stephen tschida is there with what he's learned. stephen? stephen: maureen, we have learned that this attack took place shortly after noon here at dunbar. we don't have details about exactly where in this school this occurred nor what it involved. we have learned that the alleged victim is a teacher, the alleged assailant a juvenile girl. police descended on dunbar high school shortly after noon. you can see them outside and inside the school. they took a female juvenile into custody. this after the girl allegedly assaulted a teacher. >> i heard teachers and students fighting. reporter: neither the school system nor police would say what led to the alleged attack or provide details about the teacher or the teacher's condition. but word of the incident spread through dunbar fast. >> i do know that the teachers didn't want to fight. reporter: we spoke with teachers and students who say the threat of violence is something they contend with here regularly. >> it's scary. sometimes unexpected to see what will happen today, in the normal day. step

reporting live stephen tschida abc 7 news. maureen: if you're driving to any ballgames at nats park this year we have a reminder. ddot says it will enforce parking at meters around nationals park during ballgames including sundays and holidays. temporary signs should be up in time for the d.c. emancipation day game on april 16th. is it raining yet at nats park? doug: no but looking very much like they will get some rain probably around 7:00 before first pitch. if they're patient, thee to get it in. a lot of ground to cover here on a wednesday. this is our almanac page. 52 and 48. chilly high and low at reagan national and that 52 degrees happened just after midnight so most of the day, it's been in the 40's to near 50 degrees. 64 and 45 the averages this time of april. now, right now it's 50 degrees at reagan national. we've been sitting on 50 degrees for several hours in a row with the winds continuing out of the east-northeast to 10 miles an hour. just how gray and damp and low the clouds are at this hour. we've been watchin

stephen tschida explains why this spring seems particularly bad. hen: springtime in the nation's capital. pretty, but the beauty can bite. >> in my throat, eyes a little itchy. stephen: along with the blooms pollen. >> just era tatian, my nose is plugged up. stephen: you cannot help but breathe it in, especially if you like to launch in the park. >> i cannot breathe through my nose. but i wanted to be a but to enjoy the weather. stephen: the sudden warm-up may have made allergies worse this spring. the winter that would not let go has the pollen hitting us harder and faster. >> when it's cold and suddenly start to bloom, the pollen is released quickly and people are exposed to things they have not been exposed to all winter and it bothers them. stephen: on the bright side, spring pollen season only last so long. >> it gets worse for me in the summer. stephen: stephen tschida, abc 7 news. kimberly: coming up -- 18 holes and a shaky future. the ongoing fight over a golf cour kimberly: the international spy museum wants to move to its current location

stephen tschida has one woman who anxiously awaited the interview. stephen: as a boy, he confronted his parents with his struggle. as a marine, he prepared to do battle while fighting with himsel as a middle-aged woman, he is at peace. >> you kind of just surrender to it. stephen: he moved to northern virginia to pursue a career, but the happy exterior concealed and inner conflict. >> it was very dark, or i could transition. it was the most frightening thing i've ever done, but here i am. stephen: his journey from a married father to with a filled woman took five years and involve physical and emotional pain. >> you have to do this. it turns your life upside down. you can lose your marriage which, by the way, bruce has done. stephen: well before bruce jenner address the speculation it grabbed headlines. >> i hope that people understand this can happen to someone. this is a condition. stephen: wghile a teenager, connie admired the gold-medal winning athlete. >> it was a very big deal. stephen: as a middle-aged woman, she hopes to applaud jenner again.

