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WTTG Fox 5 News 5 March 3, 2016

Are in the winter stormhe w warning. Youll get the bulk of your yr snow during the day tomorrow. Thats when we expect to see the storm getting off thengff coast and potentially throwinghg back a little bit more snow at those areas. Ereas at the moment its very vy scattered, very light and as ven we put it in motion it looks aoa lot more dramatic than it will probably end up being. Ei want to show you again one one more quick look at that winter r weather advisory. Atheadvi the impact mike thomas and i were discussing should we takedt this from moderate to low andtea we decided to keep it att moderate because it will bewi occurring or it will beill be wrapping up especially as oures morning rush hour getspe going. So, there will be some slushy spots, there will be someil be slick spots on roads but it b should be a low impact inmpact terms of the total snow. S most of the accumulation onatio grass and the snow is out of o here by mid morning so last l stop we tweaked our snow totals just a little bit, west,w of d. C. Were only going to goio see a dusting, a coating on grass to maybe an inch. One to two for lower southernern maryland and far to the northnd and west and that two to t t 3inch amount is where theer youll get the bulk of yourulofr snow tomorrow. Snow tomorrow. Much more coming especially anla hour by hour forecast that t everyone loves to see when i join you in a few minutes. W tes. Sarah and laura. D l sue thank you. Sue developing tonight theelopino family of a Fairfax Countyf a f High School Student who wasen wo found dead inside her homee Tuesday Morning is denying the e 17yearold died of a heroin a r overdomes they claim in an claim initially made in an a county press release andsend confirmed by police. Pic Fairfax County police areax u backing off that of claimf c tonight and say investigatorseso arent sure what drugs alexia ae spring are may have taken. Fox5s paul wagner joins us live from centerville highervi school with that story. Paul. Reporter laura and sarahar the story about what happenedppd to Alexia Springer was borner w out of this press releaseel which was put out by the Fairfax County government yesterday and it says that on tuesday, two young residents in the county likely, and this t is the key word, likely diedd of a heroin overdose. N ove the county government saysntve that they got that information from the police bu information from the police is now in doubt. Outside of the centrevilletrev home the 17yearold sharedld sa with her family her sister whot declined to speak on cameraam said alexia died of an accidental Drug Overdose andnd was not using heroin. Sing she said the junior at Centreville High School dide hi not use the drug and the police were wrong to say she did. Late Tuesday Morning at 10 45 1 a spokesman for Fairfax Countynt fire says the caller to 9111 said a female at the house was unconscious and not breathingtng and when police and paramedicsac arrived they found no signs of life. Li. However, Police Say Investigators did find f evidence of drug use. U detectives believe herective death was related to a drug related complication. Pl detectives have collected a hav sample of it and theyve sent it off to be examined. Xamid. Once the toxicology labicolog results come back in well bemeb able to confirm exactly whatctlw type of substance it was andst if it actually had anything tonn do with her death. Reporter however, justever, yesterday a press release fromm the county gove without naming her the teens te death was likely the result of using heroin. Oin. Im not sure exactly why hy where there was a miscommunication. I suppose its suspected thatst it could be some kind ofe opiate drug but like i saidai thats beyond our purview tourew state. We have to wait for the lab l toxicology corruption to come c back before we know what itore is. Reporter at the highr at th School Wednesday friends ofnesd alexia gathered to rememberd o the junior and tied balloonson to some benches that werech later released. Alexia was one of the most m selfless people you would ever meet. Meet she was kind hearted sweet,ndeat homecoming princess, played sports. She had more friends here in f the school. Even if you didnt know her personalldiy you new of her. Of. Reporter john massa a senior said it was not heroin. N. She didnt use heroin. Uer she wasnt heroin user. Wasn in fact she didnt reallyea abuse drugs. D she made a mistake and unfortunately she paid they shid price and we all grieve andll gd more than the loss of her. N the the federal government saysernms more people die in this country from Drug Overdosesg ove than they do in car crashes. Css and here in Fairfax County the government is trying to stay toa on top of a heroin problemro which they say the county doess have. In Fairfax County the number thr of deaths from heroin heroi overdoses doubled between 2013 and 2014 and fire and rescueescu responded to 291 suspected suspe heroin overdoses across thehe county between 2011 and 2014. 