Arrests. Reporting live Stephen Tschida abc 7 news. Alison he spent just a few hours in jail. But the arrest of a Third Year University of virginia student is now shining a light on the way the states alcohol laws are enforced. Suzanne kennedy takes a closer look at the alcohol and Beverage Control police and their power. Why is this happening . Suzanne wednesday nights arrest of the u. V. A. Student Martese Johnson is raising questions about the policing powers of regulatory agencies like virginias department of alcohol, Beverage Control. The agency has 130 sworn officers who receive the same training as police. These officers have statewide arrest powers and can arrest anyone for breaking any virginia law. Not just alcohol violations. Abc suzanne in the case of 20yearold johnson, agents thought the underaged student was trying to use a fake i. D. To get into a bar on st. Patricks day. Students on the u. V. A. Campus feel agents were overreaching in the way that johnson was treated. I think the police are abusing their power. I think they have this weird, this weird connotation of stopping underaged drinking to an aggressive force. Suzanne in recent years the virginia General Assembly has considered legislation that would give the state Police Responsibilities for the enforcement of the states alcohol laws. Northern virginia delegate marcus styman thinks lawmakers need to probe the issue again. They have Police Powers but theyre in uniform carrying weapons, you know, patrolling the streets. Looking for people to arrest. Strikes a lot of us as a little bit going overboard. Suzanne currently agents wear body cameras only during certain operations. They have not adopted any program in which all agents would be outfitted with those cameras that would allow for an entire arrest to be documented not just whats captured by an eyewitness on a cell phone. Live in the newsroom, suzanne kennedy, abc 7 news. Alison lets get back to the breaking news tonight about that shooting on a metro bus in southeast d. C. Leon it happened on good hope road. Roz made her way to the scene. Shes joining us with the very latest. Roz, what have you learned . Roz this was a wild scene on a metro bus during rush hour. This is 9 it 92 bus on the way to the reid center. There was two young men on the bus, one 19 and one 23. They got into an altercation. First it was verbal and quickly escalated to physical. One was armed with a gun and the other with something called a nail hammer. They got into that fight one of them fired a gun. That gun struck an innocent bystander, a woman, a passenger on that bus. She was struck in the leg. Nonlife threatening injury and taken to the hospital. Thats good news. The two of the men involved in that altercation are in custody. First taken to the hospital but are in custody. Right now, there are plenty of witnesses on the bus. Theyve interviewed the witnesses a few minutes ago. They were in the front of the bus taking a look at the Surveillance Video to see how all of this went down. Lucky if nobody else was hurt worse than this woman who was struck in the leg. For right now, a shooting on a metro bus during rush hour as folks were trying to make their way home. The two people involved in it are in custody. For now, were live in southeast d. C. , roz plater, abc 7 news. Leon thanks, roz. Lets get to the weather. Not exactly a delightful first day of spring. Although it is not officially spring, things started as snow and turned into a misty cold and dreary day out there. Alison first full day tomorrow could be a totally different story. Chief meteorologist doug hill in the stormwatch Weather Center with the forecast. Hi, doug. Doug thats the expectation. Unspringlike 36 degrees out there at the belfort furniture Weather Center. Lets give a look at the radar. Theres the storm system. Nice compact little system with snow across new jersey southern new england and new york city. That move out. Rain to the south and weve left over a little fog and drizzle. Thats starting to lift up a little bit. Show how quickly thats coming up here. Were in a waiting game for skies to clear up a bit. 36 in hagerstown and martinsburg. 39 degrees in fredricksburg and 38 at Reagan National airport. Leftover drizzle in spots. Generally a cloudy night. Stay above freezing. Through the day and up to 52 by midday midday. Close to 60 degrees by 4 00 or 5 00 in the afternoon. Steve rudin joins me in a little bit. Talk about the weekend, snow that we had and whats coming for the next seven days. Leon . Leon now we turn to a story that Maryland Bureau chief brad bell broke first on twitter. A grand jury has indicted the Prince Georges CountyPolice Officer jencheski santiago with assault. Santiago is accused of putting a gun to a mans head in bowie last year. The incident reportedly was caught on video but the prosecutor not releasing that imagery because the case is ongoing. In addition to assault charges, officer santiago is also looking at charges of using a gun in the commission of a Violent Crime and misconduct in office. A man is dead after a police chase ended with a crash in Prince Georges County and the man it turns out had nothing to do with that chase. This happened along branch avenue near the mailer road metro station in temple hills where tom roussey is live. We understand that police have Just Announced an arrest in this case. Tom they have. They caught this suspect late last night leon. They say he was going away from them here on branch avenue. He was coming towards us in the right lanes when he hit a car, according to police. Then he hit the median and then jumped the median. Before it was all said and done, he hit more cars in this area right here. And eventually, a