24- year-old noah leotta, a montgomery county police officer who was struck killed by a suspected drunk driver last month. noah was part of his department's alcohol task force. he was in the middle of a traffic stop when he was hit on rockville pike. he died a week later. no ya's law would -- noah's law would require ignition interlocks for all convicted drunk drivers. the interlocks wprill event anyone under the influence of alcohol from starting their cars. if this were already the case, some police say that crash that killed noah would not have happened and noah would still be alive today. ignition interlock bills have been introduced before but never survived out of committee. so certainly supporters do hope this year will be much different. reporting live from annapolis, mikea turner, wusa9. >>> 6:36 now. a former virginia day care worker has been found guilty of abusing children and encouraging them to fight. sarah jordan was convicted after prosecutors say she abused and neglected toddlers who were in her care at the minnieland academy day care in wood

dem officer leotta's father saysray is his son's death was senseless and preventable. >>> and two weekss c fire chief admitted that it was a mistake to allow allow lieutenant to retire with full benefits after he had beend been accused of wrongdoing thatf retirement is now on hold. lieutenant guy valentine wasuyan facing neglect of duty chargesha stemming from delayed responser to a toddler who was choking. ww he is still on the job but hisis retirement is listed as conditional. paul wagner reports.epts >>> firefighter whose want togh retire from the departmentro have tom wait 60 days before it becomes official and since thean fire department never adoptedevt the rules of the law passed by the d.c. city council,ouil lieutenant valentine was going l to be able to retire before befr going before a disciplinaryplinr trial board. brd when we interviewed chief deanhi two weeks ago, he told us heoldu was going to make it right fortr the family of the toddler.dl and on tuesday, the department adopted what's calledd emergency rules that effectively places lieutenant lt valentine's retirement on

he us introoed a new bill in memory of officer noah leotta.was killed by a suspected drunk driver in december. he was manning a dui checkpoint at the time. the measure would require an ignition interlock device are for any driver of.08 or greater. chris gordon has more on the issues that lawmakers are hoping to tackle this year. it's on our website at nbcwashington.com. >>> coming up, some neighbors quite upset about a tree house they say is ruining their quality of life. >>> plus how technology is being used to try and solve some cold cases across virginia, but first, here is doug. >>> i'm watching a storm system bringing some snow back toward the ohio area and back toward cleveland and that system moving our way and the snow is not what it's going to bring for >>> the owner of a controversial tree house in capitol hill says he has no plans to take it down. the castle-like tree house went up in august on archibald walk. according to the capitol hill corner blog, district officials gave the homeowner a temporary permit for the structure, but n

officer noah leotta died last month after a suspected drunk driver ran into him. he'd been working on the holiday alcohol task force and was on dui patrol when the car hit him, but over the past eight weeks his fellow officers have arrested dozens of suspected drunk drivers. >> they have arrested over 290 drunk drivers and saved many lives in the process. we'll never know how many lives they saved. >> while the holiday operation ends today the department plans to expand its dui enforcement through the rest of the year. >> right now we have a difficult finish to a difficult week for wall street. stocks dipped again today and the dow closed 167 points lower posting its worst start to a new year ever, but the jobs market is showing promise. today the labor department says employers added 292,000 new jobs in december. the unemployment rate held steady at 5%. right now we are amping up for a big weekend here at nbc 4. we want to show you some live pictures from the washington convention center where tomorrow morning the 2016 nbc 4 health and fitness expo officially get

officer leotta died after beingb struck by a suspected drunk driver.drive will take placee in gaithersburg underway in 20 2 minutes it will run until u 2:00 o'clock this afternoon butn you must sign up to participate but you can do that online or be calling the red cross. >>> the virginia dog that wasa t rescued from an icy lake duringi the blizzard will be reunited re with his hero rescuers later l today. my low the saint bernard fell through the last friday night.it fairfax county fire and rescuens pulled him out of the thoseim ot freezing waters and thankfullyy the dog recovered 100%. 1 he's doing just fine. jus the rescuers were also receive peta compassionate firete department award.meward >>> the polar bear plunge kicksk off today winter tradition inti maryland it has been running for 20 years.ears more than 10,000 people willplel jump into the chilly chesapeakee starts at 11:00 o'clock this thi morning at sandy point stateoint park in annapolis. annapolis members of the military, policep fire and ems will take part. event raises more than $20 mi