County but this obviously was a horrible and tragic incident, and im happy that weve taken action so quickly. Reporter moris has been charged with seconddegree assault, a misdemeanor had a carries up to ten yea in prison and misconduct in office. Oris has been on the force for roughly seven years. Its a sad day when marcus and i stand here having to t chargehe Montgomery County Police Officer. Reporter the video shows thi officer clam the suspects head to the ground after he allegedly sold hallucinogenic mushrooms toun an rcover officer. That happened at a mcdonalds in aspen hill. C according toharging documents the suspect spit on the officer and the officer then pulled pesoas shirt over his face. The excessiveness of the officer, officer moris, actually slamming the individuals head to tme pave, just gave me grave concern. The video has caused outrage in Montgomery County. Many calling it excessive force. I am concerned that we have a culture issue though in the department because al
Temperatures are in the 70s. You walk outside, heading into that mugginess, youre headed into that wetness, some ponding on the roadways. Visibility down a little bit as well. Specially in the usual parts, manassas down through culpepper down 28 going out towds annapolis on the water. Youre dealing with patchy fog this morning but youre also dealing with temperatures that are warm. In fact, by 9 00 a. M. Temperatures will be in the low 80s. Heat index around 100 degrees. Lets time out those storms today and tomorrow. Thats coming up. But first well time out your commute with melissa. Good morning. New issue, outer loop 50 left side blocked by a stopped car. Rest of the beltway looks okay. Capital heigs, addison road near ronald road crash. Northbound right side blocked by an accident there. And fairfax old lee highway near rebel run downed tree and power lines. Head a little north, herndon, the access lanet impac as well and two right lanes. 4 32. This morning amers across the country
Coming up at 5 15. Jim . All right. Well keep in close contact. Thanks, amelio alsbreaking right now, a deadly acident near a park in the arlington, virginia area. Police say a woman was killed when this tree limb fell on her. She was just walking on a path. Jackie bensen is going to join us wi live report in just a uple of thminutes. Now to yet another tragedy on our baltimorewashington parkway. This time a father of five was killed by a hitandrun driver. Mark johnson sr. Was walking to a gas station last night when he wasd sudly struck. His car had run out of gas near the ramp to the beltway. News 4s Darcy Spencer smoke to his wife and son today about ible loss. Reporter he just didnt deserve to die that way. Reporter angela lost the husbandnd a father to their five sons and high school sweetheart. I need you to listen to me and remain calm, okay. Reporter she had to break the news to her sons th their dad is nevuter cong ofmi gas on the bw parkwaywednesday night. His family says he
Muggy air and continues across the region. I95 north and east rain showers have moved from baltimore to the north. For us, its not a rainy start to our friday which is good for those of us that are vcationing with us here in the washington area. If you want to make that early joor walk, you will not need the umbrella but you will need probably to wipe your brow because the temperures are close to 80 in annapolis. How warm will we reach today . Few minutes. In we are following breaking news off the coast of south lorida seven americans, including a West Virginia billionaire, were killed in a Helicopter Crash in the bahamas. West Virginia Governor jim justice says coal executive and philanthropist chr cline was killed in that car. The plane was traveling to ft. Lauderdale. No word what caused the crash. Fire ripped through a house in the district. Firefightersay flames shot through the atsc of thi home am on barnhtreet on northwest. Four people are searching for place to stay and no one
Take a look at this pool behind me. Its full of dirty, brown water. Now, the water has actually gone down since this morning, but, still, no one is going to be swimming in that any time soon. Weave seen several members of the swim team here taking a look at the place where they normally practice. S a discouraging sight to say the least and weve been seeing floodingan situations damage like this throughout montgomery county. I think thats just water rushing through. Rter whatever plans these neighbors have for the day. Well, those plans will have to t nt even walk on the sidewalk. Off of mcarthur boulevard, belfast road, not a road anymore. All the rain washed it away and unfortunately its the only road into this neighborhooo i feely for thee guy on the other side. Reporter cindy has lived around here for 20 years and says shes never seen anything like this. Imhe worried about poor people that live in this neighborhood. I have a feeling they will be parking by us to get to their neighbo