01. So, although that information ia that Alexia Springer may haveav died from heroin at this pointhn again thats in doubt. Ou live in fairfax, paul wagner, fox5 local news. Paul, this is a situationisit that just keeps getting worse g and worse and we are taking a t closer look tonight at anotherno twist in this heroin and opiate epidemic. The alarming rise of fentanyl. Y and the problem is users havers no idea that thats what twh theyre getting. Et well have that story at 5 30. . Police in prince georgesin county need your help toelp identify two suspects wanteds in can connection with awa robbery at aon cvs. Cvs this incident took place lastcel friday afternoon inerno in beltsville. Police say the suspects stolepes Prescription Medications fromonm the pharmacy. Pac the manager of the store army veteran joe morisi was fireds after he attempted to stop the robbers. He says one of the men wason armed with a screwdriver. Dr police are asking anyone with w information to please giveleas g them a call. Two men have been arrestedes and charged with humanum trafficking and sexual abuseexul of a minor. Court documents revealed onecume of the suspects said he drovect as school bus for prince for p georges county. Nty. Fox5s matt ackland is as following the story from f Montgomery County where policewh got a 911 call from the the teenaged victim that exposedhatx this case. This c matt. Matt. R reporter thats exactlyte right, sarah. Sar Montgomery County police were first right before christmas whenre c they got that 911 call fromrom the apparent victim. Vic lets take you to video nowideon and well tell you exactlyouxa what we have been able to ae t learn so far today. Od Court Documents revealed thecun victim called for help from this shady grove red roof inn. Detectives interviewed her and t she stated she met 22yearold2r devaughn sharp and he told herhp he would pay her to have sexay h with men. Th m she also told police rally mcclam gave her instructionstrun on how to accept money andnd provided her with a phone. Investigators located ads inorod the escort section of the of classifieds that theyeds th the determined were placed by mcclam. Mcclam Court Papers Reveal mcclampers told police he drove a schooloo bus for Prince Georges County. Ee we asked police if there was a connection between that job thaj and the victim. Icm. Reaching out to the folkstohe who may have ridden his bus,bu maybe some of the youngtheou people. Certainly thats part of tha the investigation but at this time there is non connection,ot no known connection betweenon suspects occupations. Upations reporter so we did ask ask authorities if they thought thog that there were other possibleos victims here. Ctims ere. They said that is something set that they are looking into. Int by the way, we did contact c Prince Georges County schoolses today and they sent us a a statement saying its not it nt their policy to discuss any any individual students, employee or Family Member but i cany me tell you this, this is if the spokesperson, that we conducton rigorous background checks buthu the Police Department or the school today did not confirm that this gentleman was a school bus driver. D he said it when he was being b interviewed by authorities. Live in Montgomery County,momery matt ackland fox5 local news. Ew. Meantime we are learning leag more tonight about that t barricade situation in fairfaxoi county where shots were firederf at officers. Off police were called to this home on larkspur drive. A 19yearold called 911 tod 91o report someone was in his som home. When officers arrived shotsedhot were fired in their direction. Ic detectives say no one was inn the home but they say he fired the starter pistol similar totos this one at police. Ol he is charged now with assaulttt on a Police Officer and placing a false call to police. Police. To Prince Georges Countyce g where the school board will hold its regularly scheduledhocd meeting this evening but oncenig again, the board is tablingab its discussion of itss disc volunteer services program. Now, the program came undered fire after Deonte Carraway was charged with sexual abuse andbu possession of childon of il pornography. Fox5s Marina Marraco livera l in Upper Marlboro with that tt story. Y. Marina. Reporter yeah, andor volunteer services was clearly posted on the agenda forndfo Todays School board meetingscha and when we reached out here her to the school board they saych that now its been axedoo and ad theyre claiming that because two weeks ago back on february 18th they decided to dd form a task force, it will not be revisited for two months. Mth the question is what happenswh p in this in between period withio all the volunteers that areers a still part of the county, have v they been frozen, are they allowed into the school and the have any changes been made because allegedly deonte dnt carraway was walking students individually into bathroomsuall and having sexual encounters ent with them apart from staff sta members and aside from anyny view of any adult in then t period. So, what happens with these volunteers . We asked a dr. Eubanks two weeks ago if there would be any sort of freezing of hiring of volunteers. Lunteers. He seemed to believe that thetob majority of the volunteers were parents, School Parents and he believed that theve majority of them were acting in good faith. D ith. Well, no more well know moreor in two months when that task thk force comes back. B that that task force comprisedce of School Board Members andl bo community members. Mm whether there will be anyere wie changes to volunteer services se made here for the county. Ou in the meantime tomorrowomorro carraway will have appearance at federal court. Rt Marina Marraco, fox5 local l news. We have a followup on a fox5 exclusive. A. M. Loudoun county homeowner will now get his day in court ic and try to challenge ahaenge Virginia State law that will allow the commonwealth to takelt possession of his property ins i ashburn without notifying him. Im hes been battling the state ths for years over a new road that h vdot wants to build that would w lead a new shopping and new s business center. To build that road the statead e would have to seize one to 4 acres of his land. An during a Court Hearing todayriny the state tried to get thethe case thrown out but a judge sided with him and will allow a his challenge to continue. Hell