Benefitted tivest. On top of that burfoot is also accused of convincing a developer to pay the mother of his children 25 thousand dollars to help pay for a condo at widgeons point. In exchange burfoot used his votes to open a Gentlemans Club downtown according to the indictment. But burfoot s attorney andrew sacks is saying all of the allegations are false and that burfoot will not be stepping down as treasurer. 20;02 anthony is in disbelief these things ring totally foreign to him and again i think it s a combination of people who do not like him people who are jealous of him 21;12 these are just paper accusations and believe me when we get to trial we are confident that he is going to be cleared of this. Now burfoot is facing conspiracy to defraud the interstate Wire Communications to further scheme to defraud the citizens of norfolk, two counts of conspiracy to obtain property under color of official right, and four counts of perjury and one count of forfeiture prosecutors say burfoot s charges carry maximum penalties ranging from 5 to 20 years in prison if convicted. We will have more about these allegations and from burfoot s attorney coming up at 5. Live in norfolk, kelly rule, newschannel 3. Newschannel 3 has Team Coverage of the federal indictment. We now go to margaret kavannagh who spoke with city leaders about the indictment and margaret what are they telling you . Several i spoke to say innocent until Proven Guilty others say their disappointed meanwhile the sheriff is asking for Anthony Burfoot to take a leave of absence until this legal matter is resolved. 02 15 let s put it this way anytime you re at that end of granby street near the intersection of granby and brambleton the charges are serious protogyrou protogrow reacts to word that his colleague treasurer Anthony Burfoot is facing some serious federal charges. 58 20 the issue is a public trust are another matter. Those are things that need to be looked at very closely. He and councilman barclay winn said they both feel for the treasurer. Both saying everyone is innocent until Proven Guilty. 59 55 you have to understand that anybody that is in that position is going through a tremendous amount of turmoil. Meanwhile councilwoman Angelia Williams graves had a harsher reaction telling me over the phone that she is disappointed and that this creates a lack of trust among the public and takes away from the good work done by public officials. Some of the indictment centers around a deal with the group tievest a residential and commercial developer back in 2011 the city Council Voted 5 to 3 in favor of the midtown office tower. Councilman winn says he voted for the deal and initially thought it was positive move for the city but of three of the 8 voted against it. 58 50 three of us understood that this particular deal was not good. It didn t feel right it beginning. The person we wanted to hear from today was mayor fraim on this issue. He only responded to us through a spokesperson saying it is too early to make a comment about the accusations. Live in the control room, mk, newschannel 3. Breaking news a Hampton Police officer is under arrest Michael Anderson is accused of assaulting a child on several occasions. They say he committed the crimes before he got his job at the department. Investigators also say the in the 80 s arrest earlier today. All those clouds that have been hanging around the past few days will finally bring us some the trade off warmer temperatures after a few evening showers on friday, most of saturday is looking dry. Expect to wake up to mostly cloudy skies with temperatures in the mid 40s. But we will warm up into the upper 50s to around 60 in the afternoon. A few showers are possible before sunset, but it looks like the bulk of the rain will be moving in late saturday night and into the first part of sunday as an area of low pressure rolls up the coast. You may even be awakened by a stray thunderstorm early sunday morning. We are not expecting a big outbreak of severe weather, but an isolated severe storm is possible. Most of the wet weather will end by early afternoon on sunday. And with a gusty southwest wind ahead of an approaching cold front, expect high temperatures well into the 60s. But once that cold front crosses the region, will drop. A lot. We will wake up in the 30s on monday morning and only warm into the mid 40s in the afternoon, despite plenty of sunshine. Tuesday may be a afternoon, but then many on wednesday. New details route 17 in isle of wight is back open after a tractor trailer overturned blocking all lanes for hours. The crash happened just before seven30 when a man in a pickup truck swerved to avoid he then ran the tractor trailer off the road. Six vehicles were involved but only the driver of the tractor trailer was taken to the hospital. The pickup truck driver, eric blair, was charged with reckless driving. Two Virginia Beach families are without a home after a fire caused major damage last night. It happened around ten o clock at a duplex home on sykes avenue in Virginia Beach. Officials say the fire started in the