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WTTG Fox 5 News Edge Eleven March 22, 2017

We begin with the outage following a rape of a 14 Year Old Girl at Rockville High School. Two freshman, a 17 and an 18 year old remain in custody tonight. There are questions surrounding their immigration status. Fox5 has been reporting this story for daze. Today it prompted reaction from both Maryland Governor larry hogan and the white house. Why is an 18 year old man in a ninth grade class with 13 and 14 Year Old Girls . Why was his status not known to those folks why was he allow donter the country after they apprehended him for illegally crossing the border . Both of them. The president recognizes that education is a state run and a local run issue, but i think it is pause for concern what happened there. And i think the city should look at its policies. Coverage of h developing case with Lindsay Watts and marina maracco. Lindsay was one of the only reporters inside Rockville High School tonight at lindsay, i imagine there were plenty of fireworks. Reporter there were. This was a big crowd. If you were driving by Rockville High School tonight, you knew there was something going. The parking lot behind me was filled with cars and mr. Were protestors on this side of the street rallying against illegal immigration. No news cameras allow inside. Not a media friendly event at all. But we can show you some cellphone video so you can get a sense of how big this crowd was. Speaking to the crowd, the Montgomery County superintendent, a police detective, other School Officials as well. There was a presentation and then time for questions. One issue raised was the schools response to this crime and communication with parents. One mom said that this meeting happened five days too late. The superintendent blamed that on wanting to gather all of the facts and earlier today at a press conference he did say he regrets not being available sooner. The fact that the two teens involved in this were here illegally was also a that they were 17 and 18 years old going to school with freshman. At one point dr. Smith said this isnt a conversation about immigration, but about a horrible event. That got some applause. It also got sogers from the crowd. The person who was sitting in front of me was so arranged that he got up and left. There was a pamphlet of information given to parents at the meeting and i want to give you some highlights from that. The district wants parents to know that a Supreme Court decision prohibits schools from denying education based on immigration status. All people under 21 must be admitted to school under maryland law. Montgomery county Public Schools doesnt require information on students immigration status and they tell staff they should avoid asking about that citing the Supreme Court ruling. We asked people for their thoughts as they left the meeting tonight. Listen. The mood was simply cover our reputation. There were long speeches from the principal, from the superintendent, from others who re explaining why this could never have happened when it did, an ovens prevention is worth a pound of cure. You have young adult mails that really have do not have our culture and youre putting them in the same classroom as our 14 Year Old Girls and theyre saying theres nothing we can do about that . Sorry. I was glad that there wasnt a riot about immigration or anything having to do with that, that people asked questions and they were answered. I talked to more than a dozen students and parents and Community Members at this meeting and there really were a lot of mixed opinions. Some left feeling good, others not so much. Something else that we learned tonight. The superintendent said that there is now an intensive review underway on how to make students safer. Teachers are being told to take attendance several times during classes and to start to get concerned if they havent seen a student for five minutes. Were expecting more information on the changes coming in this district next w stay on top of that. Were live in rockville, Lindsay Watts, fox5 a local news. Our Team Coverage continues with marina maracco. She was at the Montgomery County superintendents press conference today. Marina. Reporter finally dr. Smith the superintendent here at Montgomery County Public Schools broke his silence five days after that Sexual Assault on thursday, last thursday at Rockville High School. And we caught up with him yesterday. We did so as we waited for him to leave his office and heres his response to one of the biggest questions weve been getting from parents. This was the response last night. Is there any sort of secondary alternative learning situation for a person like the 18 year old instead of placing them at a high school with 14 year olds. There are a variety of different english learner programs and other programs for older students. But as i said, i cant really speak to the and we asked the same question yet again today at the press conference. Dr. Smith im going to quote you from last night, our conversation. You said, quote, there are a variety of different learner programs and other programs for older students, but i cant really speak to the situation because its an ongoing situation. What you can speak to is that you had an 18 year old freshmannen rolled at a school with 13 year olds much was there an oversight and why was this adult not in one of those variety of other programs that you say you have in this county for older students . We have a great number of 18 year olds and 19 year oldsen rolled across all 25 of our high schools. And thats the point i was making to you last night when you caught me by my car. Why was this adult not in another program . To understand why not . This student was enrolled in the appropriate program to give him the services that he needed and he chose to all of the allegations. People choose to do very bad things. Mostly they dont choose to do them in schools, but sometime they do and that is horrible. Its unacceptable. Its tragic. But schools relative to the rest of the world are among the most safe places we can be in our community. Dr. Smith ultimately this happened during school hours on scoot property. Who is responsible . The school who committed the crime is primarily responsible. I am responsible. All of the people who work in Montgomery County Public Schools are responsible. We all take responsibility for it. Its a terrible, horrible thing. But the student who committed the crime ultimately has to be the one who is responsible for what happened on that morning. And as a result of that Sexual Assault last thursday at rockville high cool, dr. Smith says there are changes coming. He did not say what when those changes will be implemented. Live tonight in Montgomery County. Marina maracco, fox5 local news. As you might imagine the crime also frustrated Montgomery County police chief tomorrow maker. He told us the cool system and the Police Department will review what happened. That certainly is an issue about how do we better ensure the safety of our kids in schools. You just this is such an anomaly really to have an incident like this in our schools that you could put i think more intense security procedures in place on the School System could certainly, you know, talk about that and see what more they could do. Maryland governor larry hogan praised the Montgomery County Police Departments work on the investigation along with the maryland take it police. Developing tonight, police are searching for two critical missing girls. The she was last seen on saturday in the 4,000 block of