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WJLA ABC 7 News At 400 May 20, 2015

Ringing the bell. Im feeling was that somebody was inside. Not satisfied he went around to look through a back window but before he got close enough he gets a strange call from a homeowner, mr. Savopoulos. Im sorry because i didnt call you last night. Told me to call you. She has to stay with my wife because she was feeling bad. She has to go to the hospital. Asked her to go with her. Savvas savopoulos told him he would call him back. Alphado went home, waited for the call and kept looking out the window for his wife to arrive. The grieving husband says he doesnt want to think what was possiblying on on inside the d. C. Mansion when he received the phone call. Now his family is planning the funeral. Her remains will be sent back to central america. The way she sent back her hardearned american money to her family there. In Silver Spring John Gonzalez abc7 news. Leon we will have more of this interview tonight at abc7 news at 5 00. We will follow the investigation for sure. Look for updates an air and online at wjla. Com. Alison now we turn to a break in the case in forestville where a man was wanted for sexually assaulting a 12yearold girl. This afternoon, Prince Georges County police announced 20yearold isiah bogan is now in custody. He was arrested this morning aftepotted him in a car on brooks drive in forestville. Police released Surveillance Video of the suspect last week but say it was abc7 news report that led to the tip to help them identify the man as bogan. Leon we have new information on last weeks deadly amtrak derailment in philadelphia. The ntsb says it has completed most of its onthescene work at the accident. It didnt reveal malfunctions and they say they have the amtrak engineers cell phone. The investigators have not determined if there was phone activity at the time it was operated. I killed eight people and left hundreds injured. The Police Believe they found the body of a missing driver swept away in tuesday nights storms. Another drive reported seeing a white pickup truck in millersville when the water receded last night. Search crews found it 150 feet away. The bodys driver was recovered this afternoon. No word on the driver identity. Alison an accident left two construction workers hurt. One critically. The employees were working to reinforce the buildings foundation when a chunk of concrete fell and hit them. This is right by med star Georgetown University hospital. The firefighters pulled both out and one suffering a lifethreatening injury the is others with minor injuries. Several people are recovering from minor injuries after a crash involving a mont comery county ride Montgomery County ride bus and a car. There is no word on what caused that accident. Leon a woman accused of stealing homes and respecting them out pleaded guilty in court today. Alison brad bell tells us how she was caught and how much time she will spend behind bars. Brad when hard times hit, she had to move on. That is when the Real Estate Agent and convicted forger lee spotted the house. Lee went to the courthouse. Turned the deed to herself. Signed my signature on there. Brad and stole your house . Stole my house. Brad she went so far to break in post it on craigslist and respect it out rent it out for 1450 a month. Shes very desperate. Brad it unraveled when they discover another house she stole. They found 28 houses targeted and stolen by lee and a partner. t believe they thought it would work. Brad lee pleaded guilty today and will serve 18 months in addition to the six months she served on a prior conviction. This is the house that she stole. Im on the back deck. It is being overtaken with vines. Down here in the yard. It has become an eyesore. Its despicable. Its scary. So the next house can somebody steal it also . She will owe merchant 1400. Small comfort for the theft of the 300,000 house. Brad bell abc7 news. Leon turn to the weather. Its a Beautiful Day. Its like being in tahoe outside. Alison its nice. Breeze. Low humidity. Will it stick around for the busy Holiday Travel ahead . Doug except for one break tomorrow when we will have rain not a pretty day tomorrow. But after that the weekend evening looks good. Sunshine outside the belfort furniture Weather Center to give you a look at the Reagan National airport. Temperature is 72 degrees. Humidity is low. 38 . A live look at the capital wheel from national harbor. A gorgeous day. Cooler and drier than this time yesterday. 74 in quantico and fredericksburg. Warmer temperatures locally you dont have to go far south to find yesterdays heat and humidity. Its been pushed to the carolinas. It will change tomorrow. A storm system is going to move eastward tonight and tomorrow across kentucky and virginia and off the coast to bring us period of rain and cooler temperatures tomorrow. We will turn it around friday and into the home day weekend. Overnight, forget the 60s for the lows. We are going to 40s and 50s with cloudiness and rain to start the thursday morning commute. We will look ahead to the updated Holiday Weekend forecast in a few minutes. Alison we look forward to that. Thank you. We are hearing from the man who flew a gyrocopter on the Capitol Grounds leading to his arrest last month. Leon the interview ahead of doug hughes Court Appearance tomorrow in district, senior political reporter has a look at what hughes had to say. Scott . Scott doug hughes is in washington, d. C. Now on the ground. Under house arrest after that stunt of flying the gyrocopter to the mall and landing on