garage and spread to the house. Both sides of them were damaged alone with two cars. No people were hurt but a cat died in the fire. Officials are still trying to figure out how the fire started. President obama is talking about his plan to strengthen gun back ground checks. At a town hall meeting last night in virginia the president took aim at the the nra tweeted at the president during the meeting saying none of the president s orders would have stopped any of the recent mass shootings. And the president of a gun show happening this weekend at the norfolk scope was at that town hall meeting last night. They are expecting a 40 percent boost in attendance this weekend. Newschannel 3 s nadeen yanes is live at the norfolk scope where dealers have been setting up all day. Guys this is the first gun show in virginia after the president annoucned he wanted to use his executive powers to make there needs to be a sense of urgency about guns. But here among these dealers there a to boom this weekend. Nats of rob opening boxes portsmouth resident rob pollard ready for his ammo sales to shoot sky high. 59 30 money this weekend . Oh yeah theres no doubt about it butted 11 06 i think it will be very busy people are very nervous with what goes on anytime the poiliticians Start Talking about gun control it scares folks and by politicians pollard means president barack obama who announced just this week he s not waiting for congress to make stricter gun laws. And one of his plans is to get rid of the so call gun show loophole affecting hundreds of people who come to shows like this one. Requiring anybody in the business of selling firearms to get a license and conduct background checks for every buyer. 3 45 it is infringing on their rights the 2nd amendment says the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed what part they not understand pollard feels like the president s plans on background checks won t amount to anything. But gun show dealer 34 thousand people here this weekend more detail about the gunshow on our website at wtkr dotcom coming up next on newschannel 3 at 4 two americans arrested on suspicion of supporting terrorism were in federal court today. The latest on what happened. Plus not many mother s can give birth in their 50s but this grandmother takes it a step further how she gave birth to her own grand daughter . And newschannel 3 s Jessica Larche, turns covergirl and she s reppin the 757 with her we re helping you beat the backups. I64e exit ramp to tidewater dr. Exit 277a in norfolk is closed due to a traffic crash. Motorists should expect delays new details the fbi is now talking about a woman wanted for robbing several Jewelry Stores across five states, the most recent in North Carolina. And it was caught on surveillance video. Investigators say the woman knows what she investigators say the two choose their stores carefully seeking spots near interstates so they have an easier getaway. Fbi agents say the woman appears to be a casual shopper, dropping in to scope the place. Officials say she holds workers at gunpoint, zipties their hands and forced them into a back room. Then, officers say the thief starts bagging up the jewelry. This man has also been seen with her at some of the crime scenes. The suspects are considered armed and dangerous. Two iraqi refugees who were arrested separately hundreds of miles away from each other in the United States both are now facing terror related charges. And there s word the two suspects are connected. Jeremy roth has the details. Two men. One in texas, the other in california. Are accused of terror related crimes. Now a Law Enforcement official tells cnn, the two communicated federal agents Saeed Al Hardan in houston thursday. The Justice Department says he entered the refugee in 2009. And was granted legal permanent resident status threeyears later. Accused of trying to support isis. And making false citizen. On his application he allegedly denied any connection to terror organizations. The Justice Department says he members of isis and isis sympathizers. In sacramento, federal agents arrested 23 year old aws Mohammed Younis aljayab. He s facing charges of making false statements involving international terrorism. After coming to america as a refugee in 2012 he traveled overseas again. And allegedly claimed he went to syria to fight with a terror group. Then returned. While there s no evidence aljayab was planning an attack, just lying about a terror connection is a federal crime. John mcguiness Law Enforcement expert you are accusing someone of extraordinary misconduct. So it enormous amount of evidence has been collected. The two cases come as Many Americans worry terrorists could enter the United States posing as refugees from wartorn nations. Michael wildes u. S. Immigration attorney it s never enough. Unless you have a note from your dictator or you have absolute intelligence of where the person travelled. This is an extraordinary snapshot of what we re facing now. I m jeremy roth reporting. All those clouds that have been hanging around the past few days will