man lost his life. Police say around 8 30 last night at branch avenue and colbrook drive, an officer stopped an s. U. V. With no Lights Organization a tag was unregistered and they now it was stolen. The officer waited two minutes tore backup and then approached the driver larry hinson who soon sped away. As the driver accelerates away, he strikes our officer on the officers righthand side. Reporter police say they chased for a halfhour but hinson didnt slow down. A nearby Hotel Manager talked about what happened a quarter mile later. Cracked, boom, like that. I said what happened . What happened . My wife asking me, what happened . I look at the outside of the window and i see the car is cracked. Tom police say hinson hit one car, hit the median and crossed on the left side of the road and hit more cars including one with 61yearold charlie viveret of clinton inside. He later died. Hinson through his flagrant disregard for the safety of the public has led us to a place where weve lost a life. Tom police say hinson was already on probation for armed carjacking. Hes now facing assault, theft, traffic, and possibly other charges. Police say their officers were right to pursue him. Based on the fact that the individual had committed a first Degree Assault against one of our officers. Tom police say after hinson hit the cars in this area behind me, he got out and fled on foot towards the mailer road metro station over there. They were able to catch him a halfhour later. As far as that Police Officer, he was hit on his right leg. Also his right shoulder. That said, he will be ok police say. But again, the one man in the accident lost his life because of it. Reporting live in temple hills im tom roussey, abc 7 news. Leon thanks, tom. Police are looking for the suspects in a deadly hitandrun crash that shut down the b. W. Parkway for most of the morning. This happened in the northbound lanes just before 3 00 in the morning south of route 202 in cheferly. Witnesses say a lincoln struck a ford mustang and that mustang rolled over and caught fire. The driver in that vehicle died. Police say the occupants in the lincoln abandoned the car and took off running before emergency crews arrived. Alison developing now, the white house says as of now, there is no sign the Islamic State was behind todays deadly mosque bombings in yemen. An affiliate of isil claimed responsibility for the attack. Karen a horrifying scene in yemen. At least 120 people are dead. More than 37800 injured after multiple suicide bombers hit a crowded mosque. It was controlled by shiite rebels. Eyewitnesses say a first suicide bomber walked into the mosque and detonated his device. As panicked worshippers rushed to flee, a second suicide bomber launched an attack among the escaping crowds. A group claiming to be a yemeni branch of the attackers took part in the suicide attack. The group warned of an upcoming flood of attacks against the rebels who have taken over the yemeni capital and parts of the country. If todays bombings were, in fact, carried out by isis, it would be the groups first major attack in yemen. A nation rocked by chaos and political instability. But the white house was skeptical saying often, these claims are made for propaganda purposes. There is not at this point clear evidence of an operational link between extremists in yemen and isil fighters in iraq and syria. Karen todays attack follows the shooting revenge on wednesday in the tunisian capital of tunis. Nearly two dozen were killed. Isis claimed responsibility. The white house also said today just as in yemen, theres no clear evidence to back up the isis claims in tunisia. Karen traverse abc news, washington. Alison in australia, the cafe in sydney is back open today three months after that deadly siege there. Hundreds came out for the reopening this morning including one of the staffers who survived the attack. A gunman took 18 people hostage there in december. The standoff ended 16 hours later when police stormed the cafe killing the gunman. Two hostages were also killed. Leon the speaker of the house says he plans to visit israel at the end of the month. Congressman John Boehners office says this trip will come during the two week recess. That begins on march 30th. Were told that was planned before the israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahus controversial address before the u. S. Congress earlier this month. However, it was announce the as the Obama Administration is now reassessing its relationship with israel. Senior political reporter scott thuman will have more on that and the u. S. Nuclear talks with iran. All that coming up at 6 00 here. Also, join abc 7 for a town hall meeting on iran, israel and the rise of isil around the world. A new terror threat. Countdown airs tuesday night at 7 00 on our sister station newschannel 8 and you can watch it streaming live on wjla. Com. Alison coming up on abc 7 news at 5 00, todays Solar Eclipse was just the start of a celestial show. Find out what else you can expect in the skies tonight. Leon local students express their outrage after anonymous attacks targeting their campus. Alison witnesses say she nearly honked her horn. Find out what happened next in the middle of the morning rush hour. Reporter a man is suing the Arlington CountySheriffs Office after saying he was mistreated inside this building. Coming up, leon a disabled man who says he was mistreated after being booked into the Arlington County jail is suing the Sheriffs Office now. The man who was deaf claims the Sheriffs Department didnt provide an interpreter for him for six weeks. Abc 7s chris papst spoke with the man today. This is a heck of a story. Chris it is, leon. Not only does this man say