my name is trooper charles tooth well the maryland state police. n with the maryland state police for six years. how are you doing, sir. >> i'm trooper charles tooth l. i topped you because your left brake light is out. from a young age interest in law enforcement. i began my career at age 14. when i was younger i always said i wanted to be a trooper. and that's what made me interested within the maryland state police. i drew a strong interest to the maryland state police, just how they carry themselves. i would say being a maryland state trooper is definitely a calling. i found that everybody i work with just has that drive to make criminal apprehensions, make traffic stops. the superintendent of the state police announces who the trooper of the year is for the entire state. i was definitely surprised and humbled about it. i work hard, but we don't do it for the award, to be recognized. i do it because it's the right thing to do. i think that he worked long and hard to it. i think he's a real asset to the department. i couldn't be prouder of him. t

i drew a strong interest to the maryland state police, just how they carry themself. y being a maryland state calling and i found that everybody i work with just has that drive to make criminal apprehensions, make traffic stops. the superintendent of the state police announces who the trooper of the year is for the entire state. i was definitely surprised and humbled about it. you know, i work hard but we don't do it for the award to be recognized. i do it because i feel like it's the right thing to do. >> i think that he worked long and hard for it. i think he's a real asset to the department i couldn't be prouder for him. >> thanks, buddy. [laughter] >> i asked if we could get a group shot of us because without you guys, that wouldn't have happened for me. >> he eats lunch with the same shift partners every day. it's always a a good thing for those guys to know each other, joke around in the back lot. they have to be able to laugh with each other but they also have to at the same time know when something is wrong with each other. >> my dockets get pretty long. today

maryland state police say two people were killed after the suv, the child was riding in slammed into another car. this happened just before 11:00 last night on leonard town right near crackling town road. this was in the hughesville area of charles county. you can see how bad that damage is by looking at that car. just incredible. two other adults who were in that suv were injured. the person in the other car is expected to be okay. >>> many of you are preparing to attend an easter sunday service and folks are gathered at the little river united church of christ and they've been out there son-in-law of them since before dawn. >> yeah. the church was one of the targets of hate received this past week. derek ward is live there this morning. good morning to you, derek. >> reporter: good morning. well you know that offensive graffiti was cleaned off and it's still on the minds. folks here. you can feel a sense they have indeed moved on spiritually and mentally. look, earlier this morning, there was indeed that sunrise service. and they do this every year. they start in a memorial grows i

so, clearly this person came in close contact with a lot of children so maryland state police are puttingng your child may have come in contact with this person, to give them a call. meanwhile i want to show you who we're talking about. this is 34-year-old christopher speights of capitol heights maryland. he's a long time sub here at bradbury heights elementary testimony he also served as a youth basketball coach for south county sports academy. police arrested him thursday morning at his capitol heights home where he lives with his mother and he's now facing child pornography charges. inside speights' home investigators say they seized his iphone ipad and computer that was linked to a drop box account that police say spurred this five month long investigation. on the digital cloud, the maryland state police computer crimes unit say they found numerous child pornography videos and the descriptions of these videos are too graphic to share with you all but investigators believe the children in those videos were as young as seven years old o prince george's county public schools are on sprin

maryland state police say two people are dead after this crash in the area. it happened just before 11:00 on leonard town road at crackling town road. and this footage, you can just see how bad that crash was. two other adults and one child got hurt. >>> tears and plenty of emotion are expected today on the campus of virginia tech. the school will mark ten years since the mass shooting that killed 32 students and faculty. news 4's julie kerry will be live in blackberg starting at 9:00 this morning with a look at remembrance ceremonies. >>> north korea had an unsuccessful missile launch this morning. the launch happened less than a day after this. what was a huge parade of it's latest missiles and other military hardware. u.s. military says the missile blew up shortly after it took off. >>> on this easter sunday morning, welcome to news 4 today. >> good morning. and we are in for a beautiful day ahead. >> sun already coming up behind us. tom tracking it all from the storm team 4 weather center. going to be a warm one. >> yeah, sunrises are getting earlier and

. >> we have tactical teams from the police department, from the maryland state police department, so we have helicopters -- the maryland state police helicopter in addition to our en. a search of the magnitude is an undertaking but we have the resources to manage it. kevin: david watson is 5'8". he weighs 140 pounds. last seen wearing all white clothing. he also has at least one tear shape tattoo before ebelow his right -- below his right eye. jonathan: if you keep this mind, police rg that is his picture. his name is david watson. officers say he is serving more than 100 years for attempt murder in delaware an faced charged in maryland. that is why he was in the state. he was headed for the psychiatric evaluation and he has had a bunch of competencyerer hearing in recent years. nancy: coming up at 5:00, this is not the first escaped convict from this building. we are looking at the escapes from jessup. alison: get breaking news alerts to find out if he is spotted in your neighborhood. jonathan: we are looking at the protests in the inauguration, a hundred days ago. alison: the massi

