melissa and her children then moved into the gem motel, one of several cheap motels located along route 1. a main north-south artery in avanell, new jersey. on the night of august 11th, 1994, melissa left the children with her boyfriend and walked to a nearby convenience store for some groceries. >> she went out at 11:00 at night because her kids were hungry. >> melissa left the store around 11:30 and headed back to the motel, but she never arrived. her boyfriend told police he found her half naked body later that night along the highway. melissa's mother got the word shortly after the body was discovered. >> you're not supposed to bury your childrens. i was supposed to go before her. >> most murderers go to great lengths to avoid detection. melissa's killer didn't seem to care, committing his crime along a busy highway where he could have been easily seen. it was this brazenness that would eventually be his downfall. the cat hair is so constant, cait's likeand bear. it's growing out of the floor. it drives me crazy. can we do something about this? (doorbell) woah. it's a swiffer sweepe

a week before the attack, blizzard paying adriana's bill at the sunshine motel.text messages between adriana and daniel. from the day vern was attacked. 9:24 a.m. daniel texts adriana. don't be late for shopping. what's going on there? >> it appears to be code to me. what they're talking about is the real estate appointment with vern. >> at 12:04 p.m., presumably was right around when the attack happened, adriana texts daniel. we are going shopping. >> i believe that that is her way of telling daniel that the job is done. >> reporter: and that same afternoon, who pulls up at the sunshine motel to pick up adriana? you guessed it. daniel blizzard. >> possible that they were just talking about shopping? >> anything is possible but it's not very likely. >> reporter: finally, in september 2013, nearly three months after the attack, the detective went to pick up daniel. >> he didn't seem surprised to see me. >> and he didn't say, gee, detective, what could this possibly be about? >> no, he didn't ask. >> i'm the detective who's investigating the attack on vern holbrook

. >>> gunshots were fired into a motel in san pablo. mike mibach is live with some more information tonight. mike? >> reporter: we know two individuals are being questioned now here at the police station. it was at the san pablo motel along san pablo avenue this morning where investigators say one of these individuals now in custody points a gun at officers and that is all it took. one man says his wife and eight month old heard the shot from two doors down. >> she said there was a shooting. i was like all right, tell me what happened. she told me pretty much, she heard the police say come outside. after that, i heard shots. >> reporter: san pablo police say this incident began when they were serving a high risk search warrant at the motel at the request of berkeley police regarding an armed robbery investigation. san pablo police commander says officers surrounded that motel before 8:30 a.m. two officers said they saw one individual through a back window with the gun. >> one of the subjects had a handgun pointed at two officers at the

we have tons of motels. >> undercover officers set up dates with women. >> you see he's heading for theoor. >> close-cover officers monitor the rendezvous by wire. >> knocking on the door, knocking on the door. >> and arrest teams move in once a deal for sex has been made. >> light. >> dang, can i get dressed? >> the first goal of the task force is to identify and rescue juveniles from traffickers. >> i'm not from here. >> how old are you? >> i'm not. i'm 18. >> you're lying. >> 18. >> in this case, the young woman we'll call nikki is 18, but she's not from detroit, and investigators suspect she's been trafficked. >> did you purchase the room or someone else purchase for you? how did it work? not a big deal. are they still here with you? >> no, i'm here by myself. i've been staying in the room alone. >> police suspect nikki's pimp may be nearby, watching and waiting, but she is not about to give him up. >> it's a sad situation right now because these girls are basically brought into a hotel, separated from families or friends from any type of support group they may have and stay in a ho

police were called to the motel in branson after jasmine was reported missing. police found her body in one of the rooms while doing a sweep of the complex. it is unclear what motivated the child's murder. >>> inmates set fire and took over part correctional facility on friday. the uprising started over the protest of the quality of medical care which houses immigrants. they were moved to other federal facilities and the prison plans more transfers. >>> in the next half-hour of "action news," quick thinking by a passer by saved a teen's life after a fiery car crash what they did was caught on camera. >>> michael phelps shares

he was arrested this week after a investigation led officers to a sunnyvale motel.'s azenith smith is live at the motel where she learned this case is one of many. >> reporter: unfortunately it is a problem people don't realize that is happening here. everyone i spoke to in the neighborhood say they heard about it in the movies but didn't think it could happen right here. >> disgusting that, you know, a kid like that, you know, i have kids, grandkids, i would be upset. >> it is real suddenly. >> reporter: that is the reaction from people who live and work near the inn after learning this man from oakland was arrested for pimping a 15- year-old run away at this motel. >> sunnyvale. san francisco you expect that. big city. but around here it is shocking. >> reporter: he met the teen on social media and has been exploiting her for the last month. they spotted the girl on the website back page.com and tipped off police. an officer ranged to meet the girl. police found him nearby with $6,500 in cash and a motel key. >> he had sexually abused her. and that he was aware of

