today, but police have not said if this attack was linked to the ones in petworth. a woman was hit at 1:00 this afternoon and was taken to the hospital and is expected to survive. >>> a triple stabbing occurred in annapolis overnight in the elks lodge. one of the victims is a security guard who was working at the party. >>> police are warning women tonight bay series of sexual assaults in hiyattsville, maryland. there be been two reports on the westville trail. >> reporter: police say there are some similarities in these cases, but there's nothing concrete enough for them to tie them all together. on a picture perfect day, people are taking to the northwest brants trail in hyattsville, maryland to bike or walk. it's the same trail where three women were all raped in the last month and a half. and the attackers are still on the loose. >> oh, my god. yeah, i heard about that. >> reporter: march 12, march 27 and april 20, dates in which police say the women were attacked during both daylight and evening hours. women we spoke with say that's what's most shocking. >> i'm

since tuesday night three people in the petworth neighborhood have been attacked and hit in the head. one of them died. >> these are very frightening assaults on people not expecting trouble. one man remains in critical condition tonight. a woman was also seriously injured and a man in town visiting from denver is dead. the petworth area was swarming with police tonight, homicide detectives following up on the death of visiting retired nurse gary dedriches. he's the 66-year-old man whose body was found in an alley off emerson street tuesday evening. patrol officers went door to door this evening with flyers offering a reward for information on his death and also notifying them about the other two assaults. one was on a 53-year-old man found unconscious in the middle of the 4800 block of georgia avenue 3 a.m. yesterday. the other was a woman attacked on ninth street near longfellow around 8:40 last night. there are surveillance cameras on the building next to where she was assaulted. no word yet on whether police captured any of that on tape. >> all three of these incidents occurred wi

. >> reporter: a warning tonight for people in petworth, people in brightwood, don't walk alone, and if you see something suspicious, call 911. in that neighborhood tonight, our jackie benson has more. >> reporter: pat there is something going on, that yellow house those are officers from the uniformed branch of the secret service, according to the crime scene investigation truck, they brought here, no less five minutes ago, this is the area where one of the attacks that police believe are possibly connected occurred last night. this is where the 37-year-old woman was walking on the street. this is the 5600 block of 9th street northwest. i do not know what those officers are doing over there right now, but the vehicle they arrived in did say "uniformed secret service crime scene investigation." there are extra heavy d.c. police patrols in the area, both uniformed and plain clothes officers. petworth rest deniaidents is co, fearful is not too strong of a word especially the random aspect of the crimes. there are no common threads among the victims, male and female, black and white, be

so now we have a fourth attack that happened in the petworth neighborhood. this time a 19-year-old girl. and it happened last night, with undercover police officers nearby. and because of that, there has now been an arrest in the petworth attack. and at this point, they are relating this arrest to just this latest attack that happened last night. and the suspect has been identified as 19-year-old michael davis. 900 block of emerson. here's about what we know about ha happened in the past. the violent murder that happened this past tuesday at 6:00 p.m. involved a 66-year-old man gamed gary dedericks of colorado, he died from his injuries. wednesday at 3:00 a.m., a 53-year-old male was found unconscious in the roadway in the 4800 block of georgia avenue. he was suffering from head trauma and remains in critical condition. on wednesday evening, an adult female was assaulted while in the 5600 block of ninth street northwest. struck in the head by a blunt object and remains hospitalized. last night, undercover police patrolling petworth heard the screams of the l

his body was found in the northwest petworth neighborhood. he used the website airbnb to rent a room for two weeks. police say this kind of crime in the district is rare. >> that is an isolated incident that we know of at this time. we do not obviously have very many tourists who are homicide victims. i cannot remember the last case that we had at this time where any tourist was the victim of a homicide in washington. >> police are checking for surveillance cameras that may have captured something in that area. if you have any information, police are officering a $25,000 reward in this case. >>> right now d.c. police are searching for a missing 12-year-old girl. she was last seen yesterday morning being dropped off at e.l. haynes public charter school on georgia avenue in the petworth neighborhood. if you see her, call police immediately. >>> the ambassador to the philippines is demanding an afollowgy from d.c. c. councilman barry for comments he made earlier this week. he said local hospitals are hiring too many immigrant nurses, particularl

police do not think this attack is linked to the ones that occurred in petworth. officers say the woman was hit in the head at 1:00 on pomeroy road in southeast. she was taken to the hospital. she is expected to survive. >>> four people were hurt in an ambulance crash in prince georging county that happened at the intersection of branch avenue and serate's road in clinton. investigators say a tow truck broadsided the ambulance as it turned onto serate's road. the ambulance then hit another car. the injured included two paramedics, the patient in the ambulance, and i driver all went to the hospital. they're all expected to be okay. fire and ems officials say the ambulance did have its lights and its sirens on. wednesday marks one year since navy s.e.a.l.s swooped into a compound in pakistan and killed osama bin laden, one of the most iconic images from that night, this one. the picture of president obama and other political and military leaders in the white house situation room. for the first time since that room was built network tv cameras were allowed inside. br

