Badge after six decades on the job. How this Montgomery County officer plans to serve well into his retirement. This is fox 5 news at 10. We begin tonight with heavy downpours and gusty winds moving through the d d. C. Area. In fact some caused damage. Im shawn yancy. Im tony perkins. We have Team Coverage for you tonight. Northwest where an Apartment Building seen significant dabling. We begin tonight with so you sue with the latest on the storms track. Its been a busy night and this odd november day featured temperatures near 70 and created interesting downpours tonight that did not have any lightning with them. But have had strong and gusty winds. And at this hour we have a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for southern portions of Anne Arrundel county. Not because of lightning but that could gust to 60 miles an hour. We saw that line come through the district. We had a few waves. Let me take you to ray sore so you can see where it is now. As we have light rain in and around the beltway the brighter colors came racing through the district and now theyre over on the west side of the bay and Severe Thunderstorm Warning for portions of Anne Arrundel and well go until 10 15 and again its not lightning but its incredibly heavy rain for a short amount of time as these downpours move northeast at 95. Winds can gust to 60 and bring down limbs and trees. This is a big heads up for folks in the area to be aware you dont want to be in the path of any of this coming through. Stay sheltered. It will cross the bay soon i put this in motion you can see how quickly it is moving. As we put on some of the citys that will be affected on the other side of the bay were looking at stevensville and chester probably next seven 10 19 and Bigger Picture shows that we may not be done yet tonight because while weve had lines of heavy showers coming on through, back to the west, we still have more coming from pittsburgh to roanoke. That is with our frontal boundary. That still needs to swing through a little later tonight and this does not shut off until the frontal boundary passes. Its possible that there could still be a rumble of thunder as that comes on through and we will gradually clear overnight and see our temperatures staying in the 50s. To show us as well as winds these are outside of these heavy downpours. Winds gusting 23, 25, 26 miles an hour and again inside some of these downpours we have clocked at least one gust in the city to about 50 to 45 miles an hour and in Anne Arrundel county well continue to watch it and it remains mild temperatures near 60 and feels a whole lot different tomorrow. Well have another check of radar in a few minutes. Tony. Sue, as weve been talking and as we mentioned off the top of the show an Apartment Building in north west had significant damage from tonights activity. D. C. Fire and ems tweeted out this video of the damage on cedar street and thats where we find fox5 laura evans. Laura. Tony were in the 400 lock cedar street and its incredible what happened here the winds picked up the roof over the building behind me hip the fire truck here. Theres several the building 10 or 1 affected here and ten or twelve people displaced. Ill show you how far the roof was blown off the building. You see the black area in front of the fence there its actually on the other side of that red car there timing is everything, right . But the roof actually blew across the street thats how strong the winds were. Let me take you across the street and show you what were talking about in terms of the damage and there are two fire trucks out here right now. Get a tarp on top of the roof to make it obviously keep the rain from cominged in and ill just make sure were clear here to get safely walking up on to the area where this happened. And this happened around 6 44 and here is where the roof came down oh, let me just get that unstuck to walk through and the roof came down here right on to the grass and this is what she saw when he came home. My mouth dropped copy cant believe what is this, it looks like war zone peopling coming out of the building and the fireman was like you cannot go in. We have to assess the damage to before we let anyone in. Anyway my son grabbed me and drabd me in the house with my dragged me into the house with my daughterinlaw and they said the roof had blown off. Pat lived on one of the lower units in the building. Its more upper units affected by this and the red cross is here helping those people affected. Its not just this area where the roof came down. You see the roof here as well and you can hear on the other side as well here and you can hear the machines working right now what theyre trying to do is get the water out of the building because so much water came rushing in because of the downpours of rainy want to show you one other thing if we turn around as the fire and ems crews were working to survey and see if neighborhood think found more damage on i corner building just a couple doors down there but that roof on the backside of the building that blew completely off as well these had to be strong winds. Nobody is displaced from the building but again there are te building signatureed by the red cross tonight. This fix it continues to go on with repair roof and theyll be roofers out here tomorrow to repair this building. Im laura evans, fox5 local news. Laura, just to be clear here and ask real quick the damage, incredible, is everyone okay . Was anyone hurt out there . Everyone is just fine. Nobody is injured. Nobody is injured. Thankfully. And you know people are able to collect their stuff right now shelter where they can peacefully spend the