police found him nearby with $6,500 in cash and a motel key. >> he had sexually abused her. and that he was aware of her age. and that he had also physically assaulted her. >> she says he used force and fear on the girls and it represents what is happening in the county. $1.2million has been dedicated to fight a crime that is referred to as modern day slavery. >> given it is such a tragedy of a crime, even one person being exploiticide too much. >> reporter: this -- exploided is too much -- exploited is too much. >> reporter: if convicted he could face up to 15 years in prison. he is held on $1 million bail and will be in court tomorrow morning. as for the victim, she is getting help with housing and with counseling services. >> are authorities looking for more victims in the case? >> reporter: you know, i asked that question and they tell me right now they are only prepared to talk about this one victim. >> thank you. >>> we are hearing from a girlfriend of one of three men accused of raping a woman who was held hostage and weeks inside a home near santa rosa. deputies arre

while there, they shared a motel room. >> we stayed in a motel together. bed, i was in this bed. she never took her clothes off. i took my shirt off. i had a t-shirt under. >> the search for walter scott continued throughout the spring and summer. no family member or fellow musicians had seen or heard from him. the trail had turned cold. >> i had doubts. i really did. i had doubts that we would ever find him. >> i held out. i thought that wally had taken off. the last thing on my mind was that something had happened to him. >> desperate for any help she could find, walter's mother even consulted a psychic. >> and he told me that he's in cold, cold water. it's not moving water. and there's a big red barrel or something red by the side of the road where he's at. and he's not far from home. >> it was then that mrs. notheis had an inkling of where walter might be. >> and jim williams had a red door on his house. >> police searched jim williams' property but found nothing suspicious. nine months after walter disappeared, joanne filed for divorce, citing abandon

undercover agents arranged for a tate with the girl and recovered her from a motel room. they found simmons nearby with more than $6500 in cash and a motel key. >> he had sexually abused her and that he was aware of her age and that he had also physically assaulted her. >> simmons is being held on $1 million bail. co face up to 15 years in state prison if convicted on all charges. >>> an accident between a vta light rail train and an suv halted service in san jose for a short time this morning. the accident happened at north capital avenue and berryessa road before 11:00 a.m. near the stakes. officials say a honda suv came into the intersection and was sideswiped by the southbound train. the air bag in the honda went off but nobody was hurt. the accident has now been cleared and service is back to normal. >>> a new warning today for b.a.r.t. riders. the latest case of measles confirmed in a passenger and an update on the statewide outbreak. >>> clouds starting to gather. rosemary orozco is tracking the rain on the way for the weekend. >>> and we say goodbye to leonard nim

the manager says she has been in the motel 23 days. >> what room is she staying in?8. >> he was taking me to go and get money. >> where is your key. >> i don't have a key. >> who is up in 208? >> it's not my room. >> there is no proof jenna is selling sex today, but police say there is a high dollar demands for sex with pregnant woman. >> she'll get guys. that's what they are kinds of into. i don't see it, but -- >> i'm not buying it. >> what else did you get arrested for. the young woman is eventually identified by record of her previous arrest for prostitution. >> i'll meet you over there. and you are pregnant, don't be doing anything you are not supposed to do. >> police offer her a chance to speak with a counsellor from the women's justice program. but she declines and she is free to go. >> okay. what time are you looking at. >> back at the hotel of the' a little after 4:00 p.m. when business begins to pick snup guys are getting off work now. and they are looking for maybe something to do before they go ow home. you know, you can check us out and then we can go f

pointed it at two officers, at the back of the motel window. at which time, the officers fired their guns. >> no one was hurt in the shooting. the commander said he didn't believe the suspect actually fired his weapon. he also said that the man and woman who were in the room were taken into custody and are being questioned about two other armed robberies in other cities at this time. they have not actually been arrested. they were taken into custody but they haven't been arrested. >> investigators believe it was a case of mistaken identity that led to the killing of a 21- year-old man from san leandro. the shooting happened two months ago. this is the first time police revealed the victim's identity and why they think he wasn't the intended target. ktvu fox 2 news' allie rasmus talked with investigators today about why they waited so long to release this information. >> reporter: the driveway of the home here behind sus where the shooting happened back in december. at the front of the property, you can see a main house, behind it is a separate

