a homicide rate for african americans is 12 times as high as it is for whites into lewis county -- or st. louis city, and st. louis county. where not just focus on disparities, we are also focus on solutions and talking about how addressing social determinants impacts everyone, regardless of their race, or socioeconomic status in st. louis. live indicated six areas. i was happy to hear you talk about early childhood. investing in high quality early childhood for all children is recommendation number one. treating economic opportunity recommendation number two. investing in coordinated school-based health care is another recommendation. investing in the full gambit of mental health services. from stigma reduction, the awareness of treatment. investing in healthy neighborhoods. so than a matter where you live in st. louis. you want to be able to find fresh fruits and vegetables. and safe places to recreate. and addressing chronic, and infectious disease prevention and management. so, all of these factors interact but we believe there are evidence-based, and community informed solutions

montgomery county kevin lewis is a story you will see only on 7. kevin: hi moreen. auto industry experts say this is a growing problem because people in countries like china and russia are willingly paying triple for certain u.s. cars. prosecutors charge us a sales manager at the viewership to sell crimes like fraud and forgery. manhattan imported cars the scene of an alleged crime that wrapped around the globe. a woman purchased a white range rover in her name and sold out $75,000 for the high-end s.u.v. but had it shipped from rockville to china where it sold for $225,000. that is a 300% increase. >> a markup. >> the luxury car exporting is sophisticated with a great demand. >> somebody inside at a supervisor or a management level. it made it that much easier to get done. and harder for us to detect. >> the dealership owner told us off-camera he was clueless to armstrong's alleged criminal behavior. out big money he considers himself a victim, too. armstrong raked in $200,000 a year as sales manager lived across the street at the pike and rose development. he did

lewis. kellye: the second body found it was recovered from the potomac. montgomery county crews were called out to carter rock. a swimmer has been missing since june the first. we did check with officials and they say this is most likely not that person. the body was found near a rock climbing area. new tonight, police have arrested a man they believe shot and killed an ice cream driver. according to the police larnell lyles was behind the attack that killed 22-year-old brandon brown. this happened at the lucas village housing project. witnesses help to the police tracked them down. -- track him down. police say that 27-year-old andre picarriello stepped his father last night during a fight at their home. -- stabbed his father last night during a fight of their home. guillermo picarriello died at the scene and andre picarriello is charged with the murder. >> most of the people are pretty quiet people, family-oriented people. so we never expected anything like that out here. kellye: andre was arrested this morning on an unrelated charge. new developments in an attack on dal

only on 7:00 montgomery county reporter kevin lewis live with the story. kez -- kevin: the homeowner left to run errands. when she came back the french doors were busted open and police say the burglar walked in the foyer of her home and went straight up the stairs where he found his loot more than $100,000 in cash and jewels. marie is the victim of a ten-minute heist. police say jan targeted her $1.5 million potomac residence. the 39-year-old barged through the french doors and allegedly went on a treasure hunt. >> right leer. right here. >> they say that she plucked an aquamarine ring from her daughter's bedroom but the real damage happened here. the family's save from the closet. inside more than $100,000 of jewelry and cash gone in minutes. >> that was hard. the hardest part of my life at that time. kevin: jan has a lengthy rap sheet and ties to eastern european organized crime. they believe he shipped the $100,000 in jewels and crash to poland. she was uninsured. >> this is something i never believed could happen. >> she has posted security system sti

montgomery county reporterkevin lewis is tracking the new information in this case. >> a man shot a woman in a white pickup truck. kevin: police say 27-year-old convinced his former girlfriend 24-year-old to meet him there. he wanted to talk. but soon a fight broke out. ze ran from the car. police say bricker pulled out a gun and fired twice. >> she was in grave medical condition. >> bricker last arrested in 2008 for second-degree rape is on the maryland sex offender registry. sources tell us the hagueerstown residents threatened to harm himself. >> if anyone would have thoughts like when upset, seek help immediately. >> this man lives next door to the adebayo family. >> i didn't know she had a boyfriend. >> adebayo graduated with a degree in public health. friends say she was working full time, about to take a caribbean cruise and planning to get her masters degree in occupational therapy. >> monday night at target. unbelievable. >> kevin lewis. >> a muslim chaplain says she was discriminated against on the recent united airlines flight.s traveling to washington d.c. last week when she a

