Parents were upset and said the school kept them in the dark. That was monday. Now were standing here wednesday. The principal at Damascus High School says that contractor may have actually touched one of the Damascus High School students when that student was visiting baker. A letter was sent out today. We wanted to know what we could find out about this contractor. This is the man police say groped a tween at john t. Baker middle school last month, 44 yearold john edward epps jr. , a contractor hired by a temp agency by a Company Called net com worked on security cameras, police say also the same one that touched a 12yearold girls buttocks that ended in charges. Today the school held a meeting. They said it was an isolated incident. How do you know . Reporter wusa9 is learning it may not be. Today the principal of Damascus High School sent out a letter saying one of her students may have been touched inappropriately by epps during a visit to baker. We did a quick search and found epps was arrested for sex offenses and other charges in 2001 and 2010. He pled guilty to a Second Degree assault charge in 2010. He is not listed on marylands sex offender registry which would have prohibited him from working in the school according to maryland law, but with his history, why didnt net com, the temp agency, nor Montgomery CountyPublic Schools know. They say his background check showed no prior record. However, the department of School Safety and security reviewed the matter after the arrest and discovered the temporary employee had a criminal record and the background check that was completed by the temp agency was inaccurate. I think we need a change in this community, a change in the school. We need better for our kids. Reporter parents like amy billelo said bakers principal worthington shouldnt have waited a month. Worthington sent out this letter monday saying shes confident they acted swiftly to communicate the incident and added she apologizes for any concern caused by the decision not to send home a letter. To be clear, Montgomery County police have not tied epps to the latest allegation. They are investigating. Epps Attorney Says his client is innocent. Furthermore, net com said theyll provide those criminal background checks to everyone regardless if they come through a temporary agency and just a couple other things, how many children did epps have access to . We havent learned that from Montgomery CountyPublic School yet and also we want to know that Second Degree assault, would that, if they had known about it, kept him from working in the school in the first place . We havent gotten an answer to that either. Debra alfarone in damascus, wusa9. A former Baltimore Ravens cheerleader is facing charges of having sex with a 15year old boy. Derek mcginty is in our newsroom with the details. Molly shattuck, not only is she a former ravens cheerleader, shes a wealthy mom of three separated from the former ceo of company bge and is now facing an indictment of two counts of third degree rape. She was indicted monday. Court documents say the relationship began in may when she began commenting on the photos of a 15yearold boy that had been posted on instagram. The teenager says their first intimate encounter was in a car in a columbia, maryland parking lot. During Summer School she allegedly picked the boy up on lunch breaks and drove to a parking garage where they would make out. The relationship culminated with Sexual Activity in Bethany Beach over labor day weekend. At one point Court Documents say she asked the teenager to walk the dog and performed a sex act. They allegedly had yet another encounter in the beach house. Shattuck made National Headlines in 05 when she became the oldest nfl cheerleader. Shes an author, fitness consultant and starred in a reality show called secret millionaire. Shattuck pleaded not guilty to the charges and was released on 84,000 bond and has been ordered to stay away from minors except for her own kids. Reporting live from the newsroom, derek mcginty, wusa9. The tonight the search for a machine who abandoned her newborn baby in beltsville a mom who abandoned her newborn baby in beltsville near a house along the 12600 block in shoal creek terrace in beltsville. A neighbor found her and called police. She appears to be in good health. Doctors believe she was born hours before she was discovered. Police want to hear from anyone who can help them track down the mom. Please call and you do not have to give your name. The senate race in virginia not over yet between mark warner and ed gillespie. Warner is ahead but only by a tiny margin, close enough for a possible recount. Peggy fox is live where vote canvassing is now underway. Reporter we wont know if theres a recount until the end of the month. Now they are going over all the voting machine readouts making sure the numbers add up, but now after more than 2 million votes were cast across the state very few errors have been found and certainly not enough to put gillespie in the lead. We also take additional security precautions. Reporter a guard stood watch over fairfax countys vote tallies as canvassing began for yet another razor thin election. We do this every year no matter how big or small. Reporter just like last years attorney generals race which mark herring squeezed out the win, lawyers from