It. News4s Mark Segraves joins us from u. S. District court with a look at the fallout it caused. Mark . Reporter doreen sometime between 2013 and 2014 his Attorney Says that former special agent Matthew Lowry became addicted to painkillers and eventually heroin. Next week hes expected to walk into this federal courthouse and admit that he used his position as an fbi agent to go into fbi headquarters and take heroin out, take what he needed and then sneak the tainted evidence back into fbi headquarters. He made a very bad decision here a criminal decision. He knows it. Reporter Matthew Lowrys Attorney Says the former fbi agent stole the heroin only for his personal use. He took very small quantities on occasions to selfmedicate himself. Reporter in some cases lowry took heroin seized during major drug busts and kept it all or took some heroin for himself before turning the rest in as evidence. In other cases, lowry would smuggle as much as a pound of heroin or more out of the fbi Evidence Control Center take a portion for himself, and replace it with powdered laxative. These pictures obtained by the Washington Post last year show the evidence record logs and evidence bags lowry falsified by forging other agents signatures. Lowry would then sneak the contaminated evidence back into the fbi control center. He knows theres consequences that are going to come shortly. Reporter now the consequences for former agent lowry could be up to seven years in prison. But the consequences for the fbi and federal prosecutors go farther than that. Theyve had to dismiss cases against nearly 26 defendants some of whom have already pled guilty and were serving time. I spoke to an attorney for one of the men who says there are charges still pending against him and his codefendants and theyll go to Court Next Week and ask a judge to dismiss them. Back to you in the studio. Thanks mark. Now to a police chase that ended with a violent crash and the death of an innocent man. This is the second time in the past few weeks someone has died during a Police Pursuit in Prince Georges County. Our county bureau chief Tracee Wilkins joins us live. What are the police saying about this . Reporter the police are standing by the decision to pursue this vehicle last night and also the decision by a Police Officer to pursue a vehicle and that decision caused that Police Officer his life. Theyre saying theyre going to review these policies but a as it stands this is what was supposed to happen. Police say 22yearold larry henson of southeast was behind the wheel of that stolen car that injured a Police Officer and took the life of an innocent 61yearold driver in temple hills. Again, mr. Henson through his flagrant disregard for the safety of the public has led us to a place where weve lost a life. Reporter police say that driver was charles viveret. He was a Program Management for Defense Logistic agency based in ft. Belvoir. He also was in the military. This all started with what appeared to be a routine traffic stop were driving out headlights but quickly escalated when the driver took off, striking and injuring one officer and two additional officers who tried to catch up to the fleeing car. Police say there was a brief pursuit at about half a mile later. Henson crashed into multiple cars along branch avenue killing the man. We wish to express our condolences to the family who lost the individual killed by mr. Hensons reckless behavior. Reporter henson ran but was caught a short time later. He was already on probalgs for an armed carjacking in prince georges. Today police defended their officers decisions to pursue the car. Based on the circumstances these officers were asking appropriate base odded on the fact the individual had committed a firstdegree assault against one officer. Reporter the second time this month someone has died in connection to a Police Pursuit in prince georges. Officer Brennan Rabain lost control of his cruiser in pursuit of a speeding vehicle. He was killed and hi passenger injured. Police spokesmen say they stopped at the intersection. Henson continued and thats when he crashed into vivrhett ending his life. Prince georges county police say what theyll do now is review what happened last night and they have a board that will take care of that then give some suggestions to the chief as they are going to take a hard look at their policies. Reporting live im Tracee Wilkins. Back to you. Still no word what led up to another deadly crash that shut down part of the b. W. Parkway for eight hours. In this case police say the driver of a lincoln forced a ford mustang to roll off the road and catch fire. Happened early this morning on the northbound side of the parkway near route 202 in cheverly. The driver of the mustang was trapped and died. Were told people in the lincoln bailed out before officers got there. They are still on the run tonight. Tonight the relationship between Law Enforcement and uva students is more strained than ever. The two sides met today to mend fences after the arrest of a thirdyear student this week. But during the meeting on campus some members of black student groups marched out in protest and demanded more transparency. Coming up the person who oversees the alcoholic Beverage CommissionAgency Speaks out for the first time about the Martese Johnson case. David culvert will have a report. Turning to our weather now. The snow has moved out. Wed like to see if well see sunshine. The first day of spring officially is tomorrow, the first entire day, and, yes, lit come with a stringlike day. This last day of winter it started off very much with winter. We saw the snow early this morning. Last 12 hour you see the snow coming through the area towards waldorf, and we did pick up some pretty good totals but now that storm is moving out. We talked about the snow around our region, a few showers, maybe a few areas of drizzle but thats about it. Virginia how much did we see . Lucketts and loudoun county, 2 1 2 inches. Your maryland totals. Damascus around 3 inches. Picked up a little more north and west. This eve fng youre heading out, it will be on the cold side. Take that jacket. 