in this case the maryland state police. troopers there say they had no trouble tracking spates down with his e-mail address and information from his internet service provider. when they confronted him, he admitted to what he was doing. so who was he sharing the files with? we'll have to wait to see if there are more arrests coming. >> we know a lot of these companies are using photo dna. they are saying more companies should be doing it. but they companies trolling through everybody's media where that could end up down the road. >>> she showed up bleeding and desperate for help but a strangers door on easter sunday. she has finally been identified. chase was in bad shape when she made it to that home on springdale road. they still don't know who killed her or why. but if you can help police get to her killer $25,000 would be yours. >>> tears and hugs at a memorial service for the army specialist killed when a black hawk chopper crashed in maryland. this was the scene a few hours ago he loved working on helicopters flying. t

maryland state police found more than 150 videos they say he uploaded to dropbox.he majority of them were child pornography. investigators say speights even admitted to the crime. prince george's county public schools said he cleared a background for substitute teachers. they also releas apart quote, a behavior that brings harm to a ild will not be tolerated in any way in pgcps. over the past year, we have made significant changes to increase student safety and remain committed to ensuring a quality education and a safety environment for all students. >> i don't know what else could have been done. you do the background checks, you do all of this stuff. i just don't know. >> reporter: henry says some parents have serious concerns about speights' interaction with their children. >> i'm hearing there may have been pictures of kids. >> reporter: but he's determined to continue his mission of helping kids. >> i'm still fighting for them. at the end of the day i'm fighting for them. i'll be here for them. >> reporter: maryland state police say they have not been contact

articles of clothing, we can't can you remember for sure what he may be wearing at this time >> maryland state police sent a helicopter as officers on motorcycles went into the neighborhoods and industrial parks. some officers set up along the wood line, others kept eye on old railroad tracks. >> we don't believe he's armed. the guards from the detention center do carry weapons, however, they had secured those weapons in lock boxes inside the van before they opened the door, so we don't believe he had access to a weapon >> police say they have no evidence to suggest this was preplanned or that he may have been getting help. watson was convicted in delaware in 2013 after being charged with firing a gun at least two law enforcement officers. he faced a similar charge in maryland but according to online court records was found incompetent to stand trial. >> that's the interesting part about this case, is in back in 2013, he was convicted in delaware, sentenced to that time for firing into those officers' homes, but in maryland, for whatever reason, he's been found incompetent to stand trial for those ch

i'll be here for them. >> reporter: now, maryland state police say so far, victims have not yet comecoming up at 6:30, we'll tell you what luther henry says parents have been telling him now that these allegations have surfaced. wendy? >> thank you, meagan. friends sayinoodbye to army specialist jeremy tomlin. the chapel was filled with his loved ones and his colleagues. tomlin was killed when his black hawk helicopter crashed into a maryland golf course on monday. he was from tennessee, and he's being remembered for his passion for flying. his grandfather spoke today, saying that he also had a love of hunting and fishing. that black hawk helicopter went down on a routine training mission. two others on the chopper were critically hurt and the cause of that crash is still under investigation. tomlin was just 22 years old. ♪ ♪ >>> the quest for the cup continues back here at home tonight. the capitals are hoping to take the series lead against the maple leafs. carol maloney is at the verizon center with a preview five. set the scene for us. >> you know the way the series is going, the

maryland state police say that the suburban hit a jeep driven by a waldorf woman they do not want todentify, but they shared these pictures. >> i can see somebody coming at a high speed behind me. i said they are going to hit me. cheryl: she and her passengers are ok. they say that speed and alcohol were factors in the crash that killed the driver of the suburban and a passenger from waldorf. four others escape, including a suburban. >> i hope people do think and consider that before they drink and get in the car, before they send a text. cheryl: cheryl conner, abc 7 news. ,: flames and smoke right now but as bad as it looks, nobody was hurt in this east baltimore fire. it took firefighters about an hour to get control of the flames. no word on what started the blaze. coming up -- the u.s. vice president gets as close to north korea as you can without crossing the border. why it is a personal visit for mike pence. and an easter surprise that took five days to pull off. but the megawatt smile makes it pence isresident mike in south korea visiting a military camp near the demilitarized

maryland state police told us they used their fleet of helicopters to rescue two others here with the help of by standers and local first responders to get those two survivors to medical treatment. behind me now the golf course is an investigation scene. behind some trees there is a large piece of aircraft on the ground and the main crash site is a quarter mile aw interviews who suggest this flight of three helicopters flying down the potomac river, one of them in the rear had a problem. one witness said he saw a part fall off, which may be lying behind me here. then the aircraft lost control and crashed a quarter mile away on the golf course. >>> we want to tell you more about the type of helicopter that crashed. the uh 60 is a black hawk helicopter that features four blades on the main and tail rotors. it's be the main chopper since 1979. the cost per chopper is about $6 million. now the uh 60 can be spotted almost daily out of fort belvoir transporting people. there have been several noncombat accidents. in 2015 a uh crashed off the coast of the florida panhandle near egglan all 11

