news4's mark ss mark segraves i wheeling. >> reporter: this is where he was arrested thursday night, right across the street from the courthouse where he'll appear before a judge monday morning. people here who came in contact with him say he didn't seem like he was a fugitive on the run. surveillance video shows charles severance checking in to the wheeling inn on wednesday afternoon. the hotel clerk says he used his real name and credit card. >> he seemed like a nice guy when he came. in he came in, talked about revolutionary war history and asked about the various sites in wheeling and where to go, asked about where port henry was. >> reporter: he used a maryland driver's license to check into the hotel. but the next day, thursday, a few blocks away at this library, he used a virginia id to get access to this computer station. that same morning, police here in wheeling got a call from the fbi and alexandria police. to be on the lookout for severance. >> so we quickly went over to the hotel. we confirmed the vehicle was there. we were able to determine that mr. severance was not th

mark segraves joins us live from that area. mark? >> yes, to give you a bert idea of where we are, just over the train tracks there is the noma gallaudet university train station, and beyond that new york avenue. according to the police, the victim was walking between those train tracks and right here, when a man came up upon her from behind and put the knife right on her throat, and forced her behind one of the buildings, and hit her several times and tried to rain her. police say that she was able to escape and call for help. police are asking anyone who may have been in thi around 7:00 saturday evening to give them a call. i spoke with an official at gallaudet, and that i they t-- say that the student was not a faculty member or student. and we have had a charter school that has popped up in the past few years and high-end condos going in as we. reporting live from the northeast, mark segraves, news4. >>> and something that is considered a vehicle luxury is going to be a staple of all cars. the nastional highway transportation adm

and mark segraves there at the russian embassy where he allegedly wanted to have asylum granted to him. >> he is inside of that jail, because he is fighting extradition. he would rather be in russia. ten days ago, he showed up here asking for asylum and turned away. secret service, and police followed him up to the national cathedral where his car was parked. a few days later, severance drove five hours to wheeling, west virginia, where he was arrested. he is still there in jail where he is going to stay up till the judge decides what to do with him. >> reporter: charles severance refused to answer any questions today, even when the judge asked him his name. the public defender told the judge that he advised his client to remain silent. prosecution made it clear they want him held without bond, because of the possible c connection to the alexandria murders. the prosecutors said he is wanted by alexandria police in connection with the three murders. >> that is what i said in court, he is dangerous, and dangerous to the public and a flight risk. >> reporter: he told the court they are lo

mark segraves is following this every step of the way and joining us live from u.s. district court with the latest. mark? >> well, jim, jeffrey thompson has been in a federal courtroom now for nearly three hours entering the guilty plea. he entered this afternoon and arrived by taxi cab, and refused to speak to reporters as he walked insooitd, and he is admitted to illegally funding dozens of campaigns from the d.c. kocouncil to the presidentl primary in 2010. he has plead guilty to two felony counts, and one is a federal campaign violation, and another of d.c. campaign finance

mark segraves is going to join us now with the new information. mark? >> well, doreen, police sourcs s tell us that the note they found here at the site of the shootout from this suspect who they killed expressed his angst towards society and police officers, specifically, and also in the note, he admitted to the murder that police had charged him with, and he said, he wanted to take out as many police as he could. >> he opened fire on the officers with multiple shots, and they returned shots. >> reporter: he had been in an apa apartment when police came. >> we had officers around front and back and perimeter in place, and he came out with a weapon and exchanged fire with our task force members, and was shot. >> reporter: the suspect was wanted for the murder of this 19-year-old woman who was shot and killed on february 27th in northeast d.c. the police have been look g finr the suspect for nearly two weeks, and they believed he was staying with a relative who lives nearby. and the police say that as soon as they knocked on the front door, he ran out th

