Was wound in a shooting where another Police Officer was killed. It was just over on benning road in april of 1997. The two were off duty. The two got into a dispute with two men. There was a shooting. Robert johnson was killed, shelton was wounded in both of his feet. And two men were arrested and are now serving long prison terms. But tonight dc Police Confirm captain shelton was arrested for dwi and his Police Powers have been revoked. Fairfax county police need the publics help tonight tracking down a man who broke into a womans home while she was sleeping and sexually assaulted her. The attack happened saturday morning in the mount vernon area. The suspect awakened the woman, sexually assaulted her and took off. If you recognize this man, you. Tonight a disturbing new study by metro says that daydreaming may be the cause of a rash of redlight violations by dream operation. Its become such a problem that wmata brought in a team of neuroskiinists to come up with a solution. Fitz . Reporter we all know that distracted driving behind the wheel of a car is a big problem, but think about this. When it happens to a metro train operator with hundreds of lives at stake, well, its even more concerning. The federal Transit Agency says 47 instances of operators running red lights have occurred in the last two years. While this may sound like a nobrainer, metro is now bringing in experts on the brain and Human Behavior to figure out why this is taking place. Now, according to reports, metro has brought in neurological scientists to start loo this issue. A report in the Washington Post claims they have consistently left platforms without full conscious aware this is of their action. Those 47 times red light violations over the last two years, thats nearly twice a month. Metro has taken steps to address the problem including installing systems which intervene if a train operator does this before they are supposed to. Remember, those lights are important. They space out these trains in the system, they help avoid crashes. Passengers as word spread about this today, they say that day dreaming leads them to be even more concerned if its a factor in these violations and they say this is eyeopening news. Does it concern you . Yeah. Makes me very frightened. First of all, i thought thats pretty we all day dream at one time or another. But not here. Not on metro. Not when you have so many lives in your hands. So no. They have to do something. What are the options may be but theyve got to do something. Its too dangerous for the whole system to have many more accidents. Reporter strong opinions on this tonight. Metro out with this statement earlier today reading, quote, the goal of reducing red light violations to zero, we have engaged outside experts, developed a first of its kind close call reporting system, adjusted schedules and enhanced procedures. Weve recently put in place additional measures to reduce the risk of miscommunication between train operators. For its part we reached out to the union that represents metro workers today. We were told all of their officials were in meetings all day long and were not available to comment. The office of wmata chairman jack evans says be able to pick this up at their weekly meeting coming up on thursday. Were live at the Dupont Circle metro, tom fitzgerald, fox 5 local news. New developments tonight in a heartbreaking case out of charles county. The mother of a little boy who was found dead after being pushed in a playground swing for two days has been found not criminally responsible. A medical examiner ruled the boys death a homicide. A courtappointed psychologist determined simms suffers from schizophrenia and was not criminally responsible in the boys death. But prosecutors stress that this was preventible. She wasnt vigilant in taking care of that Mental Illness, okay . In fact, she stopped taking her medicine shortly before this happened. And because of that, as a direct result of that, her Mental Illness became active and as a direct result of that she do to take care of her child, take care of herself and this child died. This child does not need to be dead. Because doctors determined sims is no longer a danger to herself or others, she has been granted conditional release. She will have to meet requirements to prove she is being treated for her illness. Fox 5 is in Montgomery County where the mother suspected in the disappearance of her two Young Children was in court today. Again a psychiatrist deemed kathryn hoggle mentally unfit to be tried. I have had many moments with catherine and ive said the same thing each time. This is the most unfair situation for the oldest sibling. That is where my heart breaks. So as a mother, and im her mother, this needs to end. We need to solve whatever the mystery is. Catherine hoggle is currently charged with neglect and obstructing justice. She is due back in court again at the end of april. President obama is teaming up with the nations governors to combat the zika virus. The president told the governors he plans to fight the virus from every angle. Were going to be fighting this disease at every level with every tool at our disposal. Ive called on congress to approve about 1. 9 billion in emergency funding for our efforts at home and abroad, including research into better diagnostic tools, new vaccines, improved methods of mosquito control, and support for puerto rico and territories where there are confirmed cases. President obama also urged governors to remain vigilant when it comes to fighting terrorism threats and gun security initiatives. Dc mayor Muriel Bowser met with cubas minister of Foreign Trade and investment to promote the citys business and investment firms. Mayor bowser is in cuba with other government officialings from our area. Time to take a look at our weather now and looking outside it looks pretty nice out there. 