get a trial onll g whether the state can take hisca property without telling him tei when it does so. Oe and this is a case that will w have broad implications for all virginians because thecae t court is going to decide whether the constitutionhe requires the state to tell ar person when it takes s property. Property. Hopkins says he expects the y case could go to trial withinal six months. Xon an iconic d. C. Bridge is in danger of closing if it doesnt get a major overhaul. L. The National Park service is preparing to patch up thetcup arlington Memorial Bridgememoe which will extend its life by lb another five years. Ears. But the 84yearold bridgeri needs to be completelyomplel reconstructed or it will close by 2021. By 2 the repairs would cost c 250 million and right now theit park service doesnt have thecet money to do it. I they plan to apply for federaled grant money to help fix the bridge. Bridge coming up, starbucksup, employees are learning morerninr than just how to brew upewp coffee. Why they are getting a the lesson in breastfeeding ahead. He wow. And the first of its kindf k a college is launching a lauhina Bachelors Degree Program in gospel music. Gospel were going to tell where you. Lu and mitt romney lays out scathing critiques of donaldf do trump and of course the donald n barks back. Bac well have that coming up. For a cup of coffee just because youre a woman. So why does congress think its ok that women get paid 20 less than a man for doing the same job . Ill fight for pay equity, to protect planned parenthood, choice for women, and expand paid and family leave. Now some politicians will belittle this as a womens agenda. More proof that we just need more women in congress. Im Kathleen Mathews and i approve this message. In the race for the white house there have been 15een republican primary racesry races donald trump has won 10. Tru he has. He but there is still a deptill a divide within the Republican Party from those who are not donald trump winning the trumpie nomination. Mination. Fox5s political reporter ror ronica cleary is here withar her more. More so, big drop today from mitt romney. Mney yes, it was incredible. Ncdib. Certainly not something youy normally see. No mittno romney spoke today at the Hinckley Institute based out i of the university of utahns heth opened his remarks by saying er wasnt there to announceth his candidacy for president. Pri he wasnt there to endorse a candidate. Cand instead, he was there to speakss about donald trump and tell t the people not to vote for him. Donald trump then responded tose mittomneys remarks at a rally today in maine. Y let me put it very plainly. N if we republicans choosecans donald trump as our nominee, nie the prospects for a safe and prosperous future are greatlyre diminished but you say wait, wt, wait. Isnt he a huge Business Success . Doesnt he flo what hes talking about. Bo no he isnt and no, he doesnt many. Many ill just address itl qul ickly cause its irrelevant. Vant candidate. He failed. He fled. But i backed mitt romney iom backed him because you canyo see how loyal he is. He was begging for my endorse. R i could have said mitt drop tot your knees, he would havees, dropped to his knees. Kne he was begging. Certainly the two speaking in different styles but you may recall donald trump actually endorsed mitt romneyor when he was the gop nominee inie 2012 and romney touted trumpsru Business Successes. Suc i spoke with Alexis Levinson a senior political reporter for nav National Review and shew brought us back to the day day when trump endorsed mitt romney. Take a listen. Lte we were all sitting there saying my gosh this is so g awkward, so uncomfortable. Omforb im not sure they ever had ay ea particularly goodularly relationship. That said obviously at thed viou time romney felt that trumpt tru was an endorsement that hehat wanted and he didnt mentionten that in his speech today. Peec he needed to bring that up. D to he needed to kind of say, you know, 2016 is different thannt 2012 or least addressed that fact. T. Well, romney did put out a tweet today after trumps trumps comments. It said if trump had said four years ago the things he says today about the k can kk, muslims, mexicans, disabled i would not have accepted his endorsement. Rsement. Theres another debate hosted by megyn kelly. Kelly. You may recall that trump feltmp she didnt treat him fairly and he skipped the next fox next news debate. Ne deb took place right before iowaef i and he hosted a fundraiser for veterans instead. Nstead. Ted cruz then went on to win the Iowa Caucuses so we willeil see what happens tonight. Tig for fox5 local news, im ns, ronica cleary. All right, thanks, ronica. Ths every election cycle we see Campaign Signs starter to pop up near polling places andgs front yards. Ards one undecided voter wantedane to put up a sign of his own and you may have seen thiseen ts sign spreading o media. It says idk, i dont know, not trump, though 2016. H 2 the man behind the slogan is comedian dave ross. Trump has certainly been a controversial candidate inspiring strong opinions both for and against. St ross says he receives so manyson retweets and likes he put the pt antitrump slogan on bumper stickers and tshirts. Tsrt the merchandise sold so wellhand he says its paid his rent forio the past few months. Good for him. I know. He also created a web site andia now has a licensing deal soo the idk not trump though tho shirts will soon be sold at urban outfits. Thats great. Isnt that funny. Sn im glad. Its like hes making moneys off of m it. If you can make money off o trump, good job. D j coming up soon you may not recognize kfcs colonelfc c sanders. S

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