. >> reporter: i'm mark segraves. coming up, theetls on two firefighters arrested, one of them a veteran hailed as a hero recently. both arrested in separate incidents for assaulting police officers. news4 has the charging document coming up i'll tell you what one of these firefighters did once >>> tonight s.w.a.t.ing is being blamed for a heavy police presence outside rapper lil wayne's home in miami beach. police responded after getting a call about shots fired. and as many as four people being hit. they later determined it was all a hoax. no one was hurt and lil wayne wasn't even home at the time. >>> right now search and recovery teams are working to find any trace of nearly a dozen service members presumed dead after a helicopter crashed off the florida coast. 11 service members were on that chopper, 7 of them marines from camp lejeune, 4 army members from louisiana's national guard. wreckage from the black hawk started washing ashore this morning. but at this point, no signs of any of the victims. >> at this hou

normally you can mark segraves well down the south. here's the rain through around the 11:00 hour still seeing that rain in and around d.c. up to the north especially then it drifts down to the south. by early tomorrow morning rush hour i think should be dry from the rain falling but the roads will still be rather wet. you may need a little bit of extra time. tomorrow afternoon around noon you may see a couple of showers down to the south. the rest of us remain dry. then watch what happens. the clearing moves in and we see it come in fast and we see warm temperatures too. high temperatures tomorrow on the warm side going for a high of 64 degrees with sunshine in the afternoon. early morning showers, about 30% chance high of 64. 56 on your thursday. thursday looks good. then the rain moves back in late friday night. it will affect your plans if you're going out friday night for dinner or to the movies. 48 on friday 61 on saturday with rain likely. most of the day. sunday monday and tuesday not looking bad. >>> transportation reporter ad

we've got mark segraves ready to tell us what school districts are doing about all days.g is here with another update on the forecast. all coming up in about three minutes. >>> in the military women have not only fought for their country but also for their right to do jobs traditionally held by men. tonight news4's angie goff shows us a military police officer making history by taking charge of one of the most prestigious units in the army. >> reporter: precision. strength. perfection. it's been the legacy of the united states army drill team for decades. a team where the marchers march alike, drill alike and to some degree even look alike. but now a turn in tradition and at the center of it all, first lieutenant lauren glover. >> it's really exciting and humbling. just trying to do our jobs the best of our ability. >> reporter: do you get nervous? >> a little bit. >> reporter: nerves because maybe she's doing something that's never been done before. click by click, she is changing the course of a team's 62-year history by becoming the first female officer to command it.

mark segraves has also learned that the d.c. police department may have known about this alleged misconduct for several years. >>> a deadly triple shooting in western maryland was a double murder/suicide. they were found inside this home in knoxville, maryland southwest of frederick. >>> we're also tracking the arrival of more snow. veronica. >> i know. just sounds so strange to say so late in the season. so here's the deal guys. we could see a few delays tomorrow a few school delays in the zones here in hot pink. this is where i think delays are really likely to happen tomorrow from washington county for areas like jefferson and berkeley county right over to allegheny county areas of western maryland. that's where they're under a winter storm warning and expecting arias of snow. for loudoun county baltimore county, a winter weather advisory that goes as late as 2:00 p.m. moving in around midnight, mixture of rain and snow and on the radar now, there it is. we're tracking it as it makes its way northeast getting closer and close

mark segraves is live outside the courtroom where lowry just spoke to reporters. >> more than a dozen federal agents and federal law enforcement officials packed inside the courtroom today as their former colleague pled guilty to more than 60 charges. and just a short time ago matt lowry walked out of this courthouse and for the first time spoke publicly about those charges. and he began by apologizing. >> today i informed the court of criminal acts of misconduct that i committed while trying to handle my pain medication addiction. i just want to apologize and say that i was wrong for my actions, especially to my family former law enforcement colleagues that i worked with the fbi, the united states attorney's office. >> reporter: in the courtroom, the 33-year-old former fbi agent who worked on several large-scale undercover drug operations admitted to the judge he had stolen heroin from the fbi evidence control center. it took the judge nearly an hour to read each of the 64 charges, after which the judge asked lowry if he was guilty. lowry repeatedly answered yes, your honor. prosecut

. >> mark segraves is at d.c. court with what it means to taxpayers. >> reporter: the system in question is what every police officer uses to input information after an investigation. washington city paper was first to report these problems. today police claim they've been reporting problems ever since it went back into use in 2011. >> we've replaced our records management system at least three times in the last few years. >> reporter: the head of the police union says cops have already been warning of problems. >> the core computer was not communicating. the reliability problem went down all the time. >> reporter: in a letter sent to defense attorneys, they called it an imperfect system which the police department is planning to replace. but the damage may already be done. the letter says thousands of criminal cases are being reviewed to determine if prosecutors failed to provide defense attorneys with evidence they are required to share. >> this could be a problem resulting in the wrong people getting arrested a

