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WRC News4 At 5 October 14, 2014

Police report obtained by news4, a witness says the rabbi installed a hidden camera in the womans shower at the synagogue. The Police Report described it as a dream machine, similar to this one, a camera and recorder disguised as a clock radio. According to the witness, the rabbi said he was using it for ventilation in the shower. Dr. Frendel is a highly regarded ab rabbi, adjunct professor at georgetown law school. News of the raid and his arrest came as a big surprise in the neighborhood. I think thats rather unnerving, having a rabbi in your own neighborhood four doors down reporter arrested. That was arrested. Reporter tonight the rabbi is in jail, expected to be officially charged in court tomorrow. Live in georgetown, pat collins, news4. Breaking news in the district. Police investigating a shooting within a couple blocks of several schools. Officers tell us a man was shot around 3 30 here on q street southeast. The person was conscience when they got there. Other than that, we know very little about what led to this shooting or the condition of the man. But the shooting happened just a block away from orr elementary and cramer middle school. The increased awareness about ebola is leading to a number of false alarms this week, including a brief scare in virginia. A patient at Vcu Medical Center in richmond tested negative for ebola. The woman was placed in isolation last night because she had a fever and recently returned from liberia. A man who was rushed to Holy Cross Hospital in germantown tested negative last night. He had been to west africa recently and developed aches and a fever when he came back. More news on ebola. Facebook Ceo Mark Zuckerberg and his wife are donating 25 million to the centers for Disease Control and prevention. That money will help the cdc fight the virus at its source in west africa. Here in the u. S. , the nurse infected with ebola remains in stable condition tonight. The cdc has not yet identified the specific breach in protocol that led to her infection. And the agency is creating new Ebola Response teams that will be on the ground within hours of an ebola diagnosis. Here in our area, Montgomery County is trying to determine if its hospitals are prepared for an actual case of ebola. The county has had two patients show up with what looks like symptoms, but they turned out to be negative. Today news4s chris gordon found out what county officials are concerned about the most. Reporter the Montgomery County council is turning to its Health Department for answers. They want to know if local hospitals are prepared after 26yearold nurse nina pham got ebola tending to the patient in the dallas hospital. The nurse wore protective gear but there apparently was a breach of protocol. I asked Montgomery Countys Health Director are you confident there would be no breach of protocol if something happened here today . I cant really answer that. I know they know how to put it on. The issue thats coming up, do we know how to properly remove it so that there isnt any contamination. And thats exactly what cdc is looking at now. Reporter nurses at Emory University hospitals Isolation Unit which successfully treated dr. Kent brantly and Nancy Writebol demonstrated putting on and taking off the protective gear recently for nbc news. Inadvertently, it seems that while trying to maintain your equipment, people actually end up contaminating themselves when theyre taking pieces of equipment off. Reporter nih here in bethesda is a world renown Disease Control center, able to treat ebola patients. But can the other hospitals here in Montgomery County be expected to offer the same level of care while protecting its Health Care Workers . I for one believe that when you have a stateoftheart institution like nih, that when you have a case that could possibly be ebola, that you want to make sure that the best, brightest and an institution that was built for this purpose fundamentally is the place where people go. Reporter Montgomery Countys Health Department is suggesting coordinated drills and exercises to make sure all local hospitals are aware of the protocols and practices to treat patients and protect health workers. Chris gordon, news4. Meanwhile, there is growing concern among humanitarian aid groups as they continue their missions overseas. Coming up at 5 30, a woman who just returned from liberia shares what she saw firsthand and tells how it is motivating her to do even more. Storms team 4 is tracking the storms heading our way now. We have some rain creeping on to the radar already tonight. Storm team 4 chief meteorologist Doug Kammerer is in the storm center with our first details. Doug . We really are starting to feel the first effects of this storm system. First off, its going to be the wind and the very warm temperature. Thats what we have seen pretty much all afternoon. Winds gusting to 20 to 25 Miles Per Hour, and now were starting to see the rain back towards the west. This rain back in towards fauquier county, western Loudoun County, not around the i95 corridor but back to the west, along the i81 corridor, winchester, front royal, martinsburg, about to see rain. And the heaviest rain right now close to marshal and around the gainesville area and through portions of fauquier county. This rain almost moving due north now, so staying away from the district over the next couple hours. The