Right now at a transgender woman says a Security Guard violently attacked her when she tried to use the Grocery Store restroom. This has been painful. Senate victims emotional reaction and the hash words thew judge had for the guard in court. Its been a few weeks since aw seven year old was shot in a dc neighborhood. Did the city make good on a promise to make the area safer. Plus the latest in the tragic egypt air crash, what could have led to the midair over the mediterranean. Fox 5 news starts right now. We thank you for join us imf tony perkins. Im shawn yancy. Security guard accused of attacking a transgender woman wm tisha lewis is live in thei courtroom and reaction from the victim. Ct reporter shawn and tony Security Guard charged with. Hours after jones appeared in court we went to her northeast n home for further comment and to be completely candid what happened next is disturbing a a woman inside threatened us by telling us screaming andd shouting through the door thator she would have her dog attack us if we did not leave. Eave. Now that exchange happened e moments after he we were initially greeted by another woman who said she was jones family member. Reporter fox 5 local news was there wednesday night when a woman arrived at this home listed as the resident for 45 year old fran seen joan. J the woman would only say shesay jones relative and the family f had nothing to say about jones assault at this giant womans restroom. Rest jones walked out of Dc Superior Courthouse in disexercise including sunglasses baseball b cap and over size jacketed thursday afternoon. Ursd shes charged with year old ebony, a misdemeanor. She is a transgender who jones told she could not use the stores womens restroom with pushing her. This. This experience has been painful because its not fair that i was singled out justust because im transgender and had to use the womans restroom. She at typedded jones hearing and became emotional. Its not fair its not right. Its horrifying that, that, i have to go throughout my life for now on everyday worriedy about if i go into a mcdonalds, mcdonalds, safe way, subway, worried about whether or not or someone is going to come running up behind me charging into the restroom because im transgender and trying to feel me up. Reporter jones contracts employee who works for Wolf Security based in baltimore. The company and its attorney did not respond to several callsal requesting comment. She describes the last 24 hours4 as trauma advertising. I i couldnt sleep last night. Im going through therapy. I talked to my therapist this t morning about it. I its stressful. Reporter now, giant sayssa that it is a personal, they go on to say that they un reservable apologize for this incident. Many of you responded on social media, if you check out this twitter profile, fox 5 dc you d can see there are nearly 500 ro5 et cetera tweets and more than 500 with a pledge a of commentsf were going to read some of those comments include saying its been happening just thisning time the right person was re know, we found out today, how did she know she was transgendes and then also we have another a comment on twitter saying there are only two genders in thiso g world you go to the bathroom based on youre parts that the man upstairs gave you. So a lot of comments on both sides about this situation. What is happening next fran seen jones will appear backpe in cout on july 21st. Its also important to note at todays Court Appearance she did say and plead not guilty. Lty. Tisha lewis fox 5 local news. Nw terrifying situation for a woman in the district. Police say a man broke into hert home and assaulted her. It happened around 1230 Tuesday Morning in the 18 block of angle side terrace in northwest. St. Officer say after the suspect assaulted her he fled the scene. Suspect described as hispanic man with a stocky build. Last seen wearing a jacket over a red sweatshirt. S if you know anything you now, fox 5 followup after a string of shootings in the southeast neighborhood the mayor and Police Promise to improve safety in the area at the top op the list putting up more lights. Did the city keep its word fox 5 marina ma robing company, the questions are together lights pl reporter tony depends whoor you ask. Yo neighbors on this street will s tell you yes the mayor followedm through you can see the white led lights and how bright they are on the street where that seven year old was shot about a month ago. If you just look at the inter i sexes here on alabama avenue ae much different picture, a dimmem street sodium lights on this thi street. However, the scene just down thh street about a month ago when that seven year old was shot as she was walking home with her parents left in Critical Condition just about a block from the 7th Police District here in southeast. Now, it was a shooting that actually marked the beginning oo a slew of high leading to up to the summer. Um after that girl was shot mayor bowser walked through the neighborhood and residents expressed concerns over how poorly lit this neighborhoodhboo was. Now in just weeks, those same sa residents hearsay the mayor followed through and did improve lighting. W led lights for three t residential streets that line the neighborhood where that seven year old was shot. But there are still outdares dents who say its not enough ann the lights need to go for the rest of the ward also. They also need to be changed. Ca we got light now. They bright. Im glad for one. People get off work late betweel nine and 11 00 they need lights so they can see. They dont want to get mugged gt going home. Im not completely satisfiedm because all the lights are not out. I am thankful i do see some lights that deter ring the crime and stuff right here, i hope h th within the next 30 days. Reporter now, given what we saw earlier this week, today was a much calmer day in thehe district as it regards to crime. Violent crime however remains up here in the