here's scott mcfarland. homes and front yard. it's frustrating when people park in front of your curb. there are permit parking restrictions throughout our area to stop it. but tonight an investigation find parking predators, people who violate the signs and the rules and park wherever they please. we found thousands of cases in arlington, fairfax, prince george's, montgomery counties and the district of columbia. we found the problem is fast increasing despite the rules. what do you have to do to protect your space, the spots in front of your home and what are police doing to stop the cheaters. we go on the road with parking police tonight on news 4 at 11:00. for now, scott mcfarland, news 4 i-team. >>> it's 5:00 a.m.p the heat is on. if you're away from the tv, take a look at the temperatures people in our area are to right now. a few places are still in the 60s. that is about to change. are you feeling the heat? >> we turned the ac up in here. >> good morning everyone. i'm eun yang. >>> i'm aaron gilchrist. look at the roads a

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. >> as scott mcfarland shows us, it has officers in our region hunting parking predators. ♪ >> reporteryou pay a fortune for your home. and every inch of the yard. so it's frustrating when your front curb, for hours at a time. david freeman says it happens all the time in his montgomery county neighborhood. >> the kids from the high school clog the roads. >> reporter: took your spot. >> took all of our spots, yes. >> reporter: plus d.c. and arlington try to stop drivers from clogging up neighborhoods by restricting parking spots to residents only. local residents by the dozens have petitioned to have those parking permits. >> they choose this. this is something they choose versus us going out and putting it in there. >> reporter: chief of montgomery county's parking management says more than 30 communities have residential parking permits. and if you think these no-parking signs are enough to stop the parking predators, think again. there's an increase in parking predators. we pulled parking communities around our area and found thousands. including a spike in prince georges county. the

scott mcfarland shows us the officers throughout our region hunting down parking predators. >> reporteru pay a fortune for your home, and every inch of the yard. so it's frustrating when strangers plant their cars on your front curb for hours at a time. david freeman says it happens all the time in his montgomery county neighborhood. >> the kids from churchill high school just clog the roads. >> took your spot? >> took all of our spots, yes. >> reporter: montgomery, prince george's and fairfax counties, plus d.c. and arlington try to stop drivers from clogging up spots in neighborhoods by restricting parking spots to residents only. local neighborhoods by the dozens have petitioned to have those restricted parking permits. >> they choose this? >> they choose this, correct. so this is something that they choose versus us going out and putting it in there. >> reporter: the chief of montgomery county's parking management says more than 30 county communities now have residential permit parking. and if you think all of these no parking signs are enough to stop the parking predators, think ag

here's i-team reporter scott mcfarland. >> reporter: we pay a lot of money for our homes and our front yards. it's got to be frustrating when people were other neighborhoods come to your street and park in front of your curb. there are parking restrictions throughout our area to stop it. but tonight an investigation finds parking predators. people who violate the signs and the rules and park wherever they please. we found thousands of cases combined in article ton, fairfax, prince george's, montgomery counties and the district of columbia. we found the problem is fast increasing despite the rules. what do you have to do to protect your front curb space, the spots in front of your home and what are police doing to stop the cheaters. we go on the road on news 4 at 11:00. for now, scott mcfarlane. >>> there's an experiment under way in lang lay park to get people to drink more water. >> the goal is reduce obesity which could lead to diabetes and heart problems. >> they're teaming up with restaurants to offer water with meals. langley park is a large immigrant population from central and s

here's investigative reporter scott mcfarland. >> reporter: we're in ruskin, florida, just outside tampa. this is the hometown of doug hughes, the man who famously, two years ago, landed a gyrocopter on the west front of the u.s. capitol. he was arrested, served four months jail time is now released and tells news4 he feared he was going to be shot from the sky. you thought it was possible they were going to shoot you down. >> it was a calculated risk. i knew it was possible they would. there was a definite risk that. >> reporter: he also tells us what he eplans to do next, including writing a book about his journey. would you consider future civil disobedience to further your cause? >> my wife is here. i have to say no. if i had the opportunity to significantly advance getting the money out of politics, okay, the only limit that's still on the table is that i will not do harm to any individuals or property damage. >> reporter: coming up tonight, our news4 i-team investigation into security breaches at the white house and capitol shows doug hughes has something in common with other peopl

tom sherwood and scott mcfarland join us.y prince georges had the most to lose. >> there's a lot of people with a lot to lose. prince georges may be leading the pack. and there are others. the u.s. government may be the biggest loser. they still need a new facility. the fbi is very decentralized in our area. there are dozens of fbi offices because they have overgrown the hoover building and the hoover building is just in disrepair. literally, there are crumbling walls. >> and not only was this decision to keep it where it is puts national security at risk andte >> that's because a building is the vojoke now. ford, the president, dedicated the building. it long-lived out it's usefulness more than a decade ago. only a few of the fbi agents are at this headquarters, and the idea for efficiency to get them in one place, and for security to have them in one place, and the district loses in this, too, because that build something a dead zone on pennsylvania avenue. >> and they were counting on redeveloping the site. >> and yeah, th