i'm ever -- of attacks in petworth. thanks for joining us tonight. i'm laura evans. >> i'm brian bolter. a man in custody charged with hitting a man in the head with a clawhammer and police say this could be just one in a string of victims. fox 5's karen gray houston talked to a victim tonight. >> reporter: this has been a really bizarre case. the police chief just issued a warning yesterday telling people not to walk alone in the pet quart area when police stuffed onto their suspect -- in the petworth area when police stumbled onto their suspect after that attack the victim talked to us by phone. >> when i got struck, it was like everything was blank. >> reporter: the 19-year-old victim had just gotten off the bus on georgia avenue coming home from work around 9:00 last night. she had crossed over illinois avenue, was going down gallatin when she looked back and saw a shadow of a man with a book bag. >> he looked decent to me. so i just turned back around and like the moment i turned back around he struck me upside my head with something. >> reporte

the brother of two nfl stars is behind bars after a series of attacks in petworth. the 19-year-old may be responsible for all of them. the weapon in at least two of the attacks was the claw end of a hammer. john hanrahan has more on the investigation and the suspect. >> reporter: d.c.'s metropolitan police say a total of five people were attacked in a three-day period in the city's petworth neighborhood. police believe the weapon used in two of the attacks, maybe all of them, is the claw end of a hammer. their prime suspect who has been charged in two of the cases, 19-year-old michael w. davis, a tall and powerfully built young man. two of davis' brothers are nfl players. prosecutor asked that the suspect remain in custody. documents supplied to the judge indicate the woman attacked on thursday suffered a fracture to the back of her skull and cranial bleeding. defense attorney, dana page, argued that witnesses furnished descriptions of what the assailant was wearing and when another victim picked davis out of a photo, the victim offered a less than certain identific

he is charged with two assaults in the petworth community. police say they arrested him after he attacked a woman thursday night. officers heard her cries for help, then say they spotted davis in an alley. another man assaulted picked davis out of a police lineup. he told news4 he was walking his small dog and greeted a man and then was hit in the head. >> walked by and said, how you doing, sir? with a smile. i said, how you doing? and before i could see where my dog was, like i'm doing now, i was struck with an object. >> the man was not seriously hurt. police believe davis could be linked to three similar attacks in the petworth neighborhood, including the murder of a tourist from colorado. davis is the brother of nfl players vernon and vante davis. he's due in court again friday, may 11. >>> three men who were stabbed in an anne arundel county elks lodge continue to recover as police continue the search for the men who attacked them. officers are looking for two men who they say stabbed the victims around 1:00 yesterday on solomons island

. >>> a warning for people in the dc-petworth neighborhood. a suspect or suspects are on the loose accused of attacking three people in the last 24 hours. all three victims suffered head trauma. one was a denver tourist who was found dead. it's believed the incidents may be related. >>> the metro board has approved 5-cent hike for riders, and the fares are going up on july the 1 1st. >>> a medical scare on a chicago runway. a delta flight arriving from detroit was put under quarantine from 3 hours after a woman coming from africa was suspected of having a deadly skin rash, but doctors said it was not monkey pox, and they advised her to get it checked out. >>> today it's official, we got rg3. >> as expected the skins took robert griffin the iii last night, and it didn't take long for the machine to get going. bob was at a maryland t-shirt factory as the production kicked into high gear. >> we are screen printing the design and of course with rg3 on it. >> reporter: his name barely left roger gudel's lips before the first one left the line. >> i

they bring a sense of peace here to petworth. police all over the house where the suspect lives on emerson street. searching for clues that may link him to a string of ambush assaults in petworth. the suspect identified as 19-year-old michael davis. he's said to be mentally ill. arrested last night after yet another attack. and today i spoke to the victim by phone. >> i seen a shadow. so i turned around and it was a dude. i didn't say nothing. i turned around. after like a second he just struck me with something. >> reporter: the words of a 19-year-old assaulted last night on gallatin street in petworth by a man with a hammer. police say they heard her screams and that led to the arrest of davis and the search of his home where he lives with his grandparents. police believe davis may be linked to three other unprovoked attacks in the neighborhood, including the murder of a 66-year-old tourist three days ago in an alley in the 800 block of emerson street northwest. >> we don't have the links to say that this is in fact the same pe