stephen tschida has what you need to know. stephen: so far no sign of this new dog flu in the metro area but it's spreading fast around chicago and could be poised to race across the country. >> it's scary! i wish i knew more about it. stephen: many dog owners go to great lengths to keep their pets healthy. they give them medications to keep ticks and fleas off of them. they vaccinate them against illnesses like kennel cough or rabies. whether it comes to the new dog flu, there is no vaccination to prevent them. >> i wish there was a vaccine or i knew what to do about it. stephen: there's a vaccine for the usual dog flu. this is a fresh strain of the virus, mutation called h3n2. >> there have been 1,000 cases. there have been 10 or 15 dogs that have died. very severe respiratory disease. stephen: with no vaccine, he advises the best way to protect your dog is keep it away from other animals as much as possible. >> more about being nose to nose with another dog and exchanging respiratory fluids. stephen: already, there's concern

reporting live stephen tschida abc 7 news. maureen: thanks, stephen. we hear for the first time from former c.i.a. director david petraeus after his sentencing for leaking classified information. today, a judge sentenced the retired army general to two years probation and fined him $100,000 for giving classified information to his miss res -- mistress paula broadwell. after the sentencing petraeus apologized. >> today marks the end of a 2 1/2 year ordeal that resulted from mistakes that i made. i now look forward to moving on with the next phase of my life and to continuing to serve our great nation as a private citizen. maureen: petraeus is working for a new york based private equity firm k.k.r. after five months of delay, the senate approved loretta lynch's nomination as attorney general. >> on this vote the ayes are 56 and the nays are 43. the nomination is confirmed. maureen: they had held up the nomination in the dispute over an abortion provision in a sex trafficking bill. many republicans objected to lynch's support for president obama's immigra

stephen tschida is in our newsroom with what we learned from police today. stephen? stephen: maureen, anne arundel county police arrested a woman over the weekend in connection with this shooting of corporal larry adams. they believe 29-year-old danielle blake intended to drive the getaway vehicle after a planned robbery of a 7-eleven. police say corporal adams disrupted that planned robbery and during the confrontation, they maintain 30-year-old corbin wright shot him. today, adams' wife expressed her thanks for all their support. >> i'm very overwhelmed to thank all the love and prayers. our immediate family, his family, we're very, very touched by all of your love. stephen: both white and blake are held without bond charged in connection with this shooting. meanwhile, corporal adams' condition has been upgraded from critical to serious. reporting live from the newsroom, stephen tschida, abc 7 news. maureen: the roads are back open in silver spring after a gas leak shut down part of downtown. the leak is blamed on a construction crew that pierced a line near the co

reporting live, stephen tschida, abc 7 news. autria: thank you, stephen. coming up at noon a vacation nightmare. a family fighting for their lives after becoming sick at their resort. the gas they may have been exposed to and why the justice department is now investigating. and buried in an avalanche. the amazing rescue caught on camera. jummy: plus more than 35,000 people joined in the annual easter egg roll at the white house today. the theme of this year's event and some of the special guests. autria: be sure to get out and enjoy that beautiful weather now because rain is on the way. doug is back with just when you will need that umbrella next. autria: a family of four is fighting for their lives in the u.s. after falling ill on vacation in st. john's. the esmonds started having adverse health effects soon after checking into their resort. the couple's teen boys suffered seizures. a gas used to kill indoor bugs may be to blame. it was reportedly sprayed in the condo below the families the same day that they checked in. >> can really damage your nervous

stephen tschida, abc 7 news. alison: now an update on a virginia driver who was charged more than $10,000 in violations related to tolls on the 495 express lanes. a fairfax county judge ruled tony cooley of fredricksburg will not have to pay the fines. the judge says that the toll operators, transurban waited too long to sue to collect those unpaid fees. cooley was charged more than $10,000 in 2012 for 11 unpaid trips in the hot lanes because she had not properly set up her e.z. pass device. she wrote a check for the tolls but wouldn't pay the fines. and now, a year and a half, cooley won her court appeal. >> i was crying i was so excited and happy it's done. i'm ready to move on with my life and get things going. the thing is for me this isn't about me. it's about everywhere else that's been affected by this. alison: in just the last half-hour, transurban told abc 7 news it plans to adjust its procedures in order to continue to pursue unpaid toll violators in line with the court's ruling. leon: coming up at 5:00