finally bring us some wet weather this weekend. The trade off warmer temperatures after a few evening showers on friday, most of saturday is looking dry. Expect to wake up to mostly cloudy skies with temperatures in the mid 40s. But we will warm up into the upper 50s to around 60 in the afternoon. A few showers are possible before sunset, but it looks like the bulk of the rain will be moving in late saturday night sunday as an area of low pressure rolls up the coast. You may even be awakened by a stray thunderstorm early sunday morning. We are not expecting a big outbreak of severe weather, but an isolated severe storm is possible. Most of the wet weather will end by early afternoon on sunday. And with a gusty southwest wind ahead of an approaching cold front, expect high temperatures well into the 60s. But once that cold front crosses the region, temperatures will drop. A lot. We will wake up in the 30s on monday morning and only warm into the mid 40s in the afternoon, despite plenty of sunshine. Tuesday may be a few degrees warmer in the afternoon, but then temperatures drop again. Many of us may not get out of the 30s on many of us started the new year with resolutions to go to the gym. And singer adele is no a hilarious, but totally relatable photo of herself on instagram. Her face at the gym pretty much sums up how every one feels about their new shape. She captioned the photo getting ready. Adele killed it last year with her mega successful third album 25 and when we were young. Ahead on newschannel 3 at 4 Virginia Beach is giving you an extra incentive to get fit in the new ye. The notorious mexican drug lord Joaquin El Chapo guzman has been arrested six months after he escaped from a maximum security prison. Mexico president Enrique Peaa Nieto made the announcement we have him. El chapo has often been called the most powerful drug trafficker in the world. It s unclear right now how and where he was caught. There is new information about france s most wanted terrorist the fingerprint of Salah Abdeslam was found in a brussels apartment, along with materials to make explosives. With materials to make explosives. Officials say the apartment was rented under a false identity that might have been used by a person already in custody. Abdeslam is a suspect in the november paris terror attacks that killed 130 people. Thanks to a crime line tip police have made an arrested in a robbery and shooting at a norfolk 7eleven. They picked up 38yearold Kevin Bristow less than an hour ago. Police say bristow held up the 7eleven on chesapeake boulevard early wednesday morning and shot the clerk. Newschannel three showed you the Surveillance Police say after we showed that video someone called the crime line and that s how police made the arrest. No word if bristow is charged with the other three 7 eleven robberies that same day. Ahead at 4 a decades old joke leads to a very generous gift. Why a grandmother all those clouds that have been hanging around the past few days will finally bring us some wet weather this weekend. The trade off warmer temperatures after a few evening showers on friday, most of saturday is looking dry. Expect to wake up to mostly cloudy skies with temperatures in the mid 40s. But we will warm up into the upper 50s to around 60 in the afternoon. Before sunset, but it looks like the bulk of the rain will be moving in late saturday night and into the first part of sunday as an area of low pressure rolls up the coast. You may even be awakened by a stray thunderstorm early sunday morning. We are not expecting a big outbreak of severe weather, but an isolated severe storm is possible. Most of the wet weather will end by early afternoon on sunday. And with a gusty southwest wind ahead of an approaching cold front, expect high temperatures well into the 60s. But once that cold front crosses the region, temperatures will drop. A lot. We will wake up in the 30s on monday morning and only warm into the mid 40s in the afternoon, despite plenty of sunshine. Tuesday may be a few degrees warmer in the afternoon, but then temperatures drop again. Many of us may not get out of the 30s Virginia Beach wants you to get healthy in the new year so the city is offering a special deal to get people to join the citys rec centers thats right for one day only this sunday from 11 to 4 the city is hosting open houses at all of their rec centers and offering a special 60 dollar take nat a week into the new year and the gym is packed at the Bow Creek Rec Center during the lunch hour. Bow creek is the newest of the citys six active centers right now and at less than a year old the center has gleaming new equipment being put to good use as folks try to stick to their resolutions. Virginia beachs parks and Rec Department is turning 60 in 2016 older than the city itself. To celebrate theyll offer 60 dollar annual memeberships sunday during open houses at all 6 rec centers to Virginia Beach residents who dont currently have a memership or perhaps have 18 22 4118 22 57 15 by comparison the normal rate for an adult memership is 86 dollars and something