you can mark segraves -- see behind it we clear out quickly in the afternoon. temperatures in the 60s, expect more of that tomorrow. the shower chance returning during the day tomorrow so again showers tomorrow. i'll show you when coming up in a couple minutes. warmer weather returns and we're talking about a fairly stormy period later in the week. we'll talk about that in just a few minutes. >>> a community in shock. first at 4, a family speaks for the first time since a teen pilot lost his life doing what he loved. >>> it's like something out of a movie, but this is no stunt double. first at 4, the video that has people across the country rallying together. >>> new signs of improvement for the american being treated for ebola at nih. officials say the patient is being upgraded to fair condition. no name or other personal information is being released right now. we do know that the patient contracted ebola while working at an ebola treatment center in sierra leone. >>> this afternoon investigators tell us they believe speed played a part in yesterday's deadly

as news4's mark segraves reports, it's far from the last tribute the district is planning for barry, who died last year and we learned that he even had a few ideas of his own. >> reporter: frank smith new marion barry longer than nus about anyone in d.c. >> we were in the civil rights movement in the 1960s and both of us ended up in washington. >> reporter: before he died he talked with his friend about how he wanted to be remember pd. >> we talked about it specifically 14th and u would memorialize his activity in the civil rights movement. >> reporter: with the possibility of it coming down barry pictured hi statue at that spot. that was a flashpoint during the 1960s. >> it was located above the drugstore right on that corner when the riots took place in 1968. >> reporter: smith is part of a committee named today by mayor muriel bowser to come up with different ways to honor barry's legacy. >> countless young people learned that the value of a hard day's work because of the summer youth program marion founded in 1979. >> reporter: besides the possibility of a statue the other things

superior court, mark segraves news4. >>> a fiery crash. women fighting for their lives. new at 6:00, a good samaritan tells us it's not the fist time he's had to rush out of his house to help after a bad accident. >>> news4 broke the story about fires at metro >>> tonight the national arson and canine memorial station is wrapped in a tarp to hide the damage from vandalism. the memorial depicts a firefighter next to a labrador retriever. overnight it was sprayed with blue paint and the letters kkk. large piles of trash were dumped in the back lot of the firehouse. >>> two teenagers are fighting for their lives after a fiery crash in great falls. they were in a car that veered off georgetown pike after the driver swerved to avoid a deer. northern virginia bureau chief julie carey spoke with a neighbor who says it's not the first time he's had to rush out to help. >> reporter: you can see the path cut by the honda civic as it came flying off georgetown pike coming to rest right here where it rolled over and then things got even worse when it burst into flames. it was around

news4's mark segraves is there. he's been working the story. mark what are you hearing? >> reporter: hey, chris. metro officials aren't saying much but our law enforcement sources are telling us that this metro transit police officer acted in self-defense when she shot and killed that man as the man was coming toward her with a large stick. the man had been in the tunnel at least 20 minutes before metro transit police shot and killed him. sources say he was not wearing a shirt. according to a time line provided by metro, at 8:50 last night act train operator reported an unauthn in the tunnel. at 8:57 the first metro officer arrived on the scene. at 9:01 three more officers arrived and began searching the tunnel. at 9:10 one of those officers encountered the suspect about 400 feet from the platform. law enforcement sources tell news4 the man had a large stick in his hands as he approached the female officer. the officer fired multiple shots at close range, killing the man. now, despite repeated requests metro officials refusing to answer any questions tonight about this f

news4's mark segraves is live on the scene. we're learning of a second victim too. reporter: that's right, jim. explosive new details that just came out in a court hearing moments ago. two victims, one 16 years old and another 17 years old at the time of the attack. the 17-year-old told police that daryl best took her out to dinner in his police uniform and then said before taking her home he had to stop by his office. that office two doors down from d.c. superior court. metropolitan police headquarters. according to police documents, he took the 17-year-old girl to his office on the fifth floor, right down the hallway from the chief of police's office and that's where he sexually assaulted her while he was wearing his badge and his gun. in the second incident a 16-year-old girl said it happened at the church where he was the senior pastor in southeast washington. that happened on three separate occasions dating back to december of last year. the victim told police he took her out of choir practice one night and sexually assaulted her in his office inside the church.

what mark segraves found that's importan >>> anyone paying rebt or trying to pay rent for a place in district already knows that prices here have really gone through the roof and now there's a study out to demonstrate that to document it at both ends of the spectrum both those who can afford higher rents and low-income residents as well. tom sherwood has our repor >> reporter: the economic boom here even as upscale residents worried about rising rents pap new study says it's worse for moderate and low-income families. >> affordable housing under $800 a month has virtually disappeared in the income. either pay 50% of your income in rent or look at other necessities and make cut. >> that's my mother. i was 12 in this picture. >> reporter: it's tough, for example, for people like this 30-year-old, proudly displaying her diploma from morris college in south carolina where she joed i biology. she shares this southeast one bedroom with her mother and her own 3-year-old child. >> yeah, i need to get my own place, but as i try to go out and get my own place, everything seems to be out of my

i'm mark segraves. i'll show you where the highest grossing cameras are and why the chief of police is rethinking the entire photo enforcement program. >>> -- pleaded guilty to stealing navy documents. years ago president bill clinton pardoned samuel mor sob for spying. now he's 70 years old and a federal judge sentenced him to two years' probation. morrison's grandfather was the late rear admiral samuel ell morr who broegt about operations during world war ii. prosecutors say the younger morrison stole those records from the naval history at heritage command. he thought he was entitled to them but the record were worth $10,000 to $30,000. >>> a classroom disruption but this one was quite welcome. the surprise of a lifetime for a local teacher's big moment that she didn't even know about >>> absentminded mother. a woman took her 5-month-old baby to a doughnut shop in california and left her there. what happened was after she found out the doughnut shop didn't have the doughnut she wanted she left out an

