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There was no physical contact between the suspect and victim. The victim was able to get away and call in and reported it. Reporter heres a look at the man the deputy says she encountered. Police actively looking for this person right now. Look at the image. This is a sketch that was put out hours after. The attempted assault comes a week after two men tried to sexually assault a woman further down the trail near sterling. Police looking for all three who are involved in these cases. Investigators at this point tell me they do not believe the two incidents are connected. Despite that, we caught up with several folks who were out and about on the trail today. They say they are not taking chances when it comes to a midday walk or jog or stroll even. Ill show you some of the changing habits that theyre already employing here. Thats the latest live from leesburg. David culver, back to you. Just in tonight, Montgomery County police tell us they have identified a sixth victim in that devastatin n complex in silver spring. Two weeks after the blast that nearly leveled the apartments off piney branch road, we know that a 34yearold man is among the dead. Officials are trying to identify one more body. Dozens of others are recovering from their injuries. In the meantime, an investigation continues. Detectives are still trying to figure out how exactly this happened and who should be held accountable. Police hope this new sketch will help them track down whoever shot and killed a man in Prince Georges County. That shooting happened last week in Seat Pleasant. Officers found oscar garcia shot in his car outside his home along joplin street off Seat Pleasant drive. Theres a 25,000 reward in the case. Traffic is again moving after a fuel leak on the beltway. Chopper 4 over the scene now. Earlier this afternoon, along the outer loop, fairfax county. Right near route 123. This is in tysons. At one point, only one lane of traffic was getting by check that out. Its unclear what caused the leak in the first place. A mother says her 4yearold son walked away from school and made it to the edge of a busy roadway. She says its an example of growing problems with Prince Georges Countys Head Start Program and one problem that the federal government didnt know about. Prince georges county bureau chief Tracee Wilkins talked with that mother today. Shes live in Upper Marlboro with the story. Reporter just a few minutes ago, i spoke with the federal government about this particular incident. Im told by the office of head start that neither their central nor regional offices knew about this 4yearold wandering away. Know that this was happening during a time when the Prince Georges County School System was under investigation. Principals, teachers, all of the folks involved in the situation have a mandate to report incidents like this, and it didnt happen. No. There was no apologies. Answer. Reporter shamaniqua davis says her 4yearold boy was allowed to wander from his Head Start Program in temple hills in september of last year. They were playing, and somehow he went through the woods and probably got about a good eighth of a mile maybe, away from the school, almost hitting the street. They said he said he wanted to go to the train. He was trying to get to the train, trying to get home. Reporter her child was found standing on the edge of branch avenue. He did not cross branch avenue. Thank god. He would have gotten hit. Branch avenue probably about 30, 45 miles, cars are up and down. Yeah, he would have it would have been a bad accident. Reporter davis showed us the letter she sent to the Prince Georges County School System detailing what happened. I did make a complaint. I did wrote a letter. I did notate the incident in a letter so someone knew. Happened last year. Head start investigated other allegations of abuse and investigation and investigation licht. There was another on inof the 4yearold walking away from school, making it all the way home. There was no mention of what happened to davis son. Now shes questioning if School Official properly reported the situation. When the school or the head start coordinators reported it to higher management or people who give the funding i cant tell you. Reporter the board is meeting in executive session. Were told theyre discussing head start. Executive session is left between the members there on the board. It is not on the public agenda for tonight to discuss right now. Coming up on news4 at 6 00, this mother saw another incident that happened inside of the school that her son was transferred to after he wandered from the Head Start Program. Youre going to want to hear what she w what the feds have to say about there incident, as well. Reporting live in Upper Marlboro, back to you in the studio. Thank you. We want to remind you that you can also read about some of the other Serious Problems federal investigators uncovered in the countys Head Start Program. If you open up the nbc washington app, search head start. A top Metro Official says enough is enough. The Transit Agencys board held a special meeting today address safety concerns. Among the problems, a recent derailment on the silver line near the East Falls Church station. That incident is now part of a criminal probe. The board also discussed a transit officer whos accused of trying to provide support to isis. Ahead in our next half hour, well hear what metro leaders had to say today