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Langley High School Community about the case in an letter last night an hour before the news4 iteam revealed the details and the district told the community they had already notified the parents of the kids who traveled on that trip. John said his son was on that trip and the school never told him. Did anybody from the School District notify you this had happened . No, absolutely nothing from the school. There was only what we heard via the grapevine. Reporter so we asked again today and Fairfax County schools issued a new statement saying it notified the parents of the alleged victims and the School District said the Chris Rademacher Germany Exchange program trip and friendship connection were not officially sanctioned by the School District, but documents that Company Provided to the news4 iteam indicate Fairfax County School Administrators did sign paperwork approving german students to visit langley parents said they were led to believe the trip was school sanctioned because the recruitment happened in district buildings by rademacher. It happened in the school, during open house where all the parents were in attendance. The news4 iteam has spent weeks trying to contact Chris Rademacher both in the u. S. And overseas without success. He has in the been criminally investigated or charged. Local police told us he couldnt be investigated since the alleged events happened overseas. But parents are still looking for him. They say rademacher disappeared with 18,000 from families. That part of our story on news4 at 6 00. For now to see the schools letter sent to parents, visit our nbc washington app and click on investigations. Great work, scott. Thanks, scott. A 17yearold Fairfax County boy is charged with threatening to bomb a school. The teenager is accused of emailing the threat to staff at Mclean High School last week and no bomb was found. After tracking the source of the email. This case is not related to the other recent bomb threats, but if convicted, the teenager could spend up to a decade in prison. Someone shot and killed an he wielderly man in lorton. The murder stunned the quiet mason neck community. Meagan fitzgerald is in the neighborhood along river drive where investigators are still looking for clues. Meagan. Reporter and they have been out here for 16 hours now still investigating. In fact, they just left this area about 30 minutes ago but we watched as they scoured the area here. We saw them collecting cigarette butts, putting them into envelopes, even pulling beer bottles out of a trash can, all for evidence. From our Vantage Point we can zoom in here and you can see the deck of the home where police say 83yearold johan de leede was shot and killed. But right now theyre trying to figure out who pulled the trigger and why. Right along the potomac. But just after 1 00 on friday morning, things quickly changed. John heard gunshots. About four, five shots in a volley and then there was a pause and then two or three more. Reporter Fairfax County Police Rushed to the 6000 block of river road after 83yearold johan de leedes wife called 911 saying her husband had been shot. Unconscious, bleeding from the chest. Window broken open. Reporter when Police Arrived they found deleads in the back of his home with multiple gunshot wounds. Investigators spent hours collecting evidence and scouring the area not the suspect. Its pretty shocking. Reporter neighbors say johan was friendly with everybody. They would be out walking the dog. He was a real family man. He had several children. He had a number of grandchildren. Reporter faith shared this photo of johan standing alongside her husband. Shefficn says theyve known johr why shes struggling to understand why anyone would want to take his life. I just cant imagine it. I just absolutely kacant imagi it. He was always happy. He was a charming person. I never saw him ever upset about anything. Reporter now, were told police will remain out here continuing this investigation for several more hours. They still want to hear from anyone who might have seen something or heard something suspicious in the Early Morning hours around 1 00. Coming up at 6 00, well tell you about this man. We had an opportunity to sit down and speak with, he talks about the legacy johan will leave behind in this community. Back to you. Meagan fitzgerald, thank you. A maryland man has been convico convicted of a drunk driving crash that killed his wife and sisterinlaw. Jerome wiggins is facing a maximum sentence of 16 years in prison. He was driving on the bw parkway pickup truck. His car slid on its roof for 200 feet killing his wife and sisterinlaw. Wiggins had ra blood alcohol level of 1. 9. Noahs law has just advanced in maryland. The house of delegates gave the bill preliminary approval today. The law cl yous a measure to expand ignition interlock requirements for drunk drivers in the state. Supporters criticized a more watered down version of the law who did not require people who refused to take a breath test to have ignition interlock installed but last night the committee added sanctions for people who refuse a test. The law was named after Montgomery County Police Officer who was killed in a drunk driving accident. His father is lobbying for the bill. And its gratifying that the governor got behind this, the public got behind this, the media got behind this, and you know what . Under the stronger law, al45 person who refuses the test would have their license suspended for 270 days. The bill now moves to the state senate for a