wider view, however, shows where the rain really is, and this is the area right here where were looking at the potential for Severe Weather, still numerous tornado watches in effect just down to our south. So the Severe Weather threat not quite out of the woods yet. Wind advisory in effect for the areas back down to the west, including page county, Shenandoah County and areas south and west. We could have winds gusting over 40, maybe 50 Miles Per Hour. Secure those outdoor items. This is especially for you folks on the mountain ridges, anybody over about 10 or rather 1,000 to 1,500 feet, best places for some of the winds. But they could see those winds everywhere else too. Well talk about that and the flooding concerns in a minute. New at 5 00, take a good look at the man in the surveillance video. Police say he robbed murrays, a Small Grocery store in northeast d. C. You can see him pointing a gun at a couple workers before going into a back office. This unfolded along busy minnesota avenue, just off benefitting road, about 1 00 yesterday morning. No one was hurt. But the guy did scare everybody and he got away with some cash. Also on video, two very determined thieves who allegedly broke into a car that was parked in the lot off u and sixth street northwest. One suspect appears to throw something at both the front and the rear windows. When that didnt work, he kicks at the rear window several times. There you go. Finally broke. He climbs inside. This happened last month. D. C. Police just released this surveillance video. The thieves made off with an ipad, ipod, two computer tablets and some headphones. There are disturbing charges tonight against a man whose job was to help disabled children. Police tell us Johnnie Miller drove a special needs bus in Fairfax County. Now hes accused of improperly touching a student as he strapped her into her bus seat. Virginia bureau chief julie carry is at Francis Scott Key Center School in springfield with details she found today in a search warrant. Reporter that is the school that the 13yearold girl attended. The Key Center School is a Special Education Center for children with intellectual disabilities and autism. In fact, the alleged victim had to ride on the bus in a special harness. It was an adult on that bus, an attendant, who saw something last may she thought looked improper. We discovered this search warrant affidavit at the courthouse today to tell us the story of what allegedly happened. Johnnie miller had been a bus driver for the Fairfax County Public Schools for 23 years when the allegation against him surfaced last may. On his route to the Key Center School last school year, a 13yearold girl who was intellectually disabled had to be strapped into a special seat for the ride. But this search warrant affidavit reveals last may 6, the attendant on the bus noticed what she thought was possible sexual abuse as miller buckled the student into her seat. The attendant told transportation supervisors and urged them to review the bus video from that day. It had been recorded over, so they took a look at the may 8th video instead. Court documents say it showed miller rubbing his hand back and forth while fastening the girl in. The victim could be heard yelling at him. When confronted by supervisors, miller explained it was, quote, just a little tickle game. School Officials Say they contacted Child Protective Services and the Police Investigation soon began. Were calls concerned about the safety and wellbeing of our students. And we are thankful that the attendant brought this alleged incident to our attention. Reporter the 66yearold bus driver was immediately placed on administrative leave. He retired at the end of may. Then on september 11th, Johnnie Miller was arrested by Fairfax County police, charged with assault and battery in connection with the incident. Parents at the Key Center School got the word today through media reports. They were not notified last school year when the allegations surfaced. Well, im concerned, but im going to with hold judgment until i hear the whole story. Reporter i called Johnnie Millers home in fredericksburg today but was not able to reach him for comment. Now Johnnie Miller is due in court on october 29th. Coming up on news4 at 6 00, an update on that original decision not to notify the parents here at the key school of what allegedly happened. Reporting live in springfield, virginia, im julie carey, news4. Dangerous light, heavy rains and strong winds moving across much of the east coast tonight. Well have an update on the damage left behind as the storm system moves closer to us. It got a lot of bad press after the disappearance of relisha rudd. Now d. C. s largest homeless shelter is going to be shut down. Were going to find out whats going to happen to all of the families. There are striking similarities between the car breakins and theft in Montgomery County and what prince georges has been experiencing over the last two years. Im Tracee Wilkins. Coming up on news4, why these jurisdictions are working jurisdictions are working have you seen the news about Barbara Comstock . First, the Washington Post reported, Barbara Comstock failed to report eightyfive thousand in income. Now, we learn, Barbara Comstock pushed a clients issues in the Virginia Legislature and didnt disclose it. Barbara comstock shepherded a trio of bills through the legislature and into law, but Barbara Comstock never officially disclosed that