city. Homicides continue to be up versus 44 last year at the samem time. Live tonight in southeast dc Marina Marraco fox 5. If officers arrested brian ar grace last night in fairfax county. X 5 an officerfo responded to an add he placed and craigslist, he was armed arm with drugs and guns. Fire captain was assigned to ass engine eight in southeast. Hes been working for the Department Since 2000. He is now on administrative leave. Maryland governor Larry L Hogan signed a bill known as as noahs law. Law. After Montgomery County policeyp officers noah leotta a suspectet drunk driver hit year. Ar. Ignition lock devices will beesw placed in cars of people convicted of driving under the in newspapers. Senate fact 30 took the death of a Police Officer under circumstances that it occurred to get this passed is a shame. You know maybe at if this bill had been passed a few years ago noah i on the too would still bb patrolling the streets of Montgomery County today. The maniac caused of killing officer lee on the ka pleaded guilty yesterday. Tragic egypt air crash what may have caused that plane to go down. Major news for metro rail passengers the Safetrack Program was unveiled it meansean Major Construction and single tracking in more than a year when and where. We started out with clouds. You can see the sunshine this afternoon. And it helped us to get up to 70 degrees. 72 at dulles the sixth time in the month of may weve been to hit 70 degrees in this area. Can we do i would againo i tomorrow. Ill have a first look at yourit forecast when fox 5 local newscl at 10 comes right back. Z2022z z2025z was it terrorism that is the question following the crashrr f an egypt air flight into thento sea. Se 66 people were on board the train traveling from paris to care row, kong applicantting reports as to whether the wreckage has been found. Reporter 11 0 9d. Egypt air flight takes off. On board, 66 people including 56 passengers among them. Egyptians, french a canadiann brit tan not americans but thera were children. Me among the crew three security. Y. The flight from paris across outset. Thursday morning the plane pla enters greek air sprays. They make voice contact. There are no reports of stormyto weather. And then, over the mediterranean, something went a rye, it executed a turn of 90 degrees left and then a turn of 360 degrees toward the right dropping from 37 thousand to 15 thousand feet and then we lost it at about 10 thousand feet. 2 29 am off the coast of egypt the plane was gone, no distress call no other indication of trouble. In the coming hours the families of the victims of cairo and charles da gail airport demanded answers from the authorities. Them dont have information. Ha but obviously there is little hope. Late morning paris Time Thursday a grim face france was the bad news. The information we have been able to gather is the plane came down and is lost. Why did it crash. Coat have been a mechanical error or terrorism. T thats a possibility. Possibility of having a different action or having a terror attack is higher than the possibility of having particular kale. Anotherr egypt air flight headsd to cairo among those on board family of the victims wanting tg be closer to their loved once wherever, however. And more questions tonight egypt air now says it cannot confirm that the debris found in the sea earlier today came from the plane. As the hunt continues. Nues at airport fred palka, fox news. Close call for drivers traveling on route georges county. Cou sky fox was over the scene this afternoon in bowie small plane missed the runway and hit a hit fence that borders the eastbound lanes of route 50. 0. A student pilot was flying the single engine plane no one was injured but traffic was backed up for self miles. Letters take alive lookke a outside. It was pleasant day today. Day. Very nice. Finally got to see some sun. Temperatures reached about 70. Sue palka joins us now sue thehe questions this assign of things to come. Heres the sign. s t you like it tony. Yes, i do. Grab your smart phone and a change your schedule so that yoo can get outside tomorrow. We are expecting a sunny friday, a Beautiful Day and kind of a of rare day in this may that has featured so many cloudy days ans 15 days of this month with measurable rain. Ain. Today was not one of them, tomorrow will not be one of them. I suggest you soak it up while you can we are going to be weekend begins. Meanwhile tonight it is still 62 degrees. Nice to hit fender day the sixth time we hit 70 or above this month. Nice comfortable night. It will be a dry night. There could be a patch or two oo fog in the valley but that willa be it. 54 in winchester right now. 53 for Martinsburg Hagerstown 55. 60 in annapolis. Olis very comfortable evening to be sure. High pressure has been building in a lots of people asking me y has may this year been so different, well that big h was w up over new england that kept an east wind in here it was stuck there for many he weeks. Ks this area of High Pressure pre brings in a dryer wind direction ouch the north and were going g to continue to see those cloudse stay to the south. The dry night, a clear night. A comfort able evening and a nice dry starter tomorrow morning. For the kids at the bus stop, we do not need the raining gear. He 50 to 56 a little bit cool but not bad. After school, 72 to Sunny Afternoon expected. D. Now, weve been talking aboutali friday looking like a great liky i think well be above 70. We got to watch this area of low pressure it will be coming in c out of the deep south that ishat our rain maker for saturday. Clouds will be back here by the time we hit night. Nig and rain will be in here bye b saturday morning. Mor coming up in a little bit, ill take you through the weekends forecasted hour by hour, but itb looks soggy for saturday wellar get you ready for that and keep our fingers crossed if we can get it out of here quickly. We dont need any more rain, right shawn. No, no more