there have been major developments in the petworth hammer attack and davis has now been charged with two assaults with intent to kill while armed and now a fifth victim has come forward. michael davis appeared before the judge wearing a white jumpsuit, his family crying as the judge said he would be held without bond. this man who would not give his name says he's the father of the davis brothers. >> [ indiscernable ] my son is innocent and my heart goes out to the family. i know my son didn't do it. reporter: michael davis, the brother of pro tight end vernon davis and dentee davis of the miami dolphins did not show up. the teen is charged with attacking random people within the petworth neighborhood earlier this week. he's suspected but not charged in one attack that killed a denver tourist. the defense attorney argued the victims could not credibly identify davis as the attacker because one of the victim whose skull was fractured was hit from behind. the judge overruled and said davis will remain behind bars until the next hearing. >> he looked happy, he looked strong and he showe

michael davis courtesy of the prince of petworth blog.estigators believe davis who is the brother of nfl stars vernon and vontae davis is the one who attacked four people in a 72-hour period in the petworth neighborhood. police have blanketed that area after the attacker killed a retired nurse from denver and allegedly assaulted two other folks within 26 hours. undercover officers stationed heard a woman cry out in pain. they ran to her and found her on the ground. she had been hit in the head. then they spotted davis. >> the officers made eye kagt with the subject. -- contact with the subject. he began running through the alley and was pursued by officers. >> he found a bag that he had ditched containing a claw hammer they believe he used in the attacks. he was being charged for last night's attack but they believe he was responsible for all four. he's expected to be in court tomorrow. >>> the streets of dr are hopefully -- dc are hopefully to get safer. after a graduation ceremony, new officers will be on the street. it caps off a rigor

. >> the brother of nfl star's vernon and vonte davis is accused of attacking a woman in petworth and could be the man responsible for similar attacks in the same neighborhood. jackie benson joins us live with an interview with the victim. jackie? >> reporter: doreen, first i want to show you something chilling. this is the street where the suspect's family lives. take a look down here, a few yards away on georgia avenue, that's the scene of one of the attacks. this is a photo of 19-year-old michael davis as he was arrested near sherman circle northwest about 9:00 last night. minutes after a young woman also 19 was randomly, brutally attacked by a man wielding a claw hammer. the victim spoke to news 4 by phone. >> reporter: one day after urging residents to walk in pairs, following a series of three unrelated blunt force attacks in the petworth area one resulting in the death of a 66-year-old tourist, the police chief had this to say. >> i can tell you i feel very, very much more comfortable now that this person is in custody. >> reporter: community reaction is one of shock. that one

s petworth area will make his first appearance in court today. michael davis is charged with the assault of a woman thursday night. she was hit with a wielding hammer. police say davis may have used that hammer in three previous attacks including one that killed a man visiting d.c. from colorado. >>> the republican-controlled house has passed a bill that will keep the interest rate from doubling on millions of student loans. democrats object to the measure because supporters want to pay for it through spending cuts. the legislation will likely die in the democrat-controlled senate. >>> and redskins fans will get their first look at robert griffin iii today. the newest member of the skins will be officially introduced at washington's draft day party at fed ex field. >>> fairfax county police are investigating a disturbing case of animal cruelty. someone slashed three horses in reston. the animals are part of a program known as spirit open e quest r -- equestrian. >> it's out of my concept of thinking that somebody with human appearance might be ab

yesterday he's murdered in this petworth

. >>> what is going on in dc's petworth neighborhood.ee people attacked on the streets all bashed in the head, all in the span of 26 hours and all within a few blocks of one another. a tourist killed, another man in critical condition and a woman badly beaten. the chief of police is warning people in petworth don't go out alone. >> all three of the victims did suffer pretty significant blunt force trauma to the head. and preliminarily, it appears that the victims may have been attacked suddenly and without prove vation. >> police can't -- prove indication. >> police can't say for sure it's the work of one person, but it's a pretty good guess right now. there are reports the attacker is beating his victims with a hammer, but the chief says she cannot confirm that. the department also isn't saying something about a federal bulletin warning local law enforcement to be prepared for a possible terrorist attack next week. gary nurenberg is it's the fear of osama bin laden's death on wednesday could trigger a hard to detect lone wolf. >> rememb

nchlt>>> assaults have been hapg in the petworth neighborhood, people struck with a hammer. a man last week was walking his small dog when he was greeted by a man and attacked. he did not want his face shown. >> he walked by and said, how you doing sir, with a smile. i said, how you doing? before i can see where my dog was like i'm doing now, i was struck with an object. >> that man was not seriously hurt. 19-year-old michael davis is charged in two attacks in the petworth area and suspected in three others. one claimed the life of a colorado tourist. a judge ordered davis to be held in jail without bond pentagdings arraignment. >>> yesterday afternoon at the intersection of branch avenue and surats road in clinton, maryland, a tow truck smashed into an ambulance as it was turning on to surat road. the ambulance hit another car. two paramedics, a driver, and patient were taken to the hospital. they are expected to be okay. the tow truck driver facing traffic charge for not yielding to the ambulance. >>> today the new world trade center is expected to take over new york's sky

