This is fox5 local news at 10. Right now at 10 a frightening situation for people across our region. For hours their calls to 911 wouldnt work. Well break down what happened and if it can happen again. Agai a stunning announcement from the districts veteran police chief cathy lanier. I think i definitely bring something to the table. The chief scores a job withob the nfl. Th when is she out . Who will replace her and who is in chargn of finding her successor . The answers that will impact thehe future of the districts policee force. Fo plus, three people charged with running a sex trafficking ring t in maryland. Investigators say they recruited teens online with promises of modeling. How police busted them. Right now on fox5 news at 10. Customers across the region have had trouble calling 911. 911 as you can imagine its createda all kinds of problems. Thanks for joining us im shawn yancy and im tony perkins. Its been going on for most ofof the day, sprint customers are getting a busy signal when calling 911. Foxs Lindsay Watts has beenas following this alarminglar situation. Lindsay, wees the latest. Sa reporter not only,y custome, but even a Law Enforcementnfor source i spoke to today says sprint seems to be not only ignoring, but even denying such a serious safety problem. Throughout the day and right now sprint users around our region trying to call 911 to report a e fire or some other kind of emergency keep getting a busy signal. Tonight sprint is finally acknowledging there is a problem, but it took hours andur some prompting. It started last night with an underground transformer fire on 18th and l streets. Sprint says this is what impacted cell service today. Causing some customers to get a out, including to 911. O Law Enforcement took to social media to warn people. W as for sprint they posted on facebook that there might be landline issues, but saidut nothing about wireless or 911 calls. Hours went by. I asked why there was no updatet only after that about an hour later did sprint finally send an alert adding customer safety ane security is a top priority. For some it was too little too late. One customer wrote on sprints Facebook Page this illustrates that they are stilltill misrepresenting the scope of the problem. Outages can happen, but the waye the information is being handled with their customers is pathetic the very latest from sprintrom tonight is that restoration is underway but service has not yet been fully restored. As all this has been going on some Police Departments have recommended people who use either a landline or a nonsprint cellphone. Ellp some departments like fairfaxaif and arlington have recommendedem people use their new text 911e services and we learned todaytoa that Montgomery County isontg expected to have that service bt the end of the year. Were life tonight in chevy chase, Lindsay Watts, fox5 local news developing tonight in then district a transformer fire in f the northwest is still causing problems for people who live inh the area. Rea. It knocked out power to 100100 customers. They are hoping to have thehe service back on by tomorrow afternoon. It took firefighters a few hours to get the flames under control, but fortunately no one was hurtt some unexpected news todayody from d. C. Police chief cathy lanier. The veteran chief who has beenbn with the department for 26 years is leaving for a job with the National Football league. Gue. Lanier is moving to new york where she will serve as the nfls senior vicepresident ofi security mayor Muriel Bowser made the announcement this afternoon during a press conference. I am very proud of the forceorc that kathy has lead and a lot of people have worked together toee build. When i started here in 1990 tha1 was very much the environment that i had weather. That it was very much a male dominated profession. P this department was largely male. So im not unaccustomed to that. Laniers retirement will be effective next month. She has served as the chief for the last decade. Laniers departure signalsiga yet another exit of a high profile member of mayor Muriel Bowsers administration in less than two years. Marina maracco joins us now with more on that. Reporter chief lanier has exactly one month starting tomorrow left on the job beforeb she heads to the big lesion. Our paul wagner asked her about the next step in her career. Reporter chief, what do you, think youre bringing to thethe nfl . Well, i know i sa somebody i may not play football, but i know my business. My business over the past 26 years and my education has been security of management of safety and security, as well as counter terrorism. So i think i definitely bringrig something to the table and oncee i get there and start the jobjob ill have a little better answer for you. Im wondering if your perspective as a female in an all male business basically is bringing a different perspective as far as the troubles the nfl had over the years with Sexual Assault and problems that theyve had there. Th i mean, when i started here in 1990 that was very much the environment that i had here. I mean, it was very much a male dominated profession. This department was largely male. So im not unaccustomed to that. And i do think that theres some value that women bring to every profession. On diversity is what makes the world goround. I think matter you take it. To that point mayor bowser took office in 2015 touterring a girl powered try up composed of herself, chief lanier and henned describing son. S bowser is the one left. Left d. C. Fire and he ems who oversaw hurricane katrinas destruction in new orleans was bought byy bowser to d. C. To be what shehat thought would be change. Instead she left publicly upset only after seven months and called the department toxic. In april before he even walkedvn in the door of st. Elizabeths office james kyle resigned after his resume