final vote as early as next week. The everyday policework of officers in Montgomery County can mean putting their lives on the line to save others. Often theyre everyday heroes. Officers often even living beyond the call of duty and working that way every day. From saving a driver trapped in their burning car on the beltway to helping firefighters during a terrible crash. News4s chris gordon has their stories for this years valor awards. Reporter on february 14th, 2013, fire rescue units responded to a crash on the beltway at river road during a dangerous snowstorm. A pickup truck attempting to pass them lost control, crashing into the accident scene. Seriously injuring two firefighters, narrowlyss decision to make. Had to make sure my people got the care they needed as fast possible. Reporter firefighters rescuers received the Honorable Mention medal of valor. They were able to step up and engage in patient care on very trecher us a conditions. News4 traffic reporter melissa mow low and nbc news kornt tom costello emceed this years Montgomery County chamber of commerce Public Safety awards luncheon. The gold medal of valoror was awarded to two Police Officers. In this video the unconscious driver seat belted inside was trapped. The officers worked together risking their lives to pull the driver out of the car to safety. Like anybody else would, im just glad that i could help out with the citizens and do my job and do it well. Reporter ahead the motorist vehicle and certain death gets to meet and thank the two Montgomery County Police Officers who saved his life. Coming up on news4 at 6 00. Reporting from Montgomery County, chris gordon, news4. Former first Lady Nancy Reagan is being laid to rest next to her husband at the Ronald Reagan president ial library in california. Many of you watched the funeral live on the nbc washington app today. More than a thousand people attended in person. Pat lawson muse has more on who was there and what was said. Pat . Wendy, most of the guest list for Nancy Reagans funeral was hand picked by mrs. Reagan before her death. She also chose all of the details, spelled them out for the ceremony. The music included god bless america, amazing grace, ave maria. Presiding over the funeral was the vicar of washington cathedral. All of the living first ladies were invited. Those in attendance also included celebrity friends and membersf tom brokaw of nbc talked about building a relationship with nancy reagan while covering Ronald Reagans first run at the presidency. And her children spoke about her devotion to her husband. Most of all i will remember looking out the window to the sweep of sun set and seeing my parents sitting together on the sand. Maybe on the other side there are endless shores and eternally brilliant sunsets. Maybe its possible to sit there forever undisturbed, two souls happily entwined. The bestrun campaign i had ever seen up to that point and maybe since. So god bless nancy, mrs. Ronald reagan, first lady, and the unlikely friend of a reporter. Thank you, nancy. Some remarked today that Ronald Reagan would likely never have been elected without his wife. Nancy reagan was 94 when she home in california. Pat, thank you. This kind of weather here has people counting down to the big weekend and a lot of folks have plans for spring break coming up too. And that rock n roll marathon. Doug kammerer is back from philly and we had a beautiful week. We hope you did too. How is the weekend looking . It was actually warmer in philadelphia than it was down here. And you came back still. Still came back but i love you guys. You better. I love you guys. Goes without saying. Hence the hugs that we exchanged earlier. Lets take a look and show you whats going on outside right now. Still a very warm day. Yes, not as warm as yesterday but, hey, we still have numbers in the 70s right now. 71 in d. C. Only 67 in philadelphia. Ha ha. 51 towards wilkesbarre, pennsylvania, and thats cooler air continuing to move into the region. Over the next 24 to 48 hours we will start to see moisture creeping in our way. Big storm down to the south. Theyve seen way too much rain this weekend. Ill talk about which day has the best chance for rain coming up in just a minute. A Prince Georges County robbery detective parks his car, goes for lunch, and ends up catching a robber who had robbed four banks that day. Im Tracee Wilkins, coming up on news4, what led to this unusual arrest. Plus, it was reported that he died of Natural Causes in a d. C. Hotel. But a new medical examiner report reveals thats not true. So what caused the violent death of a man who was once close to russian president Vladimir Putin. And gop president ial frontrunner donald trump gets a new ally. Could this be a gamechanger for the primaries next week . But first, more from the funeral for former first Lady Nancy Reagan with words from a love letter written by Ronald Reagan. I love the whole gang of you, mummy, first lady, the sentimental you, the fun you, an merry christmas, you all, with all my love, lucky me. It was a bank robbery blitz. Four robberies in one morning, three just 15 but a detective who simply went to lunch helped crack this case. Prince georges county bureau chief Tracee Wilkins joins us from one of the banks that the robber hit to tell us exactly how this suspect was caught. Tracee . Reporter wendy, Prince Georges County place say this man robbed this bank yesterday morning and then hit three other banks in Montgomery County and then decided to run some errands. It was arguably the easiest thing he had done all day, but