i'm stephen tschida. i'll fill leon: the fallout continues from the deadly smoke incident on metro in january and today, metro announces a series of new steps to see passengers going forward. stephen tschida is at the l'enfant plaza station with the information. what's the story stephen? stephen: leon first of all, within the hour, a very intense situation here at l'enfant plaza station. smoke again filled this metro station and keep in mind, it was just a few months ago that there was a toxic cloud of fumes which left one passenger dead. now, we raced down into the station to catch some of that smoke for you. we always talked with passengers many of them very frightened by what they saw today. >> are we in trouble? that's what goes through my mind and get out. stephen: now this comes on the heels of metro announcing a slate of new safety measures including replacing and rehabilitating all lights in metro tunnels. that's more than 88,000 lights. keeping the tunnels clear of debris. reviewing protocols for

reporting live stephen tschida abc 7 news. leon: thank you, stephen. alison: ok. doug: nice day for the zoo today. alison: everything going on around town. doug: not that we mind being in here. leon: wanna bet? speak for yourself! doug: listen we have good stuff. enjoy it. soak it up every minute of sunshine for this day because rain is coming in along with cloudy skies and a definite change in the pattern. this is weather bug at damascus elementary school in upper montgomery county. beautiful morning. high clouds went away and gave us a bright and sunny day. i think you'll see here at the end of the frame, see a few clouds moving in. that's the story. it will be a slow but steady increasing cloudiness through the remainder of the late afternoon and evening around the entire area. temperatures very comfortable. 73 in annandale, waldorf and chevy chase. 66 at the naval academy. the reason for that, i tell you all the time when you see a bright sunny day and difference in temperatures, that's because the cold winds are blowing over the river and clearing off the air

i'm stephen tschida. in a moment i'll tell you about the quest to find the source of the smell and the latest on all those people who say they are leon: all right. have to touch this stuff even though we may not want to you have to. it's something a little funky in the district. literally. alison: that's right. stinks out there. people walking down p street in northwest are heading into a cloud of stench. right in front of the whole foods market. yeah. they question what is it and what can be done about it? leon: all right. only on 7 stephen tschida is right now on p street with what he has sniffed out on this story. stephen? stephen: oh, yeah. we don't know exactly what it is but i can tell you it is foul. and it is centered right across the street right in front of the whole foods, right through there. that stretch. that's where people say they are walking right into this foul odor. they say they can barely stand it. and they've been putting up with it now for more than a week. it's invisible but boy, d

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stephen tschida live in the district. stephen? stephen: scott, six new cameras going on line at the stroke of midnight. this is one of them right here. there's two, one northbound and one southbound. now, these cameras go on line just as we have learned that there's been a sharp reduction from fiscal 2014 from 2013 to 2014 more than 75 million from speed camera tickets in 2013. just over $7 million in 2014. some motorists say they're catching on. >> right here on my -- my here so i slow down to the right speed. stephen: if you want to learn more about where those new six speed cameras are located in the nation's capital, go to our website at wjla.com. you can find those locations there. reporting live stephen tschida abc 7 news. scott: all right. time for a check on the traffic situation. let's get to jamie sullivan. she's here with all the details. jamie: seeing a lot of red this afternoon, scott. that's partially because of our typical afternoon commute and then we've got a few problems. this is the area for you on the inner loo

scott: stephen tschida is live in southwest washington to explain tonight. stephen? stephen: scott, this is what we're talking about. you see right behind me this speed camera. it's two of them northbound and southbound. these two along with four others will go into action at the stroke of midnight. this just as we find out speed cameras aren't bringing in the money like they used to. speed cameras continue to spread across the nation's capital. >> >> revenue. revenue. stephen: not like they used to. last year the city saw a big drop in money from photo enforce many. in fiscal 2014 speed cameras issued 282,221 citations compared with more than 419,000 the year before. that amounts to $37 1/2 million for 2014 compared with more than $75 million for f.y. 2013. >> you can see them before you get to them. stephen: drivers may be wising up to locations or using apps to find out where those speed cameras are such as cabbie roger butler. >> if i go a place where i don't know about the speed camera i'll check this out. stephen: regardless of the drop in revenue, six more spe

