mr. shapiro was 95. was said to be depressed and vulnerable. >> it's elder abuse, it's financial elder abuse and it's theft. this is a theft by deception, theft by defrauding, and theft by coercion. >> reporter: so, what did the molenas do with all that cash? well, there was the wilton oaks home, $390,000. the $50,000 toyota suv. their daughter's $64,000 tuition at the new york school of art. and -- and then there are the gambling losses. $109,000 in charleston races and slots, and $76,000 at maryland live. guess where the money came from? prosecutors say mr. shapiro hired betty molena after his wife died. >> i want you to sign your name. >> reporter: that she tricked him into attorney and putting her name on his bank accounts and then she and her husband started drawing chunks of money from his savings account. >> the theft scheme went on for nearly four years and in grand sum total they got away with nearly $1.2 million. >> reporter: the molenas face a maximum sentence of 55 years in jail. and mr. shap

mr. shapiro only withdrew $14,000 from his savings account. but then the year after, it $543,000. then $372,000. and the year after that, $231,000. they say she even tricked him into putting her name on the deed to his house. this house he's lived in since 1957. betty molena and her husband javier both convicted today of financial exploitation of a vulnerable adult. >> the theft scheme went on for nearly four years and in grand sum total they got away with nearly $1.2 million. >> reporter: so, what did the molenas do with all that money? well, new house for them, new suv for them. fancy art school in new york for their daughter. oh, and did i mention the gambling? oh, i'm going to mention the gambling coming up 6:00. wendy, back to you. >> pat, you know, when you go to get power of official or someone with an attorney. didn't anyone -- didn't this raise suspicions, the bank? there was no one that saw any flags throughout all of this, an elderly man and someone like this making him sign his signature and giving her all this power? >> reporter: well, apparently not. at least at that

mr. shapiro born in 1917 grew up in the depression, he knew the value of a dollar. so he saved and scrimped and was super frugilabout hi money and over the year, it was over $4 million in his various accounts 1.2 of which anna and her husband stole >> he changed his will to make investigators say couple isolated shapiro from his son. his only living child. we spoke to the family's attorney. >> it's been a difficult few years for him being alienated from his father and having to go through that trauma and having to relive it through the trial >> shapiro's son didn't want to go on camera but spoke to us by phone. he and his wife say if their story can help one person, it's worth everything they've been through. >> it's important and serves as a cautionary tail for anyone who has parents or grandparents that may need assisted liveing or home healthy care workers or cleaning crews coming in, be careful who you trust >> shapiro's son also said he wanted to thank the state's attorney's office for their hard work. it was two employees at a bank that launched the the melina

mr. shapiro. >> reporter: panicking officials eventually noticed irregularities with shapiro's finances. shapiro's attorney said the family is happy the malinas were caught. shapiro passed away last year. the state's attorney saved close to $2 million worth of his fortune to give to his actual heirs. in montgomery county, john henry, wusa9. >>> a massage therapist is charged with sexually assaulting four women in our area and today one of his alleged victims came forward to tell her story. she said it happened at a massage envy location in northwest d.c. her name is tara woodley. she's among 180 women who say they were sexually assaulted at massage envy locations across the country. >> i think this is really horrible that it happened to me, but man, am i so thankful that it didn't happen to my niece or my daughter, my mother or another woman the next month. >> she's filed a lawsuit. there's no comment from massage envy or the business entity that operates the franchise where she says it happened. >>> we want to tell you about a touching tribute to that officer shot and killed in baltimor

mr. shapiro passed away last year at the age of 99. now the molinas each face up to 55 years in prison. in rockville, john gonzalez. adrianna: let's talk about this weather. it is deja vu all over again. theher gorgeous day across area. steve rudin is here with a check on the forecast. steve: we are going to keep the trend going not only for this afternoon but as we move into the day tomorrow. theve degree increase over past half hour at reagan . stormwatch 7 sunlight and radar, not a lot going on out there. hard-pressed to find any cloud cover at all. that means sunshine for this afternoon, and the sunglasses -- you are going to need them. if you are traveling up the east coast or toward the west, ohio, west virginia -- if you are staying around the dmv, all you are going to see is sunshine. daylight hours continue to shrink away. here is your hourly forecast as we move through the rest of the afternoon. highs will make it to the lower 60's. we will be in the 50's by 7:00 tonight. coming up, our next test chance for a few showers around the area. we are looking ahead to the upcoming we

mr. shapiro's money, more than a million dollars. this is how prosecutors describe what happened. >> it's elder abuse. it's financial elder abuse and it's theft. this is a theft by deception, theft by defrauding and theft by coercion. >> reporter: so, how did they do it and what did they do with all that money? more coming up. news4 at 5:00. pat, back to you. >> all right, an unconscionable thought and story. pat collins, thank you. >>> well, now to the forecast, it sure doesn't feel like the end of november. >> doug kammerer, this kind of spring weather we're having. >> average temperature now down to 53. we were well above that today. that trend is going to continue the next couple of days. a little bit of a cool sunday but we have rebounded very nicely across our region today. back to 61 degrees right now. you take a look at the northeast and mid-atlantic, it is warm just about everywhere. the coldest air up to the north, new york at 46. our air is making to the southwest. nice mild air making its way in here for the day tomorrow.