rain, all i heard was friday. Duo thumbs up. Into snow thank you sue. Metro riders brace yourself theu trank sit agency revealed Safetrack Program its going t last more than a year. A the metro make over begins june fourth single tracking. Fox 5 tom physician gerald have the plannings to fix metro. We just going to have to with it its all about safety. Ou if they dont do it then then more problems can come. Theres going to be a problem. Theres going tomorrow packem me im hot happy about it. Py im glad they are making the changes and making improvements on safety. You u now, this all is going tog start june fourth, from june fourth to the 18th the orange and silver lines from boston ton east falls church, they are going to single track for 13 1 days. Then, on june 18th, the orange silver and blue lines they will totally shutdown between eastere market and minnesota avenue ande benning road thats shutdown willing for 16 days. After that back over to virginia on july fifth the yellow and blue line they will be totally shutting down between reagan airport and brad dick road for seven days, july 12th yellow and blue lines reagan to pentagon pn city they will shutdown for seven days. These trackings they are scheduled too go throughout the system until march 19th of 2017. Metros general manage Paul Wiedefeld is urging passengers study the safetrack scheduletc learn it and change your commute accordingly into next year hehe says. This cannot be put off any longer. I understand the frustration they are going to have the individual time, but the timehe that they really get impacted they can work around that, other we just have to go. Tom to Fitzgerald Fox 5 local news. Ews. One the biggest check points will be on the red line in november. Metro plans to add buses. You can see the smart track plaa yourself we pit on our web night fox5dc. Com. Coming up anti semitic flyers passed out in one montgomery neighborhood its noth the first time. What police are saying about the hurtful handouts. Ahead fire devastated a group home that indicaters to adults. What you can do to help out when we come back. man hmm. What do you think . stranger good mornin store p. A. attention shoppers, theres a lost couple in the mens department. vo theres a great big unkhaki world out there. Explore it in a subaru crosstrek. Love. Its what makes a subaru, a subaru. Organization that runs a group home for peoplen with disabilities need your help tonight. They are asking for donations dn after their home went up in flames on monday no one was inside fire officials are stillo trying to determine what sparked the fire investigator say the house suffered damage. Three residents were displaced. If you would like to make a donation you can drop it off inn frederick maryland. Also new tonight a disturbing discovery in maryland anti semitic flyers are being distributes 4d about jewish people. Now although thes flyers may be offensive to some they are still Tacoma Park Police say it doest not rise to the level of violating the law so they wont be making any arrest. Veteran 60 minute corresponding morally safer the 84 year old announced retirement a week. He joined the magazine as mike Wallets Company host. He reported stories from art a music and pop culture to deep political investigations. He was awarded awards during this rear. He is 0 exercised by his wife and daughter. Will be missed. Iss if you were heading to the airport to to catch a flight gie yourself extra time the lines are longer than usual, right sarah. Thats the complaint across the country at some airports. Ir but experts say there are some things that amateur flyers even experienced once need to know before heading to the airport ill haveha check out this youll only see it here on fox 5 a hot air balloon that landed in their backyard. Hot hair balloon festival. He needed a place to land before sunset and their yard lookedked like a good option. Okay. [ laughter ]. Kids in themagine neighborhood were thrilled. Be right right back. Vo for dominion, part of delivering Affordable Energy includes supporting those in our community who need help. Our Energyshare Program does just that, assisting with bill pay and providing free, energysaving upgrades. Its more than helping customers, its helping neighbors. Stand by me were back with a look at tonights top story Security Guard accused of assaulting a transgender woman inside of a of giant Grocery Store was in court today. Tisha lewis is life with the latest. Te reporter thats right it wat her first inside Dc Superior Court she wac charged with assault after blocking a transgender woman from using the womens bathroom inside a giant food store. The victim says shes traumatized. Mati jones says shes not guilty and will be back in cotter in two months. Marina. Entire eight not for the ward. Take a look behind me, youll see the bright new led lights installed in a small pocket of the ward after a seven year old was shot. S some residents say these old dim streetlights also need to go. After the seven year old was shot mayor bowser walked thed neighborhood and promised to bring in new lights. L residents hoping the entire ware will be well lit for the summer. Shawn. Well tonight more questions than answers in the deadly plane crash jet liner crashed into the sea earlier today killing all 66 people traveling from paris to cairo investigators are lookingg at ever possible possibility terrorism, that plane actually went down last night yesterday. A Record Number of passengers are expected to fly this summerm all across the country travelers are dealing with longl lines as Security Check pointedt sarahy simmons is live where isl sarah i understand passengers might be in for a pretty bumpy m ride this summer. R. Yeah, it could be a little bumpy. Talks with a few travel agent about what people should do if he they are heading to the airport, some no tsa supervisorp who say the problem is not justj on the tsa end but also the passeng