Was inappropriately touched by a substitute teacher. It was recorded on september 30th. They tell news 4, we should have informed the community earlier about the arrest, but we made a mistake and did not. We will review the procedures to make sure this doesnt happen again. The principal apologized in a letter to parents. The parents of the student were notified and the teacher identified in court. 50 yearold jose was released on bond. Are you mr. Peneta. We heard about your arrest. Do you have any comments on that . No. Reporter sources tell news 4 after the student left the classroom to tell administrators, she was sent back to the same classroom. The School System spokesperson said she had no information about that specific part of the investigation. Live in germantown, jackie bensen, news 4. Thank you. A similar accident happened a month ago, but parents didnt learn about it until monday. John epps was working on School Security cameras in Baker Middle School in damascus and inappropriately touched a 12yearold girl. According to the letter, there may be more allegations. So far, no charges filed in that incident. A Prince Georges County man will spend the rest of his life in prison for killing his exgirlfriend. A judge sentenced him to life, plus ten years for the murder of amber. Investigators say he was depressed over the couples break up and he snuck in her home and slashed her throat. Her family says the jury made the right decision. God inserted his wisdom to see through the charades the defense was trying to put up. They saw through all that and came to the only logical conclusion there was. He claims he does not remember what happened and denies the charges. He addressed her family saying my deepest condolences to everybody, i love you all. Christmas is seven weeks away. We are getting into peak season for package thieves. They are casing homes in the area. We spokeith a couple who saw it firsthand. Reporter he was watching tv and within two minutes, im hearing footsteps on the porch. One man was handing his packages to another and took off down the street. Reporter any chance a guy happens to be walking by, sees the package and randomly takes it . No, no, no. These guys were watching the u. P. S. Delivery guys. Reporter another clue, they had a getaway car parked at the corner, ready to go. They opened the door, threw the boxes in the backseat and sped off. Reporter how to protect your packages. A motion camera costs 100. If your job allows, send packages to work. My husband was in the living room. Give us a chance to answer the door because he was only a few feet away. That quickly, it was gone. Reporter police say they are stalking the deliveryman. Their neighbors have seen packages go missing, too. The thieves may be just getting started. In northwest d. C. , chris lawrence, news 4. Our weekend is off to a chilly start. As doug likes to say from are timetotime, you havent seen nothing yet. Have i said that . I this so. You aint seen nothing yet. Out there tonight, we are on the cool side, for sure. Look at the numbers down to 36 in bowie. Dulles 34. Huntington, 39 degrees. Vance, we aint seen nothing yet. In canada, 12 degrees. 26 in saskatoon. That cold air is making its way our way. By wednesday and thursday, that is the cold air we are talking about here, temperatures in the 30s and 40s. Thats for High Temperatures. But, theres warmer air in the forecast. Its coming up in a minute. Police hope witnesses will come forward to piece together a hit and run last night in wheaton. The driver claims he had no idea he hit anyone. He was at the burger king when a group of teenagers started throwing rocks as it suv. At one point, he claims they tried to jump into the vehicle. He sped away. A 17yearold was hit and critically injured. One year after a d. C. Woman was run over and killed, her family filed a wrongful death suit. Hes serving seven years for her death. Johnson was high on pcp and on the clock when he ran over smith on benning road northeast. Johnson has a criminal history that included prior drug convictions. Smiths family claims the employer failed to conduct a thorough background check. New at 11 00, a bank robber back in jail after a rash of robberies in several states, including virginia. Wayne bird was just released after a 20year sentence. Hes 61 years old. Now, hes the prime suspect in seven different robberies that happened this week. He managed to travel 850 miles during which he hit banks in stafford and virginia and asheville, georgia. Authorities tracked him down today in a hotel in orlando, florida. President obamas choice for the next attorney general is already known in new york for her character, toughness and uncompromising sense of justice. Tomorrow at the white house, the president will introduce Loretta Lynch to the nation. Shes a longtime federal prosecutor and harvard graduate. She will become the first africanamerican to hold the top job at the justice department. More military advisers are returning to the most dangerous places. 