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two children at the direction of this man, robert scott, jr., and other women brought children to motelsex parties he organized. latouche was sentenced to 60 years in prison. andrea mccarren, wusa9. >> check out our wusa9 news app where we've provided two links, one to report suspected trafficking and another where victims can get help. >>> the testimony resumes in the morning in the murder trial of the man accused of killing real life american sniper chris kyle. >> kyle's widow was the prosecution's first witness. she cried several times when she talked about her husband and recounted the day 27-year- old eddie ray routh shot and killed kyle and his friend chad littlefield at a texas gun range in 2013. the defense argues routh has a long history of mental illness and was in a psychotic state at the time of the shooting. the start of the trial comes less than two weeks of the box office hit. >>> house of cards fans got a sneak peek of the new season accidentally posted online today two weeks before it was scheduled to show up. netflix blames a technical glitch and quickly pulled the epi

. >>> montgomery county housing officials say they placed 88 homeless families in local motel rooms in the month of january. last night news4 was first to report that the county has been using motel space to shelter some of its homeless population when there is an overflow. the county has three shelters for families several more for single homeless men and women. a count in 2014 found 891 homeless in montgomery county. a health official tells us the motel space is for families only. >>> it is one of the most rapidly expanding areas in our region. now tyson's corner is declaring itself america's next great city. the falls church news press noted a sign declaring that slogan is up on route 7. it's long been a hub for shopping and home to four metro stations on the home to the slooimpb and a boom in residential development. >>> right now the loudoun county chamber of commerce is gathering to show support for old ox brewery, which is stuck in a big trademark dispute with red bull. the energy drink giant filed opposition against the brewery claiming their logos are too similar. old ox tells

two years that ever helped me was this little waitress in this motel.nd she said, can i help you? and i didn't know what to say. how can you help me? what can you do for me? and i didn't know -- i wanted to take her help but i didn't know what to do. >> teresa says the waitress called the police. by the time the officer drove teresa home and woke her parents, it was early dawn. >> i was sitting at the top of the stairs. my parents had already gone downstairs. i heard a police officer talking. they were in the foyer. and i heard him tell my parents. he said, you have no idea what your daughter is involved in. we know what's going on here. your daughter is not -- she almost died tonight. >> they thought i was out having a good time partying. and they didn't notice, that i didn't have shoes on, that i was -- my pajamas were soaking wet and torn. >> the officer tried to explain to teresa's parents that this wasn't a simple case of a partying teen. >> he got really loud with her and corrected her. he was like, no. you don't get it. your daughter is -- your e

an undercover operation led officers to a motel in sunnyvale. now, according to the santa clara county d.a.'s office, simmons met the teenager on social media. undercover agents arranged for a date with the girl through a website. they recovererred her through a -- recovered her through a motel room. they found simmons nearby with $6500 in cash and a motel key. >> he had sexually abused her. he was aware of her age and that he had also physically assaulted her. >> simmons is being held on $1 million bail. he could face up to 15 years in state prison if convict on all charges. >>> menlo college has dropped its football program but still some. students and the alumni they are fighting to get it back. today they will hold a rally on the school's campus. they will protesting the board's decision last month to drop football after 29 years. a petition on causes.com called save menlo football it already has more than 1700 signatures. now, only 750 students go to menlo college. it was the fifth smallest division three school with a football program. col

agents arranged for a 'date' and recovered the victim from the motel and arrested simmons nearby. he had in his possession a key to the girl's room and some $65- hundred dollars in cash. >>paola estanislao -- >>'.it's a real tragedy when we see a 15-year old runaway like this being exploited and the suspect has also been charged with sexual assault and what we call a 245 violence charge.' >> reporter:simmons face a total of five felonies and if convicted, faces a maximum 15 years in prison. in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news. >> pam:an east bay neighborhood. reeling from a home invasion that turned deadly. >> pam: investigators in hercules say, a stranger burst into a home on buttercup court last critically injured a woman. >> pam: a 27- year- old man from san pablo was arrested in the case. >> pam: tonight, kron 4's haaziq madyun talked to neighbors. who are torn up over what happened. some. wishing they had been there to try to protect the victims. >> pam: police are withholding the names of the victims and the suspect. during this investigation. >> this is shocking to know wh