maryland state police say that the two vehicles leonard down road near parkland town road in charles county late last night. troopers say two adults guide and two others wound up in the hospital. montgomery county fire rescue helping an injured hiker. investigators tell us the woman somehow hurt her leg while walking the trail late last night. and so they had to use a chopper to transport her to an area near the clarabarton parkway. she was taken to a nearby hospital. she's going to be okay. >> so you may have heard the church bells ringing from the national cathedral this morning. did you know what it takes to make that sound? the cathedral's carol honor showed us how he does it. he said some of the bells weigh 17 tons so playing them can be pretty serious workout. >> i find these are the most beautiful bells. they speak to me and speak to the public. i don't play, you learn how it wants to be played. >> they say for every hour he performs, he puts in ten hours of practice. can you hear him play the bells every saturday and sunday at the cathedral in northwest d.c. okay, so think yo

maryland state police computer crime unit served a search warrant and capitol heights. that is where they found video containing child pornography on christopher spiess electronic devices. are insure other parents the dark because they trusted him. anna-lysa: this woman is one of -- is the mother of one of his students. prior to thursday, he was a basketball coach and substitute teacher at bradbury heights elementary. >> it is so sad. a spokesperson for prince george's county public school said due to the nature of the claims, christopher spiess will no longer serve the school district. state police received a tip in december 2016. this parent now has many questions for the school principal. was want to know if she aware, if she knew anything, suspect anything. if she did, why didn't she tell us as a parent? anna-lysa: he is charged with three counts of distribution of child pornography and six counts of possession. in prince george's county, anna-lysa gayle, abc 7 news. jonathan: we are keeping a close watch with developing news in paris, france, where the police say t

maryland state police say a chevy suburban rear ended a jeep last night in the northbound lane of winter town road in hughesville. the suburban went down an embankment striking several poles and trees before catching fire. the driver died at the scene. four others were flown to area hospitals by the helicopter. the jeff's driver was rushed in an ambulance to the hospital. >>> a local woman is acquitted of child sex abuse and human trafficking charges in egypt. she, her husband and six others were arrested in 2014 on charges of kidnapping and human trafficking while working at a nonprofit organization she founded to care for street children today the decision cleared the defendants l all charges in the case -- of all charges in the case. this decision was praised by president donald trump. >>> take a look at this. it's a monstrous mountain of trash all found in a church's backyard and the price tag to get rid of this is close to $1 million. how did this happen and can the small maryland church survive the mess? >> reporter: on a day of joy, jubilation and certainly celebration for even th

on the digital cloud, the maryland state police computer crimes unit says they videos. the description of the videoses too graphic to share, but investigators believe the children in those videos were as young as seven years oal. prince george's county public schools are currently on spring break. tonight we've received this statement from the district. it reads, quote, pgpps is aware that substitute teacher christopher spates has been arrestedded. we will cooperate fully with law enforcement in its investigation. due to the nature of the claims christopher spates will no longer serve the school district. any behavior that brings harm to a chiel will not be tolerated in any way. over the past year we have made significant changes to increase student safety and remain committed to ensuring a quality education in a safe environment for all students. marina maracco, fox5 local news. >> news to report out of montgomery county tonight. has passed away. lawrence hogan was a 1969 to 1975. he was the only republican in the house judiciary committee to vote for all articles of i

investigation began back in december of last year when the online cloud service drop box notified maryland state policef the content of his particular server. investigators say speights' drop box account was saturated with child pornography. now, we've poured through the arrest warrant and the descriptions of the video simply too graphic and explicit to share here but prince george's county public schools releasing a statement in the last hour saying "pgcps is teacher christopher speights has been arrested. we will that cooperate fully with law enforcement in its investigation. due to the nature of the claims, christopher speights will no longer serve the school district. any behavior that brings harm to a child will not be tolerated in any way in pgcps over the past year we have made significant changes to increase student safety and remain committed to ensuring a quality education in a safe environment for all students ." now, this arrest warrant i was served at christopher speights' home earlier this morning here in capitol heights. he was arrested there. his electronics including his ipad his cell

so we can't confirm for sure what he may be wearing at this time >> maryland state police sent a helicopter to search from above as officers on motorcycles went into the neighborhoods, industrial parks. some officers set up along the wood line in case watson just walked out. others kept an eye on old railroad track that is run through the woods. >> we don't believe he's the guards from the detention center do carry weapons. however, they had secured those weapons in lock boxes inside the van before they opened the door so we don't believe he had access. >> reporter: police say they have no evidence to suggest this was preplanned or that he may have been getting help. watson was convicted in delaware after being charged with firing a gun at law enforcement officers. he faced similar charge in maryland but was found incompetent to stand trial. watson's trial in delaware happened quite a whiling: apparently, the judge felt right backing there was no remorse. it's report that day he has evil tattoo odd the there's a teardrop coming from his eye. if you do see this man, police want you to call 9

maryland state police have been investigating speights, who up until this week worked as a substituter and basketball coach at brad bury elementary school. he uploaded more than a hundred videos of child pornography and then admitted it to police when they searched his home wednesday morning. investigators say child pornography was found on his cell phone, laptop, and ipad. this is an ongoing investigation, but the state's attorney's office says they have no reason to believe that any child at brad bury elementary school was a victim. meagan fitzgerald, news4. >>> president trump has one congress to avoid a government shutdown, potentially putting thousands of federal workers and contractors in our area on furlough. but funding for the border wall and other controversial plans are complicating the negotiations. blayne alexander is live on capitol hill with the very latest. blayne? >> further complicating those negotiations is just the short time frame. congress returns from recess on tuesday night, giving lawmakers three days to pass the spending bill before friday's deadline. for pre