in the district mark segraves news4. >>> and we will hear from the new chief about the changes he wants to make and what he plans to do on day one to hire more firefighters. that's coming up on news4 at 5:00. >>> may hear some loud noises in the sky over the next couple nights. up next why you should yux just ignore them. >>> and federal inspectors taking a closer look at bus and rail. >>> and horrible things said on facebook about a toddler with a rare as a small business owner you wouldn't deliver just half of what you have to offer to your customers. so why are you settling for half-fast internet? only verizon fios comes with speedmatch - uploads as fast as downloads so files go out in a snap. don't miss your last chance to get $200 back when you upgrade to fios internet and phone for just $99.99 a month with a 2-year agreement and get $200 back. hurry call now it's your last chance. this offer ends march twenty-first. >>> some loud noises could wake you and your family up over the next few nights. the north american aerospace defense command is conducting training flights that will

news4's mark segraves has been tracking the shelter numbers this winter and posting them regularly on. >>> democrats on capitol hill coming to hillary clinton's defense this afternoon. lawmakers on the house committee investigating the terror attack in benghazi libya, are asking the panel's republican chair to withdraw a subpoena for clinton's e-mails. they say he's unfairly targeting the former secretary of state for political reasons. the government is still investigateing clinton's use of a personal e-mail server to conduct official state business which all came to light this week. >>> and a couple of updates you should know about if you're riding metro this weekend. trains will be running across the entire green line after all the track work that had been scheduled to shut down stations between green belt and college park has been canceled. and you may have to wrap up your nighttime plans sooner than usual tomorrow. trains will stop running as early as 1:00 a.m. sunday to adjust to daylight-saving time. >>> marion barry would have turned 79 years old today and in honor of his life

. >> reporter: i'm mark segraves. marijuana is still illegal to sell in the district, but it is legal to smoke it. >>> right now at 5:00, d.c. residents are gathering for a new kind of exchange, a swap meet for pot seeds. it's a way for residents to get their own mini marijuana gardens growing. mark segraves is at one of the events in northwest. mark? >> reporter: more than 2,000 people signed up for this event. hundreds of them are still in line many have been here for more than an hour to get their share of the free seeds. >> i always wanted the opportunity but it was never quite available so, when they passed the laws it was like light bulb then they had a seminar not too long ago, all these things, you know all these steps are coming together. that's really making it possible. i'm not going to say live out a dream but kind of. kind of you mow. it's cool. >> we have a new right that's to grow at home. >> reporter: adam spearheaded the effort to get marijuana legalized in the district. the day pot went legal he plan

reporting live in northwest, mark segraves news4. back to you in the studio. >>> scott mcfarlane at the live desk. new details just coming in about a stabbing on the campus of morgan state university. baltimore police say one student was stabbed in the chest, another in the back a third in the arm. ausmsers say all three were expected to survive. none life-threatening injury. our affiliate wbal tv reports the three students were football players. investigators believe the stabbing stemmeded from an argument outside a dining hall between the football players and a group of other people. wbal also reports one person is in custody now and police say they are speaking with several persons of interest. this stabbing follows another over the weekend in which a student was stabbed by his roommate. at the live desk i'm scott mcfarlane. >>> we're learning more right now at the scare on a commercial airliner leaving the washington area. two passengers tackle a man who claimed to have a bomb. one passenger was a former soldier. >> united 1074 d

in the district mark segraves news4. >>> two students expelled others given until midnight to get their things. now a new video involving racial slurs and a university of oklahoma fraternity has surfaced. the latest involves the housemother for sigma alpha epsilon. it appears to show her using racial slurs as she sings. and it comes after a video of sae members chanting racial slurs and referring to lynchings came to light. now the house has been boarded up and members have until midnight to move out. >> that's not who we are, and we don't want to be defined by those who completely violate our values. >> the housemother released a statement today saying she's not racist and that she was singing along to a song from "trinidad" but she said she understood how the video may appear in the context. the school says other students could face disciplinary action. >>> there are new questions being raised after that train crash in north carolina. and while a railroad expert says proper protocol may not have been followed. >>> a landmark measure produced on capitol hill. why some senators are figh

just today, news4's mark segraves found out is suspect in the case also works in law enforcement. >> reporter: the ticket writer was on corcoran street placing tickets on illegally parked cars when she heard a woman yelling absenies at her from across the street. charging documents show the suspect is a police officer authorized to carry a badge and a gun. before the shots rang out, witnesses in this apartment complex told police they saw a woman standing on this walkway wearing a security guard's uniform and carrying a gun in a holster. they said she was boasting that now that she was a security officer no one could mess with her. the park enforcement officer told police she ignored the verbal threats from the woman and continued down corcoran street until she heard the gunfire. when police responded, they found shell casings on this sidewalk as well as unspent bullets. their investigation led them to an apartment inside where they found a woman who identified herself as a special police officer who works for the department of homeland security. 30-year-old bridget robertson of capi

