victim number four describe so called love letters from sandusky, letters the user described as creepy. we invite you to stay with fox 5 for continue coverage of this high profile trial. bottom of the hour we will take you to pennsylvania for more insight on what happened inside the courtroom today. and following breaking news from maryland s eastern shore, a navy drone crashed this afternoon, near bloods worth island the navy says 44 rq 4a the 44-foot rq 4a global hawk drone crashed around noon during a routine training flight. the drone crashed in a tributary. there was no damage or injuries to the property this model of the global hawk drone is typically used for reconnaissance and comes with a price tag of $176 million. another big story we are following tonight the u.s. commerce secretary is facing hit and run charges, his spokes people say he suffered a seizure and hit several cars within 5 minutes when officers arrived they found secretary bryson injured and uncons
north and west, dulles and baltimore 47, 50 here in washington, fredericksburg, 54 degrees mix of clouds and sunshine, partly sunny day, as we ve got a warm front off to the south and west, allison mentioned the warmer air on the way, cloud cover and possibility of a few showers i think the best chance of showers may be a thunder storm later tonight and during the day tomorrow as that warm air starts to move in clouds will start to move in, in anticipation of that warm front arriving later tonight. partial sunshine, 66 washington, 65 la plata. let s see how traffic is flowing on your monday morning julie. all right tucker on the roads, you will find the accident activity tieing up your road along suit land parkway, pennsylvania avenue, no problems to report 295 but goes from 210 to the they vail research lab and in bound, on 50. you are down to 40 miles an hour 202 land overheaded in towards northeast, no problems along new york avenue as you continue in from northeast to n
humidity and again, sunny day. looking forward to today, tonight, friday, weekend looks iffy details coming up but sunshine, mild conditions highs a few degrees above normal, 70 by 4:00 p.m. more details on the forecast in just a minute allison tony back upstairs to you. thanks tucker our big story a murder mystery out of prince georges county. police trying to figure out how a woman ended up dead in a vacant apartment. melanie alnwick is at police headquarters with the latest good morning melanie. reporter: good morning tony we do expect more information from prince georges county investigators today as they continue to investigate this case which is less than 24 hours old, police have not even identified the victim yet, but, we can tell, that based on evidence so far, police say, that this woman s life came to a very violent end, sources tell fox 5, that the victim described as an adult, african american female was beaten, bound and gagged the crime scene a vacant thi
a dry thursday. current conditions 57 washington now, cooling off here last couple hours, 58 baltimore, let s see ocean city, 61 degrees, 53 hagerstown. winds picking up out of the north and west a breezy day as mentioned, with breezes, up to 25 miles per hour, sentinel radar, the beam going around and around and looking at clear skies should be in for a lot of sunshine for your thursday. forecast, good one, 64 daytime high in washington, 65 and 61 martins burg, breezy conditions more details on the forecast. in just a minute let s do traffic with julie wright. if you are travelling inbound pennsylvania avenue trying to work your way through southeast washington accident activity involving the over turned vehicle significant tie ups, rolling down the hill from branch avenue again that will be your major tie up in southeast washington but the accident according to v dot cleared better news there. on the other side of town the inner loop coming from tyson towards the american
found in his baggage it reportedly was made out of a plastic bottle with some kind of explosive powder inside, along with three m-80 fire crashers the bomb squad crackers the bomb squad was called in the terminal shut down the rest of the airport is operating normally the 29-year- old man was flying to san francisco. now to a developing story a nationwide tax service is now being sued by the department of justice,. feds say instant tax service which has a few locations in the dc area has engaged in systemic and pervasive tax fraud this is a story, fox 5s melanie alnwick she brought it to you in february and joins you now with an update. got this in my e-mail not long ago the complaint filed by the department of justice reports were cited in this complaint we started getting calls in early february from local clients about the instant tax service franchises outraged customers said the company was taking huge chunks of money out of their tax refund. they are thieves t