Which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] leon up first, disturbing details about a d. C. Police officer accused of sexually assaulting two teenage girls. One of the alleged crimes is believed to have happened inside police headquarters. Alison darrell best who was a d. C. Police officer and a pastor in the district. Leon roz plater has the latest along with the departments response. Roz lots of questions about the officer. At one time he was a sergeant, he is now an officer. He is a 25 year veteran assigned to the fourth district. We dont know why he has an office on the fifth floor, the same floor as the police chief. Inside d. C. Police headquarters, that is where a 17yearold girl told investigators she was sexually assaulted in early december. Court documents say that it happened in a fifth floor office, and she identified d. C. Police officer darrell best as her attacker. He was in uniform, wearing his gun, when he pawed her. Then he said girl, fix your shirt. If they see you coming out of my office like that, they will think something is going on. A second teenager told investigators that best sexually assaulted her three times at the Second Chance Ministry Church in southeast, twice during choir practice. Court documents say before assaulting her in february, he said, happy valentines day. Both teenager say they are members of the church. He has done double duty as a Police Officer and pastor for years. This is video from 2000. I think he is a good man. He always treated me well. Roz d. C. Police chief cathy lanier issued a statement saying the allegations against offduty officer darrell best are serious and disheartening. He is on administrative leave and is in jail without bond. Alison the police need your help finding a person who shot a child. It happened in the 2400 block of 22nd straight southeast. 22nd street southeast. The sixyearold girl was shot, taken to the hospital, and is expected to be ok. Leon a case worker at a group home arrested for allegedly having sex with a 17yearold in her care. She is charged with sex abuse of a minor. She was a case manager for the group home in rockville since last summer. The alleged incident happened there. The police say that hargrove told the teenager to be quiet because she did not want to lose her job. Alison we first told you about a body found last night. The police have identified the deceased. His body was found on pembroke drive. The police say there was try to his upper body but the cause of death has not been determined. Leon an envelope sent to the white house may have contained a deadly poison cyanide. It was intercepted at the white house mail screening facility. Kevin lewis is live with the investigation happening now. Kevin leon, at first, the mail facility, they tested the package for cyanide. It failed. Today, a new test with much more startling results. Concern tonight after an envelope mailed to the white house tested presumably positive for cyanide. Sources say an employee working at the white houses mail screening facility in maryland detected a milky substance monday stashed inside of a plastic zip lock bag. In 19 publication said the bag inside of an envelope at a return address. The address links to way man the secret service has tracked since the mid1990s. According to the cdc cyanide is a fast acting, potentially deadly chemical. It can be found in crystal form or as a colorless and odor less gas. It prints the body from using oxygen and is harmful to the heart and brain. It prevents the body from using oxygen and is harmful to the heart and brain. They have intercepted multiple packages to the white house over the years. In one case, he sent small alcohol bottles, in another human feces. Charges are likely. Kevin lewis, abc 7 news. Alison no injuries after a metro passenger released peppers parade on a train. It happened at about 7 00 on a yellow line train near shaw station. The train stopped, passengers evacuated, medical care was offered, but everyone refused it. No word on if there was an arrest. Leon dont get too used to the springlike weather, because there is colder air whipping around. Steve rudin is here with how chilly it will get. St today was a tease. The High Temperature earlier this afternoon before the cold front moves through 73 degrees at reagan national. Fredericksburg 74, charlottesville 75. Cooler to the north, middle 60s hagerstown and frederick. The skies have cleared highpressure overhead. Tomorrow morning near freezing highs only in the upper 40s. When will we have another warmup and what are the chances of snowflakes in the sevenday . Thats coming up. Alison developing now three Morgan State University Football Players are recovering from stab wounds after a fight on campus. Their injuries are not considered lifethreatening. A suspect is in custody, but the police are not saying what started the fight. It is the third instance of violence on campus in less than a week. The University President in an email to students said, this is not morgan. He said he will visit Residence Halls to talk about the situation. Leon a penn State University fraternity is suspended, accused of posting compromised photos of women, allegedly on a private facebook page. It showed women who appeared to be asleep or passed out. They were suspended for year during the investigation. State College Police say they are having a hard time identifying