in the district mark segraves, news4. >>> she is the longest serving woman in the history of congress but tonight maryland senator barbara mikulski says the end of her law making career is near. >> so i'm here today in fells point to announce that i will not be seeking a sixth term in the united states senate. >> after mikulski made that announcement today, news4's chris gordon spoke one-on-one with the senator about what's next. >> reporter: senator barbara mikulski tells me there's a lot she wants to get done before her term ends in 2016. >> and we want to focus on giving the middle class a raise by finishing the bill for equal pay for equal work for women. >> hey, it's barbara mikulski! >> reporter: in 1986 barbara mikulski became the first woman elected to the u.s. senate for maryland. she would go on to become the longest serving female member of congress in the history of the united states. she started her career as a social worker and community organizer. she became known as a champion of quality education, women's health medical research seniors and veterans. >> it's all the s

the mayor announced a major announcement tomorrow morning, but both tom sherwood and mark segraves areourceses to try to get information on the maybe the district's next move. we'll have an update at 11:00. that will do it for us "nightly" is next. we'll see you back here later tonight. trading-in or selling your car truck or suv? webuyanycar.com takes the hassle out of selling in just 3 easy steps. one, get your free online valuation. two, book an appointment. and three, pick up a check at your nearest buying center. ♪ find out how much your car is worth ♪ ♪ at webuyanycar.com ♪ >>> on this sunday night, when will it end? as march begins more wicked winter weather hitting much of the nation. the snow the freezing rain the travel nightmares including thousands of flights delayed or canceled. >>> war of words. as venezuela detains americans accusing the u.s. of spying and imposes n travel restrictions. >>> moment of crisis. after a sky diver apparently suffers a seizure, the midair rescue. >>> and sister act. the unusual calling for a group of nuns their sacred place at home on the rang

the victim's brother and an eyewitness spoke with our mark segraves. mark? >> reporter: jim, according to the brother, his brother, the victim and two friends were walking from the cvs up on georgia avenue crossing this street heading home which was just a few blocks down 13th street when two masked gunmen approached them. according to his brother, one of those men pressed a gun up against one of the men's heads. >> he is a good person. nobody have problem with him. >> reporter: antonio alaia talked to his brother by home just a few hours before he was killed. it was about 2:30 this morning. he was walking down van buren street with two of his friends. one of those friends described what happened to news4. we're not showing his face because he's a witness to a murder. alaia's brother helped translate. >> he shot your brother. >> reporter: the man said alaia and the two others got to this intersection when two men in ski masks approached them with guns demanding their wallets. one of the suspects put a gun against the man's head. >> put it right here. >> repo

mark segraves live with what we're learning. >> reporter: jim, this is the letter that's sent shockwaves through the district a criminal justice system. first reported by the washington city paper that the u.s. attorney sent defense attorneys here this letter saying that they may not have provided defense attorneys all the evidence that they are required to. and that is calling into question thousands of criminal cases. >> and there's people locked up that may be shouldn't be locked up or worse, maybe people that got convicted and shouldn't be in prison. that's the scary thing. >> reporter: longtime criminal defense attorney bernie grimm is one of hundreds of dollars who got the letter acknowledging a significant problem with the data management system used by d.c. police. in the letter he says his office is reviewing thousands of cases, including past kwuctions. the problem, some information was not given to prosecutors or defense attorneys. that could mean some defendants didn't get fair trials. >> the d.c. jail and prisons where people are locked up. everybody got this letter. everybo

. >> mark segraves joins us live with a story you'll see here only on news4. mark? >> reporter: we found that four cameras out of the more than 200 cameras city wide are actually responsible for more than a third of all the tickets issued last year. and those four cameras are all located on major commuter routes. d.c. traffic cameras issue so many tickets one single camera can bring in millions of dollars in just one year. the first red light cam flas the district went up in 1999. in 2005 d.c. installed the first stationary speed camera in the nation. now d.c. brings in tens of millions of dollars a year from photo enforcement. last year the vast majority of that money came from just four cameras. this camera here on branch avenue issued more than 11,000 tickets. this camera on new york avenue more than 25,000 tickets. this camera here on suit land parkway, more than 30,000 tickets. but this camera here on k street has issued more tickets than any camera in the district by far, more than 41,000 tickets last year. according to documents obtained through the freedom o

reporting superior court, mark segraves, news4. back to you, wendy. >> thank you, mark. >>> a shocking admission while the documenri was being filmed is leading to murder charges. what poce f when they arrested wealthy real estate air robert durst. >>> a major construction project affectinte of thousands of drivers. how lo i wlodo. that's coming in and out of the distri >>> the next big phase of the 16th street bridge replacement project is autt de way starting march 27th crews are going to st the actual work to replace the bridge over military it's going to mean lane closures and other restrictions making an already diffic drive along those two busy commuter routes even worse. >> so we want people to think about their commutes especially our neighbors nthn marylan we are going to try to attract people to public transportation but also think of alternative ways to get downtown. >> get ready, this second phase of construction is expected to last about four months. >>> driving around tyson's corner in northern virnia is challenginenou