both parties are scrutinizing the vote tallies in the Virginia Senate race. Its the tiny little types of transcription and arithmetic errors a 15, 16 hour days in the polls can cause. Our goal is to make sure we get it right. I am 100 certain senator warner will be certified, reelected and sworn into the u. S. Senate. Reporter today warners election expert seemed more confident than the candidate himself last night. Well, it was a hard fought race. It went a little longer than we thought. Reporter the unexpected close race gave warner only about 12,000 more votes than republican ed gillespie. Thats less than 1 of the total which means . Unfortunately some campaigns last longer than others. Reporter gillespie can ask for a recount. Right now the difference is between a half percent and 1 and mr. Gillespie would have to pay for that. That would be very expensive. Reporter but republicans are keeping their fingers crossed more counting errors will be uncovered. We have high hopes numbers will change and maybe well be able to pull something out. Reporter republicans are hoping warners lead at least narrows to a half a percent. That would be a few thousand votes. Unlikely Election Officials tell me at this point, but if that were to happen and the lead is only a half percent or less, the state would pay for a recount. That is critical because a recount would cost gillespie millions of dollars if it were only under 1 . He can request it if its under 1 but not until november 25th. We will know for sure on november 25th. Im peggy fox reporting live in fairfax. Theres no question who is the victor in the race for virginias 10th congressional district. Republican Barbara Comstock won over her challenger john faust replacing frank wolf retiring. Governor elect larry hogue an admitted told hogan admitted today pulling off an upset has been a rather surreal experience. Scott broom covered hogans first meeting the day after his win. Reporter on an hour of sleep republican elect larry hogan still seems unned today. It was kind of a shock. When state troopers showed up at our hotel room and said were here to protect you, governor. Reporter National Republicans so excited that hogan said new Jersey Governor Chris Christie was prepared to helicopter in at midnight to join the victory party. He didnt. He was pretty excited about our victory. Reporter hogans first meeting with the media the morning after he said his campaign focused on high taxes and job growth cut across party lines. We set vote goals that were nearly impossible to attain in every single county in the state and we blew past of one of them. Reporter republican andy harris. People got upset. Every month theyd turn on the tv and there would be a new tax or fee. They got tired of it. Reporter today hogan appointed a former secretary of business and Economic Development and his Lieutenant Governor both rutherford to head a transition team. Well put together a bipartisan administration. Reporter the message remains cut spending and taxes, one of hogans first Big Decisions as governor to be on funding the 2. 5 billion purple line transit project in the d. C. Suburbs. He opposed it during the campaign. Today he refused to commit to the purple line one way or the other. In annapolis, scott broom, wusa9. Hogan will have what he called a bigger hammer than previous republican governors thanks to republican gains in the general assembly. Democrats will have a much tougher time overriding any future hogan veto. In the district Muriel Bowser cruised to an easy win in the mayoral election. Bowser bested her closest challenger independent David Catania by 18 points. The 42yearold councilwoman becomes d. C. s seventh mayor and only its second woman in 40 years of home rule. People with a green thumb may soon be able to start growing their own pot in the district. Voters said yes to initiave 71 which allows for the possession, the Home Cultivation and the transfer of marijuana for people over 21, but this whole thing could go up in smoke if some lawmakers get their way. Bruce johnson has that story at 6 00. National republicans regained control of the senate picking up seven seats previously held by democrats. Well have president obamas comments at 6 00. Weve got much more on last nights election on our wusa9 mobile app. You can download it free or upgrade w on your apple or android devices. Our First Alert Weather Team declared tomorrow a yellow alert day. First alert chief meteorologist joins us now from the weather center. When does the rain start . Showers are moving in from the south and west of us now, but most of this is not reaching the ground. I think most of us will get home before the roadways get wet. Even though youre seeing echo over d. C. , not reporting anything hitting the ground, air mass dry, so it evaporates before it hits the ground. Get down on 301 toward waldorf, a couple sprinkles reported but nothing crazy. That said lets look at futurecast. 8 00 tonight it dries up, nothing really happens. Then by 10 00 we see this blossoming of rain and showers out to the north and west in gaithersburg and in frederick and winchester. The good news, temperatures mild, 50s and in the 5 30 now everybody has rain and showers. Notice the yellow. Well come back and talk about the prospect of maybe even hearing thunder tomorrow. Ill let you know if we clear out in time for friday. We are just Getting Started on wusa9 news at 5 00. The new film interstellar opens tonight at the Smithsonians National air and space museum and were expecting some big time stars to be part of the red carpet screening. Bruce leshan has more coming up at 5 30. 