mark segraves, news4. >>> right now if you live in the area of d.c., highlighted on this map, you should still boil your water before you drink it. the district is waiting for more test results before declaring the water safe for drinking. a power outage at the fort reno pumping station yesterday may have contaminated the system in parts of northwest. d.c. water says the boil water alert is just a precautionary mode. the test results could be back as early as tomorrow. >>> tonight there is an amber alert connected to a possible murder investigation. in the search for an 11-year-old girl from maryland. police believe caitlyn virts' father kidnapped her. investigators found the girl's mother dead this morning at their home in dundalk in baltimore county. timothy virts had been living there, even though police say he was barred from contact with the little girl. two other children, including caitlin's twin sister. >>> embarrassing allegations against lieutenant colonel joseph morse is being investigated for allegedly groping a female military lawyer. his job is to handle sex and physical ab

mark segraves is following this every step of the way and joining us live from u.s. district court with the latest. mark? >> well, jim, jeffrey thompson has been in a federal courtroom now for nearly three hours entering the guilty plea. he entered this afternoon and arrived by taxi cab, and refused to speak to reporters as he walked insooitd, and he is admitted to illegally funding dozens of campaigns from the d.c. kocouncil to the presidentl primary in 2010. he has plead guilty to two felony counts, and one is a federal campaign violation, and another of d.c. campaign finance violation, and in court, and thompson told the judge that mayor vincent gray knew of the scheme to funnel illegal money into the shadow campaign before gray ever announced that he would run for office. he says that gray agreed to call him uncle earl to keep his identity a secret, and he said that during the campaign, gray personally asked thompson for $400,000 in cash for efforts to get out the vote. and thompson told the judge that he gave $10,000 to a family member of vincent gray and additio

district court mark segraves, news4. >>> thank you. our coverage continues with tom sherwood who is at the courthouse, and spoke to the mayor there, and he is still maintaining his innocence. tom? >> well, this is a massive corruption case, but on the top floor there, vincent gray invited news4 in to once again declare his innocence. >> reporter: mayor vincent gray confronted with a series of tough court allegations with the wrongdoing of the 2012 campaign, and the mayor in the office with news4 was blunt. >> i maintain the that these are absolutely lies, tom. that is absolutely false. with respect to him raising money to the campaign that i thought was being done in a perfectly legitimate fashion, and i have said it from day one. >> and mayor gray who went to the official schedule today specifically denied jeffrey thompson to money. he had asked for secret get out the vote money on a one-page document. >> no, there are no documents to corroborate, and i'm sure that there are no documents to corroborate my involvement at in time. >> re

mark segraves is live near the scene and has more for us now. mark? >> reporter: barbara, this happened earlier this morning. i can tell you that a contractor working here at the wilson pool accidentally ruptured an acid line, causing a chemical spill. let's take a look at the pool right now. this is the wilson pool building. inside that building is where the accident happened. we can tell you that the victim, the contractor, was transported to a local hospital, priority one. if we look over to the left, you'll see wilson high school, which is connected to the pool, that school was evacuated. about 20 minutes ago, students were told they could go home for the day. up on that field at ft. reno park, there were hundreds of students. we heard a cheer go out that could have been heard for blocks around when the students got the word they could go home for the day. back here on the scene, you will see the hazmat crews. they have the chemical decontamination set up. that's where they're scrubbing down the hazmat teams going in and out of the wilson pool, tr

and now we have coverage with mark segraves. >> well, you can see behind me, this is the public library in wheeling, west virginia. this started thursday morning when the police sent them a picture here at the library sending them a picture of charles severance saying that this looks like the composite sketch of the suspect wanted in the alexandria murders. thursday, severance checked into a downtown hotel in wheeling, virginia, and the hotel known as the wheeling inn. he stayed there overnight, and the police could not find him there, and they started to search the city. and i talked to the chief of police in wheeling, and he said that severance was spotted inside of the library yesterday afternoon. they went inside with federal agents and local police, and arrested him without incident. i spoke to the library here at the ohio county library in downtown wheeling, and she told me that severance came in and presented a virginia state identification card to logon to the computer there, and spent two hours at the computer terminal before the police came in and arrested him there. and he ma