case changed the way missing child investigations are handled nationwide. tonight an arrest in the case of etan patz. we ll begin with the scandal that has gripped d.c. mayor s vincent gray. good evening. i m brian bolter. and i m shawn yancy. another aide pled guilty today admitting lying to the feds. 56-year-old howard brooks said he was roped into the scheme and wasn t the architect, but for lying to federal investigators he s facing a felony charge as more layers of this campaign fiasco unfold. finance consultant howard brooks leaving federal court thursday av admitting he took thousands of dollars in after admitting he took thousands of dollars in campaign contributions and gave it to then mayoral candidate suleman brown. they say the plan was to pay brown to stay in the race and verbally attack then mayor adrian fenty. prosecutors say gore would take out money orders. then brooks would put false names on them and hand them over to sulaimon brown. the money order
50 miles or more. that is up about 1% from last year. good morning. i m sarah simmons. let s get a quick look at your weather with tucker barnes. it looks like it will be just fine. it will be hot with temperatures in the 90s but next couple of days, just an isolated risk for a thunderstorm. we ve quieted down. we did pick up more rain showers showers last night. we ll have highs in the mid- to upper 80s today. back to you. thank you. some of our top stories, a second member of mayor vincent gray s 2010 campaign staff is coming clean. howard brooks, who was a finance consultant, pleaded guilty in courts yesterday. he admitted he lied to federal investigators about payments made to another mayoral candidate. if convicted, he could get a maximum of six months in prison and probation. police in new york city say a man has confessed to killing 6-year-old etan patz who disappeared 33 years ago today. police say pedro hernandez admitted luring the boy from a school bus stop
air, drivers describe the chaotic moments that shut down the major thoroughfare for hours. a d.c. man spent decades behind bars for a crime he did not commit and is speaking out for the first time in a fox 5 exclusive. but we begin with the federal charges stemming from the investigation into mayor gray s campaign. good evening. fox 5 s karen gray houston is following the investigation now. reporter: thomas gore is accused of making a contribution in the name of another person and destroying the evidence. the charges, three misdemeanors and a felony, are outlined in this court document which usually signals a defendant has worked out a deal with the prosecutors and is ready to make a plea. the news comes the city government a wash in political scandal, former council member harry thomas jr. just sent to prison and an investigation into others for possible wrongdoing on the council. it s frustrating for lawmakers trying to do their jobs. i m really hopeful the u.s. a
denied wrong doing and called a special weekend press conference following brown s initial allegations. i can t imagine engaging in such reprehensible behavior, and i know nothing about anyone in my campaign who did that. reporter: meanwhile, this is a picture of mayor gray in las vegas monday, trying to drum up business for the district. his spokesperson declined comment and referred us to gray s attorney, bob bennett. bennett told fox 5 he could not comment on the charges while this investigation is ongoing. all right, we should tell you the well-known attorney fred cook is representing gore. we tried to get a hold of cook today and we could not. coke has represented many other city leaders in the past, including former council member harry thomas jr.. laura? matt, what is next at this point for gore? reporter: we found out this afternoon he will be in federal court tomorrow morning. a plea agreement hearing has been set for 11:00 a.m. and as far as the mayor, we he
scores maybe the result of cheating. now the superintendent is fighting back. and there s something missing from this georgetown university clock tower. why the school cannot rush the replacement. we begin tonight, though, with the hunt for those two dangerous criminals. thanks for joining us tonight. i m shawn yancy. i m brian bolter. police say they re behind two incidents this month both on jones lane in potomac, one victim kidnapped and robbed at gunpoint. now investigators have released surveillance pictures. take a good look. fox 5 s karen gray houston working this now. police are looking for two dangerous armed robbers who bumped into motorists late at night in north potomac last month. they were two separate incidents and in one the motorist was assaulted, placed in the trunk of his car and taken to atms to get money. they are scary looking pictures of a masked bandit at an atm. if anything about him resembles anyone you know, police want to hear from you and