suspects because the Facebook Accounts have been wiped clean. Alison an attempted burglary ends with the suspect shot in the face, according to Fairfax County police. The owner of this house on lenore lane in huntington was home at the time when somebody tried to break in. The homeowner, who asked to be identified as mr. King, told the man to stop. When he did not stop, he said he had no other choice but to shoot. I was terrified. I did not even think i was going to hit the guy. I did not aim to shoot to kill. Alison the bullet grazed the intruders cheek. He ran off and tried to flag down a school bus with students on board to help him. He was arrested and taken to the hospital with nonlife turning injuries. A congressman from illinois is stepping down. He was facing questions about his campaign financing. He has been accused of spending taxpayer and Campaign Funds for at least a dozen flights on private planes. He says the accusations were a distraction that made it too difficult for him to serve. Leon a former u. S. Air force mechanic is accused of trying to join isil. He was indicted in brooklyn today. Investigators caught him trying to cross syria to join the islamic state. According to the indictment, he tried to destroy several phone drives. Overseas, is really a Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declaring victory, despite exit polls showing a clear deadlock. He has only a slight edge over his competitor. Net yahoo is expected to win but Benjamin Netanyahu was expected to win, but it could mean decreased stability in israel. Alison british royalty is here in the nations capital. Prince charles and duchess camilla are here for a visit. Jay korff has more on their plans for the rest of the week. Jay i counted at least a dozen trips for the royals during this. Right now, a reception and dinner here at the british ambassadors residence in northwest washington. All the way to meeting the president. Their royal highnesses arrived on a blustery evening to kick off a busy fourday trip in the u. S. Prince charles and duchess camilla were whisked off to the embassy. It has been 10 years since they both came after they were married. I think it is high time they came back. Jay they will meet president obama and Vice President biden. They will also stop at mount vernon the National Archives and in a deal charter school. Prince charles will also pick up an award for his stewardship of environmentalism. Some of the initiatives that he took on, like the rain for survival and Climate Change early on. Jay the duchess of cornwall will visit the Shakespeare Theatre company and attend a meeting with a teenager who help Sexual Assault victims. Particularly those who have been victims of violence. It is an issue she is very much involved with. Jay the prince of wales and the duchess of cornwall will wrap up their u. S. Trip with a day in louisville, kentucky. Alison a consumer alert straight ahead. Why kraft is recalling its popular macaroni and cheese. Leon plus, investigators raid the texas home of robert durst after he was arrested for murder. With the we live in a pick and choose world. Choose, choose, choose. But at bedtime . Why settle for this . Enter the sleep number bed. Designed to let couples sleep together in individualized comfort. Sleepiq technology tells you how well you slept and what adjustments you can make. You like the bed soft. Hes more hardcore. So your sleep goes from good to great to wow now we can all choose amazing only at a sleep number store. Right now, you can save 600 on the number onerated i8 bed. Know better sleep with sleep number. You are watching abc 7 news at 11 00, on your side. Leon a new raid of Robert Dursts home in houston. He was rested in new orleans and charged with firstdegree murder. His wife disappeared in 1982 and it is believed he is the only person who knows what happened to her. Tonight, officials in california are watching the case closely in connection with the disappearance of a teenager in the 1990s. Alison 7 on your side with a consumer alert. Kraft is recalling its macaroni and cheese, 242,000 cases being pulled because some of the boxes may contain small pieces of metal. Kraft did not say if there were injuries. The boxes can be returned to stores or refund it. To see a list of which boxes could be affected, go to our website, wjla. Com. Leon from what is inside to outside, starbucks will jumpstart the conversation about race in america, but it is causing controversy. Today starbucks announced they would train breese to baristas to talk about race. Supporters say it is a healthy way to start the dialogue, but others say this could create division. The company will outline more about the campaign tomorrow. Alison a music superstar is helping an elderly woman from northern virginia. Her name is edith hill, she is 96 and she made headlines when she married her 95yearold boyfriend. Her husband passed away in december. Tonight, cher says she is going to pay to upgrade her family home in alexandria. A judge says she can return once the repairs are done. Cher says she was inspired i the new story by the news story that she saw about her. Leon people everywhere are going green today. Here scene from clarendon celebrating st. Patricks day with festive durex. Bars were packed, many folks enjoying a plate of guinness or something green. Alison and also this beautiful shot outside of the white