that he spent 40 days inside this jail unable to communicate with anyone. He says for the first 30 hours, because he didnt have an interpreter, he didnt even know why he was here. Im not sleeping well because i feel traumatized. Chris on february 2nd, Abreham Zemedagegehu who is deaf was booked into the Arlington County jail after an acquaintance falsely accused him of stealing an ipad. They stuck me in a cell. I was very scared. The first time ive ever been in jail ever. Chris the native ethiopian who is homeless says his rights were violated by not being offered an interpreter for six weeks. Zemedagegehu knows American Sign Language which he says he tried to relay. I would pound on the glass. The officers would look at me and then just look away. They ignored me. We treated him with the proper respect and dignity. Chris paul larson with the Arlington CountySheriffs Office couldnt speak to the details of this case but says hes proud of the way that disabled inmates are treated in his jail. He said the county has deputies trained in American Sign Language. And the deaf are always treated properly. When somebody comes in, we will assess what type of disability they may have. And then we will work very hard to accommodate them. You feel that care was given to this gentleman . Yes. Chris now, according to court documents, the Sheriffs Department did try to use a t. T. Y. Machine and also try to write messages to the man. But he doesnt speak, he doesnt write nor does he read english. He also will be in court sometime around april 16th for this case. He is seeking money for his damages. Live in arlington, chris papst, abc 7 news. Alison thank you, chris. We have an update now on some closures along the appalachian trail in maryland. Earlier this week, the department of Natural Resources closed all but one of the shelters and campgrounds along the 40 mile stretch of the trail. That was for tree inspections after that tree fell and killed a hiker last weekend. Today, all but one of those shelters and campgrounds are back open. The pogo campground which is near South Mountain state park will stay closed through the weekend. Members of the Maryland Senate unanimously voted to repeal the states stormwater fees. The measure known as the rain tax required nine counties to pay fees to help cover the costs of cleaning up the chesapeake bay. Governor hogan vowed to repeal the bill and the measure heads to the house. Leon we got some rain today. Soft rain. Doug a little rain, a little snow. If you got in the mountains as we told you, they had real snow there. Frostburg and steve rude sin ready to give us the lowdown and numbers here. Tell you what the snowfall was and look ahead to the weekend. Steve, what are the numbers . Steve impressive snow amounts especially the Higher Elevations off to the north and west of us. Inch and a half at leesburg and a little over an inch and a half in gaithersburg. Inch in greenbelt. Chevy chase coming in at an inch. Areas didnt see a whole lot inside the capital beltway. Arlington and oxon hill, maryland, hardly any at all. Just a trace on the ground. Best news of all, the snow has finally come to an end and we get to look forward to the upcoming weekend. Cloudy, its drizzling outside right now. Lets head back to doug at the wall. Give details on what to expect for the next several days. Doug the drizzle and fog outside from the rooftop camera. Heres a good sign. With winds out of the northnortheast at 15, that will help lift the clouds up a bit. So fog and drizzle will be coming to an end. But it will stay cloudy and chilly. 36 in frederick now. 34 in baltimore. 35 in annapolis. 34 degrees near Andrews Air Force base. Youre looking for warm air and youll have a long way to go. If youre looking for mild air, just stay put because temperatures in the 50s close to 60 will be pushing in rapidly tomorrow with developing southwesterly winds. This is courtesy of the storm system moving out and mid level winds turning to a different direction to bring in the warmer air. At 5 00 when the animation stops here, the bright clouds are to our east and now we have some cloudiness to the west and that will break up towards sunrise. Satellite and radar close up, kind of gives you good feel of how quickly everything has moved out and now just a matter of time. Futurecast has it figured out by 7 00 or 8 00 in the morning, breaks in the overcast. May see some sunshine early. As we get through the day and the winds continue to push up through the southwest, clear things and push us close to 60 degrees. By tomorrow night, a cold front comes in. Maybe a few sprinkles with the front and then clearing skies for sunday morning. Maybe some additional cloudiness on sunday afternoon along with cooler temperatures. But both days side by side, a big improvement over what were dealing with right now. Areas of drizzle will come to an end. Temperatures will drop to 36 for an overnight low in the city. Tomorrow, 59. May be in the low 60s south of the metro area. Very nice first full day of spring. But partly cloudy skies and then looking ahead, what lies beyond . A little bit of a cooldown by sunday. Near 50 degrees. Sunshine in the morning. Clouds may increase in the afternoon. Colder air coming in only 45 on monday. Im not going to complain anymore. 49 degrees on tuesday. Well see temperatures climb back into the 50s and kind of get back in the ballpark where we should be thursday and friday. But that will come with clouds and more rain. Alison ok, youre not a complainer in general. Doug really . Leon in general. Doug really . General, yeah. Alison youre not all right. Thank you. Leon that recordsetting winter is finally over in new england. But still to come, find out why