news4's mark segraves joins us from u.s. district court with a look at the fallout it caused. mark? >> reporter: doreen sometime between 2013 and 2014 his attorney says that former special agent matthew lowry became addicted to painkillers and eventually heroin. next week he's expected to walk into this federal courthouse and admit that he used his position as an fbi agent to go into fbi headquarters and take heroin out, take what he needed and then sneak the tainted evidence back into fbi headquarters. >> he made a very bad decision here a criminal decision. he knows it. >> reporter: matthew lowry's attorney says the former fbi agent stole the heroin only for his personal use. >> he took very small quantities on occasions to self-medicate himself. >> reporter: in some cases lowry took heroin seized during major drug busts and kept it all or took some heroin for himself before turning the rest in as evidence. in other cases, lowry would smuggle as much as a pound of heroin or more out of the fbi evidence control center take a portion for himself, and replace it with powdered laxativ

. >> mark segraves also learned first responders weren't trained properly for that program. he says the department is also understaffed. even as the city is using more ambulances to respond to 911 calls. >>> just before he became governor in 2014, terry mcauliffe's electric car company received special favors from homeland security according to the "washington post". the dh sflt hchlthdhs inspector general says politicians were yanted special visas for foreign investors. and it was unprecedented. the report says the favors were not illegal, but created the appearance of favoriteism. >>> we're happy to tell you about a new partnership that you'll be hearing about more. beginning today, you can hear reporters and meteorologists on wtop radio. >> you can listen for us when you're looking for news and weather and traffic in our area. and some of the trusted voices you hear on wtop will join us here all designed to provide you with the latest up-to-date information wherever you are. >>> and new developments overnight as search teams try to find clues as to why a passenger plane s

. >>> i'm mark segraves at d.c. superior court where the d.c. police officer charged with sexually assaulting two teenagers made a second appearance in court just moments ago. prosecutors revealed that there is now a third victim who has come forward, and they also said that while he was a police officer on two occasion he sexually harassed other officers including a female cadet. he was demoted for one of those incidents in 2007 from the rank of sergeant back down to the rank of police officer. supporters in court today. his lawyer did not want to talk about what his plan was for his strategy but he did say that it is too early in the case to make any statements. but in court, his attorney did not dispute any of the evidence that prosecutors so far laid out against the officer who, again, is accused of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl on the fifth floor of d.c. police headquarter, and a 16-year-old girl inside the church where he was a pastor. we'll have much more on this story coming up this evening on news 4. reporting live at d.c. supe

let's start with news4's mark segraves. he's looifr in clarendon. what's going on, mark?rter: i've taken off the hat and the parka. this storm is over as far as arlington is concerned. earlier today people were preparing for the worst. we met one woman who walked miles for grocery and another woman who drove state to state looking for salt. it never fails. when there's a big snowstorm, there's a rush to the stores for those essentials people just can't seem to live without. for many beer was on that list. kathy doan was in search of ice melt to keep her sidewalks from freezing over. she struck out in maryland and d.c. but got lucky here in arlington. do you feel hike you struck gold finding that ice melt? >> yes, i did. we have none in montgomery county. >> reporter: this woman walked for more than a mile each way to get a few groceries. fearful she might be snowed in for days. what did you have to go out and get? >> some groceries. >> reporter: yeah? >> in case this snow became worse. >> reporter: you don't want to get stuck alone without any food. >> no. that's right. >

mark segraves has more on that and what the mayor plans to do about a shortage of ambulances. >> reporter: jim, that's right. we have been reporting for some time about the shortage of ambulance and staffing in the d.c. fire department and the firefighters union has been complaining that all of this is what's been contributing to delays in response times. well today the bowser administration their officials said they announced what they're going to do to fix these problems. >> as of today we're deploying every available ambulance, which is typically around 59. >> reporter: that's a 25% increase from the normal deployment of 39 ambulances during peak hours. those ambulances have to be manned by a department that's already short staffed, which will mean more overtime costs. the increases in ambulances on the street is an effort to keep up with the huge spike in calls to 911 for medical help over the past 18 months. but the number of ambulances isn't the only problem causing delayed response times. new computer tablets installed in every fire truck and ambulance last year aren't 100% reliabl

mark segraves news4. >>> it's not official yet, but benjamin netanyahu just declared victory in israel's tight election. early returns appear to give him the upper hand in forming the country's next coalition government. he says he has already begun to call potential partners. >>> secret service director joseph clancy got clobbered on capitol hill today. an angry congress wanted to know what he knows about the scandal that came to light last week and why he hasn't done more about it. steve handelsman is live on capitol hill with the latest. steve? >> thanks pap lot of lawmakers on the hill want somebody bold and take-charge at the agency that protects the president. but they don't believe they got that. still don't have that up here on the hill today. joseph clancy has run the agency just five months. >> you can't run an agency like this, for god's sakes, or any other agency. unless you have discipline in the ranks. >> reporter: looking nervous, clancy hurt himself revealing he's let homeland security investigate the latest secret service scandal, doing no probe of his own. >> if these t

