the mom from leaving the school with wilbert. she did tell them he had a doctor's appointment. they are now reviewing their policy to see if anything did not go according to plan and according to their policy. the school pio tells me this morning on the phone, quote, we are thankful for the public's help in ensuring wilbert's safe return. a happy ending to a very scary situation for the family of that 9-year-old boy here in prince george's county. back to you, andrea, mike. >> we're definitely glad of that happy ending. delia goncalves live in palmer park, maryland. >>> police in montgomery county want to know why a tow truck crossed the center line and collided with a car. two people died in that car. the crash happened along piney branch road near new hampshire avenue. the driver of the tow truck was hospitalized. he survived the accident. no word yet if he'll face any charges. >>> two former metro workers are expected to plead guilty today to charges they stole hundreds of thousands of dollars. horace mcdade and john haley wer

and his father was the person who was supposed to be picking wilbert up. >> reporter: wilbert will be reunited with his dad. child advocates say cases like these happen nationwide every day. >> the justice department says there are about 400,000 kidnappings a year. 200,000 by dads, and about 200,000 by mothers, thinking they can do anything they want. it's sew -- so it's a real problem. >> and this one thankfully ended with the child safe. >> police say the child's mother has not been charged at this point. >> police have not commented on how they learned how garcia was in in nevada. >>> pentagon says a soldier is being transported to fort leavenworth in kansas. the military's only maximum security prison. the unidentified soldier allegedly went on a shooting rampage, creating outrage among afghan leaders. it's still unclear what charges he will face. >>> the family of a maryland man jailed in cuba is accused of spying on the pope. he and his family are coping with personal problems that have no political solution. >> reporter: the family of maryland native alan gross is asking pope b

. >> reporter: a happy end to this pretty scary story for young wilbert garcia's family.ssing for nearly 20 hours. i just got off the phone with the public information officer for prince george's county schools who confirmed to me that the boy wilbert garcia, the 9-year-old boy is safe. his mother is behind bars after she abducted him nearly 20 hours ago. police found the mother's car around 1:00 this morning after an intense search and that amber alert that i mentioned that went on for about nearly 20 hours. 9-year-old wilbert garcia is on his way home, back to maryland thankfully after police caught up with him and his 36-year-old mother sylvia garcia at the airport in reno, nevada at 3:00 this morning. school officials say his mother who does not have custody as we mentioned checked wilbert out of school in his fourth grade class just before 8:00 thursday morning claiming he had a doctor's appointment. clearly we know that was not the case. we don't know why they were out in reno, nevada but thankfully po

. >> they say wilbert garcia left school with his mother. she does not, however, have custody of him. that was the concern. 9news now reporter delia goncalves is live at police headquarters in palmer park and plenty of overnight developments. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning. certainly some new information this very early morning. police have been working this case for about 20 hours and will continue as you mentioned trying to answer those questions, those many questions folks have about the situation. but we're happy to report there is a happy ending here. i just got off the phone with the public information officer for prince george's county schools who tells me, quote, we thank the public for their help and ensuring wilbert's safe return. 9-year-old wilbert garcia was abducted by his 36-year-old mother sylvia garcia yesterday morning. this morning around 1:00, police discovered an empty vehicle, a vehicle that had the same tags as the ones that were issued in the amber alert. just two hours later 3:00 a.m., police spotted w

and his father was the person that was supposed to be picking wilbert up. >> reporter: wilbert will be reunited with his dad. child advocates say things like these happen nationwide every day. >> reporter: the justice department says there are about 400,000 kidnappings every day. -- year. 200,000 by dads and 200,000 by mothers thinking they can do anything they want. >> reporter: this one, thankfully, ended with the child safe. >> reporter: and it was seven hours before anyone even noticed he was missing. that's when his dad went to pick him up at the school. mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. >> all right, thank you very much, mike. it is unclear why sylvia garcia decided it take her son or what led to her losing custody of him. >>> a baltimore county man, facing serious charges tonight, after police say he tried to solicit sex from a 14-year-old girl on facebook. now police are concerned there are other possible victims. jessica kartalija has more on the arrest. >> reporter: police say it all stard started when a parkton man spotted the teen's facebook page. he started messaging the

silva garcia has been arrest and wilbert garcia is safe. authorities believe she abducted her son yesterday morning and they say she picked him up from dodge park elementary school in landover maryland and still unclear how the two got to the airport in our area. before arriving in nevada. overnight prince george's county found the car at a building in maryland. >>> sylvia garcia does not have custody of her son police say. she is in police custody this morning after being found alive, safe in reno, nevada. >>> now, for a check of this morning's other top stories. fairfax county police are looking for a man who sexually assaulted a woman while she was working in burke wednesday night. investigators say the suspect grabbed the woman on common welt boulevard, dragged her into a wooded area, and the man threatened her with a weapon and then assaulted her. police are working to solve a series of anti-gay hate crimes in the district. there have been three attacks over the course of two days this week. the victims were either gay or transgender.

. >> it's just a little inside joke between me and wilbert, nothing. with us onset we have senior political analyst mark haleprin. >> sort of an inside joke between you and everybody that i talk too much. >> no, you're fabulous. >> oh, you're fabulous. >> how was your weekend? >> it was lighter, it was warmer. i wasn't in brazil. >> richard haass just off a ten-hour flight. >> from brazil. he did the samba. >> was that fantastic? >> it was an amazing country. >> carnival. >> i'd like to hear more. and willie, did you have a good weekend? >> i can't remember. i'm sure it was great. >> are you not -- this is a huge week for mark haleprin. >> it is. >> for all of us. >> you know what he's doing? he's preparing his -- checking his lists and making sure, willie, everybody's invited to the premiere of "game change" thursday night. his partner, though, is doing some different kind of checking. checking to make sure all the coke shipments have cleared the keys and are making it up the east coast. >> why would you say that? >> because he's heilemann. >> so he'l