Woe do want to begin with that breaking news. The man accused of firing a gun at a d. C. Pizzeria is facing new charges, he is being transferred to federal court. Mark . Reporter this is his third appearance before a d. C. Superior court judge since that incident last weekend on connecticut avenue and like the previous hearings this was very quick. This time prosecutors came in, told the judge they were dismissing the charges. Three felonies and one misdemeanor and executing an arrest warrant on him. These are pictures taken from his facebook page. He walked into comet pizza and fired an ar15 multiple times telling police he was there to selfinvestigate the fake news reports about children being held in captivity at that recent pizza parlor. Felonies and one misdemeanor. Today prosecutors again told a judge they are dropping those four charges and instead with one felony in federal court. Welch is expected to make his first appearance down the street in federal court later this afterno
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Good afternoon and thank you for joining us for the news at noon, im mike hydeck. Local charges were dropped against the North Carolina man accused of opening fire inside that northwest d. C. Pizza shop. But the troubles for Edgar Madison welch are far from over at this point. Stephanie ramirez is live outside the federal courthouse with more on what happened in there today. Stephanie . Reporter yeah, mike, the pizza gate suspect edgar welch is due here as soon as 1 30 today. Before he was facing a slew of weapons possessions charges including assault with a dangerous that is weapon. But the local charges were dropped. The u. S. Attorneys office announced they are now charging welch with interstate transportation of a firearm. With intent to commit an offense or with knowledgeable reason cause to believe that offense would be committed. Now this could all mean up to ten years in prison with a final and this all stems from december 4th, when an armed northwest d. C. s comet ping pong. H
Police officer is merely a misdemeanor. It does come with potential jail time. A Fairfax County man is behind bars accused of trying to set his childs mother on fire. It happened this morning on arlington drive in the mount vernon area. Investigators say lamar thomas started arguing with the victim as she dropped off their 1year old on the way to work. Investigators say he doused her with a flammable liquid and tried to set her on fire. The woman ran out of the car and thomas was arrested. New developments in the comet pingpong pizza gate case tonight. The man accused of bringing a gun into the restaurant and firing it now faces federal charges. Local charges have been dropped as a result. Stephanie ramirez was there as edgar welch went before a judge this afternoon. Is he still locked up or is he out . Reporter still locked up. He didnt even get a chance that federal warrant just came through today. His next hearing is on friday. Thatll give attorneys more time to look over his case.
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