about another major issue trains running red lights. Police now looking for a man who groped a student at georgetown university. The Woman Told Police that she was walking back to her Residence Hall in village a last night, and she says a man came backside, and then took off. Georgetown police remind students to walk in groups late at night, and you can also use the schools Shuttle Program and Call University police or d. C. Police if you notice anything suspicious. One day he was Teaching Community college classes. The next day he was in jail, accused of sexually assaulting two female students. Tonight, that former nova math instructor is telling his story to news4 after all the charges were dismissed. Northern Virginia Bureau chief julie carey broke the original story and of surprised at what she and was surprised at what she found when she followed up. We joins us live from the Prince William county courthouse. Reporter well, thats right. I have been covering courts for 35 years, and i can tell you what happened in this case extremely rare that such serious felony charges are dismissed even before the preliminary hearing. Math teacher Youssef Taleb says the damage to his reputation is great nonetheless. Now hes hoping to put in this is the image of Youssef Taleb he hopes will reemerge after his 3month ordeal. The image of a dedicated math teacher who once hoped for a Fulltime Position at Northern Virginia Community College. This mugshot, though, captures the moment that dream was shattered when taleb was jailed, accused of sexually assaulting two of his female students. He spoke to me while visiting morocco. It was the worcester time of my life. I never faced nick like that. I always faced anything like that. I always knew the truth would come out as soon as the investigation would be over. Reporter taggens Attorney Says there it were talebs Attorney Says there were red flags right away. A Community College Police Officer had done the original investigation. When a Prince William county detective and the prosecutor began to dig into the details, concerns emerged. For example, one student alleged she was raped during a tutoring session inside a campus conference room. The most significant things se been able to see what was going on or could have stepped in at any point. And it was it seemed to me very suspicious. Reporter prosecutors quickly asked that taleb be given bond so he could get out of jail. As soon as they received new information, they didnt sit on it. They acted on it immediately to at least give mr. Taleb freedom while the charges were pending. Reporter then last month, the charges were dropped. Commonwealths attorney paul ebert tells me prosecutors could not vouch for the credibility of the witnesses. And there were inconsistencies in their statements. Taleb remembers getting the call telling him he was clear of charges. As soon as she said that, i just start crying actually, and i dont cry much. Actually, that was like the most wonderful day of my life. Its like a new life for me. Reporter now when i join you on news4 at 6 00, well hear from Youssef Taleb about what he thinks might have motivated the former students to make those allegat. New details just in from Prince Georges County schools about the number of students without vaccines or the proper documentation that they have them. That number right now, 3,752, and it is 1,000 more students than this time last year. School started earlier this week, and students without immunizations were told to stay home. Were talking another day in the 90s. Yeah, we havent seen that over the past couple of days, but at least the heat index is now this. Thats going to be the trend as we move through the next few days. 96 degrees the current heat index in d. C. 102 in frederick. 103 in culpeper. 99 in fredericksburg. Yes, its not just hot, it is also humid. Thats going to be the case the next few days. Current temperatures around the region, you see a lot of upper 80s and 90s. That will also be the case as we move on not just through the day tomorrow or the weekend but very warm and humid if youre going to be out and about. A hot friday. I think friday will be the hottest of the next seven to ten days. 90s, though, they look to last all the way through next week. Then again, were still tracking the tropics. That storm system getting ever so close toward florida. Well talk more about that and Everything Else in the forecast in a minute. Thank you. A new record tonight from the baltimore washington thur god marshall airport. It happened in june. More than 2. 3 million passengers flew through bwi that month. An increase of 7. 6 . This is the 12th straight month of record passengers. Reporter coming up on news4, why some of the residents of this apartment complex are suing the developer saying theyre being forced out on the street. Im Mark Seagraves. Both sides coming up. At one point, it felt like the d. C. Street car would never start running. And now it is celebrating six months of service. The new information we just expanding street car service. And help us out, folks, and help a child that needs to get back to school the right way. Call and donate. A new Development Project in northeast d. C. Is the focus of a lawsuit. Residents are afraid they may end up on the street. They live at the Brooklyn Manor apartments off of rhode island avenue. They tell us the developer is discriminating against large families. News4s Mark Seagraves live in northeast d. C. To