maryland state police arrested christopher spits today. troopers say heights. he's a substitute teacher at brad bury elementary school. for nearly a decade. the school sent a letter home to parents saying he'll no longer serve the prince george's county public schools. >>> metro's general manager said it's going to make millions of dollars to make the transit system, safe, reliable, and affordable. and it appears we may have to foot the bill for that. meagan fitzgerald takes a closer look at the funding plan. meagan? >> reporter: yeah, jim, the idea here is that in ten years' time, metro wants to make the rail system a world-class system, making sure it's efficient and safe for riders, but the general manager says in order to do that, he's asking for $500 million every year. metro's general manager, paul wiedefeld, is hoping safe track repairs becom a his mission is focused on preventative maintenance. >> this is a ten-year plan. and the reality is, equipment, material, facilities, they wear out. >> reporter: but the plan comes at a cost. that's why wiedefeld i

sergeant david sexton with the maryland state police has been on the case since sandy's body was discoveredunters in a dirt parking lot by camp canoe road. >> she was stabbed a couple times, stabbed in the neck, a stabbed in the chest. had lacerations to the legs. >> did she fight? >> there were very minute defense injuries to her hands. >> the last time anyone heard from sandy long was on the morning of it was just after 8:00 and she used her cellphone to clock in to work. it would be the last time she used her cellphone that day. six hours and 43 minutes later her body was found inside her car right here in the hunt ers parking lot near calvert cliff state park. it's less than two miles from her home. sergeant sexton says whoever killed sandy may have been in the car with her and the attack came as a surprise. you believe she was killed elsewhere and then driven here. >> yes. >> and can you say why you believe that? >> just because the way her body was positioned and we know the suspect cut the seatbelt. >> dna recovered from the steering wheel matches a family member who sergeant sexton

. >> reporter: sergeant david six ton with the maryland state police has been on the case since sandy'sy was discovered by hunters in a dirt parking lot. >> she was stabbed several times. stabbed on the neck. in the chest. had lacerations to the legs. >> reporter: >> there were very minute defense injuries to her hands. >> reporter: the last time anyone had heard from her was on the more than of november 30th, 2010 after 8:00 and she used her cell phone to clock in to work. it would be the last time she used her cell phone that day. six hours and 43 minutes later, her body was found inside her car right here in the hunter's parking lot. it's less than two miles from her home. sergeant sexton said whoever killed her may have been in the car with her and the attack came as a surprise. >> you believe she was killed elsewhere and driven here? yes. >> reporter: and can you say why you believe that? >> just because the way her body was positioned, and we know that the suspect cut the seatbelt. >> reporter: dna as family member who sergeant sexton says has not been as cooperative as he would l

a maryland state police helicopter flies overhead, looking for 28-year-old david m. watson. the prisoner who escaped this morning. watson is serving time for attempted murder in delaware. in another county, he faces charges of attempting to murder police officers. he was being transported here to clifton t. perkins psychiatric hospital for evaluation. two detention officers were in the white van when watson escaped at 9:40 this morning. >> a guard opened the door after the van stopped in the only occupant, pushed the guard to the ground and ran into the woods. we did find handcuffs and a waist chain on the scene. >> reporter: police with guns drawn, searched a truck looking for the escapee. at this jess up asphalt plant, a supervisor tells me, they spotted a white van this morning. >> one of our truck drivers saw the guy jump out of the fan and go into the woods. >> and which way was he heading? >> out by pawtuxet range road. >> reporter: police say watson was wearing all white, sweat pants and a thermal shirt which searchers have recovered. they don't think he has a weapon.

on the digital cloud, the maryland state police computer crimes unit says they found numerous child pornography videos. the description of the videoses too graphic to share, but investigators believe the children in those videos were as young as seven years old. prince george's county public schools are currently on spring break. but tonight we've received this statement from the district. it reads, quote, pgpgs is aware that substitute teacher christopher spates has been arrested. we will cooperate fully with law enforcement in its vague. due to the nature of the claims krits toafer spates will no longer serve the school district. any beaver of behavior that brings harm to a child will not be tolerated in any way by pgpps over the past year we have increased changes to ensure student safety and a safe environment for all students. the islamic state claimed responsibility for a deadly shooting in paris today. a gunman opened fire in the middle of a busy district. he killed a police officer and seriously wounded two others. police shot the gunman. tonight they're trying to figure out if he acted

a maryland state police helicopter flies overhead, looking for 28-year-old david m. watson. prisoner who escaped this morning. watson is serving time for attempted murder in delaware. in another county, he faces charges of attempting to murder police officers. he was being transported here to clifton t. perkins psychiatric hospital for evaluation. two detention officers were in the white van when watson escaped at 9:40 this morning. >> a guard opened the door after the van stopped in the