but just a few blocks away this motel plays host to a different kind of commodity. sex for sale. >> what do you want? >> chicago police have arrested this woman for soliciting prostitution. it's her third such arrest in as many months. >> just take me to jail. what the [ bleep ]. >> you can scream all you want -- >> i'm going to do whatever i've got to do. i don't care. i don't care! >> keep screaming -- >> i don't care. >> we will learn much more about her case in a moment, for stories like hers are all too common in the underground sex trade. >> public safety is our main concern. and this is not something that we want as a society. >> domestic sex trafficking is a crisis that occurs right here in our very own community. >> cook county state's attorney anita alvarez leads the county's human trafficking task force. a joint effort between local police and prosecutors to crack down on slavery rings in chicagoland. >> what we've seen here in cook county, the trend that we're starting to see really are the gangs. the gang structure. >> gang members are not just selling

so she got in her car and followed the convoy and finally she arrived here a motel in downtown nuevo laredo this is footage shot by local journalists that night - oralia can be seen with her children as well as relatives and friends of other men that had been detained during the same operation masked men in uniforms that say 'marina' navy, in spanish stand watch outside >> oralia's son told her that he saw his father in the window - but then the curtain was drawn. in the aftermath the navy would change their story about the events of that night several times first they said they had no contact with the men. then later they said they had questioned them - and found them innocent - and that they dropped them off in a different town 2 hours away. jose and the other men detained that night were never seen or heard from again. we'd been told that there are some people who've been released after being held by security forces - but are too scared to speak about it. but we got lucky we found someone who was willing to tell us their story. so we had to change cars twice to be able to get here

so she got in her car and followed the convoy and finally she arrived here a motel in downtown nuevo laredo this is footage shot by local journalists that night - oralia can be seen with her children as well as relatives and friends of other men that had been detained during the same operation masked men in uniforms that say 'marina' navy, in spanish stand watch outside >> oralia's son told her that he saw his father in the window - but then the curtain was drawn. in the aftermath the navy would change their story about the events of that night several times first they said they had no contact with the men. then later they said they had questioned them - and found them innocent - and that they dropped them off in a different town 2 hours away. jose and the other men detained that night were never seen or heard from again. we'd been told that there are some people who've been released after being held by security forces - but are too scared to speak about it. but we got lucky we found someone who was willing to tell us their story. so we had to change cars twice to be able to get here

would be lured away from the bible study group was being exploited as a sex work on an unidentified motel in sunnyvale are arrested and charged with him and trafficking in the case is the to your patrick of oakland task force members characterized them as a pimp and a printer. --predator >>: they sign would is missing in a person's life and take that almost tried to fill it but again they're not feeling it for the benefit of the victim they're filling in for their own financial gain the web site used to post prostitution a to to arrange for a date and recover the victim the had that position of the key to the baltimore room and some $6,500 in cash. he's been charged with sexual assault charges. >>james: here is a lot of the outside the embarcadero camera showing you the view and san friend 60. --san francisco. >>james: we are back for 15 is the tide in this talk about little bit of the weather in some unusual size and are sitting across the country to my frozen waves this is one of the number that captured this the real folk in massachusetts freezing weather is limit whole lot of the east

the forecast motels, tracking snow monday into tuesday, you can see how this develops. snow, this is almost a foot of snow, the purple shade it extent into western portions of virginia. you see more across south jersey, that would be cumberland and cape may and atlantic county of south jersey, future tracker 6, today's close up, overnight tonight, partially cloudy conditions, we get into monday, sunshine increasing clouds, monday night into tuesday no morning, here's the steadier swath of snow over the heart of the delaware valley. that will linger for the first part of the afternoon. as far as snow totals this is a preliminary estimate. this is the forecast motels, the this is the nan it has 6 to 12 across south jersey including cumberland atlantic, cape may county delaware dare. 3 to 6 for philadelphia. again it's a southern storm this time it's the southern areas that will see more than the northern portions of our viewing area. this model is our in-house rpm model, 6 to 10 across south e the banged is farther northwest this time it does include the city and 3 to 6 i