montgomery county reporter kevin lewis is live in gaithersburg with the breaking details. the heart-breaking details, too. kevin: absolutely. the information coming in to us in the last half hour. police waited before hours to release the name of -- waited 36 hours to release the name of the female driver and young boy involved in a tragic crash. they are identified as 33-year-old shafferon and her 5-year-old daniel. this occurred around 3:30 yesterday morning. she was driving along i-370 in gaithersburg when her car made a sudden 90-degree turn. jumps the concrete median and crashed in an embankment. the interior of the car fought fire. multiple police sources told us the crash is suspicious in nature. for example, she was found outside of the vehicle but the car's four doors were locked shut. againer her 5 yowled son found dead in a back -- her 5-year-old son found dead in a backseat. we uncovered court records 15 minutes ago and she is in the middle of a divorce with her husband. the estranged couple was scheduled to have the next court appearance on september 11 of thi

montgomery county reporter kevin lewis has a story you will only see on 7. kevin: alondrez is accused of molestic and beating a female relative in 2004. the victim now 15 kept quiet until last month. the charges are especially concerning because he works as a teacher's aide in potomac. the school leaders knew about the arrest but chose to keep quiet. >> it makes me concern what else are they not sharing with us. kevin parents say even though the alleged abuse happened offcampus and did not involve a student they should have been more forthcoming. >> we haven't heard i don't know when it's happened but there has been no public announcement that i'm aware of. >> he lives in the montgomery village town home with his wife of six years. >> 4 years old? terrible. kevin the neighbor is stunned. >> it's something beyond my comprehension that someone 4 years old no. kevin: the timing is interesting as the board of education is scheduled to vote on a child sex abuse policy. but after the recent arrest with no parent notification many wonder if they are still confused

montgomery county reporter kevin lewis has more. kevin: police say this was an open air drug market it was until this morning when the officers kicked down a number of doors here and arrested a handful of people. they have been surveying the neighborhood for a year now. it was very challenging in part because there is one road in and one road out. >> i don't ever recall the case or the magnitude. kevin: the officers infiltrated the community plagued by drugs. >> cash, drugs, guns. kevin: at sunrise today police arrested 18 people while searching more than 30 homes and businesses. they seized 11 guns. $70,000 in cash and a lot of heroin and cocaine. >> numerous citizens and complaint about the open air drug market. people feeling intimidated. not feeling safe in their own neighborhoods. kevin: they identified the kingpin and then they tapped phone lines. one text message reads, "i just don't understand why we have to go through all the extra conversation on the phone. i ain't make it out here being dumb, bro. you have to understand t

montgomery county kevin lewis is a story you will see only on 7. kevin: hi moreen. auto industry experts say this is a growing problem because people in countries like china and russia are willingly paying triple for certain u.s. cars. prosecutors charge us a sales manager at the viewership to sell crimes like fraud and forgery. manhattan imported cars the scene of an alleged crime that wrapped around the globe. a woman purchased a white range rover in her name and sold out $75,000 for the high-end s.u.v. but had it shipped from rockville to china where it sold for $225,000.

montgomery county reporter kevin lewis is live outside the courthouse with the punishment oliver faces. kevin: this plea deal is usually beneficial for oliver and the victim. oliver avoids the charge of attempted first-degree murder and the victim has if assurance that oliver can pay for the mounting medical cost. seen here leaving the courthouse in september was at his job at n.i.h. with his female roommate called in her ricks and said the mother's maltese name teddy was run over by a car. he rushed home and then told the roommate to gather the items and leave. but she stayed so he grabbed a hammer and whacked her in the head. he left her outside the apartment door. six hours passed before the neighbor found the woman with a fractured skull and two broken arms. today oliver did not come to door but his attorney did speak with us. >> he asked her multiple times to stay away led him grieve. she didn't. there is no excuse. he hurt her. he is extremely sorry about it and he is doing everything he can to make it right. >> even loves their pets. but it is no excuse to take a hammer to a wom

this one in sussex county is right around lewis and moving toward milford at the moment. another one in new castle county, this right around middletown and this one's continuing mostly to move to the northwest. also more approaching avalon along the shore. some light showers right around atlantic city. and that's going to be the general trend. we have some moisture out in the atlantic and that's really starting to move on shore. so some scattered showers trying to make their way in big area of low pressure down to our south. and that's what's really trying to pull in the rain but i don't think everyone will see the rain this evening. however, we're going to keep the showers in the forecast. future weather here does keep the clouds in the forecast for everybody. even as we go into tomorrow morning. and we could see a few morning showers, too. so just don't be surprised if withdrew you see that. through the afternoon, the clouds pretty much stay locked in. they could stay around to start off the weekend. that's saturday 8:00 a.m. we get warmer going into the weekend. we'll s