maryland state police say two people were killed after the suv the child was ridings in slammed into another car. this happened just before 11:00 last night on leonard town road in the hughesville area of charles county. you can see just how bad that damage was. incredible footage there. two other adults who were in that suv were injured. the person in the other car is expected to be okay. >> this is a somber and solemn day at virginia tech. students and staff and the community are gathering to remember the victims who were killed ten years ago during a mass shooting. julie kerr have i live in blacksburg where commemoration events are getting under way. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. well stage is set for what is certainly going to be an emotional and solemn remembrance memorial with it's 32 stones etched with the name was students and killed on what the university president recently described as an unthinkable tragedy. already early this morning, we found visitors coming by to the memorial. you can see a woman here dropping a flower at each one of the markers, other

maryland state police say two people were killed after the suv, the child was in slammed into anothertown road. the other two adults inside the suv were hurt. the person in the other car is expected to be okay. >>> and virginia tech will continue it's remembrance ceremony today. ten years after the tragic mass shooting there. this is video from a walk held yesterday in honor of the 32 victims. today a moment of silence will happen at 9:43 a.m. which marks the moment the shooter opened fire. virginia governor terry mckol la will also lay a wreath. northern virginia bureau chief jew live kerry will join us live. >>> we will have a look at your forecast when we come back. stay with us. >>> good morning. temperatures now in the mid to upper 60s. we've got the sunshine later today. feeling like summer time into the mid-80s. might get an slaerted thundershower, that would be late this afternoon, likely not a severe storm. then sunshine back on monday into the mid-70s in the afternoon. might get a shower on monday night and tuesday looks dry. another chance of off and on light showers on wed

wanted man at a newark bank, and police say officers arrived at chased nicholas vaughn as he sped away from the bank on friday. the car crossed into maryland where state police took vaughn into custody. he's now awaiting extradition to delaware. >>> more than a week after a no vote on the republican plan to repeal and replace obamacare and president trump continues his plan. the president tweeting this message out today. talks on repealing and replacing obamacare are and have been going on and will continue until such time as a deal is hopefully struck. history could be made this week if president trump's supreme court nominee judge neil gorsuch is not confirmed. the judiciary committee is expected to approve him tomorrow, but in the full senate nearly 20 democrats oppose the nomination. the vote was the republican talking point of this morning's political news shows. >> neil gorsuch will be confirmed this week. how that happens really depends on our democratic friends. how many of them are willing to oppose cloture on a partisan basis to kill a supreme court nominee? >> when gorsuch refused to answer the most rudimentary questions in the hearings the

. >>> maryland state police say a sailor is dead following a crash. police have identified him as jonathan griffin. killed on route 301. his car was the only one involved in the crash. he was 34 years old. >>> horrifying, that is how an inmate's lawyer is describing his client's execution. put to death in arkansas. fourth arkansas death row inmate executed in just eight days. the state's lethal injection drug is about to expire. associated press reporter said williams was coughing and kohl vulsing and lurching for several minutes afterward. demanded an investigation. said they followed protocol and doctors say the drug does not >>> right now, lawmakers are voting on a measure to keep the government open for one week. while they work orthopedic surgeon a longer terms spending deal without the vote the government will shutdown at midnight. house members putting off a health care vote again to get it done. news 4 tracie potts has the store. >> reporter: a vote is expected late this morning. no later than mid-afternoon. to keep the government running. >>

adult who is seen committing the sex acts on children in the tape but investigators for the maryland state police and homeland security, which is also involved in this investigation, files that they snared from drop box to look at and they are leaving over the possibility of more charges because they haven't even seen all the evidence yet but they have seen enough to lock up spates and charge him. reporting live at the bradbury heights elementary school in capitol heights, scott broom, wusa9. >> just keep thinking about those kids there, scott. thank you. >>> well, today is april 20th or 4/20 which is a day celebrated by many marijuana lovers. >> and to commemorate the occasion, advocates for legalize pot were out handing out free joints to congressional staffers and reporters on capitol hill. the giveaway happened on a city street next to the u.s. capitol. activists say they are well within their rights. capitol police, though, didn't see it that way. seven people got arrested on possession charges and led away. >> boo. >> boo. >> boo. >> are you [ booing ] >> though it is against the law to pos

the budget includes nearly $300,000 for maryland state police, more than $3 million for the department of health. about $500,000 for the department of public safety, and $7 million for expanding treatment programs. >> it is a drain on almost every agency in the government. >> nationwide, the latest data shows the epidemic costing more than $78 billion a year. the cost start showing up as lost tax addicts drop. emergency room visits, price tag of $28 billion, and then the impact on the criminal justice system. nearly $8 billion a year is spent on prosecuting and incarcerating addicts and dealers. >> it is a huge deal. from the d.a.'s perspective, number one drug threat facing the country. >> the dea assistant administrator says there are 580 heroin users new a day. 80% started by using or misusing prescription painkillers. >> what we've had is people using prescription opioids, doctors over-prescribing them. people becoming addicted. getting on the circle of addiction. what happens, we see on the other part of dea, mexican cartels exploiting that epidemic and flooding the country with h