the u. S. Capitol lawn. I talked to him for a while today asking was it worth it . Understanding he will face a judge down the street tomorrow afternoon. Charged with a felony and a misdemoon nowhere. He misdemeanor. He says it is if they can do away with the citizen united. He admits that he could find himself behind bars for the eyepopping flight down the national mall. Intentionally which you do breaking a wall. Was it irresponsible . What congress is doing is irresponsible. Get people to ask that question. All right . What is next for doug hughes . He says this isnt the end of it and he has more planned. We talk about what he means by that and what could happen in court tomorrow. All of that coming up tonight at abc7 abc7 news at 6 00. Leon see you in a little bit. A couple of hour ago the blue angels kicked off in annapolis. Alison a big day. The performance included a special tribute to the midshipman from the Naval Academy killed in the amtrak derailment in philadelphia. Suzanne kennedy is there in annapolis and has a look at the entire search. Suzanne well this is a fun event. A tradition in annapolis. Take a look behind me. People dont want to go home. They are lingering here on the bank of the river across from the Naval Academy. The flyover wrapped up less than an hour ago. As usual it was a crowd pleaser. The blue angels flew for an hour. It is tradition for the flight demonstration squad to fly in advance of the graduation which will be held tomorrow. Fournail Academy Graduates part of the team today including the first woman. People sat on the bank of the river and all over annapolis and watched in awe. Its incredible. Its an amazing site. Its a great place to watch it from. Suzanne people commented on what a Beautiful Day this was. What we heard through the event is patriotic and how much it meant for them to sit here and watch blue angels fly over annapolis. Reporting live from the banks of the river, Suzanne Kennedy abc7 news. Leon she won the reporters lottery and got to hang out on the river side on annapolis on a day like today and watch the blue angels. Alison enjoy the scenery. Leon thank you for rubbing it in. Coming up on abc7 news at 4 00 new information on a new round of legal troubles for the son of the late d. C. Councilman marion barry. What he said today. 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Starting at 74. 99 per month with no annual contract. Get custom tv, including internet and phone. Price guaranteed for two years. Or get 300 back and free dvr service for 1 year, with a 2 year agreement. Hurry, offer ends june 8th. Go to getfios. Com. Cable just gives you channels. Fios gives you choice. Call the Verizon Center for customers with disabilities at 800. 974. 6006 tty v alison a Million People across the d. C. Metro area are expected to hit the road this weekend. The traffic has already started picking up. Leon we have seen ugly scenes already. Stephen tschida now at the bay bridge. Going to tell us why more people are going on vacation this weekend. How does it look right now . Stephen wednesday before memorial day weekend. Check out the bay bridge. Already backed up. Its 4 15 on this wednesday. Here is the deal. The economy is picking up. Gas prices are way down. That has sparked optimism. A lot of people are planning to take a trip across the country. 5 more people are expected to go on vacation this memorial weekend than last year. It amounts to a billion people across the area. They will head 50 miles or more. 88 of those traveled have indicated they will be driving. Stephen the toll booths are backing up. Etching on the easy especially on the easy pass lane. Heading over the bay bridge. Other statistics. So many people want to beat the traffic. The peak here has shifted. The busiest time for travel is tomorrow, thursday night. Second busiest tonight. Wednesday night. Reporting live Stephen Tschida, abc7 news. Leon thank you. Boy, look at that mess there. Look at the other areas and Jamie Sullivan has details. Jamie i have similar shots. So for so good. I want to say this. I want to start leaving the beltway to continue to fairfax. Were okay. Its typical with the delays. Here is where we dont see the delays on 66. This is closer to hay market and gainesville. I want to move to show you what we are working with. The issue is on the eastbound side. All the lanes are blocked off. Everyone squeezing by on the shoulder has you drop to 33 miles per hour. We are not used to seeing this. I want to keep that in mind. As we move closer to the beltway. Mainly we are seeing the red on the belt way on the bottom stretch near van doran and eisenhower. This is near the American Legion bridge. Continuing on the inner loop, on the brakes getting to bethesda. You have slowing, getting closer toward coldsville road. And college park. The earlier accident that cleared away near the baltimorewashington parkway still has you under 20 miles per hour. Take a live look in the area. On the beltway here 201. To give you an idea of the inner and the outer loop. Its very heavy this afternoon. Back to you. Leon all right, jamie. Reminder, sign up for text alerts to get information about traffic, weather, and breaking news. Go to wjla. Com text. Enter your cell phone and we will keep you informed. Alison new this afternoon, a second marine is dead after the weekend crash in hawaii. 