Hyattsville. He has been a Police Officer for five years. The police chief saying if the allegations are true, the actions are disgusting. This is what else the chief has to say. I will say as much as i regret having to come before the community to talk about this, this is the process working. This is our commitment to this community that when we find misconduct we are going to address it. Effectively, head on and immediately. We will hold individuals who betray the trust of this community accountable. Brad so what the police did, they took their concerns to the States Attorney Office and they conducted an investigation as well. Today the indictments were returned. Six counts. Four of them surveillance with a prurient intent. Taking the upskirt photos. Two of them misconduct in office. He faces potentially jail time of one year for each of those counts. Headquarters brad bell, abc7 news. Leon thank you, brad. Now to a developing story out of Capital Heights where officers are searching
Avenue with this heartbreaking news. Fire brokerly the out before 3 00 this afternoon in the kitchen of the singlestory homoe on henry avenue in temple hills. A ticket hour to get it under control. A total of 40 firefighters responded to the call. All ofst concern getting the four people inside the house at the time out safely. Which they did. On forcibly, a unfortunately a dog died during the fire. Another concern the safety of firefighters in these near 100 degree temperatures. The firefighting, very good analogy would be dont put on your heaviest winter outfits and go running around on a day like today and put a 50 pounds on your back. So, you dehydrate quickly. Three firefighters were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. It does not appear that any of those injuries were heat related. Kimberly thank you. The past 30g, in minutes, Prince Georges County Police Announcing the arrest of the suspect in a Fatal Shooting and carjacking of alonzo jackson. Police did release the suspe
Up with a new way to cheat you out of your money but stealing your e. Z. Pass and replacing it with a fake one that is identical. 7 on your side iteam investigator chris papst broke the story earlier today on twitter. Chris chamberlain contractors in laurel, maryland, just celebrated its 40th year. And for all of them, harold green has led the way. With his signature laugh. Yeah, really thank you very much. Chris in greens four decades he has seen a lot. There is one thing he didnt see coming. He is not laughing about it. It just never crossed our mind. I never would have thought that an e. Z. Pass transponder could be a license to steal. Chris this is a crime that is remarkably simple. The chief just has to find a truck that is open that he doesnt have to break into. When he gets inside of the truck, he then takes your e. Z. Pass. Replaces it with a fake one. In less than five seconds the crime that can cost you for months. Or at least until you figure it out. Kim figured it out at ch
Worried about, crime and terrorism. You know these things will be factchecked, they already are. Twitter is abuzz about some of the things he said. Theres barron right there. As we see some fireworks go out from Edgewater Park in cleveland as well. And here comes the confetti. And the balloons. Back to a traditional convention with the balloon drop coming down. And we heard a lot of echoes of richard nixon, 1968 in this speech. Yes, he same in after the assassination of Martin Luther king and robert kennedy, and delivered a law and speech. This was not mimicking ronald reagan, it was mimicking a much darker speech. That was a trumpstale fireworks celebration over lake erie. Cok Cokie Roberts Bernie Sanders voters have some of the same complaints about a rigged system, but what were seeing so far at least is that theyre saying theyre not going to vote for trump, theyre going to vote for hillary. But the real challenge he had tonight was one of imagination. Can people imagine him in the
Pulled someone over in his squad car and come up to the window to deal with the woman in a traffic stop. Had his phone hidden under his ticket book and snapped one of those upskirt shots. Now, we can show you a photograph of the officer. His name is james sims. He has been a Police Officer for about five years working out of district i in hyattsville. Today he was indicted on a number of charges. Including surveillance for purian intent and misconduct in office. The police chief saying he is disgusted. I will say as disgusted i am to have to come in front of the public to talk about this, this is the process. When we find misconduct we will address it effect live effectively, and immediately and hold individuals accountable. Had to say. When we come back at 6 00 we will have more on the story, how the investigation laid out and more details on the allegations as well. The Prince Georges County headquarters brad bell, abc7 news. Jonathan thanks. You can probably already feel it outside.