it happened at the motel around 8:30 this morning. police were serving the warrant as part of an investigation into a series of armed robberies and two other cities when officers enter the motel room one suspect pointed a gun and that's when two officers opened fire. witnesses say they heard at least six shots. >> the first five were kind of -- they seemed like they were far away but the last one was very close. it hit a window i believe, because i heard glass shatter. >> it looked serious. i was afraid for myself i would get shot there. >> police say no one was injured. two people, a man and woman were taken into custody. >> a tough ride home for oakland school kids on a field trip in marin county. check out this video around 3:00 this afternoon. the bus got stuck off highway 1 north of the beach. the bus pretty much just bottomed out as the driver tried to make a right turn back onto the highway. the kids got out safely. they waited for the tow truck and the bus was freed and back on the road about an hour after becoming stuck. >>>

police were called to the motel in branson after jasmine was reported missing. police found her body in one of the rooms while doing a sweep of the complex. it is unclear what motivated the child's murder. >>> inmates set fire and took over part correctional facility on friday. the uprising started over the protest of the quality of medical care which houses immigrants. they were moved to other federal facilities and the prison plans more transfers. >>> in the next half-hour of "action news," quick thinking by a passer by saved a teen's life after a fiery car crash what they did was caught on camera. >>> michael phelps shares person moves on instagram and we share it with you next. >> good morning everyone, it is 4:55, looking at philadelphia international airport. the temperature above the freezing mark on city avenue. it's going to dip. we have snow melting from yesterday it could refreeze on the roads so be careful. >>> gunfire erupted in the city of wilmington hitting a boy. police were called to the scene and when they arrived they found a boy with gunshot

>> from there an nbc investigative producer met with the doctor inside a room at this motel. >> how didt go down? >> when we were here the doctor asked me what are you here from and i said i have some medical paper work but i want a medical marijuana card. >> he brought this paper work proof from his personal primary care physician that he had heartburn. >> did the doctor ask you if you had a heartburn? >> no. the doctor never asked me. >> did you expect that the doctor would examine you? >> i expected a stethoscope somewhere. i never saw a stethoscope. never listened to my heart rate didn't check my pulse. >> so with heartburn and 08 bucks our producer got this medical marijuana recommendation and this card, all the documentation required to legally purchase medical marijuana for the next year. >> are you at all surprised that we got a card with heartburn and about ten minutes of our time? >> i'm not surprised. >> our hidden cameras proved the obvious. anybody who wants a medical marijuana card can get one in california. >> there is a million, i would say a billion dollar industry in c

under cover investigation led officers to a motel in sunnyvale. according to the santa clara county da office they met the east bay teenager on social media. they found simmons nearby with $6500 cash and a motel key. >> he had sexually abused her. and that he was aware of her age and that he had also physically assaulted her. >> simmons is being held on $1 million bail. he could face up to 15 years in state prison if he is convicted on all charges. >>> menlo college may have dropped its football program but some students and alumni are still fighting to get it back. today they will held a rally on the school's campus in atherton. a petition on causes.com called save menlo football already has more than 1700 signatures. now only 750 students go to menlo college. it was the fifth largest school with a football program. the college says it makes no financial sense to keep that football program. >>> a pair of college engineering students say they have the answer to making a better and more efficient nfl schedule. the university of buffalo students cla

. >> with still no action on this corner, the team decides to relocate closer to the motels. >> black jeep grand cherokee in the parking lot of the regal. >> within seconds, the new strategy pays off. >> all right. it's a go on the jeep. she must have told him she has a room in the back. >> and the takedown team swoops in. >> step out. face the car. don't touch anything. >> guy tapped his horn at her. she walked and met him. takedown car is taking him. once that happens, the car gets driven by one of the police officers to our substation. and the body goes in the police car with the police. >> it's a go. it's a go. >> the team barely has time to regroup before they snag the second catch of the day. >> put the car in park. shut it off. shut it off. >> are you serious? >> yeah. serious as a heart attack, here, brother. >> you think that you're looking appropriate for the job that you're doing, and they drive right past and they don't stop. you can't help but to take it personally. so once they do stop, you're like, ding, there's one in my pocket. >> all right. it's going to be a gold co

a san pablo commander says officers surrounded the motel.e making contact with the suspects. two officers saw one of the suspects had a gun. >> one of the subjects had a handgun. pointed it at two officers at the back of the motel window. at which time the officers fired their guns. >> no one was hurt. the commander said he doesn't believe the suspect actually fired the gun. the man and the woman who were in the room were taken into custody, and are being questioned about armed robberies in other cities. >>> it didn't take long for all the tickets to burning man to sellout. they were gone in just about an hour. once again, that festival is to be held in the black rock desert in nevada. this year, it will run from august 30 to september 7. some 40,000 individual tickets were sold for $390 each today. a limited number of presale tickets sold for $800 each last month. >>> the famous dr. suess has a new book coming out 20 years after his death. random house says it will publish a recently discovered manuscript. the author's widow came across it