all the while she was being paid thousands of dollars. No wonder she hid it. 8yearold relisha rudd was last seen seven months ago. She lived at the districts largest homeless shelter. And now is there a plan to shut down that shelter and move those families out. D. C. Mayor vincent gray made the announcement today after repeated requests from concerned families who live inside that shelter. News4s Mark Segraves is live at the shelter with more on the plan. Mark . Reporter well, wendy, the shelter behind me can hold nearly 300 families and its expected to be at capacity within just a matter of weeks as we head into the cold weather. Today, as you said, mayor gray announced a 90 million plan to move the families here into real permanent housing. If that plan is successful, it would pave the way to close d. C. General, the districts most troubled homeless shelter. That is not as bad as people are making it seem. A lot of this animosity really came about when relisha went missing. It just seemed like because a little girl went missing, everybody just started talking bad about the shelter. Despite being satisfied with her room here at d. C. General, this homeless mother wants to move her family to a real home. And thats the governments plan, as well. For everyone here. Its something we get off the private market for releasing and something we build ourselves. That is the point where well know and have a date certain for the closure of d. C. General. Where the intent will be to take it down. Reporter that plan depends it on private landlords to lease small apartment buildings to the district for 24 million a year. And for the government to build additional Housing Units at a onetime cost of 48 million. Until that can happen, the shelter here will stay open. Well, im against this remaining open. Im against this. Reporter homeless advocates have been complaining about conditions at the districts largest family shelter and the lack of suitable accommodations for the growing Homeless Population for years. After the disappearance of 8yearold relisha rudd, an internal government report found d. C. General is no place to raise a family. Despite that earlier this month, the district moved dozens of families out of the government subsidized hotel rooms and into the aging shelter. With winter approaching and the number of homeless families expected to increase, the district is faced with finding suitable places to house them. My hope is that we can avoid the need for overflow shelter by identifying units the families can move into permanently. Reporter district officials expect the homeless demand to far exceed the capacity here at this shelter, which means once again the district will be forced to put homeless families in hotels like they did last year. But this year, theres no funding for that. Coming up at 6 00, well introduce you to some mothers here who tell us they dont want to leave the shelter and they explain why. Im Mark Segraves reporting live at d. C. General. News4. Homelessness is an issue in the d. C. Race for mayor. Nbc 4 and the Washington Post are co hosting a Candidates Forum tomorrow at 12 . Its going to be streamed live at nbcwashington. Com. And we will show it on nbc 4 on sunday at 11 30. A massive storm system is headed our way, and packing quite a punch. It has already spawned more than a dozen tornadoes, and its crossed the nations mid section. One killed a marine in arkansas. High winds are also bringing down trees and knocking out power across the south. A woman in alabama was killed when a tree fell on her home. Its estimated that 40 Million People are still in the path of those strong storms. And what is that going to look like when it gets here and when is it going to get here . Its going to get here really early tomorrow morning, potentially, in some locations. For most of us around the noon hour, through early afternoon. And thats the big question. How what are we going to see . Is it going to be that severe . No. Definitely not. I was talking to some of the kids, as a matter of fact, today out at st. Josephs catholic school, and they were asking that question in beltsville. Will we see those tornadoes our way. And the answer to that is no, i do not think so. That is not anticipated. These kids here, kindergarten through eighth grade. Those are all the kids there at st. Josephs catholic school. There is the other side of the room, had a great time talking with all of them across the region today. Temperatures today, we were talking about the warm temperatures, 79 degrees, even up to 81 a little earlier. Winds out of the southeast at 13 but winds gusting to 25 Miles Per Hour. They will continue to gust through the day today. 73 currently in gaithersburg. 82, though, in fredericksburg. Very warm air mass. Temperatures right now running about 10 degrees above average. And theyll be well above average tonight too. Storm team 4 radar, not a lot of rain on it, and most of us on the dry side and should be a fairly easy commute. If youre heading out 66, look at the showers right here coming right along 66, be even a heavier shower along the gainesville and marshal area. But warrenton, winchester, la ray, towards mart tinsburg, thi is the area i expect to see more rain. Well zoom in on this area here, route 17 from marshal up towards the millwood area along route 50. If youre heading out 50 from Loudoun County back towards clark county

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