stephen tschida has the story. stephen: she loves club volleyball. it more so than the high school version often leads to scholarship possibilities. 16-year-old autria had a few offers but went with a club in chantilly. she says after she joined the coach wouldn't let her play. >> it was really unfair. opportunities to be filmed, you know, to give to college coaches and things like that. definitely a setback. stephen: when the league said that she couldn't go to another team they filed suit. >> the team wants to let her play as a tournament player and they've said you can't transfer from one team to another. stephen: the league maintains that autria is just unhappy with her playing time and letting her transfer to another team would set a bad precedent. >> put us through a lot. hate to see your child hurt and you want, you know when they work so hard for something, you want the best for them. stephen: meanwhile, autria says she just wants to play period. >> now just for, you know other people to realize that you know, it's not ok and that they can, y

roaring live, stephen tschida, abc 7 news. alison: oh man, what a relief. i'm sure they're very happy. thank you, stephen. all right. coming up on abc 7 news at 5:00 four corrections officers are facing charges in our area tonight. we're going to tell you what they're accused of doing. scott: plus -- >> 100% committed to getting this right. scott: a nationwide recall of ice cream. find out where it's sold in our area. alison: and then a little bit later -- >> ♪ feel like busting loose ♪ ♪ busting loose ♪ alison: sounds pretty good but the nats are changing their tune. we're asking why the team did away with that home run song that fans voted for back when the park opened. reporter: it was a panic stricken 911 call. today, a brother and sister rescued from a burning home met the men and women who saved their lives. that emotional reunion r >> you're doing a great job, ok. scott: brother tries to comfort his sister as flames ripped through their family's home and today, those children were able to meet with the 911 operator on the other end of that call as wel

stephen tschida is live now to explain why the department of transportation is about to start charging for those spaces again. stephen, what's the story here? stephen: oh, leon it's about money. they want to generate more money, parking meters bring in a lot of bucks. now, ddot stopped charging. stopped enforcing these meters around nats park because they were so confusing. the signage was so confusing that it just decided to bring it to a halt. now, the district doesn't enforce parking meters on sundays across the city but did near nats park. now this led to a lot of confusion and then ddot suspended the enforcement here. the new director says posting better signs should remedy the problem and confusion. enforcement on sundays and holidays will resume. >> i don't understand it. i think the city has enough money without trying to charge people to pay on the weekend especially on a holiday, and a sunday. and it's baseball. come on give us a break, you know? stephen: not a very popular move for the fans here at nats park. first time it will be enforced will be april 16th emancipation day

reporting live stephen tschida abc 7 news. leon: thank you, stephen. just ahead at 4:00 a warning for local business owners and their employees. alison: what deputies are saying about thieves trying to pass counterfeit bills. reporter: after three american women are arrested accused of trying to support terrorism, what is law enforcement doing to try to keep that leon: there are growing concerns about home grown terrorism after three americans, all women, were arrested last week. alison: senior political reporter scott thuman is following these cases live from our capitol hill bureau this afternoon. scott? scott: alison and leon these are the kinds of challenges that the homeland security secretary jay johnson says frankly, keep him up at night. of those three women arrested two of them in new york accused of trying to plan and detonate a bomb inside the u.s. the other a philadelphia woman allegedly trying to travel overseas and take up arms with the terror group isil. secretary johnson acknowledges the difficulty in cases like those as well as the cha

our stephen tschida has the latest in this emotional case. stephen: friends and family of grace mann gathered at a falls church synagogue and came to say good-bye to the university of mary washington student strangled in the fredricksburg home she shared with several other roommates. two of mann's roommates found her unconscious in their home. they spoke about their lost friend today. >> following grace by her side and she left to be with god. stephen: one person not at the funeral is charged with mann's murderment we learned today that investigators took two belts and a roll of duct tape from the home but little else about what they think transpired to the killing. meanwhile at the funeral, grace mann's parents didn't speak of the murder but expressed grief and gratitude. >> we are completely overwhelmed by your love your support and your presence. stephen: throughout today's court appearance he remained calm and asked the judge about a bond hearing. for now, he remains jailed pending his next scheduled court appearance in may. stephen tschid