. >>> in d.c., a man suspected in a series of hammer attacks in the petworth neighborhood was in court today. michael davis is the brother of two nfl stars. he was ordered held without bond. he is now charged with two attacks after a new victim came forward. news4's darcy spencer has those new details. >> my son is innocent. >> reporter: the father of 19-year-old michael davis charged in two horrifying hammer attacks in the petworth enabled of northwest washington says his son is an innocent man. how did he look in there to you? >> he looked good. he looked happy, he looks calm. and he showed me -- he showed something in his face he didn't do it. >> reporter: davis appeared in d.c. superior court for the first time since his arrest thursday night. he's charged with bashing a 19-year-old woman in the head with a claw hammer, fracturing her skull. he's also charged in a second possible hammer attack. it happened hours earlier at 2nd and ingraham streets. the suspect greeted him with a smile, next thing he knew the victim was hit on the head from behind, knocking him to the ground. he say

each assault happened within a few days of each other in the petworth neighborhood. police believe each victim was struck with an object believed to be a hammer. one man said he was walking his dog thursday when he encountered a man and was attacked. he says he didn't tell police immediately afterwards because he felt embarrassed and wasn't seriously hurt. >> i'm sorry i didn't come forward earlier than that day. but i just had my hands full. all i can say is i hope they got the right man. >> 19-year-old michael davis is charged with two attack in the petworth area and suspected in three others. one claimed the life of a colorado tourist. a judge ordered davis to be held in jail without bond pending his next court appearance on may 11. >>> in maryland, police are looking for two men they say stabbed three people at a party at elks lodge in annapoliss. they say the attack happened yesterday on solomons island road. one of the victims is a security guard. doctors expect all three victims to survive. police have just a vague description of the suspects. >>> tensions are

he rents a basement apartment in a home in petworth to stay during his visit. yesterday that tourist murdered in this petworth alley. >> i cannot remember the last case that we had at this time where nature rift was the victim of a homicide in washington. >> reporter: a sightseeing tour of washington for a colorado man ends in death in this northwest d.c. alley. police identified the victim as gary diedricks. he was 66 years old, a nurse from denver. sources say he had been visiting our city for about two weeks. his body discovered yesterday evening in this alley off emerson street northwest. davon hudson was one of the first on the scene. >> they laid his head on -- on a fanny pack. >> what do you make of that? >> i thought somebody cared about him. >> reporter: sources say investigators believe nurse diedricks was killed where he was found, that he died from severe injuries to his head. today that murder scene still taped off, still under police guard. with help from the fire department, homicide investigators went to rooftops today searching for a possible m

. >> reporter: from police tonight, a warning for the people in the petworth and brightwood neighborhoods. don't walk alone, if you see anything suspicious, call 911. live in northwest, pat collins, news4. >>> to our other breaking news, this time in landover, maryland a man under arrest accused of storming in a daycare center, attacking a security guard with the bat. >> reporter: this is every parent's worst nightmare, imagine picking up your child from daycare, you look to the left and see a police cruiser sitting outside. take a walk with me quick as a point of reference, this is right by the morgan boulevard metro station, and to move to the left, that is it's a family affair child care. police reviewing the video that captured the attack. it happened at 10:30 in the morning. the man walked in the front door, tried to pretend he was a parent, trying to look at the place, then all of a sudden goes on the rampage. police tell us that what he did was he smashed the glass door with a baseball bat, the staff immediately went in the lockdown mode, called 911, protected the children. the man

there is a very visible police presence in petworth now. the chief wants the public to know this violence is serious. >> preliminarily it appears the victims may have been attacked suddenly and without provocation. >> patrol officers went door to door notifying residents about the three assaults handing out a flyer announcing a $25,000 reward for information about the victim who died, a retired nurse from denver. >> all three incidents occurred in a 10 block radius along the georgia avenue corridor in northwest. it appears preliminarily that all three victims may have been walking alone at the time of the attack. >> the most recent incident occurred around 8:40 yesterday wednesday. a 38-year-old woman was assaulted walking in the 5600 block of ninth street struck from behind with a blunt object. people who live in her apartment around the corner are shocked and sad. >> i was in the house. the ambulance pulled up. they were looking out the window and the lady i think she lives on the first floor here was on the porch bleeding, you know. >> t

there are extra police patrols on the streets of petworth and adjoining neighborhoods.ice have issued an extraordinarily strong warning after three people walking in the area were randomly assaulted in a two-day period. one of them fatally injured, very possibly by the same suspect. in each case the victim was struck by a powerful blow to the head. >> we are asking that residents in the area walk in pairs or in groups when at all possible until we get some more information. >> reporter: the first incident happened tuesday, 6:00 p.m., broad daylight, in an alley near 8th and emerson streets northwest. registered nurse gary diedricks, a tourist visiting from colorado, was found beaten to death. nine hours later a short distance away a metro bus driver spotted a man in the street in the 4800 block of georgia avenue northwest. turns out the 53-year-old homeless man was not run over. he was struck in the head. 8:30 p.m. wednesday d.c. police assisted by crime scene investigators from the u.s. secret service responded to 9th and longfellow streets northwest where a 37-year-ol