police is over and bergen sealy is dead. he shot a delaware state trooper steven ballard during a traffic stop yesterday. ballard a native of bowie, maryland. delaware state police say the home belonged to the suspect's parents near wilmington. police say sealy opened fire on them and they shot back. that's when he was killed. >>> not everyone knows it but april is national child abuse prevention month. and so there's no better time than now to highlight the great work being done in one part of stafford county can it's not just the -- and it's not just the humans helping. evan koslof explains. >> reporter: amongs judges and bailiffs, one wet nosed labrador is a regular here. his name is con. he's become known as the courthouse dog in stafford county. >> being in a courthouse obviously you need to be on your best behavior. >> reporter: juanita handles con and says the trained it was dog was brought to child abuse. >> we placed the child in a very difficult and uncomfortable position to actually it is in front of strangers, individuals in suits, judges, his purpose is to help them get through a very difficult time. >> come. >> reporter: con

well, clearly this is someone who has had close contact with children and so maryland state police whoanyone who might be concerned that their child may have come in contact with this man to give them a call. i want to show you a picture of him. this is 34-year-old christopher speights of capitol heights, maryland. speights was a long time substitute teacher here at bradbury heights elementary school. he also was a youth basketball coach for south county sports academy. and police arrested him thursday morni lives with his mother and he's now facing child pornography charges. according to charging documents the social networking service drop box tipped off the national center for missing and exploited children that someone might have been using this service to store or distribute child porn and the center informed state police. from there they investigated speights' home. they seized his iphone ipad and computer linked to a drop box k on the digital cloud investigators found numerous child porn videos, the description of the videos are too graphic to share. investigators believe childr

route 301 and village drive in upper marlboro back opened after a fatal maryland state police investigateovernight. police say the driver crossed over lanes and wrecked their car. no one else was involved. no one else was hurt in this one. >>> a 14-year-old girl is recovering after being stabbed at a bus stop in that silver spring. this happened near eastern middle school. police say the suspect a 14-year-old boy, fled the scene but was later arrested. he's being charged as a juvenile with first degree assault. >>> will there be a sickout by metro workers today? that's what we're monitoring after a week of back and forth claims by the union and metro management. union leaders claim their workers are being asked to give metro 72 hours advance notice of calling out sick. now, metro says that's just not true. the union does plan a protest and news conference for this morning at 11:00 a.m. >>> happening today in the district, some great news. mayor muriel bowser will host the city's annual d.c. college signing day. that event honors more than 1500 college bound high school seniors. it was ins

on the digital cloud the maryland state police computer crimes unit say they found numerous child porn videos details too graphic to share. investigators tell us they believe the children in these videos were as young as seven years old o prince george's county public schools are on spring break this week but in a statement they say they are aware of the arres a the school district. they technological added "over the past year we have made significant changes to increase student safety and remain committed to ensuring a quality education in a safe environment for all students quote. again, speights is facing child pornography charges. police tell us that more charges could be coming and we also know that he'll be in court next month in may for a preliminary hearing. that's the very latest here from capitol heights maryland annie yu fox5 local news. >> annie thank you. >>> sad news this morning out of maryland. maryland governor larry hogan's father passed away last night at the age frankford 88. lawrence hogan sr. suffered major stroke on saturday. governor hogan tweet owed out these p

police say officers arrived and chased nicholas vaughn as he sped away from the bank on friday. the car crossed nau maryland where stateice took vaughn into custody. he's now awaiting exextradition to delaware. >>> well, a deadly crash claimed a young woman's life in philadelphia's neighborhood. now, the driver hilt a deer and lost control. then hit a utility pole. the crash ripped the car in half. the 23-year-old woman in the passenger seat died. the driver suffered serious injuries. >>> i'm first alertmeterologist erika martini with your first alert forecast. coast one degree warmer at 50. notice this cooler temperature at 40 because we do have a little bit of an onshore breeze off the delaware bay. atlantic city 51 along with philadelphia. philadelphia we topped out at 56 degrees above the average of 59. so we'll take that. and here's the deal, we'll actually warmup over the next couple of days. winds coming out of the southwest of dover at 8 miles per hour. we're seeing light breezes for philadelphia. atlantic city also seeing southwesterlies along with wild wood. and a reason we're seeing a shift in these winds is

police say spurred this five might have month long investigation on the digital cloud the maryland state policeter crimes unit they found number of child porn videos details too graphic we can't share them with you but it is believed that the children in these videos were as young as seven years old. now this week prince george's county public schools they are on spring break. but in a statement school officials say that they are aware of the arrest and that spates will no longer serve the school district. they also added "over the past year we have made significant changes to increase students safety and remain committed to ensuring a quality education in a safe environment for all students". again, spates is facing multiple child pornography charges, and we know that he could be facing even more according to police and so he is due in court next month on may 15th for a preliminary hearing where he'll face a judge. that's the very latest from capitol heights, maryland, annie yu >> annie, real quick. how was this discovered? do we have any idea. >> reporter: yeah, so it all started with a tip.