its what got him caught. Its a very popular area for Police Officers to eat with all the restaurants around here. Reporter which is what cr g brought them to the area. Montgomery and Prince Georges County police believed they were looking for the same bank robber who successfully robbed four banks yesterday, one in prince georges a county just minutes apart. They had good pictures of their suspect and his car. Came over here for lunch to noodles and company. After finishing lunch i walked out to my cruiser and parked right next to my cruiser was the suspect vehicle. Reporter it was almost too good to be true. The wanted bank robber decided to park his car next to the cop looking for him. When i saw his vehicle parked right next to mine, a dent on the back bumper, and the color. Reporter he called for backup and surveillance just in time to catch the suspect walking out of the visionworks. After five or ten minutes of surveillance, the defendant walked out to get in his vehicle still wearing the same clothing he was wearing from our bank robbery. 45yearold leroy earlmorris daley was take noon custody without incident. Hes now facing charges for nine robberies in the last six months. Five robberies in prince georges, one in laurel city, and three in montgomery. His spree came to an end. I thought theres no way its going to be this easy to close this Big Bank Robbery spring, but it absolutely was. Reporter Prince Georges County place say he stole about 18,000 from Prince Georges County banks. They recovered some of the cash in his vehicle. They have not recovered his weapon but they believe these may have been armed robberies. They call this spring of robberies the hash tag spring. Well explain why. Im Tracee Wilkins, news4. Former president ial candidate ben carson is defending his choice to support donald trump. Carson officially endorsed the republican frontrunner today despite their heated past exchanges. Hes actually a very intelligent man who cares deeply about america. There are two different donald trump. Theres the one you see on the stage, and theres the one whos very donald trump first agreed, then disagreed with carsons statement saying i think theres one donald trump. When asked about their bitter words in the past, carson says the two have buried the hatchet. Ted cruz is pushing for more voters and former candidates to support him, not trump. Former candidate Carly Fiorina has thrown her support behind cruz. During an event in orlando today, cruz says he and trump are the only ones likely to win the republican nomination. Senator cruz accused trump of not being a true conservative. Cruz says we need less government, not someone who can make good deals. Donald keeps saying he will negotiate better deals. He agrees with barack obama and Hillary Clinton on everything they do. He just says, well, they dont negotiate a good enough deal. Hell do it better. No, the problem isnt that we need a better dealmaker. The problem is we have too much government. Cruz is speaking tonight at a republican dinner in illinois. That tuesday. In virginia people lined up to get some free dental care. The mission of mercy Dental Clinic in springfield continues tomorrow. This clinic provides preventative and restorative dental care as well as surgical treatments. Every year mission of mercy helps about 4,000 people in need of dental care. March madness stretches into april for the maryland women and its been backtoback final fours for the terps the past two seasons. One big reason is the shortest but perhaps the most resilient player on the roster, brene moseley. I always like the quote tough times dont last, tough people do. Brene embodies all of that. Her right acl cost her her senior season in high school. In her sophomore year in maryland her left acl gave up. She refused to give up. The rehab wasnt the hard tough. What a role model for our entire team. All the tough times shes had to go through and to be able to see her come out on top is definitely a dream come true. Brenes specialty besides dishing praise and points, building up her teammates. Shes like, oh, youre fine. Were going to get it back on the defensive end. Im going to give the ball to you again. The game has so many ups and downs. Were all locked in listening to her, making sure we hear what shes saying because her messages are great. Reporter not a starter but a spark, moseley played behind other guards the past two seasons yet turned against the trend of transferring. I knew this was my place. We just walking away, i would miss out on my blessing. If you tell me i had to be patient, i was going to do that. Im blessed she did stay here. Shes producing and shes doing what people dont do. Shes one of the top scoring point g deserves. Every time she puts on that maryland uniform, she knows what it represents and she represents the terps to the fullest of her abilities. She wore that uniform a few more times in college park. Maryland set to host the first round. The brackets comes out monday night. Well, its the kind of test every parent want their kid to pass. What would your child do if they found a real handgun . Police hide one thats not loaded or harmful among toys. Find out what happens when children are allowed in this room. And shes d. C. s favorite grandmother. We have a very special Birthday Celebration for a 107yearold lady who stole hearts at the white house and across our country. Reporter a federal judge has ruled the French Embassy discriminated against a muslim employee. Im mark segraves. 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