52 degrees. It felt very springlike. Very nice day today. And at dusk its another beautiful evening. So sue, are we going to go into a good night tonight . Yay success another night. We are going to have another great night. We have a gorgeous sunset in progress. This is where paul wagner was just reporting from a few minutes ago. Sunset at 5 53 tonight and thats the you can see fishing and kayakers and it is a lovely evening. It will stay lovely, a dry evening as well. These are the high temperatures. Not bad at all. The average is 49 so we were above it at all locations. And get this. Daylight savings time starts march 13th so its going to get better and better. We do have a couple of storms in the pipeline this week and the first one begins towards sunrise tomorrow. We have a storm on wednesday as well. Ill talk about those in just a moment. In the meantime it is 50 degrees now here in the district, 52 in mannasas, 46 at leonardtown and 48 at hagerstown. And its important that weve had a warm day and we did not get below freezing last night because we do have some rain coming and we dont want to deal with any slick spots. This is the first of two storms and it will mainly africa us tomorrow. Perhaps you heard there could be a little bit of snow with this one. As weve gone through the week we realize this storm is not going to have a to work with, no snow for the district by the way. But there could be a little bit of mixing very early tomorrow morning north and west. I would say the best chance of that is going to be west of i81 and the blue ridge and maybe you get a little bit of snow out there you about its going to be too warm for anything to stick. And by the time we get to all late morning, everybody is going to be seeing some rain. Just wanted to show you that our snow cast really doesnt see much. It puts a very light dusting up towards the new york city area and maybe in the mountains and that is it. But we will watch temperatures closely as we drop down to 40 degrees here in the district tonight. Frederick youll be around 33 and 34 for hagerstown. So thats the first storm. The second one is wednesday and its definitely stronger, definitely going to produce warmer temperatures, a lot more rain and maybe even a rumble of thunder. Lots to talk about this week and ill have your 7day forecast coming up in just a bit. Back up to sarah and laura. Coming up, a health alert tonight for parents of high schoolers. Fouim need to know about study drugs. And the first time you consume alcohol, experts say you learn something that affect how you approach drinking thereafter. Im in lees burg with a heartwarming story about an employee at this starbucks. Ill be back with the story. Love that story. Looking forward to itment and this one. The 106yearold woman who danced with joy when she met the obamas. Shes going to rave about her experience to fox 5. What this lovely lady says she enjoys to eat that might have something to do with her youthful looks. Well meet her in a little bit. In tonights health watch, a warning for parents before socalled study drugs. With college applications, s. A. T. S and exams, some teens may resort to get it all done. They fk help enhance focus an concentration and help students stay awake. Experts warn these drugs can be easily misused and they want to help parents recognize the warning signs that your teens could be using appetite, weight loss, trouble sleeping and a sharp change in behavior when it comments to focus. You may not remember the first time you ever had a drink, but your brain likely does. A new study looks at the longlasting cell changes following the First Experience with alcohol consumption. Researchers wanted to know if a single drink would trigger changes that would promote future drinking. The brain registers and remembers the perceived benefits from your very first drink. That means drinking, especially bing drinking, may encourage dangerous habits in the future. A touching act of kindness and compassion by a starbucks employee is gaining some big attention tonight. Im glad that it is because its really worthy of that kind of attention tonight. A leesburg man who is hearing impaired first shared the details of this gesture in his facebook post. The cashier at his starbucks told him in a note that shes been learning same experience at starbucks as everyone else. Ronica cleary met with the man who posted this on facebook. We love this story. Favorite one of the day. Reporter he is deaf and is a regular here. He types it on his phone and shows it to the cashier. He got this note that surprised him. Ive been learning asl just so you can have the same experience as everyone else. Asl stands for american sign language. We met here over coffee and we used the notes app on our phones to do the interview. He told me that the cashier first surprised him by actually signing for him what do you want drink and then gave him the note. He signed for me how he felt when he got the note. And then transcribed it for me so that i could feelings with our viewers. Take a listen. The note made me happy. He then said to me, basically, that i felt happy that she learned to sign asl to speak to me. I felt happy that she wrote me the note. I reached out to starbucks. I was hoping to speak with the woman here who gave him the note or a manager. They did decline the interview but a spokesperson in an email said they are always happy to hear of meaningful connections. Live in leesburg for fox 5 local news, im ronica cleary. I want to hear from that cashier. Either way, thats great. Sweet strategy. Girl scouts targeting smokers by selling cookies outside of dispensary. How the Girl Scout Organization is now responding. Fox Sports ReporterAaron Andrews taking on marriott today in a 75 million suit. Details of that trial are ahead. And taylor swift offering support in trying times. The big donation she made to a fellow singer kesha and why shes getting slammed for it tonight. Your entertainment headlines coming up next. In Celebrity News tonight, the trial is starting in a 75 million civil lawsuit filed by fox sports personality. Back in 2008 a man was able to reserve the room next to her at the hotel, rig her rooms peep hole with a camera and record video of clothing. The videos were posted online. The suit alleges the hotel was negligent and the