to keep in mind those memberships are good at all of the citys rec centers. Live in Virginia Beach todd corillo newschannel 3. An exciting day in norfolk as the long awaited h rt bus terminal is completed. A Ribbon Cutting ceremony was held this morning at eleven at the new terminal on st. Pauls boulevard. The Downtown Norfolk Transit Center has inside space for bus passengers to wait when its cold or raining outside. Each of the 14 routes that will service stop, so customers will no longer have to chase their bus when it arrives. There are vending machines, plenty of benches inside and out, lighting in the evening, and improved security. A High School Student in North Carolina with a fourpointseven gpa recently passed up the chance to graduate early. She opted to remain in school to pursue her newfound love of wrestling. It s a tough sport for anyone, but this teenager has an added challenge she can t see her opponents liana mutia has been losing sight since her sophomore year but that hasn t stopped her from competing. Judo is her primary sport but liana wanted a new challenge so she started wrestling. In practice and matches her opponent is required to always keep contact with herbut on the mat there is no liana says more than anything she is thankful for her teammates support who look out for her and help her get around. A north texas grandmother has given birth to her own grandchild. The 54yearold woman served as a surrogate for her daughter. Who battled infertility for years. Ken molestina has the story these images inside a Medical Center of plano delivery room captured the moments baby kelcey game into the world on wednesday. She was perfectly healthy at 6 pounds 11 ounces. This c section delivery might seem routine, but getting to this point was anything but. Kelley mckissack mother my husband and i had been trying for a baby for three years. But after failed attempts to become pregnant28 year old Kelley Mckissack took a different and drastic approach. She asked her mother Tracy Thompson if she would carry her baby for her. Ironically, it was her about before when she was only a teen. Tracy thompson grandmot her she said if i can t carry my own baby would you ever carry it for me, and i said of course not dreaming i would actually be doing it. It was a mother s promise that would be called on, and she wasn t about to go back on it. Kelley mckissack mother my lovely mom offered to give me the greatest gift i could ever have in my life. Tracy thompson grandmot her the miracle happened and god watched over us. Thompson had to be medically cleared to carry the baby, and closely monitored throughout the entire pregnancy. She was considered high risk and doctors didn t have much precedent to go on when the decided to go ahead with the procedure. Dr. Joe leveno obgyn, Medical Center of plano we had a very special pregnancy and special delivery and it couldn t have worked out better in the end. Now the family is sharing their message. Tracy thompson grandmot her surrogacy is something that is a possibility for people. And a glance at what they re calling a the family says little kelcey sp name honors both women. P it s is a combination of her mom kelley and her grandmother tracey. Coming up next at 4 hard work pays off and newschannel 3 sp Jessica Larche is living proof of that. The latest on her weight loss journey straight ahead. Plus attorneys are calling it a landmark decision. Next at 5 we ll tell you about the custody battle that may change thousands of volkswagen customers could get their money back after an emissions scandal. Fully refund the customers or offer a new car with a discount. Volkswagen s brand chief said he was confident the company would reach an agreement with us regulators. The government is requiring that the Company Bring half a million diesel cars into compliance with us emissions laws. American employers added more than two and a half million jobs last year. 292thousand of those jobs were added in december. 2015 wrapped up as the second best year for job gains since 1999. Americans also saw their paychecks go up. Wages grew 2 point5 percent in december. It matched the gains in october which were the best in six years. A big honor for newschannel 3 sp Jessica Larche. The entire country is about to see all about this afternoon, we have some exciting news about one of our own. Newschannel 3 morning anchor Jessica Larche is in the national spotlight. Featured on the cover of this month s woman s day magazine for her 100 pound weight loss Blaine Stewart guides us on jessica s journey, and where it s taking her next. The cover of woman s day magazine is probably the thought she d be four years ago. Nats montage from noon pkg it was 2012. And the 27 year old morning news anchor had headaches that wouldn t go away. 38 00 i finally went to the doctor and he said my Blood Pressure was 160 over one something. That s not good. No, that s pre stroke range. At five feet two inches tall. 267 pounds. She d known for years she had to do something. 