night without rain pouring on top of their heads. What a mess. That is good news. Thank you, laura. Right now, Prince George county police are questioning a man who they say may be connect todd a five hour barricade situation it start around 3 p. M. Upper marboro with reports of break in and someone held hoingt tanl. Sarah simmons picks up the story. Its all quiet now and that was not the case earlier valley force drive. Surrounded for hours after someone called 9111 about a break in here. The roads were blocked off around the road for hours and initial reports came out that an armed man was inside possibly with a hoingt tam. Officers finally entered into the home and found no one there. The Police Helicopter was then called into the search when investigators believe the suspect may have been armed and on the loose. And investigators eventually found a man outside the home in the general area and took him complexity of the investigation. When we went in the home there was no one. That doesnt mean information they had when they initially got on scene was incorrect. Its all very fluid and these things happen anyone realtime. So im not saying they were incorrect in assuming there was someone inside of the house. Just that. Thats what caused the barricade to be called when we went in after the perimeter was set up nobody was in inside. Police are not calling the many suspect o time. Upper marboro, fox5 local news. And also in Prince George country a Council Member is facing drunk driving charges. And earlier this month, police say mel franklin was driving his countyissued car when he rear ended another car stopped at a light route four upper marboro. He had a blood alcohol level of. 10 fol following the incident. Franklin is currently severing second tem representing upper new at 10 00 tonight a hour county man is facing multiple drug charges after he pled guilty to growing a large amount of marijuana inside his home. Officers found the drugs danal sims house in may. They say this was the largest indoor pot growing operation in the county history. Officers also discovered 75,000 in a metal safe. Sims was released on bond and hes scheduled to be sentenced march 24. Imagine how much a Police Officer from our area has next at 10 00, hear from the Montgomery CountyPolice Officer who spent his life serving the public. And plus, changing metro for the better. Metro gm Paul Wiedefeld outlines his plans for improving the Transit System over the next year including reduction in track delays. And today, president elect donald trump pledge todd remove himself from the Business Ventures to focus on the presidency. So, what does that mean for his new trump hotel and the district. Senator and former Vice President ial candidate time kaine will joins us live in the studio. Its canes first live sit down interview with the local television station since he lost his bid for the vicepresident densey. You can catch the interview tomorrow morning 7 30. You love allday breakfast. But you dont love that you cant get all your favorites. But now you can get more of what you love. So you can find Something Else to not love. Voice. softly like hearing the sound of your own voice. Tonight the story of app incredible Civil Servant for the past 61 years hes been protecting the people of Montgomery County, maryland, when he started fidel castro was not power. Tonight his police and friends gather todd celebrate his retirement. Lauren demarco was also there. Lauren. Shawn, lieutenant thomas j. Cox longest serving Police Officer if a Single Agency in the state of maryland tonight the police chief told me he would not tell other officers to be like him because it would be asking too much his dedication unmatched. What kept you going . Well i have to do something every day. And i prefer todd do this Something Else. Reporter a man of few words but love of a job is clear. Sin the age of 6 lieutenant thomas j. Cox knew he wanted to be a Police Officer. After spending three years in the army he joined the force at age 22. When i started back in 1955 and what i would do up till now. Reporter back then Montgomery County was a different place. Only a couple thousand people and 180 police. Reporter in six plus decades police dramatically. When cox started the sirens were happened operated inside police cars. They were not the way they are now. They didnt have radios on the car and they would put a light on top of the courthouse. That was before my time. Im sure he went up there and found that phone booth and called it. Captain thomas refers to cox as the mentor for the last 30 years as dad and j. Cox sets him in line. Entire force. As an executive officer he wrote the most tickets in the Police Department for all the officers. Thats one thing about him. He is always cared about the community. Hes always believed in doing whats right. And if you break the law when you and dont go to court hell hunt you down and find you. Reporter most recently on the fugitive squad looking for old warrants he rose through a number of bureaus. Probably the 70s. Captain james daily and Corporal John fronzak. Jay cox and his wife have five children and several grandchildren and the sack fights and comradery on the course is anything like you have seen. She recalled a time her husband had heart surgey after complications on a fall after aed noing in cabin john. He came home from the hospital, of course, and the place was full of cops. They came and they came and they came. Hand police chief spoke to us by jay cox passion. This was a guy up until the end was out making traffic stops. If he heard a call come out and was close by he would go back and officer up. Reporter