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a 19-year-old under arrest charged with a violent attack in petworth last night.onnected to three other attacks in that neighborhood that have occurred since tuesday including the killing of a tourist from colorado. the suspect is michael davis, and he is the brother of two nfl players. >>> a glen burny man being hailed a hero tonight after he saved a man that fell onto the tracks at the farragut north metro station. michael shearer was on his way home when he saw a man stumble onto the tracks as a train was aproefg. shearer and another man helped pull him to safety. >>> rg3 gear is here. fans kited about the new addition to the redskins line-up. headed out to the souvenir shop at fedex field today to pick up t-shirts. anything else that had rg3 or the number 10 printed on it. now let's get the latest on the forecast. >>> on the forecast out there tonight looking really, really nice. if you're going to be out and about this evening, very nice temperatures. down to about 55 degrees at 9:00. but many of you will see temperatures-guess get to the upper 40s by 11:00.

neighbors still trying to figure out why one of their own would stalk people walking the streets of petworth, attack them from behind and hit them in the head with a clawhammer. >> oh, they caught him? >> reporter: they caught him. >> okay, that's good. that's good. >> reporter: police had blanketed the area after the attacker killed a retired nurse from denver named gary dedriches and allegedly assaulted two other people within 26 hours. undercover officers stationed on gallatin street heard a woman cry out in pain and ran toward her. >> they observed a female on the ground that was suffering from obvious injuries to her head. >> reporter: down the alley a pair of eyes. >> the officers made eye contact with the subject. he began running through the alley and was pursued by the officers. >> reporter: they chased him for 4 blocks and they say he tossed aside a black backpack, inside a bloody clawhammer. >> from the bag that was discarded by the suspect in this case was a clawhammer that is believed to be the weapon involved in this assault. >> reporter: suspect michael davis is the brother of

those three additional attacks also happened there in the petworth area. the suspect is the brother of two nfl players. vernon and vontae davis. police are still trying to figure out whether the suspect is connected to the other attacks. he's not been charged at this point. let's hear what chief kathy lanier had to say about this arrest. >> we don't have the links to say this in fact is the same person. i can tell you i feel very much more comfortable now that this person is in custody. >> reporter: mayor vincent gray said on a call-in program, a radio call-in program that the suspect in the case suffers with mental illness. again, that suspect expected to appear here in superior court in a couple of hours. at that point we should be receiving additional paperwork and hopefully find out more about the investigation. darcy spencer, news4. >> thanks very much. >>> and a chill in the air this morning to start us off for the weekend. >> yes, indeed. a lot of spots especially out to the west. well down below 40 degrees this morning. very chilly. we've u improve

a judge ordered michael davis to be held in jail without bond charged with two assaults in the petworth community. one victim came forward friday saying he was struck from behind. police say he identified davis in a photo lineup. he faces charges in an assault of a woman on thursday night. officers heard her cries for help and say they arrested davis after spotting him in a nearby alley. police are exploring a possible link between those assaults, and three others including a death of a tourist from colorado. >>> and police arrested nathan rogers and charged him with the murder of his girlfriend. she did not show up for work on friday and police found her body friday night in a car. moss' friends say she was a wonderful person who was thrilled to be having a child. >> he was excited about buying items for the baby. she wanted a girl. and so she resecently had a sonogram and was excited about that. >> police have not released a motive for the murder. >>> now to the decision of 2012 and the close race for virginia's u.s. senate seat. the four republican candidates squared off in the first

. >> one dead and two others hospitalized and the police covered petworth with officers. there is still brand down davis -- they raced over and found davis. >> "just got a disturbing call from back home in washington d.c. a good day gone bad." his father had this to say. >> tell me the one thing you want people to know. >> i do not think michael did it. >> it will now be up to the court system. michael davis is expected to be in d.c.'s superior court saturday morning facing one charge of aggravated assault. live in northwest jennifer donelan, abc 7 news. >> d.c. mayor vincent reyes said last night's attack fits the same m.o. of three other attacks and appears to be mentally ill. we speak to one of the other victims family members. >> in manassas park man is behind bars charged with crimes that allegedly took place more than 30 years ago. they have charged dennis dyer for molesting two little boys back in 1978. stephen tschida has more. >> this manassas park neighborhood is in shock over these crimes that took place three decades ago but allegedly the predators stopping th