also on the digital cloud the maryland state police computer crimes unit found numerous child porn videosese are details too graphic to share but 93 tell us that the children in these videos were as young as seven years old. now prince george's county public schools they are on currently on spring break but in a statement, they let us know that they are aware of the arrest and that speights will no longer serve the school district. they also added "over the past year we have made significant changes to increase student safety and remain committed to ensuring a quality education in a safe environment for a now, this arrest comes three months after former prince george's county teacher's aide deonte carraway was arrested. he pleaded guilty to 15 federal child pornography counts. he also faces 270 state charges. as for christopher speights, we know that he might be facing addition in ally charges and he's also due back in court where he'll face a judge in may. that's the latest from capitol heights maryland. annie yu fox5 local news. >> 7:13 right now and next we are following breaking news

our headlines, maryland state police say a sailor is dead after an early morning crash. n preparation for a possible sickout. more than 500 metro workers requested a sick day today. all of them were denied. we'll update you if delays change in the nbc washington app. a look at the forecast after a quick break. have a surprise for you. man: you have a surprise for me? narrator: at dominion, 1 in 5 new hires is a veteran. and when they're away, they miss out on a lot. but they won't miss out on financial support. because we cover any difference between their military pay and their dominion salary, and continue benefits for them and their families. why do we do it? because our vets sacrifice enough. "dominion. depend on us for more than energy." ♪ stand by me. >>> hope you have something to do outside today. don't forget your spf. the temperatures are in the upper 60s and low 70s. most of the areas today into the low 80s for afternoon highs. around 83 in downtown washington. ford. the nationals in town against the mets. . a perfect night for basebl. >yo o uatin5 nus. >>> thi

helped people across maryland, d.c., and virginia provide information to their neighbors about safety concerns. it even helps police solve a few crimes. maryland will be the first state to connect its emergency management agency with this app. the goal here is to communicate with marylanders. >>> "news 4 today" continues at 5:00 a.m. >>> "news 4 today" starts now. >>> good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilcrist. >> i'm eun yang. we are going to get a look at your weath and melissa. >> osi tight. scores! t.j. oshie. >> oh, my goodness, gracious. the caps are now tied in their playoff series, 2-2. another nail biter of a game but they beat the toronto maple leafs. >> feel the jumper. dagger! >> you love sports announcers, right? yes. all the fans excited up on their feet. the wizards won their playoff game last night. now they are headed to atlanta to face the hawks. up 2-0. go, wiz, go caps, go d.c., go sheena, go chuck, go aaron. >> now eun can stop stressing so much. >> yes. >> the next game is going to be a little stressful to watch. >> absolutely. no kidding. each game is critical at this point in the season, that's for sure. >> if you look at the radar, we're wat

michelle: a maryland state senator is drafting a bill to stop police dragging passengers from the airline seat. this is in response to the viral video of a man pulled from the united airline flight. the proposal is expected to be at a special session of the general assembly or when it starts in january 2018. jonathan: drizzly monday you can expect changes throughout the week but we could use a serious drenching. meteorologist doug hill has an update. doug: we are watching the pollen out of the air. it won't have an impact on the drought. this is a slow process across the region. most of the areas see sunshine in the afternoon. with the limited sun, we are held in the 60's. it's 67 in washington. we will drop in the 60's. the temperatures will drop in the 50's in the metro by morning. maybe upper 40's in the suburbs. these are the wake up temperatures to start tuesday. 47 inaburn. 50 ins aspen hill. 52 in largo. check out the rest of the week in ten minutes. michelle: see you then. thank you. it's a tradition. years now. but a first for the trumps. jonathan: the first family on hand for th

helped people across maryland, d.c., and virginia provide information to their neighbors about safety concerns. it's even helped police solve a few crimes. maryland will be the first state to connect. >> well, today a multimillion dollar project to repair or reconstruct eight alleys in d.c. will get this is film from alley-pa-looza. the work across the district's eight wards will take eight weeks. >> a live look across washington this morning. our beautiful city. while the region is getting its best report card ever on air quality, a new report says smog is still a threat to the public's health. the 2017 state of the air report, d.c., arlg top, prince george's counties received f grades. loudoun and ann arundel got cs. >>> 6:18 right now. another update on the breaking traffic situation on the beltway. >> big problem on the beltway. inner loop after again, we have been shut down. it looks like as we're looking at it people are going by on the left shoulder. inner loop, take a look at the backups. outer loop after georgia. the rest of the beltway is looking okay. 95 south after powder mill road, south, 66 looking okay, so is 95 north. just a little bit slow. remember to

state police picked him up when he crossed over into maryland. >>> 4:34. philadelphia native dawn staly is a national championship. the coach led her team to victory in the ncaa finals. all she had to do was beat the mississippi state team that snapped uconn's long winning streak. the gamecocks had beaten the bulldogs twice this season. last night they beat them again when it counted most, winning the championship by a score of 67-55. >>> before south carolina she coached at temple, and the university tweeted, "the temple family sends congrats to the gamecocks' dawn staly. a true philly made original. we'll always love you, coach." very nice. >>> today's the day to hope springs eternal. >> opening day for the 2017 philadelphia phillies ahead. we'll hear from the manager and the players about their expectations for the young team. >>> plus, playroom makeover. a montgomery county family now has a more organized life. we'll show you how it's become a real game changer for the kids. ♪ >>> musical lawsuit. one half of the philly-made '80s group haul all and oat

