the suspect identified as 26-year-old shanika robinson. the motive, money. according to documents, rana paid robinson $500 a week to marry his pakistani brother so his brother could eventually become a u.s. citizen. en the brother found out that robinson had sexual affairs with others, rana cut off the payments. robinson vowed to get rana. according to the documents the plot was hatched at this home on addison road in capitol heights where robinson lived. this is where they say they got the box cutter knife they used in the crime. >> that's scary. you wouldn't think that something like that would happen that close to home and it just makes me nervous. >> reporter: on august 18th, robinson and two male accomplices went to the pizza mart. there was an argument, there was a fight, there was murder. so bloody was this murder they say when the suspects got back to the house, they burned their clothes in a barbecue in the back. so bloody was this murder they say when they got back to the house, they scrubbed out the getaway car with bleach. tonight shanika robinson

the suspect identified as 26-year-old shanika robinson. the motive, money.ccording to documents, rana paid robinson $500 a week to marry his pakistani brother so his brother could eventually become a u.s. citizen. when the brother found out that robinson had sexual affairs with others, rana cut off the payments. robinson vowed to get rana. according to the documents the plot was hatched at this home o addison road in capitol heights where robinson lived. this is where they say they got the box cutter knife they used in the crime. >> that's scary. you wouldn't think that something like that would happen that close to home and it just makes me neous. >> reporter: on august 18th, robinson and two male accomplices went to the pizza mart. there was an argument, there was a fight, there was murder. so bloody was this murder they say when the suspects got back to the house, they burned their clothes in a barbecue in the back. so bloody this was murder they say when they got back to the house, they scrubbed out the getaway car with bleach. so what did they rob from

this afternoon, detectives arrested 26-year-old shanika robinson of capital heights, maryland.nvestigators have not released any motive and it's still not clear if the two knew each other. >>> an argument in a driveway led to a terrible, awful act of retaliation against a tiny family pet. this occurred in june. the couple av beards,n hri dyis iwave awa on lle ph.ca phone call h aimgsk hinim hims to leavim and he wouldn't. police say beards later went back to the home, stole their year and a half old teacup chihuahua, zoe from the front yard and while crossing the bridge, police say beards threw the dog off the bridge. >> it feels like i lost a child in my family. >> i have made -- few months ago -- the worst decision in my life. and i want everyone to know that i deeply regret the pain and suffering that i caused the family. tl leit zoe has never been found. int the family is stillg inop she is alive. he has been charged with animal cruelty and other charges. scheduled to be in court next month. >>> the d.c. police are out this weekend in an effort to send a message that drunk

. >> reporter: shanika robinson lived on this block of addison road with a sister and cousin. neighbors say they kept to themselves. >> i don't know them. i don't know them at all. >> the neighbors were stunned to learn she's accused of killing the owner of the 24 hour operation on 4th street in northeast. robinson is charged with felony murder while armed. >> in the morning, the police were right herehere you're standing at now. and i wanted to know what was going on. >> reporter: carl witherspoon said he had been renting his house out to robinson. and was shocked when police showed up to arrest her. so were the neighbors. >> this world is getting crazy. the people in the world are getting wild. >> reporter: over at pizza mart in northeast, it appeared to be business as usual. the store is open for business, but nobody here wanted to talk about the arrest. these plowers -- flowers and makeshift memorial are a reminder. the man owned this business with his brother. rana was lying on the floor inside. shanika is scheduled for arraignment in supercourt but homicide detectives st

last friday police arrested a woman named shanika robinson for his murder. court documents show rana was paying robinson $500 a week to marry his pakistani brother so that the brother could become a citizen. police say rana was killed because he stopped making those payments. pat collins will have more on this coming up at "news4 at 5:00." >>> well, it is back to the books for one of our area's largest school system. a record 142,000 students went back to school today in montgomery county. the school system remains one of the nation's best despite recent budget cuts and it also has a growing minority population. school superintendent jerry weis says its success is based on equality. >> if you have high expectations, you actually lead for equity. i don't let race or socio-economics become an excuse. >> weis says his new aim to get every student in the county college-ready. a college graduation rate twice the national average. he says it is important to start as early as pre-k to accomplish that new goal. >>> a man seriously burns in a morning house fire. >> a

. >> reporter: shanika robinson lived in this block of addison ro with two other women rosaid to be at to themselves. >> i don't know them. i don't know hethem at all. >> reporter: the neighbors were stunned to learn she's accused of killing the 44-year-old who owned and ran the 24-hour operation on fourth street in northeast. robinson is charged with felony murder while armed. [ indiscernible ] >> uh-huh. >> and according to them, when i came on, all the police right here where you're standing at now. >> uh. >> and i wanted to know what is going. >> reporter: carl said he was renting his house out the past four or five months and was shocked when police showed up to arrest her and so were the neighbors. >> this world is getting crazy. the people in the world, wow. >> reporter: over at the pizza mart in northeast, it appeared to be business as usual. the store is open for business but nobody here wanted to talk about the arrest. the flowers and that makeshift memorial are a glaring reminder that something terrible happened here. he owned the about business with obvious with his brothe