1500 additional servicemen and women are going to iraq to advise and train the iraqi forces to fight against isis terrorists. Many u. S. Forces will go to anbar province. Anbar is now under control of isis. New at 11 00, a high profile show of support for the hospital at the center of the ebola crisis. Former president , george w. Bush dropped by the Presbyterian Hospital to visit. Today marks the end of the 21damon torring period for any workers exposed. They have all been declared ebola free now. Joint base in virginia is one of five quarantine locations for Service Members returning from ebola missions like this in west africa. They will be housed here 21 days to make sure they did not return with ebola. It is required for Service Members, but voluntary for pentagon civilians. It could be one of the largest crowds the National Mall has seen in years. Crews are hard at work setting up for the concert for valor. They are putting together the stage today a few blocks from the capital. A dozen musical acts are slated to perform at the free veterans day concert on tuesday. To help control the crowds, metro will suspend Blue Line Service that day. Some streets will be closed. You can learn more at www. Nbcwashington. Com. Also we invite you not to miss our special report tomorrow saluting our veterans. Chris lawrence will introduce us to local vets and show us how they are getting the support they need. Thats tomorrow morning at 10 00 here on nbc 4. 14 million air bags already recalled. Many of them still on the road. Tonight, the company that makes them responding to new allegations they covered up the problem a decade ago. First on news 4, plans to build a new practice facility for the wizards. It could b new tonight, police in Prince Georges County want to know if you recognize this man. Hes wanted for an armed bank robbery. Police say he left with cash about 11 30 this morning, then left in a cab. Detectives want to talk to the driver. Right now, they do not think the driver was involved. Mark segraves broke a story here on news 4. Plans to draw big name basketball players to the district, in part by building a brandnew Training Facility for the wizards. The 5,000 venue would be built near the metro station on land owned by the district. The preliminary proposal cost the city to borrow 30 million to 40 million, then paid by fans with taxes on tickets and concessions. I dont think its a good idea. Even if it meant bringing kevin durant to the team . For kevin durant, i would bring him to the team. Sources say the wizards want the deal done as quickly as possible. Mayorelect wants to know more about the plans before she signs off on the deal. Deeds told a group of Mental Health advocates in maryland we cannot be quiet any longer about Mental Illness and t need for quality treatment. Its been a year now since his son stabbed his father and released from the hospital when no psychiatric bed could be found for him. It honored senator deeds as a hero for the efforts to change the law for Mental Illness. The work that needs to be done is not limited to virginia. More important, policymakers need to know these high profile cases are not the norm. The reality is tragedies happen every day. He recognized nbc 4 with an award for the changing minds project. A yearlong report on a wide range of Mental Health issues. Tonight, the federal government is investigating allegations of a cover up in the recall of millions of air bags. All of them were made by the same company and many of them are still on the road. Nbcs tom costello that has report. Three, two, one. Reporter its the explosive canister inside an air bag that investigators believe can blow apart spewing metal shrapnel. Dozens injured. This man lost on eye when his air bag exploded last may. I thought i was going to die. I thought, here on the curve, this is it. My boys, my wife, my job, done. He is suing takata. They maintained they discovered the problem in 2008, the New York Times today reports they conducted secret tests in 2004 on 50 air bags and found cracks in two canisters. The notified safety regulators, a feld test was shut down after three months. They were instructed to destroy the test results. The prototypes were put in the trash with the inflators. Reporter today, they called the allegations inaccurate and says takata takes very seriously the accusations made in this article and we are cooperating with the investigation under way. Since 2008 more than 11 million vehicles have been recalled. Honda recalled the most. Honda said it is our intention to find if they have evidence that the claims are credible. This shows this company had a real Quality Control problem that wasnt addressed. They were going to jeopardize safety. When jimmy fallon took the reigns of the tonight show sh year, he said the door would always be open to jay leno. Tonight will be jay lenos first instudio visit since he stepped down in february. His return just about 20 minutes away. Looks like they have having a good time. Thats worth staying up for. Cold and windy out there. It is. The wind is beginning to calm. If not, we would have windchills in the 20s. Temperatures in the 30s right now. Outside, if you get a chance to go out, did you notice a beautiful moon. Take a look. This is a 98 full tonight across the region. It was quite beautiful as it made its way up there. Its still out there now if you want to take a quick look. 44 degrees is the current number across the region. Winds out of the northwest at 8 miles an hour. We have a bit of a windchill across the region. Look at the numbers, 36. Gaithersburg, 44 on the right. Below freezing around stanton. Heads up there. You are going to be on the cold side for sure. Storm team 4 radar showing nothing on the radar. We are looking at green here. Its nothing to be concerned about. That is not rain. Satellite and radar showing we are deeing with clear skies. To the west, the northwesterly flow across the lake. We had lakeeffect snow in the midatlantic states. Garrett county reporting snow, upwards of three inches near the canadian valley. They are getting ready for a busy ski season. Temperatures 29 in la ray. 30 degrees in gaithersburg. 36 in d. C. And 32 toward fredericksburg. A very cold start to your saturday. When you wake up tomorrow morning you need the coat for sure. Here is the good news. The heart walk, 7 00 a. M. 38 degrees. 41 degrees around 9 00 a. M. By 11 00. 