Months brutal murder of Tricia Mccauley the suspect Dwayne Johnson had several run ins with the law arrested ive times times in 2016 and a week before he killed mccally was ordered by a judge to wear an ankle bracelet and never returned to court to get one. Also this morning a break in a case hauntsing a family for weeks. A man was last seen as family Bethesda Home last month. Now a person that police believed may have answers about his disappearance is in custody. Fox 5 Melanie Alnwick in bethesda this morning with more. Good morning. Good morning, allison, steve, december 13 when john donna jp ho was last seen at parents house 2 1 2 miles from where he lives he in bez bethesda. Hes well known in this area and grown up in this area and police are not identifying the woman who was arrested yes bays they have a lot of questions for her and still have a lot of information theyre trying to get. They dont want to jeopardize the investigation. But donnaho and this woman did not know each ot
Maryland where all lanes of connecticut are blocked grand prix road this due to large tree down. Heads up if thats the way you head into town. Again connecticut blocked aspen hill. Good wednesday morning to you im allison seymour. Im steve chenevey. Welcome to fox 5 news morning. More traffic ahead and todays mild forecast ahead of a cool down. Thats coming up 7 05 first headlines now. Developing overnight five suspected isis members rounded up and arrested in turkey and no word if theyre linked to the deadly new years attack in istanbul and suspect were picked up in port city gnc and night club gunman still on loose and isis claimed responsibility for attack which left 39 people dead and 70 more injured. Breaking right now in china a knife attack at a kindergarten leaves 11 students injured and Chinese Media says a man climbed over the wall of the school and attacked students. Thank fully theyre not seriously injured. The suspect is now icu lets get to latest in the trump transition.
Dealers after 26 heroin overdoses were reported in alexandria. We have been relentless in pursuing the dealers and trafficktraffi traffickers who bring this poison into our neighborhoods and profit off of this crisis. Reporter these are ten of the 11 suspected indicted. They eere from six different communities. Accused of working together to distribute a kilo of heroin this past year. Seized in raids last week, ten firearms, 400 grams of heroin, 330 grams of cocaine, pcp and marijuana. This is one of the alexandria houses searched. 78yearold bernice man was in tears as i spoke with her today. Her two sons face charges along with her grandson. While she admitted her have drug addiction problems, she denies Police Allegations that theyre significant dealers. Its not true. They are not in no drug dealing ring. They might have purchased drugs from somebody thats selling them or you know that got a big bash of it. My two sons are not in no drug ring. Reporter she thinks police are after her
Investigation. But thats exactly what director comey did today. He call this is a very unusual circumstance. Today fbi director james comey dismissed President Trumps twitter claims that president obama had trump tower wiretapped. I have no information that supports those tweets. President obama could not unilaterally order a wiretap of anyone . No president could. Reporter speaking before the house intelligence committee, director comey took an unusual step, confirming the fbi is investigating russian involvement in the 2016 election. That includes investigating the nature of any links between individuals associated with the Trump Campaign and the russian the government and whether there was any coordination between the campaign and russias efforts. Reporter before the hearing, the president tried to undercut those allegations on twitter, writing, democrats made up a pushed the russian story as an excuse for running a terrible campaign. This afternoon, the white house stood its ground
Good case. He will also be charged as soon as this week with criminal contempt. The new legal action stemming from a federal judges august ruling that the sheriff intentionally ignored court orders to end racial profiling of latinos. Attorney and Immigration Rights activist daniel said a defeat in november would not make the charges disappear. They would not go away. Theres no way to settle out having committed a crime or contempt just simply because you the sheriff behind bars for six months but the former prosecutor says, i think its unlikely if convicted hed get any time. Thats leading critics to accuse the Obama Administration of going easy on a sheriff they clashed with for years. The government of the United States is protecting him for political reasons. Paul, the democratic challenger said in a prepared statement, no one is above the in court epidimizes the strength of the judicial system. The federal courts have been responsible and ethical in the over sight of these criminal