montgomery county reporter kevin lewis six points why prosecutors may now file manslaughter charges. >> james kirkland accused of abusing his own mother inside the family's longtime bethesda home. according to documents, joe kirkland had large bed sores on her back and leg. many of the wounds were packed with newspaper and a pattern substance. when dr. removed the dressing, the woman's spine was visible. >> good lord. where is his love? reporter: virginia richardson is her neighbor. >> but good lord. it would take a completely numb person not to understand that that is not a good situation. reporter: this is the kind of heartbreaking case they can happen. montgomery county police chief says his department will not tolerate elderly abuse. >> that woman has since passed away. in that case is now being moved to our homicide unit. reporter: today, kirkland did not answer the door. >> it is pretty shocking. reporter: she is glad prison time might be in store for her neighbor. >> i do not think he had good intentions. i think he is a mean bloke. really a danger to people. reporter: kevin l

montgomery county reporter kevin lewis is live in north bethesda with a story you will see only on 7. kevin: police tell us 60-year-old donald beard lives in the neighborhood and officers say he would routinely attach a camera to a metal pole like this one and then the 60-year-old would walk out to his second floor balcony. police tell us he would hoist the pole in the air with the camera rolling and it was all to spy on his female neighbor. this is the balcony police say donald beard used to survey his upstair neighbor. one night the victim looked out her window and saw a metal pole swinging back and forth. a camera was attached recording her every move. >> that is not good at all. if he will do it to one person he will probably do it to someone else. kevin: while searching beard's electronics they uncovered more than a dozen video of the woman. one clip showed the middle age woman topless. for a mote i beard told police it was for investigative purposes claiming his neighbor was spending time with married men and he wanted to catch her in the act. >> it was for self-gratification. k

lewis. abc7 news. alison: fairfax county police are looking for a taxi driver accused of a sex offense. its happened saturday morning along frasier lane and pine tree road. the taxi driver asked the victim to perform sexual acts or leave the vehicle. the victim refused and got out. the driver drove off. they have a vague description of the driver. they ask anyone with information to come forward. >> secretary of state john kerry said to be in good condition after doctors in boston completed surgery on his broken leg after he suffered the injury in a bike accident in france. he was supposed to travel to madrid and paris for work this week. alison: vote 2016. there is a new poll that shows more people have an unfavorable view of hillary clinton now than at anytime since 2001. it's a cnn/orc poll that found 57% of those surveyed found clinton not honest and trustworthy up from 29% in march. the poll finds clinton to be the clear favorite to win the democratic presidential nomination in 2016. leon: we don't think you trustworthy and hopest in -- honest but we think you are a good politician

alison: montgomery county reporter kevin lewis is live with the story you will see only on 7. kevin: we are in front of the manhattan imported cars and police say this is the scene of international case of auto fraud. investigators tell abc7 news that the sales manager here a man by the name of brian armstrong who you see in his facebook profile picture stole a woman's identity and purchased a white range rover in her name. armstrong reportedly shelled out $4500 for the high-end s.u.v. but had the vehicle shift from rockville from china where it was sold for $225000. that is a 500% increase. armstrong who made $200,000 a year as the sales manager here lives across the street. the father did not return our calls seeking comment but police did. >> they had used someone's identity and purchased the vehicle under that person's name. the vehicle is turned over to another conspirator who was attempting to have it exported. kevin: the family-owned dealership did not want to speak on camera but had no idea of armstrong's alleged criminal behavior and it considers itself a victim becau

kimberly: only on 7 montgomery county reporter kevin lewis explain how police caught her in the act. >> the humane society of the united states is stunned to learn this employee is accuse of stealing thousands of dollars from the animal rescue foundation. according to police, the routinely used the company credit card to make purchases and the manassas resident dropped $17000 at enterprise rent-a-car and $13000 on food, gasoline and luxury vacation to the caribbean island of aruba. in total, she is accused of embezzling $31,000 from a non-profit organization meant to save animals. >> she wanted to go to aruba, she should go on her own money and her own time. kevin: pope uses her twitter profile to sell woman's high heels did not respond to our comments. investigators say although he is admitted to embezzling the money she hasn't paid back a dime. >> with the non-profit, i'm sure they keep track of their money. it's incon zeable to me she would think she would get away with that. hard to understand. kevin: she could get up to 20 years in prison. announcer: now abc7 news at 5:00. on yo

visit ncicap.org] jummy: a montgomery county school bus hits a woman crossing the street. kevin lewis is just on the scene where he spoke with an investigator. what did he tell you? >> he says the female adult victim is in great condition. she was walking in that crosswalk or close to the crosswalk when the montgomery county school bus made a left-hand turn onto crabbs branch way and hit her. the woman's 10 issue was in the roadway 30 minutes ago were that green spray paint is. the fire department used hoses to wash some of the blood from the roadway. the school bus came to a stop about 100 feet up the road that was just taken away by a tow truck. we arrived on the scene about 10:00, paramedic did not waste any time when they arrived taking the victim to suburban hospital. as for the mail bus driver, he was not injured and spent hours talking with police. the crash reconstruction team was out here drafting a diagram of the scene and was examining the school bus to make sure it was operating in good condition. if there is any silver lining, it is that the bus had no children aboard. it