mr. shapiro born in 1917 grew up in the depression.he value of a dollar so he saved and scrimped and was super frugal about his money and over the years it was over $4 million in his various accounts. 1.2 of which anna molina and javier ma lena her husband stole. >> reporter: they wanted it all. filming shapiro as he changed his will to make an nat beneficiary. investigators say the couple also isolated shapiro from his son. his only living child. we spoke to the family's attorney. >> it's been a very difficult few years for him being alien lated from his father and, um, you know, having to go through that trauma and then having to relive it through the trial. >> reporter: shapiro's son didn't want to go on camera but spoke to us by phone. he and his wife say if their story can help one person, it's worth everything they've been through. >> it's important and says p serves as cautionary tale for anyone that has parents or grandparents that may need assisted living or home health care workers or cleaning crews coming into their home be

mr. spencer's views stop of's from providing an important variance to the stanford community. two months ago uc berkeley braced for protests one conservative dennis shapiro spoke at that school. similar to shapiro the young americans foundation is instrumental in bringing spencer to stanford.>> i think they are doing a lot to balance ideological diversity by bringing conservative speakers. schools should be happy young americans foundation is willing to extend resources to make the events happen.>> reporter: it reluctantly wades into the political divide sweeping across college campuses.>> even if the event goes on the action would be to boycott the event.>> reporter: there is a petition asking the student association to defund spencer's appearance next week. officials say they struggled with this but in the end discovery sometimes comes from ideas being deemed objectionable.>>> it was a good night for democrats. a look at the election day victories and if they may foreshadow things to come.>>> the fallout continues for spacey. the claims of sexual assault against the actor that has cost him another job. this is the new comfort food. grown right here in

mr. spencer's views stop us from providing an important educational experience to the stanford community. you remember there were recent protests at cal about the appearance of other conservative commentators like ben sha spear row -- shapirond mile yiannopoulos. >>> against jewish students at san francisco state university has been dropped. that's according to the san francisco examiner. the lawsuit was filed by a group of students against the university, a staff member and the cal state board of trustees. their claims center on an event hosted by the national jewish student group in april of last year. the group invited the mayor of jerusalem to speak on campus. the students say noisy pro palestinian demonstrators shut down the event and campus police did nothing to stop the protests. the group claims the hostile environment was created on campus creating fear for student safety. >>> facebook is reportedly testing out a controversial pilot program in australia to prevent revenge porn on their site. now, here's how it works. if someone has an intimate or explicit picture of you and you're worried they might try to post it, you're supposed to send facebook that photo via messenger. the company says they can use image match

mr. spencer's views stop us from providing an important educational experience to the community. two months ago uc berkeley race for protest when conservative ben shapiro spoke at that school. similar the young america foundation is instrumental in bringing spencer to stanford. >> i think they are doing a lot to balance the ideological we see on college campuses by bringing conservative speakers. school should be happy they are willing to expend its resources to make the events happened that. >> reporter: it reluctantly wades into the political divide sweeping across the mall -- american college campuses.>> the action would be to boycott the event rather than an active protest.>> reporter: there is an online petition by some students asking the student association to define his appearance next week. officials say they struggled with this in the end they say sometimes discovery comes from ideas that are objectionable.>>> a man accused of voluntary manslaughter in the deadly shooting of an off-duty richmond police officer has been found sane. the sentencing phase and robert vega wrapped up today in contra costa county. he is accused of shooting officer v

mr. matthews, i'm chris matthews. thank you for your dignitary. i was impressed by your sophistication and nuance, thank you so much, jeff shapiro, you haven't heard that stuff lately. in the closing race the polls have tightened, average has northam up by three. i think that's the margin of error. a month ago a six-point lead, it's closed a little. not enough, i don't think, for gles by. hillary clinton boat him five points around last year. it was the only southern state that donald trump didn't win. for more on how democrats are feeling about this race and their party, i am joined by democratic national committee chairman tom perez, do you know you have the power to get rid of a presidential nominee when you feel like this? i heard this from donna brazile the other day. >> i didn't realize that. >> i love donna, i didn't know she was that powerful. >> i better not catch a cold next week or someone might do this to me. >> let me ask you, virginia is not the old confederacy, the old dominion anywhere. it's got a lot of northerners out down there almost all pro choice and they're sensitive about it. you have african-americans voting in big numbers

shapiro in virginia, with the latest. reporter: hey, neil, we're in the lunch rush for voting in virginia. let me read you some president trump put out on behalf of mrllespie. ed gillespie will turn around the crime and performance in virginia. ms-13 and crime will be gone and vote today. he went on to say ralph northam will allow crime to be rampant in virginia, i is weak on crime and our vets. and at this second amendment. he has been horrible on virginia economy. vote ed gillespie today. not to be outdone, doesn't forget former president barack obama actually campaigned for mr. northam, he said in mid-october, we need to take this seriously. our democracy is at stake. electronics matter. elections matter. instead of politics reflecting our value. we have politics infecting our communities. bottom line the voters of virginia make the decision themselves is. that would be two voters, ed gillespie and ralph northam. they have voted at this point. we're told by poll workers in part of virginia we're at, voter turnout is heavy. neil? neil: thank you, adam. that race could be a litmus test for the president of the united states. sometimes they are deem