In every 15 americans their Social Security numbers and much more stolen. Tonight growing calls for somebody to get fired. And heavily guarded. The Confederate Flag spending its last night flying over South Carolinas state house grounds. News4 at 11 starts now. First tonight, synthetic drugs. D. C. s mayor and police chief say theyre at the center of a spike in murders this year. Tomorrow, mayor bowser will sign a billiz givingey police more power to go after the people who sell them. And tonight chief cathy lanier tells our Jackie Bensen synthetic4odbini; city backvn;l decades. Chief about this tonight. V her comments were powerful. And i have to tell you, i found and dangerous drug. Reporter on tuesday, a 10monthold baby was found abandoned in a strolle h in the broiling sun at Judiciary Square in downtown d. C. C based on a witness description of a woman in orange p1 n police found< the childs caregiver twotb blocks away. In chargingh5n documents, the officersxzx described her as qu
Both cases as we get them. Right now at 11 00 a lot of questions about this viral video. Police in Fairfax County say it was the appropriate use of force when an officer had to tase a suspect. Thanks for joining us. Im jan jeffcoat. Im bruce johnson. Tonight the family of the man in that video said hes disabled, but police stand by their officer and say the suspect was resisting arrest. Lets go to ellison barber who tells us both sides have video to support their claims. Reporter Fairfax Police say their officer used an appropriate amount of force. The family of the man in that video Elton Cansler disagrees and now they have an attorney. It does not seem clear from the video that the suspect did anything to warrant the tasering. Reporter dr. Robert wiseberg does not represent canslers family, but he specializes in criminal procedure at stanford law. After hiwatcelng conl phe video of a Fairfax County Police Officer using a stun gun to subdue 35yearold Elton Cansler, wiseberg has many q
Who was calling it the worst of times . A surprise, where this guy was found, i pulled out the laundry what in the world . And the worldwide scandal countdown. Live from the abc 7 broadcast center, this is abc 7 news at 11 00, on your side, massive trees mangled as another line of powerful storms crashes through the area. Fire froms even saw power lines. At this hour, 3000 area customers are in the dark thanks to storms lasting into the. Vening we begin with jay korff, live in Silver Spring. Multiple massive trees came crashing down at our location and landed on a home just behind me. Right now that loud sound you are hearing, crews are cutting up portions of the trees and dragging them over to the wood chipper and chipping them up. This storm caused a lot of damage and took a lot of folks by surprise. Hadas as if Silver Spring sprung a leak. Treesp half of a large nap then fell, blocking a road Near University boulevard. Nearby, a Tree Service Team started to clean up the mess where e
Day, snow, sleet, changing over to rain. The temperatures, it is cold dry, 13 degrees at dulles, six degrees andrews. Scanning the skies with doppler radar, nothing at this time. However, to the south and west, the National Weather service has posted a Winter Weather advisory for the district and immediate surrounding county starting at 9 00 in the morning, extending until early sunday morning. The areas in pink Frederick County into Loudoun County looking at a winter snow warning. The express forecast, in the teens. The temperatures in the 20s with snow in the afternoon and evening. That and much more coming up. Alison we will see you then, steve. Several Big School Districts canceled saturday activities because of the Winter Weather. Prince georges, fairfax and other counties will not hold a full list of events. Go to wjla. Com for the complete list. Leon a woman and her infant have been coping without heat in her southeast apartment. As soon as our story aired, the calls started pou
Reporter it was here in this house the three children ages 17 months, 3 and 4 years old were locked in a room caged in by their own parents who tonight are not in jail. The children were locked in and fed through a slot in the gate and were not let out of the sparsely furnished room. The doorway of the room had a homemade cage front built to it with slots on the bottom where they could receive their food and push things out. Reporter the county was tipped off about their conditions in december and police moved in arresting their parents, 28yearold scott suggs and 36yearold brandy kangas charging them with child neglect. It doesnt matter how long youve been in this business, at the end of the day after Something Like this you go home and its hard to get it off your mind. It brings a tear. Reporter terry buchanon lived in the house but did not call police. Those children, the worst part of their life is over now. They have time to heal and recover. Its going to be a painful process, but