jonathan: montgomery county reporter dev kev explains how -- kevin lewis explains how a special unit of detectives are bringing swift justice. >> we are going to educate the public how to collectively work better on the project. kevin: montgomery county top prosecutor announces a commitment to protect elders. >> i certainly felt a sense of betrayal but somebody i trusted. kevin: 90-year-old roda of chevy chase is a victim herself. last year her at-home health aid stole $50000 from her bank account. her son discovered the missing funds and called police. >> she was so devoted. she was so kind. i took me totally by surprise when i learned about the withdrawals from my atm account. kevin: only 4% of abuse victims self-report to the authorities. so an elderly abuse unit has been launched. >> just last month we reported on a case where an 87-year-old woman had been in poor health. was being taken care of by her son. she was determined to have had a bed sore that was so bad that her spine was actually showing. >> i refuse to believe that this was the person who had done it. kevin: she says

take a closer look even in sussex county seeing more moderate rainfall. south of mills borrow and lewis. future cast shows on and off showers kind of drying out heading into tonight. another round of spotty showers thursday lingering into friday. we should see a little bit more sunshine as we push friday into saturday. nice and dry. temperatures back up to average. average is 79. our range will mainly be a little bit cooler towards the shore, 65 degrees with our wind speeds out of the east at 10 miles per hour. closer to allentown we are going to see your temperatures into the low 70s. a bit of a temperature spread. warmer conditions as we head into friday. 77 degrees. saturday back to the 80s. 80 degrees. nice on sunday, 78. even warmer by next tuesday. >> brittney thanks. 9 minutes to 5:00. time to check the roads to see if there are any construction problems. >> "nbc 10's" first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington has that for you. what are you watching? >> 422, no construction projects not a lot of volume and roadways looking okay. this is around trooper road. no cars right the

county courthouse. the victim in the case has died. kevin lewis is live in rockville with the story you'll only see on 7. reporter: 16-year-old marquis turner was on a date on friday night when he was walking with his date by the circuit court how here's. police say he pushed the girl up against the concrete wall in rates are. -- raped. her. there was a high definition camera right above the crime scene. he is charged as an adult. friday is date night at the regal sentiment -- cinaema. he allegedly pushed his date against the circuit court house and proceeded to taperape her. courthouse security saw that struggle on high definition cameras which recorded the entire allegedly rape. >> how stupid do you have to be? you what a day with somebody, it's a movie. does that equal sex? no. reporter: he said he was going to have intercourse regardless of her objections. jean arthur counsels victims of sexual abuse here. >> a person at 16 even thinking of being able to do that, i conclude be done understand it. reporter: turner is a sophomore at winston chur

county. alison: unnecessary home repairs left her out nearly $100,000. kevin lewis has the story. reporter: it is a lovely spring home that police say attracted a pack of feeds. -- theives. they allegedly convinced the 82-year-old homeowner that she needed tree trimming, and roof repairs here it within months, she paid $88,000 for work that investigators contend was either grossly overbilled or terribly shoddy. >> it is very sad for. reporter: she turns away solicitors for this reason. >> it sound like they did a minimal amount of work. reporter: they are very good at determining a will have the victim hand over their money. in the last three years, these septa become -- cases have become prolific. >> they try to confuse them, actually intimidate them at times and they have taken these people's life savings. reporter: police say no one in the group was licensed. her $88,000 is likely gone for good. >> poor woman was affecting use the money to be able to live on for the rest of her life and now she doesn't have it. that makes me sad. reporter: kevin lewis, abc 7 news. alison: what

county. what is to blame. how is metro fixing the problem? i am kevin lewis in bethesda that story coming up tonight on abc 7 news at 6:00. stay tune for abc abc "world news tonight with david muir." david, kimberly, leon. a convicted boston bomber breaking silence. what he said to the families also, today, the mystery outside 6 one american city tonight. six women now dead. do they have canner on their hands? what they revealed late today. caught on tape tonight right there outside of d.c. the patient accidentally recording with the doctor was really saying while he was under anesthesia. don't believe one here. >> several students who may have dropped out of school are now high schooled from as this summer because of one principal in d.c. ford center. the attendance rate climbed from 54% to 60% the man who keeps a close eye on his student and waps them. >> he knows every single within of them by name. he escorts theth students to the bus stop ever dy at dismissal. oh yeah. yeah. >> keep it moving. let's po. >> darren knows that keeping an eye on students sho

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