his name is samuel mack. he has been charged with second-degree attempted cruelty to children. old police he left his daughter with another man to go get food for her. the police say mack returned without any food and they never found the man that he claimed was supposed to be looking after his kid. >>> d.c. police are investigating a series of armed robberies. all of them in neighborhoods in upper northwest. >> police say the gunmen stale the victim's cell phone so they can't call the cops right away. pat collins has reaction from two victims. >> i was terrified. my first thought was that i was going to be raped or killed. >> reporter: this is the story of a woman we call ann. she is 23 years old. it was sunday night about 6:30. she was coming home from the grocery store and had a bag in each hand. she was walking down this alley. this is where she was jumped. this is where she was attacked. this is where she was robbed. >> reporter: he had me in a choke hold and when i kind of screamed out in surprise he had a partner who put a gun in my face and told me to be quiet. the fello

police arrested samuel mack yesterday after he left the 13-month-old girl alone in a tent. news 4 spoke with the baby's mother tonight who said mack is is a friend who occasionally watches the little girl but she said she had no idea he was taking her to occupy d.c. >> he had no idea why he was going to occupy d.c., nor did this they have any idea he was there. >> she's here, nothing happened to her. >> mack has a hearing next month on child cruelty charges. >> there could be reason to celebrate for teachers and others in fairfax county schools. tonight proposed raises were unveiled as one piece of a spending spree you might call it. jackie bensen has more on this. >> the proposed increase in the budget is seen as significant after three years of belt tightening. >> that's exactly how we built this budget. >> reporter: fairfax county public school superintendent was taungi talking spending, most designed to accommodate the 4,000 new students expected to enter the school system next year. the bulk of the budget is for employees. 88% of our resources now go to salaries and be

police arrested samuel mack on wednesday after he left the 13-month-old girl alone in a tent in the cold rain. news4 spoke exclusively with the baby's mother who did not want to be identified. she says mack is a friend who occasionally watches the little girl. she says she had no idea he was taking her to occupy d.c. >> my aunt says her clothes have been smelling like mildew when he brings her back, and there's rats down there. i thank god that she's here. that nothing happened to her. >> police say the child was left alone at least 30 minutes before someone noticed her alone. mack pleaded not guilty to child cruelty charge. a judge released him on his own reconnaissance. he's due back in court next month. >>> a first check of the forecast. it wasn't that bad when we woke up. boy, just like that a huge change. >> especially for those who went to bed around 9:00, 10:00 last night. it was in the 50s. it's in the thirths n30s now. the winds whipping up to nearly 40 miles per hour. i said we might have snow in the viewing area, we do. take a look at the radar. there's a big area of snow that

samuel mack of forestville maryland is now charged with child neglect. >>> uva had a chance to take dukes in the final southbounds, uva loses 61-58 and snapped virginia's 12 game-winning streak. >>> it is time now to answer the question of the morning, it was -- >> this one surprises me, the answer is a., real estate agent. >> i could have totally picked administrative assistant. that's what i thought. but as we said -- >> it depends i suppose on the ounce before or after the marriage. i would think an interior designer but i was wrong. >>> one more check of traffic and weather and a little more maysa when we come back. thanks, mom. who are you calling "mom"? dunkin' sausage pancake bites, delicious like mom's, only easier to carry -- get three for $1.59. >>> we're looking at the 40 degrees today, windy with windchills in the 20s, done with the precip except in the mountain where is the snow is going to fly all day. tomorrow, sunday, less wednesday by sunday and -- wind by sunday and 42 on monday. >>> there's a pedestrian struck though first on m street northeast and a cruiser telling us

police arrested samuel mack wednesday after he left the 13-month-old girl alone in a tent in the cold and rain. news4 spoke exclusively with the baby's mother who done want to be identified. she says mak is a friend who occasionally watches the baby. she said she had no idea he was taking her to occupy d.c. but noticed some odd things. >> my aunt said her clothes have been smelling like mill tuesday when he's bringing -- mildew when he's bringing her back. and there's rats down there. i thank god that she's here, that nothing happened to her. >> police say the child was left alone for at least 30 minutes before someone noticed her. mack pled not guilty to child cruelty charges. a judge released him on his own reconnaissance. he's dude in -- recognizance. he's due in court next month. >>> there's a disturbing video that's been released showing marines desecrating the bodies of dead afghans. they're urinating on three dead militan militants. it was first posted on the internet. the pentagon has identified all four of the marines. two are in custody at camp lejeune. one may be back in af

police arrested samuel mack wednesday after he left the 13-month-old girl alone in a tent in the cold and rain. news4 spoke exclusively with the baby's mother who did not want to be identified. she says mack is a friend who occasionally watches the little girl. she says she had no idea he was taking her to occupy d.c. but noticed odd things. >> my aunt said her clothes smell like mildew when he brings her back. i thank god that she's here. that nothing happened to her. >> police say that the child was left alone at least 30 minutes before someone noticed her alone. mack pleaded not guilty to child cruelty charges and was released but the mother tells news4 police arrested him again on other charges. he's due in court next month. >>> turning to the weather now, plunge in the temperatures out there. tom kierein joins us with a first look from midday of our forecast for today on the weekend. tom? >> yeah. what a dramatic drop from yesterday. when you went to bed last night it was probably in the 50s. when you woke up this morning, we were down into the 30s and 20s throughout much of the

police arrested samuel mack wednesday after he left the 13-month-old baby alone in a tent in the cold and rain. news4 spoke exclusively with the baby's mother who did not want to be identified. she says mack is a friend who occasionally watch the little girl. she says she had no idea he was taking her to outfield d.c. >> my aunt said her clothes have been smelling like mildew when he's bringing her back and stuff like that. and it's rats down there. i'm thankful -- i thank god that she's here. that nothing happened to her. >> police say the child was left alone at least 30 minutes before someone noticed her alone. mack pled not guilty to child cruelty charge. he is nudue in court next month. >>> we could learn which republican presidential candidates will appear on the ballot for virginia's primary. a federal judge in richmond expected to rule on a lawsuit filed by texas governor rick perry. he filed that suit after failing to submit the 10,000 signatures required to appear on virginia's ballot. if perry wins the case, he along with newt gingrich, rick santorum, and jon huntsman could

police arrested samuel mack on wednesday saying he left the 13-month-old girl inside a tent in the cold and rain. now the child is back with her mother who did not want to be identified. she says mack is a friend who occasionally watches the little girl. she says she had no idea he was taking her to occupy d.c. >>> he was supposed to be helping me and my aunt with her so i'm thinking he's going to treat her with respect and care for her like he used to do for his daughter. but i see that he didn't. >> mack pleaded not guilty to child cruelty charges and was released. he is due in court next month. >>> a dead man was found wrapped in plastic near a dumpster in capital heights and tonight police are trying to figure out who he is and who killed him. officers say a maintenance worker found the body around 8:00 this morning on dowood lane. authorities say the cause of death is still not known but they are investigating the case as a murder. there was trauma to the body. police say the victim might have been in his early 30s. >>> a prince george's county teenager pleaded guilty today to firs