searching for clues that may link him to a string of ambush assaults in petworth. identified as 19-year-old michael davis. he's said to be mentally ill. arrested last night after yet another attack. and today i spoke to the victim by phone. >> i had just crossed and i seen a shadow following me and it kind of scared me. so i turned around. and it was -- i didn't say nothing. you just turned around. after like a second he just struck me with something. >> reporter: the words of a 19-year-old assaulted last night

s petworth neighborhood. there was another attack last night and police made an arrest.his morning. the personal arrested is linked to the most recent attack last night. we'll get new information at 10:00 this morning. be sure to check our web site at myfoxdc.com for updates throughout the day, and of course we'll wrap it up this evening at 5:00 and 6:00. >>> all right. tucker, with a have you got? >> nice looking day today. enjoying plenty of sunshine. little breezy. winds out of the north and west to about 20. high of 62. the weekend forecast, lots of clouds, with rain showers tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night. i think tomorrow morning will be cloudy, but cool. daytime high only 56. gradual rebound, some sunshine and warmer temperatures early next week. >> 56, what is that, tomorrow? >> tomorrow. >> i don't like

. >>> a warning from police in the dc petworth neighborhood. one or several attackers on the loose this morning. police say all three victims suffered head drama. one of the victims was a denver tourist who was found dead in the ally. police believe the incidents may be related. >>> police in dc and montgomery county are urging runners to be on guard. in the last 2 weeks there's been separate incidents of a man inappropriately touching female joggers. the most recent was on upper northwest dc, and the other across the maryland line in bethesda. police say as of right now, there's nothing relating the incident. >>> 5% increase for rail riders and buses will increase 10 cents for people with smarttrip cards. for the first time in 2 years, the board overseaingsea -- overseeing metro has increased both bus and rail. >> it provides additional service, to improve our maintenance, and that's one of the two things we going forward with, increase the maintenance of the system. >> the fare hikes go into effect on july 1st. prepare for that to hit your wa

check out wjla.com on the latest on petworth. >> big changes coming to the secret service having to do with age and behavior. this is part of the fall out of the prostitution scandal a c inolombia. they will be prohibited from taking foreign nationals back to their rooms and they will be banned from frequenting "questionable establishments" and they will be unable to drink within 10 hours of going on duty. but there is now an investigation into activities in all salvador. >> a new report on harry thomas, jr., raising questions about whether some people just look the other way or helped him embezzle $300,000. they cited numerous red flags about the way that the earmarks were used and handled. thomas requested the year marks and was the only one that did not designate a recipient. he is scheduled to be sentenced next week. >> developing tonight, concerns about a terrorist strike in the u.s. officials are keeping a close eye on events as the anniversary of osama bin laden's death approaches. one of al qaeda's top bomb makers have suddenly resurfaced. scott thuman has the latest on this te

three people have been attacked in the petworth neighborhood. one person died.olice chief is warning residents now, pat collins will have a live report at 5:00. >>> welcome back at 4:30, i'm jim handly. >> i'm pat lawson muse. metra fares are going up. parking rates going up a quarter. you will pay more if you use -- the peak of the peak surcharge has been eliminated. it takes effect july 1. >>> the defense attorneys in john edwards tried to make his aide out to be a scam artist. he testified money from wealthy friends was to be used for the cover up of edwards mistress pregnancy. the first big check came more than a month before young was aware of the child. >> get ready, rg 3, tonight you will be the new quarterback here in washington. the nfl draft takes place tonight at 8:00. washington will take robert griffin iii, meet the woman who was his teacher in texas. >> looking forld ing forward t. >> s&p rallied to 1400 this afternoon. hopes for further stimulus from the fed overshadowed worries about the job market. the dow is 114 points up. nasdaq up 21. >>> she

this gruesome discovery most disturbing to people who live in this petworth community. >> it's terrible. i'm sorry it happened. and i'm sorry it happened in our neighborhood because we have never had anything like this happen. >> reporter: the reward has been posted. the flairs are out. the investigation continues on. live in northwest, pat collins, news 4. >>> we have developing news out of california. the marine corps has discharged a sergeant for making director remarks about president barack obama on facebook. sergeant gary stein is a san diego area marine who argued he was exercising his free speech. last month he posted facebook messages calling the president the enemy among other things and said he wouldn't follow orders from him. today stein was given an "other than honorable" discharge for violating a pentagon policy that limits the speech of service members. the military has restricted free speech for its members since the civil war. >>> big news today in the republican presidential race. newt gingrich is suspending his campaign. nbc news has learned that gingrich will make th