37 by 7 00. Full forecast coming up in a minute. Thanks for telling me i sound terrible. You look great. Todays wintry mix didnt stop people from enjoying the first day of spring or at least trying to enjoy it. Derrick ward is live at the tidal basin tonight. Derrick, hows the start of the Cherry Blossom going so far . Doesnt look too well does it. No it doesnt. Reporter oh, they ear here. Its just a really sublime experience this year. You have to think of the Cherry Blossoms and they will appear. They are just one of many local rites of spring. Winter just wont let go. The flowers may have been planted but they got blanketed with the morning snow. And while its way early to expect to see Cherry Blossoms some tourists were nonetheless hopeful for some sign of the beauty yet to come. We actually came from california to here to watch the cherries. But, yeah. Its still winter here. Reporter but there are other signs of spring that come regardless of the temperature. This is our 23rd year in a row of gif giving away free ice on the first day of spring. Reporter this ritas in chinatown did see some folks coming in for free italian ice. It did when i left kentucky this morning. Yesterday a lot of people stopped by and said even if it snowed they would come by. Reporter and they did. After all, this may be winters last hurrah. We hope. Tomorrow supposed to be 60 degrees. Reporter its not unheard of to have spring start out this cold with snow. I remember in april years ago in new york we had 10 inches on april 10th. So it happens. Reporter as for those Cherry Blossom s. I think its going to have a hard time growing some Cherry Blossoms. Reporter dont worry. Theyll probably be just fine. You can expect to see the first blooms probably in the first week of april and the peak blooming period is expected to be sometime between the 11th and 14th. That may be adjusted. We dont know if todays temperature will have something to do with that but well see in the coming days. At the tidal basin, back to you. Israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu could be in a position to drive an even bigger wedge between democrats and republicans. In about a week House Speaker john boehner plans to visit him in israel. And hes bringing other republican lawmakers with him. Mr. Netanyahu gave a speech to Congress Last month criticizing the Obama Administrations Nuclear Negotiations with iran. He also upset the white house went he made a Campaign Promise to block Palestinian Statehood then took it back. Meet the press Moderator Chuck Todd will be talking a lot about Benjamin Netanyahu this sunday from iran to mideast peace to the drama with congress. Doesnt seem like this relationship between the president and the Prime Minister is going to improve anytime soon. No. The question is will it make its way to the United Nations where the United States has been sort of the protect or of israel. Also well hear from the palestinian side on this issue, about whether they use the u. N. And whats the Obama Administration going to do. My own reporting, theres a split inside the Obama Administration. The younger diplomats want to pressure israel a little more use the u. N. The older generation is saying hang on dont let your annoyance of netanyahu get in the way of what is longstanding u. S. Policy. Longterm goals. Exactly. Thanks chuck. See you sunday. Chuck will have california governor jerry brown also on. We are. He wishes he had all that snow on his side of the coast. Theyve got drought issues. And you do sound terrible. I feel better. Exactly. All clear by sunday. Thank you, chuck. See you 10 30 right after news4 today. New at 6, a crisis and a nightmare, some of the complaints coming from restaurant and Liquor Store Owners after the news4 iteam exposed problems the Montgomery Countys department of liquor control. College students drugged and sexually assaulted in virginia. The next steps for police. A development involving Bobbi Kristina brown. She has been moved from Emory University hospital in atlanta and is being cared for in a rehab facility. There had been talk all day the move could happen but theres no word on whether her condition has changed. The daughter of r b singers Whitney Houston and bobby brown has been in a coma since being found in the bathtub of her atlanta home two months ago. A crisis completely broken down and a nightmare. Thats how restaurants and store owners describe Montgomery Countys department of liquor control today. Its the latest round of criticism since Tisha Thompson and the news4 iteam exposed Serious Problems in the agency. What are you hearing . Today was the first Time Restaurants and store owners had their chance to talk about their performance and by the