with a warrant, police searched bramblett's home, which was nothing more than a room in a nearby motel. inside, they found numerous crime novels and textbooks. >> he had one book in his possession about forensic science and the techniques used by forensic science to do different things. >> police also found a detective magazine featuring an article about a murder committed with a pistol with no barrel. coincidentally, the gun found next to blaine hodges' body had no barrel. bramblett owned a pickup truck, but it was white, not red, like the one seen leaving the hodges' driveway. but in the back of bramblett's truck were several .22-caliber cartridge shells. police then visited bramblett's employer to see if he was at work on the day of the murders. on bramblett's timecard for that day, one of the entries had been blacked out. and police found a pair of bramblett's blue jeans soaking in a back room sink. could forensic scientists tell whether any of these items were somehow related to the murders? and if bramblett was involved, what was his motive? i am totally blind. and sometimes i st

. >> she's a recruiter walking us to that motel room a couple blocks from the recent hemcon convention in san jose. >> you don't have to specify the reason. >> can you make it up? >> yes. insomnia. who doesn't have inso many mia living in the silicon valley. >> reporter: a producer met with the doctor inside a room at this motel. how did it go down? >> when we were here the doctor asked me out front, what are you here for? i said i have some medical paperwork but i want a midal marijuana card. >> reporter: he brought this paperwork proof from his primary care physician that he had heartburn. did the doctor ask you if you had a heartbushrn? >> no the doctor never asked me if i had heartburn. >> reporter: did you expect that the doctor would examine you? >> i expected a stethoscope. she didn't listen to my heart rate, didn't check my pulse. >> reporter: so with heartburn and 80 bucks our investigative producer got this medical marijuana recommendation and this card all the documentation required to legally purchase marijuana for the next year. are you at all surprised that we got a medic

and exploited her as a sex worker out of a sunnyvale motel. the santa clara county human trafficking task force got a tip from san jose police. that the victim was being advertised for sex. on an adult website. a new safety measure is in the works. it involves those colorful, detergent laundry pods. children often think they are candy. and the pods can easily explode. today, bay area congresswoman jackie speier took action. introducing 'the detergent poisioning and child safety act'. if it passes. it would require child- resistant packaging for the product. in 20-12 alone. the national poison center received more than 17-thounsand calls about children getting into the packets. one baby died. speier has long been known for her efforts involving consumer protection. in sports. one member of the giants. has some fun at the expense of the new "face of baseball". buster posey. and the warriors may be the princes of the n-b-a. but tonight , they were reminded there is only one king. dan has the highlights. and all the sports. next >> pam: we just le

she had been staying at one of the city's motels for homeless families until bed bugs drove her back to her godmother's couch. >> it's stressful because i can't be on the street with a baby. >> running the show for the mayor will be the one who said she cut the homeless population by a third for the obama administration. >> the solution that works for veterans works for all people. >> d.c.'s homeless population is actually down since she disappeared a year ago from 827 to 760 today but still, far too many and bowser like her predecessor wants to close d.c. general. >> d.c. general was built as a hospital. and as such it is not the optimal environment to raise families. >> and we're looking live at the relicia rudd playground. 255 families are calling this shelter home. and the shelter space is so tight in the city that young woman alison thomas that you saw with the baby said she was told there was no bed bug free space in the motel. and no beds left. >> thank you. coming up on abc 7 news at 5:00 a major road in d.c. may not be closing but find out when work will be closing some lane

. >>> the kensington police department suspended a detective because of what happened in a motel room in reno. the community is learning today in late may, the sergeant paid $70 to have sex with a prostitute in reno while he was off duty according to police reports. he woke up to find his badge, two clips of ammunition, his gun missing, he was never cited even though prostitution isil pros -- prostitution is illegal in reno. he was finally suspended. some in the community are outraged it took had this long. >> it was a career breaker. it is really negative on somebody's record. no doubt. on the other hand, it seems like if you are paying someone $186,000 a year you should is have -- there should be accountability. >> his stolen gun was later recovered by the police after the prostitute's pimp shot himself in the leg with that gun during a fight. kensington police today are not talking about sergeant barrow's suspension and what it intails. he also serves as head of the kensington police union. >>> well, the stars are out in los angeles tonight. it is music's biggest night. betty yu is