. >>> neighbors in the petworth area of d.c. on edge after three violent attacks that may be connected. they happened in a ten-block radius in washington the past three days. a tourist was found in the 800 block of emerson street. later a homeless man was at georgia and emerson with a serious head injury. wednesday night a woman walking home from church was attacked at the intersection of 9th and longfellow. all three were hit in the head. police are warning neighbors to be extra careful. >> we are asking that residents in the area walk in pairs nor groups when at all possible. until we get more information. we certainly will update you as soon as we get information, but right now, this is still very, very early on. >> the two victims who survived the attacks are facili-- are still in the hospital. none were robbed and the only motive appears to be the attacks. >>> when you thought it couldn't get worse, the new allegations against secret service members. >>> plus, a scare on board a plane before it even gets off the ground. >>>

he was staying at the home here in petworth. he found himself in the alley and he was seen here. but the injuries to his head, they shocked even him. >> that's the only thing you could see in the back of the head. and you know, to light up a couple spatulas. he was almost home. there was a gate that might have taken him into the room he was staying and to safety. and neighbors found his bloody, battered body, crumbled right here in this corner, right next to this garage. the woman who lives here says she did not hear a thing. and we talked to the neighbor before we even knew the man who killed him near the home. this is certainly shocking. we are saddened by it. i can't imagine. >> reporter: the police chief makes it sound like the two survivors were just so badly hurt. they are in the hospital unable so far to talk to investigators. police are desperate for leads to catch this guy before he will hurt anyone else. they were out with this $25,000 reward and for his murder, before realizing that the guy may have attacked two other people as well. >> honestly that's terrifying. than

police believe davis could be linked to three similar attacks in petworth including the assault on ar of a colorado tourist. he is due back in court next friday. >>> the falls church community activist accused of molesting young girls at his daughter's slumber party took the stand today. michael gardner denied the allegations repeatedly. julie carey was in the arlington courtroom. >> reporter: michael gardner left court holding hands with his wife city council woman robyn gardner both knowing tomorrow the jury will begin deciding his fate. he took the stand today in his own defense and repeated three times i did not when his attorney asked whether he inappropriately touched his three young accusers. the 10 and 11-year-olds all once his daughter's friends have accused the well known political activist of fondling them at sleepovers. asked the defense attorney did you ever touch these girls in any manner close to what they described? no, answered gardner. have you ever had any interest in children from a sexuality point of view? >> absolutely not. last week the three girls took the sta

police are warning neighbors in the petworth area of days not to walk outside by themselves.e believe three recent attacks in that neighborhood are connected. the first happened in the 800 block of seller son street tuesday night. the second was near the intersection of georgia avenue and emerson. and the third was at the intersection of 9th and longfellow streets. just hours after police found the body of a tourist visiting from colorado on tuesday, a homeless man was found lying in the middle of the street with a serious head injury. wednesday night a woman walking home from church was attacked. all three victims were hit in the head. residents say they are definitely on edge. >> i've been around here my whole life and have never heard of none of this going on here. >> i'm different from a nice old lady walking home from church. >> we're really asking neighbors to think back to things that may think are insignificant may help the police. >> the two victims who survived the attacks are still in the hospital. police say none of the victims was robbed, and that the only motive

he is harnlged with two assaults in the petworth community. police arrested him after he attack ad woman on thursday night. officers heard her cries for help and they say they spotted davis in an alley. another man who was assaulted picked davis out of a police lineup and he told news4 he was walking his small dog and greeted a man and then was hit over the head. >> he walked by and he said how are you doing, sir? and with a smile. i said how are you doing? and before i could turn to see where my dog was, like i'm doing now, i was struck with an object. >> the man was not seriously hurt. police believe davis could be linked to three similar attacks in petworth including the murder of a tourist from colorado. davis is the brother of nfl players vernon and vonte davis. he is due in court again next friday, may 11. >>> leaders in prince george's county are taking a new approach towards community outreach. did you have divisions of the county are getting out into into the neighborhoods and the -- one step at a time, they say. police officers were

police had blanketed the petworth neighborhood last night after the three earlier attacks. they heard a 19-year-old woman moaning and crying with a severe injury to the back of her head. they say they saw davis hiding in a nearby alley. they chased him and he allegedly threw a black backpack. they caught him and inside the backpack police say they found a bloody claw hammer. the same hammer he may have used to kill a tourist from denver named gary dederichs and critically injured two other people. >> during their pursuit, the officers observed the subject discard the bag he had been carrying. the pursuit continued for several blocks to the 800 block of illinois avenue where the suspect was apprehended by the officers. recovered from the bag that was discarded by the suspect in this case was a claw hammer that is believed to be the weapon involved in this assault last night. >> reporter: one of suspect michael davis' brothers is vernon davis, an outstanding tight end for the san francisco 49ers. his other brother is dante davis. vernon davis tweeted this morning, quote, just