explain for us. Mark . Reporter good evening. The Brooklyn Manor experiment sprawl across about 20 acres off of rhode island avenue in northeast washington. Its home to about hundreds of families, most of them low income. Some of them tell us that they believe the developers new plans could leave them out on the streets. Would be lost because ive lived there i feel like thats my home. Reporter Cheryl Brunson Brooklyn Manor experiment. Now shes hoping to raise her grandchildren there. She and several other residents say the plan by mid city financial to tear down the old apartments and build new ones leaves large families like hers in danger of being forced out because the new apartments wont have four or fivebedroom unit. I think you should keep the three, four, and five bedrooms and build your mixed Community Around that. Today, lawyers for the residents filed a lawsuit trying to block the plan. They point to a letter from the developer which explains why they dont want to have four or fivebedroom units in the new buildings. In that letter, mid city told residents four and fivebedroom experiment are not consistent apartments are not consistent with the creation of a vibrant new community. Its only because these are lowincome families that there seems a negative impact of having large families. That is a very, very disturb in message to be sent. For the developer declined to comment for our report citing the pending litigation. Someone close to the developer did tell me that the company is going out of their way to make sure that all of the families here are taken care of during the process of relocation. He said that most of them will be able to come back here and live in the new apartments once theyre built. Thats the very latest here. Back to you in the studio. Thanks. New at 5 00, a Prince Georges County county man will spend the next four years in prison. A judge sentenced danny harval earlier today for an assault that seriously injured a Police Officer. That officer wound up getting dragged more than 300 feet when harval sped off lost july in district heights. The officer was thrown off just before the car slammed into a tree and ended up suffering a broken thigh bone. He pleaded guilty to assault earlier this summer. A d. C. Judge has ruled jumping the white house fence is not free speech. That ruling is on a strange case there thanksgiving. Scott mcfarland with the news4 iteam is here to explain it all. Scott . Reporter good evening. Joseph caputo is charged with not just jumping the white house fence but triggering a lockdown on the white house grounds on a holiday with members of the first family inside. Photographers captured image that appear to show caputo draped in a u. S. Flag as he leapt over the fence. The first person to do so since the secret service and Parks Service added new spikes atop the fence to deter fence climbers. In a court challenge, caputo asked the judge to dismiss the case. Court records said he was arguing he committed the act for noble purposes, and that his purpose was calling attention to various deficiencies in the u. S. Constitution. A judge has just dismissed that argument. Called caputos challenge frivolous and said theres no First Amendment rights to express yourself in a nonpublic area like the white house. News4s learned caputo is scheduled to go trial in d. C. Misdemeanor charge of illegally entering a restricted government space. All right. Thank you. nrni back to School Monday in Montgomery County, but not every student will be inside the school. Thats right. News4 has learned nearly 400 socalled relocatable classrooms will be deployed. Portable buildings that are used for classrooms in crowded schools. Thats what theyre called. The Elementary School in germantown will have 15. School records show increasingly crowded schools down county to actually include bethesda. A Global Security update tonight from apple about its iphone. The company had discovered a powerful spied spooiware emanating powerful spyware emanating from the middle east. It takes advantages of weaknesses, to take complete control of iphone handsets. Apple says it has fixed the the drugmaker that raised the price of its epipens hundreds of dollars says it wont lower the price but will help some pay for it. The price of a twodose package has gone from under 100 to 600 over the past nine years. Tonight, mylan says it will reduce the cost through a savings card. Patients who were paying full price will have their outo outofpocket costs cut in half. More coming up later in the newscast. And this is a story that has a lot of you talking on our nbc washington Facebook Page today. So we want you to continue to give us your thoughts. Have the makers of epipen done enough to respond to consumers who are outraged over the price hikes . To offer an opinion, visit to our facebook or twitter pages. Were now less than a month from the opening of the National Museum of africanamerican history and culture down on the mall. This weekend news4s Barbara Harrison has your allaccess pass. Tour the exhibit before anyone starting at 11 30 after meet the press. Standing up for safety, why metro called an emergency meeting today and just how trains are running red lights. Whether youre a train operator when youre a train operator with 400, 500 people in back of you, you suddenly decide that from time to time you dont have to ob everchanging environment, Companies Must adapt. But one thing should remain constant a fina