22 people on board the osprey that went down on sunday. It was flying from the uss essex to drop off infantry for training in oahu. The marine corps says it has no plan to ground the fleet. The crash has not stopped the training exercises. Leon nearly 3500 passenger are waiting on word of the cruise ship. The norwegian cruise ship ran aground on a reef after a failure in the steering system. The ship was stuck for six hours until a rising tide faded. The passengers were allowed to disembark in bermuda why inspectors look for possible damage. I dont want to continue on this ship in the open seas. Response time in two miles of the shore. The Response Time can open seas. I dont want to think about it. Leon norwegian says everyone on board is safe. No word when inspections will be complete. Alison residents are cleaning up after suspected 27 tornadoes touched down in the southwest. I left destruction from oklahoma to texas. Winds tore roofs off homes and scattered pieces of buildings across the roads. One slammed into a church in Mineral Wells damage. No serious injuries. Doug that is a real mess. Here we are quiet and cooler and pleasant. Rain tomorrow but clear out for the weekend. Lets start with a time lapse from the beautiful sunrise seen from the rooftop of Washington Lee High School in arlington this morning. Watch the sunrise. Do it like kennedy ground control. Stand by. Three. Two. One. And its off alison there you go. Doug successful sunrise of the sun. Beautiful day. Less humid. A nice breeze. Temperatures low to mid70s. Delightful outside. Just a few clouds here and there but good to go. The numbers are off the charts in the pollen department. Grass pollen is very high. Tree pollen is high. You will see slowly in the next few weeks the tree pollen will finish the business here. That will go down. The grass pollen will stay high for some time. Mold spores in the high range as well. 72 at Reagan National. 74 at quantico. 70 in frederick. 68 right now in annapolis. This is going to move offshore and open the door for this. Its off the coast tomorrow and tomorrow night. Bringing the rain to the area. Starting by sunrise. The future cast shows the area of rain extending northward. This model analyzes moderate to heavy pocket of rain. This is 1 00 there the afternoon tomorrow. Getting through the evening hours it should move off to the sea. Just leave lingering showers tomorrow night. Then we will clear out again for the day on friday. The next seven days working across the board from left to right. The temperature will rise. We have warmer and more humid. Then on memorial day its hot and humid. Upper 80s. Chance of isolated late day thunderstorms. Near 90 on tuesday. Again chance of showers and thunderstorms. Look at that 879. 90. 91. It is only may. Alison i know. I know. Barbecues will be firing up. Alison still to come a fairfax teenager is recovering after another teen shot him. What we are learning about the offense that led to the shooting. Montgomery county forced out the last superintendent. Why is it begging the current one to stay . Im ke leon it looks like its back to square one for the search for a new School Superintendent in Montgomery County. Alison an hours ago they announced the interim superintendent will stay in place for the Upcoming School year. Montgomery county reporter kevin lewis live in rockville with more on the story. Kevin . Kez kevin the gentlemans name is larry bowers. A 30year veteran of the public schools. Bowers but set to retire on june 30 of this year. His new retirement date is june 30 2016. This all because back on february 3 they said the then superintendent joshua star was sent packing. By the 10th of february, it paid a search firm 35,000 to find a premier list of candidates. All is well until sunday when the top pick Andrew Hoolihan of the district in texas withdrew the candidacy. They had no plan b in place. Hence, the cry for bowers to postpone retirement. A parent said temporary employees often dont fully invest in job because the time is limited. I want someone for the longterm. Not for a year or four years. I hope we do it right and will have a tenure for the next superintendent. Hard work to do. Well focus on literacy and mathematics and make sure we are focused on closing the achievement gap and maintaining high standards. Kevin another major challenge. Ntps is facing a shortfall. They had to relimbnate 400 positions. Powers is bowers is ensuring to maintain student and the staff morale will remain high. In rockville kevin lewis, abc7 news. Leon still ahead at 4 00 a teacher thought she was rewarding students for good behavior. Wind out why she is suspended. Alison Christopher Barry is talking about the punishment for a violent confrontation at youre watching abc7 news at 4 00. 7 on your side. Leon a d. C. Superior court judge today sentencedded the son of the late d. C. Mayor marion barry to a years probation. Alison Christopher Barry ran unsuccessfully last month for his Fathers Council seat pleaded guilty to three misdemeanors. Leon his lawyer got to tell his side of the story from back in january. Sam ford has the story. Sam Christopher Barry walked out of d. C. Court still a free man. Sentenced to 12 months probation for an incident last january where he threw a fit at the pnc bank in chinatown. Threatening a teller and destroying a surveillance camera. Even though i felt i was wrong i pleaded guilty. It was unexcusable but not unprovokedded. Sam his lawyer said barry deposited a 43,000 check he thought had cleared and withdrawing some of it to pay the workers. The first person brings the money out. Count the money. Is it there. Ready to be turned over. For some reason another individual gets involved. Sam a teller that barry argued with in the

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