Like this in my career and i dont expect to again. Reporter their target doesnt even realize hes been had. Doesnt even realize hes bought them fancy cars, luxury homes, and fivestar vacations. He was led to believe a fantasy. Reporter a fantasy that ended up fleecing him, costing him everything he had. Law enforcement calls it the sweetheart swindle. A sweet deal for the swindlers. Ciao it was like they won the powerball. Reporter tonight well take you inside this alltime classic con. This is one of the craziest cases ive ever seen. Reporter a long, strange trip stretching from the Pacific Northwest to las vegas and the capitals of europe. A game of deceit and double dealing starring a mildmannered millionaire who went looking for love in all the wrong places. Can you just spare us a minute . No, ive been told im not to talk. Reporter a criminal genius with a Grade School Education. A mysterious stranger with a deep dark secret. This wig, this watch, and a baby named giorgio armani. Hi
The latest happened in hercules. A 25yearold man was driving east on interstate 8 when someone in another car pulled alongside him and opened fire. He crashed into the center divide. The victim was treated for two Bullet Wounds to the leg and was released to the hospital. No one else was hurt. Its unclear whether these are related to other shootings in december. The Pittsburg Police chief will vote whether to put cameras on the highway within city limits. The mayor of hercules had a similar idea today. Today. This is obviously an epidemic. This is a crisis. Our public is suffering due to this. I think our state should be working can cal trans to put cameras on the onramps. We know where the problems are coming from. At least we can get a license plate number. He says individual cities shouldnt have to pay for cameras on state highways. No recent arrests have been made. A car to car shooting killed a mother of four in pittsburg wednesday. I hear when the authorities are saying theyre no
Department. Ktvu fox 2s alex savidge joining us live. Reporter in the last few minutes i had a chance to talk with police chief greg suhr amid all of the calls, the ongoing calls for his resignation. He tells me he is not planning to leave his post. He says he has too much work to do to implement forms in the department. I will show you where that meeting took place. It was at the manor coffee shop in the west portal neighbor. This meeting was not called to address police reform, but that was a topic discussed here. The mayor was on hand with the police chief to talk with neighbors in this area. Protesters have called repeatedly over the past couple of months for the chief to step down. They are angry over several Controversial Police shootings in this city, and also that racist text messaging scandal. Now four San Francisco supervisors are calling for police chief greg suhr to be replaced. He told me he is not stepping down. Reporter how safe do you feel your job is . As long as i am
Encampment not too far from where i am standing attached an officer and stabbed him in the next. Two officers stopped to talk this man seen walking in the roadway. Without warning the man attacked one of the officers and ran away. The injured officers partner started to run after the suspect and realized that the other officer was hurt and gave him aid. Witnesses gave police a description of the suspect and officers caught up with him at a wells fargo parking lot several blocks away. Police recovered a knife there. This case is spotlighting the homeless encampment underneath the bridge where the Police Officer was stabbed. I went to the camp this afternoon and no one wanted to talk. Nearby merchants tell me that Homeless People in the area have not really caused any trouble and that the stabbing came as a surprise. You can see some transients begging for change near the on ramp and we talked to a couple down on their luck not too far away and here is what the man had to. When we first
Downtown on pennsylvania avenue. D. C. Officials have privately said they would support moving the fbi to Prince Georges County, if the county would allow the redskins to move back to the district. Tom sherwood is here with new developments. Tom, whats the story . Doreen, d. C. , maryland and virginia all want the fbi headquarters. The redskins would be a new wrinkle. The fbi headquarters downtown has a hyper security focus. It creates a dead space along pennsylvania avenue, just blocks from the capitol. Now that the fbi is looking to move to a bigger and better space, Regional Business leaders say theres new hope the dead fbi block can be rebuilt with businesses, condos, retail and night life. This would be a very big shot in the arm to downtown washington, to better utilize that space. And god help us not that building. Not one of the it is the Ugliest Building in the city, and could be in the country. Reporter a regional battle has broken out between d. C. , maryland and virginia. P