news4's mark segraves is outside the courthouse where lowry spoke about how powerful addiction can be. >> reporter: that's right. inside the courtroom, matthew lowry accepted responsibility and made no excuses for his actions over several years stealing heroin out of the evidence locker at the fbi. outside here on the steps of the courthouse before reporters, he said it was his addiction to painkillers and he said he hopes the public can learn a lesson from his mistakes. >> prescription opiate adibs has no boundaries. it's -- i think it's one of the biggest epidemics as far as drugs there is. >> reporter: lowry says it was his addiction to painkillers that led to his addiction to heroin. more than a dozen law enforcement agents sat in the courtroom today supporting their former colleague. as a child, lowry dreamt of being a police officer just like his father who stood behind him today in court where the former fbi agent pled guilty to 64 charges. >> i just want to apologize and say that i was wrong for my actions, especially to my family former law enforcement colleagues. >> reporter

mark segraves is working on this story for us.to bring the new dell tails to you moments away on news4 at 5:00. see you then. >>> a new push today from prosecutors in prince george's county to get the community involved in efforts to stop domestic violence. prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins has more on a case that's an example of why it takes more than police to handle domestic issues. >> reporter: this was the case of a husband who refused to leave his home saying that he'd rather see it burn down than to be evicted from it. this all happened last may in glendale. david colgaty is the husband. he did not want to leave the house according to the divorce decree his wife was going to be able to sell it. but he refused to leave, setting the house on fire and, according to the prince george's county state's attorney's office also firing some shots while inside of the home. he was found guilty of arson and some other charges just a week or so ago. but now the state's attorney's office is saying this is another example

mark segraves has been working the story. he's live in northwest. mark? >> reporter: wendy, you know, the smart tab lets are just like our ipads and our laptops, and they do a lot of functions for fist responders. one of the most important is they allow the 911 dispatch center to know where every first responder is and what their status is. and today the mayor acknowledged they're not 100% reliable. and she said what she's going to do to fix them. >> we thought it was important to let everybody know what we foumd. >> reporter: what the mayor's review of the fire department found were a number of problems all contributing to longer response times when people call 911 for help. >> the increased number of calls that we've experienced in our system over the last 12 to 18 months. we have almost 100 ambulances and we have about half of them that are available for use. >> reporter: the review also found two big problems with the new computer tablets installed late last year in every fire truck and ambulance. the first problem, firefighters weren't properly train

let's to right to news4's mark segraves who's drive at the scene with more details on this. mark? >> reporter: late this afternoon metro put out a press release with a time line of what happened leading up to the moments when a female transit officer came face-to-face with the suspect right before she shot and killed him. the victim is described only as an adult male. according to the metro press release, just before 9:00 last night, a train operator saw an unauthorized person in a tunnel just outside of the potomac avenue station. minutes later metro transit police arrived on the scene. once power to the third rail was turned off, a team of metro transit police officers entered the tunnel to search for the person. about ten minutes later one of the officers encountered the man about 400 feet from the potomac avenue station platform the officer fired several shots, hitting him multiple times and killing the man. ipts not clear if the officer was alone when she first saw the suspect. it is also not clear why the man was many the tunnel. police have not released his name. now, despi

news4's mark segraves lives in northwest with more on this story for us. mark? >> reporter: jim, this is the intersection where the man was shot and killed here in brightwood. we're just off of georgia avenue. it was early this morning, the 34-year-old victim was walking home crossing this street when he was confronted by two men wearing ski masks. friend and family of the victim gathered this afternoon at the spot where antonio allayaia was killed. neighbors who awoke to a crime scene outside their home say they feel safe in this neighborhood but crime seems to be getting worse. >> for someone to be shot right here, that surprises me in one way, but it does not in others because there need to be more police presence in this area and it's not. >> reporter: according to police and witnesses, the 34-year-old ayala was walking home along van buren street about 2:30 this morning when two men wearing ski masks tried to rob him and his friends. at some point, one of the suspects fired his gun, hitting alaia in the chest. he died later at howard university hospital. th

. >> mark segraves also learned fire dispatchers were not the trained properly for the program. the tablets were also installed in police cars but the mayor has not said whether there are any problems with that program as of right how. >>> pay for metro or else. they are coming down hard on riders who do not pay on trains and buses. the agency is adding more metro police officers at popular rail stations and bus routes. they will issue warning citations and eventually up to $100 fines. metro police issued some 3500 citations for fare evasion last year. this all leading up to more confrontations between metro riders and workers. the union representing metro workers is hosting a discussion on safety today. the event comes just two months after an electrical malfunction on the subway led to the death of a passenger. and we know that there are lots of -- we now know that there was lots of smoke that day at the l'enfant plaza and now a possible reason as to why. d.c. homeland securityy management agency released a report, their investigation has did determine termed water leaking in

our mark segraves is at the ath the courthouse. he tells us more than a dozen law enforcement agents showed up today to support lowry. his live report at 5:00 tonight. >>> the defense at the boston marathon bombing trial says lit call no more witnesses. today a fingerprint expert told a court she processed more than 800 prints from items involved in the bombing that killed three people and injured hundreds of others. on items ranging from the bomb containers to the detonator to the bomb instruction papers. the majority of the fingerprints were those of tamerlan tsarnaev who was killed in a shoot-out with police not those of his brother, dzhokhar who's now on trial in the murders. >>> now to a developing story involving nuclear talks with iran. negotiations are still under way. the deadline was set to be in just over an hour from now, but this afternoon the decision was made to extend talks until tomorrow. the state department hopes to work out some issues. the u.s. is among six world powers working on a framework to curb iran's nuc