stephen tschida has more. stephen: one year ago, a brutal and gruesome rape on the northwest branch trail in silver spring left a young woman shattered. 25-year-old joaquim torres plead pleaded guilty and got 60 years today. the judge went beyond sentencing guidelines since torres pulled a knife. when the woman broke free he tackled, punched and kicked her. the judge reviewed the victim's description of the attack. she told torres she was a virgin and asked "would you do this to your sister" and "are you a man of god"? a few days later while police combed the scene for evidence torres returned to the wooded area looking for a backpack he had ditched. he wore the same necklace and cross as described by the victim. >> it was terrifying. this was a young girl who was -- had a knife placed to her neck. she was beaten. she was bruised. stephen: when arguing for a harder sentence the prosecutor cited the pain inflicted on the victim and her family and referred how the crime affected the entire community. >> you have

our stephen tschida is live at the scene with more on this breaking news. stephen? stephen: alison, we have learned that this went down about one hour ago. we got here on the scene about 20 minutes ago, talked with witnesses and representative from metro. this is what we can tell you went down. this is a bus stop here on 16th street about an hour ago, about 3:00, a man several other people standing there. some kind of confrontation. now, we understand that a woman is believed to have pulled out a knife, stabbed a man three times in the chest. inflicting very serious injury. he collapsed. she got on to a bus that pulled up. took off. went a few blocks. then got off the bus and tried to get over to the anacostia metro station where she was apprehended. they also recovered the knife there. now, we do believe that investigators are looking at those surveillance cameras right there at the liquor store across the street. they believe that will give them the evidence they need to try to discern what exactly went down here. as far as the man that was stabbed, he was rushed

stephen tschida went to today's events on campus. stephen: gallaudet university tops the list when it comes to reported sexual offenses on campus. in 2012 there were more than 11 per 1,000 students. and today, students and faculty rallied to try to change this situation. they pounded a drum and signed gallaudet's fight song. not in opposition to another college team. but a more serious problem. >> we need to stop sexual assaults. stephen: analysis revealed that gallaudet had 100 reportable offenses for every 1,000 students in 2012. the statistics prompted students to rally. >> it's our attitudes that make us who we are. stephen: hundreds wore teal t-shirts labelled "it's on us." >> we felt it's a special color. i think one thing is it's very very easily seen. it's bright. stephen: they want to bring attention to a haunting question -- why the highest rate of forcible sex offenses at gallaudet? the leading university for the deaf and hard of hearing. >> we're a very small community, small deaf community so it's more easy to share infor

stephen tschida is live at northwest with what we know at this hour. stephen, tell us about it. stephen: we got that confirmation a half-hour ago from d.c. police and they say they arrested this juvenile female student here shortly after noon today. she allegedly attacked a teacher inside the school. now, when we arrived, there were a number of police here. we have some video of the police here both inside the school and outside the school. the school system says there are protocols in place to make sure that this is a peaceful situation in incidents like these, they say the protocols were followed and were effective. now, as far as the teacher, no one is divulging information about the teacher nor the condition nor the nature of this alleged attack. but a number of people that we've spoke with here some students included say that there can be tension at the school that sometimes it can be a rather scary place. we'll bring you more information as we get it later on. reporting live stephen tschida, abc 7 news. leon: let's get to that developing story in new york city, the statue

our stephen tschida tells us why they are compelled to be there. stephen: despite a steady rain like that which fell on this day 150 years ago re-enacters strolled near ford's theater. >> i love abraham lincoln and i wanted to commemorate this monumental date. stephen: they donned traditional garb intent on re-creating the style of 1955. >> i have to be proper. stephen: the goal had to do more with sentiment than sartorial. it was on this day 150 years ago that john wileks booth shot abraham lincoln as he watched a play from a balcony at ford's theater. >> among the greatest president the country ever had. stephen: meanwhile, outside the theater, the line stretched down 10th street. julie brought her children here on this day to teach them about a man who changed the country. >> it's a big deal. big deal for these guys to learn it and know it and you know, understand it. stephen: the commemorations and the re-enactments will continue throughout the day and tonight and culminate actually tomorrow morning at the exact hour and the exact anniversary of