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This is a scene in sweetwater, florida, where a water main break in the middle of the street now is causing problems, water shooting 30 plus feet in the air. This is happening west of miami. There is new Surveillance Video tonight in connection to the person of interest in the abduction of a philadelphia woman. The man police want to talk to is seen walking here into a philadelphia Grocery Store some eight hours before 22yearold Carlesha Freeland Gaither was abducted sunday night. Hours later Police Believe he is the same person seen in this chilling Surveillance Video. You see the moment when the two meet. You see the man lunge at carlesha and you see him drag her down a city block and force her into a gray ford taurus. Shortly after the abduction cops say that same person used freelands atm card at a gas station. Hopeful that shes still alive and active. Our investigators say Freeland Gaither kicked out the car windows, her eyeglasses, cell phone both later found on the sidewalk. Police tased a driver who refused to pull over for speeding. This suspect led an officer on a chase through traffic in beltsville. When he got stuck behind slower cars, he tried to run down the officer. The officer shot once into the drivers car, didnt hit the man and the driver took off again. Police finally caught him along floating leaf port in laurel where they tased him and took him into custody. Former Baltimore Ravens running back ray rice is appealing his indefinite nfl suspension. Rice appeared in new york today for the beginning of the two day appeal process. He was kicked out of the league after a tmz video surfaced showing him knocking out his then fiance in an elevator. Usa todays sports columnist Christine Brenner will weigh in in a little bit. The only station with weather alert days, wusa9 first alert weather. Got a yellow alert coming . We sure do. Good news, its going to be mild tomorrow, cold and rainy. Am i spuing that okay . You are. Spinning that okay . You are. Lets start with a live look outside, our live michael and son weather cam and everything quiet, a couple sprinkles, but still pretty dry, so consequently the rain is not hitting the ground just yet. It will eventually saturate and shower and rain tonight. Temperatures are still 65, relative humidity only 52 , winds northwest at 9. You get the humidity up to 60, 65 before anything can fall. Showers develop tonight with rain. Bus stop temperatures very mild tomorrow, but youll need an umbrella. Temperatures 50 to about 60 between 6 a. M. And 9 a. M. Yellow alert thursday for rain and showers. Im afraid it will affect both commutes, so get ready. Blustery friday, mainly dry and i say mainly dry because ive got a passing shower friday, but thats it. It will not affect the High School Football games. 10 00 tonight, want to walk the dog . North of town may have to worry about showers, gaithersburg, frederick, leesburg, temps still mild, mid50s, but showers, clouds d. C. South toward manassas, fairfax into fredericksburg. Then we get in the morning hours. Everybody has rain and showers. Again its mild, upper 50s downtown, low 50s to mid50s in the burbs. Thats 6 00 in the morning. By 8 00 showers will thin out, just showers around the beltway. Then we have a break. By 1 00 might even hear a rumble of thunder tomorrow, just enough instability. Thats 1 00 stop showers and maybe a thunderstorm from leesburg across i66. That moves across the northern suburbs. It moves into Loudoun County and Montgomery County. By 4 00 youre driving home. We still have showers in Southern MarylandSouthern Maryland and up north 270 and out 66. So i plan for a wet commute id plan for a wet commute to and from work. Light showers with temps 55 to 60 and begin to clear out by 7 30, showers and a couple thunderstorms across the bay, temperatures still in the 50s. By 11 00 on thursday some upper 40s gaithersburg and leesburg, but behind this is the not crazy cold but turning a little colder, nothing out of the ordinary yet. Sometime next week it will be out of the ordinary. Tonight mostly cloudy, mild, rain and showers developing, 50 to 55. By morning allow extra time, mostly cloudy and mild with rain showers, maybe a thunderstorm, 50 to 52. In the afternoon rain and showers end late, probably by evening, high temperatures near 65, under yellow alert tomorrow for the rain and showers, winds kicking northwest 10 to 15. The day planner, rain and showers, 52 at 7 00, but pretty mild, 58 at 9 00, 60 at 11 00 and then 64 at 1 00. Next three days chilly with a passing shower friday but not a bad day. Breezy and cool saturday, back up to 58. Average is 62. Next seven days, we cleaned up sunday. Ravens game looks nice, sunshine, temperatures near 60, mid60s. Veterans day looks near 70 and wednesday showers possible in the morning and clearing and colder. This is some of the cold air i referenced earlier, going to get colder than that after wednesday, highs only in the low 50s. New technology making it easier to bypass t