state police picked him up when he crossed over into maryland. >>> fighting hate will be the theme oft in bucks county. activists will focus on the recent distribution of these kkk leaflets in doylestown and north hampton township. former congressman steve sanesiero will join the discussion at richboro high school. >>> also in bucks county, the quakertown school board will hold a hearing to talk about closing milford middle school. the district faces a $4.7 million deficit. the superintendent also says two elementary schools could be shut down because they need expensive maintenance. tonight's meeting is at 7:00 p.m. in the milford school gym. >>> philly area native darryl hall is suing a new york town. darryl's house is a venue owned by hall. the town of pauling, new york, wants to reduce the maximum occupies at the venue to allow 120 fewer people to attend the shows there. hall has filed suit to block the move. the dispute is happening oo inil is wanting to build an outdoor stage. >>> he may be the prime minister of canada, but he's not beyond pulling a good april fool's joke. >> he

seton's family would like maryland to credit convictions and have a state mandatory minimum sentence for killers. >>> right now police are concerned about a missing 15-year-old boy from montgomery county. they saw maurice kirkland jr. left his home on fairland home on sunday morning. he was wearing a marvell t-shirt. 5'10", 175 pounds. he likes to visit the area near orchard center mall. >>> a handful of loudoun county middle school students have to be treated for possibly taking xanax to school. the sheriff's department is looking into reports that seven kids at middle school were sharing drinks in a classroom that reportedly contained a drug known as xanax. they're trying to figure out where the drug came from. >>> in news 4 marijuana may help heroin addicts. those numbers were published in the journal of the american medical association. studies out of canada back up the numbers and many doctors say it makes sense to replace a very dangerous drug with a safer one, however, critics say addiction should not be treated with another drug. >>> 4:52 right now. sing along if you know this. >> we finally have what days yo

maryland home to delaware. despite an escort and he helicopter by state police he did not make. it authorities in delaware said corporate ballard stopped a us is miss us car for possible drug doxd. rather than stepping out of the car he was identified as burgon seelye pulled out a gun and chased corporal ballard in parking lot of wawa convenience store and opened fire at close range. he died at the hospital. >> it's my only son. and he is not going to be able to grow up to have children. more children, grand kids you know, he lost his life ding who he loved to do. >> now the only thing getting the family through tough times is remembering that infectious smile corporal ballard was always wore no matter how tough things got and brotherhood and love they felt from law enforcement. >> everywhere we went to memorial, where he was shot at and people i don't even know hugging us, hugged me, and it just tears you up inside, because innocent man lost his life doing what he loved to do. help fem people. >> corporal ballard is described by wife, stepdaughter, two sisters and parents. a ho

police and may have been inspired by the state. michelle: michael flynn is now the subject of an investigation by the pentagon. maryland representative elijah cummings announced the probe. the pentagon is looking into the payments to flynn by the russia state sponsored r.t. television network and a company linked to turkey's government. jonathan: the negotiations longed down the short-term extension is expected to be approved tomorrow. michelle: a mother racing from police and the child in the emergency seat. >> they will arrest me. >> no. pull over! michelle: what prompted the wild chase that ended with the mother racing in a motorcycle dealership. doug: we have the weather update coming up at "abc7 news at 6:00". vo: for dominion, part of delivering affordable energy includes supporting those in our community who need help. our energyshare program does just that, assisting with bill pay and providing free, energy-saving upgrades. it's more than helping customers, it's helping neighbors. ♪ stand by me jonathan: the fire that consumed a building on college park on monday is called accidental. it prompted the biggest re

it's even helped police solve a couple of crimes. maryland will be the first state to connect its emergency management agency with the app. >>> well, there's a push in montgomery and prince george's county to do something about zombie they are neglected properties often in disrepair. darcy spencer is talking to homeowners who live near some of these homes. >> reporter: neighbors say no one has lived in this house for years. they haven't seen the owner in sometime. they've grown frustrated as the house has continued to deteriorate. >> the house has been abandoned for at least a decade, and it's just crumbiling and falling apart. >> reporter: tom huckhucker is trying to deal with properties in foreclosure. >> they're targets for arson and fires, utility problems. there's drug parties that go on >> reporter: and the county is going after vacant property owners with threats of big fines if they don't make improvements. this is another house in silver spring that hasn't been lived in sometime. >> that house has been an eyesore for a very long time. >> reporter: here in p

maryland. he had served with delaware state police for eight years. >>> there's other breaking news we're followingthe tunnel between farragut north and metro sent. >> red lion service suspended between several stations. shuttle bus service set up. let's get back to mick thomas at metro center this morning. mike, what's happening now. >> reporter: steve we're at 11th and g where the bridge has been set up for all the metro buses to come and pick people kicked off the trains. and are now trying to make it to their destinations. not a lot of happy people here. i'll be totally honest with you. no one can blame them for that. i talked to a couple witnesses. they did want to be interviewed on camera. but what they basically said was that they were on the train, they were forced to sit on the train still for about ten minutes in the center itself and then eventually they open the doors and said we need everybody to exit. none of the witnesses i spoke to said they saw any smoke at all. so, again, as we look down i'm not seeing any smoke coming out of the metro center. anything like that. earlier reports s