stephen tschida has the answers. stephen: the sign says "no smoking". why are some metro passengers permitted to inhale e-cigarettes on board? we talked to some passengers who said they've had to travel with e-fumes and they don't like it. took a ride on the red line. plenty of passengers are ready to vent on the e-cigarette craze. >> it's a different smell than cigarette smoke but it's still very potent so i would think they would ban them like they would cigarettes. >> lot of metro passengers say they don't understand how metro can allow passengers to smoke e-cigarettes either on a train or on the platform. we asked metro and they say it's really not up to them. a spokesperson says metro doesn't set the rules. the jurisdictions metro travels through makes them. so far none of the surrounding jurisdictions has said no to e-cigs on metro. there is some passengers who say lighten up. while there's not a lot of controversy surrounding e-cigarettes, angela says she's convinced they're not as bad as the other kind of cigarette. >> i don't think they're harm

leon: stephen tschida was there at the rally and live now with more from northeast. tell us about it. stephen: well leon first of all, the university has the worst record on reported sexual offense of all schools in the country per capita. this is according to some analysis done by "the washington post" and it found there were 11 reports of sexual offense for every 1 is -- 1,000 students back in 2012. today, hundreds of people donned these teal t-shirts and held this rally. they paraded around the campus to denounce sexual offense and bring attention to the problem and call for a remedy to this situation. now, we talked with some students and faculty as to why gallaudet would top this dubious list. mber of proposals. some are trying to put the most positive spin on this that they can. >> being on the top of the list teaches us that we have the courage to report here and we do. stephen: obviously, there's the voice of an interpreter there for the students here. again, gallaudet is the premier institution, university for the deaf and hard of hearing in the world. it is

stephen tschida, abc 7 news.son: meanwhile, a san diego fisherman poseing with his big catch says he got dragged underwater by a sea lion. kellye: the beginning of the attack was captured in the photo and shared his story with emily valdez. >> it was terrifying. when the sea lion took me down and i was going down at that rate of speed at that point, i knew that i was going to die. reporter: this photo captures the moment the terror began for dan and trish carlin. >> we intentionally don't feed the seals. we don't feed the birds. we take the carcasses and all the remains and put them in a bucket. reporter: it happened on the north mission bay channel in april. >> trish says ok, tomorrow. >> so i snap dan's picture -- >> and the minute that she said "smile" he came up and got me and the fish at the same time. ripped my arm straight down right here. crushing my chest with unbelievable force. lifted my legs up in the air and i went straight down. >> i look up and he's gone. >> i've never gone through the water as fas

she talks talks talks to stephen tschida tomorrow night at 11:00. alison: a study of heavy drinking in america. which local town topped the list. plus -- reporter: and cop verduccicy at the are of maryland after a decision to postpone showing the movie "american sniper" after leon: and new at 11:00, backlash over a movie screening on the umd campus. a student organization planned to show "american sniper" but it was post poped after a muslim student group said the movie fouls hatered. reporter: there is a small theater which often shows movies well out of theaters. it decided to show "american sniper" in may but now it has been postponed and may not be shown after controversy over whether it is is. >> kind of going against free speech. company they are going against decision not to show "american sniper." >> it makes you hate war and shows the sacrifices chris made for the country and i think it should be shown hereout to cree yeah that dialogue. reporter: the group says the movie has been "postponed after concerns from student groups." it hasn't be

