Guard who was taken into custody has been charged with simple assault. But she is alleged to have made a homophobic slur in the altercation. During this confrontation and therefore is under investigation for hate crime as well. We will stay on top of the story and bring you the latest at 11 00. Reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. Leon thank you. Guilty plea today from the repeat drunk driver who hit and killed a Montgomery County Police Officer in december. Luis reluzco admitted that he took xanax, smoked marijuana, drank five beers and took four shots the night of the crash. In hearing, the prosecutors showed picture of damage to noah leottas squad car. Reluzco is facing ten years in prison when he is sentenced in august. Tomorrow noah leotta will be remembered in annapolis. Governor hogan will sign noahs law which requires interlock for anyone convicted of drunk driving. The law takes effect this fall. Maureen a judge will soon decide the fate of Police Officer charged in gra
Good morning. We have problems on the metro as far as possible delays here because of speed restrictions we have been talking about this week outside of mcpherson square. Those last until this friday. Well keep you updated. The outer loop of the American Legion bridge coming down in the outer loop as you hit virginia, we have one lane blocked. We have seen a half mile backup here as a disabled vehicle hopes to get that one out of the way soon. 270 at shady grove road, no problems. Its nice and green on the beltway. Well see you back in ten minutes. This morning female firefighters with the fairfax fire and rescue department say they are fed up. Their frustrations have to do with what others say about the culture within their department. Erika gone zalez is live with me on this announcement. Reporter in a little more than an hour, a group of women firefighters will speak out at this firehouse in dispel that harassment exists inside this workplace. Meanwhile, the board of supervisors wil
And morris street, a gray car crashed in the curb. Its believed to be the victims car, but its unclear as to exactly how this car figures into this shooting scenario. Can you tell us what police are doing to track down the suspects . We have officers going door to door canvassing. Reporter the police chief was here as well as a number of highranking officials as detectives and csi techs look for clues and evidence. Also here today, the Council Woman from ward eight. Whats going on in our city . If i knew the answer to whats going on, wed stop it and wed solve it. Were trying to figure out how to address the issue, how do we involve the community more to make sure senseless crime like this stops. Reporter yet another strange development. Police arrest the son of mondays daytime murder victims. Hes charged with threatening to kill a man he believed killed his mother monday afternoon. Ill have more on that coming up at 6 00. Jim, back to you. Pat collins. This afternoon, we have learned a
Disruption. These first two projects pushing things a little greater than a 7. Theyll be on a higher end of the 7 and other ones will be on the lower end of the 7. Reporter a lot of people want to know what exactly will metro be fixing. This is related to rebuilding the tracks and focusing on the tracks. He is working on appointing a point person to oversee the whole thing. He is conducting internal and external interviews over the next week. Now, we are talking about 15 Major Projects all rolling out one after the next over the next year. Even if you dont take metro, youre going to want to familiarize yourself with all of those plans. You can check it out on nbcwashington. Com. We have a developing story tonight. A donald trump tedelegate from maryland is facing possible prison time. Caleb bailey has been indicted on charges of child illegal transport of explosives, and illegal possession of a machine gun. Postal workers found a package with explosives that was linked to him. Bailey i
County firefighter died. Erika gonzalez was live at the conference. Reporter these are female firefighters and paramedics saying they reached out to the media because they wanted to see the positive come back into the light and said they would only speak to us about their positive experiences with the Fairfax County Fire Department. As a woman i am not afraid to come to work, and i am not ashamed to be a member of this Fire Department. Reporter firefighter paramedic alicia is one of the members of the Fairfax County Fire Department that chose to speak out today, disheartened, she said, by the way the department is being portrayed. The spotlight on the department was cast about a month ago after the suicide of firefighter paramedic Nicole Mittendorff and allegations that disparaging comments were being written about her by coworkers on an Anonymous Online platform. The Washington Post reports last week the fire official in charge of professional s morgan, was put on leave after inapprop