proved to be adequate for the job. Ob. Just a month later michael zin exited the Wilson Building citing his then impending wedding although currently hes back working for but not directly under the mayor. In the last three weeks three other departures Christopher Weaver the department of General Services in h charge of the in controversial water led testinge and the citys new homeless shelters also stepped down citing quote, personal members and obligations, in october Kira Henderson will stop overseeing the School District and a total of 26 years wearing blue in the city also bits farewell as a part of mayor bowsers team. And mayor bowser took office too about a year and a haling a and with six significant departures that timeframe shes averaging one major exit from her team roughly every three months. Tone name . Tomorrow morning mayor murien bowser will join us life in the hour of good day. Well talk with her about p chief laniers retirement and rt the search for a new chief. New tonight, the Fairfax County council to decide how to fill the vacancy. The Council Voted this eveningvi to hold a special election february 7, next year, to fillil the mayors seat. Meantime the council has appointed steven stomach brace as interim mayor. Also workers tonight recovered c seventh body from the rubbleubb from the explosion in silver springs, maryland. Mar crews will continue their search to. Earlier today senator bandar zia toured the site and met withet residents who are living in a shelter. They reassured them that federal and state officials will helpelp them get back on their feet. Heir this is not a matter of whether you are a us citizens or not a citizen. This is not a matter of who is in your family. This is a matter of trying to get you housing, healthcare and your immediate needs taken care of. Meantime Washington Gas testing lines at the apartment complex. It determined everything isd ev okay. Crews did not find any gasas leaks, but residents are stillre concerned. They want to know what causedat that explosion. That still ahead at 10 tonight, a d. C. Police officer is undernder investigation for a physical altercation with a woman. Take a look. Take this is actually a video of the officer lifting the woman off the ground during the incidentnd yesterday in northwest. The woman shared her side of the story with fox5. 5. Well have it for you coming up. A stinking situation on the s national mall. Al what has lead to a fishkill in the Constitution Gardens pond . And finally, theres some relief in site. Ite. Well going to tell you about a weather change coming as soon ao tomorrow. Its all ahead right here at fox5 news at 10. 1 hey, is this our turn . Honey. Our turn . Yeah, we go left right here. woman vo Great Adventures are still out there. Well find them in our subaru outback. avo love. Its what makes a subaru, a subaru. Get zero percent on select subaru models during the subaru a lot to love event, now through august thirtyfirst. Welcome back. Three people are charged withrgd using threats and beatings to t force young women into prostitution at dozens of area hotels. Maryland Law Enforcement law indicted by a grand jury on Human Trafficking charges. The investigation started with an arrest by Prince Georges County police last year. Ear. Sarah simmons is here with moree on the arrest. Reporter tony, these threehe right here, are she had most bi, tara perry and joshua jones aree all part of of the grand jury indictment on Human Trafficking charges. Court documents show that over a threeyear period these threehre lured their victims through internet ads for modeling jobsol but were forced into selling themselves for sex. They modeling themselves under a modeling. They posted advertisements on back page. Com and had sexually solicit images for services. Ervi it became a statewide when they realized the operation was working out of hotels markedotel here on your screen. On this is not the First Time Police have dealt with these whatting a string of hotelsote where they believe they were operating. Those signs while prosecutors work to charge the band guys. Shawn, thank you, sarah. Lets take a life look outside right now the rain has moved through our region, created quite a steam bathat outside. But there is some relieve inn site tomorrow. Sue palka is here to tell usell what we can expect. Shawn, august has been rough. 16 days in, can you guess how am of them have been blow 90 . Blow 90, none. Non four, which is not very manyy tomorrow well still get above 90. But were not going to get into the upper 90s like we did todaya we think this heat wave is gradually winding down. Y wi by the time when get to the weekend and next week it will bl back to what is normal for this time of year. Of this is way above average, 97degree, dulles 96, bwi94, of course this was preceded by three day in the triple digits t at reagan national. Its still there now in the city. Frederick a about it more comfortable at 75. T the team bath is still with us. We had a few storms, not a lot today and theres still a few storms out there tonight. I just wanted to show you thatht weve had a couple moving northh of hagerstown into chambersburg and they had a good amount of lightning with them. I know some of you were worried maybe the storms going to get in here and cause another fireworks situation like we had last night with all the lightning and heavy rain. Ra theyre weakening quite allot as they approach interstate 81. Tate you might get a shower far too the west tonight, but what is i happening is a weak front iss approaching the area. Rea. Its almost out of gas and its going to run out of gas right around interstate 95 tomorrow. What that does with the frontrot getting closer it means we have another trigger. Well have less heat but well have a trigger for some more showers and storms in the afternoon. I think those could