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captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org after what a prostitute carried out of his motelreno. from driving rain.. >>> next at 6:30. this bay area police detective is suspended tonight after what a prostitute cared out in his hotel room in reno. >> more downed trees and power lines issue the weather dealt them another blow today. >>> i'm at the grammys, >>> live, from the cbs bay area studios. this is kpix5 news. >> another strong storm flooding bay area streets and snapped trees like twigs. tonight a look at the damage and what is coming next. good evening, i'm ken bastida. >> i'm christian

faye also worked in a factory and later as a motel maid. >> we were just everyday people. was taught from childhood on, you marry, you stay with them. the husband was the boss, and he was the boss. >> but it was a hard life and the family was poor. >> the only shoes we ever had was school shoes, too. you'd have to go out there milking the cows barefooted. and this included in the wintertime. >> when the copeland children left the farm to pursue their own dreams, ray looked for farmhands to help work the farm. he was up in age and hard of hearing and wasn't a great businessman. >> because ray could not read or write, and with book keeping, writing names down, where they were at, things like this, he needed somebody to write them down. >> to find workers, ray would go to local homeless missions. these men were usually on the run themselves. many had addictions, family problems or suffered from mental illness. most had been arrested for vagrancy, petty theft. or similar offenses. ray copeland paid them $50 a day for their labor and also theip provided their room and board. >>

. >>> police have made an arrest in the murder of a child at a missouri motel. john reports is charged with strangling jasmine miller. police were called after jasmine was reported missing. police found her body in one of the rooms while doing a sweep of the complex. it is unclear what motivated the child's murder. >>> mayor nutter is going to challenge philadelphia businesses to higher young people this summer. the mayor will hold a press conference today to get young people out there to work. he said these jobs prepare the young people for tomorrow's workforce. >> we're following breaks news, s.w.a.t teams have added to the heavy police presence in bucks county. our annie mccormick will have a live report from the scene. standoff. >>> underground explosion rattled the scene at a busy center city block. we'll find out what caused that explosion. we'll be right back. good morning, it is 6:00 a.m. on this monday, february 23. we're following a lot of breaking news. police and s.w.a.t teams have rounded a bucks county shopping mall where they believe a burglary su

. >>> a woman accused of performing a deadly cosmetic procedure at a motel is expected to testify. she referred to herself always the michelangelo of buttocks injections. one person died after a procedure involving silicone and crazy. >> performed at a hotel in philadelphia national airport. >>> the bill to privatize liquor store goes up today. the senate has been less supportive of privatation and tom wolf vowed to veto the bill. >> reporter: where is the snow right now? south jersey and delaware, storm tracker 6 live double scan we're seeing it push up from the shore. this is a storm that's centered in virginia and close to the north carolina border, we're getting the top edge of this precipitation. some of the early snowflakes are trying to get close to wilmington and the top of 42 and 55 the legged edge of this is not hitting. we have seen snow? delaware and parts of cape may county. it may be beginning to coat roads, it's a gradual situation not a high-impact snowfall. but you want to slow down as you see the roads get covered. as we look outside, we have cloudy skies at the a

. >>> motel fire in oakland that may have been caused by an illegal drug lab. firefighters say they rescued a man and woman who suffered severe burns to 50% of their bodies. the fire appears to be linked to a drug operation again. [ inaudible ] >> horrific crash for kyle busch. >> new safer barriers will be installed if this week. busch was rushed to the hospital for surgery. he is still in the hospital. it's unclear when he will be able to return to the racing. >>> time now is 4:45. we all know there is only one sal as seen throughout billboards. >> did you see it? >> i see it. >> did you finally see it sal? >> no, i haven't. >> if i see one i'll take a picture. >> not while you are driving. >> thank you. >>> good morning, everybody. traffic is doing well if you are driving on 280 northbound. right now we will start there. if you are driving in the south bay it's a nice looking drive. this is a nice look at san jose. getting up to highway 17. it's looking very nice. if you are driving anywhere really in the east bay, we are rooking at 580 this time. traffic is

so she got in her car and followed the convoy and finally she arrived here a motel in downtown nuevo laredo this is footage shot by local journalists that night - oralia can be seen with her children as well as relatives and friends of other men that had been detained during the same operation masked men in uniforms that say 'marina' navy, in spanish stand watch outside >> oralia's son told her that he saw his father in the window - but then the curtain was drawn. in the aftermath the navy would change their story about the events of that night several times first they said they had no contact with the men. then later they said they had questioned them - and found them innocent - and that they dropped them off in a different town 2 hours away. jose and the other men detained that night were never seen or heard from again. we'd been told that there are some people who've been released after being held by security forces - but are too scared to speak about it. but we got lucky we found someone who was willing to tell us their story. so we had to change cars twice to be able to get here