i'm mark segraves.up, i'll tell you who's impacted and >>> yesterday we told you about an alleged kidnapping hoax. today police are saying the victim denise huskins, is sticking to her story, that she was taken from her boyfriend's home. earlier her boyfriend called police this week saying strangers took her for ransom. they later found her safe and determined the whole thing was a hoax. but attorneys for she and her boyfriend say police jumped the gun on the investigation. >>> imagine seeing selfies on your facebook of someone else. that's what's happening to one girl who was the victim of an unusual cell phone robbery. our sister station in denver talked with the victim about why she's able to laugh at the whole situation now. >> reporter: if someone just stole your cell phone, your attitude probably wouldn't be like hers. >> i can't help but make light of the situation because it's kind of funny. >> reporter: she's laughing about how this whole situation is playing out. it all started on friday when

. >> reporter: i'm mark segraves. a bureaucratic misinterpretation is the reason your car's inspection sticker may be invalid. >>> only on news4 tonight, valid inspection stickers. >> reporter: this is the district's only inspection station and people like to avoid making the trek down here. for years if you had a hybrid or flex fuel vehicle you had a five-year exemption. turns out that's a mistake and now drivers are getting these notices telling them no matter what it says on the car's inspection sticker it's not valid. the district encourages residents to buy hybrid vehicles by making them tax free. in late 2009 the district began exempting new hybrids and flex fuel vehicles from the bian yawl emission tests. instead of every two years, hybrids and flex fuel cars only had to have emissions inspections every five years. now that's changed. the dmv is sending owners to notices saying the department of the environment has changed the regulations so even though the inspection sticker says your car is good until 2017 it

mark segraves has a preview. >> reporter: marijuana's been legal in the nation's capital now for exactly one month. but you still can't buy it or sell it. so how do you get it? well that's why these people are standing in line. for one of the district's first seed shares. later this evening, people will be sharing marijuana seeds. while you can't buy it or sell it, you are allowed to grow it. each person can have up to six plants in their home. so today people will come here to this bar in adams morgan where they'll be given seeds to go home and plant. coming up at 5:00 we'll take you inside the seed share. >>> and this is scott mcfarlane at the live desk. we've learned three people are seriously hurt in that building collapse and fire in new york city. two have serious burn injuries and one person was take on the hospital unconscious. there were reports of a possible gas leak near this five-story building before an apparent explosion and fire was ignited. fire also spread to two neighboring buildings. you can see those powerful images coming in. we'll follow this through the evening and

mark segraves in northwest d.c.re he takes us inside one of those seed share events. >> reporter: it's like a festival down here almost like a celebration of people. it's been one month since marijuana was legalized in the district but you still can't buy it and that's what has brought thousands of people. you can take a look at the line hundreds still in line. they've been lined up here for hours to get inside this seed share. all under the watchful eye of the d.c. police. police did maintain a presence outside the seed giveaway they also maintained their distance. attorney paul zuckerberg is here as a legal observer. >> while it's not legal in the district of columbia so everything that's happening here is xheeltly legal. so the police have no reason to interfere and they also seem pretty relaxed about it too, and they understand that this is the way it's going and there's not going to be any more arrests for marijuana. >> reporter: inside hundreds of residents jockeyed for position trying to find the best seeds.

news4's mark segraves is combing through charges. >>> disturbing and unacceptable. that's how the chief is describing allegations against a prince george's county police officer. santiago is accused of holding a gun to a man's head. prosecutors say it happened over a dispute over parking outside a home in bowie last month. santiago is suspended without pay. >>> the search is on right now for two people involved in a deadly hit-and-run crash on the b.w. parkway today. it happened just before 3:00 a.m. and fekted a lot of commutes this morning. the driver of a lincoln sit a mustang and forced it off the road near route 20 20 2. the mustang rolled over and caught fire. the driver was trapped and died on the scene. the passenger and driver in the other car ran off. the northbound lanes of the b.w. parkway were closed for nearly eight hours today. >>> arrests this afternoon in that mob attack on a teenager that we told you about earlier this week. sixteen age boys have been identified from the videos that were taken by people who were watching this attack at the boys and

news4's mark segraves live in clarendon tonight with the latest on conditions there. mark? >> hey, wendy. i have to tell you, doug is absolutely right. the snow is letting up here in arlington now. you may recall if you were with us at 4:00 we reported how bad the sidewalks were. well about 15 minutes later, look what happened. these arlington city crews showed up to clean up the sidewalks. coincidence? well you be the judge. while the sidewalks are getting treated the roads are a different story. there were those who popted or alternate transportation today. >> take a look here. a plow went through this road. coming up at 6:00 two women who went to extreme lengths to get the essential they couldn't live without. back to you guys. >> thank you, mark. this just in on a push alert. stafford and fredericks county schools just closed for tomorrow. they're getting a four-day weekend there. fredericksburg and stafford county schools. also been a miserable day out there for air travelers. we just got off the phone with the metropolitan airport authorities this evening. it's warnin