be around a little later tomorrow night. Igh meanwhile were forecasting 92 for tomorrow. Its not quite the end of the heat wave, b beginning of a backing off process and i think a lot of the suburban areas might stay in the upper 80s. It tells you something whenls were happy when y its in the 9 20s. I actually got a 83degree reading on the seven dayon t forecast. So stick around for that. Hat. I cant wait. You bet, shawn. Fox5 is in the district where d. C. Police are investigating the actions of one of their own officers. Rs. The officer was caught on camera lifting a woman off her feet and pinning her up against hist police crewser. This happened yesterday at a bus stop near the Howard Theater in northwest. The officer accused the woman of pros did you trustee. Did she denies the claim. We talked to the woman. She asked us not to use her namr or show her face. R she told us she was arguing with a man who was disrespecting another woman when police pulled up. So i guess they took that as a a threat and pushed me up on the car, which was harassment. But they never arrested me. They never told me ias arrest or anything. I have no run ins with them whatsoever. So it was harassment. How old are you . The police union told fox5 the officers tactics are not normal and are not taught at the academy. The case is under investigation. Fairfax county police are investigating a deadly deputyinvolved shooting at ainova fairfax hospital. We first told you about it on our late news last night. It happened around 10 last night. Police say they received 911 calls about a suspicion man at a bus stop outside the hospital. The man was a patient who had recently been release. The deputy who responded to the scene says the man charged att him with a spiked metal signeta post. Thats when he opened fire. The man later died t at the hospital. The deputy who fired the fatal shots is now on routine administrative leave pending an investigation. There is no word tonight what caused a dorm fire at buy i state university. Uni sky fox was over the scene justn before four this afternoon. The fire started on the third residence hall. Firefighters quickly put theuick flames out. Fortunately no one was hurt. Heads up, yep, metro is changing up its safetrack plan whichhic means even more delays on thehe rails in the coming weeks. Week general manager paul wheat field announced the changes today, surgeon seven which is nowow underway was posed to end thursday but will now bee extended through sunday. There will be other scheduled changes. Wheat field says the changes are necessary so metro can fix a number oanf issues including the interlockings which are at the points where the trains changehn tracks. They have to fix the work to comply with safety regulations. L metro was forced to single track on the redline between van necessary and Dupont Circle because of one of those arcing issues near woodly park. Pa firefighters were called out. Nd one was hurt, the arcing probleg did trigger major delays, but service is now back to normal. New tonight, the heat wave has been tough on folks region and its also likely toto blame for the fishkill near the world war ii memorial. People noticed an awful smellwfl coming from the constitutiononst pond. Pond workers with the National Park service checked it out and say several hundred fish likely were kim a similar incident happenedi in 2013. In the park service says it is working on plans to fix the pone and make it deeper so the fish wont be as vulnerable in the heat. Still ahead tonights, the Major Insurance Company that isy th pulling back from obamacare. Plus the Major University thats banning all forms of Tobacco Products from its campus. Later, how pokemon go playersgo are impacting businesses and people at a busy marylandusy shopping area. A. Fox5 news at 10 will be right back. Welcome back, a list of people who hope to grow maryland is now at, they announced the top 15 to be licensed if their background checks are approved. The commission is expected to grant 94 medical Marijuana Dispensary licenses later thiste year, but they are not expectedt to be up and running until 20172 cigarette breaks at Michigan State university are out. The school has banned cigarettes, e cigarettes and all Tobacco Products from University Property worldwide. They prohibit use on lawns and sidewalks. They hope the ban will lead to a more green and clean campus. Michigan state is offering new programs to help kick the habit. A major below to obamacare. Aetna is joining dozens of other insurers in pulling back from obamacare. The company says next year it will cut nearly 70 percent of its obamacare plans. An that means instead of selling 15 individual policies in 14 states theyll only target four states, including virginia. Aetn s losing money in many of the other markets. Kets the move will not only lose customers but could drive up prices. Tonight people are peo remembering political icon john mclaughlin, the host of the syndicated Mclaughlin Group died at his home this morning. He hosted his show for 34 years. He was a jessuit priest and was once a speech writer for mr. Nixon. He was one of the first peoplepe to change the format of political talk shows from rather bland affairs to more Heated Affairs between his guests. He was 89 years old. D. Coming up next tonight, pokemon go players are driving some shoppers and businesses a little crazy. Do you wish they would place somewhere else. E. Why people are so fed up att the pokemon go craze at this popular gaithersburg shopping area. Tomorrow morning on fox5 lieutenant digs from Stafford CountyPolice C Department is joining us. Heres video of him here. Re. With this video getting down to peon says song formation. You can catch him during the 10 00 hour of good day d. C. Tomorrow. To well be right back. 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