stephen tschida live outside the federal court building in d.c. about what he's just learned about this. stephen? stephen: yeah, alison. we just nailed this down just a few minutes ago. actually now one of them is a 65-year-old arrested in connection with that bank robbery in upper northwest back in march. his name is thomas george. well, george was interviewed after his arrest and according to this affidavit which we have uncovered, george has admitted to an f.b.i. investigator that he participated in eight of the bank robberies across the metro area. most of them in northern virginia known as black hatband bandits according to the f.b.i. that's the label the f.b.i. gave this work. george and his accomplice who is 37 years old both are from southeast d.c. at the time they were suspected of being linked to these other bank robberies. bank robberies that were very violent in nature and that was one reason why there was such an urgent need to bring them to an end. according to george he participated in these bank robberies which has investigators bel

reporting live stephen tschida abc 7 news. alison: ok. thank you for that. now, also, the associated press just released this video right here of the moment that gyrocopter landed on the west capitol lawn. a tourist captured the video as the pilot flew over a group of kids and then came to rest right there on the lawn. so we're also hearing from witnesses near the u.s. capitol at the time of this incident. d.c. bureau chief sam ford continues our team coverage from near the capitol. sam? sam: well, alison, what is amazing is how normal things are. after 2 1/2 hours ago, everybody was going crazy around here with the thing flying in but now on the tourist buses, people are posing for pictures in front of the capitol. but it was about 1:30 this afternoon when everybody's eyes swung towards the sky. >> this is not good people! no, it's not! sam: workers, tourists anybody outside of the west front of the capitol section of the mall had their attention captured first by the sound of a helicopter and as quickly by the sight of the bicycle with a blade on top as so

stephen tschida has more. the suspect was just seen on murder charges. ephen: jamyra gallmon is a very tall woman. she has a very deep voice. and she allegedly presented herself as a man. this is jamyra gallmon after she post on craigslist as a man and arranged to hook up with 30-year-old david measure smith. at some point she snapped and stabbed him seven times. and then she plunged a knife into his spine. after checking the craigslist communications and cell phone records, they searched gallmon's apartment. inside, they found is it dies like those binding his hands. >> this is a hideous vicious crime. just your reaction to that. gallmon's family would not comment on the accusations. police say that bohlman confessed in court hearing -- gallmon confessed in court. she said, when he grabbed her it triggered something and reminded her of an assault when she was much younger and she lost control. at the judge ordered her held at least until her next court appearance. david masserschmidt made a plea for anyone with information to come forward. stevan tschida

stephen tschida, abc 7 news. alison: all right, stephen. thank you. the university of mary washington is dropping s.a.t. scores from its admissions requirement. it only applies to students with a high school g.p.a. of at least 3.5. the test scores will still be required, though to qualify for merit based scholarships. at least five other virginia colleges have already adopted these policies. leon: a member at the university of maryland wrestling team is suspended after being arrested. 20-year-old justin alexander assaulted and threatened a woman in state college, pennsylvania last weekend and then tried to lead her or carry her away. alexander is facing several charges including false imprisonment. the university says that he's being suspended for violating the school's code of conduct. we're learning more about the so-called black hat bandits who robbed a number of banks earlier this year. nine banks were robbed. thomas george is one of the men accused in those crimes. he and one of his accomplices from arnold maryland to waldorf. the men posts a bon

our stephen tschida shares one woman's journey tonight on abc 7 news at 11:00.ssue of gender identity has one school district rewriting its rule books. changes being considered in fairfax county. alison? alison: well, it looks like our region is home to two of the best playgrounds in the country. the harry thomas sr. play space in d.c. and the clemmy john park in mclean are second and fourth on the early childhood education's own annual list. the website is a resource for parents and educators. playgrounds in missouri and ohio come in first and third. you can see the entire list at wjla.com. leon: how would you like to be the kid that tests those out? alison: and give your rating. there you go. an early sign of summer is in full swing near nationals park. leon: first truck-a-roo of the year. and meteorologist steve rudin is there to explain what's going on. steve? steve: oh, boy let me tell you, i have picked you and alison out a couple of items that i think you will enjoy. what do we have here? how much? >> it's $9. steve: what a deal. thank you so much. truck-