house. The whitese fountain water was dyed green. With the blue skies over the executive mansion, it was a beautiful day, which quickly turned into a cold night. Leon not springlike now. Steve when i was out earlier with the pop up beer garden, the wind was really picking up. It is here now. It will be with us the next few days. Temperature trend the next few weeks, belowaverage. Alison teo weeks. Steve two weeks. I could have said three. [laughter] steve it is now 45 degrees at reagan national, the wind out of the west, northwest at 16. The dew point level, not so bad. 73 degrees was the high earlier today. That is well below average this time of year. The record 81, back in 1989. Are your eyes bothering you sniffly nose, coughing, hard time talking . This could be the reason, the tree pollen is in the high range. Coming days, even though it will be cooler, the pollen count will continue to increase. 40 dulles, 37 winchester, the temperatures have really cool down. Compared with yesterday at this time, about 20 to 25 degrees cooler. We are about eight to 10 degrees cooler in the d. C. Metro area. The temperatures continuing to fall to the north and west. Nighttime lows middle 20s. Inside capital beltway, 32 to 34. Clear skies, which means a cold start in the morning. No problems during the daytime tomorrow. High pressure overhead. Clouds will increase through the day thursday. With the clouds, we may have a little bit of a winter mix. It is not going to add up to way lot. This happens early, early friday morning. Most of this is out of here and i dont expect anything to stick around. It very well could change as we move through the next day or so. We will keep you updated wjla. Com. Jacqui jeras is here in the morning. Tomorrow, upper 40s, near 50. Sunshine, but dont let it fool you, the wind will increase, 10 to 15, higher wind gusts around noon time. The extended outlook, the temperature near 51 thursday. Better chance of widespread rain friday. The upcoming weekend, always looking forward to the weekend, even though it will be a little cool, slightly below average 50 to 55 degrees, nighttime lows in the 40s. Alison im glad you came back from the beer garden. We were wondering if you would stay there all night. Steve it was tempting. Tim colt mccoy is in the news tonight. And gw goes to the iron city to play pittsburgh. And now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. Tim the gw colonials played in the n. I. T. Tournament in berg. In pittsburgh. Savage, that is way too easy. The final minutes, the colonials trying to hold on. Savage with the j, the soft hook. Gw wins for the First Time Ever in the tournament. The georgetown hoyas packed up r their first round game with eastern washington. The game is thursday night. Way past leons bedtime. The hoyas will be facing the National Leading scorer, tyler harvey. This time of the season, it is win or go home. It is all business. The message has been pretty consistent since the pairings came out. Eastern washington, nothing else. Tim you have to have fun, march madness. The redskins signed colt mccoy to a oneyear deal. It with the same situation as last year. Jay gruden has already said that rg iii will be his starter. Really likes the tenacity of colt mccoy, and i think kirk cousins is underappreciated, but that will be the depth chart in 2015. The nationals and tigers in lakeland, florida, Stephen Strasburg on the hill, looking sharp. Made a case for the opening day start in the National League east. The nationals win 64, strasburg with his first win of the spring. The ncaa tournament that started tonight. Winning the honor to play kentucky in louisville thursday night. Head coach a joiner, what are your chances . I told you that i have jesus on speed dial. Hey, jesus . First of all come you cannot play, psalm not worried about you being hot, fine. Hello . Hello . I guess he will get back to me. Its a heck of a mountain. Tim good luck coach, 16 seed. A 16 seed has never, ever beaten a number one. Leon its bad when jesus hangs up on you. Tim dont tell me how high the mountains, just climb. Alison hello, is anyone there . He was not really calling. Steve i know. Alison coming up next imagine flying to a destination and then driving home without leaving your seat. Alison flying cars are a thing of the future, but they may be closer than you think. This was designed by slovakia and company. It reaches an airspeed of 124 Miles Per Hour and can land just about anywhere. They want to make it available to the public as soon as 2017, but no word on the price tag. Leon that looks pretty cool. Alison that is what you need on steve tomorrow, a lot cooler only in the upper 40s, near 50. Clouds increase thursday rain friday, but the weekend looks nice, 50 to 55. We cool down next week, and that cooling trend continues for the time being. Leon Jimmy Kimmel Live is next. Alison have a good night. You guys can just leave your coats right over here. Wow. Your bedroom is amazing. Oh, thanks. We worked with a designer from havertys. Total refresh. Oh, i cannot believe people. What . Covering up your new bed like that. Its okay. What kind of animals did you invite to this party . We can help. Much better. Refresh your space during the Spring Savings event at havertys. Plus e enjoy 24 month no interest financing. Havertys. Discover something you. 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