38 52 this was not about a number on a scale. Or a size dress. This was about being alive and being healthy. The journey began. Talk about a lot of sweat probably even more tears. Jess roped her Morning News Team into a workout or two. And the food. She had to learn how to eat again. Kale and flaxseed everything 39 22 it s hard. Working out is hard. Making the right eating choices is hard. But it s also hard to be unhealthy. So, you have to pick your hard one of those leads to a 42 32 here was something i was blessed with the power of choice over. I could make choices. I could choose to do better. I think once that light bulb went off, i said i ve got to do this because i can. She could and she did. Shedding six dress sizes along the way. 100 pounds. She lost a lot. But she gained so much more. 44 32 if you have a superficial goal, it won t last. But if you can find a why, my health being here for my kids, my family, myself. If you can dig in to find a reason to keep going, then on the days when it seems impossible, you can still push through. Her colleagues and friends always knew the hard work would pay off. Now, the whole country can see it. All those clouds that have been hanging around the past few days will finally bring us some wet weather this weekend. The trade off warmer temperatures after a few evening showers on friday, most of saturday is looking dry. Expect to wake up to mostly cloudy skies with temperatures in the mid 40s. But we will warm up into the upper 50s to around 60 in the afternoon. A few showers are possible before sunset, but it looks like the bulk of the rain will be and into the first part of sunday as an area of low pressure rolls up the coast. You may even be awakened by a stray thunderstorm early sunday morning. We are not expecting a big outbreak of severe weather, but an isolated severe storm is possible. Most of the wet weather will end by early afternoon on sunday. And with a gusty southwest wind ahead of an approaching cold front, expect high temperatures well into the 60s. But once that cold front crosses the region, temperatures will drop. A lot. We will wake up in the 30s on monday morning and only warm into the mid 40s in the afternoon, despite plenty of sunshine. Tuesday may be a few degrees warmer in the afternoon, but then temperatures drop again. Many of us may not get out of the 30s on a 70 year old man now able to tell his survival story. It happened while the minnesota doctor was hunting. He fell and broke his femur and that left him trapped beneath a boulder. Richard olsen says he tried to use his gun as a crutch. It didn t work and he fell back into the ditch. But he was determined to survive. After about and hour and a half he made it out of the ditch. Then crawled for 16 hours back to the road where a truck driver spotted him. That truck driver has been calling to check on olsen everyday. Surgery. Ahead at 4 a disable child s parents are outraged after they say their son wasn t area with the other children. The selling mattresses the traditional way isnt the best way. Most are made in a large factory, and shipped hundreds of miles to a retailers warehouse, where theyre marked up and up before finally selling and delivering them at the original Mattress Factory we take a straightforward approach. A utah family is accusing an ikea store of discrimination. The boy s parents say their child was shunned from the store s play area because of his disability. Nicole vowell reports. 10yearold noah harper. Nats he s silly you don t know what he s going to say. Loves to play just like any other kid. Especially with his 8yearold sister ava. But three days ago. Crystal harper, mother no, it wasn t busy so that s why i thought, i ll take the kids in there a shopping trip here. Ended in shock. It was just really sad. You see noah may be able to play just like all the other kids, he just needs a little help getting up. He has cerebral palsy. But during the trip to ikea the employees at play land. She said we ll she ll pass but i don t know if he will. Wouldn t let noah in. Crystal harper, mother we couldn t go back to help him out and they wouldn t help him discrimination right away like they just didn t want him there. The employees said it s the rules not to provide one onone care. This statement from ikea S Corporate Office reads in part quote . All ikea coworkers are carefully screened, and it s our policy that only authorized ikea coworkers are allowed in the smallland. This policy protects the wellbeing and safety of all children. Crystal harper, mother ava ran up right way and said well if he can t go in i m not going in. The harpers say after a deadend discussion with the manager. They left in tears. And say they won t be back. Crystal harper, mother all he needed was simple help getting out of the wheelchair. Jeff harper, father they re obviously making us feel unwelcome there so i don t want to go where i m not welcome. The statement from ikea went on to say. Ikea wants to make shopping fun and safe for many people, and this includes the children s play areas in each of our stores. Providing a safe and secure environment is of that all individuals and