Case that they have been involved in. 7 news has the shocking text, the controversy and the consequences. Reporter at least one officer has been involved in a high profile case. Knowles caught on tape 6 years ago showing him argue skateboarder. An investigation was launched after the tape showed the officer threatening the skateboarder. Resist again i break your arm like a twig. Reporter text message graphic offensive. Example do you celebrate quansa at your school. Yes we burn the cross on the field then we sell brit white mass. Federal prosecutors reless dozens of text public during a bail hearing for former officer who was convicted for public corruption. They were exchanged between he and 4 current officers. All are veteran cops. Michael sell michael robson, reign doherty and schwab. Lawyer represents 2 officers. He says theory morseful and that at least one is thinking about quitting the force. This is not a real who done it type of case and so that they are not optimistic about t
Back at that Church Parking lot today, investigators deployed a bloodhound to pick up the trail of that potential suspect. This is the last known sighting of that man and theyre trying to figure out why he brought the stolen car here and what he did after he set fire to it. That was pot collins reporting. And the longtime housekeeper of the family just talked to Megan Fitzgerald about her colleague dying in the home. Megan megans in the newsroom with that part of story. Reporter the woman didnt want to be identified on camera and refer to her as nelly. Nelly has been working for the homeowners for more than two decades. She owns the cleaning company and allowed her friend to work with her at the home so she could make a living. Nelly called her friend vera. Nelly says vera was a close friend of hers and hard working and loved life. Vera came to this country from el salvador to earn money before retiring next year. She said she wanted to work for the family and planned to get off of wor
Behind a knife put to her throat in a secluded area. Police are tying this most recent attack to one that happened the night of february 25th on 54th street. They hope to link him to two more attacks last fall. He is charged with the rape of last thursday and the rape that occurred on february 25th. In the previous two he is a strong person of interest. Reporter on october 20th a victim was able to give police a description of the suspect who attacked her in the 5800 block of annapolis road in cheverly. This vicious series of assaults began on september 8th with the rape of a woman walking on a wooded trail in the 5100 block of quincy street in bladensburg. Diggs has a criminal record stretching back to 1928 he served prison time for robbery and firstdegree assault. They believe they will be able to tie him to fall our of the recent sexual assaults in our area but say they do not believe he is connected to any other unsolved crimes. Thats the latest live in the Prince Georges County Po
What will be a beautiful weekend. Meteorologist chris sowers joins us with a look at the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast. I wasnt sure this nice weather was going to roll in yesterday. Reporter i wasnt sure we would see the sun again. Lets get you outside, what a miserable week. We had four Straight Days of complete cloud cover and drizzle and scattered showers throughout the day and now were looking at skies starting to clear a little bit, the cool breeze will rush in during the late Morning Hours, it will provide us with a nice looking day. 50 degrees in philadelphia. Trenton showing 50. Beach haven on the boardwalk in Atlantic City, 50 degrees, reading, 49. Lancaster, 50. Dover the warm spot at 53. In the poconos 43 degrees, winds speeds generally light out of the southwest at 5 to 10 Miles Per Hour. That will be the only issue out there today. Once we get past this cloud cover we should get out of here over the next couple of hours walltowall sunshine from that point on, it
What is that . Rain. You happy to see it . Yeah. The close call on capitol hill. 911. Tree limb into car. The final score, tree 1, car 0. Driver and passenger, they escape injury. All of a sudden i saw a cloud of leaves, and so im like a tree that fell so. Im putting on my brakes and its nowhere for me to move. To maneuver around it. It fell on top of us. Reporter virginia rain. It usually starts there and then well, comes our way. This is what it was like on i66. Today we got rain. Thats interesting. We did. We did get rain. We desperately needed the rain. Reporter maryland rain and Prince Georges County. Now it didnt affect emergency calls or emergency responses, but some of the bosses, they ended up reading reports by flashlight. Rain, rain, rain. It was a wash down, cool down, that we really needed. Rain is good for . For plants and us and the country. And farmers. Farmers. You know a farmer . I dont. Neither do i. Its good for them. Yes. I love farmers, they grow cattle and corn a