allegations. reporter: d.c. police say the investigation began last week when a student at dunbar senior high school in northwest told the school resource officer he was the victim of an active sex abuse that happened in the fall of 2013 and that the person who abused him was 34-year-old charles allen young, who worked as the school s community development director and helped with the track team. during our investigation we obtained an arrest warrant yesterday afternoon for mr. young, charging him with one count of first-degree sex abuse of a child. reporter: police say a young man had been reluctant to come forward but something had happened to change his mind. he heard that there may have been subsequent victims and he felt an obligation to come forward and he did approach one of the sors at the school. reporter: in a letter sent home to parents, dunbar principal steven jackson wrote i am deeply upset about these allegations. he went on to say on monday dunbar cou
in fact, we re going to be dry for most of your weekend. little chance for showers coming in here after dark tomorrow. for now, it is cold outside. 18 in gaithersburg. 16 in manassas. as you re picking out the clothes, pick out the warm ones. winter coat, hat, hood, scarf, gloves. it will be a cold way to get your day started. sun is up at 6:58 this morning. mid and upper 40s, even near 50 in a few neighborhoods. we ll be talking about the increasing chances for assures at the second half of tomorrow. and travel weather for the big holiday. see you in a few minutes. d.c. track coach will make his first court appearance on sex abuse charges. at least three young men have come forward accusing 33-year-old charles young of abuse as he worked at dunnbar high school in northwest d.c. reporter: d.c. police say the investigation began last week when a student at dunbar senior high school in northwest told the resource officer that he was a victim of an active sex abuse that happ
because that s where the best possibility for oxygen was at. so that s what we did. the rest of the area was filled with a lot of smoke. it was just very smoky in there. we couldn t see anything. the visibility was very poor. how are you feeling? right now there s a lot of burning in my throat and into my chest a little bit. reporter: and what a way to end your monday. that had to be just a horrifying situation and especially because of how long unfortunately those folks had to be on the train before they were evacuated. latest from the scene here we re told the fire is out. i ve seen some fire engines, different units leaving the scene here. no time line on when metro service will be back to normal. jackie bensen news4. jackie here s what it looked like inside a train that was near l enphant plaza. a viewer posted this on instagram this evening along with a description, a harrowing experience train stopped, lights went out, smoke started filling in never been so sca
recently filed alicia smole and prosecutors say the attack that included hours of torture was payback. the smoles reportedly fled when fisher s wife pulled a panic alarm and that action probably saved their lives. thank god they re alive and i m going to go over and see the male victim this afternoon. we re just glad they re alive. the prosecutor says andrew smole fired a gun toward fisher s wife but missed. the smoles were finally arrested after a 4-mile police chase. police say andrew smole was found nearly naked in the vehicle dressed in only a blood covered diaper. alicia smole s bond request was denied. this has been an extremely anxious day for a carrollton, maryland family, the wife and two sons of a doctor who is now sick with ebola. salia is expected to be evacuated to the u.s. tomorrow and scott broom visited his family earlier today. reporter: the salia family has been in touch with the u.s. centers for disease control throughout the day. they have been tol
he s alert and oriented and in stable condition and know his best shot at survival is to get back to the u.s. as soon as possible. they plan to go to omaha to try to be near him once he arrives here. in new carrollton, maryland, scott broom, wusa9. here s a look inside that biocontainment unit that dr. martin salia will receive treatment in. the nebraska medical center has already successfully treat two patients and doctors say salia will receive the same supportive care and it s possible he ll receive an experimental drug as well. there are some other medications, however, that seem to have direct effect against the virus. with our last patient we tried one and that would potentially be available for this patient. nebraska medical center, one of four locations in the u.s. fully equipped ready to care for ebola patients. no snow, but temps are downright chilly and unfortunately meteorologist topper shutt is tracking more of the same heading into the weekend. at leas