reported, kensington police sergeant keith bar roe reported his gun stolen after an encounter in a reno motelhe police chief learned of the incident almost immediately it's unclear when the citizen board that over see it is department found out. >> it's very strange that it wasn't talked about. >> metcalfe is a former member of the police protection and community services district. >> it is disappointing when you find out someone whose charged with protecting the public and upholding the law hasn't actually done that. >> chief harmon did not return our calls for comments. and no one answered the doors at barro's home. his attorney did not respond either. >> that irresponsible behavior is not to be tolerated and the fact it's been kept under the rug now for months really concerns me. >> several residents told us they have been trying to get the chief and the police department to act with greater transparency for years. in kensington, laura anthony, abc 7 news. >> oakland police want the community's help finding the people associated with a car they say is connected to a double kill. police spe

about the legacy you leave behind, my father left behind a wife with four children, no will, a new motel00 in debt. that is a horrible legacy to leave your children and your wife. >> you didn't want to repeat history? >> i did not want to repeat history. >> that makes sense now. were there moments, bob, where you sat down and thought about that? went to a dark place? did you ever? >> i was never in a dark place. i felt the hardest thing is telling denise. then telling my son and my daughter. it was very hard on me, and then close friends. to be able to say to them that, unfortunately, there's going to be a timeframe here. but let's think about all the things we can celebrate of what we have already done. >> and done, he says, with the corporate world. now it is finally time to enjoy everything he has. >> my mother said, enjoy life when you are healthy. do not wait too long. >> could you have enjoyed this 20 years ago? >> sure. >> the same way? >> no, i did not have as much money. [laughter] i know it comes back to money. >> it comes back to money with you. ♪ >> it has been called the har

debra alfarone near the donovan hotel where ever since police found a man stabbed to death inside the motel essentially a killer has been on the loose and now police want you to see this video. police won't say if you're looking at a man or a woman, but they put out this surveillance video in the hopes you know who this is. this video shows they are a person of interest first waiting for the elevator, then taking the stairs, even looking at the camera before heading up the next flight. late tuesday morning police found 30-year-old capitol hill attorney david messerschmitt dead stabbed to death in a hotel room on the fourth floor of the donovan hotel on 14th vote in northwest. police -- 14th street in northwest. messerschmitt's wife kim reported him missing to police about 24 hours before. she apparently said everything seemed fine and her husband apparently texted her he'd be home in an hour around 7:30 monday night. the hip hotel known for its rooftop and happy hour is not commenting on this murder mystery. police won't make anyone available to talk to us today or elaborate on why they pin

helps with the square and the economy the dog patch association is xretsz it's support saying this is motel after the industrial center have a play in the development and success of small businesses and how the sources of businesses may serve as a incubator environment in which the small businesses survivor the dog patch is in support this is the 34ukd neighborhood and this will add more flexible work spaces in this part of town and give the location next to the cca there's an opportunity to integrate the 10ur7bd existing zones and have the modular space that allows for the flexibility of different size of business and dog patch got into the specifics talking about the gathering places and the way those spaces augment the pickup and drop off necessities and how it is a space for everyone to walk through and be able to use the dna appreciated the green space from dog patch to the hill from the merchant to the resident there's a broad support will echoing what ron is the eastern neighborhoods plan hopes to give us us. >> thank you. is there any additional public comment public comment is clos

others ended up going to nearby motels as a precaution. as we return live to the marina, officials with the department of fish and wildlife and the coast guard did collect samples from the water throughout the day. those have been sent to sacramento for testing and they hope to get the tests back in the coming days to determine where exactly that diesel could have come from. we're live at the alameda marina. chris wynne. >>> an investigation about a dismembered body the victim was identified and his friend and former roommate, mark andrews had been arrested. but andrews died last weekend. it happened a few days after authorities released him from jail because they didn't have enough evidence at the time. police have not said how andrews died. they say sha-juan's death is still under investigation. >>> and new details in a shooting at a restaurant. an innocent bystander was wounded at the center square shopping center. paramedics rushed the unidentified woman to a hospital nearby. she is expected to survive. so far no details are being rele