neighbors still trying to figure out why one of their own would stalk people walking the streets of petworth, attack them from behind and hit them in the head with a clawhammer. >> oh, they caught him? that's good. >> reporter: police had blanketed the area after the attacker killed a retired nurse from denver named gary dedriches and allegedly assaulted two other people within 26 hours. undercover officers stationed on gallatin street heard a woman cry out in pain and ran toward her. is that they observed a female on the ground suffering -- they observed a female on the ground suffering from injuries to her head. the officers made eye contact with the subject. he ran through the alley and was pursued. >> reporter: the officers chased him 4 blocks and they say he tossed aside blake backpack, inside a bloody craw hammer. >> from the bag dis-- claw happenner. >> from the bag discarded -- clawhammer. >> from the bag discarded by the suspect in this case was the clawhammer used in the assaults. >> reporter: we were expecting michael davis to go before a judge here in superior court this afternoo

topping your news today, a man accused of three attacks in the petworth area will be in court. he might have been involved with three other attacks this week including one that killed a man visiting d.c. from colorado. the three other victims are all still in the hospital with serious head injuries. >>> today redskins fans will get their first look at robert griffin iii. he will be introduce ed at washington's draft day at the field. he's already become a fan favorite with his jersey quickly becoming a top seller. >>> meteorologist chuck bell has a look at your weekend forecast coming up after the break. >>> the day is off to a nice start, but things could soon change. let's check with meteorologist chuck bell now. >> sun is shining to get your weekend started. enjoy it while it's here. we're going to get sun at the beginning and the end of your weekend. so temperatures right now generally speaking in the 30s and 40s. 47 downtown. 43 in fairfax. rain drops just now starting to move into far western maryland. clouds on the increase today with scattered showers moving in. most of

s place say a total of five people were attacked in a three-day period in the city's petworth neighborhood. police believe the weapon is the claw end of a hammer. their prime suspect has been charged in two of the cases, 19- year-old michael w. davis, a tall and powerfully built young man. two of davis' brothers are nfl players. prosecutor, jocelyn asked that the suspect remain in custody. documents supplied to the judge indicate the woman attacked on thursday suffered a fracture to the back of her skull and cranial bleeding. defense attorney, dana page, argued that witnesses ever evolving descriptions of what the assailant was wearing, and the victim offered a less than certain identification. prosecution documents allege michael davis ran from the officers, discarded the shirt he was wearing and a small backpack, which when recovered later, contained a hammer with hair on the claw end of the tool. as the judge denied any possible bond, several female members of davis' family began openly weeping. >> ladies, would you care to say anything to us about the case? >> their cries so loud, one

under arrest, michael davis charged in connection with the terrifying three-day assault spree in petworth. one of four tips he's suspected of hitting in the head with a hammer is dead. fox 5's karen gray houston talked to one of the victims and relatives and friends of two others. >> first of all, people who lived it and know michael davis just in shock. he's the brother of two nfl football players, vernon davis with the san francisco 49ers and vontae davis of the miami dolphins. the victim i spoke to by phone tonight and relative and minister of two other victims are relieved the suspected a sale rant is off the streets. this is a -- assailant is off the street. this is a picture of michael davis. police spent much of the morning and early afternoon searching the house where he is said to live with his grand parents on emerson street where he and his brothers were raised. police chief cathy lanier says davis was arrested when police heard a woman screaming for help about 9:00 last night on gallatin street. they said davis had fled and was hiding nearby in an alley. the woman he allegedly

. >>> a fifth victim in a series of hammer attacks in the petworth community speaks with 9 news now. michael davis the suspect in the case and the younger brother of two nfl players appeared in court. surae chinn talked with victim number five and says he's lucky he wasn't more seriously injured. >> reporter: the man we talked with didn't want to show his face but remembered distinctly who hit him because they came face-to-face and exchanged pleasantries. >> he walked on my side with a smile and said how are you doing, sir? i said how are you doing? >> he seemed normal? >> normal. he didn't look like a threat at all. >> reporter: the 54-year-old man was walking his dog when someone hit him in the head. >> before i could even turn i was hit with some type of object. he hit me around my ear and also my lip. >> how many times did he hit you? >> just once. >> so you went down? >> down, down completely. >> reporter: he's the fifth person to come forward in a string of hammer attacks last week that left one denver man dead. he says he i.d.'s 19-year-old michael davis in a police lineup. da

now trying to get the word out to all residents to be aware and report any suspicious activity in petworth, dc police will go door to door warning people to be on the alert and phone in anything, that may view as suspicious in this case, gain the chief is warning everyone, to walk in pairs we also want to point out brian, that there is no apparent motive not even a racial motive, that may have been on the minds of some people one victim is a white male, one is a black male and one is a black female. brian. >> paul wagner tonight. >> police raid a local campus. >> not the police you are thinking of the poetry police how they are making things more lyrical next ♪ [ male announcer ] for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more low- & no-calorie beverages... adding clear calorie labels so you know exactly what you're choosing... and in schools, replacing full-calorie soft drinks with lower-calorie options. with more choices and fewer calories, america's beverage compa