45 with sunshine. 45 and sun and lighter wind. Thats a good day. How about tuesday for the concert for valor here . Very nice evening and afternoon. The warmest day we have for the next seven. Cool but nice, 56 to 60 degrees. Not a lot of wind. Tomorrow afternoon, 52 to 57 degrees under partly sunny skies. Doesnt get a lot better than that unless you want it to be on sunday. I think sunday is going to be a better day than saturday. Breezy and cool conditions. 58 degrees. We warm a little bit on sunday with a High Temperature of 58 with sunshine. 64 on monday. We are going in the right direction. Veterans day a high of 67. Les keep ongoing. How about the 70s . No. 57 on wenlz. How about the 40s on thursday and friday. We have some very cold air. The coldest air of the season making its way in thursday and friday. We are going to continue to watch for that. Again, low temperatures low to mid20s inside the city. 34, the coldest morning we have seen so far on friday morning. The first shot of arctic air for most of the country. Time to put the shorts away, isnt it . Its about time. Thank you, doug. Sports are coming up. Sports are coming up. The we thought our cable internet was fast. But, our uploads are half the speed of our downloads so our internet is really halffast. So halffast. Someone did a halffast job posting our vacation pics. Stop living with half fast internet. Only verizon fios comes with speedmatch uploads as fast as downloads. So his homework wont be so halffast . That is up to him. Get a fios triple play online for this great price and a 400 visa prepaid card with a 2year agreement. Call the Verizon Center for customers with disabilities at 800. 974. 6006 tty v so, the wizards were on a roll. You noticed the past tense, right . They were on a roll. They didnt show up tonight in toronto. Here is how bad it was. Porter had 13 points off the bench. Thats not a knock on otto. He played a great game in toronto. Everyone else stunk around him. Not one scored in double digits. Paul pierce in toronto. He knocked the raptors out of the plafs. The raptors had it going. Beautiful passing. This is Terrence Ross knocking down the corner three. 18 points tonight. Another one, this is kris humphre humphreys. A nice night, 11 points off the bench. Toronto started to run away with the game. In is lowry, a trupp l double. 13 points, 11 rebounds and ten assists for him. Later on in the fourth, they kept the lead to 16. He gets the basket to go. Raptors 10384. Randy whitman, what was going on tonight . What was going on . We werent guarding. We didnt make shots. Good Old Fashioned butt whooping. Thats what it boiled down to. Any other questions . Right to the point, i love him. Capitals with a winter classic preview taking on the blackhawks in chicago. Chicago is up a goal on the power play. This is duncan keith. The blackhawks jump out to a 20 lead. Second period, the caps not going away. Andre with a two on one. He takes its himself. A beautiful shot here. Caps finally get on the board in less than a minute later. Its marcus johanson. He tied it. The caps want more. Matt is from way out, but scores anyway. This was sent to joel ward. Caps come all the way back. They snap the fivegame losing streak. 32 is the final. No time to rest for the capitals. They are back at home torrow night hosting carolina. Moving on now, venus and Serena Williams were on hand nbc to reknew the southeast tennis and learning center. 18 million republican novations for the center that opened in 2001. A Ribbon Cutting ceremony. Features six new indoor and outdoor courts along with a clay court. They know how important these facilities are to inner city youth who may not otherwise be exposed to a sport like tennis. It means everything to us. It reminds us of all the times we worked hard when we were younger, the hard work we put in. It pays off. If you have the opportunity to help one child or one person, it makes a difference in the world. For me, its for the children to do such positive things in life, they are able to give back. For them to lead happy and Productive Lives and learn that through sports. A beautiful facility. I hope they play tennis until they are 50 or 60 years old. The sport is going to miss them when their playing days are over. We appreciate what they have done in d. C. Yes, a beautiful facility. Venus designed the interior. Thats her new gig. She loves that. As for them playing until they are 50, you may like that, but theres not another woman player anybody on the wta that wants them to play and round. They are so sick of getting [ male announcer ] follow your joy to a celebration like no other. Start your new orleans holiday at followyournola. Com. When we sit down together and talk. Ay. [ male announcer ] follow your joy to a celebration like no other. More and more, were having conversations about the food itself how good it is for us. How good it is for the planet. At monsanto, were working with farmers to make balanced meals accessible to everyone. While using Natural Resources more efficiently. Its time for a bigger discussion about food. Be part of the conversation at discover. Monsanto. Com so the moon has been done. It is so yesterday. We have done mars. Now rocket scientists are trying to land on a comet. The spacecraft has been chasing a comet through the solar system for ten years now. Next week, scientists at the European Space agency will finally launch the landing probe. It will take seven hours. It will then send pictures back to earth. That will be. Steve from studio 6b in Rockefeller Center in the heart of new york city, its the tonight show starring jimmy fallon. Tonight, join jimmy and his guests jay leno, lucy liu, scientist kevin delaney,