news4's mark segraves is live with an update from d.c. superior court. >> reporter: y, wendy. daniel rosen d his wife just walked out of d.c. superior court. daniel rosen told the judge he's not guilty. police say that he secretly videotaped at least 24 women in their bedrooms and bathrooms while they were undressed. police say these videotapes go back as far as 2013. assistant polic chief peter knewshen told reporters the way rosen recorded these women was particularly disturbing. >> the videos appear to have been taken through curtains and shades that werewn. the camera was utilized in ait could see through small areas in the windows. >> reporter: ce say at least 40 videos of at least 24 different wom were found on rosen's cell phone after he was arrested for those virginia charges of trying to entice a minor to have sex with him over the internet. and in some of the videos police say rosen himself can be seen touching hims in an inappropriate manner and he can be heard talking sexually on some of the videotapes. now, so far, police have found at least two victims to come fo

as mark segraves reports it's the first of many tributes to come. >> reporter: as friends and family gather for the memorial his son christopher barry, running for his father's council seat told the people why his father's legacy goes beyond ward eight and beyond the city. >> he was a leader and stood up for people across the globe who faced injustice. and through his 40-plus years of service and commitment he's left the mark and inspiration for all of us to follow. >> reporter: the mural is the work of a local artist who wanted to give back to his hometown as well as to honor barry. >> we decided to do it for community and we'll have additional panels added so that the community can sign and send their well wishes to mr. barry. >> reporter: while the mural is on a rather remote wall that not many people will walk by it is in a spot that is seen by thousands every day. >> a lot of people see it that drive on the freeway. >> reporter: mayor bowser used the occasion to announce a new commission charged with the task of finding other ways to honor barry's legacy. >> there are a lot of v

news4's mark segraves is live at the courthouse tonight. >> reporter: prosecutors say darrell best, a 25-year veteran of the d.c. police department had been disciplined twice over the years for sexually harassing and touching women he worked with including a woman who he supervised. these allegations came long before the most recent allegations of rape. officer darrell best was back before a d.c. judge today. the police department has changed his status to administrative leave with pay to leave without pay. the indication is the department may be starting to the process to fire him. best's attorney asked the judge to release best pending his next court date. that request prompted the prosecutor to reveal a third victim has now come forward. that latest victim told prosecutors best asked her to send him sexually explicit pictures of herself when she was under age. prosecutors also reveal that in 2007 best cornered a 20-year-old female cadet who he supervised in a closet at the police academy where he groped and kissed her against her will. then in 2008 inside the fifth district headqua

news4's mark segraves joins us with the fallout. >> reporter: these charging documents filed today here in u.s. district court tell a story of an fbi agent gone bad. former special agent matthew lowry stole heroin from drug dealers at crime scenes and right out of the fbi's own evidence control center. according to prosecutors, lure matthew lowry began stealing heroin back in 2013 from evidence seized during high-profile drug busts in the d.c. area. between 2013 and 2014 he tampered with nearly 2,000 grams of heroin. lowry's attorney says his client didn't do it for money. >> he was afflicted with a very serious and painful medical condition. he was prescribed pain medication. he became addicted to it. so he made a very criminally poor judgment to medicate himself and to deal with his medical condition by taking small amounts of heroin that had been seized during the course of some fbi drug investigations. >> reporter: the heroinrin lowry stole was from evidence in five major drug investigations dating back to 2011. after the fbi learned of the tainted evidence prosecutors were forced t

mark segraves broke the story just a short time ago. he's in the newsroom with more. >> jim, one of the firefighters a veteran with the d.c. far democrat, ln had been in the news as a hero, the other a rookie on the job in less than a year. in unrelated incidents over the past three days, each charged with assaulting police officers. in the first incident which happened sunday, veteran firefighter chuck ryan was arrested in maryland after a fight broke out in an irish pub. according to charging documents ryan assaulted a police officer and another person at a party. ryan was in the news after he was burned over 30% of his body fighting a house fire. he's charged with two counts of assault, disorderly conduct and failure to obey a police officer. in the second incident, a rookie firefighter, richard kirkpatrick, was arrested after d.c. police saw him run a stop sign and almost hit two pedestrians while a passenger of the car was trying to jump out. after he was in handcuffs police say kirkpatrick headbutted an officer and ran away. he's

our mark segraves has our report. >> reporter: gregory dean retired after 44 years on the seattle fire department. ten of those years he was chief. while chief, the seattle department was sued by a whistle-blower. >> i demoted somebody and at the same time they said the demotion dealt with the fact they had made a complaint to the ethics committee. i was not aware of that lawsuit. we have >> reporter: in another controversy involving firefighters convicted of duis and then allowed to operate fire trucks dean refused to answer questions publicly until ordered by the mayor. >> it was a matter of my office decided that this was an issue that could be dealt with at their level, and so that's what happened on that one. eventually i did end up sitting and talking to the media, but it wasn't a matter of i wasn't willing to talk. >> reporter: dean says he's aware the d.c. fire department has problems that go beyond the death of a man outside a firehouse and the fatal smoke incident on metro. >> i thuns there's a staff shortage. i understand we have vehicle problems. i understand that, you know