sixth street southeast. Police are also looking for this girl, sha right a pink. She is 17 years old girl. She was last seen on friday in the 47th block of south street. Anyone with information on either missing girl should contact d. C. Police. The family of murdered dnc staffer setting rich is speaking out. They are now making a go fund page. Seth was shot in july while working home from a d. C. B. His killer is still out there. The mysterious story has been a source of conspiracy stories ever since. Sarah simmons spoke with settings brother tonight. Why did they decide to take this route. Reporter seths brother aaron said they want to help the investigation. Their goal is to through a requesting fund me page through public awareness. And to help higher Forensic Services to help police in the investigation. His family has been watching the coverage from their home in nebraska and were shocked at the conspiracy theories. Seth worked for the dnc and some believe his death was tied to the wikileaks release of a barrage of dnc emails. Richs death was 12 days bere the wikileaks dump. Gop lobbyist jack burkman holts donated reward money towards the investigation claimed a am toker intelligence investigator told him the russians were hyped his death. Seths family is outrageous saying the claims are false. C police and the family believe he was shot and killed from a robbery attempt. His wallet wasnt taken. The family says they now need financial help is that free from any quote, ulterior with any strings attached. We started looking at, you know, we have different ideas of people, would either come to us or wed come up with. But all the ideas do take some level of resources or funding that we dont have. Theres a lot of stones that we may want to turn over or look through, but we need the ability to do that. So far the family has raised 4,600 just over that since opening the account a few days ago. Seths brother say they pledged to hold the money raised in a separate account and will provide regular updates on how they spend that money on the investigation. Tony. Thank you much. When was the last time you shopped on amazon. Com . Do you really want me to answer that . A little more serious, something thats on the companys website has gotten the attention of a con imer watch dog group. They claim its actually misleading you. Well explain and tell you how amazon is responding next. And a i kindness paid off big for this virginia woman. How she ended up winning a Million Dollars playing the a californiabased watch dog is accusing of amazon of misleading consumers. Foxs janet rack young adult mails a. Amazon has become one of the worlds biggest retailer by catering to online winder shoppers looking for an expansionive range of products. Types and kids stuff and toilet paper. I just bought sunscreen today. Just everything. Recently i bought a really nice white fannie pack. There are times i do get on amazon and i feel like im getting a deal. The california based Watchdog Group filed a petition with the California Attorney general saying amazon is misleading consumers. The consumer Watchdog Group says it checked more than 4,000 products on amazons websites between february 3 and february 6 and found more than 25 percent of the items had a list price crossed out with a line. The list nation al bogus price that doesnt seem to have any real relationship to anything. John simpson says their Research Found no basis for the list price when compared with other market prices and the group says that amazon is misleading customers by putting a dollar amount in red that claims to show how much the consumer is saving. And so theyre creating the impression of a discount, lure consumers in to buy, if you will when there really isnt any such discount at all. Amazon was recently find 1 million in canada for failing to prove the accuracy of its list prices. Another Online Company amazon. Com was find 8 million whatever a California Superior Court in 2014 that the companys list prices was misleading to customers. Amazon may offer great service, convenience, all of that sort of thing, but if youre thinking this is a deal it to be so. I guess i dont even look at that list price, i just think the price is matching what i am feeling to way. Amazon calls the coniumer watch dog study a little misledding. Amazon says manufacturers, sellers provide list price he. We validate list prices against actual list prices. A woman from fredericksburg is now Million Dollars reacher all because she was trying to help out a friend. Mary thomas is her name. She was had finished working over overnight shift but took sometime to show her friend julie how to play the lottery. They both bought scratch office. Julies ticket won 12. Mary won a million. She says she hasnt decided what shell did with heroinings. That is a great lottery story. Thats a good problem to have, what to dollars. She gets just over 650,000. Thats a lot of green she gets to spend. Congratulation to you. I love those pictures of her. Pour joy. If i was her i would take a vacation. And id buy a coat. Both. A plane ticket to the contrary bean because it is going to get chilly starting tomorrow. The weather has been moody to say the least this whole month. We have had our sale of several seasons. Were going to go through several seasons in this seven day forecast. As we take a live look outside, its a nice night. High temperatures reached the 60s. Were only in the 50s, a bit of a breeze picking up. But it will be a lot different this time tomorrow night. Moody march weather leads our headlines. Were going from spring weather to some very winterlike weather over the next couple of days. 62 dulles, 62bwi and thi i coming off what was a pretty gloomy start. The sun broke out in the afternoon and it turned out to be a beautiful late day. 57 in washington, 52 in westminster, 56 out at dulles. Mainly in the 50s, cooler pockets south and west where we had clear skies initially. Satellite and radar will sw clouds have been increasing from the west. That will put the contact born on temperatures falling too far. Showers are over the mountains, maybe a couple of spring also South Washington overnight. But this is maybe youll miss the or you sleep through it. Well wake up to some sunshine tomorrow morning. We have High Pressure moving in. The winds are increasing. So there will be a cool breeze out of the north. Of course out of the north means colder air coming down from canada and thats what weave got for tomorrow. A lot of sunshine but temperatures will struggle to hit 50degrees. We may do it briefly in washington portions in washington will be into the 50s. Heres your planning forecast for tomorrow morning. Its 57 now but believe it or not well be at 48 at 8 00 a. M. It will feel like 40s. Looking at thursday, the winds will relax, High Pressure settled overhead. However, were going to get another one of those nights just like we did several times last week where a hard freeze is expected, very, very cold. Temperatures in the 20s for the district. Teens north and west. So our companies that have been through enough lately, last week with several mornings of a hard freeze will have another one thursday and then as we get into the afternoon its still very chilly, high temperatures only in the 40s. Normal high this time of year is 58. Were well blow that, breezy 55 tomorrow. 49, still cool there on thursday. We rebound nicely here as weigh go into the last weekend of march. A cold morning, but a nicer afternoon. 73 on saturday, warmer and just nt the weekend. 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