and the 84yearold humble to the core. What do you think to hear all these wonderful things said about you . Well, nice of them. Reporter at the Party Tonight they played a special video governor larry hogan. What is he going to do now . He says housework, gardening once the weather warms up and get this he will still do some work volunteering on the fugitive squad when he can. The job is just search a part of him, tone yirk shawn, she said it would be impossible to give it up completely and she said yes he needs to do something. I understand it dont you. Absolutely. After 61 years, yeah. Thats a part of you. Indeed. We certainly wish him well. Salute him. Again elected nancy pelosi at their leader. Pelosi received two third of the vote to defeat tim ryan representative from california has been the top democrat in the house since maybe. Even though pelosi says theres a sense of relief following her reelection she understands she still has the difficult task of trying to reunite her party. I have a special spring in my step today because opportunity is a special one to lead the house democrats, bring everyone together as we go forward. Reporter meanwhile, maryland representative steny hoyer was reelected to serve as democratic whip. A major announce from president elect donald trump is raising questions about the trump hotel in d. C. Trump tweeted he is leaving Business Empire to focus on being the nations 45 president. There are concerns he could end Inauguration Day because of lease with the federal government for Old Post Office which houses his hotel. The president elect says he will lay out the plans to part from businesses at a News Conference december 15. And as donald trump cabinet takes shape he would for a special thank you victory tour. The celebration will kickoff with a rally in cincinnati, owe owe. Trump says peps whip address the crowd and trump is expected to visit swing florida. Closer to home metro is launching a Safety Initiative called back to good. It comes on one Year Anniversary of when metro manager Paul Wiedefeld took over. Wiedefeld sold a Progress Report from the last year and gold of 2017. Accomplishments lehigh lighted savory repairs, rail cars and budget cuts. Its amazing to me to see the transformation occurring out there on the system. Feel it as much. But the reality is you know, literally the miles of work we have done its unbelievable. As for next year, wiedefeld hopes to finish more safety work and cut scheduled track delays by 50 and work to fix the limited cell service in tunnels. Coming up at 10. Mondays attack at Ohio State University was it inspired by isis. The leads the fbi is looking into tonight. And youre looking at brand new video f carolina where protesters are taking to the streets after a Police Officer was cleared in the shooting death of a plaque man. More on the ruling after the strong s heart. And restoring a fathers faith. Stronger is being a typical kid. Despite a rare disorder. Stronger is seeking answers and not giving up until you find them. Because we dont just want kids to grow up. We want them to grow up stronger. With your support, we can find more answers faster. Welcome back. New details are emerging following mondays attack at Ohio State University that left 11 people injured. A student was killed by a Police Officer after he drove and attacked them with a butcher knife. Fox mike tob inhas more on what fbi officials are saying could be a link behind the man and the attack and isis. He was somali refugee. Were learning more about abdul artan the 18yearold ohio state student that drove a car into a crowd of students on osu campus monday and started stabbing people with a butcher knife before being shot and killed by police. He did come here from pakistan where he arrived and background of his immigration to the United States. Fbi now says our time may have been inspired by isis and former alquida leader killed in a u. S. Drone strike. It appears artan may have been inspired by only war alaki and islamic plate. They say it is still too soon to describe the ram page as rear rix. We know he purchased a knife that morning at a walmart on but what we dont know if that purchase was the knife that was used in the attack. Theyre working to verify whether ar it made social media posts monday ranting about interference and muslim lands and isis tuesday claimed responsibility and wednesday president elect trump tweeted isis is taking credit for the terrible stabbing attack at Ohio State University by a somali refugee who should not have been in our country. Meantime 911 calls from attack are now being made public. Somebody just drove through now firing a gun i dont know who is pair firing the gun it looks like a campus Police Officer. I am on the ohio state campus and i think theres some type of terrorist attack. Why. Because the guy ran a car through a crowd of students. He did it purposely. The fbi says so far agents are unaware of anyone else being involved. In columbus, mike tob up, fox officer of killing keith lamont scott. Officer brently vincent acted lawfully when he shot scott in a parking lot in september. The officer claimed scott was holding a gun when killed and scotts family contends he was not armed. Protesters upset with that ruling took to the streets of charlotte and chaptered they marched through heart of city and so far this evening, everything has been peaceful. Well, you know the Holiday Season is officially pop many of us have at least one Holiday Party on our calendars. Thats right. How do you think about elevating your party with flowers always a nice touch. Make sure you bring me flowers tony. Its the topic of whats