time the hearing was over dlc had take an heavy beating. Michael jones owns american taproom in bethesda and says he had a real problem on st. Patricks day. We had approximate lyly less than twothirds of our taps available because our kegs were empty. Reporter he says the county could not get him what he needed for one of his busiest sales day of the year. He was testifying at a special Committee Investigating the department of liquor control after the news4 iteam uncovered problems with some of the agent sis employees drinking while delivering beer and allegations of theft from those delivery trucks resulting in stores getting shorted alcohol they say they need to stay in business. The drivers are doing a fantastic job ever since the nbc 4 beer bust. No i think theyre doing a good job. Reporter but mike hill of wine cellar in Silver Spring says hes typically shorted 20 to 30 cases of wine a week. Right now id say about 75 of my wall is bare because of items that we are unable to get. Almost every delivery that weve had something its not in it doesnt get delivered, and theres no nobody responsible. Reporter frank shoal owns restaurants throughout maryland virginia and d. C. Like matchbox muscle bar, and says he probably will not create another restaurant in Montgomery County under the current distribution system. Restaurants dont want to because they dont want to have to deal with the dlc. It is an evil empire to most people in the business. You know when no ones held responsible, we cant get product, it makes it very difficult to do business. Reporter the committeess chairman hans reimer says Montgomery County will probably keep regulating hard liquor by selling it through countyowned stores but he wants to overhaul how the county delivers special order craft beer and wine. We cant have stores with empty shelves and it sounds like thats what weve got happening now. It cant continue. I talked with the head of the dlc and he said he was embarrassed by his agencys Customer Service but glad the county continues to hold hearings because he hopes they will help him figure out how to fix the problems. Tisha thompson news4 iteam. Our iteams beer bust investigation started with a tip from one of our viewers. To see the complete series go to our investigations page on the nbc washington app. While there, send tisha a tip if theres something you want her to check out. Republican voters in Prince William county may not get to cast their ballots in a primary election this summer. Party leaders have to formally request a primary from virginias board of elections but they missed the filing deadline. County republicans appealed to the board of elections which is controlled by democrats and they were denied. Today a judge also ruled against them. It means Prince William county could have to pick its republican candidates another way, possibly with a convention. About the only spring colors we saw out here today was dougs tie. Everything else is a shade of gray. Thanks for saving us. Trying to bringt us both up. Were trying. The good news is tomorrow the first full day of spring and it will be a beautiful day. Isnt that enough . No. Tomorrow. Not enough. Im trying here doreen has been on my case for three months now almost there. Were almost there. This is the way it was today. It was quite gloomy. This is the snow as it just started around the reston area. It whitens the ground. By the time lapse is over around 3 00 most of the snow is melted. Look at the shot right now. This is a live shot and this is what we told you yesterday. We would see that snow around the area and then we would see it go away and by the afternoon it would be gone. Thats exactly what has happened across our region today. 37 degrees, winds out of the northeast at 13 miles per hour. Its a chilly evening. The windchill right below that, the 30degree mark and it will stay excite quite chilly tonight. 39 in culpeper. Huntingtown at 35. Annapolis at 35 as well. A cold evening and some drizzle across the area. The radar doesnt tend to pick it up but still some drizzle. Theres the snow earlier with the rain. Still snowing in new york and boston. But for us well be dealing with the cloud cover the rest of the night. That will help temperatures to stay right where they are right now. They wont be in the teens and 20s like in the month of february. Tonight it will be a cold night. Not frigid. Tomorrow 63 in fredericksburg 59 martinsburg. The first day of spring will be above average as far as those temperatures are concerned. That means the impact forecast of course will be on the low side. A cool start but a nice afternoon tomorrow. Sunday cooler. Well see sunshine on sunday. 45 degrees on monday. A High Temperature of 45. It stays cool on monday. Low temperature of 33. Monday will be the cold day. 50 degrees on tuesday and a little more spring coming in. 62 on wednesday, 69 maybe even 70 on thursday. Then temperatures go back down High Temperature of 55 degrees on friday. It does look like next weekend could be on the cool side once again. Right now, enjoy this. Nice 60 degrees. And Chris Lawrence change your tie. Will do doug. Tomorrow. Well make the most of our opportunity tomorrow. Tense moments today on the campus of the university of virginia. Black students chanting at police. Why many of them marched out of a meeting this afternoon. And handing in his resignation wont end the controversy for illinois congressman aaron sho