trial is expected to last about ten days. Bill cosbys wife was deposed today in a defamation lawsuit filed against her husband. Lawyers have oorg ued camille doesnt have any information relevant to the accusations. Depositions in civil cases are typically given in private and written transcripts are sealed from public view. Taylor swift has donated 250,000 to kesha. Last week a judge ruled kesha cannot make music independently of the contract she signed. A representative for swift says the donation is to help kesha with, quote, any of her financial needs during this trying time. One person who doesnt seem impressed, after swifts donation tweeting take something to capitol hill and then speak out and then ill be impressed. With cameras constantly following his parents everywhere, its hard to believe but the world has gone three months without seeing a photo of saint west. Little saint is the infant son of Kim Kardashian and kanye west. Today is my dadsrthday and i know theres nothing more in the world that he would have wanted to meet his grandchildren so i want to share this picture of saint were you all. I am surprised its been this long. Cute baby though. Yeah. Sneaky sting operation. The fbi defending its decision to take legal action against apple. Meanwhile Mark Zuckerberg is commenting on the controversy. And nasa says they received a Record Number of applications for people who want to be americas next astronaut. First though, this girl sure can doodle. Akilah is a National Finalist but she needs your vote. Today is the last day to vote. You can cast your vote, google. Com doodleforgoogle. Fox 5 is in Prince Georges County where two teenagers were robbed after trying to use the offerup app to purchase goods. Police conducted a st operation that led to the arrest of two suspects and their warning that these types of robberies are on the rise. Fox 5s Alexandra Limon is live in landover with more on this. Reporter guys, check it out this is the offerup app. Its an online classified similar to craigslist where people can buy and sell stuff online. Police say two men were arrested after they alijdly lured two teens and then they robbed them. The men were on rested during a police sting on tuesday. The investigation started after police got a report that the two teenagers were robbed. The victims arranged to meet on february 6th, and by a dirt bike. But instead when the teens got there, the suspects allegedly robbed them at gun point. That happened in capital heights, maryland. Officers decided sting operation pretending to be customers also buying a dirt bike and meet at the same location. Thats when police say they arrested the two suspects who were armed with a handgun and a high capacity magazine. Try to speak to them in person. Do it in a public place such as a shopping center, a police staying, fire department. Somewhere where theres people around. Which is a way to identify that you have a less chance of being victimized. Also the biggest thing is trust your gut. If you feel that something isnt right, if the deal is too good to be true, theres a good chance that it probably is. Reporter now again, Prince Georges County police are warning people that theyve seen a spike in the number of people getting robbed after they were lured through online apps, not just offer up, but also things like craigslist. So again they want people to be Alexandra Limon, fox 5 local news. Developing tonight, the fbi is defending its decision to take legal action against apple. In an effort to gain access to the iphone used by one of the shooters. Apple has refused to help unlock the phone arguing it puts the security and privacy of all customers at risk. James come says the bureau is not looking to break anyones encryption or set a master key loose on the land. Facebook ceo is defending ople saying he briefs in encryption. He says while facebook will play its part to fight global terrorism, weakening Digital Security is a bad idea. Russia is seeking permission to fly its high tech planes over the the request is coming during a tense time between the u. S. And russia with the two sides at odds over russian activity in ukraine and syria. Nasa is on a journey to mars and were on the lookout for new space pioneers. Think you have what it takes . Youve got a better chance of getting into harvard than being accepted into nasas astronaut school. A recordbreaking number of people applied to join. Out of more than 18,000 applicants, only 14 will be chosen. How about that. I heard thats how you ended up here. There were two things i wanted to be as a kid. Three. I wanted to be a chef, an astronaut or baseball player. I am wholly unqualified for all three. But here i am and were going talk about baseball. Im a baseball guy. If youre not going to play it, you might as well report it. Yeah. Its a nice job. Pitchers and catchers reported last week. Today bryce harper talked at length with reporters at viera before it all gets under way. And of course on the minds of many, the aftermath of this choking incident, this led to papelbons suspension and speculation that discord in the clubhouse scared off some potential free agents. Both are back and both are teammates and papelbon said it was behind him. That got blown up out of proportion with the media and it was squashed that day and thats what its going to be like for the rest of the year. Things are happening here in viera. Its part of baseball and sports and life and you do everything you can to not let it happen again and hopefully go about it the right way this year and come together as a team and a family and thats all that marts. And it is easy to forget with all of that that harper is the reigning national mvp. Does that mean harper winning season number 5 is taking on a bigger role . He says dont bet on it. I dont think im a leader. I think all those guys are the leaders. Those are the guys that are going to go about it every single day and do things that they think is right for this team. Im not a very vocal guy, im still at that stage where im stig looking at j dub, still looking at jim and play as hard as